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"Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text of Rev. 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13, and are represented by \"Alpha\" and \"Omega\" respectively (omitted in R.V., 1:11). They mean \"the first and last.\" (Comp. Heb. 12:2; Isa. 41:4; 44:6; Rev. 1:11, 17; 2:8.) In the sy... |
Aaron | [
"The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex. 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before his brother Moses, and a number of years after his sister Miriam (2:1, 4; 7:7). He married Elisheba, the daughter of A... |
Aaronites | [
"The descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as \"fighting men\" to the support of David at Hebron (1 Chr. 12:27). Eleazar (Num. 3:32), and at a later period Zadok (1 Chr. 27:17), was their chief."
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Abaddon | [
"Destruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of \"the angel of the bottomless pit\" (Rev. 9:11). It is rendered \"destruction\" in Job 28:22; 31:12; 26:6; Prov. 15:11; 27:20. In the last three of these passages the Revised Version retains the word \"Abaddon.\" We may regard this... |
Abagtha | [
"One of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus's court (Esther 1:10; 2:21)."
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Abana | [
"Stony (Heb. marg. \"Amanah,\" perennial), the chief river of Damascus (2 Kings 5:12). Its modern name is Barada, the Chrysorrhoas, or \"golden stream,\" of the Greeks. It rises in a cleft of the Anti-Lebanon range, about 23 miles north-west of Damascus, and after flowing southward for a little way parts into three... |
Abarim | [
"Regions beyond; i.e., on the east of Jordan, a mountain, or rather a mountain-chain, over against Jericho, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab. From \"the top of Pisgah\", i.e., Mount Nebo (q.v.), one of its summits, Moses surveyed the Promised Land (Deut. 3:27; 32:49), and there he die... |
Abba | [
"This Syriac or Chaldee word is found three times in the New Testament (Mark 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 has passed in... |
Abda | [
"Servant. (1.) The father of Adoniram, whom Solomon set over the tribute (1 Kings 4:6); i.e., the forced labour (R.V., \"levy\").",
"(2.) A Levite of the family of Jeduthun (Neh. 11:17), also called Obadiah (1 Chr. 9:16)."
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Abdeel | [
"Servant of God, (Jer. 36:26), the father of Shelemiah."
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Abdi | [
"My servant. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:44. (2.) 2 Chr. 29:12. (3.) Ezra 10:26."
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Abdiel | [
"Servant of God, (1 Chr. 5:15), a Gadite chief."
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Abdon | [
"Servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam. 12:11.",
"(2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36).",
"(3.) The son of Micah, one of those whom Josiah sent to the prophetess Huldah to ascertain from... |
Abednego | [
"Servant of Nego=Nebo, the Chaldee name given to Azariah, one of Daniel's three companions (Dan. 2:49). With Shadrach and Meshach, he was delivered from the burning fiery furnace (3:12-30)."
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Abel | [
"(Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to death by his brother Cain (Gen. 4:1-16). Guided by the instruction of their father, the two brothers were trained in the duty of worshipping God. \"And in process of time\" (marg. \"at the end of days\", i.e., on the Sabbath) each of... |
Abel-beth-maachah | [
"Meadow of the house of Maachah, a city in the north of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of Dan and Ijon, in the tribe of Naphtali. It was a place of considerable strength and importance. It is called a \"mother in Israel\", i.e., a metropolis (2 Sam. 20:19). It was besieged by Joab (2 Sam. 20:14), by Benhadad (1 Ki... |
Abel-cheramim | [
"(Judg. 11:33, R.V.; A. V., \"plain of the vineyards\"), a village of the Ammonites, whither Jephthah pursued their forces."
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Abel-meholah | [
"Meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and residence of the prophet Elisha, not far from Beth-shean (1 Kings 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 of Beth-shean; moist and luxu... |
Abel-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."
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Abel-shittim | [
"Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply \"Shittim\" (Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; Micah 6:5), a place on the east of Jordan, in the plain of Moab, nearly opposite Jericho. It was the forty-second encampment of the Israelites, their last resting-place before they crossed the Jordan (Num. 33:49; 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; ... |
Abez | [
"Tin, or white, a town in the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19:20), at the north of the plain of Esdraelon. It is probably identified with the ruins of el-Beida."
