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a mountainous district of Asia mentioned in the Bible in connection with the following…

First High Priest of Israel · Moses's spokesman · Patriarch of the Aaronic priesthood

Numbers 6:24

Priestly family of Israel · The line of high priests

See Month

Angel of the Abyss · Personification of destruction

One of the seven eunuchs serving King Ahasuerus

Anti-Lebanon mountains · Damascus, Syria

Transjordan · east of the Dead Sea, in ancient Moab

Mark 14:36

Two distinct OT figures: father of Adoniram · post-exilic Levite musician

Father of Shelemiah, an officer of King Jehoiakim

Three distinct OT figures: Levite ancestor of Ethan · father of Kish under Hezekiah · post-exilic son of Elam

Servant of God, (1 Chr

Servile

Servant of Nego=Nebo, the Chaldee name given to Azariah, one of Daniel’s three companions…

a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve

Meadow of the house of Maachah, a city in the north of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of…

a village of the Ammonites, whither Jephthah pursued their forces

mourning of waters

Meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and residence of the prophet…

Meadow of Egypt, or mourning of Egypt, a place “beyond,” i

Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply “Shittim” (Num

the place where the ark rested in the field of Joshua at Beth-shemesh

a town of some importance, (2 Samuel 20:15) in the extreme north of Palestine, which fell…

also called simply Abel, (2 Samuel 20:14,18) another name for Abel-bethmaachah

in the northern pat of the Jordan valley, (1 Kings 4:12) to which the routed Bedouin host…

the name given by the Canaanites to the floor of Atad, at which Joseph, his brothers and…

in the “plains” of Moab, on the low level of the Jordan valley, opposite Jericho

Tin, or white, a town in the tribe of Issachar (Josh

mother of King Hezekiah, (2 Kings 18:2) written Abia, Abiah, Or Abijah, Abijah Or Abijam…

Father of strength; i

My father is the Lord, the Greek form of Abijah, or Abijam (Matt

Son of Becher, the son of Benjamin

the eighth of the 24 courses or classes into which the priests were divided for serving…

the Lord is my father

Father of gathering; the gatherer, the youngest of the three sons of Korah the Levite,…

Father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest

Deuteronomy 16:1

Son of Midian · Grandson of Abraham by Keturah

a son of Midian

father of knowledge

Prince of the tribe of Benjamin · One of the twelve tribal heads under Moses

Father of help; i

Two distinct OT figures: grandfather of King Saul · one of David's Thirty mighty men

Two distinct OT figures: Manassite clan-father, ancestor of Gideon · one of David's Thirty

Father of help, a descendant of Abiezer (Judg

Two distinct OT figures: wife of Nabal then of David, model of wisdom and intercession · sister of David and mother of Amasa

Five distinct OT figures: Merarite Levite · wife of Abishur · Gadite genealogy · wife of Rehoboam · father of Queen Esther

Second son of Aaron · Consecrated priest · Died for offering *strange fire* before the LORD

Son of Bela · Grandson of Benjamin

Eight distinct OT figures, including a king of Judah, two mothers of kings, two priests, and Samuel's wayward son

Alternate spelling for the king of Judah · See *Abijah*, sense 5

[Abilene]

A plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its…

One of the thirteen sons of Joktan · Eponymous ancestor of an Arabian tribe

Four distinct OT figures: two Philistine kings of Gerar · Gideon's violent son who seized kingship at Shechem · a priest under David

Four distinct OT figures: keeper of the Ark at Kiriath-jearim · second son of Jesse, David's brother · son of Saul killed at Gilboa · father of a Solomonic provisioning officer

Father of Barak the judge · From Kedesh-naphtali

Two distinct OT figures, both dying as signs of divine judgment: leader of the Korah rebellion · firstborn of Hiel the Bethelite

Shunammite virgin · Attendant to David in his old age · Indirect cause of Adonijah's execution

Nephew of David · Eldest son of Zeruiah · Brother of Joab and Asahel · Chief of David's mighty men

The eldest of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and brother to Joab and Asahel

Alternate spelling for Absalom · See *Absalom*

Two distinct OT figures: fourth high priest of Israel, in the line of Eleazar · Benjamite genealogy under Bela

Son of Shammai · Judahite of the line of Jerahmeel · Husband of Abihail

Wife of David · Mother of Shephatiah

Son of Shaharaim by Hushim · Benjamite

Son of Zerubbabel · Ancestor of Joseph in Matthew's genealogy of Christ

the translation of a Hebrew word meaning smiters; probably, in allusion to the tongue,…

Or washing, was practised, (1

Commander of Saul's army · Saul's first cousin · Kingmaker for Ish-bosheth · Defector to David · Murdered by Joab

This word is used, (1

Mentioned by our Saviour, (Matthew 24:15) as a sign of the approaching destruction of…

Patriarch · Father of the faithful · Recipient of God's covenant with Israel

Jewish pseudepigraphal apocalypse · Not canonical scripture

Jewish (lightly Christianized) pseudepigraphal narrative · Not canonical scripture

Luke 16:22

Pre-renaming form of Abraham · See *Abraham*

Upper Mesopotamia (proposed identification with the Khabour/Chaboras tributary of the Euphrates)

Eastern Arabah · near the head of the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)

Third son of David · Killer of Amnon · Leader of the great rebellion against his father

A monument of tomb which Absalom had built during his lifetime in the king’s dale, i

1 Corinthians 9:27

Revelation 9:1

Exodus 25:10

Mesopotamia · land of Shinar

[Ekron]

Sultry or sandy, a town and harbour of Phoenicia, in the tribe of Asher, but never…

Western Galilee · Mediterranean coast

Romans 14:12

Revelation 12:10

Satan is styled the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev

The name which the Jews gave in their proper tongue, i

brother of the father

Persian dynasty under which the post-exilic Old Testament period unfolded · political backdrop of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and parts of Daniel

Southern Greece · Peloponnese · Attica · central Greece

one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, visited…

Corinthian Christian · One of three delegates who visited Paul in Ephesus

Israelite of Judah whose theft at Jericho caused Israel's defeat at Ai · Executed in the Valley of Achor

one that takes, or possesses

king of Judah, (Matthew 1:9)

