Frontlets (Easton)

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Occurs only in Exodus 13:16; Deuteronomy 6:8 , and 11:18. The meaning of the injunction to the Israelites, with regard to the statues and precepts given them, that they should 'bind them for a sign upon their hand, and have them as frontlets between their eyes,' was that they should keep them"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter F Bible Dictionaries Frontlets Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Frog Next Entry Frost Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Frontlets Thompson Chain Reference Frontlets Dictionaries American Tract Society Frontlets Easton's Bible Dictionary Frontlets Fausset Bible Dictionary Frontlets Holman Bible Dictionary Frontlets Hastings' BibleDictionary Phylacteries, Frontlets Frontlets Morrish Bible Dictionary Frontlet 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Frontlet Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Frontlets People's Bible Dictionary Frontlets Smith Bible Dictionary Frontlets Webster Dictionary Frostless Frontlet Frontless (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Frontlets Encyclopedias International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Frontlets Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Frontlets McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Frontlet The Jewish Encyclopedia Frontlets Lexicons טוֹטָפֹת Occurs only in Exodus 13:16 ; Deuteronomy 6:8 , and 11:18. The meaning of the injunction to the Israelites, with regard to the statues and precepts given them, that they should "bind them for a sign upon their hand, and have them as frontlets between their eyes," was that they should keep them distinctly in view and carefully attend to them. But soon after their return from Babylon they began to interpret this injunction literally, and had accordingly portions of the law written out and worn about their person. These they called tephillin, i.e., "prayers." The passages so written out on strips of parchment were these, Exodus 12:2-10 ; 13:11-21 ; Deuteronomy 6:4-9 ; 11:18-21 . They were then "rolled up in a case of black calfskin, which was attached to a stiffer piece of leather, having a thong one finger broad and one cubit and a half long. Those worn on the forehead were written on four strips of parchment, and put into four little cells within a square case, which had on it the Hebrew letter called shin, the three points of which were regarded as an emblem of God." This case tied around the forehead in a particular way was called "the tephillah on the head." (See PHYLACTERY .)

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)