Ahiam
Mother’s brother, one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:33; 1 Chr. 11:35).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, M. G. Easton, 1897.
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Ahiezer
Brother of help; i.e., “helpful.” (1.) The chief of the tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Num. 1:12; 2:25; 10:25).(2.) The chief of the Benjamite slingers that repaired to...
Ahihud
Brother (i.e., “friend”) of union. (1.) A son of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:7).(2.) Name different in Hebrew, meaning brother of Judah. Chief of the tribe of Asher; one...
Ahijah
Brother (i.e., “friend”) of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called “Ahiah.”(2.) One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Ju...
Ahikam
Brother of support = helper, one of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law (2 Kings 22:12-14; 2 Chr. ...
Ahimaaz
Brother of anger = irascible. (1.) The father Ahinoam, the wife of Saul (1 Sam. 14:50).(2.) The son and successor of Zadok in the office of high priest (1 Chr. 6:8, 53). On the ...
Ahiman
Brother of a gift = liberal. (1.) One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Num. 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They we...
Ahimelech
Brother of the king, the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam. 22:20-23). He descended from Eli in the line of Ithamar. In 1 Chr. 18:16 he is called Abimelech, and is pro...
Ahinadab
Brother of liberality = liberal, one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon in so many districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his h...
Ahinoam
Brother of pleasantness = pleasant. (1.) The daughter of Ahimaaz, and wife of Saul (1 Sam. 14:50).(2.) A Jezreelitess, the first wife of David (1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3). She was the ...
Ahio
Brotherly. (1.) One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:14).(2.) One of the sons of Jehiel the Gibeonite (1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37).(3.) One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. While Uzzah...
Ahira
Brother of evil = unlucky, or my brother is friend, chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the Exodus (Num. 1:15; 2:29).
Ahishar
Brother of song = singer, the officer who was “over the household” of Solomon (1 Kings 4:6).
Ahithophel
Brother of insipidity or impiety, a man greatly renowned for his sagacity among the Jews. At the time of Absalom’s revolt he deserted David (Ps. 41:9; 55:12-14) and espoused the...
Ahitub
Brother of goodness = good. (1.) The son of Phinehas. On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah ...
Ahlab
Fatness, a town of Asher lying within the unconquered Phoenician border (Judg. 1:31), north-west of the Sea of Galilee; commonly identified with Giscala, now el-Jish.
Ahoah
Brotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4). He is also called Ahiah (ver. 7) and Iri (1 Chr. 7:7). His descendants were called Ahohites (2 Sam. 23:9, 28).
Ahohite
An epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon’s captains (1 Chr. 27:4); to his son Eleazar, one of David’s three mightiest heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12); and to Zalmon, one of...
Aholah
She has her own tent, a name used by Ezekiel (23:4, 5, 36, 44) as a symbol of the idolatry of the kingdom of Israel. This kingdom is described as a lewdwoman, an adulteress, giv...
Aholiab
Tent of the father, an artist of the tribe of Dan, appointed to the work of preparing materials for the tabernacle (Ex. 31:6; 35:34; 36:1, 2; 38:23).
Aholibah
My tent is in her, the name of an imaginary harlot, applied symbolically to Jerusalem, because she had abandoned the worship of the true God and given herself up to the idolatri...
Aholibamah
Tent of the height, the name given to Judith, the daughter of Beeri = Anah (Gen. 26:34; 36:2), when she became the wife of Esau. A district among the mountains of Edom, probably...
Ai
Ruins. (1.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 10:1; Gen. 12:8; 13:3). It was the scene of Joshua’s defeat, and afterwards of his victory. It was the second Canaan...
Aijeleth Shahar
Hind of the dawn, a name found in the title of Ps. 22. It is probably the name of some song or tune to the measure of which the psalm was to be chanted. Some, however, understan...
Air
The atmosphere, as opposed to the higher regions of the sky (1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 9:2; 16:17). This word occurs once as the rendering of the Hebrew ruah (Job 41:16); elsewhere it...
Ajalon
And Aij’alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could not drive the Amorites (Judg. 1:35). It was one of t...
Akkub
(another form of Jacob). (1.) The head of one of the families of Nethinim (Ezra 2:45).(2.) A Levite who kept the gate of the temple after the return from Babylon (1 Chr. 9:17; E...