JOHN THE BAPTIST
was of the priestly race by both parents, for his father, Zacharias, was himself a priest of the course of Abia or Abijah, (1 Chronicles 24:10) and Elisabeth was of the daughter...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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JOHN, GOSPEL OF
This Gospel was probably written at Ephesus about A.D. 78. (Canon Cook places it toward the close of John’s life, A.D. 90-100. --ED.) The Gospel was obviously addressed primaril...
JOHN, THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF
There can be no doubt that the apostle John was the author of this epistle. It was probably written from Ephesus, and most likely at the close of the first century. In the intro...
JOHN, THE SECOND AND THIRD EPISTLES OF
The second epistle is addressed to an individual woman. One who had children, and a sister and nieces, is clearly indicated. According to one interpretation she is "the Lady Ele...
JOIAKIM
(whom Jehovah sets up), a high priest, son of the renowned Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:10) (B.C. before 446.)
JOIARIB
(whom Jehovah defends.)A layman who returned form Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:16) (B.C. 459.)The founder of one of the courses of priests, elsewhere called in full JEHOIARIB. (Ne...
JOKDEAN
(possessed by the people), a city of Judah, in the mountains, (Joshua 15:56) apparently south of Hebron.
JOKIM
(whom Jehovah has set up), one of the sons of Shelah the son of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:22)
JOKMEAM
(gathered by the people), a city of Ephraim, given with its suburbs to a Kohathite Levites. (1 Chronicles 6:68) The situation of Jokmeam (in Authorized Version JOKNEAM) is to a ...
JOKNEAM
(possessed by the people), a city of the tribe of Zebulun, allotted with its suburbs to the Merarite Levites. (Joshua 21:34) Its modern site is Tell Kaimon, an eminence which st...
JOKSHAN
(fowler), a son of Abraham and Keturah, (Genesis 25:2,3; 1 Chronicles 1:32) whose sons were Sheba and Dedan.
JOKTAN
(small), son of Eber, (Genesis 10:25; 1 Chronicles 1:19) and the father of the Joktanite Arabs. (Genesis 10:30) (B.C. about 2200.)
JOKTHEEL
(subdued by God).A city in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:38) named next to Lachish."God-subdued," the title given by Amaziah to the cliff (Authorized Version Selah) --the...
JONA
(a dove) (Greek form of Jonah), the father of the apostle Peter, (John 1:42) who is hence addressed as Simon Barjona (i.e. son of Jona) in (Matthew 16:17)
JONADAB
(whom Jehovah impels).Son of Shimeah and nephew of David. (B.C. 1033.) He is described as "very subtle." (2 Samuel 13:3) His age naturally made him the friend of his cousin Amno...
JONAH
(dove), the fifth of the minor prophets, was the son of Amittai, and a native of Gath-hepher. (2 Kings 14:25) He flourished in or before the reign of Jeroboam II., about B.C. 82...
JONAM
(gift or grace of God), the form given to JONAN in the Revised Version of (Luke 3:30)
JONAN
(perhaps a contraction of Johnana, gift or grace of God), son of Eliakim, in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:30) (B.C. before 876.)
JONAS
(a dove).The prophet Jonah. (Matthew 12:39,40,41; 16:4)Father of Peter. (John 21:15-17) [JONA]
JONATHAN
that is, "the gift of Jehovah, " the eldest son of King Saul. (B.C. about 1095-1056.) He was a man of great strength and activity. (2 Samuel 1:23) He was also famous as a warrio...
JONATHELEMRECHOKIM
(a dumb love of (in) distant places), a phrase found once only in the Bible, as a heading to the 56th psalm. Aben Ezra, who regards Jonath-elem-rechokim as merely indicating the...
JOPPA, OR JAPHO
(beauty), now Jaffa, a town on the southwest coast of Palestine, in the portion of Dan. (Joshua 19:46) Having a harbor attached to it --though always, as still, a dangerous one ...
JORAH
(the early rain), the ancestor of a family of 112 who returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 2:18) In (Nehemiah 7:24) he appears under the name HARIPH, or more correctly the sam...
JORAI
(whom Jehovah teaches), one of the Gadites dwelling at Gilead in Bashan, in the reign of Jothan king of Judah. (1 Chronicles 5:13)
JORAM
(whom Jehovah has exalted).Son of Ahab king of Israel. (2 Kings 8:16,25,28,29; 9:14,17,21-23,29) [JEHORAM, 1]Son of Jehosphaphat; king of Judah. (2 Kings 8:21,23,24; 1 Chronicle...
JORDAN
(the descender), the one river of Palestine, has a course of little more than 200 miles, from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the head of the Dead Sea. (136 miles in a straight lin...
JORIM
(whom Jehovah has exalted), son of Matthat, in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:29)