Aaronties
Aaronties (a'ron-ites), (heb. Same As Aaron). Levites Of The Family Of Aaron ; The Priests Who Particularly Served The Sanctuary (num. Iv :5, Sq.). To The Number Of 3.70o Fighting Men, With Jehoiada, The Father Of Benaiah, At Their Head, They Joined David At Hebron (1 Chron. Xii :27). Later ...
Abattachim
Abattachim (a-barta-kim), (itch. Ab-at-tah-kheene). This Word Occurs Only In Numbers Xi :5, Where The Murmuring Israelites Say, 'wc Remember The Fish Which We Did Eat Freely In Egypt, The Cucum Bers And The Abattachim,' Etc. The Last Word Has Always Been Rendered *me.lorqs.' The Probable Correctness Of This Translation May ...
Abednego
Abednego (a-bbd-ne-go' Or A-becl'ne-go), Ab-ade'nego', Servant Of Nego, I. E., Nebo) ; The Chaldee Name Imposed By The King Of Babylon's Officer Upon Azariah, One Of The Three Companions Of Daniel. With His Two Friends, Shadrach And Meshach, He Was Miraculously De Livered From The Burning Furnace, Into Which They ...
Abelmea
Abelmea (5'bel-m6'a). See Abel-meiiolaii. (5'bel-me-holah), (heb. Aw-bale'mekh-o-law', Meadow Of Danc Ing), A Town Supposed To Have Stood Near The Jur Dan, And Sonic Miles (eusebius Says Ten) To The South Of Bethshan Or Scythopolis (i Kings Iv :i2). It Was Probably Situated Not Far From Where The Wady El-maleh Emerges ...
Abiathar
Abiathar (a-bi'a-thar), (heb. Eb-yaw Thawr', Father Of Abundance), The Thirteenth Priest Of The Jews And Fourth In Descent From Eli. When Abiathar's Father, The High Priest Abime Lech, Was Slain With The Priests At Nob, For Sus Pected Partiality To The Fugitive David. Abiathar Escaped The Massacre, And Bearing With ...
Abigail
Abigail (heb. Ab-ee-gah'yd, Father Of Joy, 1. E., Exultation), Contracted Abigal In 2 Sam. Xvii 1. The Wife Of A Prosperous Sheepmaster, Called Nabal, Who Dwelt In The District Of Carmel, West Of The Dead Sea (t Sam. Xxv:3; Xxvii:3; B. C. Woo). She Is Known Chiefly For Her Beauty ...
Abihud
Abihud (a-bi'hud), (heb. Ab-ee-hood , Father Of Renown). 1. One Of The Two Sons Of Bela (i Chron. Viii :3), Perhaps The Same Called Ahihud (v :7), B. C. After 1856. (see Jacob.) 2. The Great-great-grandson Of Zerubbabel And Father Of Eliakim; Among The Paternal Ancestry Of Jesus (matt. I ...
Abil
Abil A (ab'i-la), Capital Of The Abilene Of Lysanias (luke And Distinguished From Other Places Of The Same Name As The Abila Of Lysanias ('ops?) Tar' Avcraviou), And (by Jose Phus) As "the Abila Of Lebanon." It Is Unnecessary To Reason Upon The Meaning Of This Greek Name, For It ...
Abilene
Abilene (ali'i-le'ne), (gr,300)te), Ab-ee-lay Nay', Luke Iii:1), The Small District Or Territory Which Took Its Name From The Chief Town, Abila. Its Situation Is In Some Degree Determined By That Of The Town; But Its Precise Limits And Extent Re Main Unknown. Northward It Must Have Reached Beyond The Upper ...
Abimelech
Abimelech (a-brm'e-lek), (hob. Ab-ee Melek, Father Of The King, Or Perhaps Royal Father). I. Philistine King Of Gerar. The Name Of The Philistine King Of Gerar In The Time Of Abraham (gen. Xx:t, Sqq. B. C. About 2200) But, From Its Recurrence, It Was Probably Less A Proper Name Than ...