Multiple OT figures: Edomite father of King Baal-hanan · Judean official under Josiah (and possibly Jeremiah-era)

Ancestor of Joseph in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus

Ammonite captain in the deuterocanonical book of Judith · Convert to the God of Israel

King of Gath · Twice gave refuge to David during his flight from Saul · Possibly the same figure (or his successor) under Solomon

called Ecbatana by classical writers, the capital of northern Media

the spot at which Achan was stoned

[Achsah]

Daughter of Caleb · Wife of Othniel · Petitioner for the upper and lower springs

Northern Israel · western Galilee · territory allotted to Asher

Two cities in different tribal allotments — Judah and Asher

See MAALEH-ACRABBIM, (Joshua 15:3) in the margin

1 Samuel 14:14

Psalms 119

Narrative · History · Mission

The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament

one of the cities in the extreme south of Judah, named with Dimonah and Kedesh

Ornament

the fifth son of Haman

one that draws water; poverty; cloud; death

First man, father of the human race

The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as “the figure of him who was to come

Is referred to in Josh

Red earth, a fortified city of Naphtali, probably the modern Damieh, on the west side of…

Ezek

a place on the border of Naphtali

Large, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the ecclesiastical year of the…

a place in Judea, about four miles from Beth-horon

Miracle of God, the third of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and head of an Arabian tribe (Gen

one of the places from which some of the captivity returned with Zerubbabel to Judea who…

Ample, splendid, son of Bela (1 Chr

is the rendering of, (1

Ornament, (Luke 3:28), the son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the progenitors of…

adorned; delicious; voluptuous

Low, one of the persons named in Neh

a Benjamites, son of Beriah, chief of the inhabitants of Aijalon

a fortified town near Jerusalem, probably the Hadid of (Ezra 2:33) and referred to in 1Ma…

Ornament of God

Effeminate

Slender, one of David’s warriors (1 Chr

The Eznite, one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam

See Jashobeam

a town belonging to Judah, lying in the low country, and named, between Sharaim and…

A solemn appeal whereby one person imposes on another the obligation of speaking or…

my witness; my ornament

Ancestor of Shaphat, the overseer of David’s herds that fed in the broad valleys

Earth, one of the five cities of the vale of Siddim (Gen

one of the seven princes of Persia

Delight

the lightning of the Lord; the Lord of lightning

Lord of justice or righteousness, was king in Jerusalem at the time when the Israelites…

justice of the Lord; lord of justice

Lord of Bezek, a Canaanitish king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were…

My Lord is Jehovah

Whom the Lord sets up, one of those “which came with Zerubbabel” (Ezra 2:13)

The sons of Adonikam, 666 in number, were among those who returned from Babylon with…

the son of Abda, was “over the tribute,” i

the Amorite king of Jerusalem who organized a league with four other Amorite princes…

The giving to any one the name and place and privileges of a son who is not a son by birth

[Adoraim]

a fortified city built by Rehoboam, (2 Chronicles 11:9) in Judah

See ADONIRAM

The acts and postures by which the Hebrews expressed adoration bear a great similarity to…

To worship; to express reverence and homage

Adar the king

A city of Asia Minor on the coast of Mysia, which in early times was called AEolis

the Adriatic Sea, including in Paul’s time the whole of the Mediterranean lying between…

Flock of God, the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite, to whom Saul gave in marriage his…

One of the royal cities of the Canaanites, now ‘Aid-el-ma (Josh

An inhabitant of the city of Adullam (Gen

Conjugal infidelity

The red ones, a place apparently on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, “on the south…

an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that speaks against…

one who pleads another’s cause, who helps another by defending or comforting him

[Egypt]

a paralytic at Lydda healed by St

Springs, a place near Salim where John baptized (John 3:23)

[Chronology]

[Ethiopia]

Feeling or emotion

Relationship by alliance (2 Chr

Common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps

A “prophet,” probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ

Flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian

A name applied to Haman and also to his father (Esther 3:1, 10; 8:3, 5)

[Hagar]

a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest (Ex

Used to denote the period of a man’s life (Gen

The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews

Fugitive, the father of Shammah, who was one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam

a Hararite, father of Shammah, one of David’s three mightiest heroes

Contest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering

Tilling the ground (Gen

[Herod]

The grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus and Bernice

Son of the foregoing, was born at Rome, A

The translation in Lev

Gatherer; the collector, mentioned as author of the sayings in Prov

An exclamation of sorrow or regret (Ps

An exclamation of ridicule (Ps

Father’s brother

third son of Benjamin

a name occurring in an obscure fragment of the genealogies of Judah

a priest, ancestor of Maasiai, (Nehemiah 11:13) called Jahzerah in (1 Chronicles 9:12)

father of Eli-phelet, one of David’s thirty-seven captains

Another (the Hebrew) form of AHASUERIUS

There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture

Water, the river (Ezra 8:21) by the banks of which the Jewish exiles assembled under Ezra…

Possessor

Held by Jehovah

son of Abishur by his wife Abihail

ancestor of Hushim a Benjamite

brother of the Lord

Mother’s brother, one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam

a Manassite of the family of Shemidah

Brother of help; i

Brother (i

Brother (i

Brother of support = helper, one of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess…

Brother of anger = irascible

Brother of a gift = liberal

Brother of the king, the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam

a Levite apparently in the time of David

Brother of liberality = liberal, one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by…

Brother of pleasantness = pleasant

Brotherly

Brother of evil = unlucky, or my brother is friend, chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the…

one of the sons of Benjamin, and ancestor of the AHIRAMITES (Numbers 26:38) In (Genesis…

a Danite, father of Aholiab one of the architects of the tabernacle

one of the sons of Bilhan, the grandson of Benjamin

brother of the morning or dew; brother of blackness

Brother of song = singer, the officer who was “over the household” of Solomon (1 Kings…

Brother of insipidity or impiety, a man greatly renowned for his sagacity among the Jews

Brother of goodness = good

Fatness, a town of Asher lying within the unconquered Phoenician border (Judg

beseeching; sorrowing; expecting

daughter of Sheshan, whom, having no issue, he gave in marriage to his Egyptian slave…

Brotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr

An epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon’s captains (1 Chr

She has her own tent, a name used by Ezekiel (23:4, 5, 36, 44) as a symbol of the…

two symbolical names, are described as harlots, the former representing Samaria and the…