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Abia | [
"My father is the Lord, the Greek form of Abijah, or Abijam (Matt. 1:7), instead of Abiah (1 Chr. 7:8). In Luke 1:5, the name refers to the head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which David divided the priests (1 Chr. 24:10)."
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Abi-albon | [
"Father of strength; i.e., \"valiant\", one of David's body-guard of thirty mighty men (2 Sam. 23:31); called also Abiel (1 Chr. 11:32)."
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Abiasaph | [
"Father of gathering; the gatherer, the youngest of the three sons of Korah the Levite, head of a family of Korhites (Ex. 6:24); called Ebisaph (1 Chr. 6:37)."
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Abiathar | [
"Father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli. When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing with him the ephod, he joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam (1 Sam. 22:20-23; 23:... |
Abib | [
"An ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain (Ex. 13:4; 23:15); the first of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, and the seventh of the civil year. It began about the time of the vernal equinox, on 21st March. It was called Nisan, after the Captivity (Neh. 2:1). On the fifteenth day of the month, harvest was begun... |
Abida | [
"Or Abi'dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons of Midian, who was the son of Abraham by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:33), and apparently the chief of an Arab tribe."
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Abidan | [
"Father of judgment; judge, head of the tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus (Num. 1:11; 2:22)."
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Abieezer | [
"Father of help; i.e., \"helpful.\" (1.) The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp. Judg. 6:34; 8:2). He was also called Jeezer (Num. 26:30).",
"(2.) One of David's thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:27... |
Abiel | [
"Father (i.e., \"possessor\") of God = \"pious.\" (1.) The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1 Sam. 14:51; 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). In 1 Sam. 9:1, he is called the \"father,\" probably meaning the grandfather, of Kish. (2.) An Arbathite, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:32); called also ... |
Abiezrite | [
"Father of help, a descendant of Abiezer (Judg. 6:11, 24; 8:32)."
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Abigail | [
"Father (i.e., \"leader\") of the dance, or \"of joy.\" (1.) The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chr. 2:16, 17). She was the mother of Amasa (2 Sam. 17:25).",
"(2.) The wife of the churlish Nabal, who dwelt in the district of Carmel (1 Sam. 25:3). She showed great prudence and delicate manage... |
Abihail | [
"Father of might. (1.) Num. 3:35. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:29. (3.) 1 Chr. 5:14.",
"(4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David's eldest brother.",
"(5.) The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Esther 2:15)."
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Abihu | [
"Father of Him; i.e., \"worshipper of God\", the second of the sons of Aaron (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2; 26:60; 1 Chr. 6:3). Along with his three brothers he was consecrated to the priest's office (Ex. 28:1). With his father and elder brother he accompanied the seventy elders part of the way up the mount with Moses (Ex. 2... |
Abihud | [
"Father (i.e., \"possessor\") of renown. (1.) One of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:3); called also Ahihud (ver. 7).",
"(2.) A descendant of Zerubbabel and father of Eliakim (Matt. 1:13, \"Abiud\"); called also Juda (Luke 3:26), and Obadiah (1 Chr. 3:21)."
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Abijah | [
"Father (i.e., \"possessor or worshipper\") of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 7:8. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:24.",
"(3.) The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately prov... |
Abijam | [
"Father of the sea; i.e., \"seaman\" the name always used in Kings of the king of Judah, the son of Rehoboam, elsewhere called Abijah (1 Kings 15:1, 7, 8). (See [2]ABIJAH.)"
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Abilene | [
"A plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province."
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Abimael | [
"Father of Mael, one of the sons or descendants of Joktan, in Northern Arabia (Gen. 10:28; 1 Chr. 1:22)."
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Abimelech | [
"My father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as \"Pharaoh\" was of the Egyptian kings. (1.) The Philistine king of Gerar in the time of Abraham (Gen. 20:1-18). By an interposition of Providence, Sarah was delivered from his harem, and was restored to her husband Abraham. As a mark ... |
Abinadab | [
"Father of nobleness; i.e., \"noble.\" (1.) A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1 Sam. 7:1, 2; 1 Chr. 13:7).",
"(2.) Th... |
Abinoam | [
"Father of kindness, the father of Barak (Judg. 4:6; 5:1)."
