Dictionaries :: Affect; AffectionInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAffect; Affection: a-fekt', a-fek'-shun: The literal meaning of "affect" is to act upon (Latin ad, "to," "upon," facio, "to do"). It has various shades of meaning, and occurs in the following senses in the English Bible: (1) In its literal sense: La 3:51, "Mine eye

Dictionaries :: Adrammelech and AnammelechInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdrammelech and Anammelech: a-dram'-el-ek and a-nam'-el-ek ('adhrammelekh and ‘anammelekh, apparently, according to Assyrian usage, "Adar is prince," "Anu is prince." By Palestinian usage it would be "Adar is king," "Anu is king"): (1) The names given by

Dictionaries :: AforeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAfore: a-for': Archaic for "before" of time, or "formerly"; frequently occurs as compound, as in "aforetime," "aforehand," etc.; in the New Testament most commonly for the Greek prefix, pro, in compound words (Ro 1:2; 15:4); at other times, for Greek adverb pote, "at some time," "onc

Dictionaries :: Abound; Abundance; Abundant; AbundantlyInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbound; Abundance; Abundant; Abundantly: a-bound', a-bun'-dans, a-bun'-dant, a-bun'-dant-li: These words represent in the English Versions of the Bible a considerable variety of different words in the Hebrew and Greek original. In the Old Testament t

Dictionaries :: AdoraimHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAdoraim:strength of the seaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdoraim: ad-o-ra'-im ('adhorayim, "a pair of knolls," perhaps): One of several cities in Judah that were fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch 11:9). The name appears in Josephus and in 1 Macc as Adora or Dora or Dor. Its location i

Dictionaries :: AddInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdd: (1) epidiatassomai, "to add to," "to arrange in addition": Found only in Ga 3:15, which may thus be paraphrased: "To take a familiar illustration: even a man's will, when ratified, no third party may annul or supplement" (Dummelow, in the place cited.). (2) epitithemi, "to put

Dictionaries :: According ToVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words According To:For ACCORDING TO see †, p. 9 W. E. Vine provided the following footnote on page 9 of his expository dictionary: In the following pages † indicates that the word referred to (preposition, conjunction, or particle) is not dealt with in this volum

Dictionaries :: AboutInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbout: a-bout': The use of this word as a preposition, in the sense of "around," is confined to the Old Testament. In the New Testament, generally an adverb, for Greek hos or "hosei." The Revised Version (British and American) adopts it in several idiomatic translations of mello, ref

Dictionaries :: AdithaimHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAdithaim:assemblies; testimoniesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdithaim: ad-i-tha'-im (‘adhithayim "double ornament, passage, or prey"): A city in "the lowland" (Shephelah, not as the King James Version "valley") of Judah (Jos 15:36). Site unknown, but possibly same as ADI

Dictionaries :: AfflictionsEaston's Bible DictionaryAfflictions: common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Psa 34:19); are for the good of men (Jam 1:2,3,12; 2Cr 12:7) and the glory of God (2Cr 12:7-10; 1Pe 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the Lord's people (Psa 94:12; Pro 3:12). They are all directed by God (Lam 3:33), and will result in the eve

Dictionaries :: Agee, or AgeeSmith's Bible DictionaryAgee, or Agee: (fugitive) a Hararite, father of Shammah, one of David's three mightiest heroes (2 Samuel 23:11). (B.C. 1050)

Dictionaries :: Adoni-ZedecEaston's Bible DictionaryAdoni-Zedec: lord of justice or righteousness, was king in Jerusalem at the time when the Israelites invaded Palestine (Jos 10:1,3). He formed a confederacy with the other Canaanitish kings against the Israelites, but was utterly routed by Joshua when he was engaged in besieging the Gibeonites.

Dictionaries :: AhinadabEaston's Bible DictionaryAhinadab: brother of liberality = liberal, one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon in so many districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim (1Ki 4:14), east of Jordan.Hitchcock's Bible Names Dicti

Dictionaries :: Accept; Acceptable; AcceptationInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAccept; 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 (1) of sacrifice, "accept thy burnt-sacrifice" (dashen, "accept as fat,"

Dictionaries :: AeraSmith's Bible DictionaryAera: SEE [CHRONOLOGY].

Dictionaries :: AbjectInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbject: ab'-jekt: Only as a noun, and but once (Ps 35:15) for nekheh, literally, "smitten ones," i.e. "men of the lowest grade" (Hengstenberg, Delitzsch), "the rabble," defined by the succeeding clause as those of such inferior station that they were unknown.

Dictionaries :: AchorEaston's Bible DictionaryAchor: trouble, a valley near Jericho, so called in consequence of the trouble which the sin of Achan caused Israel (Jos 7:24,26). The expression "valley of Achor" probably became proverbial for that which caused trouble, and when Isaiah (Isa 65:10) refers to it he uses it in this sense: "The valley

Dictionaries :: AbbaEaston's Bible DictionaryAbba: This Syriac or Chaldee word is found three times in the New Testament (Mar 14:36; Rom 8:15; Gal 4:6), and in each case is followed by its Greek equivalent, which is translated "father." It is a term expressing warm affection and filial confidence. It has no perfect equivalent in our language. It

Dictionaries :: Abel-MizraimEaston's Bible DictionaryAbel-Mizraim: meadow of Egypt, or mourning of Egypt, a place "beyond," i.e., on the west of Jordan, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here the Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Gen 50:4-11). Its site is unknown.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAbel-Mizraim:the mourning of EgyptiansInt

Dictionaries :: AcuaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAcua: ak'-u-a.