Boyd's Bible Dictionary: Q
James P. Boyd
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Quails
(quackers). Quails of the Old World species, Coturnix coturnix, abound in the Arabian desert, and migrate northward, in spring, in enormous flocks (Ex. 16:13; Num. 11:31-32; Psa. 105:40).
Quartus
(fourth). A Christian at Corinth (Rom. 16:23).
Quaternion
(file of four). A Roman guard of four soldiers two of whom watched prisoners within the door, and two watched the door outside (Acts 12:4-10).
Queen
(woman). The three Hebrew words so rendered imply a queen-regnant, queen-consort, and queen-mother, with a dignity very like that of the present day (1 Kings 2:19; 10:1; 15:13; Esther 1:9; 2:17; Jer. 13:18; 29:2).
Queen of Heaven
The moon, worshipped as Astoreth or Astarte by idolatrous Hebrews
(Jer. 7:18; 44:17-25).
Quicksands
The Syrtis, greater and lesser
Two dangerous sandbanks or shoals off the north coast of Africa between Carthage and Cyrene (Acts 27:17).
Quiver
(cover). Case or cover for arrows (Gen. 27:3; Job 39:23).
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