Dictionaries :: ArcherEaston's Bible DictionaryArcher: a shooter with the bow (1Ch 10:3). This art was of high antiquity (Gen 21:20; 27:3). Saul was wounded by the Philistine archers (1Sa 31:3). The phrase "breaking the bow" (Hsa 1:5; Jer 49:35) is equivalent to taking away one's power, while "strengthening the bow" is a symbol of its increase (

Dictionaries :: Amusements and Pleasures, WorldlyTorrey's New Topical TextbookAmusements and Pleasures, Worldly: Belong to the Works of the Flesh Gal 5:19,21Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly: Are Transitory Job 21:12,13; Hbr 11:25Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly: Are All Vanity Ecc 2:11Amusements and Pleasures, Worldly: Choke the Word of

Dictionaries :: AnnounceVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g312Greek: anagelloAnnounce:"to declare, announce" (ana, "up," angello, "to report"), is used especially of heavenly messages, and is translated "announced" in the RV of 1Pe 1:12, for AV, "reported," and in 1Jo 1:5, RV, "announce," for AV, "declare." See DE

Dictionaries :: AntiochEaston's Bible DictionaryAntioch: (1.) In Syria, on the river Orontes, about 16 miles from the Mediterranean, and some 300 miles north of Jerusalem. It was the metropolis of Syria, and afterwards became the capital of the Roman province in Asia. It ranked third, after Rome and Alexandria, in point of importance, of the cit

Dictionaries :: AnaniahEaston's Bible DictionaryAnaniah: protected by Jehovah, the name of a town in the tribe of Benjamin between Nob and Hazor (Neh 11:32). It is probably the modern Beit Hanina, a small village 3 miles north of Jerusalem.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnaniah: an-a-ni'-a ‘ananyah, ("Yah has covered"): (1)

Dictionaries :: AnammelechEaston's Bible DictionaryAnammelech: one of the gods worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim, who colonized Samaria (2Ki 17:31). The name means "Anu is king." It was a female deity representing the moon, as Adrammelech (q.v.) was the male representing the sun.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAnammelech:answer; poverty o

Dictionaries :: Al-TaschithNave's Topical BibleAl-Taschith: See MUSIC

Dictionaries :: AnimEaston's Bible DictionaryAnim: fountains, a city in the mountains of Judah (Jos 15:50), now el-Ghuwein, near Eshtemoh, about 10 miles south-west of Hebron.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAnim:answerings; singings; afflictedInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnim: a'-nim (‘anim, "springs"): One of the cities o

Dictionaries :: AkrabattineInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAkrabattine: ak-ra-ba-ti'-ne (Akrabattine; the King James Version, Arabattine): A place in Idumaea where Judas Maccabee defeated the children of Esau (1 Macc 5:3).

Dictionaries :: ApieceVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g303Greek: anaApiece:used with numerals or measures of quantity with a distributive force, is translated "apiece" in Luk 9:3, "two coats apiece," AV; in Jhn 2:6, "two or three firkins apiece." In Mat 20:9, 10, "every man a penny," is a free rendering for "a p

Dictionaries :: AnatomyNave's Topical BibleAnatomy: Human Job 10:11

Dictionaries :: AmittaiEaston's Bible DictionaryAmittai: true, the father of Jonah the prophet, a native of Gath-hepher (2Ki 14:25; Jon 1:1).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAmittai:true; fearingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmittai: a-mit'-i ('amittay, "faithful"): The father of the prophet Jonah. He was from Gath-hepher in Zebu

Dictionaries :: AntiquityInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAntiquity: an-tik'-wi-ti (qadhmah, from qadham, "to precede in time," "to be old"): In Eze 16:55; 36:11, rendered "former"; in Ps 129:6, "before." Translated "antiquity" only in Isa 23:7 to indicate the primeval age of Tyre, which Strabo terms, "after Sidon," the oldest Phoenicia

Dictionaries :: ArabattineInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArabattine: ar-a-ba-ti'-ne.

Dictionaries :: AllegeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAllege: a-lej' ("paratithemi," "to set forth," Ac 17:3): It is not used in the English Bible in its more modern and usual sense, "to assert," but is about equivalent to "to prove." Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3908Greek: paratithemiAllege:"to

Dictionaries :: AnanielInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnaniel: a-nan'-i-el (Ananiel, "God is gracious"): An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1).

Dictionaries :: Apple, of the EyeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApple, of the Eye: ap'-'-l: The eyeball, or globe of the eye, with pupil in center, called "apple" from its round shape. Its great value and careful protection by the eyelids automatically closing when there is the least possibility of danger made it the emblem of that wh

Dictionaries :: Apocalyptic Literature, 3International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApocalyptic Literature, 3: III. Psalmic Pseudepigrapha. 1. The Psalter of Solomon: The Psalter of Solomon is the one of all the pseudepigrapha which seems to have hovered most nearly on the border of deutero-canonicity. Even 4 Esdras, since not being fo

Dictionaries :: AnubHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAnub:same as AnabInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAnub: a'-nub (‘anubh, "ripe"): A descendant of Judah and son of Hakkoz (the King James Version Coz) 1Ch 4:8. Nave's Topical BibleAnub: Son of Coz 1Ch 4:8Smith's Bible DictionaryAnub: (confederate) son of Coz and descendant

Dictionaries :: Archaeology; Archaeology and CriticismInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArchaeology; Archaeology and Criticism: ar-ke-ol'-o-ji, krit'-i-siz'-m: Archaeology, the science of antiquities, is in this article limited to the Biblical field, a field which has been variously delimited (De Wette, 1814, Gesenius), but which prop