International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

946

Attharates

a-thar'-a-tez: A title assigned to Nehemiah, probably by a later editor (Ne 8:9). The Septuagint omits the title; the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A. D.) gives "Athers...

947

Attharias; Atharias

a-tha-ri'as: 1 Esdras 5:40 =Ezr 2:63. SeeTIRSHATHA.

948

Attire; Dyed Attire

a-tir': "Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire?" asks the prophet Jeremiah in hot remonstrance against Israel's unfaithfulness. "Yet," saith Yahweh, "my peopl...

949

Attitudes

at'-i-tuds: Customs change slowly in Bible lands. This becomes clear by a comparison of the many references found in the Bible and other literatures of the Orient with existing ...

950

Attus

at'-us (1 Esdras 8:29 =Ezr 8:2). SeeHATTUSH.

951

Audience

o'-di-ens: Translated from the Hebrew 'ozen, "ear." InGe 23:10f "in the audience of" is equal to "in the presence of," or "while they listened." CompareEx 24:7;1Sa 25:24(Revised...

952

Augia

o'-ji-a Augia: The wife of Jaddus, whose sons were removed from priesthood because their names were not found in the register, their ancestors having "usurped the office of the ...

953

Augur's Oak

o'-gurs' ok: If we translated the Hebrew verb `onen, "to practice augury" (seeAUGURY) we should inJud 9:37for "the oak of Meonemm" render "the augurs' oak" as in the Revised Ver...

954

Augury

o'-gu-ri o'-gur-i: This word occurs in the Revised Version (British and American) inLe 19:26;De 18:10,14;2Ki 21:6, and the parallel in2Ch 33:6. In all these cases the verb "prac...

955

Augustan; Augustan Band

o-gus'-tan o-gus'-tus-izs SeeARMY, ROMAN.

956

Augustus

o-gus'-tus Augoustos:(1) The first Roman emperor, and noteworthy in Bible history as the emperor in whose reign the Incarnation took place (Lu 2:1). His original name was Caius ...

957

Aul

ol: SeeAWL.

958

Aunt

ant dodhah, ("loving"): A father's sister (Ex 6:20); an uncle's wife (Le 18:14;20:20). SeeRELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.

959

Austere

os-ter' austeros, "harsh," ("rough"): Twice used by Christ in the parable of the Pounds (Lu 19:21,22), and of special significance as illustrating the false conception of God ch...

960

Author

o'-ther: This word is used to translate two Greek words:(1) aitios, literally, "cause," hence, "author."Heb 5:9, He "became the author of eternal salvation."(2) archego = litera...

961

Authority In Religion

o-thor'-i-ti rabhah; toqeph; exousia; exousiazo; katexousiazo; epitage; huperoche; authenteo; dunastesI. GENERAL IDEA1. Of Two Kinds(1) External(2) Internal2. Universal Need of ...

962

Authority; Authority In General

o-thor'-i-ti. SeeAUTHORITY IN RELIGION, sec. I.

963

Authorized Version

o'-thor-iz'd. SeeENGLISH VERSIONS.

964

Autranitis

o-ran-i'-tis: Used by Josephus forHAURAN(which see).

965

Ava

a'-va. SeeAWA.

966

Avail

a-val' shawah, ("to be equal," hence "to be enough," "to avail"): Used in the sense of "satisfy" (Es 5:13). Queen Esther's exceptional favor availed not to satisfy Haman, becaus...

967

Avaran

av'-a-ran: A surname of Eleazar, the third son of Mattathias (1 Macc 2:5). It is doubtfully conjectured that Eleazar received this surname from the episode related in 1 Macc 6:4...

968

Aven

a'-ven 'awen "emptiness," "vanity": Used inEze 30:17for On or Heliopolis, in Egypt. SeeON. As a term of contempt Hosea calls Beth-el "Beth-aven" (4:15; 10:5). So Amos speaks of ...

969

Avenge; Avenger

a-venj' a-venj'-er: Avenge.--The general idea connected with this word is that of inflicting punishment upon the wrongdoer. Since emphasis may be placed upon the deed itself, th...

970

Averse

a-vurs' shabh, "to turn back," ("retreat"): Quiet, peaceful wanderers (Mic 2:8).

971

Avim

av'-im. SeeAVVIM.

972

Avims

av'-imz (De 2:23). SeeAVVIM.