Dictionaries :: AkeldamaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAkeldama: a-kel'-da-ma (Akeldama, or, in many manuscripts, Akeldamach; the King James Version, Aceldama): A field said in Ac 1:19 to have been bought by Judas with the "thirty pieces of silver." In Mt 27:6,7 it is narrated that the priests took the silver pieces which Judas had "c

Dictionaries :: Allon-BachuthEaston's Bible DictionaryAllon-Bachuth: oak of weeping, a tree near Bethel, at the spot where Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, was buried (Gen 35:8). Large trees, from their rarity in the plains of Palestine, were frequently designated as landmarks. This particular tree was probably the same as the "palm tree of Deborah" (J

Dictionaries :: Alms; AlmsgivingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAlms; Almsgiving: ams, ams-giv'-ing: The English word "alms" is an abridged form of the Greek word, eleemosune (compare "eleemosynary"), appearing in gradually reduced forms in German Almosen, Wyclif's Almesse, Scotch Aw'mons, and our alms. The later Jews often used

Dictionaries :: AnthropomorphismsNave's Topical BibleAnthropomorphisms: Definition Of Figures of speech, which attribute human forms, acts, and affections to God.Anthropomorphisms: Miscellaneous Figures Gen 2:2, 3, 19; 6:6; 9:16; 11:5, 7; 18:17-19, 21, 33; 19:29; 22:12; 28:13; 35:13; Exd 2:24; 3:8; 14:24; 20:5; 31:17; 32:14; Num 11:25; Jdg 2:

Dictionaries :: Appii ForumEaston's Bible DictionaryAppii Forum: i.e., "the market of Appius" (Act 28:15, R.V.), a town on the road, the "Appian Way," from Rome to Brundusium. It was 43 miles from Rome. Here Paul was met by some Roman Christians on his way to the capital. It was natural that they should halt here and wait for him, because from t

Dictionaries :: Anointing OilNave's Topical BibleAnointing Oil: Formula Of, Given by Moses Exd 30:22-25, 31-33Anointing Oil: References Concerning See OIL; OINTMENT

Dictionaries :: Aramaeans; ArameansInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAramaeans; Arameans: ar-a-me'-ans: Often in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) Syrians. Aramaic Versions →

Dictionaries :: AniseEaston's Bible DictionaryAnise: This word is found only in Mat 23:23. It is the plant commonly known by the name of dill, the Peucedanum graveolens of the botanist. This name dill is derived from a Norse word which means to soothe, the plant having the carminative property of allaying pain. The common dill, the Anethum grave

Dictionaries :: AnaelInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnael: an'-a-el (Anael): A brother of Tobit mentioned once only (#/ APC Tobit 1:21) as the father of Achiacharus, who was an official in Nineveh under Esar-haddon.

Dictionaries :: Al-Tashheth; Al-TaschithInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAl-Tashheth; Al-Taschith: al-tash'-heth, al-tas'-kith.

Dictionaries :: Almug TreesSmith's Bible DictionaryAlmug Trees: SEE [ALGUM OR ALMUG TREES].

Dictionaries :: AlmonEaston's Bible DictionaryAlmon: hidden, one of the sacerdotal cities of Benjamin (Jos 21:18), called also Alemeth (1Ch 6:60).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAlmon:hiddenInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAlmon: al'-mon (‘almon, "hidden"): A Levitical city in the tribe of Benjamin (Jos 21:18), the same as "Al

Dictionaries :: AnathothiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnathothite: an'-a-thoth-it (ha-‘annethothi): the Revised Version (British and American) form of the King James Version Anethothite, Anetothite, Antothite. An inhabitant of Anathoth, a town of Benjamin assigned to the Levites. The Anathothites are (1) Abiezer, one of David's

Dictionaries :: Antiochus IV; Antiochus EpiphanesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAntiochus IV; Antiochus Epiphanes: (Epiphanes, e-pif'-a-naz, "Illustrious"): Son of Antiochus III who became king after his brother, Seleucus IV, had been murdered by Heliodorus. As a boy Antiochus lived at Rome as a hostage. The Pergamene monarchs, Eumene

Dictionaries :: Amalek; AmalekiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmalek; Amalekite: am'-a-lek, a-mal'-e-kit, am'-a-lek-it (‘amaleq, ‘amaleqi): A tribe dwelling originally in the region south of Judah, the wilderness of et-Tih where the Israelites came into conflict with them. They were nomads as a people dwelling in that tract would na

Dictionaries :: Ammidioi; AmmidoiInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmmidioi; Ammidoi: a-mid'-i-oi, am'-i-doi (the King James Version Ammidioi, (also with aspirate); occurring only in 1 Esdras 5:20): One of the families returning from the Babylonian Captivity in the First Return, under Zerubbabel, in 537 BC. This name is not found in the

Dictionaries :: AmuletsSmith's Bible DictionaryAmulets: were ornaments, gems, scrolls. etc.. worn as preservatives against the power of enchantments, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. The "earrings" in Genesis 35:4 were obviously connected with idolatrous worship and were probably amulets taken from the bodies of the slain

Dictionaries :: AlphaNave's Topical BibleAlpha: A Title of Christ Rev 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13Alpha: Compare Isa 41:4; 44:6; 48:12Smith's Bible DictionaryAlpha: (A) the first letter of the Greek alphabet. With Omega, the last letter, it is used in the Old Testament and in the New to express the eternity of God, as including both the beginning

Dictionaries :: Apocryphal Acts, the Separate ActsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts: B. THE SEPARATE ACTS The Apocryphal Acts dealt with in this article are the Leucian Acts mentioned by Photius in his Bibliotheca. As we now have them they have undergone revision in the interest of ecclesiastical ort

Dictionaries :: AreliHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAreli:the light or vision of GodInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAreli: a-re'-li ('ar'eli, apparently the gentilic form of a compound that would mean "God's lioness," or "God's hearth"): One of the sons of Gad the son of Jacob (Ge 46:16; Nu 26:17). "ARELITES" (which see) is exa