Amram
am'-ram (`amram, "people exalted"):(1) Father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam (Ex 6:20;Nu 26:59;1Ch 6:3;23:13); and a son of Kohath, the son of Levi (Ex 6:18;Nu 3:19, etc.). It is no...
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Amramites
am'-ram-its (`amrami): The descendants of Amram, one of the Levitical families mentioned inNu 3:27and1Ch 26:23, who had the charge of the tabernacle proper, guarding the ark, ta...
Amraphel
am'-ra-fel, am-ra'-fel ('amraphel, or, perhaps better, 'ameraphel).1. The Expedition Against Sodom and Gomorrah:This name, which is identified with that of the renowned Babyloni...
Amulet
am'-u-let (qemia, lechashim, mezuzah, tephillin, tsitsith; phulakterion): Modern scholars are of opinion that our English word amulet comes from the Latin amuletum, used by Plin...
Amzi
am'-zi (`amtsi, "my strength"):(1) A Levite of the family of Merari (1Ch 6:46).(2) A priest of the family of Adaiah in the second temple. His father's name was Zechariah (Ne 11:...
Anab
a'-nab (`anabh, "grapes"; Codex Vaticanus, Anon or Anob): Mentioned in the list of cities which fell to Judah (Jos 15:50). In the list it follows Debir, from which it was a shor...
Anael
an'-a-el (Anael): A brother of Tobit mentioned once only (/APC Tobit 1:21) as the father of Achiacharus, who was an official in Nineveh under Esar-haddon.
Anah
a'-na (`anah, meaning uncertain; a Horite clan-name (Ge 36)):(1) Mother of Aholibamah, one of the wives of Esau and daughter of Zibeon (compareGe 36:2,14,18,25). The Septuagint,...
Anaharath
a-na'-ha-rath ('ana-charath, meaning unknown): A place which fell to the tribe of Issachar in the division of the land (Jos 19:19). Located in the valley of Jezreel toward the E...
Anaiah
an-a-i'-a, a-ni'-a (`anayah, "Yah has answered"):(1) a Levite who assisted Ezr in reading the law to the people (Ne 8:4), perhaps the person called Ananias in Esdras 9:43.(2) On...
Anak
an'-nak. SeeANAKIM.
Anakim
an'-a-kim (`anaqim; Enakim, or Enakeim; also called "sons of Anak" (Nu 13:33), and "sons of the Anakim" (De 1:28)): The spies (Nu 13:33) compared them to the Nephilim or "giants...
Anamim
an'-a-mim (`anamim): Descendants of Mizraim (Ge 10:13;1Ch 1:11). SeeTABLE OF NATIONS.
Anammelech
a-nam'-e-lek (`anammelekh = Assyrian Anu-malik, "Anu is the prince"): A Babylonian (?) deity worshipped by the Sepharvites in Samaria, after being transported there by Sargon. T...
Anan
a'-nan (`anan, "cloud"):(1) One of those who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant (Ne 10:26).(2) A returned exile (1 Esdras 5:30). He is called Hanan inEzr 2:46andNe 7:49.
Anani
a-na'-ni `anani, perhaps a shortened form of Ananiah, "Yah has covered"): A son of Elioenai of the house of David, who lived after the captivity (1Ch 3:24).
Ananiah
an-a-ni'-a `ananyah, ("Yah has covered"):(1) Grandfather of Azariah. He assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem after his return from the exile (Ne 3:23).(2) A town of Benj...
Ananias (1)
an-a-ni'-as (Ananias; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Hananias; chananyah, "Yah has been gracious"): The name was common among the Jews. In its Hebrew form it is ...
Ananias (2)
(Apocrypha), an-a-ni'-as:(1) Ananias, the Revised Version (British and American) Annis, the Revised Version, margin, Annias (1 Esdras 5:16). SeeANNIS.(2) A son of Emmer (1 Esdra...
Ananiel
a-nan'-i-el (Ananiel, "God is gracious"): An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1).
Anath
a'-nath (`anath): Father of Shamgar (Jud 3:31;5:6). This name is connected with the Phoenician and Canaanite goddess `Anat, which was also worshipped in Egypt. She is mentioned ...
Anathema
a-nath'-e-ma (anathema): This word occurs only once in the King James Version, namely, in the phrase "Let him be anathema. Maranatha" (1Co 16:22); elsewhere the King James Versi...
Anathoth
an'-a-thoth (`anathoth; Anathoth): A town which lay between Michmash and Jerusalem (Isa 10:30), in the territory of Benjamin, assigned to the Levites (Jos 21:18). It was the nat...
Anathothite
an'-a-thoth-it (ha-`annethothi): the Revised Version (British and American) form of the King James Version Anethothite, Anetothite, Antothite. An inhabitant of Anathoth, a town ...
Ancestors
an'-ses-ters (ri'shonim, "first ones"): The word ancestor appears in the English Bible only once (Le 26:45). The Hebrew word, the ordinary adjective "first," occurs more than 20...
Anchor
an'-ker. SeeSHIPS AND BOATS.
Ancient
an'-shent: This word renders several Hebrew words:(1) qedhem, which denotes "beforetime," "yore"; generally the remote past (compareDe 33:15, "ancient mountains";Jud 5:21, Kisho...