Dictionaries :: Amalekites, Mount OfSmith's Bible DictionaryAmalekites, Mount Of: a mountain in Ephraim (Judges 12:15) probably so named because the Amalekites once held possession of it.

Dictionaries :: AnanEaston's Bible DictionaryAnan: cloud, one of the Israelites who sealed the covenant after the return from Babylon (Neh 10:26).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnan: a'-nan (‘anan, "cloud"): (1) One of those who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant (Ne 10:26). (2) A returned exile (1 Esdras 5:30). He is c

Dictionaries :: AltarsTorrey's New Topical TextbookAltars: Designed for Sacrifice Exd 20:24Altars: To Be Made of Earth, or Unhewn Stone Exd 20:24,25; Deu 27:5,6Altars: Of Brick, Hateful to God Isa 65:3Altars: Natural Rocks Sometimes Used As Jdg 6:19-21; 13:19,20Altars: Were Not to Have Steps up to Them Exd 20:26Altars: For Idolatrous

Dictionaries :: AmethystEaston's Bible DictionaryAmethyst: one of the precious stones in the breastplate of the high priest (Exd 28:19; 39:12), and in the foundation of the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:20). The ancients thought that this stone had the power of dispelling drunkenness in all who wore or touched it, and hence its Greek name formed from a,

Dictionaries :: AnathemaEaston's Bible DictionaryAnathema: anything laid up or suspended; hence anything laid up in a temple or set apart as sacred. In this sense the form of the word is anath(ee)ma, once in plural used in the Greek New Testament, in Luk 21:5, where it is rendered "gifts." In the LXX. the form anathema is generally used as the r

Dictionaries :: ArdonEaston's Bible DictionaryArdon: descendant, the last of the three sons of Caleb by his first wife Azubah (1Ch 2:18).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryArdon:ruling; a judgment of maledictionInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArdon: ar'-don ('ardon, meaning unknown): One of the three sons of Caleb and Azubah, of the

Dictionaries :: Aram-DammesekInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAram-Dammesek: a-ram-dam'-es-ek: Syria of Damascus, conquered by David (2Sa 8:5,6).

Dictionaries :: Alexander BalasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAlexander Balas: Alexander ba'-las (Alexandros ho Balas legomenos): He contended against Demetrius I of Syria for the throne and succeeded in obtaining it. He was a youth of mean origin, but he was put forth by the enemies of Demetrius as being Alexander, the son and heir o

Dictionaries :: AkkosInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAkkos: ak'-os (Akbos in 1 Esdras 5:38; the King James Version Accos, which see): The Old Testament equivalent (1Ch 24:10; Ezr 2:61; Ne 3:4,21) is HAKKOZ (haqqots), which also see.

Dictionaries :: ApharsathchitesHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryApharsathchites:Apharsites (from a root meaning) dividing or rendingNave's Topical BibleApharsathchites: General Scriptures Concerning Ezr 4:9; with 2Ki 17

Dictionaries :: AloftInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAloft: a-loft' (epano): Only in 1 Esdras 8:92. Meaning obscure. The statement following a confession of sin means probably that Israel in penitence returning to the Lord, is exultant in the assurance of His forgiveness, and encouraged in efforts at reformation.

Dictionaries :: AnethothiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnethothite: an'-e-thoth-it: the King James Version form of Anathothite (thus the Revised Version (British and American) 2Sa 23:27). ← AnathothiteAnetothite →Smith's Bible DictionaryAnethothite: (2 Samuel 23:27). Anet'othite (1 Chronicles 27:12) and An'tothite (1 C

Dictionaries :: AnswerableInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnswerable: an'-ser-a-bl: This word is found in the Old Testament only. Moses and Ezekiel alone use it (Ex 38:18; Eze 40:18; 45:7; 48:13,18). It is used in the Old English sense of "corresponding to," "in harmony with." Bunyan uses it in the same sense (Holy War, Clar. Press ed.

Dictionaries :: Amalekites, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookAmalekites, The: Descent Of Gen 36:12,16Amalekites, The: Character Of Wicked 1Sa 15:18 Oppressive Jdg 10:12 Warlike and Cruel 1Sa 15:33Amalekites, The: Governed by Kings 1Sa 15:20,32Amalekites, The: A Powerful and Influential Nation Num 24:7Amalekites, The: Posse

Dictionaries :: Amashi-AliHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAmashi-Ali:same as Amaziah

Dictionaries :: Ananias (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnanias (1): an-a-ni'-as (Ananias; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Hananias; chananyah, "Yah has been gracious"): The name was common among the Jews. In its Hebrew form it is frequently found in the Old Testament (e.g. 1Ch 25:4; Jer 28:1; Da 1:6). See HANAN

Dictionaries :: AmphipolisEaston's Bible DictionaryAmphipolis: city on both sides, a Macedonian city, a great Roman military station, through which Paul and Silas passed on their way from Philippi to Thessalonica, a distance of 33 Roman miles from Philippi (Act 17:1).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmphipolis: am-fip'-o-lis (Amphipo

Dictionaries :: Aram-NaharaimEaston's Bible DictionaryAram-Naharaim: Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (rendered in Gen 24:10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east and the Euphrates on the west (Ps. 60, title); called also the "field of Aram" (Hsa 12:12, R.V.) i.e., the open country of Aram; in the Authorized Version, "count

Dictionaries :: AnonInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnon: a-non' (eutheos, euthus): In the King James Version of Mr 1:30; Mt 13:20, for "straightway" of the Revised Version (British and American), i.e. "without delay," "immediately." King James DictionaryAnon: Immediately.But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he

Dictionaries :: AlteredVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Altered:For ALTERED see OTHER, No. 2