Smith’s dictionary

The classic Victorian Bible dictionary: 4,600 short entries, especially strong on names and places.

• Aarat(high or holy ground), a mountainous district of Asia mentioned in the Bible in...
• Aaron(a teacher, or lofty), the son of Amram and Jochebed, and the older brother of Moses...
• Aaronites(1 Chronicles 12:27) priests of the family of Aaron.
• AbSee MONTH.
• Ab(father), an element in the composition of many proper names, of which Abba is a...
• AbaddonSee APOLLYON.
• Abagtha(God-given), one of the seven eunuchs in the Persian court of Ahasuerus. (Esther 1:10)
• Abana(perennial, stony), one of the "rivers of Damascus." (2 Kings 5:12) The Barada and the...
• Abarim(regions beyond), a mountain or range of highlands on the east of the Jordan, in the...
• AbbaSee AB.
• AbdaFather of Adoniram. (1 Kings 4:6) Son of Shammua, (Nehemiah 11:17) called Obadiah in...
• Abdeelfather of Shelemiah. (Jeremiah 36:26)
• Abdi(my servant). A Merarite, and ancestor of Ethan the singer. (1 Chronicles 6:44) (B.C....
• Abdiel(the servant of God), son of Guni and father of Ahi, one of the Gadites who were...
• Abdon(servile). A judge of Israel, (Judges 12:13,15) perhaps the same person as Bedan, in...
• Abednego(i.e. servant of Nego, perhaps the same as Nebo), the Chaldean name given to Azariah,...
• Abelthe name of several places in Palestine, probably signifies a meadow .
• Abel(i.e., breath, vapor, transitoriness , probably so called from the shortness of his...
• Abel, Stone of(the great abel), the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at...
• Abelbethmaachah(meadow of the house of oppression), a town of some importance, (2 Samuel 20:15) in...
• Abelmaim(Abel on the waters), also called simply Abel, (2 Samuel 20:14,18) another name for...
• Abelmeholah(meadow of the dance), in the northern pat of the Jordan valley, (1 Kings 4:12) to...
• Abelmizraim(meadow of Egypt), the name given by the Canaanites to the floor of Atad, at which...
• Abelshittim(the meadow of the acacias), in the "plains" of Moab, on the low level of the Jordan...
• Abez(lofty), a town in the possession of Issachar, named between Kishion and Remeth in...
• Abimother of King Hezekiah, (2 Kings 18:2) written ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIJAH OR...
• Abia, Abiah, or AbijahSon of Becher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8) Wife of Hezron. (1 Chronicles...
• Abia, Course ofthe eighth of the 24 courses or classes into which the priests were divided for...
• Abiaibon(father of strength). See ABIEL OR ABIEL.
• Abiasaph(father of gathering, i.e. gathered), (Exodus 6:24) otherwise written Ebi/asaph. (1...
• Abiathar(father of abundance , i.e. liberal), High priest and fourth in descent from Eli....
• Abib(green fruits). [MONTH]
• Abida, or Abidah(father of knowledge), a son of Midian. (Genesis 25:4; 1 Chronicles 1:33)
• Abidan(father of the judge), chief of the tribe of Benjamin at the time of the Exodus. (B.C....
• Abiel or Abiel(father of strength , i.e. strong). Father of Kish, and consequently grandfather of...
• Abiezer(father of help, helpful). Eldest son of Gilead, and descendant of Manasseh. (Joshua...
• Abigail(father, i.e. source, of joy). The beautiful wife of Nabal, a wealthy owner of goats...
• Abihail(father of , i.e. possessing, strength). Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical...
• Abihu(he (God) is my father), the second son, (Numbers 3:2) of Aaron by Elisheba. (Exodus...
• Abihud(father of renown, famous), son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:3)
• Abijah or Abijam(my father is Jehovah). Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah. (1 Kings...
• Abijam[ABIA, ABIAH, OR ABIJAH, ABIJAH OR ABIJAM, 1]
• Abila[ABILENE]
• Abilene(land of meadows), (Luke 3:1) a city situated on the eastern slope of Antilibanus, in...
• Abimael(father of Mael), a descendant of Joktan, (Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22) and...
• Abimelech(father of the king), the name of several Philistine kings, was probably a common...
• AbinadabA Levite, a native of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark remained 20 years. (1...
• Abiner(father of light). Same as ABNER. (1 Samuel 14:50) margin.
• Abinoamthe father of Barak. (Judges 4:6,12; 5:1,12) (B.C. 1300.)
• AbiramA Reubenite, son of Eliab, who with Korah, a Levite, organized a conspiracy against...
• Abishaga beautiful Shunammite (from Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar), taken into David’s...
• Abishai, or Abishai(father of a gift), The eldest of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and...
• Abishalom(father of peace), father or grandfather of Maachah, who was the wife of Rehoboam and...
• Abishua, or Abishua(father of deliverance). Son of Bela, of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4) Son...
• Abishur(father of the wall), son of Shammai. (1 Chronicles 2:28)
• Abital(father of the dew), one of David’s wives. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3)
• Abitub(father of goodness), son of Shaharaim by Hushim. (1 Chronicles 8:11)
• Abiud(father of praise), descendant of Zorobabel in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:13)
• Ablution[PURIFICATION]
• Abner(father of light). Son of Ner, who was the brother of Kish, (1 Chronicles 9:36) the...
• Abomination of DesolationMentioned by our Saviour, (Matthew 24:15) as a sign of the approaching destruction of...
• Abraham(father of a multitude) was the son of Terah, and founder of the great Hebrew nation....
• Abram(a high father), the earlier name of Abraham.
• Absalom(father of peace),third son of David by Maachah, daughter of Tamai king of Geshur, a...
• Absaloms Pillar, or PlaceA monument of tomb which Absalom had built during his lifetime in the king’s dale,...
• Accadone of the cities in the land of Shinar. (Genesis 10:10) Its position is quite uncertain.
• Accaron[EKRON]
• Accho(the PTOLEMAIS of the Maccabees and New Testament), Now called Acca , or more usually...
• Aceldama(the field of blood) (Akeldama in the Revised Version), the name given by the Jews of...
• Achaia(trouble) signifies in the New Testament a Roman province which included the whole of...