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Abiram | [
"Father of height; i.e., \"proud.\" (1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an earthquake (Num. 16:1-27; 26:9; Ps. 106:17).",
"(2.) The eldest so... |
Abishag | [
"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 (1 Kings 1:3, 4, 15). After David's death Adonijah persuaded Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, to entreat the king to permit him to marry Abishag. Solomon ... |
Abishai | [
"Father of (i.e., \"desirous of\") a gift, the eldest son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was the brother of Joab and Asahel (2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 2:16). Abishai was the only one who accompanied David when he went to the camp of Saul and took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster (1 Sam. 26:5-12). He h... |
Abishua | [
"Father of welfare; i.e., \"fortunate.\" (1.) The grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4).",
"(2.) The son of Phinehas the high priest (1 Chr. 6:4, 5, 50; Ezra 7:5)."
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Abishur | [
"Father of the wall; i.e., \"mason\", one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:28, 29)."
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Abital | [
"Father of dew; i.e., \"fresh\", David's fifth wife (2 Sam. 3:4)."
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Abitub | [
"Father of goodness, a Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:11)."
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Abjects | [
"(Ps. 35:15), the translation of a Hebrew word meaning smiters; probably, in allusion to the tongue, slanderers. (Comp. Jer. 18:18.)"
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Ablution | [
"Or washing, was practised, (1.) When a person was initiated into a higher state: e.g., when Aaron and his sons were set apart to the priest's office, they were washed with water previous to their investiture with the priestly robes (Lev. 8:6).",
"(2.) Before the priests approached the altar of God, they were req... |
Abner | [
"Father of light; i.e., \"enlightening\", the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was commander-in-chief of Saul's army (1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 20:25). He first introduced David to the court of Saul after the victory over Goliath (1 Sam. 17:57). After the death of Saul, David was made king over Judah, and reigned in Heb... |
Abomination | [
"This word is used, (1.) To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers (Gen. 43:32). The Jews subsequently followed the same practice, holding it unlawful to eat or drink with foreigners (John 18:28; Acts 10:28; 11:3).",
"(2.) Every shepherd was \"an abominat... |
Abraham | [
"Father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Gen. 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till the age of seventy, Abram sojourned among his kindred in his native country of Chaldea. He then, with his father and his family and household, quitted the city of Ur, in ... |
Abraham's bosom | [
"(Luke 16:22, 23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which brought the head of one person almost into the bosom of the one who sat or reclined above him. To \"be in Abraham's bosom\" thus meant to enjoy happiness and rest (Matt. 8:11; Luke 16:23... |
Abram | [
"Exalted father. (see [10]ABRAHAM.)"
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Abronah | [
"R.V., one of Israel's halting-places in the desert (Num. 33:34, 35), just before Ezion-gaber. In A.V., \"Ebronah.\""
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Absalom | [
"Father of peace; i.e., \"peaceful\" David's son by Maacah (2 Sam. 3:3; comp. 1 Kings 1:6). He was noted for his personal beauty and for the extra-ordinary profusion of the hair of his head (2 Sam. 14:25,26). The first public act of his life was the blood-revenge he executed against Amnon, David's eldest son, who h... |
Acacia | [
"(Heb. shittim) Ex. 25:5, R.V. probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the \"shittah\" tree (Isa. 41:19). Its wood is called shittim wood (Ex. 26:15, 26; 25:10, 13, 23, 28, etc.). This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a gnarled and thorny tree. It yields the gum-arabic of commerce. It is fou... |
Accad | [
"The high land or mountains, a city in the land of Shinar. It has been identified with the mounds of Akker Kuf, some 50 miles to the north of Babylon; but this is doubtful. It was one of the cities of Nimrod's kingdom (Ge 10:10). It stood close to the Euphrates, opposite Sippara. (See [11]SEPHARVAIM.)",
"It is al... |
Accho | [
"Sultry or sandy, a town and harbour of Phoenicia, in the tribe of Asher, but never acquired by them (Judg. 1:31). It was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans by the name of Ptolemais, from Ptolemy the king of Egypt, who rebuilt it about B.C. 100. Here Paul landed on his last journey to Jerusalem (Acts 21:7). Dur... |
Accuser | [
"Satan is styled the \"accuser of the brethren\" (Rev. 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zech. 3:1), as seeking to uphold his influence among men by bringing false charges against Christians, with the view of weakening their influence and injuring the cause with which they are identified. He was regarded by the Jews as the acc... |
Aceldama | [
"The name which the Jews gave in their proper tongue, i.e., in Aramaic, to the field which was purchased with the money which had been given to the betrayer of our Lord. The word means \"field of blood.\" It was previously called \"the potter's field\" (Matt. 27:7, 8; Acts 1:19), and was appropriated as the burial-... |
Achaia | [
"The name originally of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the north-west of the Peloponnesus. Subsequently it was applied by the Romans to the whole Peloponnesus, now called the Morea, and the south of Greece. It was then one of the two provinces (Macedonia being the other) into which they divided the count... |
Achaichus | [
"(1 Cor. 16:17), one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, visited Paul while he was at Ephesus, for the purpose of consulting him on the affairs of the church. These three probably were the bearers of the letter from Corinth to the apostle to which he alludes in 1 Cor. 7:1."