Tent of the father, an artist of the tribe of Dan, appointed to the work of preparing…

My tent is in her, the name of an imaginary harlot, applied symbolically to Jerusalem,…

Tent of the height, the name given to Judith, the daughter of Beeri = Anah (Gen

One of the three wives of Esau

Son of Jabath, a descendant of Judah, and head of one of the families of the Zorathites

properly Ahuzzam son of Ashur, the father or founder of Tekoa, by his wife Naarah

possession; seizing; collecting

one of the friends of the Philistine king Abimelech, who accompanied him at his interview…

Ruins

a place named by Isaiah, (Isaiah 10:28) in connection with Migron and Michmash probably…

like Aiath probably a variation of the name Ai, mentioned with Michmash and Bethel

Hind of the dawn, a name found in the title of Ps

The atmosphere, as opposed to the higher regions of the sky (1 Thess

[Aijalon, Or Ajalon]

And Aij’alon, place of deer

son of Ezer, one of the “dukes” or chieftains of the Horites, and descendant of Seir

Revised Version of (Acts 1:19) for Aceldama

Mesopotamia · land of Shinar (the alluvial plain of southern Iraq)

Scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the…

Occurs only in the New Testament in connection with the box of “ointment of spikenard…

properly Al’emeth (covering), one of the sons of Beecher, the son of Benjamin

a place within the limits of Asher, named between Achshaph and Amad

Virgins, a musical term (1 Chr

A particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give warning to the Hebrews on…

Covering

Man-defender

king of Macedon, surnamed the Great, the son of Philip and Olympias, was born at Pella B

The king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the “belly…

The ancient metropolis of Lower Egypt, so called from its founder, Alexander the Great…

3 Ma 3:1; (Acts 18:24; 6:9) the Hellenic, Roman and Christian capital of Egypt

the Jewish colonists of Alexandria, who were admitted to the privileges of citizenship…

the same as almug (1 Kings 10:11)

the former occurring in (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10,11) the latter in (1 Kings 10:11,12)…

[Alvah]

[Alvan]

A foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the rights…

Revelation 21:5

Used only in Gal

The Greek form (Rev

A treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage

On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine no connections were formed between…

Oak

Oak of weeping, a tree near Bethel, at the spot where Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, was…

Immeasurable, the first named of the sons of Joktan (Gen

Hidden, one of the sacerdotal cities of Benjamin (Josh

hidden in a cluster of fig trees

A native of Syria and Palestine

This word is found in (Genesis 43:11; Exodus 25:33,34; 37:19,20; Numbers 17:8;…

one of the latest stations of the Israelites between Dibon-gad and the mountains of…

Not found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New

= algum (2 Chr

[Algum Or Almug Trees TREES]

a fragrant wood (Num

The name of a costly and sweet-smelling wood which is mentioned in (Numbers 24:6; Psalms…

a place or district, forming with Asher the jurisdiction of the ninth of Solomon’s…

the first letter of the Greek alphabet

[Writing]

The father of James the Less, the apostle and writer of the epistle (Matt

a thousand; learned; chief

any structure of earth (Ex

Destroy not, the title of Ps

One of the places, the last before Rephidim, at which the Hebrews rested on their way to…

a duke of Edom, (Genesis 36:40) written Aliah in (1 Chronicles 1:51)

a Horite, son of Shobal, (Genesis 36:23) written Alian in (1 Chronicles 1:40)

an unknown place in Asher, between Alammelech and Misheal

and Amad’athus

an Asherite, son of Helem

Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen

A tribe that dwelt in Arabia Petraea, between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea

a nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the…

a mountain in Ephraim, (Judges 12:15) probably so named because the Amalekites once held…

a city in the south of Judah named with Shema and Moladah in (Joshua 15:26) only

[Haman] (Esther 10:7; 12:6; 13:3,12; 14:17; 16:10,17)

Perennial

Said by Jehovah

Burden

Burdensome

A Kohathite, father of Mahath and ancestor of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:25,35) Chief of the…

The son of Azareel, appointed by Nehemiah to reside at Jerusalem and do the work of the…

son of Azareel, a priest in the time of Nehemiah, (Nehemiah 11:13) apparently the same as…

same as Amaziah

Burden of (i

[Hamath]

Strengthened by Jehovah

In the Old Testament the Hebrew word *tsir*, meaning “one who goes on an errand,” is…

embassy, a message of a public nature brought by ambassadors

a metal compounded of silver and gold

Joshua at the capture of Ai lay in ambush, and so deceived the inhabitants that he gained…

This Hebrew word means firm, and hence also faithful (Rev

One of the precious stones in the breastplate of the high priest (Ex

one of Solomon’s servants, (Ezra 2:57) called Amon, Or Amen, Amon in (Nehemiah 7:59)

same as Amminadab

True, the father of Jonah the prophet, a native of Gath-hepher (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1)

A cubit, the name of a hill which Joab and Abishai reached as the sun went down, when…

My people, a name given by Jehovah to the people of Israel (Hos

my people is liberal

People of God

People of glory; i

Kindred of the prince

A person mentioned in Cant

People of the Almighty, the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Danites at the time…

People of the giver, the son of Benaiah, who was the third and chief captain of the host…

Another form of the name Ben-ammi, the son of Lot (Gen

The usual name of the descendants of Ammon, the son of Lot (Gen

a woman of Ammonite race

See No-Amon

[Amminadab, 1]

Faithful

a priest who returned with Zerubbabel

Builder

an Egyptian divinity, whose name occurs in that of No-amon

bitter; a rebel; a babbler

one of the chief nations who possessed the land of Canaan before its conquest by the…

Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan…

Minor Prophets

Strong, the father of the prophet Isaiah (2 Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1; Isa

City on both sides, a Macedonian city, a great Roman military station, through which Paul…

A Roman Christian saluted by Paul (Rom

(Romans 16:8) (the full name of which Amplias, above, is the contraction

Kindred of the High; i

A branch of the great Kohathite family of the tribe of Levi, (Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles…

King of Shinar, southern Chaldea, one of the confederates of Chedorlaomer, king of Elam,…

were ornaments, gems, scrolls

Grape-town, one of the cities in the mountains of Judah, from which Joshua expelled the…