Abishag
Abishag (ab' I-sh5g), (heb. Ab-ee-shag', Father Of Error). A Beautiful Young Woman Of Shunam, In The Tribe Of Issachar, Who Was Chosen By The Servants Of David To Be Introduced Into The Royal Harem, For The Special Purpose Of Ministering To Him, And Cherishing Him In His Old Age. She ...
Ablution
Ablution ( ). The Ceremonial Wash Ing Whereby, As A Symbol Of Purification From Un Cleanliness A Person Was Considered—(t) To Be Cleansed From The Taint Of An Inferior And Less Pure Condition, And Initiated Into A Higher And Purer State (lev. Viii :6) ; (2) To Be Cleansed From ...
Abner
Abner (lb'ner), (heb. Ab-nare', Father Of Light, I. E., Enlightener, I Sam. Xiv:5o). Abner Was The Son Of Ner, Who Was The Brother Of Kish, Saul's Father (i Chron. Ix:36). He Was, Therefore, Saul's Full Cousin, And Was Made By Him The Commander-in-chief Of His Army(' Sans. Xvii:55; Xx:25; Xxvi:5; ...
Abomination
Abomination (a-born-t-na'sh5n), (i Ieb. Jig-goot, Filth, Lev. Vii:18; Shik-•oots', Un Clean, Deut. Xxix:17, Etc.; Sh•h'kets, Rejected, Lev. N'11:21, Etc.; To-ay-baw' • Causing Ab Horrence, Gen. Xliii:32; C:r.1351xtenia, Bdel'onc-mah, Matt. Xxiv:15, Etc.). These Words Describe Generally Any Object Of De Testation Or Disgust (lev. Xviii :22 ' Deut. Vii :25) ; ...
Abraham
Abraham (a'bra-ham), (heb. Ab-raw Hawoz' , Father Of A Multitude), The Founder Of The Hebrew Nation. Up To Gen. Xvii:4, 5, He Is Formly Called Abram (heb. Ab-rawm', High Father Or Father Of Elevation), And This Was His Original Name, But The Extended Form, Which It Always Afterward Bears, Was ...
Abrech
Abrech (ab'rech), (het), , Bow The Knee). This Word Occurs Only In Gen. Xli :43, Where It Is Used In Proclaiming The Au Thority Of Joseph. Something Similar Happened In The Case Of Mordecai ; But Then Several Words Were Employed (esth. Vi :1 T). If The Word Be Hebrew, ...
Absalom
Absalom (ab'sa-lom), Ab-shaw Km( ,6- • .; Ith-et-shaw-lome% Father Of Peace, That Is, Peaceful). (1) Name And Family. The Third Son Of David, And His Only Son By Maacali, The Daughter Of Ta !mai, King Of Geshur (2 Sam. Iii:3), Horn B. C. About T000. (2) Personal History. He Was ...
Abstinence
Abstinence (ab'sti-nens), Is A Refraining From The Use Of Certain Articles Of Food Usually Eaten ; Or From All Food During A Certain Time For Some Particular Object. It Is Distinguished From Temperance, Which Is Moderation In Ordinary Food ; And From Fasting, Which Is Abstinence From A Religious Motive. ...
Abyss
Abyss (a-his') (gr."a/3vcro-os, A'bas-sos). The Greek Word Means Literally 'without Bottom,' But Actually Deep, Profound. It Is Used In The Sept For The Hebrew Word, Which We Find Applied Either To The Ocean (gen. I :2; Or To The Under World (ps. Lxxi :2o ; Cvii :26). In The New ...
Accad
Accad (ak'kad), Ak-kad, A Fortress), The Name Of One Of The Four Cities In Babylonia Mentioned In Genesis (gen. X :10) As Belonging To The Kingdom Of Nimrod In The Country Of Shinar. It Was The Residence Of The First His Torical Ruler Of All Babylonia. Sargon I, Whose Active ...
