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• Aalara'-a-lar. See ALTAR.
• Aaronar'-un, sometimes pronounced ar'on ('aharon--Septuagint Aaron, meaning uncertain:...
• Aaron's Rod(Nu 17 and He 9:4): Immediately after the incidents connected with the rebellion of...
• Aaronitesar'-on-its (le-'aharon, literally, "belonging to Aaron"): A word used in the King...
• Ab (1)('abh, the Hebrew and Aramaic word for "father"): It is a very common word in the Old...
• Ab (2)('abh): The name of the fifth month in the Hebrew calendar, the month beginning in our...
• Abacucab'-a-kuk (Latin Abacuc): The form given the name of the prophet Habakkuk in 2 Esdras 1:40.
• Abaddona-bad'-on ('abhaddon, "ruin," "perdition," "destruction"): Though "destruction" is...
• Abadiasab-a-di'-as (Greek Abadias): Mentioned in 1 Esdras 8:35 as the son of Jezelus, of the...
• Abagarusa-bag'-a-rus. See ABGARUS.
• Abagthaa-bag'-tha ('abhaghetha', perhaps meaning "fortunate one"): One of the seven eunuchs,...
• Abanahab'-a-na, a-ba'-na ('abhanah (Kethibh, Septuagint, Vulgate)), or AMANA a-ma'-na...
• Abarimab'-a-rim, a-ba'-rim (`abharim): The stem idea is that of going across a space or a...
• Abasea-bas': The English rendition of shaphel (Job 40:11; Eze 21:26), and of its derivative...
• Abatea-bat': Used six times in Old Testament for five different Hebrew words, signifying...
• Abbaab'-a (abba, 'abba', Hebraic-Chaldaic, "Father"): In Jewish and old-Christian prayers,...
• Abdaab'-da (`abhda', perhaps, by abbreviation, "servant of Yahweh"): (1) The father of...
• Abdeelab'-de-el (`abhdeel, "servant of God"): The father of Shelemiah, one of the officers...
• Abdiab'-di (`abhdi, probably by abbreviation "servant of Yahweh"): (1) A Levite, father of...
• Abdiasab-di'-as (2 Esdras 1:39 = Obadiah): One of the Minor Prophets. Mentioned with...
• Abdielab'-di-el (`abhdi'el, "servant of God"): A Gadite who lived in Gilead or in Bashan,...
• Abdon (1)ab'-don (`abhdon, perhaps "service"; Abdon): (1) A judge of Israel for eight years...
• Abdon (2)ab'-don (`abhdon, perhaps "service"): One of the four Levitical cities in the tribe of...
• Abed-Negoa-bed'-ne-go (Hebrew and Aramaic `abhedh neghgo; Da 3:29, `abhedh negho'): According...
• Abel (1)a'-bel (hebhel; Abel; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Habel; etymology...
• Abel (2)a'-bel ('abhel, "meadow"): A word used in several compound names of places. It appears...
• Abel-Beth-Maacaha'-bel-beth-ma'-a-ka ('abhel beth ma`akhah, "the meadow of the house of Maacah"): The...
• Abel-Cheramima'-bel-ker'-a-mim ('abhel keramim, "meadow of vineyards"): A city mentioned in the...
• Abel-Maima'-bel-ma'-im ('abhel mayim, "meadow of water"). See ABEL-BETH-MAACAH.
• Abel-Meholaha'-bel-me-ho'-lah ('abhel meholah, "meadow of dancing"): The residence of Elisha the...
• Abel-Mizraima'-bel-miz'-ra-im ('abhel mitsrayim, "meadow of Egypt"): A name given to "the...
• Abel-Shittima'-bel-shit'-tim ('abhel ha-shiTTim, "the meadow of the Acacias"): The name appears...
• Abeza'-bez: Used in the King James Version (Jos 19:20) for EBEZ, which see.
• Abgar; Abgarus; Abagarusab'-gar, ab-ga'-rus, a-bag'-a-rus (Abgaros): Written also Agbarus and Augarus. A king...
• Abhorab-hor': "To cast away," "reject," "despise," "defy," "contemn," "loathe," etc. (1)...
• Abi (1)a'-bi ('abhi): The name of the mother of King Hezekiah, as given in 2Ki 18:2. Most...
• Abi (2)a'-bi, in the composition of names ('abhi, "father"): The Hebrew words 'abh, "father,"...
• Abi-Albonab-i-al'-bon, abi-al'-bon ('abhi `alebhon, meaning not known. Gesenius infers from the...
• Abia; Abiaha-bi'-a, a-bi'-ah: Variants for ABIJAH; which see.
• Abiasapha-bi'-a-saf, ab-i-a'-saf ('abhi-'acaph, "my father has gathered"): A descendant of...
• Abiathara-bi'-a-thar, ab-i-a'-thar ('ebhyathar, "father of super-excellence," or, "the...
• Abiba'-bib ('abhibh, young ear of barley or other grain, Ex 9:31; Le 2:14): The first...
• Abidaa-bi'-da ('abhidha`, "father of knowledge," or "my father knows"): A son of Midian and...
• Abidaha-bi'-dah: Used in the King James Version in Ge 25:4 for ABIDA, which see.
• Abidana-bi'-dan ('abhidhan, "father is judge"): Abidan, son of Gideoni, was a "prince" of...
• Abidea-bid': Old English word signifying progressively to "await," "remain," "lodge,"...
• Abiela'-bi-el, ab'-yel, a-bi'-el ('abhi'el, "my father is God," or "God is father"): (1) A...
• Abiezerab-i-e'-zer, a-bi-e'-zer ('abhi`ezer, "father of help," or "my father is help." Iezer,...
• Abiezriteab-i-ez'-rit, a-bi-ez'-rit: The Gentile adjective of ABIEZER, which see.
• Abigail; Abigalab'-i-gal, ab'-i-gal ('abhighayil, or 'abhighal, three times, or 'abhughayil, once, or...
• Abihailab'-i-hal ('abhichayil; in some manuscripts 'abhihayil, when feminine, but best...
• Abihua-bi'-hu ('abhihu', "father he is," or "my father he is"): Second son of Aaron, the...
• Abihuda-bi'-hud ('abhihudh, "father of majesty," or "my father is majesty," though some...
• Abijaha-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2Ch 13:20,21), "my father is Yahweh," or "Yahweh is...
• Abijama-bi'-jam ('abhiyam, "father of sea," or, "father of west"). The name given in Kings...
• Abilaab'-i-la. See ABILENE.
• Abilenea-bi-le'-ne (Abeilene, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus; Abilene, Codex...
• Abilitya-bil'-i-ti (dunamis, or ischus): Variously used of resources, material, mental and...
• Abimaela-bim'-a-el, ab-i-ma'-el ('abhima'el, "my father is God," or "God is father"): The...
• Abimelecha-bim'-e-lek ('abhimelekh, "father of a king"): A name borne by five Old Testament...
• Abinadaba-bin'-a-dab ('abhinadhabh, "father of willingness," or, "my father is willing." This...
• Abinoama-bin'-o-am, ab-i-no'-am ('abhino`am, "father of pleasantness," or, "my father is...
• Abirama-bi'-ram ('abhiram, "exalted father," or, "my father is an exalted one"): (1) The son...
• Abiron(1) The Septuagint form (Ecclesiasticus 45:18 the King James Version) of Abiram, one...
• Abiseiab-i-se'-i. See ABISSEI.
• Abishagab'-i-shag, a-bi'-shag ('abhishagh, apparently, "father of wandering," that is, "cause...
• Abishaiab'-i-shi, a-bi'-shi ('abhishai, in Ch 'abhshai; meaning is doubtful, probably "my...
• Abishaloma-bish'-a-lom: Variant of ABSALOM, which see.
• Abishuaa-bish'-u-a, abi-shoo'-a ('abhishua`, uncertain, perhaps "father of wealth," or "my...
• Abishura-bi'-shur ('abhishur, "my father is a wall"): Great-grandson of Jerahmeel and Atarah,...
• Abisuea-bis'-u-e (Codex Vaticanus, Abisai; Codex Alexandrinus, Abisouai; the King James...
• Abisumab'-i-sum. See ABISUE (Apocrypha).
• Abitalab'-i-tal, a-bi'-tal ('abhiTal, "my father is dew"): One of the wives of King David....
• Abitubab'-i-tub, a-bi'-tub ('abhiTubh, "father of goodness," or, "my father is goodness"):...
• Abiuda-bi'-ud ('Abioud, perhaps "my father is majesty"; see ABIHUD): Mentioned in the...
• Abjectab'-jekt: Only as a noun, and but once (Ps 35:15) for nekheh, literally, "smitten...
• Ablea'-b'-l: The Greek dunamai, "to have power," may refer either to inherent strength, or...
• Ablutionab-lu'-shun: The rite of ablution for religious purification seems to have been...
• Abnerab'-ner ('abhner; in 1Sa 14:50 the Hebrew has the fuller form, 'abhiner, Abiner;...
• Abodea-bod'. See ABIDE.
• Abolisha-bol'-ish (chathath, "to be broken down," "made void," "My righteousness shall not be...
• Abominationa-bom-i-na'-shun (piggul, to`ebhah, sheqets (shiqquts)): Three distinct Hebrew words...
• Abomination of Desolationdes-o-la'-shun: The Hebrew root for abomination is shaqats, "to be filthy," "to...
• Abomination, Birds ofLe 11:13-19: "And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not...
• Abound; Abundance; Abundant; Abundantlya-bound', a-bun'-dans, a-bun'-dant, a-bun'-dant-li: These words represent in the...
• Abouta-bout': The use of this word as a preposition, in the sense of "around," is confined...
• AbrahamI. NAME 1. Various Forms 2. Etymology 3. Association II. KINDRED III. CAREER 1. Period...
• Abraham's Bosombooz'-um (kolpos Abraam; kolpoi Abraam): Figurative. The expression occurs in Lu...
• Abraham, Book ofSee APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.
• Abrama'-bram. See ABRAHAM.
• Abrecha'-brek: Transliteration of the Hebrew 'abhrekh, in Ge 41:43 the Revised Version,...
• Abroada-brod: An idiomatic rendering of aphiketo (literally, "arrived"), "come abroad" is...
• Abroad, ScatteredSee DISPERSION.
• Abronaha-bro'-na, the King James Version Ebronah (`abhronah): One of the stations of Israel...
• Absalom (1)ab'-sa-lom ('abhshalom, "father is peace," written also Abishalom, 1Ki 15:2,10):...
• Absalom (2)(Apocrypha) (Codex Vaticanus, Abessalomos and Abessalom; Codex Alexandrinus,...
• Absalonab'-sa-lon. See ABSALOM (in the Apocrypha).
• Absolutionab-so-lu'-shun (translation of verbs luo, "loose," etc., and aphiemi, "release," "give...
• Abstinenceabs'-ti-nens: Abstinence as a form of asceticism reaches back into remote antiquity,...
• Abubusa-bu'-bus (Aboubos): The father of Ptolemy, who deceitfully slew Simon Maccabee and...
• Abundance; Abundanta-bun'-dans, a-bun'-dant. See ABOUND.
• Abusea-buz': "To dishonor," "to make mock of," "to insult," etc. (1) Translated in the Old...
• Abyssa-bis', (he abussos): In classical Greek the word is always an adjective, and is used...
• Abyssiniaab-i-sin'-i-a. See ETHIOPIA.
• Acaciaa-ka'-sha (shiTTah, the shittah tree of the King James Version, Isa 41:19, and...
• Acatanak'-a-tan. See AKATAN (Apocrypha).
• Accabaak'-a-ba, ak-a'-ba (B, Akkaba; A, Gaba; the King James Version Agaba) = Hagab (Ezr...
• Accad; Accadiansak'-ad, ak-a'-di-ans. See BABYLONIA.
• Accaronak'-a-ron (Akkaron): Mentioned in 1 Macc 10:89 the King James Version; a town of the...
• Accept; Acceptable; Acceptationak-sept', ak-sep'-ta-b'-l, ak-sep-ta'-shun: "To receive with favor," "to take pleasure...
• Acceptanceak-sep'-tans: A rendering of the Hebrew retson, "delight," found only in Isa 60:7. It...
• Accessak'-ses (prosagoge, "a leading to or toward," "approach"): Thrice used in the New...
• Accoak'-o (`akko; [`Akcho]; Ake Ptolemais; Modern Arabic `Akka, English Acre; the King...
• AccommodationI. INTRODUCTORY 1. Three Uses of the Term 2. The Importance of the Subject II....
• Accomplisha-kom'-plish: Richly represented in the Old Testament by seven Hebrew synonyms and in...
• Accord; According; Accordinglya-kord', a-kord'-ing-li: In Old Testament, peh, "mouth," "to fight with one accord"...
• Accosak'-os (Hakchos): The grandfather of Eupolemus, whom Judas Maccabeus sent with others...
• Accounta-kount'. See ACCOUNTABILITY.
• Accountabilitya-koun-ta-bil'-i-ti. 1. Scriptural Principles: The general teaching of Scripture on...
• Accozak'-oz (Akbos; the Revised Version (British and American) AKKOS, which see): 1 Esdras...
• Accurseda-kurs'-ed, a-kurst': In the Book of Jos (Jos 6:17,18; 7:1,11,12,13,15) and 1Ch 2:7...
• Accusera-kuz'-er: This word, not found in the Old Testament, is the rendering of two Greek...
• Aceldamaa-sel'-da-ma. See AKELDAMA.
• Achaiaa-ka'-ya (Achaia): The smallest country in the Peloponnesus lying along the southern...
