ACTS OF SOLOMON "The book of the acts of Solomon" (1 Kings 11:41), probably a history based on the state documents kept by the official recorder. See 1 Kings 14:19,29; 15:23,31; 16:5,14,20,27; 22:39,45, etc. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACTS OF SOLOMON

ACROSTIC a-kros'-tik: The acrostic, understood as a short poem in which the first letters of the lines form a word, or name, or sentence, has not yet been proved to occur in ancient Hebrew literature. The supposed examples found by some scholars in Psalms 2:1-4 and Psalms 110:1-4 are not generally recognized. Still less can be said in favor of the

ACRE (1) a'-ker, a'-ker: See ACCO. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACRE (1)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACRE (2) a'-ker (tsemedh): A term of land-measurement used twice in the English versions of the Bible (Isaiah 5:10; 1 Samuel 14:14), and said to be the only term in square measure found in the Old Testament. The English word "acre" originally signified field. Then it came to denote the measure of land that an ox team could plow in a day, and upon

ACRABBIM ak-rab'-im: Incorrect transliteration of `aqrabbim, of Joshua 15:3 in the King James Version. See AKRABBIM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACRABBIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACRABATTENE ak-ra-ba-te'-ne: See AKRABATTINE (in the Apocrypha). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACRABATTENE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACRA ak'-ra, a'-kra (1 Maccabees 1:33 the Revised Version (British and American), "citadel"). See JERUSALEM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACRA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACQUAINT; ACQUAINTANCE a-kwant', a-kwan'-tans (gnostoi): Terms referring to various degrees of knowledge, but implying more or less detailed information; applied to God's omniscience (Psalms 139:3), to the grief of the Suffering Servant of Yahweh (Isaiah 53:3), and to the knowledge which man should have of God. The noun in the concrete, unless lim

ACKNOWLEDGE ak-nol'-ej (gignosko): To declare that one recognizes the claims of a person or thing fully established. Both in Old Testament and New Testament expressed by various forms of the word "know" (Proverbs 3:6; Isaiah 61:9; Colossians 2:2 the King James Version). The Psalmist (Psalms 32:5) "acknowledged" his sin, when he told God that he kn

ACITHO; ACITHOH as'-i-tho (variant of AHITUB): The name in the King James Version of an ancestor of Judith (Judith 8:1). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACITHO; ACITHOH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACIPHA as'-i-fa: See ACHIPHA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACIPHA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACHSAH ak'-sa (`akhchah; in some copies `akhca' in 1 Chronicles 2:49), ("anklet"): The daughter of Caleb whom he gave in marriage to his younger kinsman Othniel the son of Kenaz, as a reward for smiting Kiriath-sepher (Joshua 15:16; Judges 1:12). Caleb, the narrative says, established Achsah in the South-country, and in addition, at her asking, ga

ACHSA ak'-sa: Used in the King James Version in 1 Chronicles 2:49 for ACHSAH, which see. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACHSA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACHO ak'-o: See ACCO. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACHO'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACHOR a'-kor (`akhor, "trouble," the idea of the word being that of trouble which is serious and extreme. See ACHAN): The place where Achan was executed in the time of Joshua (Joshua 7:24,26). In all the five places where it is mentioned it is described as the `emek, the arable valley of Achor. There is no ground in the record for the current idea

ACHMETHA ak'-me-tha (Ezra 6:2; 'achmetha'; Septuagint Amatha; Peshitta achmathan; in Tiglath Pileser's inscription circa 1100 BC Amadana: in Darius' Behistun Inscr., II, 76-78, Hangmatana = "Place of Assembly"; Agbatana, in Herodotus; Ekbatana, Xenophon, etc.; so 1 Esdras 6:23; Tobit 3:7; 6:5; 7:1; 14:12,14; Judith 1:1,2,14; 2 Macc 9:3; Talmud hamd

ACHITOB ak'-i-tob: Same as Ahitob. Used in 1 Esdras 8:2; compare 2 Esdras 1:1 the King James Version. See AHITUB 3. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACHITOB'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACHIOR a'-ki-or (Achior): General of the Ammonites, who spoke in behalf of Israel before Holofernes, the Assyrian general (Judith 5:5). Holofernes ordered him bound and delivered at Bethulia to the Israelites (Judith 6), who received him gladly and with honor. Afterward he became a proselyte, was circumcised, and joined to Israel (Judith 14). In N

ACHIM a'-kim (Acheim): A descendant of Zerubbabel and ancestor of Jesus, mentioned only in Matthew 1:14. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACHIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACHIAS a-ki'-as: An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2). Omitted in other genealogies. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACHIAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.