Speech

a place within the border of Issachar, named with Shihon and Rabbith

Long-necked, the son of Arba, father of the Anakim (Josh

The descendants of Anak (Josh

The name of an Egyptian tribe descended from Mizraim (Gen

One of the gods worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim, who colonized Samaria (2 Kings…

Cloud, one of the Israelites who sealed the covenant after the return from Babylon (Neh

the seventh son of Elioenai, descended from the royal line of Judah

Protected by Jehovah, the name of a town in the tribe of Benjamin between Nob and Hazor…

A common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah

An answer; i

Anything laid up or suspended; hence anything laid up in a temple or set apart as sacred

The name of one of the cities of refuge, in the tribe of Benjamin (Josh

From Acts 27:29, 30, 40, it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several anchors,…

An expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the…

Apostle of Jesus Christ; first disciple called

Man-conquering, a Jewish Christian, the kinsman and fellowprisoner of Paul (Rom

Two fountains, a Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (1 Chr

A boy

Anet’othite, (1 Chronicles 27:12) and An’tothite, (1 Chronicles 11:28; 12:3) an…

A word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a “messenger,” and hence employed to…

etc

By the word “angels” (i

The emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil that presents itself to…

a Manassite, son of Shemidah (1 Chronicles 7:19)

Fountains, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh

An organized living creature endowed with sensation

This word is found only in Matt

This word does not occur in the Authorized Version; but anklets are referred to in…

prophetess

Was high priest A

The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews

in Holy Scripture, is either, I

referred to in Prov

Against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ

In Syria, on the river Orontes, about 16 miles from the Mediterranean, and some 300 miles…

The name of several Syrian kings from B

Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace

A city built by Herod the Great, and called by this name in honour of his father,…

a town to which the soldiers conveyed St

A fortress in Jerusalem, at the north-west corner of the temple area

a Benjamite, one of the sons of Jeroham

An inhabitant of Anathoth, found only in 1 Chr

son of Coz and descendant of Judah, through Ashur the father of Tekoa (1 Chronicles 4:8)

The rendering of the Hebrew word , “beaten,” found only in Isa

Philippians 4:6

An animal of the monkey tribe (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr

A Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom

are mentioned in (1 Kings 10:22) and 2Chr 9:21 There can be little doubt that the apes…

A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6; 6:6)

Apharsites (from a root meaning) dividing or rending

the names of certain tribes, colonies from which had been planted in Samaria by the…

Another of the tribes removed to Samaria (Ezra 4:9), or perhaps the same as the preceding

the name of several places in Palestine

a city of Judah, in the mountains (Joshua 15:53) probably the same as Aphek, 1

one of the fore-fathers of King Saul

; Aphek (Josh

The house of, a place mentioned in (Micah 1:10) Its site is uncertain

chief of the 15th of the 24 courses in the service of the temple

The Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q

Hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the LXX

A city of Macedonia between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, from which it was distant about…

destroying

A Jew “born at Alexandria,” a man well versed in the Scriptures and eloquent (Acts 18:24;…

Destroyer, the name given to the king of the hosts represented by the locusts (Rev

A person sent by another; a messenger; envoy

Rendered in the margin and the Revised Version “perfumer,” in Ex

or Ap’paim (the nostrils), son of Nadab, and descended from Jerahmeel, the founder of an…

In Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very marked

A reference of any case from an inferior to a superior court

Increasing, a female Christian at Colosse (Philemon 1:2), supposed by some to have been…

I

Revised Version for Appii Forum

Found in the Authorized Version in Gen

Eagle, a native of Pontus, by occupation a tent-maker, whom Paul met on his first visit…

or Ar of Moab, one of the chief places of Moab

one of the sons of Jether, the head of a family of Asherites

Ambush, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh

Plain, in the Revised Version of 2 Kings 14:25; Josh

Arid, an extensive region in the south-west of Asia

the nomadic tribes inhabiting the country to the east and south of Palestine, who in the…

Now Tell Arad, a Canaanite city, about 20 miles south of Hebron

The son of Shem (Gen

Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Gen

probably the region between the Euphrates and the Orontes

a female inhabitant of Aram

Psal 60:1, title

Wild goat, a descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen

Sacred land or high land, the name of a country on one of the mountains of which the ark…

Agile; also called Ornan 1 Chr

Four, a giant, father of Anak

Hebron, or Kirjath-Arba, as “the city of Arbah” is always rendered elsewhere

A name given to Abi-albon, or, as elsewhere called, Abiel, one of David’s warriors (2 Sam

a native of Arab

An architectural term found only in Ezek

A triumphal arch erected at Rome, and still remaining there, to commemorate the conquest…

the prince of the angels

Ruler of the people, son of Herod the Great, by Malthace, a Samaritan woman

A shooter with the bow (1 Chr

[Arms, Armor]

One of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria (Ezra 4:9); the men of Erech

perhaps the inhabitants of Erech, some of whom had been placed as colonists in Samaria

A city on the boundary of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh

Master of the horse, a “fellow-soldier” of Paul’s (Philemon 1:2), whom he exhorts to…

The usual designation of Hushai (2 Sam

the usual designation of David’s friend Hushai

The book of (Genesis 4:17,20,22) appears to divide mankind into two great characteristic…

Bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation…

Descent, a grandson of Benjamin (Num

the descendants of Ard or Addar, the grandson of Benjamin

Descendant, the last of the three sons of Caleb by his first wife Azubah (1 Chr

a son of Gad

A member of the court of Areopagus (Acts 17:34)

The Latin form of the Greek word rendered “Mars’ hill

The father-in-law of Herod Antipas, and king of Arabia Petraea

Stony heap, an “island,” as it has been called, of rock about 30 miles by 20, rising 20…

ninth son of Haman

sixth son of Haman

The lion, the name of one of the body-guard slain with Pekahiah at Samaria (2 Kings…

The lion of God

A “city of the Jews” (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord…

Lion-like, venerable

eighth son of Haman

Best ruler, native of Thessalonica (Acts 20:4), a companion of Paul (Acts 19:29; 27:2)

A Roman mentioned in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans (16:10), whose “household” is saluated

Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits…

A small boat or basket made of the papyrus, a reed which grows in the marshes of Egypt