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Achan | [
"Called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chr. 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Josh. 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, which he hid in... |
Achbor | [
"Gnawing = mouse. (1.) An Edomitish king (Gen. 36:38; 1 Chr. 1:49).",
"(2.) One of Josiah's officers sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire regarding the newly-discovered book of the law (2 Kings 22:12, 14). He is also called Abdon (2 Chr. 34:20)."
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Achish | [
"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 (1 Sam. 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 the head of a band ... |
Achmetha | [
"(Ezra 6:2), called Ecbatana by classical writers, the capital of northern Media. Here was the palace which was the residence of the old Median monarchs, and of Cyrus and Cambyses. In the time of Ezra, the Persian kings resided usually at Susa of Babylon. But Cyrus held his court at Achmetha; and Ezra, writing a ce... |
Achor | [
"Trouble, a valley near Jericho, so called in consequence of the trouble which the sin of Achan caused Israel (Josh. 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 of Achor, a pl... |
Achsah | [
"Anklet, Caleb's only daughter (1 Chr. 2:49). She was offered in marriage to the man who would lead an attack on the city of Debir, or Kirjath-sepher. This was done by Othniel (q.v.), who accordingly obtained her as his wife (Josh. 15:16-19; Judg. 1:9-15)."
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Achshaph | [
"Fascination, a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Palestine (Josh. 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."
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Achzib | [
"Falsehood. (1.) A town in the Shephelah, or plain country of Judah (Josh. 15:44); probably the same as Chezib of Gen. 38:5 = Ain Kezbeh.",
"(2.) A Phoenician city (the Gr. Ecdippa), always retained in their possession though assigned to the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:29; Judg. 1:31). It is identified with the mode... |
Acre | [
"Is the translation of a word (tse'med), which properly means a yoke, and denotes a space of ground that may be ploughed by a yoke of oxen in a day. It is about an acre of our measure (Isa. 5:10; 1 Sam. 14:14)."
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Acts of the Apostles | [
"The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a \"treatise\" (1:1). It was early called \"The Acts,\" \"The Gospel of the Holy Ghost,\" and \"The Gospel of the Resurrection.\" It contains properly no account of any of the apostles except Peter and Paul... |
Adah | [
"Ornament. (1.) The first of Lamech's two wives, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:19, 20, 23).",
"(2.) The first of Esau's three wives, the daughter of Elon the Hittite (Gen. 36:2, 4), called also Bashemath (26:34)."
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Adam | [
"Red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent history and that of his descendants are detailed in the first book of Moses (Gen. 1:27-ch. 5). \"God created man [Heb., Ad... |
Adamah | [
"Red earth, a fortified city of Naphtali, probably the modern Damieh, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias (Josh. 19:33, 36)."
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Adamant | [
"(Heb. shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas means diamond. This stone is not referred to, but corundum or some kind of hard steel. It is an emblem of firmness in resisting adversaries of the truth (Zech. 7:12), and of hard-heartedness against the truth (Jer. 17:1)."
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Adam, a type | [
"The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as \"the figure of him who was to come.\" On this account our Lord is sometimes called the second Adam. This typical relation is described in Rom. 5:14-19."