• Achaicus(belonging to Achaia), a name of a Christian. (1 Corinthians 16:17)
• Achan(troubler), an Israelite of the tribe of Judah, who, when Jericho and all that it...
• Achar = Achan(1 Chronicles 2:7)
• Achaz = Ahazking of Judah, (Matthew 1:9)
• Achbor(mouse). Father of Baalhanan king of Edom. (Genesis 36:38,39; 1 Chronicles 1:49) Son...
• Achimson of Sadoc and father of Eliud in our Lord’s genealogy. (Matthew 1:14) The Hebrew...
• Achish(angry), a Philistine king of Gath, who in the title of the 34th Psalm is called...
• Achmetha[ECBATANA]
• Achor, Valley of(valley of trouble), the spot at which Achan was stoned. (Joshua 7:24,26) On the...
• Achsa(1 Chronicles 2:49) [ACHSAH]
• Achsah(ankle-chain, anklet), daughter of Caleb. Her father promised her in marriage to...
• Achshaph(fascination), a city within the territory of Asher, named between Beten and...
• Achzib(lying, false). A city in the lowlands of Judah, named with Keilah and Mareshah....
• AcrabbimSee MAALEH-ACRABBIM, (Joshua 15:3) in the margin.
• Acts of the Apostlesthe fifth book in the New testament and the second treatise by the author of the third...
• Adadah(festival or boundary), one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah, named with...
• Adah(ornament, beauty). The first of the two wives of Lamech, by whom were borne to him...
• Adaiah(adorned by Jehovah). Maternal grandfather of King Josiah, and native of Boscath in...
• Adalia(a fire-god), the fifth son of Haman. (Esther 9:8)
• Adama city on the Jordan, "beside Zaretan," in the time of Joshua. (Joshua 3:16)
• AdamMan , generically, for the name Adam was not confined to the father of the human race,...
• Adam(red earth), the name given in Scripture to the first man. It apparently has reference...
• Adamah(red earth), one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali, named between Chinnereth and...
• Adamantthe translation of the Hebrew word Shamir in (Ezekiel 3:9) and Zech 7:12 In (Jeremiah...
• Adami(my man, earth), a place on the border of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33)
• Adar[MONTH]
• Adar(high), a place on the south boundary of Judah. (Joshua 15:3)
• Adasa(new), a place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon. 1Ma 7:40,45 [HADASHAH]
• Adbeel(offspring of God), a son of Ishmael, (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29) and probably...
• Addan(strong or stony), one of the places from which some of the captivity returned with...
• Addar(mighty one), son of Bela, (1 Chronicles 8:3) called ARD in (Numbers 26:40)
• AdderThis word is used for any poisonous snake, and is applied in this general sense by the...
• Addi(ornament). (Luke 3:28) Son of Cosam, and father of Melchi in our Lord’s genealogy;...
• Addon(lord). [ADDAN]
• Ader(flock), a Benjamites, son of Beriah, chief of the inhabitants of Aijalon. (1...
• Adidaa fortified town near Jerusalem, probably the HADID of (Ezra 2:33) and referred to in 1Ma 12:38
• Adiel(ornament of God). A prince of the tribe of Simeon, descended from the prosperous...
• Adin(dainty, delicate), ancestor of a family who returned form Babylon with Zerubbabel, to...
• Adina(slender), one of David’s captains beyond the Jordan, and a chief of the Reubenites....
• Adino, or Adino, the Eznite(2 Samuel 23:8) See JASHOBEAM.
• Adithaim(double ornament), a town belonging to Judah, lying in the low country, and named,...
• Adlai or Adlai(justice of Jehovah), Ancestor of Shaphat, the overseer of David’s herds that fed in...
• Admah(earthy, fortress), one of the "cities of the plain," always coupled with Zeboim....
• Admatha(given by the highest), one of the seven princes of Persia. (Esther 1:14)
• Adna(rest, pleasure). One of the family of Pahath-moab, who returned with Ezra and married...
• Adnah(pleasure). A Manassite who deserted from Saul and joined the fortunes of David on his...
• Adonibezek(lord of Bezek), king of Bezek, a city of the Canaanites. [BEZEK] This chieftain was...
• Adonijah(my Lord is Jehovah). The fourth son of David by Haggith, born at Hebron while his...
• Adonikam, or AdonikamThe sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from Babylon with...
• Adoniram(lord of heights), (1 Kings 4:6) by an unusual contraction ADORAM, (2 Samuel 20:24)...
• Adonizedek(lord of justice), the Amorite king of Jerusalem who organized a league with four...
• Adoptionan expression used by St. Paul in reference to the present and prospective privileges...
• Ador, or Adora[ADORAIM]
• Adoraim(double mound), a fortified city built by Rehoboam, (2 Chronicles 11:9) in Judah....
• Adoram[ADONIRAM; HADORAM]
• AdorationThe acts and postures by which the Hebrews expressed adoration bear a great similarity...
• Adrammelech(splendor of the king). The name of an idol introduced into Samaria by the colonists...
• Adramyttiumnamed form Adramys , brother of Croesus king of Lydia, a seaport in the province of...
• Adriamore properly A’drias, the Adriatic Sea. (Acts 27:27) The word seems to have been...
• Adriel(flock of God), son of Barzillai, to whom Saul gave his daughter Merab, although he...
• Adullam(justice of the people), Apocr. ODOLLAM, a city of Judah int he lowland of the...
• Adultery(Exodus 20:14) The parties to this crime, according to Jewish law, were a married...
• Adummim(the going up to), a rising ground or pass over against Gilgal," and "on the south...
• Advocateor Paraclete , one that pleads the cause of another. (1 John 2:1) Used by Christ,...
• Aegypt[EGYPT]
• Aeneas(laudble), a paralytic at Lydda healed by St. Peter. (Acts 9:33,34)
• Aenon(springs) a place "near to Salim," at which John baptized. (John 3:23) It was...
• Aera[CHRONOLOGY]
• Aethiopia[ETHIOPIA]
• Affinity[MARRIAGE]
• Agabus(a locust), a Christian prophet in the apostolic age, mentioned in (Acts 11:28) and...
• Agag(flame), possibly the title of the kings of Amalek, like Pharaoh of Egypt. One king of...
