Easton’s dictionary

Nearly 4,000 clear, readable entries on the people, places, words and ideas of the Bible, by a Scottish minister. A good first place to look.

• AaronThe eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex. 6:20). Some explain the...
• AaronitesThe descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led...
• AbaddonDestruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of...
• AbagthaOne of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus’s court (Esther 1:10; 2:21).
• AbanaStony (Heb. marg. “Amanah,” perennial), the chief river of Damascus (2 Kings 5:12)....
• AbarimRegions beyond; i.e., on the east of Jordan, a mountain, or rather a mountain-chain,...
• AbbaThis Syriac or Chaldee word is found three times in the New Testament (Mark 14:36;...
• AbdaServant. (1.) The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6);...
• AbdeelServant of God, (Jer. 36:26), the father of Shelemiah.
• AbdiMy servant. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:44. (2.) 2 Chr. 29:12. (3.) Ezra 10:26.
• AbdielServant of God, (1 Chr. 5:15), a Gadite chief.
• AbdonServile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg....
• AbednegoServant of Nego=Nebo, the Chaldee name given to Azariah, one of Daniel’s three...
• Abel(Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to...
• Abel-Beth-MaachahMeadow of the house of Maachah, a city in the north of Palestine, in the neighbourhood...
• Abel-Cheramim(Judg. 11:33, R.V.; A. V., “plain of the vineyards”), a village of the Ammonites,...
• Abel-MeholahMeadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and residence of the prophet...
• Abel-MizraimMeadow of Egypt, or mourning of Egypt, a place “beyond,” i.e., on the west of Jordan,...
• Abel-ShittimMeadow of the acacias, frequently called simply “Shittim” (Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; Micah...
• AbezTin, or white, a town in the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19:20), at the north of the...
• Abi-AlbonFather of strength; i.e., “valiant”, one of David’s body-guard of thirty mighty men (2...
• AbiaMy father is the Lord, the Greek form of Abijah, or Abijam (Matt. 1:7), instead of...
• AbiasaphFather of gathering; the gatherer, the youngest of the three sons of Korah the Levite,...
• AbiatharFather of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was...
• AbibAn ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain (Ex. 13:4; 23:15); the first of the...
• AbidaOr Abi’dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons of Midian, who was the...
• AbidanFather of judgment; judge, head of the tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus (Num. 1:11; 2:22).
• AbieezerFather of help; i.e., “helpful.” (1.) The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the...
• AbielFather (i.e., “possessor”) of God = “pious.” (1.) The son of Zeror and father of Ner,...
• AbiezriteFather of help, a descendant of Abiezer (Judg. 6:11,24; 8:32).
• AbigailFather (i.e., “leader”) of the dance, or “of joy.” (1.) The sister of David, and wife...
• AbihailFather of might. (1.) Num. 3:35. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:29. (3.) 1 Chr. 5:14. (4.) The second...
• AbihuFather of Him; i.e., “worshipper of God”, the second of the sons of Aaron (Ex. 6:23;...
• AbihudFather (i.e., “possessor”) of renown. (1.) One of the sons of Bela, the son of...
• AbijahFather (i.e., “possessor or worshipper”) of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 7:8. (2.) 1 Chr....
• AbijamFather of the sea; i.e., “seaman” the name always used in Kings of the king of Judah,...
• AbileneA plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from...
• AbimaelFather of Mael, one of the sons or descendants of Joktan, in Northern Arabia (Gen....
• AbimelechMy father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as...
• AbinadabFather of nobleness; i.e., “noble.” (1.) A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house...
• AbinoamFather of kindness, the father of Barak (Judg. 4:6; 5:1).
• AbiramFather of height; i.e., “proud.” (1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in...
• AbishagFather of (i.e., “given to”) error, a young woman of Shunem, distinguished for her...
• AbishaiFather of (i.e., “desirous of”) a gift, the eldest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He...
• AbishuaFather of welfare; i.e., “fortunate.” (1.) The grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4). (2.)...
• AbishurFather of the wall; i.e., “mason”, one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of...
• AbitalFather of dew; i.e., “fresh”, David’s fifth wife (2 Sam. 3:4).