• Achaicusa-ka'-i-kus (Achaikos, "belonging to Achaia"): A name honorably conferred upon L....
• Achana'-kan (`akhan (in 1Ch 2:7 Achar, `akhar, "troubler"): The descendant of Zerah the son...
• Achara'-kar: Variant of ACHAN, which see.
• Achaza'-kaz (Achaz), the King James Version (Mt 1:9): Greek form of Ahaz (thus the Revised...
• Achbor(1) The father of Baal-hanan, who was the seventh of the eight kings who reigned in...
• Achiacharusa-ki-ak'-a-rus (Codex Vaticanus Achiacharos; Acheicharos): Governor of Assyria....
• Achiasa-ki'-as: An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2). Omitted in other genealogies.
• Achima'-kim (Acheim): A descendant of Zerubbabel and ancestor of Jesus, mentioned only in Mt 1:14.
• Achiora'-ki-or (Achior): General of the Ammonites, who spoke in behalf of Israel before...
• Achiphaak'-i-fa; the King James Version Acipha, as'-i-fa (Achipha), in the Apocrypha (1...
• Achisha'-kish ('akhish): King of the city of Gath in the days of David. His father's name is...
• Achitobak'-i-tob: Same as Ahitob. Used in 1 Esdras 8:2; compare 2 Esdras 1:1 the King James...
• Achmethaak'-me-tha (Ezr 6:2; 'achmetha'; Septuagint Amatha; Peshitta achmathan; in Tiglath...
• Achoak'-o. See ACCO.
• Achora'-kor (`akhor, "trouble," the idea of the word being that of trouble which is serious...
• Achsaak'-sa: Used in the King James Version in 1Ch 2:49 for ACHSAH, which see.
• Achsahak'-sa (`akhchah; in some copies `akhca' in 1Ch 2:49), ("anklet"): The daughter of...
• Achshaphak'-shaf ('akhshaph, "sorcery," or "fascination"): A city in the northern part of the...
• Achzibak'-zib ('akhzibh, "lying" or "disappointing"): The name of two towns in Palestine:...
• Aciphaas'-i-fa. See ACHIPHA.
• Acitho; Acithohas'-i-tho (variant of AHITUB): The name in the King James Version of an ancestor of...
• Acknowledgeak-nol'-ej (gignosko): To declare that one recognizes the claims of a person or thing...
• Acquaint; Acquaintancea-kwant', a-kwan'-tans (gnostoi): Terms referring to various degrees of knowledge, but...
• Acraak'-ra, a'-kra (1 Macc 1:33 the Revised Version (British and American), "citadel")....
• Acrabatteneak-ra-ba-te'-ne. See AKRABATTINE (in the Apocrypha).
• Acrabbimak-rab'-im: Incorrect transliteration of `aqrabbim, of Jos 15:3 in the King James...
• Acre (1)a'-ker, a'-ker. See ACCO.
• Acre (2)a'-ker (tsemedh): A term of land-measurement used twice in the English versions of the...
• Acrostica-kros'-tik: The acrostic, understood as a short poem in which the first letters of...
• Acts of Pilatepi'-lat, pi'-lat. See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.
• Acts of Solomon"The book of the acts of Solomon" (1Ki 11:41), probably a history based on the state...
• Acts of the Apostlesa-pos'-ls: I. TITLE II. TEXT III. UNITY OF THE BOOK IV. THE AUTHOR V. CANONICITY VI....
• Acts, Apocryphala-pok'-ri-fal. See APOCRYPHAL ACTS.
• Acuaak'-u-a. See ACUD.
• Acuba'-kub (Codex Vaticanus, Akouph; Codex Alexandrinus, Akoum) = Bakbuk (Ezr 2:51; Ne...
• Acuda'-kud (Akoud; the King James Version Acua) = AKKUB (Ezr 2:45) which see; omitted in...
• Adadaha-da'-da (`adh`adhah): A city in the southern part of Judah (Jos 15:22). The older...
• Adadrimmona-dad-rim'-on: Shorter and less accurate name of a place in the Valley of Megiddo,...
• Adah(1) One of the two wives of Lamech the descendant of Cain (Ge 4:19,20,23). The...
• Adaiaha-da'-ya, a-di'-a (`adhayah, "Yahweh hath adorned"): (1) Apparently the seventh of the...
• Adaliaa-da-li'-a ('adhalya', probably a Persian name, meaning unknown): One of the ten sons...
• Adam in the New Testament(Adam): The name of Adam occurs nine times (in five different passages) in the New...
• Adam in the Old Testament(Evolutionary Interpretation): NOTE: It ought to be superfluous to say that the...
• Adam in the Old Testament and the Apocryphaad'-am, ('adham; Septuagint Adam). 1. Usage and Etymology: The Hebrew word occurs some...
• Adam, Books ofBooks pretending to give the life and deeds of Adam and other Old Testament worthies...
• Adam, City of('adham, "red" or BDB "made"): A city in the middle of the Jordan valley near ZARETHAN...
• Adamahad'-a-ma ('adhamah; Adami): A fortified city in the territory of Naphtali, named...
• Adamantad'-a-mant (shamir (Eze 3:9; Zec 7:12)): In the passages cited and in Jer 17:1, where...
• Adamiad'-a-mi; a-da'-mi: Mentioned in the King James Version as a separate name, where the...
• Adami-Nekebad'-a-mi ne'-keb 'adhami ha-neqebh, "the ground of the piercing," (that is of the...
• Adana'-dan. See ADDAN.
• Adar (1)a-'dar ('adhar, meaning uncertain): The Babylonian name of the twelfth month of the...
• Adar (2)a'-dar: In the King James Version (Jos 15:3) for ADDAR, which see.
• Adarsaa-dar'-sa. See ADASA.
• Adasaad'-a-sa (Adasa; the King James Version Adarsa): A town less than four miles from...
• Adbeelad'-be-el ('adhbe'el, "God's discipline," possibly): The third of the twelve sons of...
• Add(1) epidiatassomai, "to add to," "to arrange in addition": Found only in Ga 3:15,...
• Addanad'-an ('addan; in Ne 'addon; connected in some way with the name of the god Addu): A...
• Addarad'-ar ('addar, "glorious"): See ARD (1) A grandson of Benjamin, sometimes counted as...
• Adderad'-er (`akhshubh (Ps 140:3); pethen (Ps 58:4); tsiph`oni (Pr 23:32); shephiphon (Ge...
• Addiad'-i (Addi; Addei): An ancestor of Joseph, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus;...
• Addicta-dikt': Found only in the King James Version of 1Co 16:15, for Greek tasso. The house...
• Addoad'-o (Codex Alexandrinus, Addo; Codex Vaticanus, Eddein) = Iddo (Ezr 5:1; 6:14): The...
• Addonad'-on. See ADDAN.
• Addusad'-us (Addous): The descendants of Addus (sons of Solomon's servants) returned with...
• Adera'-der: Used in 1Ch 8:15 the King James Version for EDER, which see.
• Adiabenea-di-a-be'-ne (Adiabene): A state lying on the east of the Tigris, on the greater and...
• Adidaad'-i-da (Adida). A town of the Benjamin tribe near Lod and Ono located upon a hill...
• Adiel(1) One of the "princes" of the tribe of Simeon, who, in the days of Hezekiah, smote...
• Adina'-din (`adhin, "adorned"): The name of a family, "the sons of Adin" (Ezr 2:15; 8:6;...
• Adinaad'-i-na, a-di'-na (`adhina', "adorned"). "Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a...
• Adinoad'-i-no, a-di'-no (`adhino, "his adorned one"): The senior of David's "mighty men."...
• Adinu; Adinad'-i-nu, ad'-in (Adinou, 1 Esdras 5:14; Adin, 1 Esdras 8:32): Compare Adin (Ezr 2:15;...
• Adinusad'-i-nus. See IADINUS (Apocrypha).
• Adithaimad-i-tha'-im (`adhithayim "double ornament, passage, or prey"): A city in "the...
• Adjurationad-ju-ra'-shun: The act of requiring or taking a solemn oath. In a time of military...
• Adlaiad'-la-i, ad'-li (`adhlay; Septuagint Adli and Adai, "lax, weary"): The father of...
• Admahad'-ma ('adhmah): From a root signifying red; one of the Cities of the Plain (Ciccar)...
• Admathaad'-ma-tha, ad-ma'-tha ('adhmatha'): One of "the seven princes of Persia and Media,...
• Adminad'-min. See ARNI.
• Administer; Administrationad-min'-is-ter ad-min-is-tra'-shun diakoneo, diakonia: Terms used in the King James...
• Admirationad-mi-ra'-shun (thauma, "a marvel" or "wonder"; thaumazo, "to wonder"): A term thrice...
• Adna(1) An Israelite in Ezra's time who, having married a foreign wife, divorced her. He...
• Adnah(1) A warrior of the tribe of Manasseh, who deserted Saul and joined David's forces at...
• Adoa-doo': Found only in Mr 5:39 King James Version: "Why make ye this ado and weep?"...
• Adonaia-do'-ni, ad-o-na'-i ('adhonay): A Divine name, translated "Lord," and signifying,...
• Adoni-Zedeka-do-ni-ze'-dek ('adhonitsedheq, "lord of righteousness"): King of Jerusalem at the...
• Adonibezeka-do-ni-be'-zek ('adhonibhezeq "lord of Bezek"): Lord of a town, Bezek, in southern...
• Adonijahad-o-ni'-ja ('adhoniyahu or 'adhoniyah, "my lord is Yahweh"): (1) The son of David and...
• Adonikamad-o-ni'-kam ('adhoniqam, "my lord has risen up"): The name of a family of the...
• Adoniramad-o-ni'-ram ('adhoniram, "my lord is exalted"): An official of Solomon (1Ki 4:6;...
• Adonisa-do'-nis: A name for the Babylonian god TAMMUZ, which see. The word occurs only in...
• Adoptiona-dop'-shun (huiothesia, "placing as a son"): I. THE GENERAL LEGAL IDEA 1. In the Old...
• Ador; Adoraa'-dor, a-do'-ra (Adora): In Idumaea, mentioned in Ant, XIII, ix, 1 as one of the...
• Adoraimad-o-ra'-im ('adhorayim, "a pair of knolls," perhaps): One of several cities in Judah...
• Adorama-do'-ram. See ADONIRAM.
• Adorationad-o-ra'-shun: Though this word never occurs in English Versions, it represents...
• Adorna-dorn' (kosmeo): Has as its primary meaning "to arrange," "to put In order," "to...
• Adraa'-dra. See ARAD (city).
• Adrammelech and Anammelecha-dram'-el-ek and a-nam'-el-ek ('adhrammelekh and `anammelekh, apparently, according...
• Adramyttiumad-ra-mit'-i-um (Adramuttion; for other forms see Thayer's lexicon): An ancient city...
• Adriaa'-dri-a (Westcott-Hort: ho Hadrias or ho Adrias): In Greek Adrias (Polybios i.2.4),...
• Adriela'-dri-el (`adhri'el, "my help is God"): The son of Barzillai the Meholathite, to whom...
• Aduela-du'-el (Adouel): An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1).
• Adullam(1) A city, with dependencies, and in ancient times having a king, mentioned five...
• Adullamitea-dul'-am-it: The gentilic adjective of ADULLAM, which see. It is used only of Judah's...
• Adulterya-dul'-ter-i: In Scripture designates sexual intercourse of a man, whether married or...
• Adummima-dum'-im ('adhummim, perhaps "red spots"): "The ascent of Adummim" is one of the...
• Advantagead-van'-taj (cakhan): In Job 35:3 is interpreted in succeeding clause as "profit." In...
• Adventad'-vent. See INCARNATION; MILLENNIUM; PAROUSIA.
• Adventuread-ven'-tur: "To risk," "to dare," referring always to an undertaking attended with...
• Adversaryad'-ver-sa-ri, ad'-ver-sa-ri: This word (in the singular or plural) is used in the Old...
• Adversityad-vur'-si-ti: In the Revised Version (British and American) exclusively an Old...
• Advertisead'-ver-tiz: This word is found twice in the Old Testament: In Nu 24:14 (from Hebrew,...
• Advice; Advise; Advisementad-vis', ad-viz', ad-viz'-ment: Aside from their regular meaning these words are...
• Advocatead'-vo-kat (parakletos): Found in 1Joh 2:1, "If any man sin, we have an Advocate with...
• Adytumad'-i-tum (Latin from Greek aduton, adjective adutos, "not to be entered"): Applied to...
• Aediasa-e-di'-as (Aedeias). Mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:27, being one of those who agreed to...
• Aeliae'-li-a. See JERUSALEM.
• Aenease-ne'-as ('Aineas): A paralytic at Lydda, who, after he "had kept his bed eight...
• Aenone'-non (Ainon): The place where John was baptizing "because there was much water...
• Aeone'-on: This word originally meant "duration," "dispensation." In the philosophy of...
• Aesorae'-so-ra, the King James Version Esora, e-so'-ra (Aisora): A town in the borders of...
• Affect; Affectiona-fekt', a-fek'-shun: The literal meaning of "affect" is to act upon (Latin ad, "to,"...
• Affinitya-fin'-i-ti (chathan "to join one-self"): This term is used three times in the Old...
• Affirm; Affirmativesa-fur'-ma-tivs (diischurizomai). The verb "affirm" occurs in several passages of the...
• Afflictiona-flik'-shun: Represents no fewer than 11 Hebrew words in the Old Testament, and 3...
• Affrighta-frit': Designates a state of terror occasioned by some unexpected and startling...
• Afoota-foot' (pezeuo, "to go on foot"): By walking from Troas to Assos Paul avoided the...