Accho
Accho (sk'ko), (ileb. Ak-ko, Sept. 'a/90), Ak-khoh), A Town And Haven Within The Nominal Ter Ritory Of The Tribe Of Asher, Which, However, Never Acquired Possession Of It ( Judg. The Greek And Roman Writers Call It Ace (strab. Xvi:877; Diod. Sic. Xix :93 ; C. Nep. Xiv :5) ; ...
Accommodation
Accommodation (alc-k6m'rno-da'shun) (exe Getical Or Special) Is Principally Employed In The Application Of Certain Passages Of The Old Testa Ment To Events In The New, To Which They Had No Actual Historical Or Typical Reference. In This ..ense It Is Also Called Illustration. Citations Of This Description Are Apparently Very ...
Accountability
Accountability (ttk-kount'a-bil'f-ty), The Abstract Term For The Use Of One's Opportunities And Talents Which All Must Make To God. Mat.. Xii :36 ; Rom. Xiv :10 ; Heb. Xiii :17, And I Pet. Iv :5. It Is The Obligation Under Which Every Man Lives Of Giving An Account Of Himself ...
Accursed
Accursed (5k-karst'). The Heb. Word Khelf Rem, And The Gr. Civcikua, An-ath'em-,zh, Which The A. V. Often Renders Accursed, Signify Things Set Apart Or Devoted ; And With Jews And Chris Tians Marked The Highest Degree Of Excommuni Cation. They Generally Imported The Cutting Off One From The Community Of ...
Accuser
Accuser (ak-kii'zer,) (heb. Low-shan', To Lick, To Use The Tongue; In The New Testament, Katiryopos, Prosecutor; 'arrteiros, An-tik'i-dos. The Original Word, Which Bears This Leading Signification, Means One Who Has A Cause Or Matter Of Contention ; The Accuser, Opponent, Or Plaintiff In Any Suit ( Judg. Xii :2; Matt. ...
Aceldama
Aceldama (gr 'akenbapi, Ak El-clum-ah', From The Syro-chaldaic, Field Of Blood). The Field Purchased With The Money For Which Judas Betrayed Christ, And Which Was Appro Priated As A Place Of Burial For Strangers (matt. Xxvii :8 ; Acts I :19). It Was Previously 'a Pot Ter's Field.' (1) Possiblo ...
Achan
Achan (a'kao), (ileb. Aw-kawn', Trou Blesome, Josh. Vii:1). In The Parallel Passage (i Chron.ii:7) The Name Is Spelt Aw-kawr, And As It Has There The Meaning Of Trardithra', It Is Thought By Some That This Is An Intentional Change After The Fact, To Give The Name A Significant Reference To ...
Achii
Achii (a'ku), (heb. Atv'koo). This Word Occurs In Job Viii :ii, Where It Is Said, 'can The Rush Grow Up Without Mire? Can The Flag Grow Without Water ?' Here Flag Stands For Achu; Which Would Seem To Indicate Some Specific Plant, As Gome, Or Rush, In The First Clause ...
Achior
Achior (a'ki-or), General Of The Ammonites, Who Joined Holofernes With Auxiliary Troops, In That General's Expedition Into Egypt. Bethulia Having Shut Its Gates Against Holofernes, He Called The Princes Of Moab And Ammon, And Demanded Of Them, With Great Passion, Who Those People Were That Opposed His Passage ; Presuming ...
Achish
Achish (iieb. Aw-keesh', Signi Fication Uncertain) (called Abimelech In The Title Of Ps. Xxxiv), The Philistine King Of Gath, With Whom David Twice Sought Refuge When He Fled From Saul (t Sam. Xxi:io-15; Xxvii:1-3). The First Time David Was In Imminent Danger; For He Was Recognized And Spoken Of By ...