• AbitubFather of goodness, a Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:11).
• Abjects(Ps. 35:15), the translation of a Hebrew word meaning smiters; probably, in allusion...
• AblutionOr washing, was practised, (1.) When a person was initiated into a higher state: e.g.,...
• AbnerFather of light; i.e., “enlightening”, the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was...
• AbominationThis word is used, (1.) To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves...
• AbrahamFather of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers...
• Abraham’s Bosom(Luke 16:22,23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at table, which was...
• AbramExalted father. (see ABRAHAM.)
• AbronahR.V., one of Israel’s halting-places in the desert (Num.33:34,35), just before...
• AbsalomFather of peace; i.e., “peaceful” David’s son by Maacah (2 Sam. 3:3; comp. 1 Kings...
• Acacia(Heb. shittim) Ex. 25:5, R.V. probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called...
• AccadThe high land or mountains, a city in the land of Shinar. It has been identified with...
• AcchoSultry or sandy, a town and harbour of Phoenicia, in the tribe of Asher, but never...
• AccuserSatan is styled the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev. 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zech. 3:1),...
• AceldamaThe name which the Jews gave in their proper tongue, i.e., in Aramaic, to the field...
• AchaiaThe name originally of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the north-west of the...
• Achaichus(1 Cor. 16:17), one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and...
• AchanCalled also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chr. 2:7), in commemoration of his crime,...
• AchborGnawing = mouse. (1.) An Edomitish king (Gen. 36:38; 1 Chr. 1:49). (2.) One of...
• AchishAngry, perhaps only a general title of royalty applicable to the Philistine kings....
• Achmetha(Ezra 6:2), called Ecbatana by classical writers, the capital of northern Media. Here...
• AchorTrouble, a valley near Jericho, so called in consequence of the trouble which the sin...
• AchsahAnklet, Caleb’s only daughter (1 Chr. 2:49). She was offered in marriage to the man...
• AchshaphFascination, a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Palestine (Josh. 11:1;...
• AchzibFalsehood. (1.) A town in the Shephelah, or plain country of Judah (Josh. 15:44);...
• AcreIs the translation of a word (tse’med), which properly means a yoke, and denotes a...
• Acts of the ApostlesThe title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New...
• AdahOrnament. (1.) The first of Lamech’s two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal...
• AdamRed, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the...
• Adam, a TypeThe apostle Paul speaks of Adam as “the figure of him who was to come.” On this...
• Adam, the City ofIs referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood “beside Zarethan,” on the west bank of Jordan...
• AdamahRed earth, a fortified city of Naphtali, probably the modern Damieh, on the west side...
• Adamant(Heb. shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas means diamond. This stone is not...
• AdarLarge, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the ecclesiastical year of the...
• AdbeelMiracle of God, the third of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and head of an Arabian tribe...
• AddarAmple, splendid, son of Bela (1 Chr. 8:3); called also “Ard” (Gen. 46:21)
• Adder(Ps. 140:3; Rom. 3:13, “asp”) is the rendering of, (1.) Akshub (“coiling” or “lying in...
• AddiOrnament, (Luke 3:28), the son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the progenitors...
• AddonLow, one of the persons named in Neh. 7:61 who could not “shew their father’s house”...
• AdielOrnament of God. (1.) The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under David and...
• AdinEffeminate. (1.) Ezra 8:6. (2.) Neh. 10:16.
• AdinaSlender, one of David’s warriors (1 Chr. 11:42), a Reubenite.
• AdinoThe Eznite, one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:8). (See JASHOBEAM.)
• AdjurationA solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the obligation of speaking or...
• AdmahEarth, one of the five cities of the vale of Siddim (Gen. 10:19). It was destroyed...
• AdnahDelight. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr....
• Adoni-ZedecLord of justice or righteousness, was king in Jerusalem at the time when the...
• AdonibezekLord of Bezek, a Canaanitish king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were...
• AdonijahMy Lord is Jehovah. (1.) The fourth son of David (2 Sam. 3:4). After the death of his...
• AdonikamWhom the Lord sets up, one of those “which came with Zerubbabel” (Ezra 2:13). His...