• Aforea-for': Archaic for "before" of time, or "formerly"; frequently occurs as compound, as...
• Afresha-fresh': Only in Heb 6:6, "seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh,"...
• Africaaf'-ri-ka: The name of this tract, as a continent, does not occur in the Bible, and it...
• After; Afterwardaft'-er, aft'-er-werd: The fundamental thought, in which all shades of meaning unite,...
• Afternoonaf-ter-noon' (neToth ha-yom, "the declining of the day"; Jud 19:8 the King James...
• Agabaag'-a-ba: A fortress in Judea. The first of 22 "strong places" which by its commander...
• Agabusag'-a-bus (Agabos): A Christian prophet of Jerusalem, twice mentioned in Acts. (1) In...
• Agadeag'-a-de: Ancient name for Akkad (or ACCAD, which see), one of the chief cities of...
• Agaga'-gag ('aghagh, or 'aghagh, meaning unknown, possibly "violent," BDB): A name, or...
• Agagitea'-gag-it, ('aghaghi, from, 'aghagh, "a member of the house of Agag"): A title of...
• Againa-gen': Advb. denoting repetition; in New Testament, generally for palin, "back,"...
• Again; BornSee REGENERATION.
• Againsta-genst' (kata; enantion; pros): Preposition expressing contrast. When used of...
• Agapeag'-a-pe (agape). 1. The Name and the Thing: The name Agape or "love-feast," as an...
• Agara'-gar (Agar). Found once in the Apocrypha in the Greek (Baruch 3:23) probably for the...
• Agarenesag-a-renz': Baruch 3:23 the King James Version. In the Old Testament the word is...
• AgateSee STONES, PRECIOUS.
• Ageaj: A period of time or a dispensation. In the above sense the word occurs only once...
• Age; Old AgeIn individual lives (cheledh; helikia): We have scarcely any word in the Old Testament...
• Ageea'-ge (aghe', "fugitive"): A Hararite, father of Shammah, one of David's "three mighty...
• Ages, Rock ofApplied to Yahweh as an encouragement for trust (Isa 26:4 the Revised Version, margin;...
• Aggabaa-ga'-ba (Aggaba, and Agraba; the King James Version, Graba) = Hagabah (Ezr 2:45) and...
• Aggaeusa-ge'-us (Aggaios; the King James Version Aggeus). Haggai, one of the Minor Prophets....
• Agiaa'-gi-a (Agia; the King James Version Hagia) = Hattil (Ezr 2:57; Ne 7:59): The...
• Agonea-gon': In the King James Version of 1Sa 30:13. Old past participle of "to go." the...
• AgonyA word occurring only once in the New Testament (Lu 22:44), and used to describe the...
• Agraphaag'-ra-fa (agrapha). 1. The Term and Its History: The word agraphos of which agrapha...
• Agrarian Lawsa-gra'-ri-an loz: 1. The Sabbath Year 2. The Jubilee 3. Its Object 4. The Legal Rules...
• Agreea-gre' (sumphoneo, "to be of the same mind," "to come to a mutual understanding"):...
• AgricultureI. DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE II. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND FERTILITY III. AGRICULTURAL...
• Agrippaa-grip'-a. See HEROD.
• Aguea'-gu (qaddachath): In Le 26:16 the King James Version is one of the diseases...
• Agura'-gur ('aghur, seeming, from comparison with Arabic roots, to mean either "hireling,"...
• AhIn proper names. See AHI.
• Ah; Ahaa, a-ha': Interjections of frequent occurrence in the Old Testament, representing...
• Ahaba'-hab ('ach'abh, Assyrian a-cha-ab-bu; Septuagint Achaab, but Jer 29:21 f, Achiab,...
• Ahab and Zedekiaha'-hab, zed-e-ki'-a ('ach'abh, "uncle"; tsidhqiyahu, "Yahweh is my righteousness"):...
• Aharaha'-har-a, a-har'-a ('achrach; A, Aara; B, Iaphael, "brother of Rach," or, a brother's...
• Aharahela-har'-hel ('acharchel, "brother of Rachel"; Septuagint adelphou Rechab, "brother of...
• Ahasaia'-ha-si, a-ha'-si. See AHZAI.
• Ahasbaia-has'-bi ('achacbay, "blooming"): The father of Eliphelet, a Maacathite, a soldier in...
• Ahasuerus; Asseurusa-haz-u-e'-rus, (Septuagint Assoueros, but in Tobit 14:15 Asueros; the Latin form of...
• Ahavaa-ha'-va ('ahawa'): The river in Babylonia on the banks of which Ezra gathered...
• Ahaza'-haz ('achaz, "he has grasped," 2Ki 16; 2Ch 28; Isa 7:10 ff; Achaz). 1. Name: The...
• Ahaz, Dial ofSee DIAL OF AHAZ.
• Ahaziaha-ha-zi'-a ('achazyah and 'achazyahu, "Yah holds, or sustains"): I. Ahaziah. Son of...
• Ahbana'-ban ('achban, "brother of an intelligent one"(?) Achbar): The son of Abishur of the...
• Ahera'-her ('acher, "another"; Aer): A man of Benjamin (1Ch 7:12), apparently a contracted...
• Ahia'-hi ('achi, "my brother," or perhaps a contraction from AHIJAH, which see): (1) A...
• Ahi; AhIn proper names ('achi or 'ach "brother"): The usage is practically the same with that...
• Ahiaha-hi'-a: A variant in the King James Version (1Sa 14:3,18; 1Ki 4:3; 1Ch 8:7) for...
• Ahiama-hi'-am ('achi'am, "mother's brother"): One of David's thirty heroes. He was the son...
• Ahiana-hi'-an ('achyan, "brotherly"): A son of Shemida of the tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 7:19).
• Ahiezera-hi-e'-zer ('achi`ezer, "brother is help"): (1) A son of Ammishaddai, a Danite...
• Ahihuda-hi'-hud ('achihudh, "brother is majesty"): (1) One of the chief men of the tribe of...
• Ahijaha-hi'-ja ('achiyah or 'achiyahu, "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yahweh," "Yah is...
• Ahikama-hi'-kam ('achiqam, "my brother has risen up"): A prominent man of the time of King...
• Ahiluda-hi'-lud ('achiludh, "child's brother," perhaps): The father of Jehoshaphat, who is...
• Ahimaaza-hi-ma'-az, a-him'-a-az ('achima`ats, perhaps "my brother is rage," or "brother of...
• Ahimana-hi'-man ('achiman, perhaps, "brother of fortune," or, "my brother is fortune"): (1)...
• Ahimelecha-him'-e-lek ('achimelekh, "brother of a king," or, "my brother is king," or, "king is...
• Ahimotha-hi'-moth ('achimoth, "brother of death," or, "my brother is death"): A descendant of...
• Ahinadaba-hin'-a-dab ('achinadhabh, "brother of willingness," or, "my brother is willing"):...
• Ahinoama-hi-no'-am, a-hin'-o-am ('achino`am, "my brother is pleasantness"): (1) Daughter of...
• Ahioa-hi'-o ('achyo, variously explained as "his brother," "brotherly," "brother of...
• Ahiraa-hi'-ra ('achira`, "brother of evil," or, "my brother is evil"): A man of Naphtali,...
• Ahirama-hi'-ram ('achiram, "exalted brother," or "my brother is exalted"): A son of...
• Ahiramitea-hi'-ram-it ('achirami, "of the family of Ahiram"; Nu 26:38). See AHIRAM.
• Ahisamacha-his'-a-mak ('achicamakh, "my brother supports"): A man of the tribe of Dan, father...
• Ahishahara-hish'-a-har ('achishachar, "brother of dawn"): One of the sons of Bilhan, the son of...
• Ahishara-hish'-ar ('achishar, "my brother has sung"): Mentioned in Solomon's list of heads of...
• Ahithophela-hith'-o-fel ('achithophel, "brother of foolishness," perhaps): The real leader of...
• Ahitoba-hi'-tob (Achitob; the King James Version Achitob): One of the ancestors of Ezra (1...
• Ahituba-hi'-tub ('achiTubh, "brother of goodness," i.e. "good brother," or, "my brother is...
• Ahlaba'-lab ('achlabh, "fat or fruitful"): A town of Asher. It is clear, however, that the...
• Ahlai(1) A Son of Sheshan (1Ch 2:31) or according to 1Ch 2:34 a daughter of Sheshan, for...
• Ahoaha-ho'-a ('achoah, "brotherly"(?)): A son of Bela of the tribe of Benjamin (1Ch 8:4).
• Ahohitea-ho'-hit ('achochi): A patronymic employed in connection with the descendants of...
• Aholaha-ho'-la. See OHOLAH.
• Aholiaba-ho-li'-ab. See OHOLIAB.
• Aholiaha-ho-li'-a. See OHOLIAH.
• Aholibaha-ho'-li-ba. See OHOLIBAH.
• Aholibamaha-ho-li-ba'-ma. See OHOLIBAMAH.
• Ahumaia-hu'-ma-i, a-hu'-mi ('achumay, "brother of water"(?)): A descendant of Shobal of the...
• Ahuzzam; Ahuzama-huz'-am, a-hu'-zam ('achuzzam, "possessor"). A son of Ashahur of the tribe of Judah,...
• Ahuzzatha-huz'-ath ('achuzzath, "possession"): A "friend" perhaps a minister, of Abimelech,...
• Ahzaia'-zi ('achzay, "my protector"): A priest who resided in Jerusalem (Ne 11:13). The the...
• Aia'-i (`ay, written always with the definite article, ha-`ay, probably meaning "the...
• Aiaha'-ya ('ayyah, "falcon"; once in the King James Version Ajah, Ge 36:24): (1) A Horite,...
• Aiatha'-yath (`ayyath): Found in Isa 10:28; feminine form of the city AI (which see).
• Aidad (chazaq, "to strengthen," "to aid"): A military term used only once in Old...
• Aijaa-i'-ja (`ayya'): A form of name for city Ai, found in Ne 11:31. See AI; AIATH.
• Aijalona'-ja-lon ('ayyalon, "deerplace"; the King James Version, Ajalon (Jos 10:12)): (1) The...
• Aijeleth Hash-Shahara'-je-leth hash-sha'-har. See PSALMS; SONG.
• Ailal (Anglo-Saxon: eglan, "to pain"): As a verb translation, is "to trouble," "afflict"...
• Aimam: In The Wisdom of Solomon 13:9. Lit. translation by the King James Version of Greek...
• Ain (1)See AYIN.
• Ain (2)a'-in (`ayin, "eye or spring (of water)"): (1) A town in the extreme Northwest corner...
• Airar (aer): In the Old Testament "air" is used (with one exception) in the phrase "fowl"...
• Airusa-i'-rus, ar'-us (Iairos): the King James Version, one of the heads of a family of...
• Ajaha'-ja. An Edomite tribe (Ge 36:24 the King James Version). See AIAH.
• Ajalonaj'-a-lon. See AIJALON.
• Akana'-kan (`aqan, "twisted"): A son of Ezer, a descendant of Esau of Seir (Ge 36:27). He...
• Akatanak'-a-tan (Akatan; the King James Version, Acatan = Hakkatan; Ezr 8:12): The father of...
• Akeldamaa-kel'-da-ma (Akeldama, or, in many manuscripts, Akeldamach; the King James Version,...
• Akkad; Akkadiansak'-ad, a-ka'-di-ans. See ACCAD; ACCADIANS.
• Akkosak'-os (Akbos in 1 Esdras 5:38; the King James Version Accos, which see): The Old...
• Akkub(1) A son of Elioenai, a descendant of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:24). (2) A Levite porter on...
• Akrabattineak-ra-ba-ti'-ne (Akrabattine; the King James Version, Arabattine): A place in Idumaea...
• Akrabbimak-rab'-im (once in the King James Version, Acrabbim (Jos 15:3); `aqrabbim,...
• Al-Tashheth; Al-Taschithal-tash'-heth, al-tas'-kith. See PSALMS; SONG.
• Alabasteral'-a-bas-ter (alabastron (Mt 26:7; Mr 14:3; Lu 7:37)): In modern mineralogy alabaster...
• Alamethal'-a-meth (`alameth, "concealment"; 1Ch 7:8 the King James Version): The name of a...
• Alammelecha-lam'-e-lek: the King James Version (Jos 19:26) for ALLAMMELECH (which see).
• Alamothal'-a-moth. See MUSIC.
• Alarma-larm' (teru`ah): This expression is found six times in the Old Testament. The Hebrew...
• Albeitol-be'-it (hina me; literally, "lest"): Occurs in a paraphrase rather than as a...
• Alcimusal'-si-mus ('elyaqum, "God will rise"; Alkimos, "valiant"): A high priest for three...
• Alcoveal'-kov (qubbah; the King James Version tent; the American Standard Revised Version...
• Alemaal'-e-ma (Alemois): A town in Gilead, mentioned once only (1 Macc 5:26), besieged by...
• Alemeth(1) the Revised Version (British and American) for Alameth of the King James Version...
• Alepha'-lef ('): The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It is nearly soundless itself and...
• Aleppoa-lep'-o. See BEREA.
• Alexanderal-eg-zan'-der Alexandros, literal meaning "defender of men." This word occurs five...
• Alexander BalasAlexander ba'-las (Alexandros ho Balas legomenos): He contended against Demetrius I of...
• Alexander, the Great(Alexandros). 1. Parentage and Early Life: Alexander, of Macedon, commonly called "the...
• Alexandriaal-eg-zan'-dri-a (he Alexandreia). 1. History: In 331 BC, Alexander the Great, on his...
• Alexandriansal-eg-zan'-dri-ans (Alexandreis): Jews of Alexandria, who had, with the Libertines and...
