International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Ami

a'-mi, a'-me ('ami): Ancestor of a family among "Solomon's servants" in the Return (Ezr 2:57); the same as Amon inNe 7:59.

Amiable

a'-mi-a-b'-l (yedhidh, "beloved"): Applied to the tabernacle or tent of meeting "How amiable ("lovely" the Revised Version, margin) are thy tabernacles" (Ps 84:1), the plural ha...

Aminadab

a-min'-a-dab (Aminadab): the King James Version: Greek form of Amminadab (which see). Thus the Revised Version (British and American) (Mt 1:4;Lu 3:33).

Amiss

a-mis': There are two words translated "amiss" in the New Testament, atopos, referring to that which is improper or harmful (Lu 23:41;Ac 28:6), while kakos, refers to that which...

Amittai

a-mit'-i ('amittay, "faithful"): The father of the prophet Jonah. He was from Gath-hepher in Zebulun (2Ki 14:25;Jon 1:1).

Ammah

am'-a ('ammah, "mother" or "beginning"): A hill in the territory of Benjamin (2Sa 2:24), where Joab and Abishai halted at nightfall in their pursuit of Abner and his forces afte...

Ammi

am'-i (`ammi, "my people"): A symbolic name given to Israel by Hosea (Ho 2:1;2:3in Hebrew text), descriptive of Israel in the state of restoration, and in contrast to sinful and...

Ammidioi; Ammidoi

a-mid'-i-oi, am'-i-doi (the King James Version Ammidioi, (also with aspirate); occurring only in 1 Esdras 5:20): One of the families returning from the Babylonian Captivity in t...

Ammiel

am'-i-el (`ammi'el, "my kinsman is God"; (Ameiel)): A name borne by four men in the Old Testament.(1) One of the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses; son of Gemalli, of the t...

Ammihud

a-mi'-hud (`ammihudh, "my kinsman is glorious"; variously in the Septuagint, Emioud or Semioud or Amioud): The name of several Old Testament persons.(1) Father of Elishama, who ...

Ammihur

a-mi'-hur (the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin; `ammichur, "my kinsman is noble"; Emioud). SeeAMMIHUD(4).

Amminadab

a-min'-a-dab (`amminadhabh = "my people (or my kinsman) is generous or noble"): Three persons bearing this name are mentioned in the Old Testament.(1) InRu 4:19,20and1Ch 2:10Amm...

Amminadib

a-min'-a-dib (`amminadhibh): The name occurs in the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin only in one passage (So 6:12, "the chariots of Amminadib"). In King James ...

Ammishaddai

am-i-shad'-i, am-i-shad-a'-i (`ammishadday, "Shaddai is my kinsman"): The father of Ahiezer, a Danite captain or "head of his fathers' house," during the wilderness journey (Nu ...

Ammizabad

a-miz'-a-bad (`ammizabhadh, "my kinsman has made a present"): The son of Benaiah, one of David's captains for the third month (1Ch 27:6).

Ammon; Ammonites

am'-on, am'-on-its (`ammon; `ammonim):The Hebrew tradition makes this tribe descendants of Lot and hence related to the Israelites (Ge 19:38). This is reflected in the name usua...

Ammonitess

am-on-i'-tes, a-mon'-i-tes (`ammonith): A woman of the Ammonites, Naamah, the mother of Rehoboam (1Ki 14:21,31;2Ch 12:13;24:26).

Amnon

Amok

a'-mok (`amoq, "deep"): A chief priest who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Ne 12:7) and the forefather of Eber, who was priest in the days of Joiakim (Ne 12:20).

Amon

a'-mon ('amon): A name identical with that of the Egyptian local deity of Thebes (No); compareJer 46:25. The foreign name given to a Hebrew prince is remarkable, as is also the ...

Amorites

am'-o-rits; Amorites ('emori, always in the singular like the Babylonian Amurru from which it is taken; Amorraioi):1. Varying Use of the Name Explained2. The Amorite Kingdom3. S...

Amos (1)

a'-mos (`amoc, "burdensome" or "burden-bearer"; Amos):I. THE PROPHET1. Name2. Native Place3. Personal History4. His Preparation(1) Knowledge of God(2) Acquaintance with History ...

Amos (2)

a'-mos (Amos): An ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy, the eighth before Joseph, the husband of Mary (Lu 3:25).

Amoz

a'-moz (amots, "strong"): The father of Isaiah the prophet (2Ki 19:2,20;20:1;2Ch 26:22;32:20,32;Isa 1:1;2:1;13:1;20:2;37:2,21;38:1).

Amphipolis

am-fip'-o-lis (Amphipolis): A town in Macedonia, situated on the eastern bank of the Strymon (modern Struma or Karasu) some three miles from its mouth, near the point where it f...

Amplias

am'-pli-as (Textus Receptus Amplias), the King James Version form: a contraction of AMPLIATUS (thus, the Revised Version (British and American); which see).

Ampliatus

am-pli-a'-tus (Ampliatos, Codex Sinaiticus, A,B,F, Ampliatus; Amplias, D,E,L,P, the Revised Version (British and American) form; the King James Version Amplias): The name of a m...