American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Abiram

A prince of Reuben, who with Korah, Dathan, etc., conspired to overthrow the authority of Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, Nu 16:1-50.

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Abishag

A beautiful virgin of Shunem, in Issachar, chosen to marry David in his old age and cherish him. After his death, Adonijah sought her hand to promote his treasonable aspirations...

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Abishai

A son of Zeruiah, David’s sister, brother of Joab and Asahel, one of the bravest of David’s mighty men, 1Ch 2:16, and always faithful to his royal uncle. He went with him alone ...

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Abishua

Son of Phinehasm and fourth high priest, 1Ch 6:50. He was probably a contemporary of Eglon and Ehud, Jud 3:1-31.

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Abner

The son of Ner, Saul’s uncle, and the general of his armies, 1Sa 14:50. For seven years after Saul’s death, he supported Ish-bosheth; but being reproved by him for his conduct t...

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Abomination

A term applied in Scripture to objects of great detestation. Idols and their worship were so named, because they robbed God of his honor, while the rites themselves were impure ...

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Abomination Of Desolation

TheABOMINATION OF DESOLATIONforetold by, Da 9:27 denotes, probably, the image of Jupiter, erected in the temple of Jerusalem by command of Antiochus Epiphanes. But by the Abomin...

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Abraham

Father of a multitude, Ge 17:4,5; the great founder of the Jewish nation. He was a son of Terah, a descendant of Shem, and born in Ur, a city of Chaldea, A.M. 2008, B. C. 1996, ...

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Abraham’s Bosom

In Lu 16:22, Lazarus is said to have been carried to Abraham’s bosom, that is, to the state of bliss in paradise which the father of the faithful was enjoying. This is often rep...

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Abram

High father, afterwards named Abraham.

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Absalom

Only son of David by Maacah, 2Sa 3:3. He was remarkable for his beauty and for his fine head of hair, 2Sa 14:25, which being cut from time to time when it incommoded him, used t...

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Accad

One of the four cities built in the plain of Shinar by Nimrod, founder of the Assyrian empire, Ge 10:10. Its site is identified by some travellers with ruins, which lie from six...

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Accho

A city of the tribe of Asher, Jud 1:31. In the New Testament, Accho is called Ptolemais, Ac 21:7; from one of the Ptolemais, who enlarged and beautified it. The crusaders gave i...

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Aceldama

Field of blood, a small field south of Jerusalem, which the priest purchased with the thirty pieces of silver that Judas had received as the price of our Savior’s blood, Mt 27:8...

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Achaia

Is used in the New Testament for the whole region of Greece south of Macedonia, including the Peloponnesus, or Morea, and some territory north of the gulf of Corinth, Ac 18:12; ...

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Achan

The son of Carmi, who disobeyed the strict charge of the Lord, and purloined some of the spoils of Jericho which were doomed to destruction. This brought a curse and defeat upon...

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Achish

Kin of Gath, a city of the Philistines, to whom David twice fled for protection from Saul. On the first occasion, being recognized by the king’s officers, and thinking his life ...

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Achmetha

Ezr 6:2, supposed to mean Ecbatana, a city of Media, inferior to none in the East but Babylon and Nineveh. It was surrounded by seven walls, of different heights and colors, and...

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Achor

Trouble, a valley north of Jericho; so called, perhaps, from the troubles occasioned by the sin of Achan, who was here put to death, Jos 7:26. The prophets allude to it with pro...

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Achsah

The daughter of Caleb, given in marriage with a large dowry to his nephew Othniel, as a prize for taking the city Debir, Jos 15:15- 17; Jud 1:12,13.

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Achshaph

A royal city of the Canaanites, Jos 11:1, conquered by Joshua, and assigned to the tribe of Asher, Jos 12:20; 19:25.

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Achzib

A city of Asher, from which, however, the Jews were unable to expel the Canaanites, Jud 1:31. It was afterwards called by the Greeks, Ecdippa, and is now named Zib; it lay on th...

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Acts Of The Apostles

A canonical book of the New Testament, written by Luke as a sequel to his gospel, and a history in part of the early church. It is not, however, a record of the acts of all the ...

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Adam

1. The progenitor and representative head of our race; formed of the dust of the ground, and made a living soul by the Creator’s breath. He was the last work of the creation, an...

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Adamant

A name anciently used for the diamond, the hardest of all minerals. It is used for cutting or writing upon glass and other hard substances, Jer 17:1. It is also employed figurat...

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Adar

The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil year. In this month occurred the celebrated feast of Purim. It nearly answers to our March. As th...

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Adder

A species of serpent, more commonly called viper. The word adder is used five times in the Bible, as a translation of four different serpents of the venomous sort. In Ge 49:17, ...