Dictionaries :: AchishEaston's Bible DictionaryAchish: angry, perhaps only a general title of royalty applicable to the Philistine kings. (1.) The king with whom David sought refuge when he fled from Saul (1Sa 21:10-15). He is called Abimelech in the superscription of Ps. 34. It was probably this same king to whom David a second time repaired at

Dictionaries :: Adjudication at LawNave's Topical BibleAdjudication at Law: To Be Avoided Pro 17:14; 20:3; 25:8-10; Mat 5:25Adjudication at Law: Adjudication at Law See ACTIONS AT LAW; ARBITRATION; COMPROMISE; COURTS; JUSTICE

Dictionaries :: AdullamiteEaston's Bible DictionaryAdullamite: an inhabitant of the city of Adullam (Gen 38:1,12,20).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdullamite: a-dul'-am-it: The gentilic adjective of ADULLAM, which see. It is used only of Judah's friend Hirah (Ge 38:1,12,20). ← Adullam

Dictionaries :: AchshaphEaston's Bible DictionaryAchshaph: fascination, a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Palestine (Jos 11:1; 12:20; 19:25). It was in the eastern boundary of the tribe of Asher, and is identified with the modern ruined village of Kesaf or Yasif, N.E. of Accho.Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAchshaph:poison; tric

Dictionaries :: AcrabatteneInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAcrabattene: ak-ra-ba-te'-ne.

Dictionaries :: AhasuerusEaston's Bible DictionaryAhasuerus: There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan 9:1. This was probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history, the king of Media and the conqueror of Nineveh. (2.) The king mentioned in Ezr 4:6, probably

Dictionaries :: AbsalonInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbsalon: ab'-sa-lon.

Dictionaries :: AchiacharusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAchiacharus: a-ki-ak'-a-rus (Codex Vaticanus Achiacharos; Acheicharos): Governor of Assyria. Achiacharus is the son of Anael, a brother of Tobit (Tobit 1:21). Sarchedonus (Esarhaddon), the king of Assyria, appointed him over all "accounts of his kingdom" and over all "his affai

Dictionaries :: Abraham, Book OfInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbraham, Book Of:  ← Abraham's BosomAbram →

Dictionaries :: AdullamEaston's Bible DictionaryAdullam: one of the royal cities of the Canaanites, now 'Aid-el-ma (Jos 12:15; 15:35). It stood on the old Roman road in the valley of Elah (q.v.), which was the scene of David's memorable victory over Goliath (1Sa 17:2), and not far from Gath. It was one of the towns which Rehoboam fortified again

Dictionaries :: AbisseiInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbissei: a-bis'-e-i (King James Version Abisei): An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2) = Abisue (1 Esdras 8:2) and Abishua (1Ch 6:4 ff; Ezr 7:5).

Dictionaries :: Abel-MeholahEaston's Bible DictionaryAbel-Meholah: meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and residence of the prophet Elisha, not far from Beth-shean (1Ki 4:12), in the tribe of Issachar, near where the Wady el-Maleh emerges into the valley of the Jordan, "the rich meadow-land which extends about 4 miles south

Dictionaries :: AbidahHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAbidah:father of knowledgeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAbidah: a-bi'-dah: Used in the King James Version in Ge 25:4 for ABIDA, which see. Nave's Topical BibleAbidah: A Descendant of Abraham Gen 25:4

Dictionaries :: Afflicted SaintsTorrey's New Topical TextbookAfflicted Saints: God Is With Psa 46:5,7; Isa 43:2Afflicted Saints: God Is a Refuge and Strength To Psa 27:5,6; Isa 25:4; Jer 16:19; Nah 1:7Afflicted Saints: God Comforts Isa 49:13; Jer 31:13; Mat 5:4; 2Cr 1:4,5; 7:6Afflicted Saints: God Preserves Psa 34:20Afflicted Saints: Go

Dictionaries :: AfternoonInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAfternoon: af-ter-noon' (neToth ha-yom, "the declining of the day"; Jdg 19:8 the King James Version): The expression kechom ha-yom, "in the heat of the day" (Ge 18:1) refers to the early afternoon when the sun is a little past its zenith, its rays still being very strong. The phr

Dictionaries :: AccosInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAccos: ak'-os (Hakchos): The grandfather of Eupolemus, whom Judas Maccabeus sent with others to Rome in 161 BC, to negotiate a "league of amity and confederacy" (1 Macc 8:17). The name occurs In the Old Testament as Hakkoz (haqqots), who was a priest in the reign of David (1Ch 24:10)

Dictionaries :: AffrightedVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g1719Greek: emphobosAffrighted:lit., "in fear" (en, "in," phobos, "fear"), means "affrighted," Luk 24:5, RV (AV, "afraid"); Luk 24:37; Act 10:4, RV (AV, "afraid"); Rev 11:13. The RV omits it in Act 22:9. See TREMBLE.B-1VerbStrong's Number: g442

Dictionaries :: AirEaston's Bible DictionaryAir: the atmosphere, as opposed to the higher regions of the sky (1Th 4:17; Rev 9:2; 16:17). This word occurs once as the rendering of the Hebrew ruah (Job 41:16); elsewhere it is the rendering of shamaiyim, usually translated "heavens." The expression "to speak into the air" (1Cr 14:9) is a proverb

Dictionaries :: Ahasuerus; AsseurusInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAhasuerus; Asseurus: a-haz-u-erus, (Septuagint Ἀσσούηρος Assoueros, but in Tobit 14:15 Asueros; the Latin form of the Hebrew, אהשׁורושׁ 'ahashwerosh, a name better known in its ordinary Greek form of Xerxes): It was the name of two, or perhaps of three kings mentioned

Dictionaries :: AediasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAedias: a-e-di'-as (Aedeias). Mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:27, being one of those who agreed to divorce their alien wives. This name is supposed to be a corruption of the Greek Helia, there being no Hebrew equivalent for it, and in Ezr 10:26, the name occurs in the correct form as Elijah