Dictionaries :: ArmoryInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArmory: ar'-mer-i: (1) ('otsar; thesauros): A storehouse (1Ki 7:51; Ne 10:38), but employed figuratively of the stored-up anger of Yahweh which breaks forth in judgments (Jer 50:25). (2) (nesheq): Identical with Solomon's "house of the forest of Lebanon," the arsenal close to

Dictionaries :: Asphar, the PoolInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAsphar, the Pool: as'-far, (lakkos Asphar): When Jonathan and Simon fled from Bacchides they encamped by this pool in the wilderness of Tekoa (1 Macc 9:33; Ant, XIII, i, 2). It is probably identical with Ez-Za‘feraneh, a ruined site with an ancient cistern, to the Sou

Dictionaries :: ArmholesKing James DictionaryArmholes: Armpits.So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and r

Dictionaries :: Beesh-TerahNave's Topical BibleBeesh-Terah: A Levitical City Jos 21:27Beesh-Terah: Called ASHTAROTH 1Ch 6:71

Dictionaries :: ArvadEaston's Bible DictionaryArvad: wandering, (Eze 27:8), a small island and city on the coast of Syria, mentioned as furnishing mariners and soldiers for Tyre. The inhabitants were called Arvadites. The name is written Aruada or Arada in the Tell-el-Amarna tablets.Nave's Topical BibleArvad: An Island near Zidon Eze 27:8, 11

Dictionaries :: AtarInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAtar: at'-ar (Atar; the King James Version Jatal = Ater (Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45)): The sons of Atar (porters) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 5:28).

Dictionaries :: AzotusEaston's Bible DictionaryAzotus: the Grecized form (Act 8:40, etc.) of Ashdod (q.v.).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAzotus:the same as AshdodInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAzotus: a-zo'-tus. Nave's Topical BibleAzotus: See ASHDODSmith's Bible DictionaryAzotus: SEE [ASHDOD, OR AZOTUS].

Dictionaries :: Augustan; Augustan BandInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAugustan; Augustan Band: o-gus'-tan o-gus'-tus-izs

Dictionaries :: AspEaston's Bible DictionaryAsp: (Heb. pethen), Deu 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isa 11:8. It was probably the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), which was very poisonous (Rom 3:13; Gr. aspis). The Egyptians worshipped it as the uraeus, and it was found in the desert and in the fields. The peace and security of Messiah's reign is represented b

Dictionaries :: AromInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArom: a'-rom (Arom): The sons of Arom returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:16). Omitted in Ezra and Nehemiah. Hashum is found in place of Arom in Ezr 2:19.

Dictionaries :: BedEaston's Bible DictionaryBed: (Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Exd 8:3; 1Sa 19:13,15,16, etc.); during sickness (Gen 47:31; 48:2; 49:33, etc.); as a sofa for rest (1Sa 28:23; Amo 3:12). Another Hebrew word (er'es) so rendered denotes a canopied bed, or a bed with curtains (Deu 3:11; Psa 132:3), for sickness (Psa 6:6; 41:3).

Dictionaries :: AshimaHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAshima:crime; offenseInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAshima: a-shi'-ma, ash'-i-ma ('ashima'; Asimath): A deity worshipped at Hamath (2Ki 17:30) of whom nothing further is known. It has been suggested that the name is the same as that of the goddess Simi, the daughter of the suprem

Dictionaries :: ArmouryEaston's Bible DictionaryArmoury: the place in which armour was deposited when not used (Neh 3:19; Jer 50:25). At first each man of the Hebrews had his own arms, because all went to war. There were no arsenals or magazines for arms till the time of David, who had a large collection of arms, which he consecrated to the Lord

Dictionaries :: Argob (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArgob (1): ar'-gob ('argobh, "story"): A locality or a person mentioned in the obscure passage 2Ki 15:25. The context deals with Pekah's conspiracy against Pekahiah; but it is not clear, owing to the state of the text, whether Argob and his associate Arieh (if these are the names

Dictionaries :: AttalusHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAttalus:increased, nourishedInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAttalus: at'-a-lus: King of Pergamum, mentioned in 1 Macc 15:22 among the kings to whom was sent an edict (Ant., XIV, viii, 5) from Rome forbidding the persecution of the Jews.

Dictionaries :: AstrologyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAstrology: I. THE DESIRE TO FORECAST THE FUTURE 1. Methods of Soothsaying 2. Divination 3. Looking in the Liver 4. The Astrologers, or Dividers of the Heavens 5. The Stargazers, or Seers of the Constellations 6. The Monthly Prognosticators, or Men Who Knew the O

Dictionaries :: AscendInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAscend: a-send':By derivation the English word implies motion from a lower place to (not merely toward) a higher one; and usage tends to restrict it to cases where the beholder is in the lower, not the higher, position. the King James Version uses it 39 times in all: (1) of the g

Dictionaries :: AugiaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAugia: o'-ji-a Augia: The wife of Jaddus, whose sons were removed from priesthood because their names were not found in the register, their ancestors having "usurped the office of the priesthood" (1 Esdras 5:38). Omitted in Ezr 2 and Ne 7.

Dictionaries :: BearEaston's Bible DictionaryBear: a native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture. David defended his flocks against the attacks of a bear (1Sa 17:34-37). Bears came out of the wood and destroyed the children who mocked the prophet Elisha (2Ki 2:24). Their habits are referred to in Isa 59:11;

Dictionaries :: AzaraiasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAzaraias: az-a-ra'-yas (B, Azaraias; A, Saraias; the King James Version Saraias); compare SERAIAH (Ezr 7:1): An ancestor of Ezra (1 Esdras 8:1).