American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Nineveh

Dwelling of Ninus, the metropolis of ancient Assyria, called by the Greeks and Romans "the great Ninus;" situated on the east bank of the Tigris, opposite and below the modern M...

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Nisan

A Hebrew month, nearly answering to our April, but varying somewhat from year to year, according to the course of the moon. It was the seventh month of the civil year; but was m...

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Nisroch

A god of the Assyrians, in whose temple, and in the very act of idolatry, Sennacherib was slain by his own sons, 2Ki 19:37. According to the etymology, the name would signify "t...

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Nitre

Not the substance used in making gunpowder, but natron, a mineral alkali composed of several salts of soda. It effervesces with vinegar, Pr 25:28, and is still used in washing, ...

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No Or No-Ammon

SeeAMMON, or No-Ammon, or No.

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Noah

Rest, comfort, the name of celebrated patriarch who was preserved by Jehovah with his family, by means of the ark, through the deluge, and thus became the second founder of the ...

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Nob

A city of priests, in Benjamin, near Jerusalem; its inhabitants were once put to the sword by command of Saul, for their hospitality to David, 1Sa 21:2; 22:9-23; Ne 11:32; Isa 1...

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Nod

Wandering, a region east of Eden so named on account of wanderings in it of the exiled Cain, Ge 4:16.

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Noph

Sometimes called also, in Hebrew,MOPH, Ho 9:6, the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt. The ruins of it, though not to any great extent, are still found a few miles above Old Cairo...

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North

SeeEAST. The Babylonians and Assyrians are represented as coming from "the north," because they invaded Israel by a northern route in order to avoid the desert, Jer 1:14 46:6,24...

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Nose

Several expressions in Scripture grew out of the fact that anger often shows itself by distended nostrils, hard breathing, and in animals by snorting, 2Sa 22:9Job 39:20Ps 18:8. ...

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Novice

Or neophite, one recently converted and received to the Christian church, 1Ti 3:6.

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Number

Isa 65:11. SeeGAD3.

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Numbers, The Book Of

So called because the first three chapters contain the numbering of the Hebrews and Levites, which was performed separately, after the erection and consecration of he tabernacle...

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Nurse

The Bible contains various allusions to the tender and confidential relation anciently subsisting between a nurse and the children she had brought up, Isa 49:22,231Th 2:7,8. See...

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Nymphas

A Christian at Laodicea, whom Paul salutes, together with the company of believers wont to worship at his house, Col 4:15.