• Agagite[AGAG]
• Agar[HAGAR]
• Agatea beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors...
• Age, OldThe aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews. In...
• Agee, or Agee(fugitive), a Hararite, father of Shammah, one of David’s three mightiest heroes. (2...
• AgricultureThis was little cared for by the patriarchs. The pastoral life, however, was the means...
• Agrippa[HEROD]
• Agur(a gatherer, i.e. together of wise men), The son of Jakeh, an unknown Hebrew sage who...
• Ahab(uncle). Son of Omri, seventh king of Israel, reigned B.C. 919-896. He married...
• Aharah(after the brother), third son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:1) [AHER; AHIRAM]
• Aharhel(behind the breastwork), a name occurring in an obscure fragment of the genealogies of...
• Ahasai(whom Jehovah holds), a priest, ancestor of Maasiai, (Nehemiah 11:13) called JAHZERAH...
• Ahasbai(blooming), father of Eli-phelet, one of David’s thirty-seven captains. (2 Samuel...
• AhashveroshAnother (the Hebrew) form of AHASUERIUS. (Ezra 4:6) in margin.
• Ahasuerus(lion-king), the name of one Median and two Persian kings mentioned in the Old...
• Ahava(water), a place, (Ezra 8:15) or a river, Ezra 8:21 On the banks of which Ezra...
• Ahaz(possessor), eleventh king of Judah, son of Jotham, reigned 741-726, about sixteen...
• Ahaziah(sustained by the Lord). Son of Ahab and Jezebel eighth king of Israel, reigned B.C....
• Ahban(brother of the wise, discreet), son of Abishur by his wife Abihail. (1 Chronicles...
• Aher(following), ancestor of Hushim a Benjamite. The name occurs in the genealogy of...
• Ahi(a brother). A Gadite, chief of a family who lived in Gilead in Bashan, (1 Chronicles...
• Ahiah, or Ahijah(friend of Jehovah). Son of Ahitub, grandson of Phinehas and great-grandson of Eli,...
• Ahiamson of Sharar the Hararite (or of Sacar,) (1 Chronicles 11:35) one of David’s thirty...
• Ahiana Manassite of the family of Shemidah. (1 Chronicles 7:19)
• Ahiezer(brother of help). Son of Ammishaddai, hereditary chieftain of the tribe of Dan....
• Ahihud(brother of renown). The son of Shelomi and prince of the tribe of Asher. (Numbers...
• Ahijah[AHIAH, OR AHIJAH]
• Ahikam(a brother who raises up), son of Shaphan the scribe, an influential officer at the...
• Ahilud(a brother of one born, i.e. before him). Father of Jehoshaphat, the recorder or...
• Ahimaaz(brother of anger). Son of Zadok the high priest in David’s reign, and celebrated for...
• Ahiman(brother of the right hand). One of the three giant Anakim who inhabited Mount Hebron,...
• Ahimelech(brother of the king). Son of Ahitub, (1 Samuel 22:11,12) and high priest of Nob in...
• Ahimoth(brother of death), a Levite apparently in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 6:25) In...
• Ahinadab(brother the noble , i.e. a noble brother), Son of Iddo, one of Solomon’s twelve...
• Ahinoam(brother of grace , i.e. gracious). The daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul. (1...
• Ahio(brotherly). Son of Abinadab, who accompanied the ark when it was brought out of his...
• Ahira(brother of evil , i.e. unlucky), Chief of the tribe of Naphtali. (Numbers 1:15; 2:29;...
• Ahiram(brother of height, lofty), one of the sons of Benjamin, and ancestor of the...
• Ahisamach(brother of help), a Danite, father of Aholiab one of the architects of the...
• Ahishahar(brother of the dawn), one of the sons of Bilhan, the grandson of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:10)
• Ahisharthe controller of Solomon’s household. (1 Kings 4:6)
• Ahithophel(brother of foolishness), a native of Giloh, was a privy councillor of David, whose...
• Ahitub(brother of goodness). The son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli, and therefore of the...
• Ahlab(fertile), a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. (Judges 1:31)
• Ahlai, or Ahlai(ornamental) daughter of Sheshan, whom, having no issue, he gave in marriage to his...
• Ahoah(brothely), son of Bela the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4) In (1 Chronicles 8:7)...
• Ahohite[AHOAH]
• Aholah and Aholibah(my tabernacle) two symbolical names, are described as harlots, the former...
• Aholiaba Danite of great skill as a weaver and embroiderer, whom Moses appointed with...
• Aholibamah or Abolibamah(my tabernacle is exulted), One of the three wives of Esau. (B.C. 1797.) She was the...
• Ahumai(brother of water , i.e. cowardly), Son of Jabath, a descendant of Judah, and head of...
• Ahuzam(possession), properly Ahuzzam son of Ashur, the father or founder of Tekoa, by his...
• Ahuzzath(possesions) one of the friends of the Philistine king Abimelech, who accompanied him...
• Ai(heap of ruins). A city lying east of Bethel and "beside Bethaven." (Joshua 7:2; 8:9)...
• Aiah(clamor). Son of Zibeon, a descendant of Seir and ancestor of one of the wives of...
• Aiath(feminine of Ai), a place named by Isaiah, (Isaiah 10:28) in connection with Migron...
• Aijalike Aiath probably a variation of the name Ai, mentioned with Michmash and Bethel....
• Aijalon, or Ajalon(place of gazelles). A city of the Kohathites. (Joshua 21:24; 1 Chronicles 6:69) It...
• Aijeleth Shahar(the hind of the morning dawn), found once only in the Bible, in the title of (Psalms...
• Ain(spring, well). One of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine. (Numbers...
• Aj Alon[AIJALON, OR AJALON]
• Ajah = a Iah(Genesis 36:24)
• Akan(sharp sighted), son of Ezer, one of the "dukes" or chieftains of the Horites, and...
• AkeldamaRevised Version of (Acts 1:19) for ACELDAMA.
• Akkub(insidious). A descendant of Zerubbabel and son of Elioenai. (1 Chronicles 3:24) One...
• Akrabbim(the ascent of , or the going up to); also MAALEH-ACRABBIM (the scorpion pass), A pass...