Achmetha
Achmetha (heb. Akh Me-thaw', Station Or Fortress, Ezra Vi:2; 'ekiefctrava, 2 Mace. Ix:3; Judith Xi:l; Tob. V:9; Joseph. ,intiq. X:t 1, 7; Xi:4, 6; Also, In Greek Authors 1.-.watana F.wirava And :ia-ha/anti 'aygdraval,a City In Media. The Derivation Of The Name Is Doubtful ; But Major Rawlinson (geogr. Journal, X:134) ...
Acts Of The Apostles
Acts Of The Apostles (acts Of The A-pos' Des) (1) Title And Order. This Is The Title Of One Of The Canonical Books Of The New Testament, The Fifth In Order In The Common Arrangement, And The Last Of Those Properly Of An Historical Char Acter. (2) Contents. Commencing With ...
Adalia
Adalia (ad'a-lea), (heb. Gt Ai, Ad-al-yaw', Of Persian Origin), One Of The Ten Sons Of Haman, The Enemy Of The Jews. He Was Slain By The Jews Under The Royal Edict At Shushan (esth. Ix:8), B. C. 447. Adam (ad'am), (heb. Aw-dawm', Red), The Word By Which The Bible Designates ...
Adami
Adami (heb. Ad-ow-met', Earthy, Josh. Xix .33), A Place In Palestine. Near The Border Of Naphtah. Rosenmtiller, Keil And Others Join Adami With The Following Name Ticket). Keil Renders The Two "adami Of The Liars ." The Site Is Probably At The Present Village Ed-d,imieh On The Plateau Northeast Of ...
Adarconim
Adarconim (heb. Ad-o,-"ko-ttim; Sept. Opaxuh, Drack-mah', And Xpvaatt, Kroo-soos ; Vulg. Drachma And °areas). (1) Darle. Gesenitis And Most Others Are Of Opinion That These Words, Which Occur In 1 Chron. Xxix :7; Ezra Viii :27 ; :60; Neh. Vii :7o-72, De Note The Persian Doric, A Gold Coin, Which ...
Adashim
Adashim (a."-clash'im), (heb. Ad-aw% Shim). "lentiles" Is The Interpretation Given By Our Own And Most Other Versions, And There Is No Reason To Question Its Accuracy. In Syria Lentiles Are Still Called In Arabic Addas (russel, N. H. Of I :74). (1) Red Pottage. Lentiles Appear To Have Been Chiefly ...
Adder
Adder (ad'der), The English Name Of A Kind Of Serpent, Is A Dialectical Variation Of The Same Word In A Variety Of Languages Of The Gothic And Teutonic Family. Another Name, Varying, In The Old European Tongues, From Ag, Ach To Hag, Has More Connection With The Semitic ; And ...
Adiabene
Adiabene (5.-dr-a-be'ne), (gr:a6capivi,ak-dee A-bay-nay'), The Principal Of The Six Provinces Into Which Assyria Was Divided. Pliny (his!. Nat. V:t2) And Ammianus (xxiii:6, Sec. 2o) Com Prehend The Whole Of Assyria Under This Name, Which, However, Properly Denoted Only The Prey. Ince Which Was Watered By The Rivers Diab And Adiab, ...
Adiimmim
Adiimmim (a-danfmim), (heb. T•ri)! Ad Oont-meeve), A Place Which Is Only Twice Named In Scripture. Once (josh. Xv:7), Where, From The Context, It Seems To Indicate The Border Between Judah And Benjamin, And That It Was An Ascend Ing Road Between Gilgal (and Also Jericho) And Jerusalem. The Second Notice ...
Adjuration
Adjuration (ad-ju-ra'sbun),(heb. Aw Law', In Hiph., To Cause To Swear, In 1 Kings Viii:3t; 2 Chron. Vi:22; Shaw-bah', To Make Swear. Gr. Ex-or-kid' Zo, To Exact An Oath). 1. This Is A Solemn Act Or Appeal, Whereby One Man, Usually A Person Vested With Natural Or Offi Cial Authority, Imposes ...
