Smith’s dictionary

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

• Kabzeel(gathered by God), one of the "cities" of the tribe of Judah, (Joshua 15:21) the...
• Kadesh, Kadeshbarnea(Kadesh means holy ; it is the same word as the Arabic name of Jerusalem, el-Khuds ....
• Kadmiel(before God), one of the Levites who with his family returned from Babylon with...
• Kadmonites(Orientals), The, a people named in (Genesis 15:19) only; one of the nations who at...
• Kallai(swift servant of Jehovah), a priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua. He...
• Kanah(a place of reeds). One of the places which formed the landmarks of the boundary of...
• Kareah(bald), the father of Johanan and Jonathan, who supported Gedaliah’s authority and...
• Karkaa, or Karkaa(foundation), one of the landmarks on the south boundary of the tribe of Judah....
• Karkor(foundation), the place in which Zebah and Zalmunna were again routed by Gideon,...
• Kartah(city), a town of Zebulun, allotted to the Merarite Levites. (Joshua 21:34)
• Kartan(double city), a city of Naphtali, allotted to the Gershonite Levites. (Joshua 21:32)...
• Kattath(small), one of cities of the tribe of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:15)
• Kedar(dark-skinned), the second in order of the sons of Ishmael, (Genesis 25:13; 1...
• Kedemah(eastward), the youngest of the sons of Ishmael. (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:31)
• Kedemoth(beginnings), one of the towns in the district east of the Dead Sea allotted to the...
• Kedesh(a sanctuary). In the extreme south of Judah, (Joshua 15:23) same as Kadesh and...
• Kedronproperly Kidron. [KIDRON, OR KEDRON]
• Kefr Kenna[See CANA]
• Kehelathah(assembly), a desert encampment of the Israelites, (Numbers 33:22) of which nothing is known.
• Keilah(fortress), a city of the Shefelah, or lowland district of Judah. (Joshua 15:44) Its...
• Keilah the Garmiteapparently a descendant of the great Caleb. (1 Chronicles 4:19) There is no apparent...
• Kelaiah(swift messenger of Jehovah) = KELITA. (Ezra 10:23)
• Kelita(assembly), one of the Levites who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 10:23) He assisted in...
• Kemuel(congregation of God). The son of Nahor by Milcah, and father of Aram. (Genesis 22:21)...
• Kenan(possession) = CAINAN, the son of Enos. (1 Chronicles 1:2)
• Kenath(possession), one of the cities on the east of Jordan, with its "daughter-towns"...
• Kenaz(hunting). Son of Eliphaz the son of Esau. He was one of the dukes of Edom. (Genesis...
• Keneziteor Ken’izzite (descendant of Kenaz), (Genesis 15:19) an Edomitish tribe. (Numbers...
• Kenite, theand Ken’ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern...
• Kenizzite(Genesis 15:19) [KENEZITE]
• Kerenhappuch(the horn of beauty), the youngest of the daughters of Job, born to him during the...
• Kerioth(cities). A name which occurs among the lists of the towns in the southern district of...
• Keros(curved), one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:44;...
• Kettlea vessel for culinary or sacrificial purposes. (1 Samuel 2:14) The Hebrew word is also...
• Keturah(incense), the wife of Abraham after the death of Sarah. (Genesis 25:1; 1 Chronicles...
• KeyThe key of a native Oriental lock is a piece of wood, from seven inches to two feet in...
• Kezia(cassia), the second of the daughters of Job born to him after his recovery. (Job...
• Keziz(cut off), The valley of, one of the "cities" of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:21) and the...
• Kibrothhattaavahi.e. as in the margin, the graves of lust , a station of the Israelites in the...
• Kibzaim(two heaps), a city of Mount Ephraim, given up with its "suburbs" to the Kohathite...
• Kid[GOAT]
• Kidron, or Kedron(turbid), The brook, a torrent or valley, not a "brook," or, as in the margin of...
• Kinethe plural of cow. [See BULL, BULLOCK]
• King"a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country."...
• Kingsof Judah and Israel. For the list see table at the end of this volume.
• Kings, First and Second Books oforiginally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the...
• Kir(fortress) is mentioned by Amos, (Amos 9:7) as the land from which the Syrians...
• Kir of Moab(fortress of Moab), one of the two chief strongholds of Moab, the other being Ar of...
• Kirharaseth(brick fortress), (2 Kings 3:25) Kir-ha’resh, (Isaiah 16:11) Kir-har’es, (Jeremiah...
• Kiriahapparently an ancient or archaic word, meaning a city or town. It may be compared to...
• Kiriathaim[KIRJATHAIM]
• Kirioth(two cities), a place in Moab the palaces of which were threatened by Amos with...
• Kirjath(a city), the last of the cities enumerated as belonging to the tribe of Benjamin,...
• Kirjatharba(the city of Arba), an early name of the city which after the conquest is generally...
• Kirjatharim(city of forests), an abbreviated form of the name Kirjath-jearim, which occurs only...
• Kirjathbaal[KIRJATH-JEARIM]
• Kirjathhuzoth(city of streets), a place to which Balak accompanied Balaam immediately after his...
• Kirjathjearim(the city of forests), first mentioned as one of the four cities of the Gibeonites,...
• Kirjathsannah(city of books). [DEBIR]
• Kirjathsepher(city of books). (Joshua 15:15,16; Judges 1:11,12) [DEBIR]
• Kish(a bow). The father of Saul; a Benjamite of the family of Matri. (B.C. 1095.) Son of...
• Kishi(bow of Jehovah), a Merarite, and father of ancestor of Ethan the minstrel. (1 Chronicles 6:44)
• Kishion(hardness), one of the towns on the boundary of the tribe of Issachar, (Joshua 19:20)...
• Kishon(winding), The river, a torrent or winter stream of central Palestine, the scene of...
• Kison(winding), an inaccurate mode of representing the name Kishon. (Psalms 83:9)
• KissKissing the lips by way of affectionate salutation was customary among near relatives...
• Kite(Heb. ayyah), a rapacious and keen-sighted bird of prey belonging to the hawk family....
• Kithlish(man’s wall), one of the towns of Judah, in the Shefelah or lowland. (Joshua 15:40)
• Kitron(knotty), one of the towns from which Zubulun did not expel the Canaanites. (Judges...
• KittimTwice written in the Authorized Version for Chittim. (Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7)
• Kneadingtroughs[BREAD]
• KnifeThe knives of the Egyptians, and of other nations in early times, were probably only...
• Knopa word employed in the Authorized Version to translate two terms which refer to some...
• Koa(he-camel) is a word which occurs only in (Ezekiel 23:23) It may perhaps have been a...
• Kohath(assembly), second of the three sons of Levi, from whom the three principal divisions...
• Kolaiah(voice of Jehovah). A Benjamite whose descendants settled in Jerusalem after the...
• Korah(baldness). Third son of Esau by Aholibamah. (Genesis 36:5,14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35)...
• Korahite(1 Chronicles 9:19,31) Kor’-hite, or Kor’athite, that portion of the Kohathites who...
• Kore(partridge). A Korahite, ancestor of Shallum and Meshelemiah, chief porters in the...
• Koz(thorn), (Ezra 2:61; Nehemiah 3:4,21) = COZ = HAKKOZ.
• Kushaiah(bow of Jehovah), the same as Kish or Kishi, the father of Ethan the Merarite. (1...