• Adoniram(Adoram, 1 Kings 12:18), the son of Abda, was “over the tribute,” i.e., the levy or...
• AdoptionThe giving to any one the name and place and privileges of a son who is not a son by...
• AdoramSee ADONIRAM.
• AdoreTo worship; to express reverence and homage. The forms of adoration among the Jews...
• AdrammelechAdar the king. (1.) An idol; a form of the sun-god worshipped by the inhabitants of...
• AdramyttiumA city of Asia Minor on the coast of Mysia, which in early times was called AEolis....
• Adria(Acts 27:27; R.V., “the sea of Adria”), the Adriatic Sea, including in Paul’s time the...
• AdrielFlock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his...
• AdullamOne of the royal cities of the Canaanites, now ‘Aid-el-ma (Josh. 12:15; 15:35). It...
• AdullamiteAn inhabitant of the city of Adullam (Gen. 38:1, 12, 20).
• AdulteryConjugal infidelity. An adulterer was a man who had illicit intercourse with a married...
• AdummimThe red ones, a place apparently on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, “on the...
• Adversary(Heb. satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that...
• Advocate(Gr. parakletos), one who pleads another’s cause, who helps another by defending or...
• AenonSprings, a place near Salim where John baptized (John 3:23). It was probably near the...
• AffectionFeeling or emotion. Mention is made of “vile affections” (Rom. 1:26) and “inordinate...
• AffinityRelationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are...
• AfflictionsCommon to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps. 34:19); are for the good of men (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2...
• AgabusA “prophet,” probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He prophesied at Antioch...
• AgagFlame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian. (1.)...
• AgagiteA name applied to Haman and also to his father (Esther 3:1, 10; 8:3, 5). Probably it...
• Agate(Heb. shebo), a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19;...
• AgeUsed to denote the period of a man’s life (Gen. 47:28), the maturity of life (John...
• AgeeFugitive, the father of Shammah, who was one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:11)
• AgonyContest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering. Anguish is the...
• AgricultureTilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief...
• Agrippa I.The grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus and Bernice. The Roman emperor...
• Agrippa Ii.Son of the foregoing, was born at Rome, A.D. 27. He was the brother of Bernice and...
• AgueThe translation in Lev. 26:16 (R.V., “fever”) of the Hebrew word kaddah’ath, meaning...
• AgurGatherer; the collector, mentioned as author of the sayings in Prov. 30. Nothing is...
• Ah!An exclamation of sorrow or regret (Ps. 35:25; Isa. 1:4, 24; Jer. 1:6; 22:18; Mark 15:29).
• Aha!An exclamation of ridicule (Ps. 35:21; 40:15; 70:3). In Isa. 44:16 it signifies joyful...
• AhabFather’s brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of...
• AhasuerusThere are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius...
• AhavaWater, the river (Ezra 8:21) by the banks of which the Jewish exiles assembled under...
• AhazPossessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1 Chr. 8:35; 9:42). (2.) The son and successor...
• AhaziahHeld by Jehovah. (1.) The son and successor of Ahab. He followed the counsels of his...
• AhiamMother’s brother, one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:33; 1 Chr. 11:35).
• AhiezerBrother of help; i.e., “helpful.” (1.) The chief of the tribe of Dan at the time of...
• AhihudBrother (i.e., “friend”) of union. (1.) A son of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr....
• AhijahBrother (i.e., “friend”) of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.)....
• AhikamBrother of support = helper, one of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the...
• AhimaazBrother of anger = irascible. (1.) The father Ahinoam, the wife of Saul (1 Sam....
• AhimanBrother of a gift = liberal. (1.) One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb...
• AhimelechBrother of the king, the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam. 22:20-23). He...
• AhinadabBrother of liberality = liberal, one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by...
• AhinoamBrother of pleasantness = pleasant. (1.) The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of Saul (1...
• AhioBrotherly. (1.) One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:14). (2.) One of the sons of...
• AhiraBrother of evil = unlucky, or my brother is friend, chief of the tribe of Naphtali at...
• AhisharBrother of song = singer, the officer who was “over the household” of Solomon (1 Kings 4:6).