• Alabasterfrom the Arabic al bastraton , a whitish stone or from Alabastron , the place in Egypt...
• Alamethproperly Al’emeth (covering), one of the sons of Beecher,the son of Benjamin. (1...
• Alammelech(king’s oak), a place within the limits of Asher, named between Achshaph and Amad....
• Alamoth(virgins), (Psalms 46:1) title; (1 Chronicles 15:20) Some interpret it to mean a...
• Alemeth(covering), a Benjamite, son of Jehoadah or Jarah, (1 Chronicles 8:36; 9:42) and...
• AlexanderSon of Simon the Cyrenian, who was compelled to bear the cross for our Lord. (Mark...
• Alexander III(helper of men--brave) king of Macedon, surnamed the Great, the son of Philip and...
• Alexandria, or Alexandria(from Alexander), 3 Ma 3:1; (Acts 18:24; 6:9) the Hellenic, Roman and Christian...
• Alexandriansthe Jewish colonists of Alexandria, who were admitted to the privileges of citizenship...
• Algum or Almug Treesthe former occurring in (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10,11) the latter in (1 Kings 10:11,12)...
• Aliah[ALVAH]
• Alian[ALVAN]
• Allegorya figure of speech, which has been defined by Bishop Marsh, in accordance with its...
• Alleluiaso written in (Revelation 19:6) foll., or more properly HALLELUJAH, praise ye Jehovah...
• AlliancesOn the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine no connections were formed...
• Allona large strong tree of some description probably an oak. ALLON more accurately ELON, a...
• Allon(an oak) a Simeonite, ancestor of Ziza, a prince of his tribe in the reign of Hezekiah...
• Almodad(measure) the first in order of the descendants of Joktan. (Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20)
• Almon(concealed) a city within the tribe of Benjamin, with "suburbs" given to the priests....
• Almond Tree; AlmondThis word is found in (Genesis 43:11; Exodus 25:33,34; 37:19,20; Numbers 17:8;...
• Almondiblathaim(concealing the two cakes), one of the latest stations of the Israelites between...
• AlmsThe duty of alms-giving, especially in kind, consisting chiefly in portions to be left...
• Almug Trees[ALGUM OR ALMUG TREES TREES]
• Aloes, Lign Aloes(in Heb. Ahalim, Ahaloth), The name of a costly and sweet-smelling wood which is...
• Alotha place or district, forming with Asher the jurisdiction of the ninth of Solomon’s...
• Alpha(A), the first letter of the Greek alphabet. With Omega, the last letter, it is used...
• Alphabet[WRITING]
• Alphaeus(changing) the father of the apostle James the Less, (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke...
• AltarThe first altar of which we have any account is that built by Noah when he left the...
• Altaschith(destroy not), found in the introductory verse to Psalms 57,58,59,75. It was probably...
• Alush(a crowd of men) one of the stations of the Israelites on their journey to Sinai, the...
• Alvah(evil), a duke of Edom, (Genesis 36:40) written ALIAH in (1 Chronicles 1:51)
• Alvan(tall), a Horite, son of Shobal, (Genesis 36:23) written ALIAN in (1 Chronicles 1:40)
• Amad(enduring), an unknown place in Asher, between Alammelech and Misheal. (Joshua 19:26) only.
• Amadatha(Esther 16:10,17) and Amad’athus . (Esther 12:6) [HAMMEDATHA]
• Amal(labor), an Asherite, son of Helem. (1 Chronicles 7:35)
• Amalek(dweller in a valley), a son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah grandson of Esau, and...
• Amalekitesa nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the...
• Amalekites, Mount ofa mountain in Ephraim, (Judges 12:15) probably so named because the Amalekites once...
• Amam(gathering place), a city in the south of Judah named with Shema and Moladah in...
• Aman[HAMAN] (Esther 10:7; 12:6; 13:3,12; 14:17; 16:10,17)
• Amana(a covenant), apparently a mountain in or near Lebanon. (Solomon 4:8) It is commonly...
• Amariah(the Lord says , i.e. promises). Father of Ahitub according to (1 Chronicles 6:7,52)...
• Amasa(a burden). Son of Ithra, or Jether, by Abigail, David’s sister. (2 Samuel 17:25) He...
• Amasai, or Amasai(burdensome) A Kohathite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel (1 Chronicles...
• Amashai or Amashai(burdensome), son of Azareel, a priest in the time of Nehemiah, (Nehemiah 11:13)...
• Amasiah(whom Jehovah bears), son of Zichri and captain of 200,000 warriors of Judah in the...
• Amath[HAMATH]
• Amaziah(the strength of the Lord). Son of Joash, and eighth king of Judah, reigned B.C....
• Ambassadora person of high rank employed by a government to represent it and transact its...
• Ambassageembassy, a message of a public nature brought by ambassadors. The word also sometimes...
• Amber(Heb. chasmal) occurs only in (Ezekiel 1:4,27; 8:2) It is usually supposed that the...
• Amenliterally "true" and used as a substantive, "that which is true," "truth," (Isaiah...
• Amethyst(Heb. achlamah) a subspecies of quartz of a bluish-violet color. Mention is made of...
• Ami(builder), one of Solomon’s servants, (Ezra 2:57) called AMON, OR AMEN, AMON in (Nehemiah 7:59)
• Amittai(true), father of the prophet Jonah. (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1)
• Ammah(head), The hill of, A hill facing Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon, named...
• Ammii.e., as explained in the margin of the Authorized Version, my people . (Hosea 2:1)
• Ammiel(people of God). The spy from the tribe of Dan. (Numbers 13:12) (B.C. 1490.) He...
• Ammihud(people of praise). An Ephraimite father of Elishama, the chief of the tribe at the...
• Amminadab(one of the prince’s people). Son of Ram or Aram, and father of Nahshon, or NAASSON...
• AmminadibProbably another form of Amminadab. He was noted for the swiftness of his chariot....
• Ammizabad(people of the Giver , i.e. God), the son of Benaiah, who commanded the third division...
• Ammon(sons of renown, mountaineers), Am’monites, Children of Ammon, A people descended from...
• Ammonitessa woman of Ammonite race. (1 Kings 14:21,31; 2 Chronicles 12:13)
• AmmonnoSee NO-AMON.
