ABISHUA, OR ABISHUA
(father of deliverance).Son of Bela, of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4)Son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, and father of Bukki, in the genealogy of the high priests. ...
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ABISHUR
(father of the wall), son of Shammai. (1 Chronicles 2:28)
ABITAL
(father of the dew), one of David’s wives. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3)
ABITUB
(father of goodness), son of Shaharaim by Hushim. (1 Chronicles 8:11)
ABIUD
(father of praise), descendant of Zorobabel in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:13)
ABLUTION
[PURIFICATION]
ABNER
(father of light).Son of Ner, who was the brother of Kish, (1 Chronicles 9:36) the father of Saul. (B.C. 1063.) Abner, therefore, was Saul’s first cousin, and was made by him co...
ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
Mentioned by our Saviour, (Matthew 24:15) as a sign of the approaching destruction of Jerusalem, with reference to (Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) The prophecy referred ultimately t...
ABRAHAM
(father of a multitude) was the son of Terah, and founder of the great Hebrew nation. (B.C. 1996-1822.) His family, a branch of the descendants of Shem, was settled in Ur of the...
ABRAM
(a high father), the earlier name of Abraham.
ABSALOM
(father of peace),third son of David by Maachah, daughter of Tamai king of Geshur, a Syrian district adjoining the northeast frontier of the Holy Land. (Born B.C. 1050.) Absalom...
ABSALOMS PILLAR, OR PLACE
A monument of tomb which Absalom had built during his lifetime in the king’s dale, i.e. the valley of the Kedron, at the foot of Mount Olivet, near Jerusalem, (2 Samuel 18:18) c...
ACCAD
one of the cities in the land of Shinar. (Genesis 10:10) Its position is quite uncertain.
ACCARON
[EKRON]
ACCHO
(the PTOLEMAIS of the Maccabees and New Testament), Now called Acca, or more usually by Europeans St. Jean d’Acre, the most important seaport town on the Syrian coast, about 30 ...
ACELDAMA
(the field of blood) (Akeldama in the Revised Version), the name given by the Jews of Jerusalem to a field near Jerusalem purchased by Judas with the money which he received for...
ACHAIA
(trouble) signifies in the New Testament a Roman province which included the whole of the Peloponnesus and the greater part of Hellas proper, with the adjacent islands. This pro...
ACHAICUS
(belonging to Achaia), a name of a Christian. (1 Corinthians 16:17)
ACHAN
(troubler), an Israelite of the tribe of Judah, who, when Jericho and all that it contained were accursed and devoted to destruction, secreted a portion of the spoil in his tent...
ACHAR = ACHAN
(1 Chronicles 2:7)
ACHAZ = AHAZ
king of Judah, (Matthew 1:9)
ACHBOR
(mouse).Father of Baalhanan king of Edom. (Genesis 36:38,39; 1 Chronicles 1:49)Son of Michaiah, a contemporary of Josiah, (2 Kings 22:12,14; Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12) called ABDON ...
ACHIM
son of Sadoc and father of Eliud in our Lord’s genealogy. (Matthew 1:14) The Hebrew form of the name would be Jachin, which is a short form of Jehoiachin, the Lord will establish.
ACHISH
(angry), a Philistine king of Gath, who in the title of the 34th Psalm is called Abimelech. David twice found a refuge with him when he fled from Saul. (B.C. 1061.) On the first...
ACHMETHA
[ECBATANA]
ACHOR, VALLEY OF
(valley of trouble), the spot at which Achan was stoned. (Joshua 7:24,26) On the northern boundary of Judah, (Joshua 15:7) near Jericho.
ACHSA
(1 Chronicles 2:49) [ACHSAH]