• AhithophelBrother of insipidity or impiety, a man greatly renowned for his sagacity among the...
• AhitubBrother of goodness = good. (1.) The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather...
• AhlabFatness, a town of Asher lying within the unconquered Phoenician border (Judg. 1:31),...
• AhoahBrotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4). He is also...
• AhohiteAn epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon’s captains (1 Chr. 27:4); to his son...
• AholahShe has her own tent, a name used by Ezekiel (23:4, 5, 36, 44) as a symbol of the...
• AholiabTent of the father, an artist of the tribe of Dan, appointed to the work of preparing...
• AholibahMy tent is in her, the name of an imaginary harlot, applied symbolically to Jerusalem,...
• AholibamahTent of the height, the name given to Judith, the daughter of Beeri = Anah (Gen....
• AiRuins. (1.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 10:1; Gen. 12:8; 13:3)....
• Aijeleth ShaharHind of the dawn, a name found in the title of Ps. 22. It is probably the name of some...
• AirThe atmosphere, as opposed to the higher regions of the sky (1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 9:2;...
• AjalonAnd Aij’alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally assigned to the tribe...
• Akkub(another form of Jacob). (1.) The head of one of the families of Nethinim (Ezra 2:45)....
• AkrabbimScorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between...
• AlabasterOccurs only in the New Testament in connection with the box of “ointment of spikenard...
• AlamothVirgins, a musical term (1 Chr. 15:20), denoting that the psalm which bears this...
• AlarmA particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give warning to the Hebrews on...
• AlemethCovering. (1.) One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:8). (2.)...
• AlexanderMan-defender. (1.) A relative of Annas the high priest, present when Peter and John...
• Alexander the GreatThe king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the...
• AlexandriaThe ancient metropolis of Lower Egypt, so called from its founder, Alexander the Great...
• Algum(2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10,11), the same as almug (1 Kings 10:11).
• AlienA foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the...
• AllegoryUsed only in Gal. 4:24, where the apostle refers to the history of Isaac the...
• AlleluiaThe Greek form (Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6) of the Hebrew Hallelujah = Praise ye Jehovah,...
• AllianceA treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage. Abraham...
• AllonOak. (1.) The expression in the Authorized Version of Josh. 19:33, “from Allon to...
• Allon-BachuthOak of weeping, a tree near Bethel, at the spot where Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, was...
• AlmodadImmeasurable, the first named of the sons of Joktan (Gen. 10:26), the founder of an...
• AlmonHidden, one of the sacerdotal cities of Benjamin (Josh. 21:18), called also Alemeth (1...
• AlmondA native of Syria and Palestine. In form, blossoms, and fruit it resembles the peach...
• AlmsNot found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New. The Mosaic legislation...
• Almug(1 Kings 10:11, 12) = algum (2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11), in the Hebrew occurring only in...
• Aloes(Heb. ‘ahalim), a fragrant wood (Num. 24:6; Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Cant. 4:14), the...
• Alphaeus(1.) The father of James the Less, the apostle and writer of the epistle (Matt. 10:3;...
• Altar(Heb. mizbe’ah, from a word meaning “to slay”), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or...
• AltaschithDestroy not, the title of Ps. 57, 58, 59, and 75. It was probably the name of some...
• AlushOne of the places, the last before Rephidim, at which the Hebrews rested on their way...
• AmalekDweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr....
• AmalekiteA tribe that dwelt in Arabia Petraea, between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea. They were...
• AmanaPerennial. (1.) The Hebrew margin of 2 Kings 5:12 gives this as another reading of...
• AmariahSaid by Jehovah. (1.) One of the descendants of Aaron by Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:7,52). He...
• AmasaBurden. (1.) The son of Abigail, a sister of king David (1 Chr. 2:17; 2 Sam. 17:25)....
• AmasaiBurdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25,...
• AmashaiThe son of Azareel, appointed by Nehemiah to reside at Jerusalem and do the work of...
• AmasiahBurden of (i.e., “sustained by”) Jehovah, the “son of Zichri, who willingly offered...
• AmaziahStrengthened by Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan...
