Dictionaries :: Abel-Beth-MaacahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbel-Beth-Maacah: a'-bel-beth-ma'-a-ka ('abhel beth ma'akhah, "the meadow of the house of Maacah"): The name appears in this form in 1Ki 15:20 and 2Ki 15:29. In 2Sa 20:15 (Hebrew) it is Abel-beth-hammaacah (Maacah with the article). In 20:14 it appears as Beth-maacah, and

Dictionaries :: AgabaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAgaba: ag'-a-ba: A fortress in Judea. The first of 22 "strong places" which by its commander Galestus was given over to Aristobulus, the son of Alexander Janneus and Alexandra, when he (his mother, the queen, being dangerously ill) attempted to get control of the Judean government (A

Dictionaries :: AbsalomEaston's Bible DictionaryAbsalom: father of peace; i.e., "peaceful" David's son by Maacah (2Sa 3:3; 1Ki 1:6). He was noted for his personal beauty and for the extra-ordinary profusion of the hair of his head (2Sa 14:25-26). The first public act of his life was the blood-revenge he executed against Amnon, David's eldest

Dictionaries :: Aijeleth Hash-ShaharInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAijeleth Hash-Shahar: a'-je-leth hash-sha'-har.

Dictionaries :: AgedNave's Topical BibleAged: Gospel Invitation To Mat 20:5, 6 See OLD AGEVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g4246Greek: presbutesAged:"an elderly man," is a longer form of presbus, the comparative degree of which is presbuteros, "a senior, elder," both of which, as also the verb presbeu

Dictionaries :: AhimothHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAhimoth:brother of deathInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAhimoth: a-hi'-moth ('achimoth, "brother of death," or, "my brother is death"): A descendant of Kohath the son of Levi (1Ch 6:25); ancestor of Elkanah the father of Samuel. The name Mahath holds a similar place in the list t

Dictionaries :: AbishagEaston's Bible DictionaryAbishag: father of (i.e., "given to") error, a young woman of Shunem, distinguished for her beauty. She was chosen to minister to David in his old age. She became his wife (1Ki 1:3-4; 1Ki 1:15). After David's death Adonijah persuaded Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, to entreat the king to permit him to

Dictionaries :: AgreeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAgree: a-gre' (sumphoneo, "to be of the same mind," "to come to a mutual understanding"): This is the sense of the word in Mt 20:2; Joh 9:22, and other passages. In Mr 14:56 the word is isos and has the thought not only that their words did not agree, but also that the testimony was

Dictionaries :: Acts of SolomonInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaActs of Solomon: "The book of the acts of Solomon" (1Ki 11:41), probably a history based on the state documents kept by the official recorder. See 1Ki 14:19,29; 15:23,31; 16:5,14,20,27; 22:39,45, etc.

Dictionaries :: AchanEaston's Bible DictionaryAchan: called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1Ch 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Jos 7:1). On the occasion of the fall of Jericho, he seized, contrary to the divine command, an ingot of gold, a quantity of silver, and a costly Babylonish garment,

Dictionaries :: AccessoryNave's Topical BibleAccessory: See COMPLICITY

Dictionaries :: AbdeelEaston's Bible DictionaryAbdeel: servant of God, (Jer 36:26), the father of Shelemiah.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAbdeel:a vapor; a cloud of GodInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbdeel: ab'-de-el (‘abhdeel, "servant of God"): The father of Shelemiah, one of the officers whom King Jehoiakim commanded to

Dictionaries :: AbanahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbanah: ab'-a-na, a-ba'-na ('abhanah [Kethibh, Septuagint, Vulgate]), or AMANA a-ma'-na ('amanah [Qere, Peshitta, Targum]; the King James Version Abana [American Standard Revised Version, margin Amana], the Revised Version (British and American) ABANAH (Revised Version, margin Amana

Dictionaries :: Agency, Free MoralNave's Topical BibleAgency, Free Moral: See CONTINGENCIES

Dictionaries :: AdinaEaston's Bible DictionaryAdina: slender, one of David's warriors (1Ch 11:42), a Reubenite.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdina: ad'-i-na, a-di'-na (‘adhina'," adorned"). "Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him" (1Ch 11:42). This is in that part of the list of D

Dictionaries :: Age; Old AgeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAge; Old Age: In individual lives (cheledh; helikia): We have scarcely any word in the Old Testament or New Testament which denotes "age" in the familiar modern sense; the nearest in the Old Testament is perhaps heledh, "life," "lifetime," and in the New Testament helikia, "fu

Dictionaries :: Adar (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdar (1): a-'dar ('adhar, meaning uncertain): The Babylonian name of the twelfth month of the year. Used in the Bible only in Ezr 6:15 and eight times in Esther. At first the author in Esther defines Adar as the twelfth month, but afterward omits the numeral. In order to maintain

Dictionaries :: AhInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAh: In proper names.

Dictionaries :: AbjectsEaston's Bible DictionaryAbjects: (Psa 35:15), the translation of a Hebrew word meaning smiters; probably, in allusion to the tongue, slanderers. (Jer 18:18.)King James DictionaryAbjects: Those Who Strike Out with Their Tongue.But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the ABJECTS gathered

Dictionaries :: AdadahHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAdadah:testimony of the assemblyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdadah: a-da'-da (‘adh‘adhah): A city in the southern part of Judah (Jos 15:22). The older copies of the Greek text have Arouel, but that is not a sufficient reason for identifying the name with the Aroer of