The first piece of the tabernacle’s furniture, for which precise directions were delivered

[Noah]

a designation of certain descendants from the Phoenicians or Sidonians, the inhabitants…

from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and…

Used to denote power (Ps

Occurs only in Rev

High land, occurs only in Authorized Version, 2 Kings 19:37; in Revised Version,…

an ornament universal in the East, especially among women; used by princes as one of the…

Inhabitant of a fortress, the first-named of the two sons of Saul and Rizpah

Ephesians 6:10

Is employed in the English Bible to denote military equipment, both offensive and…

An officer selected by kings and generals because of his bravery, not only to bear their…

The place in which armour was deposited when not used (Neh

The subject naturally divides itself into— I

The Israelites marched out of Egypt in military order (Ex

In the received Hebrew text “the sons of Arnan” are mentioned in the genealogy of…

and is probably another name or form of the name of Aram

Swift, the southern boundary of the territory of Israel beyond Jordan, separating it from…

a son of Gad, (Numbers 26:17) called Arodi in (Genesis 46:16)

[Arod]

[Arod]

Ruins

Hothan the Aroerite was the father of two of David’s captains

also Arphad, support, a Syrian city near Hamath, along with which it is invariably…

(Isaiah 36:19; 37:13) a city or district in Syria, apparently dependent on Damascus

Son of Shem, born the year after the Deluge

At first made of reeds, and then of wood tipped with iron

The Greek form of the name of several Persian kings

a companion of St

A person engaged in any kind of manual occupation (Gen

1 Sam

the third of Solomons commissariat districts

a place apparently in the neighborhood of Shechem, at which Abimelech resided

Wandering, (Ezek

[Arvad]

prefect of the palace at Tirzah to Elah king of Israel, who was assassinated at a banquet…

Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah

Made by God, the youngest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister

a servant of King Josiah, sent by him to seek information of Jehovah respecting the book…

Convener, or collector

), a son of Jehaleleel, in the genealogies of Judah

one of the sons of Asaph, a musician, (1 Chronicles 25:2) called Jesharelah in ver

[Ashkelon, Askelon]

See CHRIST

1 Corinthians 9:27

An Egyptian name, meaning “gift of the sun-god”, daughter of Potipherah, priest of On or…

[Asher, Asher]

mentioned only Isa

a city in the low country of Judah

a proper name, but whether of a person or place is uncertain

second son of Benjamin and ancestor of the Ashbelites

[Ashkenaz]

Stronghold, a Philistine city (Josh

(Acts 8:40) one of the five confederate cities of the Philistines situated about 30 miles…

the inhabitants of Ashdod, (Nehemiah 4:7) called Ashdothites in (Joshua 13:3)

in Authorized Version, but in Revised Version translated “slopes of Pisgah

and in Deuteronomy 4:49 Authorized Version, translated springs of Pisgah, i

Happy, Jacob’s eigth son; his mother was Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid (Gen

And pl

descendants of Asher, and members of his tribe

The ashes of a red heifer burned entire (Num

a god of the Hamathite colonists in Samaria

=Askelon=Ascalon, was one of the five cities of the Philistines (Josh

Apocrypha As’calon (migration), one of the five cities of the Philistines, (Joshua 113:3;…

One of the three sons of Gomer (Gen

the name of two cities, both in the lowlands of Judah: (1) named between Zoreah and…

The master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan

properly As’riel (vow of God)

A city of Bashan, in the kingdom of Og (Deut

a native or inhabitant of Ashtaroth, (1 Chronicles 11:44) beyond Jordan

Ashteroth of the two horns, the abode of the Rephaim (Gen

The moon goddess of the Phoenicians, representing the passive principle in nature, their…

the posthumous son of Hezron by his wife Abiah

a tribe descended from Dedan, the grandson of Abraham

Mentioned among those over whom Ish-bosheth was made king (2 Sam

Only in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the…

One of the sons of Japhlet, of the tribe of Asher

Is used to denote Proconsular Asia, a Roman province which embraced the western parts of…

(Authorized Version; (Acts 19:31)), officers chosen annually by the cities of that part…

weight; balance; fire of infamy

Probably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos of the Greeks), styled the “great and…

Deut

the name of some sweet perfume mentioned in Ecclus

third son of Haman

the pool in the “wilderness of Thecoe

the son of Gilead and great-grandson of Manasseh

Frequently mentioned throughout Scripture

Second son of Shem (Gen

liers in want; beholders

A sea-port town of Proconsular Asia, in the district of Mysia, on the north shore of the…

a seaport of the Roman province of Asia in the district anciently called Mysia, on the…

[Asshur, Assyria, Asshur; ASSYRIA]

The resurrection of Jesus (Acts 17:31) is the “assurance” (Gr

The name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the country,…

was a great and powerful country lying on the Tigris, (Genesis 2:14) the capital of which…

[Ashtaroth]

[Ashtoreth]

Heb

The Hebrews were devout students of the wonders of the starry firmanent (Amos 5:8; Ps

properly the house of stores for the priests

literally house of the gatherings

a Christian at Rome, saluted by St

Buckthorn, a place where Joseph and his brethren, when on their way from Egypt to Hebron…

a wife of Jerahmeel, and mother of Onam

Crowns

crowns of power

Shut; lame

a descendant of Pharez, the son of Judah, who dwelt at Jerusalem after the return from…

Whom God afflicts

natives of Athens (Acts 17:21)

The capital of Attica, the most celebrated city of the ancient world, the seat of Greek…

one of the sons of Bebai, who put away his foreign wife at the exhortation of Ezra

This word does not occur in the Authorized Version of the New Testament except in Rom

The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, “the fast”…

I

a city of Gad

a coast-town of Pamphylia, mentioned (Acts 14:25) It was built by Attalus Philadelphus,…

increased, nourished

The cognomen of the first Roman emperor, C

A place in Assyria from which colonies were brought to Samaria (2 Kings 17:24)

Nothingness; vanity

the nearest relative of a murdered person

A people dwelling in Hazerim, or “the villages” or “encampments” on the south-west corner…

the city of Hadad ben-Bedad, one of the kings of Edom before there were kings in Israel

An instrument only referred to in connection with the custom of boring the ear of a slave…