• AmbassadorIn the Old Testament the Hebrew word tsir, meaning “one who goes on an errand,” is...
• Amber(Ezek. 1:4, 27; 8:2. Heb., hashmal, rendered by the LXX. elektron, and by the Vulgate...
• AmbushJoshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he...
• AmenThis Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev. 3:14). In Isa. 65:16, the...
• AmethystOne of the precious stones in the breastplate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19; 39:12),...
• AmittaiTrue, the father of Jonah the prophet, a native of Gath-hepher (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1).
• AmmahA cubit, the name of a hill which Joab and Abishai reached as the sun went down, when...
• AmmiMy people, a name given by Jehovah to the people of Israel (Hos. 2:1, 23. Comp. 1:9;...
• AmmielPeople of God. (1.) One of the twelve spies sent by Moses to search the land of Canaan...
• AmmihudPeople of glory; i.e., “renowned.” (1.) The father of the Ephraimite chief Elishama,...
• AmminadabKindred of the prince. (1.) The father of Nahshon, who was chief of the tribe of Judah...
• AmminadibA person mentioned in Cant. 6:12, whose chariots were famed for their swiftness. It is...
• AmmishaddaiPeople of the Almighty, the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Danites at the...
• AmmizabadPeople of the giver, the son of Benaiah, who was the third and chief captain of the...
• AmmonAnother form of the name Ben-ammi, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:38). This name is also used...
• AmmoniteThe usual name of the descendants of Ammon, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:38). From the very...
• AmnonFaithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1 Chr. 4:20; comp....
• AmonBuilder. (1.) The governor of Samaria in the time of Ahab. The prophet Micaiah was...
• AmoritesHighlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of...
• AmosBorne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekota, the...
• AmozStrong, the father of the prophet Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1; Isa. 1:1; 2:1). As...
• AmphipolisCity on both sides, a Macedonian city, a great Roman military station, through which...
• AmpliasA Roman Christian saluted by Paul (Rom. 16:8).
• AmramKindred of the High; i.e., “friend of Jehovah.” (1.) The son of Kohath, the son of...
• AmraphelKing of Shinar, southern Chaldea, one of the confederates of Chedorlaomer, king of...
• AnabGrape-town, one of the cities in the mountains of Judah, from which Joshua expelled...
• AnahSpeech. (1.) One of the sons of Seir, and head of an Idumean tribe, called a Horite,...
• AnakLong-necked, the son of Arba, father of the Anakim (Josh. 15:13; 21:11, Heb. Anok).
• AnakimThe descendants of Anak (Josh. 11:21; Num. 13:33; Deut. 9:2). They dwelt in the south...
• AnamimThe name of an Egyptian tribe descended from Mizraim (Gen. 10:13; 1 Chr. 1:11).
• AnammelechOne of the gods worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim, who colonized Samaria (2 Kings...
• AnanCloud, one of the Israelites who sealed the covenant after the return from Babylon...
• AnaniahProtected by Jehovah, the name of a town in the tribe of Benjamin between Nob and...
• AnaniasA common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah. (1.) One of the members of the church at...
• AnathAn answer; i.e., to “prayer”, the father of Shamgar, who was one of the judges of...
• AnathemaAnything laid up or suspended; hence anything laid up in a temple or set apart as...
• AnathothThe name of one of the cities of refuge, in the tribe of Benjamin (Josh. 21:18). The...
• AnchorFrom Acts 27:29, 30, 40, it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several...
• Ancient of DaysAn expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in...
• AndrewManliness, a Greek name; one of the apostles of our Lord. He was of Bethsaida in...
• AndronicusMan-conquering, a Jewish Christian, the kinsman and fellowprisoner of Paul (Rom....
• AnemTwo fountains, a Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr. 6:73). It is also...
• AnerA boy. (1.) A Canaanitish chief who joined his forces with those of Abraham in pursuit...
• AngelA word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a “messenger,” and hence employed to...
• AngerThe emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil that presents itself...
• AnimFountains, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:50), now el-Ghuwein, near...
• AnimalAn organized living creature endowed with sensation. The Levitical law divided animals...