• Aliaha-li'-a (`alyah): One of the dukes, or heads of thousands of Edom (1Ch 1:51). In Ge...
• Aliana-li'-an (`alyan): A descendant of Esau, and son of Shobal (1Ch 1:40). In the...
• Alienal'-yen: Found in the King James Version for ger, (Ex 18:3) = "guest," hence:...
• Alienateal'-yen-at (`abhar; apallotrioo, "to estrange from"): In Old Testament, for the break...
• Alivea-liv' (chai, "living"; zao, "to live," anazao, "to live again"): These Hebrew and...
• Allol: Used in various combinations, and with different meanings. (1) All along, "Weeping...
• Allammelecha-lam'-e-lek ('allammelekh, "oak of a king"): A town in the tribe of Asher, the...
• Allaral'-ar (the King James Version, Aalar; Aalar): Occurring once (1 Esdras 5:36) and used...
• Allaya-la' (heniach, "to cause to rest," "soothe": "Gentleness allayeth (lit., "pacifieth")...
• Allegea-lej' ("paratithemi," "to set forth," Ac 17:3): It is not used in the English Bible...
• Allegiancea-le'-jans (mishmereth, "a charge," from shamar, "to keep," 1Ch 12:29): the Revised...
• Allegoryal'-e-go-ri: The term allegory, being derived from allo agoreuein, signifying to say...
• Alleluiaal-e-loo'-ya. See HALLELUJAH.
• Allemethal'-e-meth (`allemeth, "concealment"; the King James Version Alemeth, 1Ch 6:60): Name...
• AllianceFrequent references are made to alliances between the patriarchs and foreigners....
• Allieda-lid' (qarobh, "near," as in Ge 45:10; Ex 13:17, etc.): Ne 13:4 refers either to...
• Allomal'-om (Allon): the Revised Version (British and American) ALLON (which see): One of...
• Allon(1) A town in the tribe of Naphtali in northern Palestine (Jos 19:33), according to...
• Allon-Bacuthal'-on-ba'-kuth ('allon bakhuth; the King James Version transliterates Allon-bachuth,...
• Allow; Allowancea-lou', a-lou'-ans: The verb "to allow" is used in the King James Version to translate...
• Alloya-loi' (bedhil): In Isa 1:25 the Revised Version, margin; translated "tin" in the...
• Allurea-lur' (pathah, "to persuade," "woo," "entice"; deleazo, "to entrap," "lay a bait"):...
• Almighty(1) (shaddai (Ge 17:1)): Found in the Old Testament forty-eight times, most of these...
• Almodadal-mo'-dad ('almodhadh, "the beloved," or, "God is beloved"): The first mentioned of...
• Almonal'-mon (`almon, "hidden"): A Levitical city in the tribe of Benjamin (Jos 21:18), the...
• Almon-Diblathaimal'-mon-dib-la-tha'-im (`almon dibhlathayim, "Almon of the double cake of figs"): A...
• Almonda'-mund: (1) shaqedh, Ge 43:11; Nu 17:8, etc. The word shaked comes from a Hebrew root...
• Almostol'-most (en oligo): In Ac 26:28 the Greek en oligo does not mean "almost," although...
• Alms; AlmsgivingThe English word "alms" is an abridged form of the Greek word, eleemosune (compare...
• Almug; Algumal'-gum, ('algummim (2Ch 2:8; 9:10 f); ('almuggim, 1Ki 10:11 f)): It is generally...
• Alnathanal'-na-than (Alnathan, "God has given," the Revised Version (British and American)...
• Aloes; Lignaloesal'-oz, lin-al'-oz, lig-nal'-oz ('ahalim, Nu 24:6, translation "lign-aloes" (= lignum...
• Alofta-loft' (epano): Only in 1 Esdras 8:92. Meaning obscure. The statement following a...
• Alonga-long': Corresponding to two different Hebrew words, Jud 9:25; 1Sa 6:12; Jer 41:6,...
• Alotha'-loth (`aloth): So found in the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin...
• Alpha and Omegaal'-fa, o'-me-ga, o-me'-ga (Alpha and Omega = A and O): The first and last letters of...
• Alphabetal'-fa-bet. 1. Definition: An alphabet is a list of the elementary sounds used in any...
• Alphaeusal-fe'-us (Alphaios; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Halphaios): (1)...
• Alsool'-so: In the Greek kai, when it is equivalent to "also" or "even," is always placed...
• Altaneusal-ta-ne'-us. See MALTANNEUS (Apocrypha).
• Altarol'-ter (mizbeach, literally, "place of slaughter or sacrifice," from zabhach, which...
• Altogetherol-too-geth'-er: Representing five Hebrew and three Greek originals, which variously...
• Alusha'-lush ('alush): A desert camp of the Israelites between Dophkah and Rephidim (Nu...
• Alvahal'-va (`alwah): A chief (the King James Version duke) of Edom (Ge 36:40), called...
• Alvanal'-van (`alwan, "tall"?): A son of Shobal, the Horite (Ge 36:23). In 1Ch 1:40 the...
• Alway; Alwaysol'-way, ol'-waz (archaic and poetic): Properly applied to acts or states perpetually...
• Amada'-mad (`am`adh): A town in northern Palestine, which fell to the tribe of Asher in...
• Amadatha; Amadathusa-mad'-a-tha, a-mad'-a-thus (Additions to Es 12:6). See AMAN; HAMMEDATHA.
• Amaina-man' (translated from the Greek eis phugen hormesan, "they rushed to flight"): The...
• Amala'-mal (`amal, "toiler"): A son of Helem of the tribe of Asher (1Ch 7:35).
• Amalekam'-a-lek (`amaleq): The son, by his concubine Timna, of Eliphaz, the eldest son of...
• Amalek; Amalekiteam'-a-lek, a-mal'-e-kit, am'-a-lek-it (`amaleq, `amaleqi): A tribe dwelling originally...
• Amama'-mam ('amam): An unidentified town in southern Palestine, which fell to Judah In the...
• Amana'-man (Aman; Codex Vaticanus reads Adam): Tobit 14:10; Additions to Esther 12:6;...
• Amanaa-ma'-na, ('amanah): A mountain mentioned in So 4:8 along with Lebanon, Senir and...
• Amariaham-a-ri'-a ('amaryah and 'amaryahu, "the Lord has said"; compare HPN, 180, 285). (1) A...
• Amariasam-a-ri'-as (A, Amarias; B, Amartheias) = Amariah number 3: An ancestor of Ezra (1...
• Amarna, Tell El-tel-el-a-mar'-na. See TELL EL-AMARNA.
• Amasaa-ma'-sa (`amasa', or read `ammishai, i.e. `am yishai, "people of Jesse"): The form...
• Amasaia-ma'-si (`amasay, perhaps rather to be read `ammishay; so Wellhausen, IJG, II, 24,...
• Amashsaia-mash'-si `amashcay, probably a textual error for `amashay; the ("s") implies a...
• Amasiaham-a-si'-a (`amacyah, "Yah bears"): One of the captains of Jehoshaphat (compare 2Ch 17:16).
• Amath; Amathisa'-math, am'-a-this (1 Macc 12:25). See HAMATH.
• Amatheisam-a-the'-is. See EMATHEIS.
• Amazeda-mazd': A term which illustrates the difficulty of expressing in one English word the...
• Amaziaham-a-zi'-a ('amatsyah, 'amatsyahu, "Yahweh is mighty"; 2Ki 14:1-20; 2Ch 25). Son of...
• Ambassadoram-bas'-a-dor (mal'akh, "messenger"; 'luts, "interpreter"; tsir, "to go"; hence a...
• Ambassageam'-ba-saj (presbeia, "an embassy," a body of ambassadors on the message entrusted to...
• Amberam'-ber. See STONES, PRECIOUS.
• Ambitiousam-bish'-us (philotimeomai, "to be strongly desirous," "strive earnestly," "make it...
• Ambusham'-boosh ('arabh, "to set an ambush"; ma'arabh, "an ambush"): A military stratagem in...
• Ambushmentam'-boosh-ment (as above) has now disappeared in 2Ch 20:22, where the Revised Version...
• Amena-men' (in ritual speech and in singing a-men', a'men) ('amen; amen, = "truly,"...
• Amercea-murs': Found in the King James Version only in De 22:19, "And they shall amerce him...
• American Revised Versiona-mer'-i-kan re-vizd' vur'-shun. 1. History: On July 7, 1870, it was moved in the...
• Amethystam'-e-thist. See STONES, PRECIOUS.
• Amia'-mi, a'-me ('ami): Ancestor of a family among "Solomon's servants" in the Return...
• Amiablea'-mi-a-b'-l (yedhidh, "beloved"): Applied to the tabernacle or tent of meeting "How...
• Aminadaba-min'-a-dab (Aminadab): the King James Version: Greek form of Amminadab (which see)....
• Amissa-mis': There are two words translated "amiss" in the New Testament, atopos, referring...
• Amittaia-mit'-i ('amittay, "faithful"): The father of the prophet Jonah. He was from...
• Ammaham'-a ('ammah, "mother" or "beginning"): A hill in the territory of Benjamin (2Sa...
• Ammiam'-i (`ammi, "my people"): A symbolic name given to Israel by Hosea (Ho 2:1; 2:3 in...
• Ammidioi; Ammidoia-mid'-i-oi, am'-i-doi (the King James Version Ammidioi, (also with aspirate);...
• Ammielam'-i-el (`ammi'el, "my kinsman is God"; (Ameiel)): A name borne by four men in the...
• Ammihuda-mi'-hud (`ammihudh, "my kinsman is glorious"; variously in the Septuagint, Emioud or...
• Ammihura-mi'-hur (the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin; `ammichur, "my...
• Amminadaba-min'-a-dab (`amminadhabh = "my people (or my kinsman) is generous or noble"): Three...
• Amminadiba-min'-a-dib (`amminadhibh): The name occurs in the King James Version and the Revised...
• Ammishaddaiam-i-shad'-i, am-i-shad-a'-i (`ammishadday, "Shaddai is my kinsman"): The father of...
• Ammizabada-miz'-a-bad (`ammizabhadh, "my kinsman has made a present"): The son of Benaiah, one...
• Ammon; AmmonitesThe Hebrew tradition makes this tribe descendants of Lot and hence related to the...
• Ammonitessam-on-i'-tes, a-mon'-i-tes (`ammonith): A woman of the Ammonites, Naamah, the mother...
• Amoka'-mok (`amoq, "deep"): A chief priest who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:7)...
• Amona'-mon ('amon): A name identical with that of the Egyptian local deity of Thebes (No);...
• Amoritesam'-o-rits; Amorites ('emori, always in the singular like the Babylonian Amurru from...
• Amos (1)a'-mos (`amoc, "burdensome" or "burden-bearer"; Amos): I. THE PROPHET 1. Name 2....
• Amos (2)a'-mos (Amos): An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy, the eighth before Joseph, the...
• Amoza'-moz (amots, "strong"): The father of Isaiah the prophet (2Ki 19:2,20; 20:1; 2Ch...
• Amphipolisam-fip'-o-lis (Amphipolis): A town in Macedonia, situated on the eastern bank of the...
• Ampliasam'-pli-as (Textus Receptus Amplias), the King James Version form: a contraction of...
• Ampliatusam-pli-a'-tus (Ampliatos, Codex Sinaiticus, A,B,F, Ampliatus; Amplias, D,E,L,P, the...
• Amram(1) Father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam (Ex 6:20; Nu 26:59; 1Ch 6:3; 23:13); and a son...
• Amramitesam'-ram-its (`amrami): The descendants of Amram, one of the Levitical families...
• Amraphelam'-ra-fel, am-ra'-fel ('amraphel, or, perhaps better, 'ameraphel). 1. The Expedition...
• Amuletam'-u-let (qemia, lechashim, mezuzah, tephillin, tsitsith; phulakterion): Modern...
• Amzi(1) A Levite of the family of Merari (1Ch 6:46). (2) A priest of the family of Adaiah...
• Anaba'-nab (`anabh, "grapes"; Codex Vaticanus, Anon or Anob): Mentioned in the list of...
• Anaelan'-a-el (Anael): A brother of Tobit mentioned once only (/APC Tobit 1:21) as the...
• Anaha'-na (`anah, meaning uncertain; a Horite clan-name (Ge 36)): (1) Mother of...
• Anaharatha-na'-ha-rath ('ana-charath, meaning unknown): A place which fell to the tribe of...
• Anaiahan-a-i'-a, a-ni'-a (`anayah, "Yah has answered"): (1) a Levite who assisted Ezr in...
• Anakan'-nak. See ANAKIM.
• Anakiman'-a-kim (`anaqim; Enakim, or Enakeim; also called "sons of Anak" (Nu 13:33), and...
• Anamiman'-a-mim (`anamim): Descendants of Mizraim (Ge 10:13; 1Ch 1:11). See TABLE OF NATIONS.
• Anammelecha-nam'-e-lek (`anammelekh = Assyrian Anu-malik, "Anu is the prince"): A Babylonian (?)...
• Anan(1) One of those who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant (Ne 10:26). (2) A returned...
• Anania-na'-ni `anani, perhaps a shortened form of Ananiah, "Yah has covered"): A son of...
• Ananiah(1) Grandfather of Azariah. He assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem after his...
• Ananias (1)an-a-ni'-as (Ananias; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Hananias;...
• Ananias (2)(1) Ananias, the Revised Version (British and American) Annis, the Revised Version,...
• Ananiela-nan'-i-el (Ananiel, "God is gracious"): An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1).
• Anatha'-nath (`anath): Father of Shamgar (Jud 3:31; 5:6). This name is connected with the...
