Dictionaries :: ApocryphaEaston's Bible DictionaryApocrypha: hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the LXX. and Latin Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, and were appended to all the great translations made from them in the sixteenth century, but which have no claim to be regarded as in any sense par

Dictionaries :: Apostolic Fathers, Epistles OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApostolic Fathers, Epistles Of:  ← Apostolic FathersApostolical Church Ordinances →

Dictionaries :: Apostolical CouncilInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApostolical Council: ap-os-tol'-i-kal koun'-sil: The assembly of the apostles and elders held in Jerusalem (49 AD), an account of which is given in Acts 15. ← Apostolical Constitutions

Dictionaries :: AppealEaston's Bible DictionaryAppeal: a reference of any case from an inferior to a superior court. Moses established in the wilderness a series of judicatories such that appeals could be made from a lower to a higher (Exd 18:13-26.) Under the Roman law the most remarkable case of appeal is that of Paul from the tribunal of F

Dictionaries :: AmenEaston's Bible DictionaryAmen: This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev 3:14). In Isa 65:16, the Authorized Version has "the God of truth," which in Hebrew is "the God of Amen." It is frequently used by our Saviour to give emphasis to his words, where it is translated "verily." Sometimes, only, however, in Jo

Dictionaries :: AradusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAradus: ar'-a-dus (Arados, 1 Macc 15:23): Greek name of the Old Testament ARVAD (which see), a city on the coast of Phoenicia.

Dictionaries :: AmnonEaston's Bible DictionaryAmnon: faithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children of Ezra (1Ch 4:20; 1Ch 4:17). (2.) The eldest son of David, by Ahinoam of Jezreel (1Ch 3:1; 2Sa 3:2). Absalom caused him to be put to death for his great crime in the matter of Tamar (2Sa 13:28,29).Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Dictionaries :: AnswerInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnswer: an'-ser: In our English Bible the word "answer" does not always mean a simple reply to a question. 1. In the Old Testament: Six different words are translated by answer. (1) It is frequently used where no question has been asked and in such cases it means a word, a

Dictionaries :: AmalekEaston's Bible DictionaryAmalek: dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen 36:12; 1Ch 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAmalek:a people that licks upInternational Stan

Dictionaries :: AllarInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAllar: al'-ar (the King James Version, Aalar; Aalar): Occurring once (1 Esdras 5:36) and used apparently to indicate a place from which certain Jews came on the return from captivity, who could not prove their lineage, and were excluded for this reason from the privileges of the prie

Dictionaries :: AmendVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2192 g2866Greek: echo kompsoteronAmend:lit., "to have more finely," i.e., "to be better," is used in Jhn 4:52, "to ammend." The latter word in the phrase is the comparative of kompsos, "elegant, nice, fine." Cp. Eng., "he's doing nicely."

Dictionaries :: ArbahSmith's Bible DictionaryArbah: Hebron, or Kirjath‐Arba, as "the city of Arbah" is always rendered elsewhere (Genesis 35:27). SEE [HEBRON].

Dictionaries :: AlgumEaston's Bible DictionaryAlgum: (2Ch 2:8; 9:10,11), the same as almug (1Ki 10:11).Nave's Topical BibleAlgum: Trees of Ophir and Lebanon Called also ALMUG, 1Ki 10:11, 12; 2Ch 2:8; 9:10, 11.

Dictionaries :: Apostolical ConstitutionsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApostolical Constitutions:  ← Apostolical Church OrdinancesApostolical Council →

Dictionaries :: ApheremaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApherema: a-fer'-e-ma.

Dictionaries :: AntediluviansInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAntediluvians: an-te-di-lu'-vi-ans. 1. Chronology Uncertain: According to the ordinary interpretation of the genealogical tables in Ge 5 the lives of the antediluvians were prolonged to an extreme old age, Methuselah attaining that of 969 years. But before accepting the

Dictionaries :: AmathSmith's Bible DictionaryAmath: SEE [HAMATH].

Dictionaries :: Almon-DiblathaimHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAlmon-Diblathaim:hidden in a cluster of fig treesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAlmon-Diblathaim: al'-mon-dib-la-tha'-im (‘almon dibhlathayim, "Almon of the double cake of figs"): A station in the wilderness journeyings of the Israelites, located in Moab between Di

Dictionaries :: AlreadyVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2235Greek: edeAlready:is always used of time in the NT and means "now, at (or by) this time," sometimes in the sense of "already," i.e., without mentioning or insisting upon anything further, e.g., 1Ti 5:15. In 1Cr 4:8; 1Jo 2:8, the RV corrects the AV "now,

Dictionaries :: AntiochiansInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAntiochians: an-ti-o'-ki-ans (Antiocheis, peculiar to the Apocrypha, 2 Macc 4:9,19): Antiochus Epiphanes was on the throne of Syria from 175 to 164 BC. His determined policy was to Hellenize his entire kingdom. The greatest obstacle to his ambition was the fidelity of the Jews