Ancient Of Days
(`attiq yomin, = Aramaic): On `attiq, seeANCIENT(4). The expression is used in reference to God inDa 7:9,13,22and is not intended to suggest the existence of God from eternity. ...
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Ancients
an-shents: This word (except in one instance) renders the Hebrew word zeqenim, (pl of zaqen), which should always be translated "old men" or "elders." The Hebrew word never has ...
Ancle
an'-k'-l. SeeANKLE.
Andrew
an'-droo (Andreas, i.e. "manly." The name has also been interpreted as "the mighty one, or conqueror"): Andrew was the first called of the Twelve Apostles.I. In New Testament.1....
Andronicus
an-dro-ni'-kus (Andronikos):(1) A deputy of Antiochus Epiphanes, who, while ruling at Antioch, excited the Jews by the murder of Onias, and, upon their formal complaint, was exe...
Anem
a'-nem (`anem, "two springs"; Anam): Anem is mentioned with Ramoth among the cities of Issachar assigned to the priests, the sons of Gershom (1Ch 6:73). In the parallel list (Jo...
Aner (1)
a'-ner (`aner; Septuagint Aunan; Samaritan Pentateuch, `anram, "sprout," "waterfall"): One of the three "confederates" of Abraham in his pursuit after the four kings (Ge 14:13,1...
Aner (2)
a'-ner (`aner, meaning doubtful): A Levitical town in Manasseh, West of the Jordan (1Ch 6:70). Gesenius and others identified it with Taanach ofJos 21:25. There is, however, no ...
Anethothite
an'-e-thoth-it: the King James Version form of Anathothite (thus the Revised Version (British and American)2Sa 23:27).
Anetothite
an'-e-toth-it: the King James Version form of Anathothite (thus the Revised Version (British and American)1Ch 27:12).
Angel
an'-jel (mal'akh; Septuagint and New Testament, aggelos):I. DEFINITION AND SCRIPTURE TERMSII. ANGELS IN OLD TESTAMENT1. Nature, Appearances and Functions2. The Angelic Host3. Th...
Angel Of God
SeeANGEL.
Angel Of Yahweh
SeeANGEL(II, 3).
Angels Of The Seven Churches
It is evident from the contexts of the various Biblical passages in which the word "angel" appears, that the word does not always represent the same idea. In such passages asDa ...
Anger
an'-ger: In the Old Testament, the translation of several Hebrew words, especially of 'aph (lit. "nostril," "countenance"), which is used some 45 times of human, 177 times of Di...
Angle
an'-g'-l: Used inIsa 19:8for a Hebrew noun that is rendered "hook" inJob 41:1: "The fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle (hook) into the Nile shall mourn." For a s...
Angling
an'-gling: Angling, i.e. fishing with a hook or angle, was little known among the ancients. The fish were chiefly taken by casting nets, etc. (seeMt 13:47). Compare e.g. "Then d...
Anglo-Saxon Versions
an-glo-sax'-on vur'-shuns. SeeENGLISH VERSIONS.
Anguish
an'-gwish: Extreme distress of body, mind or spirit; excruciating pain or suffering of soul, e.g. excessive grief, remorse, despair. Chiefly expressed in Old Testament, by four ...
Aniam
a-ni'-am (`ani`am, "lament of the people"): A son of Shemidah of Manasseh (1Ch 7:19).
Anim
a'-nim (`anim, "springs"): One of the cities of the hill country of Judah mentioned immediately after Eshtemoa (Jos 15:50). It is probably represented by the double ruin of el G...
Animal
an'-i-mal: See under the various names and also the general article onZOOLOGY.
Anise; Dill
an'-is, or dil; (RVm, anethon): Not the true anise, Pimpinella anisum, as was supposed by the King James Version translators, but Dill, Anethum graveolens. This is an annual or ...
Ankle
an'-k'-l (in older editions of the King James Version, ancle): From Hebrew me'aphecayim literally, "water of ankles," i.e. shallow water (Eze 47:3); "anklebones" (Ac 3:7) from s...
Anklet; Ankle-Chain
an'-klet, an'-k'-l-chan: "Anklets" is rightly found inIsa 3:18the Revised Version (British and American), and "ankle-chains" inNu 31:50the Revised Version (British and American)...
Anna
an'-a (Anna (Westcott-Hort, Hanna; see Intro, 408); Hebrew equivalent channah, signifying "grace"1Sa 1:2):(1) The wife of Tobit (Tobit 1:9).(2) A "prophetess," daughter of Phanu...
Annaas
an'-a-as (Sanaas, 1 Esdras 5:23, the Revised Version (British and American)SANAAS): The Senaah ofEzr 2:35.