• Anathemaa-nath'-e-ma (anathema): This word occurs only once in the King James Version, namely,...
• Anathothan'-a-thoth (`anathoth; Anathoth): A town which lay between Michmash and Jerusalem...
• Anathothitean'-a-thoth-it (ha-`annethothi): the Revised Version (British and American) form of...
• Ancestorsan'-ses-ters (ri'shonim, "first ones"): The word ancestor appears in the English Bible...
• Anchoran'-ker. See SHIPS AND BOATS.
• Ancientan'-shent: This word renders several Hebrew words: (1) qedhem, which denotes...
• Ancient of Days(`attiq yomin, = Aramaic): On `attiq, see ANCIENT (4). The expression is used in...
• Ancientsan-shents: This word (except in one instance) renders the Hebrew word zeqenim, (pl of...
• Anclean'-k'-l. See ANKLE.
• Andrewan'-droo (Andreas, i.e. "manly." The name has also been interpreted as "the mighty...
• Andronicus(1) A deputy of Antiochus Epiphanes, who, while ruling at Antioch, excited the Jews by...
• Anema'-nem (`anem, "two springs"; Anam): Anem is mentioned with Ramoth among the cities of...
• Aner (1)a'-ner (`aner; Septuagint Aunan; Samaritan Pentateuch, `anram, "sprout," "waterfall"):...
• Aner (2)a'-ner (`aner, meaning doubtful): A Levitical town in Manasseh, West of the Jordan...
• Anethothitean'-e-thoth-it: the King James Version form of Anathothite (thus the Revised Version...
• Anetothitean'-e-toth-it: the King James Version form of Anathothite (thus the Revised Version...
• Angelan'-jel (mal'akh; Septuagint and New Testament, aggelos): I. DEFINITION AND SCRIPTURE...
• Angel of GodSee ANGEL.
• Angel of YahwehSee ANGEL (II, 3).
• Angels of the Seven ChurchesIt is evident from the contexts of the various Biblical passages in which the word...
• Angeran'-ger: In the Old Testament, the translation of several Hebrew words, especially of...
• Anglean'-g'-l: Used in Isa 19:8 for a Hebrew noun that is rendered "hook" in Job 41:1: "The...
• Anglingan'-gling: Angling, i.e. fishing with a hook or angle, was little known among the...
• Anglo-Saxon Versionsan-glo-sax'-on vur'-shuns. See ENGLISH VERSIONS.
• Anguishan'-gwish: Extreme distress of body, mind or spirit; excruciating pain or suffering of...
• Aniama-ni'-am (`ani`am, "lament of the people"): A son of Shemidah of Manasseh (1Ch 7:19).
• Anima'-nim (`anim, "springs"): One of the cities of the hill country of Judah mentioned...
• Animalan'-i-mal: See under the various names and also the general article on ZOOLOGY.
• Anise; Dillan'-is, or dil; (RVm, anethon): Not the true anise, Pimpinella anisum, as was supposed...
• Anklean'-k'-l (in older editions of the King James Version, ancle): From Hebrew...
• Anklet; Ankle-Chainan'-klet, an'-k'-l-chan: "Anklets" is rightly found in Isa 3:18 the Revised Version...
• Annaan'-a (Anna (Westcott-Hort, Hanna; see Intro, 408); Hebrew equivalent channah,...
• Annaasan'-a-as (Sanaas, 1 Esdras 5:23, the Revised Version (British and American) SANAAS):...
• Annasan'-as (Annas; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Hannas; Josephus Ananos,...
• Annisan'-is (the King James Version Ananias; the Revised Version, margin Annias, Anneis...
• Annul; Disannula-nul', dis-a-nul': God, as the Supreme Ruler, can disannul His covenant for cause...
• Annusan'-us (A, Annous, B, Anniouth; the King James Version Anus = Bani, Ne 8:7): One of...
• Annuusan'-u-us (Announos): Returned with Ezra from Babylon to perform the functions of a...
• Anoint; Anointeda-noint', a-noint'-ed (aleipho, chrio): Refers to a very general practice in the East....
• Anointinga-noint'-ing: A distinction was made by the ancient Hebrews between anointing with oil...
• Anona-non' (eutheos, euthus): In the King James Version of Mr 1:30; Mt 13:20, for...
• Anosa'-nos (Anos = Vaniah (Ezr 10:36): A son of Bani who put away his "strange wife" (1...
• Answeran'-ser: In our English Bible the word "answer" does not always mean a simple reply to...
• Answerablean'-ser-a-bl: This word is found in the Old Testament only. Moses and Ezekiel alone...
• Ant(nemalah = Arabic namalah): The word occurs only twice in the Bible, in the familiar...
• Antediluvian Patriarchsan-te-di-lu'-vi-an pa'-tri-arks. 1. The Ten Antediluvian Patriarchs: Ten patriarchs...
• Antediluviansan-te-di-lu'-vi-ans. 1. Chronology Uncertain: According to the ordinary interpretation...
• Antelopean'-te-lop (RV; the King James Version "wild ox," te'o (De 14:5), and "wild bull," to...
• Anthedonan-the'-don: A city of Palestine, rebuilt along with Samaria, Ashdod, Gaza, and other...
• Anthothijahan-tho-thi'-ja (`anthothiyah, "belonging to Anathoth"(?)): A son of Shasak of Benjamin...
• AnthropologyI. TERMS EMPLOYED II. NATURE OF MAN BIBLICAL CONCEPTION III. ORIGIN OF MAN FROM...
• Anthropomorphism1. Definition of the Term 2. Old Testament Anthropomorphisms 3. In What Senses an...
• Anti-Libanusan-ti-lib'-a-nus. See LEBANON.
• AntichristI. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT II. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. The Gospels 2. Pauline Epistles 3....
• Antilogemenaan-ti-le-gom'-e-na. See BIBLE; CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; DEUTERO-CANONICAL.
• Antimonyan'-ti-mo-ni. See COLOR.
• Antioch, in Syriaan'-ti-ok, (Antiocheia). (2) Antioch in Syria.--In 301 BC, shortly after the battle of...
• Antioch, of Pisidiaan'-ti-ok, pi-sid'-i-a (Antiocheia pros Pisidia, or aAntiocheia he Pisidia =...
• Antiochiansan-ti-o'-ki-ans (Antiocheis, peculiar to the Apocrypha, 2 Macc 4:9,19): Antiochus...
• Antiochisan-ti'-o-kis (Antiochis): A concubine of Antiochus Epiphanes who had presented her...
• Antiochusan-ti'-o-kus (Antiochos; A, Antimachos (1 Macc 12:16)): The father of Numenius, who in...
• Antiochus Ian-ti'-o-kus (Antiochos Soter, "savior"): born 323 BC; died 261, son of Seleucus...
• Antiochus IISurnamed Theos (Theos, "god"): Son and successor of Antiochus (261-246 BC). He made a...
• Antiochus III(Megas, "The Great," mentioned in 1 Macc 1:10; 8:6-8): Son of Seleucus Kallinikos;...
• Antiochus Iv; Antiochus Epiphanes(Epiphanes, e-pif'-a-naz, "Illustrious"): Son of Antiochus III who became king after...
• Antiochus V(Eupator, "Nobleborn"): Son and successor to Antiochus Epiphanes, ascended the throne...
• Antiochus VI(Surnamed Theos (Theos), or, according to coins, Dionysus Epiphanes): Was the son of...
• Antiochus VII(Surnamed Sidetes, Sidetes, after Sida in Pamphylia, where he was educated): Younger...
• Antipasan'-ti-pas (Antipas): The name is an abbreviation of Antipater: (1) A name of Herod...
• Antipateran-tip'-a-ter (Antipatros): One of two envoys sent by the senate of the Jews to the...
• Antipatrisan-tip'-a-tris (Antipatris): Is mentioned in Scripture only once, in connection with...
• Antoniaan-to'-ni-a. See JERUSALEM.
• Antothijahan-to-thi'-ja. See ANTHOTHIJAH.
• Antothitean'-toth-it: the King James Version form of ANATHOTHITE (which see) (thus the Revised...
• Anuba'-nub (`anubh, "ripe"): A descendant of Judah and son of Hakkoz (the King James...
• Anusa'-nus. See ANNUS (Apocrypha).
• Anvilan'-vil (pa`am): The word is used only once to mean anvil. The passage (Isa 41:7)...
• Apacea-pas' ("at a pace"): With "come," 2Sa 18:25; "flee," Jer 46:5, for "rapidly,"...
• Apamea-pa'-me, ap'-a-me (Apame): A concubine of Darius and a daughter of Bartacus the...
• Aparta-part' (badh, "separation," i.e. alone, by oneself; niddah, "uncleanness" i.e....
• Apeap (qoph): The word occurs only in the two parallel passages (1Ki 10:22; 2Ch 9:21) in...
• Apellesa-pel'-ez (Apelles): A Christian at Rome to whom Paul sends greetings (Ro 16:10). He...
• Aphaeremaa-fer'-e-ma (Aphairema and Apherema; the King James Version Apherema). One of three...
• Apharsathchites; Apharsachitesaf-ar-sath'-kits, a-far'-sak-its ('apharcathkhaye'): A tribe living in Samaria that...
• Apharsitesa-far'-sits ('apharcaye'): A tribe transferred to Samaria by Asnappar of Assyria (Ezr...
• Aphek(1) In Jos 12:18 we should probably read with the Septuagint "the king of Aphek in...
• Aphekaha-fe'-ka ('apheqah, "force" or "strength"): An unidentified city in the hill country...
• Apheremaa-fer'-e-ma. See APHAEREMA (Apocrypha).
• Apherraa-fer'-a (Apherra): Head of a family of children of Solomon's servants in the...
• Aphiaha-fi'-a ('aphiach): A Benjaminate and an ancestor of King Saul (1Sa 9:1).
• Aphika'-fik: Variant of APHEK (which see).
• Aphrahaf'-ra: the King James Version form for the Revised Version (British and American)...
• Aphsesaf'-sez: the King James Version form for the Revised Version (British and American)...
• Apocalypsea-pok'-a-lips. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE; REVELATION OF JOHN.
• Apocalypse of Baruchba'-ruk. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.
• Apocalyptic LiteratureINTRODUCTORY I. BACKGROUND OF APOCALYPTIC 1. Judaism and Hellenism 2. Political...
• ApocryphaI. DEFINITION II. THE NAME APOCRYPHA 1. Original Meanings (1) Classical (2)...
• Apocryphal ActsA. GENERAL INTRODUCTION I. THE MEANING OF "APOCRYPHAL" 1. Secret 2. False and...
• Apocryphal Epistlesa-pok'-ri-fal e-pis'-ls: A few epistles have been attributed to the Virgin Mary, but...
• Apocryphal GospelsI. INTRODUCTORY 1. Early Gospels 2. Canonical Gospels 3. Apocryphal Gospels 4. Gospel...
• Apolloniaap-o-lo'-ni-a (Apollonia): A town in Mygdonia, a district in Macedonia. It was...
• Apolloniusap-o-lo'-ni-us (Apollonios): A common name among the Syro-Macedonians. Prideaux...
• Apollophanesap-o-lof'-a-nez, a-pol-o-fa'-nez (Apollophanes): A Syrian killed by Judas Maccabeus (2...
• Apollosa-pol'-os (Apollos, the short form of Apollonius): Apollos was a Jew of Alexandrian...
• Apollyona-pol'-i-on (Apolluon; 'abhaddon, "destroyer"): Present participle of the verb...
• Apostasy; Apostatea-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, "a standing away from"): I.e. a falling away,...
• Apostlea-pos'-l ([ @apostolos], literally, "one sent forth," an envoy, missionary): For the...
• Apostles' Creed; thekred. The Oldest Creed: The Apostles' Creed is the oldest creed, and lies at the basis...
• Apostles, Gospel of the TwelveSee APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.
• Apostolic Ageap-os-tol'-ik aj. 1. The Mission: (1) When the disciples realized that they had seen...
• Apostolic FathersAn appellation usually given to the writers of the 1st century who employed their pens...
• Apostolic Fathers, Epistles ofSee SUB-APOSTOLIC LITERATURE.
• Apostolical Church OrdinancesSee DIDACHE.
• Apostolical ConstitutionsSee DIDACHE.
• Apostolical Councilap-os-tol'-i-kal koun'-sil: The assembly of the apostles and elders held in Jerusalem...
• Apothecarya-poth'-e-ka-ri: Found in English Versions of the Bible eight times in the Old...
• Appaimap'-aa-im, ap'-a-im (appayim, "nostrils"): A son of Nadab of the house of Jerahmeel,...
• Apparela-par'-el: The English equivalent of six Hebrew and three Greek words, variously...
• Apparentlya-par'-ent-li (mar'eh, the Revised Version (British and American) "manifestly,"...
• Apparitionap-a-rish'-un (indalma, epiphaneia; phantasma): This word is not found in the Old...
• AppealIn the institution of judges by Moses (Ex 18:26), the reference: "The hard cases they...
• Appeara-per': Of eight Hebrew originals the chief is ra'ah, "to be seen." Used mainly of...
• Appearancea-per'-ans (mar'eh; chiefly used of the mystic and supernatural visions of Ezekiel and...
• Appearinga-per'-ing (apokalupsis, "an unveiling"; epiphaneia, "a manifestation"): Exclusively...
• Appeasea-pez': "To make one at peace." Esau is appeased, i.e. placated, won over by means of...
• Appertainap-er-tan': Only once in English Versions of the Bible, namely, in Jer 10:7, for ya'ah...
