ARARATH ar'-a-rath: Same as ARARAT (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARARATH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARATHES a-ra'-thez (the King James Version Araiarthes; Arathes; Ariarathes): King of Cappadocia, 163-130 BC. Educated in Rome, he imbibed Roman ideas and became a faithful ally of the Romans, in conformity with whose wishes he declined a proposal of marriage with the sister of Demetrius Soter. The latter declared war, drove Arathes from his kingdo

ARARAH Same as ARARAT (Tobit 1:21). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARARAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARAMITESS ar-am-it'-es, ar'-am-it-es, ar'-am-it-es ('arammiyah): The term applied to the concubine-mother of Machir, the father of Gilead (1 Chronicles 7:14); the inhabitants of Gilead were thus in part Arameans (Syrians) by descent. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor.

ARAMAIC; ARAMAIC LANGUAGE ar-a-ma'-ik lan'-gwaj ('aramith; the King James Version Syrian, Syriac; \SYRIAN\ in the Revised Version (British and American)): 1. Early Notices of Aramaic in Scripture 2. Extra-Biblical Evidences of Aramaic 3. The Script of Aramaic Inscriptions 4. Dialects of Aramaic 5. Grammatical Peculiarities 6. Comparison of Ar

ARAMAIC VERSIONS See TARGUM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARAMAIC VERSIONS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARAMAEANS; ARAMEANS ar-a-me'-ans: Often in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) Syrians. See SYRIA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARAMAEANS; ARAMEANS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARAM-ZOBAH a-ram-zo'-ba. See SYRIA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARAM-ZOBAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARAM-REHOB a-ram-re'-hob. See SYRIA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARAM-REHOB'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARAM-NAHARAIM a-ram-na-ha-ra'-im. See SYRIA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARAM-NAHARAIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARAM-MAACAH a-ram-ma'-a-ka. See SYRIA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARAM-MAACAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARAM-DAMMESEK a-ram-dam'-es-ek: Syria of Damascus, conquered by David (2 Samuel 8:5,6). See SYRIA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARAM-DAMMESEK'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARADUS ar'-a-dus (Arados, 1 Macc 15:23): Greek name of the Old Testament ARVAD (which see), a city on the coast of Phoenicia. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARADUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARAD a'-rad (`aradh; Arad): (1) A city mentioned four times in the Old Testament. In the King James Version it is twice mistakenly rendered as the name of a king (Numbers 21:1; 33:40). Three times it is spoken of as in the South Country, one mention using the phrase `the wilderness of Judah which is in the South Country of Arad' (Judges 1:16), tha

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

ARABIC LANGUAGE ar'-a-bik lan'-gwaj: For the student of the Bible the Arabic language is of interest, first, as one of the members of the Semitic group of languages, to which belong the Hebrew and Aramaic tongues of the Bible; secondly, as one of the languages into which the Bible and other church literature were early translated and in which a Ch

ARABIC VERSIONS ar'-a-bik vur'-shuns: Arabic translations of the Bible must have been made at a very early date, for Christianity and Judaism had penetrated far into Arabia by the 6th century of our era, but the oldest of which a copy has come down to our time is that of Sasdish the Gaon (942 AD). This version was made directly from the Massoretic

ARABIC HISTORY OF JOSEPH THE CARPENTER See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARABIC HISTORY OF JOSEPH THE CARPENTER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ARABIC GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ARABIC GOSPEL OF THE INFANCY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

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