FORUM
Forum is an older name for the Market of Appius, a stopping place on the Roman road where believers met Paul during his journey to Rome.
Bible Dictionary
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FOUL
Foul means defiled, impure, wicked, muddied, or polluted. It can describe unclean spirits, contaminated waters, stormy weather, or a face marked by intense weeping.
FOUNDATION
A foundation is the supporting base of a building. Figuratively, Christ is the church’s foundation, while apostles and prophets are associated with its foundational testimony, and repentance is a basic Christian teaching.
FOUNDER
A founder is a worker who casts or refines metal. Biblical references describe craftsmen making molten images or working precious metals; some translations use “goldsmith” or “refiner.”
Fountain
A fountain is a natural spring or source of flowing water, especially valuable in the dry lands of the Bible. Scripture also uses fountain imagery for God, purification, wisdom, prosperity, and everlasting life.
Fountain of the Virgin
The Fountain of the Virgin was a perennial spring near Jerusalem that supplied the Pool of Siloam through a rock-cut tunnel. Its flow was intermittent and made it an important source of water for the city.
FOURFOLD
Fourfold means four times the amount. In the cited passages it describes an extreme restitution for theft, while other laws required double restitution, an added fifth, or equal repayment.
FOURSQUARE
Foursquare means equal in length and breadth, forming a square or having four equal sides. Scripture applies the shape to altars, sacred furnishings, courts, and the New Jerusalem.
Fowl
“Fowl” is an older biblical term for birds of various kinds, including birds used as food and birds of prey. Birds appear in laws concerning clean and unclean animals and in Jesus’ illustrations of God’s providential care.
Fowler
A fowler was a professional birdcatcher who used nets, traps, snares, and other methods to capture birds for food, sacrifice, or other uses. The snare of the fowler illustrates the hidden plans of the wicked and God’s deliverance from them.
Fox
The fox, and possibly the jackal in some Old Testament passages, was a common wild animal of the region. Scripture associates it with ruined places, damage to vineyards, cunning, and the smallness of Herod’s apparent power.
FRAGMENT
A fragment is a piece broken from something larger. In the Gospel accounts of the loaves, the remaining “broken pieces” were portions distributed from the loaves Jesus broke, not merely crumbs.
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