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Adam, the city of | [
"Is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood \"beside Zarethan,\" on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12). At this city the flow of the water was arrested and rose up \"upon an heap\" at the time of the Israelites' passing over (Josh. 3:16)."
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Adar | [
"Large, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the ecclesiastical year of the Jews (Esther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21). It included the days extending from the new moon of our March to the new moon of April. The name was first used after the Captivity. When the season was backward, and the lambs no... |
Adbeel | [
"Miracle of God, the third of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and head of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:13; 1 Chr. 1:29)."
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Addar | [
"Ample, splendid, son of Bela (1 Chr. 8:3); called also \"Ard\" (Gen. 46:21)"
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Adder | [
"(Ps. 140:3; Rom. 3:13, \"asp\") is the rendering of, (1.) Akshub (\"coiling\" or \"lying in wait\"), properly an asp or viper, found only in this passage. (2.) Pethen (\"twisting\"), a viper or venomous serpent identified with the cobra (Naja haje) (Ps. 58:4; 91:13); elsewhere \"asp.\" (3.) Tziphoni (\"hissing\") ... |
Addi | [
"Ornament, (Luke 3:28), the son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the progenitors of Christ."
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Addon | [
"Low, one of the persons named in Neh. 7:61 who could not \"shew their father's house\" on the return from captivity. This, with similar instances (ver. 63), indicates the importance the Jews attached to their genealogies."
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Adiel | [
"Ornament of God. (1.) The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:25). (2.) A family head of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chr. 4:36). (3.) A priest (1 Chr. 9:12)."
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Adin | [
"Effeminate. (1.) Ezra 8:6. (2.) Neh. 10:16."
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Adina | [
"Slender, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:42), a Reubenite."
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Adino | [
"The Eznite, one of David's mighty men (2 Sam. 23:8). (See [15]JASHOBEAM.)"
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Adjuration | [
"A solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the obligation of speaking or acting as if under an oath (1 Sam. 14:24; Josh. 6:26; 1 Kings 22:16).",
"We have in the New Testament a striking example of this (Matt. 26:63; Mark 5:7), where the high priest calls upon Christ to avow his true character. It woul... |
Admah | [
"Earth, one of the five cities of the vale of Siddim (Gen. 10:19). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (19:24; Deut. 29:23). It is supposed by some to be the same as the Adam of Josh. 3:16, the name of which still lingers in Damieh, the ford of Jordan. (See [16]ZEBOIM.)"
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Adnah | [
"Delight. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:20). (2.) A general under Jehoshaphat, chief over 300,000 men (2 Chr. 17:14)."
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Adonibezek | [
"Lord of Bezek, a Canaanitish king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were around him, made an attack against the armies of Judah and Simeon, but was defeated and brought as a captive to Jerusalem, where his thumbs and great toes were cut off. He confessed that God had requited him for his like cruelty ... |
Adonijah | [
"My Lord is Jehovah. (1.) The fourth son of David (2 Sam. 3:4). After the death of his elder brothers, Amnon and Absalom, he became heir-apparent to the throne. But Solomon, a younger brother, was preferred to him. Adonijah, however, when his father was dying, caused himself to be proclaimed king. But Nathan and Ba... |
Adonikam | [
"Whom the Lord sets up, one of those \"which came with Zerubbabel\" (Ezra 2:13). His \"children,\" or retainers, to the number of 666, came up to Jerusalem (8:13)."
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Adoniram | [
"(Adoram, 1 Kings 12:18), the son of Abda, was \"over the tribute,\" i.e., the levy or forced labour. He was stoned to death by the people of Israel (1 Kings 4:6; 5:14)"
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Adoni-zedec | [
"Lord of justice or righteousness, was king in Jerusalem at the time when the Israelites invaded Palestine (Josh. 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. The history of this victory a... |
Adoption | [
"The giving to any one the name and place and privileges of a son who is not a son by birth.",
"(1.) Natural. Thus Pharaoh's daughter adopted Moses (Ex. 2:10), and Mordecai Esther (Esther 2:7).",
"(2.) National. God adopted Israel (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 7:6; Hos. 11:1; Rom. 9:4).",
"(3.) Spiritual. An act of God's ... |
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