ACHSAH
(ankle-chain, anklet), daughter of Caleb. Her father promised her in marriage to whoever should take Debir. Othniel, her father’s younger brother, took that city, and accordingl...
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ACHSHAPH
(fascination), a city within the territory of Asher, named between Beten and Alammelech, (Joshua 19:25) originally the seat of a Canaanite king. (Joshua 11:1; 12:20)
ACHZIB
(lying, false).A city in the lowlands of Judah, named with Keilah and Mareshah. (Joshua 15:44; Micah 1:14) It is probably the same with CHEZIB and CHOZEBA, which see.A town belo...
ACRABBIM
See MAALEH-ACRABBIM, (Joshua 15:3) in the margin.
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
the fifth book in the New testament and the second treatise by the author of the third Gospel, traditionally known as Luke. The book commences with an inscription to one Theophi...
ADADAH
(festival or boundary), one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah, named with Dimonah and Kedesh. (Joshua 15:22)
ADAH
(ornament, beauty).The first of the two wives of Lamech, by whom were borne to him Jabal and Jubal. (Genesis 4:19) (B.C. 3600).A Hittitess, one of the three wives of Esau, mothe...
ADAIAH
(adorned by Jehovah).Maternal grandfather of King Josiah, and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah. (2 Kings 22:1) (B.C. 648.)A Levite of the Gershonite branch, and ancest...
ADALIA
(a fire-god), the fifth son of Haman. (Esther 9:8)
ADAM
a city on the Jordan, "beside Zaretan," in the time of Joshua. (Joshua 3:16)
ADAM
Man, generically, for the name Adam was not confined to the father of the human race, but like homo was applicable to woman as well as to man. (Genesis 5:2)
ADAM
(red earth), the name given in Scripture to the first man. It apparently has reference to the ground from which he was formed, which is called in Hebrew Adamah. The idea of redn...
ADAMAH
(red earth), one of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali, named between Chinnereth and Ramah. (Joshua 19:36)
ADAMANT
the translation of the Hebrew word Shamir in (Ezekiel 3:9) and Zech 7:12 In (Jeremiah 17:1) it is translated "diamond." In these three passages the word is the representative of...
ADAMI
(my man, earth), a place on the border of Naphtali. (Joshua 19:33)
ADAR
[MONTH]
ADAR
(high), a place on the south boundary of Judah. (Joshua 15:3)
ADASA
(new), a place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon. 1Ma 7:40,45 [HADASHAH]
ADBEEL
(offspring of God), a son of Ishmael, (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29) and probably the progenitor of an Arab tribe. (B.C. about 1850.)
ADDAN
(strong or stony), one of the places from which some of the captivity returned with Zerubbabel to Judea who could not show their pedigree as Israelites. (Ezra 2:59) Called ADDON...
ADDAR
(mighty one), son of Bela, (1 Chronicles 8:3) called ARD in (Numbers 26:40)
ADDER
This word is used for any poisonous snake, and is applied in this general sense by the translators of the Authorized Version. The word adder occurs five times in the text of the...
ADDI
(ornament). (Luke 3:28) Son of Cosam, and father of Melchi in our Lord’s genealogy; the third above Salathiel.
ADDON
(lord). [ADDAN]
ADER
(flock), a Benjamites, son of Beriah, chief of the inhabitants of Aijalon. (1 Chronicles 8:15) The name is more correctly Eder.
ADIDA
a fortified town near Jerusalem, probably the HADID of (Ezra 2:33) and referred to in 1Ma 12:38
ADIEL
(ornament of God).A prince of the tribe of Simeon, descended from the prosperous family of Shimei. (1 Chronicles 4:36) He took part in the murderous raid made by his tribe upon ...