Dictionaries :: AdummimEaston's Bible DictionaryAdummim: the red ones, a place apparently on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, "on the south side of the torrent" Wady Kelt, looking toward Gilgal, mentioned Jos 15:7; 18:17. It was nearly half-way between Jerusalem and Jericho, and now bears the name of Tal-at-ed-Dumm. It is supposed to have

Dictionaries :: AchiphaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAchipha: ak'-i-fa; the King James Version Acipha, as'-i-fa (Achipha), in the Apocrypha (1 Esdras 5:31) head of one of the families of the temple-servants, who returned with Zerubbabel, same as the Old Testament HAKUPHA (Ezr 2:51; Ne 7:53), which see.

Dictionaries :: Aijalon, or AjalonSmith's Bible DictionaryAijalon, or Ajalon: (place of gazelles). (1.) A city of the Kohathites (Joshua 21:24; 1 Chronicles 6:69). It was a Levitical city and a city of refuge. It was originally allotted to the tribe of Dan (Joshua 19:42). Authorized Version, AJALON, which tribe, however, was unable to disposs

Dictionaries :: AbubusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbubus: a-bu'-bus (Aboubos): The father of Ptolemy, who deceitfully slew Simon Maccabee and his sons at Dok near Jericho (1 Macc 16:11,15).

Dictionaries :: Accusation, AccuseVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1NounStrong's Number: g156Greek: aitiaAccusation, Accuse:probably has the primary meaning of "a cause, especially an occasion of something evil, hence a charge, an accusation." It is used in a forensic sense, of (a) an accusation, Act 25:18 (RV, "charge"), Ac

Dictionaries :: AdramyttiumEaston's Bible DictionaryAdramyttium: a city of Asia Minor on the coast of Mysia, which in early times was called AEolis. The ship in which Paul embarked at Caesarea belonged to this city (Act 27:2). He was conveyed in it only to Myra, in Lycia, whence he sailed in an Alexandrian ship to Italy. It was a rare thing for

Dictionaries :: AdytumInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdytum: ad'-i-tum (Latin from Greek aduton, adjective adutos, "not to be entered"): Applied to the innermost sanctuary or chambers in ancient temples, and to secret places which were open only to priests: hence, also to the Holy of Holies in the Jewish temple.

Dictionaries :: AccessInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAccess: ak'-ses (prosagoge, "a leading to or toward," "approach"): Thrice used in the New Testament to indicate the acceptable way of approach to God and of admission to His favor. Jesus said, "I am the way" (Joh 14:6). His blood is the "new and living way" (Heb 10:20). Only through

Dictionaries :: Affair (-s)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g4230Greek: pragmatia | pragmateiaAffair (-s):from pragma, "a deed," denotes "a business, occupation, the prosecution of any affair;" in the plural, "pursuits, affairs (of life)," 2Ti 2:4. Notes: (1) Ta kata, lit., "the (things), with, or respecti

Dictionaries :: AhiraEaston's Bible DictionaryAhira: brother of evil = unlucky, or my brother is friend, chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the Exodus (Num 1:15; 2:29).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAhira:brother of iniquity; brother of the shepherdInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAhira: a-hi'-ra ('achira‘, "brother of evil,"

Dictionaries :: Abel-CheramimEaston's Bible DictionaryAbel-Cheramim: (Jdg 11:33, R.V.; A. V., "plain of the vineyards"), a village of the Ammonites, whither Jephthah pursued their forces.International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbel-Cheramim: a'-bel-ker'-a-mim ('abhel keramim, "meadow of vineyards"): A city mentioned in the Revised Version (

Dictionaries :: AgonyEaston's Bible DictionaryAgony: contest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering. Anguish is the reflection on evil that is already past, while agony is a struggle with evil at the time present. It is only used in the New Testament by Luke (Luk 22:44) to describe our Lord's fearful struggle in Gethsemane. The

Dictionaries :: AbyssiniaInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbyssinia: ab-i-sin'-i-a.

Dictionaries :: Ab (2)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAb (2): ('abh): The name of the fifth month in the Hebrew calendar, the month beginning in our July. The name does not appear in the Bible, but Josephus gives it to the month in which Aaron died (Ant., IV, iv, 6; compare Nu 33:38). ← Ab (1)

Dictionaries :: AhitubEaston's Bible DictionaryAhitub: brother of goodness = good. (1.) The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah (1Sa 14:3; 22:9,11,12,20). (2.) The father of Zadok, who was made high priest by Saul after the extermination of

Dictionaries :: Aha!Easton's Bible DictionaryAha!: an exclamation of ridicule (Psa 35:21; 40:15; 70:3). In Isa. 44:16 it signifies joyful surprise, as also in Job 39:25, R.V.

Dictionaries :: AcrabbimInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAcrabbim: ak-rab'-im: Incorrect transliteration of ‘aqrabbim, of Jos 15:3 in the King James Version. Smith's Bible DictionaryAcrabbim: SEE [MAALEHACRABBIM]. (Joshua 15:3) in the margin.

Dictionaries :: AdjureKing James DictionaryAdjure: To Appeal to Earnestly; to Command.But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I ADJURE thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. (Matthew 26:63)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g3726Greek:

Dictionaries :: AbSmith's Bible DictionaryAb: (father). (1.) An element in the composition of many proper names, of which Abba is a Chaldaic form, the syllable affixed giving the emphatic force of the definite article, having the sense of "endowed with," "possessed of." Applied to God by Jesus Christ (Mark 14:36) and by St. Paul (Romans 8:15;

Dictionaries :: AcrosticInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAcrostic: 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 Ps 2:1-4 and Ps 110:1-4 are not