Dictionaries :: AhlaiHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryAhlai:beseeching; sorrowing; expectingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAhlai: a'-li ('achlay "O would that!"): (1) A Son of Sheshan (1Ch 2:31) or according to 1Ch 2:34 a daughter of Sheshan, for here we read: "Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters." (2) The father of Zabad, a

Dictionaries :: Adam in the New TestamentInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAdam in the New Testament: (Adam): The name of Adam occurs nine times (in five different passages) in the New Testament, though several of these are purely incidental. I. Gospels. In Lu 3:38 the ancestry of Jesus Christ is traced up to Adam, "Adam, the son o

Dictionaries :: Ab (1)International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaAb (1): ('abh, the Hebrew and Aramaic word for "father"): It is a very common word in the Old Testament; this article notes only certain uses of it. It is used both in the singular and in the plural to denote a grandfather or more remote ancestors (e.g. Jer 35:16,15). The father