International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

595

Aphekah

a-fe'-ka ('apheqah, "force" or "strength"): An unidentified city in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:53).

596

Apherema

a-fer'-e-ma. SeeAPHAEREMA(Apocrypha).

597

Apherra

a-fer'-a (Apherra): Head of a family of children of Solomon's servants in the post-exilic list, one of eight listed in 1 Esdras 5:34 after Pochereth-hazzebaim ofEzr 2:57=Ne 7:59.

598

Aphiah

a-fi'-a ('aphiach): A Benjaminate and an ancestor of King Saul (1Sa 9:1).

599

Aphik

a'-fik: Variant ofAPHEK(which see).

600

Aphrah

af'-ra: the King James Version form for the Revised Version (British and American)BETH-LEAPHRAH(Mic 1:10).

601

Aphses

af'-sez: the King James Version form for the Revised Version (British and American)HAPPIZZEZ(1Ch 24:15).

602

Apocalypse

a-pok'-a-lips. SeeAPOCALYPTIC LITERATURE;REVELATION OF JOHN.

603

Apocalypse Of Baruch

ba'-ruk. SeeAPOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.

604

Apocalyptic Literature

a-pok-a-lip'-tik lit'-er-a-tur:INTRODUCTORYI. BACKGROUND OF APOCALYPTIC1. Judaism and Hellenism2. Political InfluencesII. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF APOCALYPTIC1. Differences fr...

605

Apocrypha

a-pok'-ri-fa:I. DEFINITIONII. THE NAME APOCRYPHA1. Original Meanings(1) Classical(2) Hellenistic(3) In the New Testament(4) Patristic2. "Esoteric" in Greek Philosophy, etc.III. ...

606

Apocryphal Acts

a-pok'-ri-fal akts:A. GENERAL INTRODUCTIONI. THE MEANING OF "APOCRYPHAL"1. Secret2. False and Heretical3. Extra-CanonicalII. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS1. Romance2. The Supernatural...

607

Apocryphal Epistles

a-pok'-ri-fal e-pis'-ls: A few epistles have been attributed to the Virgin Mary, but these are very late and without value. The following epistles fall to be noted as apocryphal...

608

Apocryphal Gospels

a-pok'-ri-fal gos'-pels:I. INTRODUCTORY1. Early Gospels2. Canonical Gospels3. Apocryphal Gospels4. Gospel according to the HebrewsII. HERETICAL GOSPELS1. Gospel of the Ebionites...

609

Apollonia

ap-o-lo'-ni-a (Apollonia): A town in Mygdonia, a district in Macedonia. It was situated a little to the south of Lake Bolbe, on the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road leading fro...

610

Apollonius

ap-o-lo'-ni-us (Apollonios): A common name among the Syro-Macedonians. Prideaux (Connexion) interrupts his narrative of the year 148 BC to give an account of the different perso...

611

Apollophanes

ap-o-lof'-a-nez, a-pol-o-fa'-nez (Apollophanes): A Syrian killed by Judas Maccabeus (2 Macc 10:37).

612

Apollos

a-pol'-os (Apollos, the short form of Apollonius): Apollos was a Jew of Alexandrian race (Ac 18:24) who reached Ephesus in the summer of 54 AD, while Paul was on his third missi...

613

Apollyon

a-pol'-i-on (Apolluon; 'abhaddon, "destroyer"): Present participle of the verb apolluo, "to destroy."I. Definition.A proper name, original with the author of the Apocalypse and ...

614

Apostasy; Apostate

a-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, "a standing away from"): I.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the English Versions of the Bible, but used twice i...

615

Apostle

a-pos'-l ([@apostolos], literally, "one sent forth," an envoy, missionary): For the meaning of this name as it meets us in the New Testament, reference is sometimes made to clas...

616

Apostles, Gospel Of The Twelve

SeeAPOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

617

Apostles' Creed; The

kred.The Oldest Creed:The Apostles' Creed is the oldest creed, and lies at the basis of most others. Though not, as the long-current legend of its origin affirmed, the direct wo...

618

Apostolic Age

ap-os-tol'-ik aj.1. The Mission:(1) When the disciples realized that they had seen the risen Christ for the last time and that it had now become their duty to spread His message...

619

Apostolic Fathers

An appellation usually given to the writers of the 1st century who employed their pens in the cause of Christianity. SeeSUB-APOSTOLIC LITERATURE.

620

Apostolic Fathers, Epistles Of

SeeSUB-APOSTOLIC LITERATURE.

621

Apostolical Church Ordinances

SeeDIDACHE.