• Appetiteap'-e-tit (chai, nephesh): This word occurs four times in Old Testament text and once...
• Apphiaaf'-i-a, ap'-fi-a (Apphia, dative case of Apphia; in Phm 1:2, though Apphia, Amphia,...
• Apphusaf'-us, ap'-fus: A name borne by Jonathan, the fifth son of Mattathias (Apphous, 1...
• Appii Forumap'-i-i fo'-rum, transliteration of Lat; APPIUS ap'-i-us, MARKET OF (Revised Version)...
• Apple, of the Eyeap'-'-l: The eyeball, or globe of the eye, with pupil in center, called "apple" from...
• Apple; Apple-Treeap'-l ap'-l tre, (tappuach): A fruit tree and fruit mentioned chiefly in Cant,...
• Apples of Sodomsod'-um: Josephus (BJ, IV, viii, 4) says that "the traces (or shadows) of the five...
• Applya-pli': Purely an Old Testament term representing five Hebrew originals which signify...
• Appointa-point': This word is used for the expression of a large variety of ideas and the...
• Apprehendap-re-hend': Occurs in the New Testament in two meanings: "to arrest" (piazo; Ac 12:4;...
• Approvea-proov': This word, as ordinarily used, means "to entertain a favorable opinion...
• Aprona'-prun: Appears only in Ge 3:7 and Ac 19:12 English Versions. English na-prun, North...
• Apt(Literally, "fitted"): Applied to one distinguished for readiness in meeting demands...
• Aqueductak'-we-dukt. See CISTERN.
• Aquilaak'-wi-la (Akulas), ("an eagle"): Aquila and his wife Priscilla, the diminutive form...
• Ar, Ar of Moabar, mo'-ab (`ar, `ar-mo'abh; Er; Aroer or Seeir): The city of Ar is named in a snatch...
• Araa'-ra ('ara', meaning unknown): A son of Jether of the tribe of Asher (1Ch 7:38).
• Araba'-rab ('arabh, "ambush"): A city in the hill country of Judah, probably the site of...
• Arab; Arabiansar'-ab, a-ra'-bi-ans. See ARABIA.
• Arabahar'-a-ba, a-ra'-ba ha-`arabhah, ("the Arabah"): This word indicates in general a...
• Arabattinear-a-ba-ti'-ne. See AKRABATTINE (Apocrypha).
• ArabiaI. NAME AND SITUATION 1. Name 2. Situation and Configuration II. PHYSICAL FEATURES 1....
• ArabianSee ARABIA.
• Arabic Gospel of the InfancySee APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.
• Arabic History of Joseph the CarpenterSee APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.
• Arabic Languagear'-a-bik lan'-gwaj: For the student of the Bible the Arabic language is of interest,...
• Arabic Versionsar'-a-bik vur'-shuns: Arabic translations of the Bible must have been made at a very...
• Arabothar'-a-both. See ARUBBOTH.
• Arad(1) A city mentioned four times in the Old Testament. In the King James Version it is...
• Aradusar'-a-dus (Arados, 1 Macc 15:23): Greek name of the Old Testament ARVAD (which see), a...
• Arah(1) The son of Ulla, an Asherite (1Ch 7:39). (2) The head of a family that returned...
• Aram(1) A son of Shem (Ge 10:22; 1Ch 1:17). See ARAMEANS; SYRIA. (2) A grandson of Nahor...
• Aram-Dammeseka-ram-dam'-es-ek: Syria of Damascus, conquered by David (2Sa 8:5,6). See SYRIA.
• Aram-Maacaha-ram-ma'-a-ka. See SYRIA.
• Aram-Naharaima-ram-na-ha-ra'-im. See SYRIA.
• Aram-Rehoba-ram-re'-hob. See SYRIA.
• Aram-Zobaha-ram-zo'-ba. See SYRIA.
• Aramaeans; Arameansar-a-me'-ans: Often in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and...
• Aramaic VersionsSee TARGUM.
• Aramaic; Aramaic Languagear-a-ma'-ik lan'-gwaj ('aramith; the King James Version Syrian, Syriac; SYRIAN in the...
• Aramitessar-am-it'-es, ar'-am-it-es, ar'-am-it-es ('arammiyah): The term applied to the...
• Arana'-ran ('aran, "wild goat"): A son of Dishan, the Horite (Ge 36:28; 1Ch 1:42). It may...
• ArarahSame as ARARAT (Tobit 1:21).
• Araratar'-a-rat ('araraT): A mountainous plateau in western Asia from which flow in...
• Ararathar'-a-rath: Same as ARARAT (which see).
• Arathesa-ra'-thez (the King James Version Araiarthes; Arathes; Ariarathes): King of...
• Araunaha-ro'-na ('arawnah, 2Sa 24:16,20 ff; 'aranyah 2Sa 24:18, and 'ornan, 1Ch 21:15 ff; 2Ch...
• Arbaar'-ba ('arba`, "four"): Variously described as "the greatest man among the Anakim"...
• Arba, City ofSee KIRIATH-ARBA.
• Arbathitear'-bath-it (ha-`arbhathi): Perhaps "a native of the Arabah." Klostermann suggests "a...
• Arbattaar-bat'-a, ar-bat'-is the King James Version Arbattis, (en Arbattois (plural)):...
• Arbelaar-be'-la (en Arbelois): This place is mentioned in 1 Macc 9:1 ff, and in Ant, XII,...
• Arbitear'-bit (ha-'arbi): The Arbite or perhaps an inhabitant of Arabia in southern Judah...
• Arbonaiar-bo'-nai, ar-bo'na-i (Abrona): A torrent mentioned in Judith 2:24. Beyond what is...
• Archarch ('ayil; Septuagint ta ailam, in sense of "posts" or "colonnade"): Referred to...
• Archaeology of Asia MinorSee ASIA MINOR, ARCHAEOLOGY OF.
• Archaeology; Archaeology and Criticismar-ke-ol'-o-ji, krit'-i-siz'-m: Archaeology, the science of antiquities, is in this...
• Archangelark-an'-jel. See ANGEL.
• Archelausar-ke-la'-us (Archelaos, Mt 2:22): Son of Herod the Great by his wife Malthace. He...
• Archery(1) The art of using the arcus, or bow and arrow for hunting and in battle is of great...
• Archevitear'-ke-vit (Kethibh, 'arkawey; Qere, 'arkewaye'): One of the tribes which Osnappar...
• Archiar'-ki. See ARCHITES.
• Archippusar-kip'-us (Archippos): Addressed by Paul in his letter to Philem, as "our...
• ArchitectureI. GENERAL HISTORY 1. Plans, Estimates and Measuring 2. Old Testament References II....
• Architesar'-kits (ha-'arki; the King James Version Archi): A clan mentioned in connection with...
• Archivesar'-kivs (the more correct the Revised Version (British and American) rendition of...
• Arcturusark-tu'-rus: The "Plough" or "Charles's Wain" is intended. See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 13.
• Ardard ('ard, meaning unknown): Either directly or more remotely a son of Benjamin. Nu...
• Ardatard'-at (the King James Version Ardath; Syriac and Ethiopic have Arphad): A certain...
• Arditesar'-dits: Patronymic of ARD, which see.
• Ardonar'-don ('ardon, meaning unknown): One of the three sons of Caleb and Azubah, of the...
• Arelia-re'-li ('ar'eli, apparently the gentilic form of a compound that would mean "God's...
• Arelitesa-re'-lits: In Nu 26:17. See ARELI.
• Areopagitear-e-op'-a-jit. See DIONYSIUS.
• Areopagusar-e-op'-a-gus (Areios pagos; Ac 17:19,22. Mars' Hill, 17:22 the King James Version):...
• Areopolisar-e-op'-o-lis. The Greek name of AR (which see).
• Aresa'-res, ar'-es (Ares = Arah (Ezr 2:5; Ne 7:10)): 756 of the sons of Ares returned to...
• Aretasar'-e-tas (Aretas): The name is a common one among Arabian princes and signifies...
• Argob (1)ar'-gob ('argobh, "story"): A locality or a person mentioned in the obscure passage...
• Argob (2)ar'-gob (ha-'argobh; ha-argobh or Argob): A region East of the Jordan which in De...
• Arguear'-gu: Only in the Revised Version (British and American) in Job 40:2. yakhach, which...
• Ariarathesa-ri-a-ra'-thez. See ARATHES.
• Aridaiar'-i-di, a-rid'-a-i ('aridhay: a son of Haman (Es 9:9)): The name may be related to...
• Aridathaar-i-da'-tha, a-rid'-a-tha ('aridhatha'): A son of Haman (Es 9:8). It may be related...
• Arieha'-ri-e: "(the) Lion." See ARGOB.
• Ariela'-ri-el ('ariy'el or 'ari'el, "lioness of God"): But the word occurs in Eze 43:15,16,...
• Arighta-rit': "In a right way," "correctly," "going straight to the point," without error or...
• Arimathaeaar-i-ma-the'-a (Arimathaia): "A city of the Jews," the home of Joseph in whose...
• Arioch(1) The name of the vassal king of Ellasar, under Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and...
• Arisaiar'-i-sai, a-ris'-a-i ('aricai): Probably a Persian word of unknown meaning. One of...
• Aristarchusar-is-tar'-kus (Aristarchos, "best ruler"): He was one of those faithful companions of...
• Aristobulusar-is-to-bu'-lus (Aristoboulos, "best counselor"): (1) Son of the Maccabean, John...
• Arithmetica-rith'-me-tik. See NUMBER.
• Ariusa-ri'-us, a'-ri-us (Ares): The reading of the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405...
• Arksee ARK OF BULRUSHES; ARK OF THE COVENANT; ARK OF NOAH
• Ark of Bulrushesark, bool'-rush-iz (tebhah; Egyptian tebt; Septuagint thibis, "a chest," "a vessel to...
• Ark of Noahark, no'-a: A structure built by Noah at the command of God to preserve from the Flood...
• Ark of Testimonytest'-i-mo-ni. See ARK OF THE COVENANT.
• Ark of the CovenantI. The Statements of the Old Testament Concerning the Ark of the Covenant. 1....
• Arkiteark'-it (`arqi): An inhabitant of the town of Arka, situated some ten or twelve miles...
• Armarm (zeroa`, 'ezroa`, dera`; brachion; chotsen, katheph): The usual form is zeroa`...
• Armageddonar-ma-ged'-on Armageddon: Re 16:16; the Revised Version (British and American)...
• ArmeniaI. GEOGRAPHY II. ANCIENT HISTORY 1. Turanian Armenians Their Religion 2. Aryan...
• Armenian Versions, of the Biblear-me'-ni-an vur'-shuns, bi'-bl. I. ANCIENT ARMENIAN 1. Circumstances under Which Made...
• Armenian; Aryan; Religionar-me'-ni-an, ar'-i-an. This greatly resembled that of Persia, though Zoroastrianism...
• Armholearm'-hol: The Hebrew word 'atstsil, is used in Jer 38:12 in the sense of armpits. When...
• Armletarm'-let: The word translated "bracelet" in 2Sa 1:10 the King James Version, probably...
• Armoniar-mo'-ni ('armoni, "belonging to the palace"): One of the two sons of Saul by Rizpah,...
• Armor-Bearerar'-mer-bar'-er (nose' keli; Greek uses a phrase, ho airon ta skeue, literally "the...
• Armor; Armsar'-mer, arms. I. ARMOR IN GENERAL--OLD TESTAMENT II. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; POLYBIUS...
• Armory(1) ('otsar; thesauros): A storehouse (1Ki 7:51; Ne 10:38), but employed figuratively...
• Armyar'-mi (chayil, "army," tsabha', "host," ma`arakhah, "army in battle array" gedhudh,...
• Army, Romanar'-mi, ro'-man; The treatment of this subject will be confined to (I) a brief...
• Arnaar'-na (Latin Arna): One of the ancestors of Ezra given in 2 Esdras 1:2, evidently...
• Arnanar'-nan (`arnan, "joyous"): A descendant of David and founder of a family (1Ch 3:21)....
• Arniar'-ni (Arnei, found only in Lu 3:33 the Revised Version (British and American),...
• Arnonar'-non ('arnon; Arnon): Is first mentioned in Nu 21:24 as the border between Moab and...
• Aroda'-rod, ar'-od ('arodh): The sixth son of Gad (Nu 26:17). His descendants are called...
• Arodiar'-o-di. See AROD.
• Aroditesa'-rod-its. See AROD.
• Aroer(1) A city of the Amorites which stood on the northern edge of the Arnon (De 2:36,...
• Aroeritea-ro'-er-it (ha-`aro`eri): A native of Aroer. The Aroerite was Hotham, father of two...
• Aroma'-rom (Arom): The sons of Arom returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:16)....
• Arpachshadar-pak'-shad. See ARPHAXAD.
• Arpad; Arphadar'-pad; ar'-fad ('arpadh, "support"): A city of Syria, captured frequently by the...
• Arphaxad(1) the King James Version form (Ge 10:22,24; 11:12,13; 1Ch 1:17) of the Revised...
• Arraya-ra': (1) labhesh, `aTah; periballo, enduomai, himatismos. (2) `arakh, shith:...
• Arrest, and Trial of Jesusa-rest', see JESUS CHRIST, THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF.
• Arrivea-riv': Originally a nautical term (Latin: ad ripam) for reaching shore, is used in...
• Arrogancyar'-o-gan-si: Excessive pride, leading to boastfulness and insolence (1Sa 2:3; Pr...
• Arrowar'-o. See ARCHERY; ARMOR.
• Arrows, Divination bySee AUGURY, IV, 1.
• Arrowsnakear'-o-snak: In Isa 34:15 the Hebrew word kippoz, which in the King James Version is...
