Ark Of Bulrushes
ark, bool'-rush-iz (tebhah; Egyptian tebt; Septuagint thibis, "a chest," "a vessel to float").1. Definitions:The Hebrew word here translated "ark" is used in the Old Testament o...
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Ark Of Noah
ark, no'-a: A structure built by Noah at the command of God to preserve from the Flood a remnant of the human race and of the animals associated with man. It was constructed of ...
Ark Of Testimony
test'-i-mo-ni. SeeARK OF THE COVENANT.
Ark Of The Covenant
kuv'-e-nant ('aron ha-berith):I. The Statements of the Old Testament Concerning the Ark of the Covenant.1. Pentateuch:InEx 25:10ff, Moses receives the command to build an ark of...
Arkite
ark'-it (`arqi): An inhabitant of the town of Arka, situated some ten or twelve miles Northeast of Tripoils, Syria, and about four miles from the shore of the sea. The Arkites a...
Arm
arm (zeroa`, 'ezroa`, dera`; brachion; chotsen, katheph): The usual form is zeroa` from the root zara`, "to spread." The arm may be "stretched out." 'Ezroa` is this form with pr...
Armageddon
ar-ma-ged'-on Armageddon:Re 16:16; the Revised Version (British and American) "HAR-MAGEDON") (which see).
Armenia
ar-me'-ni-a:I. GEOGRAPHYII. ANCIENT HISTORY1. Turanian ArmeniansTheir Religion2. Aryan Armenians: History to 114 ADLITERATUREI. Geography.'araraT (Sumerian Ar, "region," plus ar...
Armenian Versions, Of The Bible
ar-me'-ni-an vur'-shuns, bi'-bl.I. ANCIENT ARMENIAN1. Circumstances under Which Made2. The TranslatorsApocrypha Omitted3. Revision4. Results of Circulation5. Printed EditionsII....
Armenian; Aryan; Religion
ar-me'-ni-an, ar'-i-an. This greatly resembled that of Persia, though Zoroastrianism and its dualistic system were not professed. We are thus enabled to judge how far the religi...
Armhole
arm'-hol: The Hebrew word 'atstsil, is used inJer 38:12in the sense of armpits. When the prophet was pulled up out of the pit by ropes, the armpits were protected with rags and ...
Armlet
arm'-let: The word translated "bracelet" in2Sa 1:10the King James Version, probably denotes an "armlet," or "arm-band," worn on the upper arm. But it is the same word which with...
Armoni
ar-mo'-ni ('armoni, "belonging to the palace"): One of the two sons of Saul by Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah (2Sa 21:8). David delivered them over to the blood vengeance of the G...
Armor-Bearer
ar'-mer-bar'-er (nose' keli; Greek uses a phrase, ho airon ta skeue, literally "the one carrying the armor"): One who carried the large shield and perhaps other weapons for a ki...
Armor; Arms
ar'-mer, arms.I. ARMOR IN GENERAL--OLD TESTAMENTII. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT; POLYBIUSIII. OFFENSIVE WEAPONS1. Rod2. Sling3. Bow and Arrows4. Spear--Javelin5. SwordIV. DEFENSIVE WEA...
Armory
ar'-mer-i:(1) ('otsar; thesauros): A storehouse (1Ki 7:51;Ne 10:38), but employed figuratively of the stored-up anger of Yahweh which breaks forth in judgments (Jer 50:25).(2) (...
Army
ar'-mi (chayil, "army," tsabha', "host," ma`arakhah, "army in battle array" gedhudh, "troop"):1. The First Campaign of History2. In the Wilderness3. The Times after the Conquest...
Army, Roman
ar'-mi, ro'-man; The treatment of this subject will be confined to(I) a brief description of the organization of the army, and(II) a consideration of the allusions to the Roman ...
Arna
ar'-na (Latin Arna): One of the ancestors of Ezra given in 2 Esdras 1:2, evidently identical with Zerahiah ofEzr 7:4and Zaraias of 1 Esdras 8:2.
Arnan
ar'-nan (`arnan, "joyous"): A descendant of David and founder of a family (1Ch 3:21). The Septuagint has Orna.
Arni
ar'-ni (Arnei, found only inLu 3:33the Revised Version (British and American), following Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek): The name of an ancestor of Jesus Christ....
Arnon
ar'-non ('arnon; Arnon): Is first mentioned inNu 21:24as the border between Moab and the Amorites. "The valleys of Arnon" in the next verse undoubtedly indicate the numerous wad...
Arod
a'-rod, ar'-od ('arodh): The sixth son of Gad (Nu 26:17). His descendants are called Arodi or Arodites (Ge 46:16;Nu 26:17).
Arodi
ar'-o-di. SeeAROD.
Arodites
a'-rod-its. SeeAROD.
Aroer
a-ro'-er (`aro'er; Aroer):(1) A city of the Amorites which stood on the northern edge of the Arnon (De 2:36, etc.). Taken by Israel, it shared the vicissitudes of the country no...
Aroerite
a-ro'-er-it (ha-`aro`eri): A native of Aroer. The Aroerite was Hotham, father of two of David's heroes (1Ch 11:44).