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Iberians, conjecture concerning the origin of this people, Genesis 10:2.

Ibex, or mountain goat, natural history of the, Job 39:1. Ice, supposed to be the natural state of water, Job 38:29. Specific gravity of ice, ibid. To what the rarefaction of ice is thought to be owing, ibid.

Ichnograph of the temple, with elevations, sections, and specifications of every part, given by David to Solomon, 1 Chronicles 28:11. Icknild or Ricknild - street, where situated, Job 23:11. Iddo the seer, author of a history of the reign of Solomon, the whole of which work is lost, except some slight fragments preserved in the books of Kings and Chronicles, 1 Kings 11:41.

Idolatrous practices among the Jews, Isaiah 65:3, 4, 11. Idolatry, origin of, as stated by Maimonides, Genesis 4:26. The sacred writers generally large and eloquent upon the subject of idolatry, treating it with great severity, and setting forth its absurdity in the strongest light, Isaiah 44:12. Citations from Horace and Juvenal, in which idolatry is very severely ridiculed, Psalm 115:4; Isaiah 44:12. Idyl, definition of the, Introduction to Solomon’s Song, p. 2. {Song of Solomon 1:1}

Jierodouloi gunaikev, who, Genesis 38:21.

Ije - abarim, the thirty - seventh station of the Israelites in the wilderness, why probably so named, Numbers 33:44.

Iliad of Homer, what verse in the, in the opinion of Alexander the Great, the most correct in sentiment, 1 Samuel 9:16. Quotation of a line in this poem in which the rolling up of the waves into a swell, and the break of the top of the swell, and its dash upon the shore, are surprisingly represented, Psalm 42:7. Very remarkable passage on the subject of prayer, Psalm 88:2. Citation of a passage in which the ancient pagan notion relative to the cause of good and evil is exhibited, Isaiah 51:21. Illuminated manuscripts, account of, Psalm 60:1, in principio. Image of God, what is meant by man being made in this similitude, Genesis 1:26.

Image of jealousy, various conjectures concerning the, Ezekiel 8:3. Imagery of the prophets, explanation of the, Introduction to Isaiah. {Isaiah 1:1}

Images, trial by, a species of ordeal among the Hindoos, Numbers 5:31, in fine.

Images of the destroyer, or of the things on which the plague particularly rested, were anciently made of gold, silver, ivory, wax, clay, &c., under certain configurations of the heavens, and set up in some appointed place, that the evils thus represented might be driven away, 1 Samuel 6:21, in fine.

Images of the gods, among rude people made of wood, Judges 6:26. Account of several ancient Egyptian images of Isis, Osiris, Anubis, &c., in the author’s possession, Ezekiel 1:7.

Immanuel, a name given to the Messiah, Isaiah 7:15. Impaling, horrible punishment of, described, Esther 2:23. Imprecation, form of, used by the Romans and Albans in their solemn leagues, Genesis 15:10.

Impressions of various kinds indelibly made on the arms, breast, and other parts, by the inhabitants of the East, Song of Solomon 8:6. Imreth, trma, its derivation and import, Leviticus 26:15. Distinction between trma imreth or imrath, and rbd dabar, both sometimes indifferently rendered word in our version, Psalm 119:1, in principio. Incantations, forms of, wich were used to induce the tutelary gods to forsake the cities, &c., over which they were reputed to preside, and to devote cities and whole armies to destruction, Numbers 22:6. Incense, manner of burning, among the Jews, Leviticus 10:1. Indago, or Snare, description of the, as made by the ancients, Isaiah 24:17, 18.

In exitu Israel, Anglo - Saxon version of this Psalm at full length, Psalm 114:8, in fine.

Infant, reflections on the manner in which it extracts the milk from the breast of its mother, Psalm 8:2.

Infernum Poeticum of the Hebrews, Isaiah 13:1, in principio. Inhabitants, probable number of, in the world at the time of Abel’s murder, Genesis 4:15.

Inn, no such place of entertainment in the desert of Arabia, Genesis 42:27; Jeremiah 9:2. The Hebrew word so translated, what it imports, ibid.

Inscriptions, Eastern, frequently in relievo, Deuteronomy 28:2. Account of one of these inscriptions in the author’s possession, ibid. Remarkable inscription which Sesostris caused to be put on all the temples which he built in Egypt, 1 Kings 9:21.

Insurrection in England, chiefly under the direction of Wat Tyler, history of the, Numbers 25:8.

Interment, Asiatic mode of, for princes, saints, and nobles, Job 21:33. Invested with an office, origin of this phrase, Exodus 29:5; Numbers 20:26.

Investigate, two derivations of this word, Psalm 64:6. Distinction between investigate and ransack, ibid.

Ionians of Asia Minor, whence these people had their origin, Genesis 10:2.

Iphigenia, sacrifice of, supposed by M. Deuteronomy Lavaur and others to be a fable founded on the Scripture history of Jephthah’s daughter, Judges 11:40, in fine. Parallel between Jephthah and Iphigenia, as drawn up by M. Deuteronomy Lavaur, ibid.

Ireland not infested with any venomous creature, 1 Samuel 6:21, in fine. Reason given by superstition for this fact, ibid.

Iron, the ancient Gauls had no method of hardening this metal, Psalm 89:43.

Iron, red hot, trial by, a species of ordeal among the ancient Greeks and modern Hindoos, Numbers 5:31, in fine.

Iron age, degeneracy of man in the, as described by a heathen poet, Job 28:11.

Irony, instance of, quoted from Ovid, Job 2:9.

Isaac, why so named, Genesis 17:17. Character of this patriarch, Genesis 35:29, in fine.

Isaiah, Vitringa’s observations on the work of this prophet, Introduction to Isaiah. {Isaiah 1:1} Calmet’s division of the subjects contained in Isaiah, Introduction to Isaiah.

Ish, vya, and Ishah, hvya, observations on these words, Genesis 2:23. Very remarkable distinction between µda Adam, and vya ish, which are rendered man in our version, Psalm 62:9. In what they both differ from vwna enosh, another word for man in the Hebrew, ibid. Ish debarim, µyrbd vya, a man of words, import of this Hebrew periphrasis, Exodus 4:10.

Ishmael, its derivation and import, Genesis 16:11. Isis, an Egyptian goddess of great celebrity, Exodus 12:51, in fine. Worshipped under the form of a heifer, Numbers 19:2; Jeremiah 46:20. The priests of this idol shave their heads close to the skin, Ezekiel 44:20.

Isles of the Gentiles, very generally supposed to be a Hebrew periphrasis for Europe, Genesis 10:5.

Ismed, a powder with which the women of Barbary blacken the middle of their eyelids, 2 Kings 9:30. Their method of doing it, as described by Russel, ibid.

Israel, why the patriarch Jacob was so named, Genesis 32:28. This term often used by Ezekiel for the Jews, exclusively of the TEN tribes carried into captivity by Shalmaneser, Ezekiel 6:2.