ACCARON ak'-a-ron (Akkaron): Mentioned in 1 Maccabees 10:89 the King James Version; a town of the Philistines, known as Ekron (`eqron) in Old Testament, which King Alexander gave to Jonathan Maccabeus as a reward for successful military service in western Palestine. It is also mentioned in the days of the Crusades. See EKRON Copyright Statemen

ACCEPT; ACCEPTABLE; ACCEPTATION ak-sept', ak-sep'-ta-b'-l, ak-sep-ta'-shun: "To receive with favor," "to take pleasure in"; "well-pleasing"; "the act of receiving." Accept, used of sacrifice, "accept thy burnt-sacrifice" (dashen, "accept as fat," i.e. receive favorably; Psalms 20:3); of persons, "Yahweh accept Job" (Job 42:9, nasa', "to lift up

ACCAD; ACCADIANS ak'-ad, ak-a'-di-ans: See BABYLONIA Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACCAD; ACCADIANS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACCABA ak'-a-ba, ak-a'-ba (B, Akkaba; A, Gaba; the King James Version Agaba) = Hagab (Ezra 2:46); see also HAGABA (Nehemiah 7:48): The descendants of Accaba (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 5:30). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Ent

ACATAN ak'-a-tan: See AKATAN (Apocrypha). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ACATAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ABYSSINIA ab-i-sin'-i-a: See ETHIOPIA Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ABYSSINIA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ABUSE a-buz': "To dishonor," "to make mock of," "to insult," etc. Translated in the Old Testament from `alal, "to do harm," "to defile" (Judges 19:25), "to make mock of" (1 Samuel 31:4). Translated in the New Testament from arsenokoites, literally, "one who lies with a male," "a sodomite" (1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10; the King James Versio

ABYSS a-bis', (he abussos): In classical Greek the word is always an adjective, and is used literally, "very deep," "bottomless"; figuratively, "unfathomable," "boundless." "Abyss" does not occur in the King James Version but the Revised Version (British and American) so transliterates abussos in each case. The the King James Version renders the

ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANT a-bun'-dans, a-bun'-dant: See ABOUND. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ACCABA ak'-a-ba, ak-a'-ba (B, Akkaba; A, Gaba; the King James Version Agaba) = Hagab (Ezra 2:46); see also HAGABA (Nehemiah 7:48): The descendants of Accaba (temple-servants) returned with Zerubbabel to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 5:30). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Ent

ABSTINENCE abs'-ti-nens: Abstinence as a form of asceticism reaches back into remote antiquity, and is found among most ancient peoples. It may be defined as a self-discipline which consists in the habitual renunciation, in whole or in part, of the enjoyments of the flesh, with a view to the cultivation of the life of the spirit. In its most extre

ABSOLUTION ab-so-lu'-shun (translation of verbs luo, "loose," etc., and aphiemi, "release," "give up," etc.): Not a Biblical, but an ecclesiastical term, used to designate the official act described in Matthew 16:19: "Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven," and Matthew 18:18: "What things soever ye shall loose," etc., and

ABSALON ab'-sa-lon: See ABSALOM (in the Apocrypha). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ABSALON'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

ABSALOM (2) (Apocrypha) (Codex Vaticanus, Abessalomos and Abessalom; Codex Alexandrinus, Absalomos, the King James Version Absalon): Father of Mattathias, a captain of the Jewish army (1 Macc 11:70; Ant, XIII, v, 7). Father of Jonathan who was sent by Simon Maccabee to take possession of Joppa; perhaps identical with Absalom (1) (1 Macc 13:11; An

ABRONAH a-bro'-na, the King James Version Ebronah (`abhronah): One of the stations of Israel in the wilderness on the march from Sinai to Kadesh--the station next before that at Ezion-geber on the eastern arm of the Red Sea (Numbers 33:34,35). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Genera

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

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

ABRECH a'-brek: Transliteration of the Hebrew 'abhrekh, in Genesis 41:43 the Revised Version, margin, of which both the origin and meaning are uncertain. It was the salutation which the Egyptians addressed to Joseph, when he was made second to Pharaoh, and appeared in his official chariot. The explanations based upon Hebrew derivation are unsatis

ABROAD a-brod: An idiomatic rendering of aphiketo (literally, "arrived"), "come abroad" is used in Romans 16:19 to indicate a report that has been most widely diffused (literally, "did reach unto all"). Similar idiomatic translations of the King James Version have been replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by those more literal, a

ABRAHAM'S BOSOM booz'-um (kolpos Abraam; kolpoi Abraam): Figurative. The expression occurs in Luke 16:22,23, in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, to denote the place of repose to which Lazarus was carried after his death. The figure is suggested by the practice of the guest at a feast reclining on the breast of his neighbor. Thus, John lean