• Amninadab(Matthew 1:4; Luke 3:33) [AMMINADAB, 1]
• Amnon(faithful). Eldest son of David. (B.C. 1052.) He dishonored his half-sister Tamar, and...
• Amoka priest who returned with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:7,20) (B.C. 536.)
• Amon(builder). One of Ahab’s governors. (1 Kings 22:26; 2 Chronicles 18:25) King of Judah,...
• Amon, or Amen(the mysterious), an Egyptian divinity, whose name occurs in that of No-amon. (Nahum...
• Amorite, the Amorites(dwellers on the summits, mountaineers), one of the chief nations who possessed the...
• Amos(burden), native of Tekoa in Judah, about six miles south of Bethlehem, originally a...
• Amos, Book ofThe book of the prophecies of Amos seems to be divided into four principal portions...
• Amoz(strong), father of the prophet Isaiah, and, according to rabbinical tradition,...
• Amphipolis(a city surrounded by the sea), a city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas...
• Amplias(large), a Christian at Rome. (Romans 16:8) (A.D. 55.)
• Ampliatus(Revised Version,) (Romans 16:8) (the full name of which AMPLIAS, above, is the...
• Amram(an exalted people). A Levite of the family of the Kohathites, and father of Moses....
• AmramitesA branch of the great Kohathite family of the tribe of Levi, (Numbers 3:27; 1...
• Amraphel(keeper of the gods) perhaps a Hamite king of Shinar or Babylonia, who joined the...
• Amuletswere ornaments, gems, scrolls. etc.. worn as preservatives against the power of...
• Amzi(strong). A Levite of the family of Merari. (1 Chronicles 6:46) A priest. (Nehemiah 11:12)
• Anab(grape-town), a town in the mountains of Judah, (Joshua 15:50) named with Debir and...
• Anah(one who answers), the son of Zibeon and father of Aholibamah, one of Esau’s wives....
• Anaharath(gorge or pass), a place within the border of Issachar, named with Shihon and Rabbith....
• Anaiah(whom Jehovah answers). Probably a priest. (Nehemiah 8:4) One of the "heads of the...
• Anakim(long-necked), a race of giants, descendants of Arba, (Joshua 15:13; 21:11) dwelling...
• Anamima Mizraite people or tribe. (Genesis 10:13; 1 Chronicles 1:11)
• Anammelech(image of the king), one of the idols worshipped by the colonists introduced into...
• Anan(a cloud), one of the "heads of the people" who signed the covenant with Nehemiah....
• Anani(Protected by Jehovah), the seventh son of Elioenai, descended from the royal line of...
• Ananiaha place, named between Nob and Hazor, in which the Benjamites lived after their return...
• Ananiah(protected by Jehovah) probably a priest, and ancestor of Azariah, who assisted in...
• Ananias(whom Jehovah has graciously given) A high priest in (Acts 23:2-5; 24:1) He was the...
• Anath(answer), father of Shamgar. (Judges 3:31; 5:6)
• Anathemawhich literally means a thing suspended, is the equivalent of the Hebrew word...
• Anathotha priests’ city belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, with "suburbs." (Joshua 21:18; 1...
• Anathoth(answers to prayer). Son of Becher, a son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8) One of the...
• Anchor(Acts 27:29)
• Andrew(manly), one of the apostles of our Lord, (John 1:40; Matthew 4:18) brother of Simon...
• Andronicus(man-conqueror). An officer left as viceroy, 2 Macc. 4:31, in Antioch by Antiochus...
• Anem(two springs), a city of Issachar, with "suburbs," belonging to the (Gershonites). (1...
• Anerone of the three Amorite chiefs of Hebron who aided Abraham in the pursuit after the...
• Aner(boy), a city of Manasseh, west of Jordan, with "suburbs," given to the Kohathites. (1...
• Anethothite(2 Samuel 23:27) Anet’othite , (1 Chronicles 27:12) and An’tothite, (1 Chronicles...
• Angel of the Lord(Genesis 16:7) etc. (The special form in which God manifested himself to man, and...
• AngelsBy the word "angels" (i.e. "messengers" of God) we ordinarily understand a race of...
• Aniam(sighing of the people), a Manassite, son of Shemidah (1 Chronicles 7:19)
• Anim(fountains), a city in the mountains of Judah, named with Eshtemoh and Goshen. (Joshua 15:50)
• AniseThis word occurs only in (Matthew 23:23) It is by no means a matter of certainty...
• AnkletThis word does not occur in the Authorized Version; but anklets are referred to in...
• Anna(grace), a "prophetess" in Jerusalem at the time of our Lord’s Presentation in the...
• Annas(humble), the son of one Seth was appointed high priest A.D. 7 by Quirinus, the...
• Anointingin Holy Scripture, is either, I. Material--with oil--or II. Spiritual--with the Holy...
• Ant(Heb. nemalah). This insect is mentioned twice in the Old Testament: in (Proverbs 6:6;...
• AntichristThis term is employed by the apostle John alone, and is defined by him in a manner...
• Antioch(from Antiochus)- IN SYRIA. The capital of the Greek kings of Syria, and afterwards...
• Antiochus(an opponent), the name of a number of kings of Syria who lived during the interval...
• Antipas[HEROD]
• Antipas(like the father), martyr at Pergamos, (Revelation 2:13) and according to tradition...
• Antipatris, or Antipatris(for his father), a town to which the soldiers conveyed St. Paul by night on their...
• Antonia(from Marc Antony) (a square stone fortress or castle adjoining the northwest corner...
• Antothijah(answers of Jehovah), a Benjamite, one of the sons of Jeroham. (1 Chronicles 8:24)
• Antothitea dweller at Anathoth. (1 Chronicles 11:28; 12:3) [ANATHOTH]
• Anub(confederate), son of Coz and descendant of Judah, through Ashur the father of Tekoa...
• Apelles(called), a Christian saluted by St. Paul in (Romans 16:10) Tradition makes him bishop...
• Apes(Heb. kophim) are mentioned in (1 Kings 10:22) and 2Chr 9:21 There can be little doubt...
• Apharsathchites, Apharsites, Apharsacitesthe names of certain tribes, colonies from which had been planted in Samaria by the...