Adonijah
Adonijah (ad-o-nijah), (heb. Ad-o-nee Yaw' , Jehovah [is] My Lord). (1) Son Of David. The Fourth Son Of David By Haggish. He Was Born After His Father Became King, But When He Reigned Over Judah Only (2 Sam. Iii :4). According To The Oriental Notion Developed In The Article Absalom, ...
Adoniram
Adoniram Cad-o-nrraml, (heb. Ad-o Nee-rawnt',1ord Of Height,i.e.,high Lord,' Kings Iv :6). 1. This Name Is Exhibited In The Contracted Form Of Adoram In 2 Sam. Xx :24 ; I Kings Xii :18, And Of Hadoram In 2 Chron. X :t8 (b. C. 930). 2. Adoniram, Or Hadoram, Son Of Toi, ...
Adonis
Adonis (a-clo'nis). See Tammuz. Ad-o'nee-zee'deb ; Sept.' Ascovip(e'asc, Ah-doh-nee-bee Zek', Confounding Him With Adonihezek). The Mime Denotes Lord Of Justice, I.e.,fiest Lord, King Of Zedek. (1) Canaanitish King. He Was The Canaan Itish King Of Jerusalem When The Israelites In. Vaded Palestine, And The Similarity Of The Name To That ...
Adoption
Adoption (a-dop'shun), (gr. Cloefizia, Hwee-oth Es-ee'ah, The Placing As A Sou). The Old Testament Does Not Contain Any Word Equivalent To This; But The Act Occurs In Various Forms. The New Testa Ment Has The Word Uloocala Often (rom. Viii:15, 23; Ix:4; Gal. Iv:5; Eph. I:5), But No Example Of ...
Adoration
Adoration (ad-o-ra'shim). This Word Is Com Pounded Of Ad, "to," And Os,oris, "the Mouth," And Literally Signifies To Apply The Hand To The Mouth, That Is, 'to Kiss The Hand." (1) Act Of Worship. The Act Is Described In Scripture As One Of Worship. Job Says: 'if I Had Beheld ...
Adrabibiele Ch
Adrabibiele Ch (a-dram'me-16k), (heb. . Ad-ram-meh'lek, Splendor Of The King, I.e.. Of Mulocni. (1) An Idol. T. He Is Mentioned, Together With Anammelech, In 2 Kings Xvii :31, As One Of The Idols Whose Worship The Inhabitants Of Sepharvaim Established In Samaria, When They Were Trans Ferred Thither By The ...
Adria
Adria (a'clri-3.), (gr. • Ar5plas, Ad-ree'no, An Ancient City Of Italy, On The Tartar°. In The State Of Venice. It Gave Name To The Adriatic Sea, Or The Sea Of Adria (acts Xxvii:27). It Appears From The Narrative Of L'aul's Voyage Just Referred To, That, Although The Name Of Adria ...
Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea Se), (gr. 'tibias, Ad-ree'as, Acts Xxvii:27). This Name Is Now Con Fined To The Gulf Lying Between Italy On One Side, And The Coasts Of Dalmatia And Albania On The Other. But In St. Paul's Time It Extended To All That Part Of The Mediterranean Between Crete And ...
Adullam
Adullam (heb. Ad-ool Lawna An Old City (gen. Xxxviiia, 12, 20) In The Plain Country Of The Tribe Of Judah (josh. Xv:35), And One Of The Royal Cities Of The Canaanites (josh. Xii:i5). (1) Fortified Town. It Was One Of The Towns Which Rehoboam Fortified (2 Chron. Xi:7; Micah I ...
Adultery 1
Adultery (1) Defined. In The Common Acceptation Of The Word Adultery Denotes The Sexual Intercourse Of A Married Woman With Any Other Man Than Her Husband, Or Of A Married Man With Any Other Woman Than His Wife. (2) Jewish. But The Crime Is Not Understood In This Extent Among ...