Used in the Authorized Version of Deut

should perhaps be rendered “very near” = “the way of escape shall be made easy

the father of Shaphan the scribe in the reign of Josiah

the father or immediate ancestor of Jeshua the Levite, in the time of Nehemiah

a Levite musician

help of God

Whom Jehovah helps

a Reubenite, father of Bela

Whom Jehovah strengthened

father or ancestor of Nehemiah, the prince of part of Bethzur

Dug over, a town in the Shephelah or low hills of Judah (Josh

Noble, a descendant of king Saul (1 Chr

a city in the extreme south of Judah, (Joshua 15:29) afterwards allotted to Simeon

a Levite

a layman of the family of Zattu, who had married a foreign wife after the return from…

Strong as death

a place named as being on the southern boundary of the Holy Land, apparently near the…

the ears of Tabor; the ears of purity or contrition

of Tabor), one of the landmarks of the boundary of Naphtali

son of Eliakim, in the line of our Lord

The Grecized form (Acts 8:40, etc

Deserted

properly Az’zur (he that assists) A Benjamite of Gibeon, and father of Hananiah the…

Helper

the father of Paltiel prince of the tribe of Issachar, who represented his tribe in the…

one of the heads of the People who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Lord

Covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judg

Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of Lebanon at the foot…

Place of a multitude, a place where Solomon had an extensive vineyard (Cant

Lord of grace

Having a courtyard, or Baal’s village, the place on the borders of Ephraim and Benjamin…

Lord of Hermon

Lord of dwelling, a town of Reuben (Num

Lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (Num

Baal having rents, bursts, or destructions, the scene of a victory gained by David over…

Lord of Shalisha, a place from which a man came with provisions for Elisha, apparently…

Lord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah of Saul (Judg

Fly-lord, the god of the Philistines at Ekron (2 Kings 1:2, 3, 16)

Baal of the north, an Egyptian town on the shores of the Gulf of Suez (Ex

Mistress; city

A town of the tribe of Dan (Josh

Baalah of the well, (Josh

Called by the Greeks Heliopolis i

same as Baalath

Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into…

My lord, a title the prophet (Hos

Plural of Baal; images of the god Baal (Judg

King of the Ammonites at the time of the Babylonian captivity (Jer

Son of affliction

Son of affliction

one of the wives of Shaharaim, a descendant of Benjamin

in making; in pressing together

a Gershonite Levite, one of the forefathers of Asaph the singer

Bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second…

Used of children generally (Matt

Bab’ylon (Greek form of Babel), is properly the capital city of the country which is…

The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of…

The Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God

Called “the land of the Chaldeans” (Jer

the inhabitants of Babylon, a race of Shemitic origin, who were among the colonists…

A robe of rich colours fabricated at Babylon, and hence of great value (Josh

The Valley of, A valley in Palestine, through which the exiled Psalmist sees in vision…

probably a valley in some part of Palestine, or generally some one of the valleys through…

the family of Becher, son of Ephraim

In Ps

To draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess

This word is found in Ex

There is much obscurity as to the meaning of the word tachash, rendered “badger” in the…

A pocket of a cone-like shape in which Naaman bound two pieces of silver for Gehazi (2…

[Bahurim]

Young men, a place east of Jerusalem (2 Sam

House, probably a city of Moab, which had a celebrated idol-temple (Isa

a Levite, apparently a descendant of Asaph

a Levite in the time of Nehemiah

The duty of preparing bread was usually, in ancient times, committed to the females or…

Baked provisions (Gen

Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was…

[Balak]

He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa

A city in the tribe of Simeon (Josh

Empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num

[Baal, Geogr

Occurs in Lev

Reference to balances is found in (Leviticus 19:36) They were in common use, gold and…

From natural causes was uncommon (2 Kings 2:23; Isa

Contracted from Bal’sam, a general name for many oily or resinous substances which flow…

A height, a name used simply to denote a high place where the Jews worshipped idols (Ezek

Heights, the forty-seventh station of the Israelites (Num

Heights of Baal, a place on the river Arnon, or in the plains through which it flows,…

a sanctuary of Baal in the country of Moab (Joshua 13:17) which is probably mentioned in…

The “band of Roman soldiers” referred to in (Matthew 27:27) and elsewhere was the tenth…

of love (Hos

Built

The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three tribes marching together

A feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet

among the Hebrews, were not only a means of social enjoyment, but were a part of the…

It is well known that ablution or bathing was common in most ancient nations as a…

Only mentioned in 1 Cor

Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices

An ordinance immediately instituted by Christ (Matt

Was not Christian baptism, nor was that which was practised by the disciples previous to…

Used to denote the means by which a door is bolted (Neh

Son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and…

Son of Jonah, the patronymic of Peter (Matt

I

Whom God has blessed, a Buzite, the father of Elihu, one of Job’s friends (Job 32:2, 6)

[Zacharias]

4 (q

Military judge and deliverer of Israel

A Greek word used in the New Testament (Rom

Found only once, in Ezek

To go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isa

[Bahurim]

Fugitive, one of Shemaiah’s five sons

Painter, (Ezra 2:53; Neh

A grain much cultivated in Egypt (Ex

A storehouse (Deut

Apostle, missionary, and early church leader

A vessel used for keeping flour (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16)

For a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among the Jews (Gen

Son of Saba, the surname (1) of Joseph, also called Justus (Acts 1:23), some identify him…

Revised Version of (Acts 1:23) for BAR’SABAS

Son of Tolmai, one of the twelve apostles (Matt

Son of Timaeus, one of the two blind beggars of Jericho (Mark 10:46; Matt

son of the honorable

Major Prophets

Of iron

Light soil, first mentioned in Gen

The Bashan of the villages of Jair, the general name given to Argob by Jair, the son of…

probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan

a name given to Argob after its conquest by Jair

Sweet-smelling

the “king serpent,” as the name imports; a fabulous serpent said to be three spans long,…

Or Bason

There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: (1

a daughter of Solomon, married to Ahimaaz, one of his commissariat officers

In the Old Testament the rendering of the Hebrew word *mamzer’*, which means “polluted

Beating, a mode of punishment common in the East

The Hebrew word (atalleph’) so rendered (Lev

A Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (1 Kings 7:26, 38; Ezek

Daughter of many, the name of one of the gates of the city of Heshbon, near which were…

Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu’a (1 Chr

This was a prescribed part of the Jewish ritual of purification in cases of accident, or…

The gate of, One of the gates of the ancient city of heshbon

The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews (Lev

Wife of King David; mother of King Solomon

(2 Samuel 11:3) etc

[BATH-SHEBA]

same as Bathsheba

a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making…

a large beam with a head of iron which was sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram

A mallet or heavy war-club

The war-bow used in fighting (Zech

[Maul]

A parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be…

son of Henadad, ruler of the district of Keilah in the time of Nehemiah

Denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh

Named only in Ps

[Bazlith]

Occurs only in Gen

Psalms 46:10

A pole (Heb

Whose Lord is Jehovah, a Benjamite, one of David’s thirty heroes of the sling and bow (1…

Citizens, a town in the extreme south of Judah (Josh

Occurs in the Authorized Version as the rendering of various Hebrew words

Mentioned in 2 Sam

A native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture

named only in (Hosea 10:14) as the scene of a sack and massacre by Shalman

The mode of wearing it was definitely prescribed to the Jews (Lev

This word is used of flocks or herds of grazing animals (Ex

In Num

obtained by pounding olives in a mortar, not by crushing them in a mill

Matthew 5

The name of one of the gates of the temple (Acts 3:2)

First-born; a youth, the second son of Benjamin (Gen

son of Aphiah or Abiah, and grandson of Becher according to (1 Samuel 9:1; 1 Chronicles…

for rest at night (Ex

An apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper…

the father of Hadad king of Edom

Bedeiah, the only Lord

One of the judges of Israel (1 Sam

one of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who had taken a foreign wife

Used in Deut

First mentioned in Deut

; one of David’s 9 sons, born in Jerusalem

the name given to Satan, and found only in the New Testament (Matt

the title of a heathen deity, to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil…

Well

Well of heroes, probably the name given to Beer, the place where the chiefs of Israel dug…

I

son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher

prince of the Reubenites, carried away by Tiglath-pileser

a spot named in (Isaiah 15:8) as on the “border of Moab

Illustrious, or the well-man

a living spring, Authorized Version, fountain, comp

Wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with…

Well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and…

the name of one of the old places in Palestine which formed the southern limit of the…

one of the two cities allotted to the sons of Gershon out of the tribe of Manasseh beyond…

a name applicable to all ruminating animals except camels, and especially to the Bovidce,…

That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence (Ex

The poor among the Hebrews were much favored

A method of taking away life practised among the Egyptians (Gen

Both the name and its explanation, “a half shekel,” are given in Ex

The Aramaic form of Baal, the national god of the Babylonians (Isa

Major Prophets

A thing swallowed

[Bela, 3]

[Bela, 3]

Worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name

The bells first mentioned in Scripture are the small golden bells attached to the hem of…

Occurs only in Jer

In (Exodus 28:33) the bells alluded to were the golden ones 72 in number, round the hem…

The seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil

Bel protect the king

Beltis protect the king

a Levite, one of the porters appointed by David for the ark

Son of my kindred; i

The standing title of the Syrian kings, meaning “the son of Hadad

Built up by Jehovah

the son of the younger daughter of Lot, and progenitor of the Ammonites

Deck of a Tyrian ship, described by Ezekiel (27:6) as overlaid with box-wood

Children of Jaakan (Num

one of the cities of the tribe of Dan, mentioned only in (Joshua 19:45)

a tribe who gave their name to certain wells in the desert which formed one of the…

an appellation given to a people or to peoples dwelling to the east of Palestine

the name of three kings of Damascus

one of the princes whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach in the cities of Judah

son of Shimon, in the line of Judah

our sons

a Levite; one of those who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Son of my right hand

[Jerusalem]

The proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was maintained…

The contrast between the warlike character of the tribe and the peaceful image of its…

a Levite of the sons of Merari

[BETH-BAALMEON] Comp

a descendant of Judah

in affliction

A torch

Gift, or son of evil, king of Sodom at the time of the invasion of the four kings under…

Blessing

a valley in which Jehoshaphat and his people assembled to “bless” Jehovah after the…

a Gershonite Levite, father of Asaph

son of Shimhi, a chief man of Benjamin

A city of Macedonia to which Paul with Silas and Timotheus went when persecuted at…

Blessed by Jehovah

Hail

[Bernice, Or Berenice]

son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher

A gift, or in evil

A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore…

[BAAL-BERITH]

Bearer of victory, the eldest daughter of Agrippa I

the eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I

The king of Babylon who sent a friendly deputation to Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:12)

[MERODACH-BALADAN]

Bero’-tha-i (my wells)

wells; a cypress

of a well

[Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan]

The rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word *tarshish*, a precious stone;…

father of one of the repairers of the wall of Jerusalem

The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa

Cold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David’s men…

a torrent-bed or wady in the extreme south of Judah

The rendering in Isa

Confidence, a city belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah, which yielded much spoil of…

one of the cities on the border of the tribe of Asher

Occurs frequently as the appellation for a house, or dwelling-place, in such compounds as…

House of response, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh

House of answers, a city in the mountainous district of Judah (Josh

House of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of the…

House of the height; i

House of God’s court, a place alluded to by Hosea (10:14) as the scene of some great…

House of nothingness; i

house of death's strength

an idol of the dwelling-place

House of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon’s victory (Judg

the house of my Creator, the house of my health

Sheep-house, a place to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines west from Mizpeh (1…

House of Dagon

House of two cakes of figs, a city of Moab, upon which Jeremiah (48:22) denounced…

the house of God

a neighbor's house

a house for a mouse

Camel-house, a city in the “plain country” of Moab denounced by the prophet (Jer

House of Gilgal, a place from which the inhabitants gathered for the purpose of…

House of a vineyard, a place in the tribe of Judah (Neh

house of grace

House of the hollow, or of the cavern, the name of two towns or villages (2 Chr

House of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan, in the desert of…

house of dust

house of lionesses

house of bread

house of bitterness wiped out

house of the dwelling-place

house of rebellion

house of expulsion

house of dividing asunder

House of Peor; i

House of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to…

same as Beth-palet

house of health

House of security or rest, a city which belonged to Manasseh (1 Chr

House of the sun

House of apples, a town of Judah, now Tuffuh, 5 miles west of Hebron (Josh

house of a rock

House of the ford, a place on the east bank of the Jordan, where John was baptizing (John…

one of the “fenced cities” of Naphtali, named with Beth-shemesh, (Joshua 19:38) from…

a town in the mountainous district of Judah, named with Halhul, Beth-zur and others in…