• AniseThis word is found only in Matt. 23:23. It is the plant commonly known by the name of...
• AnnaGrace, an aged widow, the daughter of Phanuel. She was a “prophetess,” like Miriam,...
• AnnasWas high priest A.D. 7-14. In A.D. 25 Caiaphas, who had married the daughter of Annas...
• AnointThe practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews. (1.) The act...
• Ant(Heb. nemalah, from a word meaning to creep, cut off, destroy), referred to in Prov....
• AntichristAgainst Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ. The word is used only by the...
• Antioch(1.) In Syria, on the river Orontes, about 16 miles from the Mediterranean, and some...
• AntiochusThe name of several Syrian kings from B.C. 280 to B.C. 65. The most notable of these...
• Antipas(1.) Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace. He was...
• AntipatrisA city built by Herod the Great, and called by this name in honour of his father,...
• AntoniaA fortress in Jerusalem, at the north-west corner of the temple area. It is called...
• AntothiteAn inhabitant of Anathoth, found only in 1 Chr. 11:28; 12:3. In 2 Sam. 23:27 it is...
• AnvilThe rendering of the Hebrew word , “beaten,” found only in Isa. 41:7.
• ApeAn animal of the monkey tribe (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21). It was brought from India...
• ApellesA Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:10), and styles “approved in Christ.”
• ApharsachitesA company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6; 6:6).
• ApharsitesAnother of the tribes removed to Samaria (Ezra 4:9), or perhaps the same as the preceding.
• Aphik(Judg. 1:31); Aphek (Josh. 13:4; 19:30), stronghold. (1.) A city of the tribe of...
• ApocalypseThe Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q.v.).
• ApocryphaHidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the...
• ApolloniaA city of Macedonia between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, from which it was distant...
• ApollosA Jew “born at Alexandria,” a man well versed in the Scriptures and eloquent (Acts...
• ApollyonDestroyer, the name given to the king of the hosts represented by the locusts (Rev....
• ApostleA person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive...
• ApothecaryRendered in the margin and the Revised Version “perfumer,” in Ex. 30:25; 37:29; Eccl....
• ApparelIn Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very...
• AppealA reference of any case from an inferior to a superior court. Moses established in the...
• ApphiaIncreasing, a female Christian at Colosse (Philemon 1:2), supposed by some to have...
• Appii ForumI.e., “the market of Appius” (Acts 28:15, R.V.), a town on the road, the “Appian Way,”...
• Apple(Heb. tappuah, meaning “fragrance”). Probably the apricot or quince is intended by the...
• ApronFound in the Authorized Version in Gen. 3:7, of the bands of fig-leaves made by our...
• AquilaEagle, a native of Pontus, by occupation a tent-maker, whom Paul met on his first...
• ArabAmbush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:52), now Er-Rabiyeh.
• ArabahPlain, in the Revised Version of 2 Kings 14:25; Josh. 3:16; 8:14; 2 Sam. 2:29; 4:7 (in...
• ArabiaArid, an extensive region in the south-west of Asia. It is bounded on the west by the...
• Arad(1.) Now Tell Arad, a Canaanite city, about 20 miles south of Hebron. The king of Arad...
• AramThe son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); according to Gen. 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Matt....
• Aram-NaharaimAram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Gen. 24:10), the country...
• Aram-Zobah(Ps. 60, title), probably the region between the Euphrates and the Orontes.
• AranWild goat, a descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:28).
• AraratSacred land or high land, the name of a country on one of the mountains of which the...
• AraunahAgile; also called Ornan 1 Chr. 21:15, a Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem before it was...
• ArbaFour, a giant, father of Anak. From him the city of Hebron derived its name of...
• ArbathiteA name given to Abi-albon, or, as elsewhere called, Abiel, one of David’s warriors (2...
• ArchAn architectural term found only in Ezek. 40:16, 21, 22, 26, 29. There is no absolute...
• Archangel(1Thess. 4:16; Jude 1:9), the prince of the angels.
• ArchelausRuler of the people, son of Herod the Great, by Malthace, a Samaritan woman. He was...
• ArcherA shooter with the bow (1 Chr. 10:3). This art was of high antiquity (Gen. 21:20;...
