ASHPENAZ
(horse-nose), the master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar. (Daniel 1:3)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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ASHRIEL
properly As’riel (vow of God). (1 Chronicles 7:14)
ASHTAROTH
and once As’taroth (a star), a city on the east of Jordan in Bashan, in the kingdom of Og, doubtless so called from being a seat of the worship of the goddess of the same name. ...
ASHTERATHITE
a native or inhabitant of Ashtaroth, (1 Chronicles 11:44) beyond Jordan.
ASHTEROTH KARNAIM
(Ashteroth of the two horns or peaks) a place of very great antiquity, the abode of the Rephaim. (Genesis 14:5) The name reappears but once, as Carnaim or Carnion, 1 Macc. 5:26,...
ASHTORETH
(a star) the principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, called Ishtar by the Assyrians and Astarte by the Greeks and Romans. She was by some ancient writers identified with t...
ASHUR
(black), the posthumous son of Hezron by his wife Abiah. (1 Chronicles 2:24; 4:5) He became "father" or founder of the town of Tekoa. (B.C. 1658.)
ASHURIM
(steps), a tribe descended from Dedan, the grandson of Abraham. (Genesis 26:3) Knobel considers them the same with the Asshur of (Ezekiel 27:28) and connected with southern Arabia.
ASHURITES, THE
Only in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; but if we follow the Targum of Jonathan, "the Asherites" will denote the inha...
ASHVATH
One of the sons of Japhlet, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:33)
ASIA
(orient). The passages in the New Testament where this word occurs are the following; (Acts 2:9; 6:9; 16:6; 19:10,22,26,27; 20:4,16,18; 21:27; 27:2; Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 1...
ASIARCHAE
(chief of Asia) (Authorized Version; (Acts 19:31)), officers chosen annually by the cities of that part of the province of Asia of which Ephesus was, under Roman government, the...
ASIEL
(created by God).A Simeonite whose descendant Jehu lived in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:35)One of the five swift writers whom Esdras was commanded to take to write th...
ASNAH
(thorn-bush). The children of Asnah were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:50)
ASNAPPER
(swift), mentioned in (Ezra 4:10) as the person who settled the Cutheans in the cities of Samaria. He was probably a general of Esarhaddon. (B.C. 712.)
ASP
(Heb. pethen), translated (adder in) (Psalms 58:4; 91:13) Probably the Egyptian cobra, a small and very poisonous serpent, a dweller in the holes of walls, (Isaiah 11:8) and a s...
ASPALATHUS
the name of some sweet perfume mentioned in Ecclus. 24:15. The Lignum rhodianum, is by some supposed to be the substance indicated by the aspalathus, the plant which yields it i...
ASPATHA
third son of Haman. (Esther 9:7)
ASPHAR
the pool in the "wilderness of Thecoe." 1 Macc. 9:33. Is it possible that the name is a corruption of lacus Asphaltites?
ASRIEL
the son of Gilead and great-grandson of Manasseh. (Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2) He was the founder of the family of the Asrielites. (B.C. 1444.)
ASS
Five Hebrew names of the genus Asinus occur in the Old Testament.Chamor denotes the male domestic ass.Athon, the common domestic she-ass.Air, the name of a wild ass, which occur...
ASSHUR
second son of Shem, (Genesis 10:22) also the Hebrew form for Assyria. [ASSYRIA, ASSHUR]
ASSIR
(captive).Son of Korah. (Exodus 6:24; 1 Chronicles 6:22)Son of Ebiasaph, and a forefather of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:23,37)Son of Jeconiah, (1 Chronicles 3:17) unless "Jeconiah t...
ASSOS, OR ASSUS
(approaching), a seaport of the Roman province of Asia in the district anciently called Mysia, on the northern shore of the Gulf of Adrn-myttium, and about seven miles from Lesb...
ASSUR
(Ezra 4:2; Psalms 83:8) [ASSHUR, ASSYRIA, ASSHUR; ASSYRIA]
ASSYRIA, ASSHUR
was a great and powerful country lying on the Tigris, (Genesis 2:14) the capital of which was Nineveh. (Genesis 10:11) etc. It derived its name apparently from Asshur, the son o...
ASTAROTH
(1:4) [ASHTAROTH]