Ahaziah
1. Son and successor of Ahab, king of Israel, 1Ki 22:512Ki 1:1-18. He reigned two years, alone and with his father, who associated him in the kingdom the year before his death, ...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Ahiah
Son of Ahitub, and high priest in the reign of Saul, 1Sa 14:3. He was probably the brother of his successor Ahimelech, slain by Saul, 1Sa 22:9.
Ahijah
A prophet and chronicler of the times of Solomon and Jeroboam, 1Ki 11:292Ch 9:29. He is thought to be the person who spoke in God’s name to Solomon while building the temple, 1K...
Ahikam
Sent by Josiah to Huldah the prophetess, when the book of the law was found in the temple, 2Ki 22:12. He afterwards nobly befriended the prophet Jeremiah, Jer 26:24; 39:14.
Ahimaaz
The son and successor of Zadok became high priest in the reign of Solomon. During the reign of David, he revealed to him the counsels of Absalom and his advisers in rebellion, 2...
Ahimelech
1. Son of Ahitub, and brother of Ahiah, whom he succeeded in the high priesthood. Some think, however, that both names belong to the same person. During his priesthood the taber...
Ahinoam
1. Daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul, 1Sa 14:50.2. A woman of Jezreel, wife of David and mother Amnon. She was taken captive by the Amalekites, at Ziklag, 1Sa 30:5; but was r...
Ahio
A son of Abinadab, who went before the ark of God on its way to Jerusalem from his father’s house; thus escaping the fate of Uzzah his brother, 2Sa 6:3-7.
Ahithophel
A native of Giloh, originally one of David’s most intimate and valued friends; but upon the defection and rebellion of Absalom, he espoused the cause of that prince, and became ...
Ahitub
1. Grandson of Eli, and son of Phinehas, in whose place he succeeded to the high priesthood on the death of Eli, Phinehas having perished in battle, B. C. 1141, 1Sa 4:11.2. Son ...
Aholah And Aholibah
Two symbolical names, adopted by Ezekiel, Eze 23:4, to denote the two kingdoms of Judah and Samaria. They are represented as sisters, and of Egyptian extraction. Aholah stands f...
Ahram
The father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses. He died in Egypt, aged one hundred and thirty-seven, Ex 6:18,20.
Ai
Called also Hai, Ge 12:8; Aija, Ne 11:31; and Aiath, Isa 10:28. A royal city of the Canaanites, east of Bethel, near which Abraham once sojourned and built an altar, Ge 12:8; 13...
Ain
Fountain, spelt EN in the English Sisle, in compound words, as En- rogel. It is the name of a city of Judah, afterwards assigned to Simeon, Jos 15:32; 1Ch 4:32. Also of a place ...
Air
1. The air or atmosphere surrounding the earth is often denoted by the word heaven; so "the fowls of heaven" means the birds of the air.2. To "beat the air," and to "speak in th...
Ajalon Or Aijalon
1. A town in the tribe of Dan, assigned to the Levites, sons of Kohath, Jos 21:24. It was not far from Timnath, and was taken by the Philistines from Ahaz, 2Ch 28:18. It lay in ...
Akrabbim
Scorpions, A point in the frontier line of the promised land, Jud 1:36, and in a region infested with serpents and scorpions, De 8:15. It is to be found probably in the mountain...
Alabaster
A sort of stone, of fine texture, either the white gypsum, a sulphate of lime, or the onyx-alabaster, a hard carbonate of lime, having the color of the human nail, and nearly al...
Alamoth
A musical term, indicating probably music for female voices, Ps 46:1; 1Ch 15:20.
Alexander
1. The Great, the famous son and successor of Philip, king of Macedon. He is alluded to in Da 7:6 8:4-7, under the figures of a leopard with four wings, and a one-horned he-goat...
Alexandria
A celebrated city in Lower Egypt, situated between the Mediterranean Sea and the lake Mareotis, not far from the most westerly mouth of the Nile. It was founded by Alexander the...
Algum
The same asALMUG, which see.
Allegory
A figurative mode of discourse, which employs terms literally belonging to one thing, in order to express another. It is strictly a prolonged metaphor. Such are Nathan’s address...
Alleluia
SeeHALLELUJAH.
Allon-Bachuth
Oak of weeping; the spot where Rebekah’s nurse was buried, Ge 35:8.
Almon-Diblathaim
One of the encampments of the Israelites on their way from Mount Hor to the plains of Moab; location unknown, Nu 33:46.
Almond-Tree
This tree resembles a peach-tree, but is larger. In Palestine, it blossoms in January, and in March has fruit. Its blossoms are white. Its Hebrew name signifies a watcher, and t...