Bible dictionaries
Jeopard; Jeopardy
What Bible dictionaries say about “Jeopard; Jeopardy”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Jeopardy - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
JEOPARDY, n. jep'ardy. Exposure to death, loss or injury; hazard; danger; peril.
They were filled with water and were in jeopardy.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
jep'-ard, jep'-ar-di: The Eng, word referred originally to a game where the chances were even (from OFr. jeu parti); transferred thence to designate any great risk. In the New Testament, represented by the Greek verb kinduneuo (Lu 8:23; 1Co 15:30). In the Old Testament (Jud 5:18) for a Hebrew idiom, "despise the soul," i.e. they placed a small value upon their lives (Vulgate "offered their souls to death"); for elliptical expression, "went with their lives," in 2Sa 23:17 m.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915