Alexander
al-eg-zan'-der Alexandros, literal meaning "defender of men." This word occurs five times in the New Testament, (Mr 15:21;Ac 4:6;19:33;1Ti 1:19,20,2Ti 4:14): It is not certain w...
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Alexander Balas
Alexander ba'-las (Alexandros ho Balas legomenos): He contended against Demetrius I of Syria for the throne and succeeded in obtaining it. He was a youth of mean origin, but he ...
Alexander, The Great
(Alexandros). 1. Parentage and Early Life:Alexander, of Macedon, commonly called "the Great" (born 356 BC), was the son of Philip, king of Macedon, and of Olympias, daughter of ...
Alexandria
al-eg-zan'-dri-a (he Alexandreia).1. History:In 331 BC, Alexander the Great, on his way to visit the Oracle of Amon seeking divine honors, stopped at the West extremity of the D...
Alexandrians
al-eg-zan'-dri-ans (Alexandreis): Jews of Alexandria, who had, with the Libertines and Cyrenians, a synagogue in Jerusalem. They were among those who disputed with Stephen (Ac 6...
Aliah
a-li'-a (`alyah): One of the dukes, or heads of thousands of Edom (1Ch 1:51). InGe 36:40the name is Alvah (`alwah), the only difference being the change of the weaker w, of Ge t...
Alian
a-li'-an (`alyan): A descendant of Esau, and son of Shobal (1Ch 1:40). In the corresponding earlier genealogy (Ge 36:23) the same person is given as Alvan (`alwan), the change o...
Alien
al'-yen: Found in the King James Version for ger, (Ex 18:3) = "guest," hence: "foreigner," "sojourner" the Revised Version (British and American); also for nekhar (Isa 61:5) = "...
Alienate
al'-yen-at (`abhar; apallotrioo, "to estrange from"): In Old Testament, for the break between husband and wife caused by unfaithfulness to the marriage vow (Jer 6:8;Eze 23:17); ...
Alive
a-liv' (chai, "living"; zao, "to live," anazao, "to live again"): These Hebrew and Greek originals are the chief terms for life in both Testaments. They cover all life, includin...
All
ol: Used in various combinations, and with different meanings.(1) All along, "Weeping all along as he went" (Jer 41:6), i.e. throughout the whole way he went, feigning equal con...
Allammelech
a-lam'-e-lek ('allammelekh, "oak of a king"): A town in the tribe of Asher, the location of which is not known (Jos 19:26; the King James Version Alammelech).
Allar
al'-ar (the King James Version, Aalar; Aalar): Occurring once (1 Esdras 5:36) and used apparently to indicate a place from which certain Jews came on the return from captivity, ...
Allay
a-la' (heniach, "to cause to rest," "soothe": "Gentleness allayeth (lit., "pacifieth") great offenses" (Ec 10:4)): The word is applied to what "excites, disturbs and makes uneas...
Allege
a-lej' ("paratithemi," "to set forth,"Ac 17:3): It is not used in the English Bible in its more modern and usual sense, "to assert," but is about equivalent to "to prove."
Allegiance
a-le'-jans (mishmereth, "a charge," from shamar, "to keep,"1Ch 12:29): the Revised Version, margin gives as literal meaning, "kept the charge of the house of Saul," which revise...
Allegory
al'-e-go-ri: The term allegory, being derived from allo agoreuein, signifying to say something different from what the words themselves imply, can etymologically be applied to a...
Alleluia
al-e-loo'-ya. SeeHALLELUJAH.
Allemeth
al'-e-meth (`allemeth, "concealment"; the King James Version Alemeth,1Ch 6:60): Name of a town in tribe of Benjamin, near Anathoth, one of the cities given to the sons of Aaron,...
Alliance
a-li'-ans. 1. In the Patriarchal Stories:Frequent references are made to alliances between the patriarchs and foreigners. Abraham is reported to have had "confederates" among th...
Allied
a-lid' (qarobh, "near," as inGe 45:10;Ex 13:17, etc.):Ne 13:4refers either to family ties, as inRu 2:20, or to intimate association.
Allom
al'-om (Allon): the Revised Version (British and American)ALLON(which see): One of the families of the "servants of Solomon," whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel from Bab...
Allon
al'-on ('allon, "oak"):(1) A town in the tribe of Naphtali in northern Palestine (Jos 19:33), according to the King James Version, which follows some Hebrew texts. It is better ...
Allon-Bacuth
al'-on-ba'-kuth ('allon bakhuth; the King James Version transliterates Allon-bachuth, al-on-bak'uth, "oak of weeping"): The burial place of Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah (Ge 35:...
Allow; Allowance
a-lou', a-lou'-ans: The verb "to allow" is used in the King James Version to translate four different Greek words:(1) suneudokeo, "to approve together" (with others) (the Revise...
Alloy
a-loi' (bedhil): InIsa 1:25the Revised Version, margin; translated "tin" in the text. Elsewhere in both versions bedhil is translatedTIN(which see).
Allure
a-lur' (pathah, "to persuade," "woo," "entice"; deleazo, "to entrap," "lay a bait"):(1) "I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness" (Ho 2:14), with evident reference ...