Dictionaries :: AshdodEaston's Bible DictionaryAshdod: stronghold, a Philistine city (Jos 15:47), about midway between Gaza and Joppa, and 3 miles from the Mediterranean. It was one of the chief seats of the worship of Dagon (1Sa 5:5). It belonged to the tribe of Judah (Jos 15:47), but it never came into their actual possession. It was an import

Dictionaries :: AzmavethEaston's Bible DictionaryAzmaveth: strong as death. (1.) One of David's thirty warriors (2Sa 23:31). (2.) An overseer over the royal treasury in the time of David and Solomon (1Ch 27:25). (3.) A town in the tribe of Judah, near Jerusalem (Neh 12:29; Ezr 2:24). (4.) 1Ch 8:36Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAzmave

Dictionaries :: Atroth-Beth-JoabInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAtroth-Beth-Joab: at-roth-beth-jo'-ab ‘aTroth beth yo'abh ("crowns of the house of Joab"): the King James Version "Ataroth," the house of Joab. Probably a family in Judah (1Ch 2:54).

Dictionaries :: Beerothite; BerothiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBeerothite; Berothite: be-e'-roth-it, be'-er-oth-it (be'erothi; 2Sa 4:5,9; 2Sa 23:37; shortened form, 1Ch 11:39). ← Beeroth

Dictionaries :: Assault and BatteryNave's Topical BibleAssault and Battery: Laws Concerning Exd 21:15, 18, 22-27; Deu 17:8-12; Mat 5:38, 39Assault and Battery: Striking Jesus Prophecies of, Isa 50:6; Lam 3:30. The attacks upon, Mat 26:67; 27:30; Mar 14:65; Luk 22:63; Jhn 19:3. See STRIPES; STONING.

Dictionaries :: AshurbanipalInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAshurbanipal: a-shoor-ba'-ne-pal (Ashur-bani-apal, "Ashur creates a son"): Before setting out on his last campaign to Egypt, Esarhaddon king of Assyria doubtless having had some premonition that his days were numbered, caused his son Ashurbanipal to be acknowledged the crown p

Dictionaries :: Assurance, Assure, AssuredlyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g4102Greek: pistisAssurance, Assure, Assuredly:"faith," has the secondary meaning of "an assurance or guarantee," e.g., Act 17:31; by raising Christ from the dead, God has given "assurance" that the world will be judged by Him (the

Dictionaries :: BecauseInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBecause: be-kos' (hina, "in order that"): "The multitude rebuked them, because (AV; the Revised Version (British and American) "that") they should hold their peace" (Mt 20:31). Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Because:BECAUSE: see †, p. 9 W. E. Vine provid

Dictionaries :: AroditesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArodites: a'-rod-its. ← ArodiSmith's Bible DictionaryArodites: SEE [AROD].

Dictionaries :: Ashteroth KarnaimEaston's Bible DictionaryAshteroth Karnaim: Ashteroth of the two horns, the abode of the Rephaim (Gen 14:5). It may be identified with Ashtaroth preceding; called "Karnaim", i.e., the "two-horned" (the crescent moon). The Samaritan version renders the word by "Sunamein," the present es-Sunamein, 28 miles south of

Dictionaries :: AsideInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAside: a-sid':"Distinct from others," "privately," such is the sense of the word in 2Ki 4:4; Mr 7:33. Also "to withdraw" (Lu 9:10 the King James Version; Ac 23:19: hupochoreo, also anachoreo). One is said to have turned aside when he departs from the path of rectitude (Ps 14:3; Sirac

Dictionaries :: Avenger of BloodEaston's Bible DictionaryAvenger of Blood: (Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered person. It was his right and duty to slay the murderer (2Sa 14:7,11) if he found him outside of a city of refuge. In order that this law might be guarded against abuse, Moses

Dictionaries :: Bear; BorneInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaBear; Borne: bar, born (nasa'; lambano, anaphero, bastazo): In English Versions of the Bible the physical sense is familiar, of supporting or carrying any weight or burden. The translation of the Revised Version (British and American) is to be preferred in Ps 75:3 ("have set up

Dictionaries :: AspalathusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAspalathus: as-pal'-a-thus (aspalathos): An aromatic plant mentioned in Ecclesiasticus 24:15 the King James Version, where "wisdom" says, "I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus," etc. It would appear, from a reference in Pliny, to have been a prickly shrub, the wood

Dictionaries :: AssaphiothInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAssaphioth: a-sa'-fi-oth (Codex Alexandrinus, Asaphphioth; Codex Vaticanus, Assapheioth; the King James Version Azaphion): The head of a family, which returned with Zerubbabel from captivity, called also the servants of Solomon (1 Esdras 5:33). Probably the same as Hassophereth

Dictionaries :: AtergatisInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAtergatis: a-ter'-ga-tis.

Dictionaries :: AsmoneansInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAsmoneans: as-mo-ne'-ans: A remarkable priestly family of Modin, in Judea, also called Hasmoneans or Maccabees. They belonged to that portion of the Jewish nation which under all trials and temptations remained loyal to Yahweh, even when the national life and religion seemed at t

Dictionaries :: AvaEaston's Bible DictionaryAva: a place in Assyria from which colonies were brought to Samaria (2Ki 17:24). It is probably the same with Ivah (18:34; 19:13; Isa 37:13). It has been identified with Hit on the Euphrates.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAva:or Ivah, iniquityInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAva: a'-va.

Dictionaries :: BeautifulVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g5611Greek: horaiosBeautiful:describes "that which is seasonable, produced at the right time," as of the prime of life, or the time when anything is at its loveliest and best (from hora, "a season," a period fixed by natural laws and revolutions, and so th

Dictionaries :: ArimatheaEaston's Bible DictionaryArimathea: a "city of the Jews" (Luk 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Mat 27:57,60; Jhn 19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel (1Sa 1:1,19). Others identify it with Ramleh in Dan, or Rama (q.v.) in Benjam