• Aphek(strength), the name of several places in Palestine. A royal city of the Canaanites,...
• Aphekah(strong place), a city of Judah, in the mountains (Joshua 15:53) probably the same as APHEK, 1.
• Aphiah(refreshed), one of the fore-fathers of King Saul. (1 Samuel 9:1)
• Aphik(strong), a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. (Judges 1:31)...
• Aphrah(dust), The house of, a place mentioned in (Micah 1:10) Its site is uncertain.
• Aphses(the dispersion), chief of the 15th of the 24 courses in the service of the temple. (1...
• ApocalypseA Greek word meaning revelation, applied chiefly to the book of Revelation by John....
• Apocrypha(concealed, hidden). Old Testament Apocrypha ._The collection of books to which this...
• Apollonia(belonging to Apollo), a city of Macedonia, through which Paul and Silas passed in...
• Apollos(given by Apollo) a Jew from Alexandria, eloquent (which may also mean learned) and...
• Apollyonor, as it is literally in the margin of the Authorized Version of (Revelation 9:11) "a...
• Apostle(one sent forth), in the New Testament originally the official name of those twelve of...
• Appaimor Ap’paim (the nostrils), son of Nadab, and descended from Jerahmeel, the founder of...
• AppealThe principle, of appeal was recognized by the Mosaic law in the establishment of a...
• Apphia(fruitful) a Christian woman addressed jointly with Philemon and Archippus in Phil. 2;...
• Appii Forum(market-place of Appius), a well-known station on the Appian Way, the great road which...
• Appius, Market ofRevised Version for Appii Forum. (Acts 28:16)
• Apple Tree, Apple(Heb. tappuach). Mention of the apple tree occurs in the Authorized Version in...
• Aquila(an eagle), a Jew whom St. Paul found at Corinth on his arrival from Athens. (Acts...
• Ar(a city), or Ar of Moab, one of the chief places of Moab. (Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1)...
• Ara(lion), one of the sons of Jether, the head of a family of Asherites. (1 Chronicles 7:88)
• Arab(ambush) a city of Judah in the mountainous district, probably in the neighborhood of...
• Arabah(burnt up). Although this word appears in the Authorized Version in its original shape...
• Arabia(desert, barren), a country known in the Old Testament under two designations:-- The...
• Arabiansthe nomadic tribes inhabiting the country to the east and south of Palestine, who in...
• Arada royal city of the Canaanites, named with Hormah and Libnah. (Joshua 12:14) The...
• Arad(a wild ass), a Benjamite, son of Beriah, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. (1...
• Arah(wayfaring). An Asherite, of the sons of Ulla. (1 Chronicles 7:39) The sons of Arah...
• Aram(high). The name by which the Hebrews designated, generally, the country lying to the...
• Aramitessa female inhabitant of Aram. (1 Chronicles 7:14)
• Aramnahataim(highlands of two rivers). (Psalms 60:1), title. [ARAM]
• AramzobahPsal 60:1, title. [ARAM, 1]
• Aran(wild goat), a Horite, son of Dishan and brother of Uz. Genesis 36:28; 1Chr 1:42
• Araunah(ark), a Jebusite who sold his threshing floor on Mount Moriah to David as a site for...
• Arba(city of the four), the progenitor of the Anakim, or sons of Anak, from whom their...
• ArbahHebron, or Kirjath-Arba, as "the city of Arbah" is always rendered elsewhere. (Genesis 35:27)
• Arbathitea native of the Arabah or Ghor . [ARABAH] Abi-albon the Arbathite was one of David’s...
• Arbitea native of Arab. Paarai the Arbite was one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:35)
• Arch of TitusA triumphal arch erected at Rome, and still remaining there, to commemorate the...
• Archelaus(prince of the people), son of Herod the Great by a Samaritan woman, Malthake, and,...
• Archery[ARMS, ARMOR]
• Archevitesperhaps the inhabitants of Erech, some of whom had been placed as colonists in...
• Archi(Joshua 16:2) A place in the neighborhood of Bethel, on the boundary between Ephraim...
• Archippus(master of the horse), a Christian teacher in Colossae, (Colossians 4:17) called by...
• Archite, the(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation...
• ArchitectureThe book of (Genesis 4:17,20,22) appears to divide mankind into two great...
• Arcturus(bear-keeper). The Hebrew words ’Ash and ’Aish , rendered "Arcturus" in the Authorized...
• Ard(one that descending), the son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. (Genesis 46:21;...
• Arditesthe descendants of Ard or Addar, the grandson of Benjamin. (Numbers 26:40)
• Ardon(fugitive) a Son of Caleb, the son of Hezron, by his wife Azubah. (1 Chronicles 2:18)
• Areli(heroic), a son of Gad. (Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:17) His descendants are called...
• Areopagitea member of the court of Areopagus. (Acts 17:31) [MARS HILL’ HILL]
• Areopagus[MARS HILL’ HILL]
• Aretas, or Aretas(graver). A contemporary of Antiochus Epiphanes, B.C. 170, and Jason. 2 Macc. 5:8. The...
• Argobperhaps a Gileadite officer who was governor of Argob. He was either an accomplice of...
• Argob(stony), a tract of country on the east of the Jordan, in Bashan, the kingdom of Og,...
• Aridai(the strong), ninth son of Haman. (Esther 9:9)
• Aridathasixth son of Haman. (Esther 9:8)
• Arieh(lion). Either one of the accomplices of Pekah in his conspiracy against Pekahiah, or...
• Ariel(lion of God). One of the "chief men" who under Ezra directed the caravan which he led...
• Arimathea(heights). (Matthew 27:57; Luke 23:51; John 19:38) St. Luke calls it "a city of...
• Arioch(venerable). The king of Eliasar, one of the allies of Chedorlaomer in his expedition...
• Arisai(lion-like), eighth son of Haman. (Esther 9:9)
• Aristarchus(the best ruler), a Thessalonian, (Acts 20:4; 27:2) who accompanied St. Paul on his...
• Aristobulus(the best counsellor), a resident at Rome, some of whose household are greeted in...
• Ark of MosesA small boat or basket made of the papyrus, a reed which grows in the marshes of...
• Ark of the CovenantThe first piece of the tabernacle’s furniture, for which precise directions were...
• Ark, Noahs[NOAH]
• Arkite, thefrom Arka , one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16)...
• Armageddon(the hill or city of Megiddo). (Revelation 16:16) The scene of the struggle of good...
• Armenia(land of Aram) is nowhere mentioned under that name in the original Hebrew, though it...
• Armletan ornament universal in the East, especially among women; used by princes as one of...
• Armonison of Saul by Rizpah. (2 Samuel 21:8)
• Arms, ArmorThe subject naturally divides itself into-- I. Offensive weapons: Arms. II. Defensive...
• ArmyI. JEWISH ARMY.--Every man above 20 years of age was a soldier, (Numbers 1:3) each...
• ArnanIn the received Hebrew text "the sons of Arnan" are mentioned in the genealogy of...
• Arni(Used in the Revised Version for Aram in (Luke 3:33) and is probably another name or...
• Arnon(roaring), the river or torrent which formed the boundary between Moab and the...
• Arod(a wild ass), a son of Gad, (Numbers 26:17) called ARODI in (Genesis 46:16)
• Arodi[AROD]
• Arodites[AROD]
• Aroer(ruins). A city on the torrent Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon...
• AroeriteHothan the Aroerite was the father of two of David’s captains. (1 Chronicles 11:44)
• Arpad, or Arphad(strong city), (Isaiah 36:19; 37:13) a city or district in Syria, apparently dependent...
• Arphaxad(stronghold of the Chaldees). The son of Shem and ancestor of Eber. (Genesis 10:22,24;...
• Arrows[ARMS, ARMOR]
• Artaxerxes(the great warrior). The first Artaxerxes is mentioned in (Ezra 4:7) and appears...
• Artemas(gift of Artemis), a companion of St. Paul. (Titus 3:12) According to tradition he was...
• Aruboth(windows), the third of Solomons commissariat districts. (1 Kings 4:10) It included...
• Arumah(height), a place apparently in the neighborhood of Shechem, at which Abimelech...
• Arvad(wandering) (Ezekiel 27:8,11) The island of Ruad , which lies off Tortosa (Tartus),...
• Arvadite[ARVAD]
• Arzaprefect of the palace at Tirzah to Elah king of Israel, who was assassinated at a...
• Asa(physician , or cure). Son of Abijah and third king of Judah. (B.C. 956-916.) (His...
• Asahel(made by God). Nephew of David, being the youngest son of his sister Zeruiah. He was...
• Asahiah(the Lord hath made), a servant of King Josiah, sent by him to seek information of...
• Asaiah(the Lord hath made). A prince of one of the families of the Simeonites in the reign...
• Asaph(collector of the people). A Levite, son of Berechiah, one of the leaders of David’s...
• Asaph, Sons of(A school of poetry and musical composers founded by Asaph.)
• Asareel(whom God hath bound (by an oath)), a son of Jehaleleel, in the genealogies of Judah....
• Asarelah(upright toward God), one of the sons of Asaph, a musician, (1 Chronicles 25:2) called...
• Ascalon[ASHKELON, ASKELON]
• Asenath(worshipper of Neith), daughter of Potipherah, priest, or possibly prince, of On...
• Aser(Luke 2:36; Revelation 7:6) [ASHER, ASHER]
• Ash(Heb. oren), only in (Isaiah 44:14) As the true ash is not a native of Palestine, some...
• Ashan(smoke), a city in the low country of Judah. (Joshua 15:42) In (Joshua 19:7) and 1Chr...
• Ashbea(I adjure), a proper name, but whether of a person or place is uncertain. (1 Chronicles 4:21)
• Ashbel(reproof of God), second son of Benjamin and ancestor of the Ashbelites. (Genesis...
• Ashchenaz(1 Chronicles 1:6; Jeremiah 51:27) [ASHKENAZ]
• Ashdod, or Azotus(a stronghold), (Acts 8:40) one of the five confederate cities of the Philistines...
• Ashdoditesthe inhabitants of Ashdod, (Nehemiah 4:7) called Ashdothites in (Joshua 13:3)
• Ashdothpisgah(3:17; Joshua 12:3; 13:20) and in Deuteronomy 4:49 Authorized Version, translated...
• Ashera place which formed one boundary of the tribe of Manasseh on the south. (Joshua 17:7)...
• AsherApocrypha and New Testament, A’ser (blessed), the eighth son of Jacob, by Zilpah,...
• Asherah(straight), the name of a Phoenician goddess, or rather of the idol itself (Authorized...
• Asheritesdescendants of Asher, and members of his tribe. (Judges 1:32)
• AshesThe ashes on the altar of burnt offering were gathered into a cavity in its surface....
• Ashimaa god of the Hamathite colonists in Samaria. (2 Kings 17:30) It has been regarded as...
• Ashkelon, AskelonApocrypha As’calon (migration), one of the five cities of the Philistines, (Joshua...
• Ashkenaz(spreading fire), one of the three sons of Gomer, son of Japhet. (Genesis 10:3) We may...
• Ashnahthe name of two cities, both in the lowlands of Judah: (1) named between Zoreah and...
• Ashpenaz(horse-nose), the master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar. (Daniel 1:3)
• Ashrielproperly As’riel (vow of God). (1 Chronicles 7:14)
• Ashtarothand once As’taroth (a star), a city on the east of Jordan in Bashan, in the kingdom of...
• Ashterathitea native or inhabitant of Ashtaroth, (1 Chronicles 11:44) beyond Jordan.
• Ashteroth Karnaim(Ashteroth of the two horns or peaks) a place of very great antiquity, the abode of...
• Ashtoreth(a star) the principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, called Ishtar by the...
• Ashur(black), the posthumous son of Hezron by his wife Abiah. (1 Chronicles 2:24; 4:5) He...
• Ashurim(steps), a tribe descended from Dedan, the grandson of Abraham. (Genesis 26:3) Knobel...
• Ashurites, theOnly in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning...
• AshvathOne of the sons of Japhlet, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:33)
• Asia(orient). The passages in the New Testament where this word occurs are the following;...
• Asiarchae(chief of Asia) (Authorized Version; (Acts 19:31)), officers chosen annually by the...