Adventists Seventh Day
Adventists (seventh-day). Strictly Speaking, The Denomination Of Seventh Day Adventists Originated In 1845. A Large Num Ber Who At That Time, Or Shortly Afterward, Be Came Seventh-day Adventists Were Formerly Ad Ventists. They Had Been Actively Connected With The Great Advent Movement Of 1840-44. The Dis Appointment Which They Had ...
Affinity
A'ffinity (all Fin Is Relationship By Mar Riage, As Distinguished From Consanguinity, Whit Is Relationship By Blood. (1) Marriages Forbidden By Mosaic Law. Marriages Between Persons Thus Related. In Various Degrees, Which Previous Usage, In Different Con Ditions Of Society, Bad Allowed, Were Forbidden By The Law Of Moses. These ...
Agabits
Agabits (ag'a-bus), Aeab-os, Per Haps, To Love), The Name Of "a Prophet," Supposed To Have Been One Of The Seventy Disciples Of Christ. He, With Others,came From Judrea To Antioch,while Paul And Barnabas (a. D.43) Were There And Announced An Approaching Famine, Which Actually Occurred The Following Year. Some Writers ...
Agape Or G
Agape Or (g R.cirycir Ciydrat, Aar-a' 'say), The Greek Term For Love, Used By Ecclesi Astical Writers (most Frequently In The Plural) To Signify The Social Feasts Of Friendship, Love, Or Kindness, In Use Among The Primitive Chris Tians. It Is Very Probable That They Were Insti Tuted In Memory ...
Agone
Agone (a-gon'). My Master Left Me Because Three Days Agone I Fell Sick (i Sam. Xxx:13). Agone, Past And Gone, Old Form Of The Past Participle Of The Verb To Go; Then As An Adverb, Past, For Which Ago Is Now Used. It Was Long Agone Prophesied In The Psalm. ...
Agora
Agora (ag'o-ra), (gr. 'kyopci, Rig-oh-rah'), A Word Of Frequent Occurrence In The New Testa Ment ; It Denotes Generally Any Place Of Public Resort In Towns And Cities Where The People Came Together, And Hence More Specially It Signifies: (i) A Public Place. A Broad Street, Etc., As In Matt. ...
Agrarian Law
Agrarian Law (a-gra-ri-an Law). To This Or Some Such Heading Belongs The Consideration Of The Peculiar Laws By Which The Distribution And Tenure Of Land Were Regulated Among The Hebrew People, While The Modes And Forms In Which The Land Was Cultivated Belong To Agriculture. (1) Pastoral People. The Hebrews ...
Agriculture
Agriculture (ag'ri-ciileare). The Antiquity Of Agriculture Is Intimated In The Brief History Of Cain And Abel (gen. Iv:2, 3). (1) Before The Deluge. But Of The Actual State Of Agriculture Before The Deluge We Know Nothing. Whatever Knowledge Was Possessed By The Old World Was Doubtless Transmitted To The New ...
Agrippa
Agrippa (a-grm'pa), (gr. 'a-ypbriras. Ads, Perhaps Wild Horse Tamer). Although Of The Two I Leruds, Father And Son, Who Also Bore The Name Of Agrippa, The Latter Is Best Known By His Roman 11,1111c, It Seems Proper To Include Hint With The Other Members Of The I Lerodian Dynasty, Under ...
Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus (heb. Akh-ash-vay-rosh'), Or Achashverosh, Is The Name, Or Rather The Title, Of Four Median And Persian Monarchs Mentioned In The Bible. (1) Father Of Darius. The First Ahasuerus Is Incidentally Mentioned In Dan. Ix :1, As The Father Of Darius The Mede. It Is Generally Agreed That The Person ...
Ahava
Ahava (aha'vn), (11e1). ,1-hav-avo' , Water, Ezra 31), The River By Which The Jewish Exiles Assembled Their Second Caravan Under Ezra, When Returning To Jerusalem. It Would Seem From Ch. Viii:15, That It Was Named From A Town Of The Same Name: 'i Assembled Them At The River That Flows ...
