International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Accaba

ak'-a-ba, ak-a'-ba (B, Akkaba; A, Gaba; the King James Version Agaba) = Hagab (Ezr 2:46); see alsoHAGABA(Ne 7:48): The descendants of Accaba (temple-servants) returned with Zeru...

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Accad; Accadians

ak'-ad, ak-a'-di-ans. SeeBABYLONIA.

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Accaron

ak'-a-ron (Akkaron): Mentioned in 1 Macc 10:89 the King James Version; a town of the Philistines, known as Ekron (`eqron) in Old Testament, which King Alexander gave to Jonathan...

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Accept; Acceptable; Acceptation

ak-sept', ak-sep'-ta-b'-l, ak-sep-ta'-shun: "To receive with favor," "to take pleasure in"; "well-pleasing"; "the act of receiving."Accept, used(1) of sacrifice, "accept thy bur...

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Acceptance

ak-sep'-tans: A rendering of the Hebrew retson, "delight," found only inIsa 60:7. It pictures God's delight in His redeemed people in the Messianic era, when their gifts, in joy...

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Access

ak'-ses (prosagoge, "a leading to or toward," "approach"): Thrice used in the New Testament to indicate the acceptable way of approach to God and of admission to His favor. Jesu...

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Acco

ak'-o (`akko; [`Akcho]; Ake Ptolemais; Modern Arabic `Akka, English Acre; the King James Version Accho): A town on the Syrian coast a few miles north of Carmel, on a small promo...

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Accommodation

a-kom-mo-da'-shun:I. INTRODUCTORY1. Three Uses of the Term2. The Importance of the SubjectII. ACCOMMODATED APPLICATION OF SCRIPTURE PASSAGES1. Interpretation a Science2. Scienti...

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Accomplish

a-kom'-plish: Richly represented in the Old Testament by seven Hebrew synonyms and in the New Testament by five Greek (the King James Version); signifying in Hebrew(1) "to compl...

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Accord; According; Accordingly

a-kord', a-kord'-ing-li: In Old Testament, peh, "mouth," "to fight with one accord" (Jos 9:2) lephi, "according to the mouth of," "according to their families" (Ge 47:12, "acc. ...

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Accos

ak'-os (Hakchos): The grandfather of Eupolemus, whom Judas Maccabeus sent with others to Rome in 161 BC, to negotiate a "league of amity and confederacy" (1 Macc 8:17). The name...

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Account

a-kount'. SeeACCOUNTABILITY.

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Accountability

a-koun-ta-bil'-i-ti.1. Scriptural Principles:The general teaching of Scripture on this subject is summarized inRo 14:12: "So then each one of us shall give account of himself to...

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Accoz

ak'-oz (Akbos; the Revised Version (British and American)AKKOS, which see): 1 Esdras 5:38, head of one of the priestly families, which returned from the Exile, but was unable to...

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Accursed

a-kurs'-ed, a-kurst': In the Book of Jos (Jos 6:17,18;7:1,11,12,13,15) and1Ch 2:7"accursed" (or "accursed thing" or "thing accursed") is the King James Version rendering of the ...

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Accuser

a-kuz'-er: This word, not found in the Old Testament, is the rendering of two Greek words:(1) kategoros, that is, a prosecutor, or plaintiff in a lawsuit, or one who speaks in a...

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Aceldama

a-sel'-da-ma. SeeAKELDAMA.

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Achaia

a-ka'-ya (Achaia): The smallest country in the Peloponnesus lying along the southern shore of the Corinthian Gulf, north of Arcadia and east of Elis. The original inhabitants we...

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Achaicus

a-ka'-i-kus (Achaikos, "belonging to Achaia"): A name honorably conferred upon L. Mummius, conqueror of Corinth and Achaia (compareCORINTH). Achaicus was one of the leaders of t...

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Achan

a'-kan (`akhan (in1Ch 2:7Achar, `akhar, "troubler"): The descendant of Zerah the son of Judah who was put to death, in Joshua's time, for stealing some of the "devoted" spoil of...

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Achar

a'-kar: Variant ofACHAN, which see.

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Achaz

a'-kaz (Achaz), the King James Version (Mt 1:9): Greek form of Ahaz (thus the Revised Version (British and American)). The name of a King of Israel.

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Achbor

ak'-bor (`akhbor, "mouse"):(1) The father of Baal-hanan, who was the seventh of the eight kings who reigned in Edom before there were kings in Israel (Ge 36:38,39;1Ch 1:49).(2) ...

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Achiacharus

a-ki-ak'-a-rus (Codex Vaticanus Achiacharos; Acheicharos): Governor of Assyria. Achiacharus is the son of Anael, a brother of Tobit (Tobit 1:21). Sarchedonus (Esarhaddon), the k...

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Achias

a-ki'-as: An ancestor of Ezra (2 Esdras 1:2). Omitted in other genealogies.

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Achim

a'-kim (Acheim): A descendant of Zerubbabel and ancestor of Jesus, mentioned only inMt 1:14.

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Achior

a'-ki-or (Achior): General of the Ammonites, who spoke in behalf of Israel before Holofernes, the Assyrian general (Judith 5:5 ff). Holofernes ordered him bound and delivered at...