Arom
a'-rom (Arom): The sons of Arom returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:16). Omitted in Ezra and Nehemiah. Hashum is found in place of Arom inEzr 2:19.
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Arpachshad
ar-pak'-shad. SeeARPHAXAD.
Arpad; Arphad
ar'-pad; ar'-fad ('arpadh, "support"): A city of Syria, captured frequently by the Assyrians, and finally subjugated by Tiglath-pileser III in 740 BC, after a siege of two years...
Arphaxad
ar-fak'-sad:(1) the King James Version form (Ge 10:22,24;11:12,13;1Ch 1:17) of the Revised Version (British and American)ARPACHSHAD, which see. See alsoTABLE OF NATIONS.(2) In A...
Array
a-ra': (1) labhesh, `aTah; periballo, enduomai, himatismos.(2) `arakh, shith: "Array," composed of prefix "ar-" and "rai," "order," is used in two senses,(1) in reference to clo...
Arrest, And Trial Of Jesus
a-rest', seeJESUS CHRIST, THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF.
Arrive
a-riv': Originally a nautical term (Latin: ad ripam) for reaching shore, is used in the literal sense inLu 8:26, and, in the figurative sense for Greek phthano, instead of "atta...
Arrogancy
ar'-o-gan-si: Excessive pride, leading to boastfulness and insolence (1Sa 2:3;Pr 8:13;Isa 13:11;Jer 48:29).
Arrow
ar'-o. SeeARCHERY;ARMOR.
Arrows, Divination By
SeeAUGURY, IV, 1.
Arrowsnake
ar'-o-snak: InIsa 34:15the Hebrew word kippoz, which in the King James Version is rendered "great owl," is in the English Revised Version rendered "arrowsnake," and in the Ameri...
Arsaces
ar-sa'-sez ar'-sa-sez (Arsakes): The common name assumed by all the Parthian kings, is mentioned in 1 Macc 14:1- 3, and in 15:22 in connection with the history of Demetrius, one...
Arsareth
ar'-sa-reth. SeeARZARETH.
Arsiphurith
ar-si-fu'-rith (Arsiphourith; the King James Version Azephurith): 112 of the sons of Arsiphurith returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:16). The name is omitted in Ez...
Artaxerxes
ar-taks-urk'-sez (Artaxerxes): Is the Greek and Latin form of one, and perhaps of two or three kings of Persia mentioned in the Old Testament.(1) All are agreed that the Artaxer...
Artemas
ar'-te-mas (Artemas): One of the seventy disciples and bishop of Lystra, according to Dorotheus (Bibl. Maxima (Lugd. 1677), III, 429). He is mentioned in Titus 3:12 as one of th...
Artemis
ar'-te-mis. SeeDIANA.
Artificer
ar-tif'-i-ser. SeeCRAFTS.
Artillery
ar-til'-er-i (keli): In1Sa 20:40(the King James Version) of Jonathan's bow and arrows, replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) byWEAPONS; and in 1 Macc 6:51 (the ...
Artisan
ar'-ti-zan. SeeCRAFTS.
Arts
SeeCRAFTS.
Arubboth; Aruboth
a-rub'-oth, ar'-u-both (ha-'arubboth; the King James Version Aruboth): One of the 12 districts from which victuals for Solomon's household were obtained (1Ki 4:10). With Arubbot...
Arumah
a-roo'-ma (arumah, "lofty"): The town in which Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal (Gideon), dwelt when driven from Shechem (Jud 9:41). The ruins El-Ormeh, 6 miles Southeast of Shec...
Arvad; Arvadites
ar'-vad, ar'-vad-its ('arwadh; Arados; modern Ruad): An island city off the coast of Syria some 30 miles North of Tripolis, and the race inhabiting it. It was a barren rock cove...
Arza
ar'-za ('artsa'): A steward of King Elah, in whose house at Tirzah Zimri murdered the king at a drinking debauch. The text is not quite clear, and Arza might have been a servant...
Arzareth
ar'-za-reth, ar'-sareth (the King James Version, Arsareth): This is the land to which the ten tribes were deported (2 Esdras 13:45). It is described as "another land" lying a ye...
As
az: Conj. and adverb (usually Greek hos hosper, kathos), designating:(1) Likeness: (a) between nouns (Ge 3:5;Jud 6:5;Php 2:8;Heb 11:27,29); (b) between verbs (Lu 6:36;Joh 5:30;1...