• Asiel(created by God). A Simeonite whose descendant Jehu lived in the reign of Hezekiah. (1...
• Asnah(thorn-bush). The children of Asnah were among the Nethinim who returned with...
• Asnapper(swift), mentioned in (Ezra 4:10) as the person who settled the Cutheans in the cities...
• Asp(Heb. pethen), translated (adder in) (Psalms 58:4; 91:13) Probably the Egyptian cobra,...
• Aspalathusthe name of some sweet perfume mentioned in Ecclus. 24:15. The Lignum rhodianum , is...
• Aspathathird son of Haman. (Esther 9:7)
• Aspharthe pool in the "wilderness of Thecoe." 1 Macc. 9:33. Is it possible that the name is...
• Asrielthe son of Gilead and great-grandson of Manasseh. (Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2) He was...
• AssFive Hebrew names of the genus Asinus occur in the Old Testament. Chamor denotes the...
• Asshursecond son of Shem, (Genesis 10:22) also the Hebrew form for Assyria. [ASSYRIA, ASSHUR]
• Assir(captive). Son of Korah. (Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:22) Son of Ebiasaph, and a...
• Assos, or Assus(approaching), a seaport of the Roman province of Asia in the district anciently...
• Assur(Ezra 4:2; Psalms 83:8) [ASSHUR, ASSYRIA, ASSHUR; ASSYRIA]
• Assyria, Asshurwas a great and powerful country lying on the Tigris, (Genesis 2:14) the capital of...
• Astaroth(1:4) [ASHTAROTH]
• Astarte[ASHTORETH]
• Asuppim, and House of(1 Chronicles 26:15,17) literally house of the gatherings. Some understand it as the...
• Asyncritus(incomparable), a Christian at Rome, saluted by St. Paul. (Romans 16:14)
• Atad(thorn), The threshing-floor of, called also Abel-mizraim, (Genesis 50:10,11)...
• Atarah(a crown) a wife of Jerahmeel, and mother of Onam. (1 Chronicles 2:26)
• Ataroth(crowns). One of the towns in the "land of Jazer and land of Gilead," (Numbers 32:3)...
• Ater(shut up). The children of Ater were among the porters or gate-keepers of the temple...
• Athach(lodging place). (1 Samuel 30:30) As the name does not occur elsewhere, it has been...
• Athaiah(whom Jehovah made), a descendant of Pharez, the son of Judah, who dwelt at Jerusalem...
• Athaliah(afflicted of the Lord) daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, married Jehoram the son of...
• Atheniansnatives of Athens (Acts 17:21)
• Athens(city of Athene), the capital of Attica, and the chief seat of Grecian learning and...
• Athlai(whom Jehovah afflicts), one of the sons of Bebai, who put away his foreign wife at...
• Atonement, the Day ofI. The great day of national humiliation, and the only one commanded in the Mosaic...
• Atroth(crowns), a city of Gad. (Numbers 32:35)
• Attai(opportune). Grandson of Sheshan the Jerahmeelite through his daughter Ahlai, whom he...
• Attalia(from Attalus), a coast-town of Pamphylia, mentioned (Acts 14:25) It was built by...
• Augustus(venerable) Cae’sar , the first Roman emperor. He was born A.U.C. 691, B.C. 63. His...
• Augustus Band(Acts 27:1) [ARMY]
• Ava(ruin), a place in the empire of Assyria, apparently the same as Ivan. (2 Kings 17:24)
• Aven(nothingness). The "plain of Aven" is mentioned by (Amos 1:5) in his denunciation of...
• Avim(ruins), A’vims or A’vites . A people among the early inhabitants of Palestine, whom...
• Avith(ruins), the city of Hadad ben-Bedad, one of the kings of Edom before there were kings...
• Awla tool of which we do not know the ancient form. The only notice of it is in...
• Azala name only occurring in (Zechariah 14:5) It is mentioned as the limit to which the...
• Azaliah(whom the Lord reserved), the father of Shaphan the scribe in the reign of Josiah. (2...
• Azaniah(whom the Lord hears), the father or immediate ancestor of Jeshua the Levite, in the...
• Azaraela Levite musician. (Nehemiah 12:36)
• Azareel, or Azareel(whom the Lord helps). A Korhite who joined David in his retreat at Ziklag. (1...
• Azariah(whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the...
• Azaz(strong), a Reubenite, father of Bela. (1 Chronicles 5:8)
• Azaziah(whom the Lord strengthens) A Levite musician in the reign of David, appointed to play...
• Azbuk(strong devastation), father or ancestor of Nehemiah, the prince of part of Bethzur....
• Azekah(dugover), a town of Judah, with dependent villages, lying in the Shefelah or rich...
• Azel(noble), a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37,38; 9:43,44)
• Azem(bone), a city in the extreme south of Judah, (Joshua 15:29) afterwards allotted to...
• Azgad(strength of fortune). The children of Azgad, to the number of 1222 (2322 according...
• Aziel(whom God comforts), a Levite. (1 Chronicles 15:20) The name is a shortened form of...
• Aziza(strong) a layman of the family of Zattu, who had married a foreign wife after the...
• Azmavetha place to all appearance in Benjamin, being named with other towns belonging to that...
• Azmaveth(strong unto death). One of David’s mighty men, a native of Bahurim, (2 Samuel 23:31;...
• Azmon(strong), a place named as being on the southern boundary of the Holy Land, apparently...
• Aznothtabor(the ears (i.e. possibly the summits) of Tabor), one of the landmarks of the boundary...
• Azor(a helper), son of Eliakim, in the line of our Lord. (Matthew 1:13,14)
• Azotus[ASHDOD, OR AZOTUS]
• Azriel(whom God helps). The head of a house of the half tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan, a...
• Azrikam(help against the enemy). A descendant of Zerubbabel, and son of Neariah of the royal...
• Azubah(forsaken). Wife of Caleb, son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:18,19) Mother of King...
• Azurproperly Az’zur (he that assists) A Benjamite of Gibeon, and father of Hananiah the...
• Azzah(the strong). The more accurate rendering of the name of the well-known Philistine...
• Azzan(very strong), the father of Paltiel prince of the tribe of Issachar, who represented...
• Azzur(one who helps), one of the heads of the People who signed the covenant with Nehemiah....