Abode
a-bod'. SeeABIDE.
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Abolish
a-bol'-ish (chathath, "to be broken down," "made void," "My righteousness shall not be abolished" (Isa 51:6), i.e. as shown in God's faithfulness to His promises; machah, "to er...
Abomination
a-bom-i-na'-shun (piggul, to`ebhah, sheqets (shiqquts)): Three distinct Hebrew words are rendered in the English Bible by "abomination," or "abominable thing," referring (except...
Abomination Of Desolation
des-o-la'-shun: The Hebrew root for abomination is shaqats, "to be filthy," "to loathe," "to abhor," from which is derived shiqquts, "filthy," especially "idolatrous." This word...
Abomination, Birds Of
Le 11:13-19: "And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the osprey, and the ki...
Abound; Abundance; Abundant; Abundantly
a-bound', a-bun'-dans, a-bun'-dant, a-bun'-dant-li: These words represent in the English Versions of the Bible a considerable variety of different words in the Hebrew and Greek ...
About
a-bout': The use of this word as a preposition, in the sense of "around," is confined to the Old Testament. In the New Testament, generally an adverb, for Greek hos or "hosei." ...
Abraham
a'-bra-ham:I. NAME 1. Various Forms 2. Etymology 3. Association II. KINDRED III. CAREER 1. Period of Wandering 2. Period of Residence at Hebron 3. Period of Residence in the Neg...
Abraham, Book Of
SeeAPOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.
Abraham's Bosom
booz'-um (kolpos Abraam; kolpoi Abraam): Figurative. The expression occurs inLu 16:22,23, in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, to denote the place of repose to which Laza...
Abram
a'-bram. SeeABRAHAM.
Abrech
a'-brek: Transliteration of the Hebrew 'abhrekh, inGe 41:43the Revised Version, margin, of which both the origin and meaning are uncertain. It was the salutation which the Egypt...
Abroad
a-brod: An idiomatic rendering of aphiketo (literally, "arrived"), "come abroad" is used inRo 16:19to indicate a report that has been most widely diffused (literally, "did reach...
Abroad, Scattered
SeeDISPERSION.
Abronah
a-bro'-na, the King James Version Ebronah (`abhronah): One of the stations of Israel in the wilderness on the march from Sinai to Kadesh--the station next before that at Ezion-g...
Absalom (1)
ab'-sa-lom ('abhshalom, "father is peace," written also Abishalom,1Ki 15:2,10): David's third son by Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, a small territory between Hermon...
Absalom (2)
(Apocrypha) (Codex Vaticanus, Abessalomos and Abessalom; Codex Alexandrinus, Absalomos, the King James Version Absalon):(1) Father of Mattathias, a captain of the Jewish army (1...
Absalon
ab'-sa-lon. SeeABSALOM(in the Apocrypha).
Absolution
ab-so-lu'-shun (translation of verbs luo, "loose," etc., and aphiemi, "release," "give up," etc.): Not a Biblical, but an ecclesiastical term, used to designate the official act...
Abstinence
abs'-ti-nens: Abstinence as a form of asceticism reaches back into remote antiquity, and is found among most ancient peoples. It may be defined as a self-discipline which consis...
Abubus
a-bu'-bus (Aboubos): The father of Ptolemy, who deceitfully slew Simon Maccabee and his sons at Dok near Jericho (1 Macc 16:11,15).
Abundance; Abundant
a-bun'-dans, a-bun'-dant. SeeABOUND.
Abuse
a-buz': "To dishonor," "to make mock of," "to insult," etc.(1) Translated in the Old Testament from `alal, "to do harm," "to defile" (Jud 19:25), "to make mock of" (1Sa 31:4).(2...
Abyss
a-bis', (he abussos): In classical Greek the word is always an adjective, and is used(1) literally, "very deep," "bottomless";(2) figuratively, "unfathomable," "boundless." "Aby...
Abyssinia
ab-i-sin'-i-a. SeeETHIOPIA.
Acacia
a-ka'-sha (shiTTah, the shittah tree of the King James Version,Isa 41:19, and `atse-shiTTah, acacia wood; shittah wood the King James Version,Ex 25:5,10,13;26:15,26;27:1,6;De 10...
Acatan
ak'-a-tan. SeeAKATAN(Apocrypha).