• Arsacesar-sa'-sez ar'-sa-sez (Arsakes): The common name assumed by all the Parthian kings, is...
• Arsarethar'-sa-reth. See ARZARETH.
• Arsiphurithar-si-fu'-rith (Arsiphourith; the King James Version Azephurith): 112 of the sons of...
• Artaxerxesar-taks-urk'-sez (Artaxerxes): Is the Greek and Latin form of one, and perhaps of two...
• Artemasar'-te-mas (Artemas): One of the seventy disciples and bishop of Lystra, according to...
• Artemisar'-te-mis. See DIANA.
• Artificerar-tif'-i-ser. See CRAFTS.
• Artilleryar-til'-er-i (keli): In 1Sa 20:40 (the King James Version) of Jonathan's bow and...
• Artisanar'-ti-zan. See CRAFTS.
• ArtsSee CRAFTS.
• Arubboth; Arubotha-rub'-oth, ar'-u-both (ha-'arubboth; the King James Version Aruboth): One of the 12...
• Arumaha-roo'-ma (arumah, "lofty"): The town in which Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal...
• Arvad; Arvaditesar'-vad, ar'-vad-its ('arwadh; Arados; modern Ruad): An island city off the coast of...
• Arzaar'-za ('artsa'): A steward of King Elah, in whose house at Tirzah Zimri murdered the...
• Arzarethar'-za-reth, ar'-sareth (the King James Version, Arsareth): This is the land to which...
• Asaz: Conj. and adverb (usually Greek hos hosper, kathos), designating: (1) Likeness:...
• Asa(1) A king of Judah, the third one after the separation of Judah and Israel. He was...
• Asadiasas-a-di'-as (Asadias): An ancestor of Baruch (Baruch 1:1).
• Asaela'-sa-el, as'-a-el. See ASIEL (Apocrypha).
• Asahelas'-a-hel (`asah'el, "God hath made"; Asael): (1) The brother of Joab and Abishai. The...
• Asahiahas-a-hi'-a (`asayah, "Yahweh hath made"; the King James Version form; the Revised...
• Asaiaha-sa'-ya ([`asayah], "Yahweh has made," written Asahiah twice in the King James...
• Asanaas'-a-na (Asana, Assana) = Asnah (Ezr 2:50); omitted in Nehemiah. The sons of Asana...
• Asapha'-saf ('acaph): Is the name of three men in the Old Testament, of whom one is the...
• Asaraas'-a-ra (Asara; the King James Version Azara): The sons of Asara (temple-servants)...
• Asaramela-sar'-a-mel (Asaramel or Saramel): A name of uncertain origin occurring in 1 Macc...
• Asareela-sa'-re-el, a-sar'-e-el. See ASAREL.
• Asarelas'-ar-el ('asar'el, "God is ruler"; the King James Version Asareel): A descendant of...
• Asarelahas-a-re'-la. See ASHARELAH.
• Asbacaphathas-bak'-a-fath. See ASBASARETH.
• Asbasarethas-bas'-a-reth (Septuagint: Asbakaphath, or Asbasareth): The Greek rendering of the...
• Ascalonas'-ka-lon (Askalon): In Apocrypha, both the King James Version and the Revised...
• Ascenda-send': By derivation the English word implies motion from a lower place to (not...
• Ascensiona-sen'-shun: Most modern Lives of Christ commence at Bethlehem and end with the...
• Ascension of IsaiahSee APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.
• Ascent(1) The rendering in the King James Version twice, the Revised Version (British and...
• Aschenazash'-e-naz. See ASHKENAZ.
• Aseasa-se'-as (Asaias = Isshijah (Ezr 10:31)) A son of Annas, who put away his "strange...
• Asebebiasa-seb-e-bi'-as, a-seb-e-bi'-a (Asebebias; the King James Version Asebebia): Asebebias...
• Asebiasas-e-bi'-as, as-e-bi'-a (Asebias; the King James Version Asebia): Asebias returned...
• Asenathas'-e-nath (Aseneth): The wife of Joseph, daughter of Potiphera, mother of Manasseh...
• Asera'-ser (Aser): the King James Version: Greek form of Asher (thus the Revised Version...
• Asereras'-e-rer See SERAR.
• Ash (1)ash ('oren; the Revised Version (British and American) FIR-TREE; the Revised Version,...
• Ash (2)(Bear). See ASTRONOMY.
• Ashameda-shamd': Almost exclusively moral in significance; confusion or abashment through...
• Ashana'-shan (`ashan): An unknown site in the domain of Judah (Jos 15:42), possessed by...
• Asharelah; Asarelahash-a-re'-la ('asar'elah): One of the Asaphites appointed by David to the temple...
• Ashbeaash'-be-a, ash-be'-a ('ashbea`): "The house of Ashbea," a family of linen-workers...
• Ashbel; Ashbeliteash'-bel, ash'-bel-it ('ashbel): The gentilic name "Ashbelite" is found in Nu 26:38,...
• Ashdodash'-dod ('ashdodh; Azotos; modern Esdud): One of the five chief cities of the...
• Ashdoditesash'-dod-its, ash'-doth-its: Inhabitants of ASHDOD (which see) (Jos 13:3; the King...
• Ashdoth Pisgahash'-doth piz'-ga ('ashdoth ha-picgah): Thus the King James Version for the Revised...
• Asher (1)ash'-er ('asher; Aser). 1. Biblical Account: According to the Biblical account Asher...
• Asher (2)(1) See preceding article. (2) A town on the southern border of Manasseh (Jos 17:7)....
• Asheraha-she'-ra, ash'-er-im ('asherah; alsos, mistranslated "grove" in the King James...
• Asheritesash'-er-its (ha-'asheri): The descendants of Asher, Jacob's eighth son (Jud 1:32).
• Ashesash'-iz: Among the ancient Hebrews and other Orientals, to sprinkle with or sit in...
• Ashhurash'-ur (ashchur, the King James Version Ashur): The "father of Tekoa" (1Ch 2:24;...
• Ashimaa-shi'-ma, ash'-i-ma ('ashima'; Asimath): A deity worshipped at Hamath (2Ki 17:30) of...
• Ashkelonask'-ke-lon, esh'-ka-lon, as'-ke-lon (the King James Version Eshkalon, (Eshkalonites;...
• Ashkelonitesash'-ke-lon-its (Jos 13:3): The people of Ashkelon, who were Philistines.
• Ashkenazash'-ke-naz ('ashkenaz): The name occurs in Ge 10:3; 1Ch 16, in the list of the sons...
• Ashnahash'-na ('ashnah): Two sites, (1) Jos 15:33, a site in the lowlands of Judah, probably...
• Ashpenazash'-pe-naz ('ashpenaz): The master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar was an officer...
• Ashrielash'-re-el. See ASRIEL.
• AshtarothPlural of Ashtoreth. See ASHTORETH.
• Ashtaroth; Ashteroth-Karnaim; Beeshterahash'-ta-roth, as'-ta-roth (`ashtaroth; the King James Version Astaroth; Astaroth, the...
• Ashterathiteash'-te-rath-it, ash-ter'-ath-it (ha-`ashterathi): A native of Ashtaroth: Uzzia, one...
• Ashteroth-Karnaimash'-te-roth kar-na'-im: I.e. "Ashteroth of the two horns," mentioned in Ge 14:5 as...
• Ashtorethash'-to-reth, ash-to reth (`ashtoreth; plural `ashtaroth; Astarte): 1. Name and Origin...
• Ashurash'-ur. See ASHHUR.
• Ashurbanipala-shoor-ba'-ne-pal (Ashur-bani-apal, "Ashur creates a son"): Before setting out on his...
• Ashuritesash'-ur-its (ha-'ashuri): According to the Massoretic Text of 2Sa 2:9, a tribe...
• Ashvathash'-vath (`ashwath): A man of Asher, of the house of Japhlet (1Ch 7:33).
• Asiaa'-shi-a (Asia): A Roman province embracing the greater part of western Asia Minor,...
• Asia MinorIntroductory I. THE COUNTRY 1. Position and Boundaries 2. General Description 3....
• Asia Minor, Archaeology ofa'-shi-a mi'-ner, ar'-ke-ol'-o-ji ov: At the present stage of our information it is...
• Asiarcha'-shi-ark (Asiarches; the English Revised Version "the chief officers of Asia," the...
• Asibiasas-i-bi'-as (Asibias and Asebias): Asibias put away his "strange wife" (1 Esdras...
• Asidea-sid': "Distinct from others," "privately," such is the sense of the word in 2Ki 4:4;...
• Asiela'-si-el, as'-i-el (Asiel; the King James Version Asael (Tobit 1:1)): (1) Grandfather...
• Asiphaas'-i-fa (Codex Alexandrinus, Aseipha; Codex Vaticanus, Taseipha) = Hasupha (Ezr 2:43;...
• Askask (sha'al "to inquire," "to seek for counsel," "to demand"): It is the word commonly...
• Askelonas'-ke-lon: the King James Version form in Jud 1:18; 1Sa 6:17; 2Sa 1:20, for ASHKELON...
• Asleepa-slep' (yashen, "sleeping," radham, "deep sleep"; katheudo, "to fall asleep,"...
• Asmodaeusaz-mo-de'-us ('ashmedhai; Asmodaios): An evil spirit first mentioned in Tobit 3:8....
• Asmoneansas-mo-ne'-ans: A remarkable priestly family of Modin, in Judea, also called Hasmoneans...
• Asnahas'-na ('acnah, "thornbush"): One of the Nethinim, who returned with Zerubbabel from...
• Asnapperas-nap'-er. See OSNAPPAR.
• Asochis, Plain ofa-so'-kis. See CANA, OF GALILEE.
• Asoma'-som (H, Asom) = Hashum (Ezr 10:33): The sons of Asom put away their "strange wives"...
• Asp(pethen (De 32:33; Job 20:14,16; Isa 11:8); aspis (Ro 3:13)); Any poisonous snake, or...
• Aspalathusas-pal'-a-thus (aspalathos): An aromatic plant mentioned in Ecclesiasticus 24:15 the...
• Aspathaas-pa'-tha ('acpatha'): One of the ten sons of Haman (Es 9:7) (Pers aspadata, "given...
• Asphaltas'-falt. See SLIME.
• Asphar, the Poolas'-far, (lakkos Asphar): When Jonathan and Simon fled from Bacchides they encamped by...
• Aspharasusas-far'-a-sus (Aspharasos = Mispar (Ezr 2:2; Mispereth, Ne 7:7)): A leader of the...
• Asrielas'-ri-el ('asri'-el, "Vow of God"?): A man of Manasseh (Nu 26:31; Jos 17:2). The form...
• Assas (chamowr or chamor, compare Arabic chamar, apparently connected with Arabic root...
• Assalimotha-sal'-i-moth. See SALIMOTH (Apocrypha).
• Assamiasa-sa-mi'-as (Codex Vaticanus, Assamias; Codex Alexandrinus, Asamias; the King James...
• Assaphiotha-sa'-fi-oth (Codex Alexandrinus, Asaphphioth; Codex Vaticanus, Assapheioth; the King...
• Assarionas-a'-ri-on. See FARTHING.
• Assassinationa-sas-i-na'-shun. 1. Meaning of the Term: The language of Scripture distinguishes less...
• Assassinsa-sas'-inz (sicarioi; the King James Version murderers): Josephus (BJ, II, xiii, 3,...
• Assaulta-solt' (tsur; horme): The Hebrew verbal form is used of pressing forward a siege (see...
• Assaya-sa' (ya'al; nacah; peirdzein; peirasthai; peiran lambanein): The Hebrew and Greek...
• Assemblies, Masters ofa-sem'-bliz, (ba`ale 'acuppoth, Ec 12:11): the American Revised Version, margin...
• Assemblya-sem'-bli (qahal; ekklesia): The common term for a meeting of the people called...
• Assembly, SolemnSee CONGREGATION; FEASTS.
• Assenta-sent': Twice used in the King James Version as equivalent to "voice," and to...
• Assessora-ses'-er: Lit. one who sits by another, an assistant; among the ancients especially...
• Asshur; Assurash'-oor, as'-oor. See ASSYRIA.
• Asshurima-shoo'-rim ('ashshurim): Mentioned among the sons of Dedan, son of Jokshah, son of...
• Assidaeansas-i-de'-ans. See HASIDAEANS (Apocrypha).
• Assiduousa-sid'-u-us: Occurs only in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:18 the Revised Version (British...
• Assigna-sin (nathan, "to give," or "grant," i.e. apportion): Used (Jos 20:8) of Moses...
• Assir(1) A Levite of the family of Korah (Ex 6:24; 1Ch 6:22). (2) A son of Ebiasaph and...
• Associatea-so'-shi-at: Only in Isa 8:9 the King James Version, where the Hebrew ro`u, is...
• Assosas'-os (Assos): An ancient city of Mysia in the Roman province of Asia, at which,...
• Assuagea-swaj' (the King James Version Asswage) :Lit,. "sweeten," "soften down"; then,...
• Assumption of Mosesa-sump'-shun. See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.
• Assuras'-ur. See ASUR.
• AssuranceA term exceptionally rich in spiritual meaning. It signifies the joyous, unwavering...
• Assurbanipalas-ur-ba'-ni-pal. See ASHURBANIPAL.
• AssyriaI. GEOGRAPHY II. EARLY HISTORY III. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS IV. POPULATION V. TRADE...
• Assyria and Babylonia, Religion ofSee BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.
• Assyrian and Babylonian LibrariesSee NINEVEH, LIBRARY OF.
