Smith's Bible Dictionary

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APPEAL

The principle, of appeal was recognized by the Mosaic law in the establishment of a central court under the presidency of the judge or ruler for the time being, before which all...

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APPHIA

(fruitful) a Christian woman addressed jointly with Philemon and Archippus in Phil. 2; apparently a member of Philemon’s household, and not improbably his wife. (A.D. 57)

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APPII FORUM

(market-place of Appius), a well-known station on the Appian Way, the great road which led from Rome to the neighborhood of the Bay of Naples. (Acts 28:15) There is no difficult...

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APPIUS, MARKET OF

Revised Version for Appii Forum. (Acts 28:16)

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APPLE TREE, APPLE

(Heb. tappuach). Mention of the apple tree occurs in the Authorized Version in (Solomon 2:3; 8:5) and Joel 1:12 The fruit of this tree is alluded to in (Proverbs 25:11) and Song...

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AQUILA

(an eagle), a Jew whom St. Paul found at Corinth on his arrival from Athens. (Acts 18:2) (A.D, 52,) He was a native of Pontus, but had fled with his wife Priscilla, from Rome, i...

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AR

(a city), or Ar of Moab, one of the chief places of Moab. (Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1) In later times the place known as Areopolis and Rabbath-Moab. The site still called Rabba....

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ARA

(lion), one of the sons of Jether, the head of a family of Asherites. (1 Chronicles 7:88)

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ARAB

(ambush) a city of Judah in the mountainous district, probably in the neighborhood of Hebron; mentioned only in (Joshua 15:62)

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ARABAH

(burnt up). Although this word appears in the Authorized Version in its original shape only in (Joshua 18:18) yet in the Hebrew text it is of frequent occurrence. It indicates m...

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ARABIA

(desert, barren), a country known in the Old Testament under two designations:--The East Country, (Genesis 25:6) or perhaps the East, ((Genesis 10:30; Numbers 23:7; Isaiah 2:6) ...

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ARABIANS

the nomadic tribes inhabiting the country to the east and south of Palestine, who in the early times of Hebrew history were known as Ishmaelites and descendants of Keturah.

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ARAD

a royal city of the Canaanites, named with Hormah and Libnah. (Joshua 12:14) The wilderness of Judah was to the south of Arad." (Judges 1:16) It may be identified with a hill, T...

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ARAD

(a wild ass), a Benjamite, son of Beriah, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. (1 Chronicles 8:15) (B.C. 536.)

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ARAH

(wayfaring).An Asherite, of the sons of Ulla. (1 Chronicles 7:39)The sons of Arah returned with Zerubbabel in number 775 according to (Ezra 2:5) but 652 according to (Nehemiah 7...

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ARAM

(high).The name by which the Hebrews designated, generally, the country lying to the northeast of Palestine; the great mass of that high tableland which, rising with sudden abru...

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ARAMITESS

a female inhabitant of Aram. (1 Chronicles 7:14)

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ARAMNAHATAIM

(highlands of two rivers). (Psalms 60:1), title. [ARAM]

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ARAMZOBAH

Psal 60:1, title. [ARAM, 1]

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ARAN

(wild goat), a Horite, son of Dishan and brother of Uz. Genesis 36:28; 1Chr 1:42

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ARAUNAH

(ark), a Jebusite who sold his threshing floor on Mount Moriah to David as a site for an altar to Jehovah, together with his oxen. (2 Samuel 24:18-24; 1 Chronicles 21:25)

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ARBA

(city of the four), the progenitor of the Anakim, or sons of Anak, from whom their chief city, HEBRON, received its name of Kirjath-Arba. (Joshua 14:15; 15:13; 21:11)

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ARBAH

Hebron, or Kirjath-Arba, as "the city of Arbah" is always rendered elsewhere. (Genesis 35:27)

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ARBATHITE

a native of the Arabah or Ghor. [ARABAH] Abi-albon the Arbathite was one of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:32)

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ARBITE

a native of Arab. Paarai the Arbite was one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:35)

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ARCH OF TITUS

A triumphal arch erected at Rome, and still remaining there, to commemorate the conquest of Judea and the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor Titus. It was erected after his...

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ARCHELAUS

(prince of the people), son of Herod the Great by a Samaritan woman, Malthake, and, with his brother Antipas brought up at Rome. At the death of Herod (B.C. 4) his kingdom was d...