AZAPHION a-za'-fi-on. See ASSAPHIOTH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AZAPHION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

AZALIAH az-a-li'-a atsalyahu, ("Yahweh has set aside"): A son of Meshullam and father of Shaphan the scribe, famous in connection with the discovery of the law in the reign of King Josiah (2 Kings 22:3). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AZALIAH'". "Intern

AZAL a'-zal. See AZEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AZAL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

AZAELUS az-a-e'-lus (B, Azaelos; A, Azael; omitted in Ezra 10): Azaelus, son of Ezora, put away his "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:34). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AZAELUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

AZAEL az'-a-el Azaelos; compare Asahel [Ezra 10:15]: Father of Jonathan, one of two chief investigators of foreign marriages (1 Esdras 9:14). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AZAEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

AXLE-TREE ak'-sil-tre. See SEA, THE MOLTEN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AXLE-TREE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

AYIN a'-yen: `ayin, "eye" or "fountain": The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so named, probably, because the original form resembled the eye. `Ayin (`) is usually neglected in pronunciation, and inverted comma (`) is the sign most commonly employed to represent it in transliteration. The same sound is found in the Arabic and other Semitic lan

AX (AXE); AX-HEAD aks; aks'hed: Nine different Hebrew words have been rendered "ax": (1) garzen. This unquestionably was one of the larger chopping instruments, as the uses to which it was put would imply (Deuteronomy 19:5; 20:19; 1 Kings 6:7; Isaiah 10:15). The modern ax used by the woodchoppers in Syria has a shape much like the ancient stone a

AWL ol martsea`: "Bore his ear through with an awl" (Exodus 21:6; Deuteronomy 15:17). The ear was pierced as being the organ of hearing, thus signifying the servant's promise of obedience. See BORE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AWL'". "International S

AWAY WITH (1) "To endure," "to bear with" (Isaiah 1:13), "I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting," i e. endure the combination of wickedness and worship. In the Hebrew merely, "I am unable iniquity and the solenm meeting." (2) To destroy airo. Found in such expressions as Acts 22:22, "Away with such a fellow from the earth." Copyright

AWE o: Fear mingled with reverence and wonder, a state of mind inspired by something terrible or sublime. In the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) it occurs in Psalms 4:4: "Stand in awe, and sin not" (where the Revised Version, margin has, "Be ye angry," so Septuagint; compare Ephesians 4:26); Psalms 33:8; 119:161

AWAKE a-wak' yaqats, ("to waken"; `ur, "to rouse up" from sleep; egeiro, "to arouse from sleep"): The ordinary terms for awaking from natural slumber: as of Jacob at Bethel (Genesis 28:16); of Solomon at Gibeon (1 Kings 3:15); of Jesus in the storm-tossed boat (Luke 8:24). Used figure with striking effect of awaking from mental, moral and spiritu

AWAIT a-wat': Only in Acts 9:24 the King James Version, in its now obsolete sense as a noun, "ambush": "their laying await was known of Saul." the Revised Version (British and American) "their plot." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AWAIT'". "Internationa

AWA av'-a `awwa'; the King James Version Ava, a'-va: A province, the people of which Shalmaneser king of Assyria placed in the cities of Samaria in the room of the children of Israel taken into exile by him (2 Kings 17:24). It is probably the same as Ivva (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13; Isaiah 37:13), a province conquered by Assyria. Copyright Statement Th

AVVIM; AVITES av'-im a'-vits `awwim; Heuaioi, also unaspirated; (also used to represent the name of the Hivites): The early inhabitants of the southern extremity of Canaan afterward occupied by the Philistines (Deuteronomy 2:23; compare Jos 13:3,4, the King James Version "Avim," a'-vim). The Avvim of Joshua 18:23 was a town of Benjamin, not a peo

AVOUCH a-vouch': In English Versions of the Bible only in Deuteronomy 26:17,18, in the sense of "to confess," "avow," "publicly and solemnly declare." The Hebrew form is likewise unique (Hiph. of 'amar). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AVOUCH'". "Interna

AVOID a-void: Archaic use in 1 Samuel 18:11 for "escaped." In the Revised Version (British and American) of New Testament only in 2 Corinthians 8:20 stellomenoi (with negative), literally, "arranging that not," etc., i. e. by anticipation providing that something should not occur. In the King James Version for "turn away from," ekklinete: Romans

AVITH a'-vith `awith: The royal city of Hadad king of Edom (Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:46). The Septuagint reads Getthaim. There is no clue to its identification. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AVITH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 19

AVITES a'-vits. See AVVIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AVITES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

AVIMS av'-imz (Deuteronomy 2:23). See AVVIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AVIMS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.