• Assyriansa-sir'-i-ans ('ashshur): The inhabitants of Assyria. In Hebrew the name of the people...
• Astadas'-tad: The reading of the English versions of 1 Esdras 5:13 for the name which...
• Astarothas'-ta-roth. See ASHTAROTH.
• Astathas'-tath (Astath):The form given in 1 Esdras 8:38 to the name which in Ezr 8:12...
• Astonished; Astoniedas-ton'-isht, as-ton'-id (shamem, "astonished," the root idea being "silent," i.e....
• Astonishmentas-ton'-ish-ment: Amazement; mental surprise, excitement, wonder; often the cause of...
• Astraya-stra' (ta`ah, "to wander," "to err"; planaomai, "to go astray," each carrying the...
• AstrologyI. THE DESIRE TO FORECAST THE FUTURE 1. Methods of Soothsaying 2. Divination 3....
• AstronomyI. THE HEAVENLY BODIES 1. The Ordinances of Heaven 2. The Sun (1) The Names for the...
• Astyagesas-ti'-a-jes (Astuages; or Astyigas (in Ktesias)), or Istuvigu, son of Cyaxares. I,...
• Asundera-sun'-der: This word occurs 22 times in the King James Version, 13 in Old Testament...
• Asuppim; House of AsuppimKing James Version, margin "gatherings"; the Revised Version (British and American)...
• Asuras'-ur (Asour): the Revised Version (British and American) for Assur in 1 Esdras 5:31....
• Asyluma-si'-lum: The custom of fleeing to specially sacred places to obtain the protection...
• Asyncritusa-sin'-kri-tus (Asunkritos, "incomparable"): An unknown Christian at Rome to whom Paul...
• At Oneeis eirenen, "at one," ("at peace"): "Set them at one again" (Ac 7:26), the...
• Atada'-tad ('aTadh, "a thorn"). See ABEL-MIZRAIM.
• Atarat'-ar (Atar; the King James Version Jatal = Ater (Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45)): The sons of...
• Atarahat'-a-ra, a-ta'-ra (`aTarah, "crown"): One of Jerahmeel's wives and mother of Onam (1Ch 2:26).
• Atargatisa-tar'-ga-tis (Atargatis; the Revised Version (British and American) wrongly...
• Atarothat'-a-roth, a-ta'-roth (`aTaroth, "crowns" or "wreaths"; Ataroth): (1) A city East of...
• Ataroth-Addarat'-a-roth-ad'-ar (`aTroth 'addar, "crowns of Addar"). See ATAROTH (2).
• Ater(1) The ancestor of a family of 98 persons who returned from Babylonian captivity with...
• Aterezaiasa-ter-e-zi'-as (Ater to Hezekia): Usually found in the abbreviated form Ater. Head of...
• Atergatisa-ter'-ga-tis. See ATARGATIS.
• Atetaa-te'-ta (the King James Version Teta; Codex Alexandrinus Ateta, Codex Vaticanus,...
• Athacha'-thak (`athakh, "lodging-place"): One of the cities of Judah to which David sent...
• Athaiaha-tha'-ya ('athayah = "Yahweh is helper"; Athea, or Atheai): He is designated (Ne...
• Athaliahath-a-li'-a (`athalyah; meaning uncertain, perhaps, "whom Yahweh has afflicted"; 2Ki...
• Athanasian; Creedath-a-na'-zhan. See CREED.
• Athariasath-a-ri'-as. See ATTHARIAS.
• Atharimath'-a-rim (`atharim): the Revised Version (British and American) "The way of...
• Atheisma'-the-iz'-m (atheos, "without God" (Eph 2:12)): Ordinarily this word is interpreted...
• Atheniansa-the'-ni-ans Athenaioi: Inhabitants of Athens. Luke has a remark on their curiosity...
• Athenobiusath-e-no'-bi-us [Athenobios]: A "friend" of Antiochus VII (Sidetes), who was sent to...
• Athensath'-enz Athenai In antiquity the celebrated metropolis of Attica, now the capital of...
• Athlaiath'-la-i `athlay, ("afflicted?"): A Jew, the son of Bebai, who was influenced by Ezra...
• Atiphaat'i-fa. See HATIPHA.
• Atonementa-ton'-ment: Translates kaphar; chaTa'; ratsah, the last employed only of human...
• Atonement, Day ofI. THE LEGAL ENACTMENTS 1. Named 2. Leviticus 16 (1) Contents, Structure and Position...
• Atroth-Beth-Joabat-roth-beth-jo'-ab `aTroth beth yo'abh ("crowns of the house of Joab"): the King...
• Atroth-Shophanat'-roth-sho'fan `Troth shophan; Septuagint gen sophan: A town built or fortified by...
• Attai(1) A son of Jarha, the Egyptian, by a daughter of Sheshan (1Ch 2:35 f). (2) A Gadite...
• Attaina-tan': The rendering of qanah = "buy," "get" (Pr 1:5); nasagh= "reach," "a...
• Attaliaat-a-li'-a Attalia: A city on the southern coast of Asia Minor in ancient Pamphylia...
• Attalusat'-a-lus: King of Pergamum, mentioned in 1 Macc 15:22 among the kings to whom was...
• Attend; Attendance(1) "To incline," "listen," "regard" qashabh; (Ps 17:1 etc.); then, in the King James...
• Attent; Attentivea-tent' (archaic; 2Ch 6:40); a-tent'-iv: Expresses the direction of thought and...
• Attharatesa-thar'-a-tez: A title assigned to Nehemiah, probably by a later editor (Ne 8:9). The...
• Attharias; Athariasa-tha-ri'as: 1 Esdras 5:40 = Ezr 2:63. See TIRSHATHA.
• Attire; Dyed Attirea-tir': "Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?" asks the prophet...
• Attitudesat'-i-tuds: Customs change slowly in Bible lands. This becomes clear by a comparison...
• Attusat'-us (1 Esdras 8:29 = Ezr 8:2). See HATTUSH.
• Audienceo'-di-ens: Translated from the Hebrew 'ozen, "ear." In Ge 23:10 f "in the audience of"...
• Augiao'-ji-a Augia: The wife of Jaddus, whose sons were removed from priesthood because...
• Augur's Oako'-gurs' ok: If we translated the Hebrew verb `onen, "to practice augury" (see AUGURY)...
• Auguryo'-gu-ri o'-gur-i: This word occurs in the Revised Version (British and American) in...
• Augustan; Augustan Bando-gus'-tan o-gus'-tus-izs See ARMY, ROMAN.
• Augustus(1) The first Roman emperor, and noteworthy in Bible history as the emperor in whose...
• Aulol: See AWL.
• Auntant dodhah, ("loving"): A father's sister (Ex 6:20); an uncle's wife (Le 18:14;...
• Austereos-ter' austeros, "harsh," ("rough"): Twice used by Christ in the parable of the...
• Authoro'-ther: This word is used to translate two Greek words: (1) aitios, literally,...
• Authority in Religiono-thor'-i-ti rabhah; toqeph; exousia; exousiazo; katexousiazo; epitage; huperoche;...
• Authority; Authority in Generalo-thor'-i-ti. See AUTHORITY IN RELIGION, sec. I.
• Authorized Versiono'-thor-iz'd. See ENGLISH VERSIONS.
• Autranitiso-ran-i'-tis: Used by Josephus for HAURAN (which see).
• Avaa'-va. See AWA.
• Availa-val' shawah, ("to be equal," hence "to be enough," "to avail"): Used in the sense of...
• Avaranav'-a-ran: A surname of Eleazar, the third son of Mattathias (1 Macc 2:5). It is...
• Avena'-ven 'awen "emptiness," "vanity": Used in Eze 30:17 for On or Heliopolis, in Egypt....
• Avenge; Avengera-venj' a-venj'-er: Avenge.--The general idea connected with this word is that of...
• Aversea-vurs' shabh, "to turn back," ("retreat"): Quiet, peaceful wanderers (Mic 2:8).
• Avimav'-im. See AVVIM.
• Avimsav'-imz (De 2:23). See AVVIM.
• Avitesa'-vits. See AVVIM.
• Avitha'-vith `awith: The royal city of Hadad king of Edom (Ge 36:35; 1Ch 1:46). The...
• Avoida-void: Archaic use in 1Sa 18:11 for "escaped." In the Revised Version (British and...
• Avoucha-vouch': In English Versions of the Bible only in De 26:17,18, in the sense of "to...
• Avvim; Avitesav'-im a'-vits `awwim; Heuaioi, also unaspirated; (also used to represent the name of...
• Awaav'-a `awwa'; the King James Version Ava, a'-va: A province, the people of which...
• Awaita-wat': Only in Ac 9:24 the King James Version, in its now obsolete sense as a noun,...
• Awakea-wak' yaqats, ("to waken"; `ur, "to rouse up" from sleep; egeiro, "to arouse from...
• Away with(1) "To endure," "to bear with" (Isa 1:13), "I cannot away with iniquity and the...
• Aweo: Fear mingled with reverence and wonder, a state of mind inspired by something...
• Awlol martsea`: "Bore his ear through with an awl" (Ex 21:6; De 15:17). The ear was...
• Ax (axe); Ax-Headaks; aks'hed: Nine different Hebrew words have been rendered "ax": (1) garzen. This...
• Axle-Treeak'-sil-tre. See SEA, THE MOLTEN.
• Ayina'-yen: `ayin, "eye" or "fountain": The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so named,...
• Azaelaz'-a-el Azaelos; compare Asahel [Ezr 10:15]: Father of Jonathan, one of two chief...
• Azaelusaz-a-e'-lus (B, Azaelos; A, Azael; omitted in Ezr 10): Azaelus, son of Ezora, put away...
• Azala'-zal. See AZEL.
• Azaliahaz-a-li'-a atsalyahu, ("Yahweh has set aside"): A son of Meshullam and father of...
• Azaniahaz-a-ni'-a 'azanyah, ("Yahweh has given ear"): A son of Jeshua, a Levite who signed...
• Azaphiona-za'-fi-on. See ASSAPHIOTH.
• Azaraaz'-a-ra. See ASARA.
• Azaraela-za'-ra-el. See AZAREL.
• Azaraiasaz-a-ra'-yas (B, Azaraias; A, Saraias; the King James Version Saraias); compare...
• Azareela-zar'-e-el. See AZAREL.
• Azarelaz'-a-rel `azarel, ("God is helper"; the King James Version reads Azareel in numbers...
• Azariahaz-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, ("Yahweh has helped"): (1) King of Judah. See...
• Azarias(1) Azarias, who put away his "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:21); compare Uzziah (Ezr...
• Azaruaz'a-ru B, Azarou; A, Azourou; (the King James Version Azuran): The descendants of...
• Azaza'-zaz `azaz, ("powerful"): A descendant of Reuben (1Ch 5:8).
• Azazela-za'-zel (`aza'zel apopompaios; the King James Version Scapegoat, the Revised...
• Azaziahaz-a-zi'-a (`azazyahu, "Yahweh is strong," or "strengthens"): (1) A Levite musician...
• Azbasarethaz-bas'-a-reth: The name of an Assyrian king. The King James Version form "Azbasareth"...
• Azbukaz'-buk `azbuk: The father of a certain Nehemiah--not the great governor of the same...
• Azekaha-ze'-ka `azekah: A town of some importance in the Shephelah of Judah mentioned (Jos...
• Azel(1) A descendant of King Saul, through Jonathan (1Ch 8:37 f; 9:43f). (2) Azel, a'-zel,...
• Azema'-zem: the King James Version form for Ezem (thus the Revised Version (British and...
• Azephurithaz-e-fu'-rith. See ARSIPHURITH.
• Azetasa-ze'-tas (Azetas): The head of a family accompanying Zerubbabel out of captivity (1...
• Azgadaz'-gad (`azgadh, "strong is Gad"): In the list of those who returned from Babylon...
• Azieia-zi'-e-i: An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2). Compare Azariah (Ezr 7:3) and Ozias (1...
• Aziela'-zi-el (`aziel, "God is power"); (compare Gray, Studies in Hebrew Proper Names, 210,...
• Azizaa-zi'-za (`aziza' "the powerful"): Aziza had taken a foreign wife (Ezr 10:27): compare...
• Azmaveth (1)(1) One of David's 30 mighty men (2Sa 23:31; 1Ch 11:33). (2) A descendant of Jonathan,...
• Azmaveth (2)az-ma'-veth (`azmaweth; Asmoth or Azmoth, "strong one of death"; Ezr 2:24): Is...
• Azmonaz'-mon (`atsmon; Asemona, "strong"): On the Southwest border of Israel (Nu 34:4,5;...
• Aznoth-Taboraz'noth-ta'-bor ('aznoth tabhor, "peaks of Tabor"): A place in western Naphtali,...
• Azora'-zor Azor, "help"(?): An ancestor of Jesus Christ (Mt 1:13f).
• Azotusa-zo'-tus. See ASHDOD (1 Macc 9:15; Ac 8:40).
• Azriel(1) One of the leading men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, East of the Jordan, who with...
• Azrikamaz-ri'-kam (`azriqam, "my help has arisen"): (1) A descendant of King David through...
• Azubah(1) A wife of Caleb, by whom she had three sons (1Ch 2:18f). (2) The daughter of...
• Azura'-zur. See AZZUR.
• Azuranaz'-u-ran, a-zu'-ran. See AZARU.
• Azzahaz'-a (`azzah, "strong"): the King James Version form (De 2:23; 1Ki 4:24; Jer 25:20)...
• Azzanaz'-an (`azzan, "strong" or "thorn"): Father of Paltiel of the tribe of Issachar. One...
• Azzur(1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet of Gibeon in the days of Zedekiah (Jer...