Ahimaaz
Ahimaaz (a-him'a-az), (hcb..)%r;r'n., Brother Of Anger, I.e., Irascible), Son And Successor Of Zadok. Who Was Joint High Priest In The Reign Of David, And Sole High Priest In That Of Solomon. His History Chiefly Belongs To The Time Of David, To Whom He Rendered An Important Service During The Revolt ...
Ahimelech
Ahimelech (heb. Lek, Brother Of The King, I. C., The King's Friend. 1. Ahimelech, Son Of Ahitub, And Brother Of Alliah, Who Was Most Probably His Predecessor In The High Priesthood. (see Amatt.) When David Fled From Saul, He Went To Nob, A City Of The Priests In Benjamin, Where ...
Ahithophel
Ahithophel (a-hith'o-phel), (heb. 714, Akh-ee-tholel, Brother Of Foolishness, I. E., Foolish), Sept. 'axit60ex, The Very Singular Name Of A Man Who, In The Time Of David, Was Renowned Throughout All Israel For His Worldly Wisdom. (1) Political Sagacity. He Is, In Fact, The Only Man Mentioned In The Scriptures As ...
Ahuzzath
Ahuzzath (a-hiiz'zath), A Kh-ooz Zath', A Possession), The 'friend' Of Abimelech King Of Gerar, Who Attended Him On His Visit To Isaac (gen. Xxvi:26). In Him Occurs The First Instance Of That Unofficial But Important Personage In Ancient Oriental Courts, Called 'the King's Friend,' Or Favorite. Several Interpreters, Follow Ing ...
Aijeleth
Aijeleth Shah_ar(aire-leth Sha'har),(heb. 101'7 N5, Ah-yeh-leth' , Hind; Hash-shakh' Ar, Dawn, (ps. Xxii, Title) 'hind Of The Dawn,' I. E., The Rising Sun, Found Only Once In The Bible As The Introductory Verse Or Title Of Ps. Xxii. It Was Used To Describe To The Musician The Melody To Which ...
Ajalon
Ajalon (aj'a-ion), (heb. Ah-yaw-lone'), Place Of Deer, Or Oaks. 1. Town And Valley In The Tribe Of Dan (josh. Xix :42), Which Was Given To The Levites (josh. Xxi :24; 1 Chron. Vi :69). It Was Not Far From Bethshemesh (2 Chron. Xxviii :i8), And Was One Of The Places ...
Akrabbim
Ak.rabbim (a-krab'bim), (heb. Ak Rab-beent' , Scorpion, Josh. Xv :3; Xxxiv :4), An As Cent, Hill, Or Chain Of Hills, Which, From The Name, Would Appear To Have Been Much Infested By Scorp Ions And Serpents, As Some Districts In That Quarter Certainly Were (dent. Viii :15 ; Comp. Volney, ...
Alexander
Alexander (s1-egz-3n'der), (gr. 'axizapoposi, A-lex'an-dros, Helper Of Men). I. Alexander The Great, Son Of Philip And Olympias, King Of Macedon, Ruler Of The Greatest Empire Of Antiquity. (1) In Prophecy. He Was Denoted In The Prophecies Of Daniel, By A Leopard With Four Wings, Signifying His Great Strength, And The ...
Alexandria
Alexandria (al'egz-an-dri'a ), (gr. 'axedvo Peta, Al-esc-and'ree-ah), The Chief Maritime City, And Long The Metropolis Of Lower Egypt (comp. Acts Vi :19 ; Xviii :24 ; Xxvii :6 ; Xxviii :it ). As This City Owed Its Foundation To Alexander The Great, The Old Testament Canon Had Closed Before It ...
A Continual Dropping
Dropping, A Continual. We Find This Ex Pression In Prov. Xxvii :15, Where It Is Said : "a Con Tinual Dropping In A Very Rainy Day And A Conten Tious Woman Are Alike." From The Lxx We Learn The Sense To Be "drops Of Rain In A Wintry Day Drive ...