• ArcheviteOne of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria (Ezra 4:9); the men of Erech.
• ArchiA city on the boundary of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2), between Bethel and...
• ArchippusMaster of the horse, a “fellow-soldier” of Paul’s (Philemon 1:2), whom he exhorts to...
• ArchiteThe usual designation of Hushai (2 Sam. 15:32; 17:5, 14; 1 Chr. 27:33), who was a...
• ArcturusBear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation...
• ArdDescent, a grandson of Benjamin (Num. 26:38-40). In 1 Chr. 8:3 he is called Addar. His...
• ArdonDescendant, the last of the three sons of Caleb by his first wife Azubah (1 Chr. 2:18).
• AreopagiteA member of the court of Areopagus (Acts 17:34).
• AreopagusThe Latin form of the Greek word rendered “Mars’ hill.” But it denotes also the...
• AretasThe father-in-law of Herod Antipas, and king of Arabia Petraea. His daughter returned...
• ArgobStony heap, an “island,” as it has been called, of rock about 30 miles by 20, rising...
• AriehThe lion, the name of one of the body-guard slain with Pekahiah at Samaria (2 Kings...
• ArielThe lion of God. (1.) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to procure Levites for the...
• ArimatheaA “city of the Jews” (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our...
• AriochLion-like, venerable. (1.) A king of Ellasar who was confederate with Chedorlamer...
• AristarchusBest ruler, native of Thessalonica (Acts 20:4), a companion of Paul (Acts 19:29;...
• AristobulusA Roman mentioned in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (16:10), whose “household” is saluated.
• ArkNoah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50...
• Arkite(Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15), a designation of certain descendants from the Phoenicians...
• ArmUsed to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the...
• ArmageddonOccurs only in Rev. 16:16 (R.V., “Har-Magedon”), as symbolically designating the place...
• ArmeniaHigh land, occurs only in Authorized Version, 2 Kings 19:37; in Revised Version,...
• ArmoniInhabitant of a fortress, the first-named of the two sons of Saul and Rizpah. He was...
• ArmourIs employed in the English Bible to denote military equipment, both offensive and...
• Armour-BearerAn officer selected by kings and generals because of his bravery, not only to bear...
• ArmouryThe place in which armour was deposited when not used (Neh. 3:19; Jer. 50:25). At...
• ArmyThe Israelites marched out of Egypt in military order (Ex. 13:18, “harnessed;” marg.,...
• ArnonSwift, the southern boundary of the territory of Israel beyond Jordan, separating it...
• AroerRuins. (1.) A town on the north bank of the Arnon (Deut. 4:48; Judg. 11:26; 2 Kings...
• Arpad(Isa. 10:9; 36:19; 37:13), also Arphad, support, a Syrian city near Hamath, along with...
• ArphaxadSon of Shem, born the year after the Deluge. He died at the age of 438 years (Gen....
• ArrowsAt first made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron. Arrows are sometimes...
• ArtaxerxesThe Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. (1.) The king who obstructed the...
• ArtificerA person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen. 4:22; Isa. 3:3).
• Artillery1 Sam. 20:40, (Heb. keli, meaning “apparatus;” here meaning collectively any missile...
• ArvadWandering, (Ezek. 27:8), a small island and city on the coast of Syria, mentioned as...
• AsaPhysician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah. He was...
• AsahelMade by God, the youngest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He was celebrated for his...
• AsaphConvener, or collector. (1.) A Levite; one of the leaders of David’s choir (1 Chr....
• AscensionSee CHRIST.
• AsenathAn Egyptian name, meaning “gift of the sun-god”, daughter of Potipherah, priest of On...
• Ash(Heb. o’ren, “tremulous”), mentioned only Isa. 44:14 (R.V., “fir tree”). It is...
• AshdodStronghold, a Philistine city (Josh. 15:47), about midway between Gaza and Joppa, and...
• Ashdoth-Pisgah(Deut. 3:17; Josh. 12:3; 13:20) in Authorized Version, but in Revised Version...
• AsherHappy, Jacob’s eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid (Gen. 30:13). Of the...
