Dictionaries :: Amarna, Tell El-International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmarna, Tell El-: tel-el-a-mar'-na.

Dictionaries :: AmmiEaston's Bible DictionaryAmmi: my people, a name given by Jehovah to the people of Israel (Hsa 2:1, 23. Comp. 1:9; Eze 16:8; Rom 9:25,26; 1Pe 2:10).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAmmi:same as AmmahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmmi: am'-i (‘ammi, "my people"): A symbolic name given to Israel by Hosea (H

Dictionaries :: AntilogemenaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAntilogemena: an-ti-le-gom'-e-na. See BIBLE; CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; DEUTERO-CANONICAL.

Dictionaries :: AncientInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAncient: an'-shent: This word renders several Hebrew words: (1) qedhem, which denotes "beforetime," "yore"; generally the remote past (compare De 33:15, "ancient mountains"; Jud 5:21, Kishon, the "ancient river"; Isa 19:11 "ancient kings"). (2) zaqen, "old" in years. Whereas

Dictionaries :: AnnisInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnnis: an'-is (the King James Version Ananias; the Revised Version, margin Annias, Anneis Codex Vaticanus, Annias Codex Alexandrinus): The name of a family in the list of the returning exiles (1 Esdras 5:16). The name is not given in the parallel list in Ezra and Nehemiah.

Dictionaries :: ArbelaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArbela: ar-be'-la (en Arbelois): This place is mentioned in 1 Macc 9:1 ff, and in Ant, XII, xi, 1, describing the march and encampment of Bacchides. The former says that "Demetrius sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judea.... who went forth by the way that leadeth to Galgal

Dictionaries :: ApharsitesEaston's Bible DictionaryApharsites: another of the tribes removed to Samaria (Ezr 4:9), or perhaps the same as the preceding.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApharsites: a-far'-sits ('apharcaye'): A tribe transferred to Samaria by Asnappar of Assyria (Ezr 4:9). Rawlinson identifies them with the APHARSACHIT

Dictionaries :: Angel of GodInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAngel of God:  ← AngelAngel of Yahweh →

Dictionaries :: Antipatris, or AntipatrisSmith's Bible DictionaryAntipatris, or Antipatris: (for his father) a town to which the soldiers conveyed St. Paul by night on their march (Acts 23:31). Its ancient name was Capharsaba; and Herod, when he rebuilt the city, changed it to Antipatris, in honor of his father, Antipater. The village Kefr‐

Dictionaries :: AncleInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAncle: an'-k'-l

Dictionaries :: AlemethEaston's Bible DictionaryAlemeth: covering. (1.) One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1Ch 7:8). (2.) One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1Ch 8:36). (3.) A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1Ch 6:60), called also Almon (Jos 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth.Hitchco

Dictionaries :: AnathEaston's Bible DictionaryAnath: an answer; i.e., to "prayer", the father of Shamgar, who was one of the judges of Israel (Jdg 3:31).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnath: a'-nath (‘anath): Father of Shamgar (Jud 3:31; 5:6). This name is connected with the Phoenician and Canaanite goddess ‘Anat, which w

Dictionaries :: AranEaston's Bible DictionaryAran: wild goat, a descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen 36:28).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAran:an ark; their curseInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAran: a'-ran ('aran, "wild goat"): A son of Dishan, the Horite (Ge 36:28; 1Ch 1:42). It may possibly be connected with the Yerahmelite Ore

Dictionaries :: ArabahEaston's Bible DictionaryArabah: plain, in the Revised Version of 2Ki 14:25; Jos 3:16; 8:14; 2Sa 2:29; 4:7 (in all these passages the A.V. has "plain"); Amo 6:14 (A.V. "wilderness"). This word is found in the Authorized Version only in Jos 18:18. It denotes the hollow depression through which the Jordan flows from the Lake

Dictionaries :: AmmahEaston's Bible DictionaryAmmah: a cubit, the name of a hill which Joab and Abishai reached as the sun went down, when they were in pursuit of Abner (2Sa 2:24). It lay to the east of Gibeon.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAmmah:my, or his, peopleInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmmah: am'-a ('ammah, "mother" or

Dictionaries :: Alpha and OmegaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAlpha and Omega: al'-fa, o'-me-ga, o-me'-ga (Alpha and Omega = A and O): The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, hence, symbolically, "beginning and end"; in Revelation "The Eternal One" in Re 1:8 of the Father, in Re 21:6 and Re 22:13 of the Son. Compare Theodore

Dictionaries :: AnointEaston's Bible DictionaryAnoint: The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant of consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the high priest (Exd 29:29; Lev 4:3) and of the sacred vessels (Exd 30:26). The high priest and the king are thu

Dictionaries :: Ananias (2)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnanias (2): (Apocrypha), an-a-ni'-as: (1) Ananias, the Revised Version (British and American) Annis, the Revised Version, margin, Annias (1 Esdras 5:16). See ANNIS. (2) A son of Emmer (1 Esdras 9:21) = Hanani, son of Immer in Ezr 10:20. (3) A son of Bebai (1 Esdras 9:

Dictionaries :: AllonEaston's Bible DictionaryAllon: oak. (1.) The expression in the Authorized Version of Josh. 19:33, "from Allon to Zaanannim," is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version, "from the oak in Zaanannim." The word denotes some remarkable tree which stood near Zaanannim, and which served as a landmark. (2.) The son of Jed

Dictionaries :: Apostasy; ApostateInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApostasy; Apostate: a-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, "a standing away from"): i.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the English Versions of the Bible, but used twice in the New Testament, in the Greek original, to express abandonment of the