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•OBEISANCE homage or reverence to any one (Genesis 37:7; 43:28).
•OBIL a keeper of camels, an Ishmaelite who was “over the camels” in the time of David (1 Chronicles 27:30).
•OBOTH bottles, an encampment of the Israelites during the wanderings in the wilderness (Numbers 33:43), the first after the setting up of the brazen serpent.
•ODED restoring, or setting up. (1.) Father of the prophet Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:1, 8).
(2.) A prophet in the time of Ahaz and Pekah (2 Chronicles 28:9-15).
•OFFENCE (1.) An injury or wrong done to one (1 Samuel 25:31; Romans 5:15).
(2.) A stumbling-block or cause of temptation (Isaiah 8:14; Matthew 16:23; 18:7). Greek skandalon, properly that at which one stumbles or takes offence. The “offence of the cross” (Galatians 5:11) is the offence the Jews took at the teaching that salvation was by the crucified One, and by him alone. Salvation by the cross was a stumbling-block to their national pride.
•OFFERING an oblation, dedicated to God. Thus Cain consecrated to God of the first-fruits of the earth, and Abel of the firstlings of the flock (Genesis 4:3, 4). Under the Levitical system different kinds of offerings are specified, and laws laid down as to their presentation. These are described under their distinctive names.
•OG gigantic, the king of Bashan, who was defeated by Moses in a pitched battle at Edrei, and was slain along with his sons (Deuteronomy