House of dates

one of the six cities of Judah which were situated down in the Arabah, the sunk valley of…

accurately BETH-HARAM, one of the towns of Gad on the east of Jordan, described as in…

a place on the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel, (Joshua 7:2; 18:12) and lying…

a place in the possessions of Reuben, on the downs (Authorized Version “plain”) east of…

named only in (Judges 7:24) It derived its chief interest in the possibility that its…

a town of Simeon, (1 Chronicles 4:31) which by comparison with the parallel list in…

a place named as the point to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines, (1 Samuel…

a town of Moab, (Jeremiah 48:22) apparently the place elsewhere called ALMON-DIBLATHAIM

House of God

A designation of Hiel (q

a place on or near the border of Asher, on the north side of which was the ravine of…

Dissection or separation, certain mountains mentioned in Cant

House of mercy, a reservoir (Gr

a place named only in (Micah 1:11) From the context it was doubtless situated in the…

doubtless a place, though it occurs in the genealogies of Judah as if a person

a town of Moab, in the downs east of Jordan

Same as Gilgal

It is no doubt the same place as BETH-ARAM

and Holg’lah a place on the border of Judah, (Joshua 15:6) and of Benjamin

the name of two towns or villages, an “upper” and a “nether,” (Joshua 16:3,5; 1…

or Jes’imoth, a town or place east of Jordan, on the lower level at the south end of the…

a town in the lot of Simeon, (Joshua 19:6) in the extreme south of Judah

House of bread

1 Esd

a place named only in (2 Samuel 20:14,15) In the absence of more information we can only…

one of the towns of Simeon, situated to the extreme south of Judah

A contracted form of Beth-baal-meon

one of the fenced cities on the east of Jordan taken and built by the tribe of Gad…

a town among those in the extreme south of Judah, named in (Joshua 15:27)

a town of Issachar named with En-haddah (Joshua 19:21) and of which nothing is known

a place on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho and six miles above Libias or Beth-haran

(house of figs) the name of a place on the Mount of Olives on the road between Jericho…

[Bethpalet]

a name which occurs in the genealogy of Judah as the son of Eshton

place mentioned as having near it the valley in which lay the town of Laish or Dan

House of fish

Beth-shean, house of the tooth, or of ivory, or of sleep

or in Samuel, BETHSHAN, a city which belonged to Manasseh, (1 Chronicles 7:29) though…

one of the spots to which the flight of the host of the Midianites extended after their…

one of the towns of Judah in the mountainous district, and near Hebron

Man of God, or virgin of God, or house of God

a town of Simeon in the south named with Eltolad and Hormah, (Joshua 19:4) called also…

House of rock, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh

a town of Gad, apparently on the northern boundary

To promise “by one’s truth

[Marriage

Married, is used in Isa

To reveal or disclose; an old English word equivalent to “betray” (Prov

When used with reference to Jordan, signifies in the writings of Moses the west side of…

In the shadow of God; i

Lightning

Ore of gold or silver

a city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan

Bible, the English form of the Greek name *Biblia*, meaning “books,” the name which in…

(2 Samuel 20:1) an ancestor of Sheba

Jehu’s “captain,” originally his fellow officer, (2 Kings 9:25) who completed the…

The frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14)

Garden, or gift of fortune, one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains who had charge of…

One of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus

a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in the court of Ahasuerus, one of those “who…

Son of contention, one of Job’s friends

a town in the western half of the tribe of Manasseh, named only in (1 Chronicles 6:70)…

Cheerful

[Bilgah, 2]

Faltering; bashful, Rachel’s handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob (Gen

Son of the tongue; i

one of the sons of Japhlet in the line of Asher

Genesis 22

one of the descendants of Saul

Birds are divided in the Mosaic law into two classes, (1) the clean (Lev

[Sparrow]

Son of wickedness, a king of Gomorrah whom Abraham succoured in the invasion of…

As soon as a child was born it was washed, and rubbed with salt (Ezek

The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18)

The custom of observing birthdays is very ancient, (Genesis 40:20; Jeremiah 20:15) and in…

This word denotes the special privileges and advantages belonging to the first-born son…

a name occurring in the genealogies of Asher

in peace

An overseer

the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extended

The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them

The broken or divided place, a district in the Arabah or Jordan valley, on the east of…

daughter of a Pharaoh, and wife of Mered

more accurately the Bithron (a craggy gorge or ravine), a place, doubtless a district, in…

A province in Asia Minor, to the south of the Euxine and Propontis

Bitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery, and servitude (Ex

The Israelites were commanded to eat the Paschal lamb “with unleavened bread and with…

Is found three times in connection with the desolations to come upon Babylon, Idumea, and…

Gen

a town in the south of Judah

the second of the seven eunuchs of King Ahasuerus’ harem

Properly the absence of all colour

Applied to the glittering point of a spear (Job 39:23) or sword (Nah

Occurs only in connection with the sixth plague of Egypt (Ex

In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps

Chamberlain to king Herod Agrippa I

Imperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering animals…

God blesses his people when he bestows on them some gift temporal or spiritual (Gen

Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt

is extremely common in the East from many causes

As food, prohibited in Gen

He who avenged the blood of one who had been killed

The sign and token of our Lord’s great agony (Luke 22:44)

A stain or reproach (Job 31:7; Prov

Generally associated with purple (Ex

Sons of thunder, a surname given by our Lord to James and John (Mark 3:17) on account of…

Occurs only in Ps

Alacrity

son of Azel, according to the present Hebrew text of (1 Chronicles 8:38)

Weepers, a place where the angel of the Lord reproved the Israelites for entering into a…

a Reubenite

a stone erected in honor of Bohan on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin, in the…

an aggravated ulcer, as in the case of Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:7; Isa

meaning “swollen or podded for seed,” was adopted in the Authorized Version from the…

The Hebrew word *kebir*, rendered “pillow” in 1 Sam