Naaman
The highly esteemed general of Ben-hadad, king of Damascene Syria in the time of Joram king of Israel. He was afflicted with the leprosy; but was miraculously cured, on washing ...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Nabal
Foolish, a descendant of Caleb, owner of a large property in lands and flocks, at Maon and Carmel in the south of Judah. He was under great obligations to David, for protecting ...
Naboth
An Israelite at Jezreel, who declined selling his ancestral vineyard to Ahab, Le 25:23,24; and was in consequence murdered, on a false charge of blasphemy contrived by Jezebel t...
Nadab
1. The oldest son of Aaron, slain by the lord for presumptuously offering strange fire on the altar of burnt offering, Le 10:1-20. SeeABIHU.2. Son of Jeroboam I. King of Israel....
Nahash
1. A king of the Ammonites, defeated by Saul while besieging Ramothgilead, 1Sa 11:1-15. He, or as some think, his son of the same name, was on friendly terms with David, 2Sa 10:...
Nahor
1. Son of Serug, and father of Terah, Ge 11:22-25Lu 3:34.2. Son of Terah, and brother of Abraham and Haran. He married Milcah his niece in Ur of the Chaldees, Ge 11:26,29, but s...
Nahshon Or Naasson
One of our Lord’s ancestors, Mt 1:4Lu 3:32; chief of the tribe of Judah in the desert, Nu 1:7 2:3 7:12; and brother-in-law of Aaron, Ex 6:23Ru 4:201Ch 2:10.
Nahum
Consolation, the seventh of the twelve minor prophets. The circumstances of Nahum’s life are unknown, except that he was a native of Elkosh, which probably was a village in Gali...
Nail
The "nail" with which Jael killed Sisera was rather a tent-pin, such as is driven into the ground in order to fasten the cords of the tent, Ex 27:19Jud 4:21-22. Sometimes the He...
Nain
Where Christ performed one of his chief miracles, in raising to life a widow’s only son, Lu 7:11-17, was a small village in Galilee, three miles south by west of Mount Tabor: It...
Naioth
The abode of Samuel, and his pupils in a "school of the prophets," 1Sa 19:18-24 20:1. It appears to have been a suburb of Ramah; and David, having sought refuge there with Samue...
Naked
In the Bible, often means no more than "not fully dressed." So in Joh 21:7, Peter is said to have been "naked," that is, he had laid off his outer garment, and had on only his i...
Names
Among the Hebrews were frequently significant; sometimes of a family trait, and sometimes of circumstances attending the birth of a child; often too they were assumed afterwards...
Naomi
Wife of Elimelech, and mother-in-law of Ruth. SeeRUTH.
Naphtali
The sixth son of Jacob, by Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, Ge 30:8. We know but few particulars of the lie of Naphtali. His sons were four, Ge 46:24. The patriarch Jacob, when he gav...
Narcissus
A Roman, many of whose household Paul salutes as Christians, Ro 16:11. Two men of this name are mentioned in Roman histories of that time; one, executed three or four years befo...
Nathan
1. A Hebrew prophet, Zec 12:12; a friend and counselor of David. He approved the king’s purpose of building a temple to the lord, but by divine direction transferred this accomp...
Nathanael
A disciple of Christ, probably the same asBARTHOLOMEW, which see. He was a native of Cana in Galilee, Joh 21:2, and was one of the first to recognize the Messiah, who at their f...
Nazarene
An epithet applied to Christ, and usually translated "of Nazareth," as in Mt 21:11Ac 2:22 4:10. It was foretold in prophecy, Ps 22:7,8Isa 53:2, that the Messiah should be despis...
Nazareth
A city of lower Galilee, about seventy miles north of Jerusalem, in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun. It was situated on the side of a hill overlooking a rich and beautiful...
Nazarite
Under the ancient Hebrew law, a man or woman engaged by a vow to abstain from wine and all intoxicating liquors, and from the fruit of the vine in any form; to let the hair grow...
Neapolis
Now called Napoli, Acts 16.11, a maritime city of Macedonia, near the borders of Thrace, whither Paul came from the isle of Samothracia. From Neapolis he went to Philippi.
Nebaioth
A son if Ishmael, Ge 25:13, whose posterity, occupied the pasture grounds of Arabia Deserta, Isa 60:7, and ultimately possessed themselves of Edom. They are thought to have been...
Nebhaz
A god of the Avites, 2Ki 17:31. Jewish interpreters say the name means barker, and affirm that this idol had the shape of a dog. Historical traces have also been found of the an...
Nebo
1. A town in the vicinity of Bethel and Ai, Ezr 2:29Ne 7:33.2. A city of Reuben, Nu 32:38, taken by the Moabites, who held it in the time of Jeremiah, Isa 15:2Jer 48:1.3. A moun...
Nebuchadnezzar
Called in Jeremiah Nebuchadnezzar, the son and successor of Nabopolassar, succeeded to the kingdom of Chaldea about 600 B. C. He had been some time before associated in the king...
Nebuzaradan
A general of king Nebuchadnezzar, and his agent in the sacking and destruction of Jerusalem, 1Ki 22:53; Jer 39:9; 40:1; 52:12-30.