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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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ARKITE, THE
from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the context evidently located in the north of Phoenicia. The site which now bears t...
ARMAGEDDON
(the hill or city of Megiddo). (Revelation 16:16) The scene of the struggle of good and evil is suggested by that battle-field, the plain of Esdraelon, which was famous for two ...
ARMENIA
(land of Aram) is nowhere mentioned under that name in the original Hebrew, though it occurs in the English version, (2 Kings 19:37) for Ararat. Description. --Armenia is that l...
ARMLET
an ornament universal in the East, especially among women; used by princes as one of the insignia of royalty, and by distinguished persons in general. The word is not used in th...
ARMONI
son of Saul by Rizpah. (2 Samuel 21:8)
ARMS, ARMOR
The subject naturally divides itself into-- I. Offensive weapons: Arms. II. Defensive weapons: Armor. I. Offensive weapons. --Apparently the earliest known and most widely used ...
ARMY
I. JEWISH ARMY.--Every man above 20 years of age was a soldier, (Numbers 1:3) each tribe formed a regiment, with its own banner and its own leader (Numbers 2:2; 10:14) their pos...
ARNAN
In the received Hebrew text "the sons of Arnan" are mentioned in the genealogy of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21)
ARNI
(Used in the Revised Version for Aram in (Luke 3:33) and is probably another name or form of the name of Aram. [ARAM, 4])
ARNON
(roaring), the river or torrent which formed the boundary between Moab and the Amorites, on the north of Moab, (Numbers 21:13,14,24,26; Judges 11:22) and afterwards between Moab...
AROD
(a wild ass), a son of Gad, (Numbers 26:17) called ARODI in (Genesis 46:16)
ARODI
[AROD]
ARODITES
[AROD]
AROER
(ruins).A city on the torrent Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon king of the Amorites and afterwards of the tribe of Reuben, (2:36; 3:12; 4:48; Joshua 12:2; 13:...
AROERITE
Hothan the Aroerite was the father of two of David’s captains. (1 Chronicles 11:44)
ARPAD, OR ARPHAD
(strong city), (Isaiah 36:19; 37:13) a city or district in Syria, apparently dependent on Damascus. (Jeremiah 49:23) No trace of its existence has yet been discovered. (2 Kings ...
ARPHAXAD
(stronghold of the Chaldees).The son of Shem and ancestor of Eber. (Genesis 10:22,24; 11:10)Arphaxad, a king "who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana," Judith 1:1-4; perhaps the ...
ARROWS
[ARMS, ARMOR]
ARTAXERXES
(the great warrior).The first Artaxerxes is mentioned in (Ezra 4:7) and appears identical with Smerdis, the Magian impostor and pretended brother of Cambyses, who usurped the th...
ARTEMAS
(gift of Artemis), a companion of St. Paul. (Titus 3:12) According to tradition he was bishop of Lystra.
ARUBOTH
(windows), the third of Solomons commissariat districts. (1 Kings 4:10) It included Sochoh, and was therefore probably a name for the rich corn-growing lowland country.
ARUMAH
(height), a place apparently in the neighborhood of Shechem, at which Abimelech resided. (Judges 9:41)
ARVAD
(wandering) (Ezekiel 27:8,11) The island of Ruad, which lies off Tortosa (Tartus), two or three miles from the Phoenician coast. In agreement with this is the mention of "the Ar...
ARVADITE
[ARVAD]
ARZA
prefect of the palace at Tirzah to Elah king of Israel, who was assassinated at a banquet in his house by Zimri. (1 Kings 16:9)
ASA
(physician, or cure).Son of Abijah and third king of Judah. (B.C. 956-916.) (His long reign of 41 years was peaceful in its earlier portion, and he undertook the reformation of ...