Dictionaries :: Attire; Dyed AttireInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAttire; Dyed Attire: a-tir':"Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?" asks the prophet Jeremiah in hot remonstrance against Israel's unfaithfulness. "Yet," saith Yahweh, "my people have forgotten me" (2:32). "And I saw that she was defiled," cries Ezek

Dictionaries :: BectilethInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBectileth: bek'-ti-leth (to pedion Baikteilaith): A plain which is defined as "near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia" (Judith 2:21). The name in Syriac is Beth QeTilath, "house of slaughter." So far there is no clue to its identification.

Dictionaries :: AsebiasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAsebias: as-e-bi'-as, as-e-bi'-a (Asebias; the King James Version Asebia): Asebias returned with Ezra to perform the function of a priest in Jerusalem (1 Esdras 8:48). Compare HASHABIAH (Ezr 8:19).

Dictionaries :: Beeroth Bene-JaakanInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeeroth Bene-Jaakan: ben'-e-ja'-a-kan (be'eroth bene ya‘aqan; the Revised Version, margin "the wells of the children of Jaakan"): A desert camp of the Israelites mentioned before Moserah (De 10:6). In Nu 33:31,32 the name is given simply "Bene-jaakan," and the situ

Dictionaries :: AsmodaeusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAsmodaeus: az-mo-de'-us ('ashmedhai; Asmodaios): An evil spirit first mentioned in Tobit 3:8. Older etymologists derived the name from the Hebrew verb shamadh, "destroy"; but it is now generally held to be associated with Zoroastrianism, with which the Jews became acquainted duri

Dictionaries :: ArkiteEaston's Bible DictionaryArkite: (Gen 10:17; 1Ch 1:15), a designation of certain descendants from the Phoenicians or Sidonians, the inhabitants of Arka, 12 miles north of Tripoli, opposite the northern extremity of Lebanon.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArkite: ark'-it (‘arqi): An inhabitant of the town o

Dictionaries :: BedeiahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBedeiah: be-de'-ya (bedheydh, "servant of Yah"): A son of Bani who had married a "strange wife" (Ezr 10:35). Smith's Bible DictionaryBedeiah: one of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who had taken a foreign wife (Ezra 10:35). (B.C. 458)

Dictionaries :: AvouchInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAvouch: a-vouch':In English Versions of the Bible only in De 26:17,18, in the sense of "to confess," "avow," "publicly and solemnly declare." The Hebrew form is likewise unique (Hiph. of ‘amar). King James DictionaryAvouch: To Acknowledge of One's Own.Thou hast AVOUCHED the LOR

Dictionaries :: AvimEaston's Bible DictionaryAvim: a people dwelling in Hazerim, or "the villages" or "encampments" on the south-west corner of the sea-coast (Deu 2:23). They were subdued and driven northward by the Caphtorim. A trace of them is afterwards found in Jos 13:3, where they are called Avites.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAvim:wic

Dictionaries :: Arms, ArmorSmith's Bible DictionaryArms, Armor: The subject naturally divides itself into- I. Offensive weapons: Arms. and II. Defensive weapons: Armor. I. Offensive weapons. (1.) Apparently the earliest known, and most widely used was the Chereb or "SWORD". Very little can be gathered as to its shape, size, material,

Dictionaries :: AvaranInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAvaran: av'-a-ran: A surname of Eleazar, the third son of Mattathias (1 Macc 2:5). It is doubtfully conjectured that Eleazar received this surname from the episode related in 1 Macc 6:43-46; the word may mean "the piercer," referring to his stabbing of the elephant. Some connect it

Dictionaries :: AutumnVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5352Greek: phthinoporinosAutumn:an adjective signifying autumnal (from phthinoporon, "late autumn," from phthino, "to waste away," or "wane," and opora, "autumn"), is used in Jud 1:12, where unfruitful and worthless men are figuratively described as trees su

Dictionaries :: Away WithInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAway With: (1) "To endure," "to bear with" (Isa 1:13), "I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting," i e. endure the combination of wickedness and worship. In the Hebrew merely, "I am unable iniquity and the solenm meeting." (2) To destroy airo. Found in such expressio

Dictionaries :: AridathaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAridatha: ar-i-da'-tha, a-rid'-a-tha ('aridhatha'): A son of Haman (Es 9:8). It may be related to the Persian Hari-data, "given by Hari." The Septuagint reads Pharadatha. Nave's Topical BibleAridatha: Son of Haman Est 9:8Smith's Bible DictionaryAridatha: sixth son of Haman (

Dictionaries :: AxNave's Topical BibleAx: An Implement Deu 19:5; 1Sa 13:20, 21; 2Sa 12:31; Psa 74:5, 6Ax: Elisha Causes to Swim 2Ki 6:5, 6Ax: Battle-Ax Eze 26:9Ax: Figurative Jer 46:22; 51:20; Mat 3:10

Dictionaries :: AssassinsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAssassins: a-sas'-inz (sicarioi; the King James Version murderers): Josephus (BJ, II, xiii, 3, xvii) relates that "there sprang up in Jerusalem a class of robbers called Sicarii, who slew men in the daytime, and in the midst of the city. This they did chiefly when they mingled wi

Dictionaries :: Ataroth-AddarHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAtaroth-Addar:crowns of powerInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAtaroth-Addar: at'-a-roth-ad'-ar (‘aTroth ‘addar, "crowns of Addar").

Dictionaries :: BedchamberInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBedchamber: bed'-cham-ber

Dictionaries :: AzetasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAzetas: a-ze'-tas (Azetas): The head of a family accompanying Zerubbabel out of captivity (1 Esdras 5:15). Neither Ezra nor Nehemiah gives this name in his list. There may be an echo of the name in that of Wady Yasal, to the right of ‘Ain el-Loz, in Wady en- Nar.

Dictionaries :: AstrayInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAstray: a-stra' (ta‘ah, "to wander," "to err"; planaomai, "to go astray," each carrying the idea of being lost): With one exception (Ex 23:4 "his ass going astray") used metaphorically of moral wandering, going astray in paths of error and sin, like "sheep going astray" (1Pe 2: