International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

811

Ash (1)

ash ('oren; the Revised Version (British and American) FIR-TREE; the Revised Version, margin Ash): A maker of idols "planteth a fir- tree (margin, "ash"), and the rain doth nour...

812

Ash (2)

(Bear). SeeASTRONOMY.

813

Ashamed

a-shamd': Almost exclusively moral in significance; confusion or abashment through consciousness of guilt or of its exposure. Often including also a sense of terror or fear beca...

814

Ashan

a'-shan (`ashan): An unknown site in the domain of Judah (Jos 15:42), possessed by Simeon (Jos 19:7), and mentioned among the priests' cities in1Ch 6:59. (44) =Jos 21:16(`ayin i...

815

Asharelah; Asarelah

ash-a-re'-la ('asar'elah): One of the Asaphites appointed by David to the temple service (1Ch 25:2); in1Ch 25:14he is called Jesharelah. The latter element in both forms may be ...

816

Ashbea

ash'-be-a, ash-be'-a ('ashbea`): "The house of Ashbea," a family of linen-workers mentioned in1Ch 4:21. We might render beth 'ashbea` as their dwelling-place; nothing is known o...

817

Ashbel; Ashbelite

ash'-bel, ash'-bel-it ('ashbel): The gentilic name "Ashbelite" is found inNu 26:38, second son of Benjamin (Ge 46:21). In1Ch 7:6-11(6) "Jediael" ("known to God") is substituted ...

818

Ashdod

ash'-dod ('ashdodh; Azotos; modern Esdud): One of the five chief cities of the Philistines. The name means stronghold or fortress, and its strength may be inferred by the fact t...

819

Ashdodites

ash'-dod-its, ash'-doth-its: Inhabitants ofASHDOD(which see) (Jos 13:3; the King James Version Ashdothites,Ne 4:7).

820

Ashdoth Pisgah

ash'-doth piz'-ga ('ashdoth ha-picgah): Thus the King James Version for the Revised Version (British and American) "The slopes (the Revised Version, margin springs) of Pisgah." ...

821

Asher (1)

ash'-er ('asher; Aser).1. Biblical Account:According to the Biblical account Asher was the eighth of Jacob's sons, the second borne to him by Zilpah the handmaid of Leah. His ut...

822

Asher (2)

ash'-er ('asher):(1) See preceding article.(2) A town on the southern border of Manasseh (Jos 17:7). The site is unknown.(3) A place of this name is mentioned in Apocrypha (Tobi...

823

Asherah

a-she'-ra, ash'-er-im ('asherah; alsos, mistranslated "grove" in the King James Version, after the Septuagint and Vulgate):1. References to the Goddess2. Assyrian Origin of the ...

824

Asherites

ash'-er-its (ha-'asheri): The descendants of Asher, Jacob's eighth son (Jud 1:32).

825

Ashes

ash'-iz: Among the ancient Hebrews and other Orientals, to sprinkle with or sit in ashes was a mark or token of grief, humiliation, or penitence. Ashes on the head was one of th...

826

Ashhur

ash'-ur (ashchur, the King James Version Ashur): The "father of Tekoa" (1Ch 2:24;4:5), probably the founder of the village. The original meaning of the name is the "man of Horus...

827

Ashima

a-shi'-ma, ash'-i-ma ('ashima'; Asimath): A deity worshipped at Hamath (2Ki 17:30) of whom nothing further is known. It has been suggested that the name is the same as that of t...

828

Ashkelon

ask'-ke-lon, esh'-ka-lon, as'-ke-lon (the King James Version Eshkalon, (Eshkalonites;Jos 13:3); Askelon, (Jud 1:18;1Sa 6:17;2Sa 1:20); 'ashqelon; modern Askelan): A maritime tow...

829

Ashkelonites

ash'-ke-lon-its (Jos 13:3): The people of Ashkelon, who were Philistines.

830

Ashkenaz

ash'-ke-naz ('ashkenaz): The name occurs inGe 10:3;1Ch 16, in the list of the sons of Japheth as a son of Gomer. SeeTABLE OF NATIONS. It occurs also inJer 51:27(the King James V...

831

Ashnah

ash'-na ('ashnah): Two sites,(1)Jos 15:33, a site in the lowlands of Judah, probably near Estaol and Zorah. The small ruin Aslin between those two places may retain an echo of t...

832

Ashpenaz

ash'-pe-naz ('ashpenaz): The master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar was an officer into whose hands the king entrusted those of the children of Israel, and of the princes, and ...

833

Ashriel

ash'-re-el. SeeASRIEL.

834

Ashtaroth

Plural of Ashtoreth. SeeASHTORETH.

835

Ashtaroth; Ashteroth-Karnaim; Beeshterah

ash'-ta-roth, as'-ta-roth (`ashtaroth; the King James Version Astaroth; Astaroth, the city of Og, king of Bashan (De 14, etc.); `ashteroth qarnayim, the scene of the defeat of t...

836

Ashterathite

ash'-te-rath-it, ash-ter'-ath-it (ha-`ashterathi): A native of Ashtaroth: Uzzia, one of David's heroes (1Ch 11:44).

837

Ashteroth-Karnaim

ash'-te-roth kar-na'-im: I.e. "Ashteroth of the two horns," mentioned inGe 14:5as the place of Chedorlaomer's defeat of the Rephaim. SeeASHTAROTH. A Carnaim or Carnion in Gilead...