International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Abijah

a-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2Ch 13:20,21), "my father is Yahweh," or "Yahweh is father"): The name of six or more men and two women in the Old Testament.(1) The seventh son...

Abijam

a-bi'-jam ('abhiyam, "father of sea," or, "father of west"). The name given in Kings (1Ki 14:31;15:1,7,8) to the son of Rehoboam who succeeded him as king of Judah. SeeABIJAH.Th...

Abila

ab'-i-la. SeeABILENE.

Abilene

a-bi-le'-ne (Abeilene, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus; Abilene, Codex Sinaiticus): Mentioned inLu 3:1as the tetrarchy of Lysanias at the time when John the Baptist began...

Ability

a-bil'-i-ti (dunamis, or ischus): Variously used of resources, material, mental and spiritual; e.g. of wealth, "gave after their ability" (Ezr 2:69); of mental endowment, "abili...

Abimael

a-bim'-a-el, ab-i-ma'-el ('abhima'el, "my father is God," or "God is father"): The ninth of the thirteen sons of Joktan, who was descendant of Shem, and son of Eber, and brother...

Abimelech

a-bim'-e-lek ('abhimelekh, "father of a king"): A name borne by five Old Testament persons.(1) The name of two kings of Philistia; the first was a contemporary of Abraham, the s...

Abinadab

a-bin'-a-dab ('abhinadhabh, "father of willingness," or, "my father is willing." This is according to the ordinary usage of the second word in the name--"willing" rather than "m...

Abinoam

a-bin'-o-am, ab-i-no'-am ('abhino`am, "father of pleasantness," or, "my father is pleasantness"): A man of Kedesh-naphtali, the father of Barak who defeated the army of Jabin an...

Abiram

a-bi'-ram ('abhiram, "exalted father," or, "my father is an exalted one"):(1) The son of Eliab the son of Pallu the son of Reuben (Nu 26:5 ff;De 11:6). In company with his broth...

Abiron

a-bi'-ron (Abeiron):(1) The Septuagint form (Ecclesiasticus 45:18 the King James Version) of Abiram, one of the sons of Eliab, who, with his brother Dathan, and with one of the ...

Abisei

ab-i-se'-i. SeeABISSEI.

Abishag

ab'-i-shag, a-bi'-shag ('abhishagh, apparently, "father of wandering," that is, "cause of wandering," or "my father wanders"): The Shunammite woman who became nurse to King Davi...

Abishai

ab'-i-shi, a-bi'-shi ('abhishai, in Ch 'abhshai; meaning is doubtful, probably "my father is Jesse," BDB): Son of Zeruiah, David's sister, and one of the three famous brothers, ...

Abishalom

a-bish'-a-lom: Variant ofABSALOM, which see.

Abishua

a-bish'-u-a, abi-shoo'-a ('abhishua`, uncertain, perhaps "father of wealth," or "my father is wealth"):(1) A son of Bela the son of Benjamin (1Ch 8:4).(2) The son of Phinehas, w...

Abishur

a-bi'-shur ('abhishur, "my father is a wall"): Great-grandson of Jerahmeel and Atarah, Jerahmeel being great-grandson of Judah. Abishur was son of Shammai, and was the husband o...

Abissei

Abisue

a-bis'-u-e (Codex Vaticanus, Abisai; Codex Alexandrinus, Abisouai; the King James Version Abisum = Abishua (1Ch 6:4ff;Ezr 7:5) and Abissei (2 Esdras 1:2)): An ancestor of Ezra (...

Abisum

ab'-i-sum. SeeABISUE(Apocrypha).

Abital

ab'-i-tal, a-bi'-tal ('abhiTal, "my father is dew"): One of the wives of King David. In the duplicated list (2Sa 3:4;1Ch 3:3) in which the sons born to David in Hebron are menti...

Abitub

ab'-i-tub, a-bi'-tub ('abhiTubh, "father of goodness," or, "my father is goodness"): In the King James Version Ahitub. A descendant of Benjamin and son of Shaharaim and Hushim, ...

Abiud

a-bi'-ud ('Abioud, perhaps "my father is majesty"; seeABIHUD): Mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus (Mt 1:13and not elsewhere) as the son of Zerubbabel. SeeGENEALOGY.

Abject

ab'-jekt: Only as a noun, and but once (Ps 35:15) for nekheh, literally, "smitten ones," i.e. "men of the lowest grade" (Hengstenberg, Delitzsch), "the rabble," defined by the s...

Able

a'-b'-l: The Greek dunamai, "to have power," may refer either to inherent strength, or to the absence of in external obstacles, or to what may be allowable or permitted. The Gre...

Ablution

ab-lu'-shun: The rite of ablution for religious purification seems to have been practiced in some form in all lands and at all times. The priests of Egypt punctiliously practice...

Abner

ab'-ner ('abhner; in1Sa 14:50the Hebrew has the fuller form, 'abhiner, Abiner; compare Abiram by the side of Abram; meaning, "my father is a lamp"): Captain of the host under Sa...