International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Ahava

a-ha'-va ('ahawa'): The river in Babylonia on the banks of which Ezra gathered together the Jews who accompanied him to Jerusalem. At this rendezvous the company encamped for th...

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Ahaz

a'-haz ('achaz, "he has grasped,"2Ki 16;2Ch 28;Isa 7:10ff; Achaz).1. Name:The name is the same as Jehoahaz; hence appears on Tiglath-pileser's Assyrian inscription of 732 BC as ...

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Ahaz, Dial Of

SeeDIAL OF AHAZ.

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Ahaziah

a-ha-zi'-a ('achazyah and 'achazyahu, "Yah holds, or sustains"):I. Ahaziah.Son of Ahab and Jezebel, eighth king of Israel (1Ki 22:51-2Ki 1:18).1. His Reign:Ahaziah became king o...

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Ahban

a'-ban ('achban, "brother of an intelligent one"(?) Achbar): The son of Abishur of the tribe of Judah (1Ch 2:29).

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Aher

a'-her ('acher, "another"; Aer): A man of Benjamin (1Ch 7:12), apparently a contracted form, perhaps the same as Ahiram (King James Version) (Nu 26:38) or Aharah (1Ch 8:1).

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Ahi

a'-hi ('achi, "my brother," or perhaps a contraction fromAHIJAH, which see): (1) A member of the tribe of Gad (1Ch 5:15). (2) A member of the tribe of Asher (1Ch 7:34).

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Ahi; Ah

In proper names ('achi or 'ach "brother"): The usage is practically the same with that of 'abh, 'abhi. SeeABI;NAMES, PROPER.

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Ahiah

a-hi'-a: A variant in the King James Version (1Sa 14:3,18;1Ki 4:3;1Ch 8:7) forAHIJAH, which see. Also in the Revised Version (British and American) (Ne 10:26).

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Ahiam

a-hi'-am ('achi'am, "mother's brother"): One of David's thirty heroes. He was the son of Sharar (2Sa 23:33) or according to1Ch 11:35of Sacar, the Hararite.

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Ahian

a-hi'-an ('achyan, "brotherly"): A son of Shemida of the tribe of Manasseh (1Ch 7:19).

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Ahiezer

a-hi-e'-zer ('achi`ezer, "brother is help"):(1) A son of Ammishaddai, a Danite prince, who acted as representative of his tribe on several occasions. (SeeNu 1:12;2:25;7:66,71;10...

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Ahihud

a-hi'-hud ('achihudh, "brother is majesty"):(1) One of the chief men of the tribe of Asher. He was selected by Moses to help divide the land west of the Jordan (Nu 34:27).(2) A ...

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Ahijah

a-hi'-ja ('achiyah or 'achiyahu, "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yahweh," "Yah is brother." In the King James Version the name sometimes appears as Ahiah):(1) One of the son...

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Ahikam

a-hi'-kam ('achiqam, "my brother has risen up"): A prominent man of the time of King Josiah and the following decades (2Ki 22:12,14;25:22;2Ch 34:20;Jer 26:24;39:14;40:5 ff;41:1 ...

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Ahilud

a-hi'-lud ('achiludh, "child's brother," perhaps): The father of Jehoshaphat, who is mentioned as "recorder" in both the earlier and the later lists under David, and in the list...

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Ahimaaz

a-hi-ma'-az, a-him'-a-az ('achima`ats, perhaps "my brother is rage," or "brother of rage"):(1) Father of Ahinoam the wife of King Saul (1Sa 14:50).(2) The son of Zadok the high ...

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Ahiman

a-hi'-man ('achiman, perhaps, "brother of fortune," or, "my brother is fortune"):(1) One of the names given as those of the three "children of the Anak" (Nu 13:22;Jos 15:14;Nu 1...

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Ahimelech

a-him'-e-lek ('achimelekh, "brother of a king," or, "my brother is king," or, "king is brother"):(1) The father of David's high priest Abiathar: son of Ahitub, the son of Phineh...

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Ahimoth

a-hi'-moth ('achimoth, "brother of death," or, "my brother is death"): A descendant of Kohath the son of Levi (1Ch 6:25); ancestor of Elkanah the father of Samuel. The name Maha...

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Ahinadab

a-hin'-a-dab ('achinadhabh, "brother of willingness," or, "my brother is willing"): Decidedly the ordinary use of the stem nadhabh is to denote willingness rather than liberalit...

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Ahinoam

a-hi-no'-am, a-hin'-o-am ('achino`am, "my brother is pleasantness"):(1) Daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of King Saul (1Sa 14:50).(2) The woman from Jezreel whom David married afte...

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Ahio

a-hi'-o ('achyo, variously explained as "his brother," "brotherly," "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yah"): Proper names containing a similar form of the name of Yahweh are f...

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Ahira

a-hi'-ra ('achira`, "brother of evil," or, "my brother is evil"): A man of Naphtali, contemporary with Moses. He is five times mentioned as the son of Enan. He was the represent...

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Ahiram

a-hi'-ram ('achiram, "exalted brother," or "my brother is exalted"):A son of Benjamin. Mentioned third of the five inNu 26:38,39. In1Ch 8:1five sons are likewise mentioned, bein...

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Ahiramite

a-hi'-ram-it ('achirami, "of the family of Ahiram";Nu 26:38). SeeAHIRAM.

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Ahisamach

a-his'-a-mak ('achicamakh, "my brother supports"): A man of the tribe of Dan, father of Oholiab, who was the assistant of Bezalel in the building of the tent of meeting and prep...