Adoniram
ad-o-ni'-ram ('adhoniram, "my lord is exalted"): An official of Solomon (1Ki 4:6;5:14). Near the close of the reign of David, and at the opening of the reign of Rehoboam, the sa...
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Adonis
a-do'-nis: A name for the Babylonian godTAMMUZ, which see. The word occurs only in the English Revised Version, margin ofIsa 17:10, where for "pleasant plants" is read "planting...
Adoption
a-dop'-shun (huiothesia, "placing as a son"):I. THE GENERAL LEGAL IDEA1. In the Old Testament 2. Greek 3. RomanII. PAUL'S DOCTRINE1. In Galatians as Liberty 2. In Romans as Deli...
Ador; Adora
a'-dor, a-do'-ra (Adora): In Idumaea, mentioned in Ant, XIII, ix, 1 as one of the cities captured by Hyrcanus, and referred to in 1 Macc 13:20.SeeADORAIM.
Adoraim
ad-o-ra'-im ('adhorayim, "a pair of knolls," perhaps): One of several cities in Judah that were fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch 11:9). The name appears in Josephus and in 1 Macc as A...
Adoram
a-do'-ram. SeeADONIRAM.
Adoration
ad-o-ra'-shun: Though this word never occurs in English Versions, it represents aspects of worship which are very prominent in the Bible.I. Etymology.The word is derived from La...
Adorn
a-dorn' (kosmeo): Has as its primary meaning "to arrange," "to put In order," "to decorate." It is used with reference to the manner in which Christian women were urged to dress...
Adra
a'-dra. SeeARAD(city).
Adrammelech And Anammelech
a-dram'-el-ek and a-nam'-el-ek ('adhrammelekh and `anammelekh, apparently, according to Assyrian usage, "Adar is prince," "Anu is prince." By Palestinian usage it would be "Adar...
Adramyttium
ad-ra-mit'-i-um (Adramuttion; for other forms see Thayer's lexicon): An ancient city of Mysia in the Roman Province of Asia. The only reference in the New Testament to it is inA...
Adria
a'-dri-a (Westcott-Hort: ho Hadrias or ho Adrias): In Greek Adrias (Polybios i.2.4), Adriatike Thalassa (Strabo iv.204), and Adriatikon Pelagos (Ptolemy iii.15.2), and in Latin ...
Adriel
a'-dri-el (`adhri'el, "my help is God"): The son of Barzillai the Meholathite, to whom Merab the daughter of King Saul was married when she should have been given to David (1Sa ...
Aduel
a-du'-el (Adouel): An ancestor of Tobit (Tobit 1:1).
Adullam
a-dul'-am (`adhullam):(1) A city, with dependencies, and in ancient times having a king, mentioned five times in the Old Testament, each time in a list with other cities (Jos 12...
Adullamite
a-dul'-am-it: The gentilic adjective ofADULLAM, which see. It is used only of Judah's friend Hirah (Ge 38:1,12,20).
Adultery
a-dul'-ter-i: In Scripture designates sexual intercourse of a man, whether married or unmarried, with a married woman.1. Its Punishment:It is categorically prohibited in the Dec...
Adummim
a-dum'-im ('adhummim, perhaps "red spots"): "The ascent of Adummim" is one of the numerous landmarks mentioned in defining the northern border of Judah westward from the mouth o...
Advantage
ad-van'-taj (cakhan): InJob 35:3is interpreted in succeeding clause as "profit." InRo 3:1perissos, is likewise interpreted by a paraphrase in the next sentence. the Revised Vers...
Advent
ad'-vent. SeeINCARNATION;MILLENNIUM;PAROUSIA.
Adventure
ad-ven'-tur: "To risk," "to dare," referring always to an undertaking attended with some peril (Jud 9:17: "My father adventured his life"). CompareDe 28:56. So alsoEc 5:14: "Ric...
Adversary
ad'-ver-sa-ri, ad'-ver-sa-ri: This word (in the singular or plural) is used in the Old Testament to render different Hebrew words. In thirty-two cases the word corresponds to th...
Adversity
ad-vur'-si-ti: In the Revised Version (British and American) exclusively an Old Testament term, expressing the various forms of distress and evil conveyed by four Hebrew words: ...
Advertise
ad'-ver-tiz: This word is found twice in the Old Testament: InNu 24:14(from Hebrew, ya`ats, "to advise") Balsam advises Balak of the future of Israel and its influence upon his ...
Advice; Advise; Advisement
ad-vis', ad-viz', ad-viz'-ment: Aside from their regular meaning these words are peculiarly employed as follows:(1) Advice' In2Sa 19:43(from, dabhar, "word") the meaning is equa...
Advocate
ad'-vo-kat (parakletos): Found in1Joh 2:1, "If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." The Greek word has several shades of meaning:(1) a ...
Adytum
ad'-i-tum (Latin from Greek aduton, adjective adutos, "not to be entered"): Applied to the innermost sanctuary or chambers in ancient temples, and to secret places which were op...