Dictionaries :: AmanaEaston's Bible DictionaryAmana: perennial. (1.) The Hebrew margin of 2Ki 5:12 gives this as another reading of Abana (q.v.), a stream near Damascus. (2.) A mountain (Sgs 4:8), probably the southern summit of Anti-Libanus, at the base of which are the sources of the Abana.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAmana:integrity;

Dictionaries :: AlamethInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAlameth: al'-a-meth ('alameth, "concealment"; 1Ch 7:8 the King James Version): The name of a son of Becher and grandson of Benjamin. His name was preserved as the name of a town near Anathoth (ALLEMETH, 1Ch 6:60 the Revised Version [British and American]). Except for the strong pau

Dictionaries :: AmashsaiInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmashsai: a-mash'-si ‘amashcay, probably a textual error for ‘amashay; the ("s") implies a reading ‘-M-C-Y, based on a mistaken derivation from'-M-C. The original reading may have been ‘ammishay; compare AMASAI): Amashsai is a priestly name in the post-exilic l

Dictionaries :: AramEaston's Bible DictionaryAram: the son of Shem (Gen 10:22); according to Gen 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Mat 1:3, 4, and Luk 3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1Ch 2:10). The word means high, or highlands, and as the name of a country denotes that elevated region extending from the northe

Dictionaries :: Anger of God, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookAnger of God, The: Averted by Christ Luk 2:11,14; Rom 5:9; 2Cr 5:18,19; Eph 2:14,17; Col 1:20; 1Th 1:10Anger of God, The: Is Averted from Them That Believe Jhn 3:14-18; Rom 3:25; 5:1Anger of God, The: Is Averted upon Confession of Sin and Repentance Job 33:27,28; Psa 106:43-45;

Dictionaries :: Ammon; AmmonitesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmmon; Ammonites: am'-on, am'-on-its (‘ammon; ‘ammonim): The Hebrew tradition makes this tribe descendants of Lot and hence related to the Israelites (Ge 19:38). This is reflected in the name usually employed in Old Testament to designate them, Ben ‘Ammi, Bene ‘Ammon, "

Dictionaries :: AmuletInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmulet: am'-u-let (qemia, lechashim, mezuzah, tephillin, tsitsith; phulakterion): Modern scholars are of opinion that our English word amulet comes from the Latin amuletum, used by Pliny (Naturalis Historia, xxviii, 28; xxx, 2, etc.), and other Latin writers; but no etymology for th

Dictionaries :: AllomInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAllom: al'-om (Allon): the Revised Version (British and American) ALLON (which see): One of the families of the "servants of Solomon," whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon in the First Return, 537 BC (#/ APC 1Esdras 5:34). The name is not found in the parallel

Dictionaries :: ArcturusEaston's Bible DictionaryArcturus: bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job 9:9; 38:32) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word 'ash, which probably designates the constellation the Great Bear. This word ('ash) is supposed to be derived fr

Dictionaries :: AngerEaston's Bible DictionaryAnger: the emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil that presents itself to our view. In itself it is an original susceptibility of our nature, just as love is, and is not necessarily sinful. It may, however, become sinful when causeless, or excessive, or protracted (Mat 5:22; Eph

Dictionaries :: Amadatha; AmadathusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAmadatha; Amadathus: a-mad'-a-tha, a-mad'-a-thus (Additions to Es 12:6).

Dictionaries :: AmmishaddaiEaston's Bible DictionaryAmmishaddai: people of the Almighty, the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Danites at the time of the Exodus (Num 1:12; 2:25). This is one of the few names compounded with the name of God, Shaddai, "Almighty."Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAmmishaddai:the people of the Almighty; the Al

Dictionaries :: AncientsInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAncients: an-shents: This word (except in one instance) renders the Hebrew word zeqenim, (pl of zaqen), which should always be translated "old men" or "elders." The Hebrew word never has the connotation which "ancients" has in modern English. The words "I understand more than the

Dictionaries :: AntimonyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAntimony: an'-ti-mo-ni

Dictionaries :: Apocryphal EpistlesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApocryphal Epistles: a-pok'-ri-fal e-pis'-ls: A few epistles have been attributed to the Virgin Mary, but these are very late and without value. The following epistles fall to be noted as apocryphal: 1. Letter Attributed to our Lord: The letter attributed to our L

Dictionaries :: Apostolical Church OrdinancesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaApostolical Church Ordinances:  ← Apostolic Fathers, Epistles OfApostolical Constitutions →

Dictionaries :: Ammonites, TheTorrey's New Topical TextbookAmmonites, The: Descent Of Gen 19:38Ammonites, The: Called The Children of Lot Deu 2:19 Children of Ammon Jer 25:21Ammonites, The: Governed by Hereditary Kings 2Sa 10:1Ammonites, The: Country Of Belonged to the Zamzummims Deu 2:20,21 Bordered on the Amorites Nu

Dictionaries :: AleppoInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAleppo: a-lep'-o

Dictionaries :: Arabic Gospel of the InfancyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArabic Gospel of the Infancy:  Arabic History of Joseph the Carpenter →

Dictionaries :: ArbonaiInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaArbonai: ar-bo'-nai, ar-bo'na-i (Abrona): A torrent mentioned in Judith 2:24. Beyond what is indicated in this passage, it is not possible to determine the location; but from this it appears to have been near Cilicia. Identification with the modern Nahr Ibrahim is rejected on the g