International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

973

Avites

a'-vits. SeeAVVIM.

974

Avith

a'-vith `awith: The royal city of Hadad king of Edom (Ge 36:35;1Ch 1:46). The Septuagint reads Getthaim. There is no clue to its identification.

975

Avoid

a-void: Archaic use in1Sa 18:11for "escaped." In the Revised Version (British and American) of New Testament only in2Co 8:20stellomenoi (with negative), literally, "arranging th...

976

Avouch

a-vouch': In English Versions of the Bible only inDe 26:17,18, in the sense of "to confess," "avow," "publicly and solemnly declare." The Hebrew form is likewise unique (Hiph. o...

977

Avvim; Avites

av'-im a'-vits `awwim; Heuaioi, also unaspirated; (also used to represent the name of the Hivites): The early inhabitants of the southern extremity of Canaan afterward occupied ...

978

Awa

av'-a `awwa'; the King James Version Ava, a'-va: A province, the people of which Shalmaneser king of Assyria placed in the cities of Samaria in the room of the children of Israe...

979

Await

a-wat': Only inAc 9:24the King James Version, in its now obsolete sense as a noun, "ambush": "their laying await was known of Saul." the Revised Version (British and American) "...

980

Awake

a-wak' yaqats, ("to waken"; `ur, "to rouse up" from sleep; egeiro, "to arouse from sleep"): The ordinary terms for awaking from natural slumber: as of Jacob at Bethel (Ge 28:16)...

981

Away With

(1) "To endure," "to bear with" (Isa 1:13), "I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting," i e. endure the combination of wickedness and worship. In the Hebrew merely, "I...

982

Awe

o: Fear mingled with reverence and wonder, a state of mind inspired by something terrible or sublime.In the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) it ...

983

Awl

ol martsea`: "Bore his ear through with an awl" (Ex 21:6;De 15:17). The ear was pierced as being the organ of hearing, thus signifying the servant's promise of obedience. SeeBORE.

984

Ax (Axe); Ax-Head

aks; aks'hed: Nine different Hebrew words have been rendered "ax":(1) garzen. This unquestionably was one of the larger chopping instruments, as the uses to which it was put wou...

985

Axle-Tree

ak'-sil-tre. SeeSEA, THE MOLTEN.

986

Ayin

a'-yen: `ayin, "eye" or "fountain": The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so named, probably, because the original form resembled the eye. `Ayin (`) is usually neglected in pr...

987

Azael

az'-a-el Azaelos; compare Asahel [Ezr 10:15]: Father of Jonathan, one of two chief investigators of foreign marriages (1 Esdras 9:14).

988

Azaelus

az-a-e'-lus (B, Azaelos; A, Azael; omitted inEzr 10): Azaelus, son of Ezora, put away his "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:34).

989

Azal

a'-zal. SeeAZEL.

990

Azaliah

az-a-li'-a atsalyahu, ("Yahweh has set aside"): A son of Meshullam and father of Shaphan the scribe, famous in connection with the discovery of the law in the reign of King Josi...

991

Azaniah

az-a-ni'-a 'azanyah, ("Yahweh has given ear"): A son of Jeshua, a Levite who signed the covenant (Ne 10:9).

992

Azaphion

a-za'-fi-on. SeeASSAPHIOTH.

993

Azara

az'-a-ra. SeeASARA.

994

Azarael

a-za'-ra-el. SeeAZAREL.

995

Azaraias

az-a-ra'-yas (B, Azaraias; A, Saraias; the King James Version Saraias); compare Seraiah (Ezr 7:1): An ancestor of Ezra (1 Esdras 8:1).

996

Azareel

a-zar'-e-el. SeeAZAREL.

997

Azarel

az'-a-rel `azarel, ("God is helper"; the King James Version reads Azareel in numbers 1-5, Azarael in numbers 6):(1) A Korahite who entered the army of David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:6)...

998

Azariah

az-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, ("Yahweh has helped"):(1) King of Judah. SeeUZZIAH.(2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (1Ch 2:8).(3) The son of Jehu, descended from...

999

Azarias

az-a-ri'as Azarias and Azareias:(1) Azarias, who put away his "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:21); compare Uzziah (Ezr 10:21).(2) Azarias, who stood at the right side of Ezra when th...