• AsherahAnd pl. Asherim in Revised Version, instead of “grove” and “groves” of the Authorized...
• AshesThe ashes of a red heifer burned entire (Num. 19:5) when sprinkled on the unclean made...
• Ashkelon=Askelon=Ascalon, was one of the five cities of the Philistines (Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam....
• AshkenazOne of the three sons of Gomer (Gen. 10:3), and founder of one of the tribes of the...
• AshpenazThe master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 1:3), the “Rabsaris” of the court....
• AshtarothA city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 12:4; 13:12; 9:10). It was in...
• Ashteroth KarnaimAshteroth of the two horns, the abode of the Rephaim (Gen. 14:5). It may be identified...
• AshtorethThe moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature,...
• AshuritesMentioned among those over whom Ish-bosheth was made king (2 Sam. 2:9).
• AsiaIs used to denote Proconsular Asia, a Roman province which embraced the western parts...
• AsnapperProbably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos of the Greeks), styled the “great...
• Asp(Heb. pethen), Deut. 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isa. 11:8. It was probably the Egyptian...
• AssFrequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of,...
• AsshurSecond son of Shem (Gen. 10:22; 1 Chr. 1:17). He went from the land of Shinar and...
• AssosA sea-port town of Proconsular Asia, in the district of Mysia, on the north shore of...
• AssuranceThe resurrection of Jesus (Acts 17:31) is the “assurance” (Gr. pistis, generally...
• AssyriaThe name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the...
• Astrologer(Dan. 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27, etc.) Heb. ‘ashshaph’, an enchanter, one who professes to...
• AstronomyThe Hebrews were devout students of the wonders of the starry firmanent (Amos 5:8; Ps....
• Asuppim(1 Chr. 26:15, 17, Authorized Version; but in Revised Version, “storehouse”), properly...
• AtadBuckthorn, a place where Joseph and his brethren, when on their way from Egypt to...
• AtarothCrowns. (1.) A city east of Jordan, not far from Gilead (Num. 32:3). (2.) A town on...
• AterShut; lame. (1.) Ezra 2:16. (2.) Neh. 10:17. (3.) Ezra 2:42.
• AthaliahWhom God afflicts. (1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram,...
• AthensThe capital of Attica, the most celebrated city of the ancient world, the seat of...
• AtonementThis word does not occur in the Authorized Version of the New Testament except in Rom....
• Atonement, Day ofThe great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, “the...
• AugustusThe cognomen of the first Roman emperor, C. Julius Caesar Octavianus, during whose...
• Augustus Band(Acts 27:1.: literally, of Sebaste, the Greek form of Augusta, the name given to...
• AvaA place in Assyria from which colonies were brought to Samaria (2 Kings 17:24). It is...
• AvenNothingness; vanity. (1.) Hosea speaks of the “high places of Aven” (10:8), by which...
• Avenger of Blood(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, “to be near of kin,” “to redeem”), the nearest relative of...
• AvimA people dwelling in Hazerim, or “the villages” or “encampments” on the south-west...
• AwlAn instrument only referred to in connection with the custom of boring the ear of a...
• AxeUsed in the Authorized Version of Deut. 19:5; 20:19; 1 Kings 6:7, as the translation...
• Azal(Zech. 14:5) should perhaps be rendered “very near” = “the way of escape shall be made...
• AzariahWhom Jehovah helps. (1.) Son of Ethan, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:8). (2.) Son of...
• Azazel(Lev. 16:8, 10, 26, Revised Version only here; rendered “scape-goat” in the Authorized...
• AzaziahWhom Jehovah strengthened. (1.) One of the Levitical harpers in the temple (1 Chr....
• AzekahDug over, a town in the Shephelah or low hills of Judah (Josh. 15:35), where the five...
• AzelNoble, a descendant of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43, 44).
• AzmavethStrong as death. (1.) One of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:31). (2.) An overseer...
• AzotusThe Grecized form (Acts 8:40, etc.) of Ashdod (q.v.).
• AzubahDeserted. (1.) The wife of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:18, 19). (2.) The daughter of Shilhi, and...
• Azur and AzzurHelper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1). (2.) The father of...