Places of the Bible

Abarim

Transjordan · east of the Dead Sea, in ancient Moab

Abel-beth-maachah

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

Abel-meholah

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

Abel-mizraim

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

Abel-shittim

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

Abel, Stone Of

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

Abelbethmaachah

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

Abelmeholah

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

Abelmizraim

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

Abelshittim

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

Abilene

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

Abron

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

Abronah

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

Absaloms Pillar, Or Place

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

Accho

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

Acco

Western Galilee · Mediterranean coast

Aceldama

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

Achaia

Southern Greece · Peloponnese · Attica · central Greece

Achmetha

called Ecbatana by classical writers, the capital of northern Media

Achor, Valley Of

the spot at which Achan was stoned

Achshaph

Northern Israel · western Galilee · territory allotted to Asher

Achzib

Two cities in different tribal allotments — Judah and Asher

Adam, the city of

Is referred to in Josh

Adamah

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

Adami

a place on the border of Naphtali

Adasa

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

Adithaim

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

Admah

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

Adoption

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

Adramyttium

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

Adria

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

Adullam

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

Adummim

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

Ahlab

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

Aholibamah

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

Aiath

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

Aijalon, Or Ajalon

Ain

Akrabbim

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

Alexandria

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

Alexandria, Or Alexandria

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

Alien

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

Almon

Hidden, one of the sacerdotal cities of Benjamin (Josh

Aloes

a fragrant wood (Num

Aloes, Lign Aloes

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

Aloth

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

Alush

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

Amalek

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

Amalekites

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

Amalekites, Mount Of

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

Amam

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

Amana

Perennial

Ambush

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

Amon, Or Amen

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

Anaharath

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

Anathoth

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

Anchor

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

Anim

Fountains, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh

Antioch

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

Antipatris

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

Antonia

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

Aphrah

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

Apocrypha

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

Apollos

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

Appeal

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

Apple

Arabia

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

Arabians

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

Arad

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

Aram-naharaim

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

Aram-zobah

probably the region between the Euphrates and the Orontes

Ararat

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

Areopagus

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

Arimathea

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

The Arkite

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

Armageddon

Occurs only in Rev

Armenia

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

Armoni

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

Armoury

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

Army

The Israelites marched out of Egypt in military order (Ex

Arnon

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

Aroer

Ruins

Arpad, Or Arphad

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

Arumah

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

Arvad

Wandering, (Ezek

Arza

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

Ashbea

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

Ashdod, Or Azotus

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

Ashdoth-pisgah

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

Ashdothpisgah

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

Ashkelon

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

Ashkelon, Askelon

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

Ashteroth Karnaim

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

Asia

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

Asiarchae

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

Asp

Deut

Asphar

the pool in the “wilderness of Thecoe

Ass

Frequently mentioned throughout Scripture

Assos

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

Assos, Or Assus

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

Assyria

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

Asuppim, And House Of

literally house of the gatherings

Ataroth

Crowns

Athach

Attalia

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

Avenger of blood

the nearest relative of a murdered person

Azazel

Azem

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

Azmon

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

Azzah

Baal-hazor

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

Baal-perazim

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

Baal-zephon

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

Baalah

Mistress; city

Baalath-beer

Baalah of the well, (Josh

Baalbec

Called by the Greeks Heliopolis i

Babel

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

Babel, tower of

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

Babylon

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

Babylon, kingdom of

Called “the land of the Chaldeans” (Jer

Baca

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

Baca, Valley of

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

Badger

This word is found in Ex

Bahurim

Young men, a place east of Jerusalem (2 Sam

Bamah

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

Bamoth

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

Bamoth-baal

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

Bamothbaal

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

Bar

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

Bashan, Hill of

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

Basilisk

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

Bath, Bathing

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

Bathrabbim

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

Battering-ram

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

Battlement

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

Bay

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

Bear

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

Bed-chamber

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

Beer

Well

Beer-elim

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

Beer-lahai-roi

I

Beerelim

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

Beerlahairoi

a living spring, Authorized Version, fountain, comp

Beeroth

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

Beersheba

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

Beersheba, Or Beersheba

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

Beeshterah

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

Beggar, Begging

The poor among the Hebrews were much favored

Bela

A thing swallowed

Beneberak

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

Benhadad

the name of three kings of Damascus

Benjamin, The Land Of

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

Beraa

Berachah

Blessing

Berachah, Valley Of

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

Berea

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

Bered

Hail

Berothah

Bero’-tha-i (my wells)

Besor

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

Besor, The Brook

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

Beten

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

Beth

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

Beth-anath

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

Beth-anoth

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

Beth-arabah

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

Beth-aram

House of the height; i

Beth-arbel

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

Beth-aven

House of nothingness; i

Beth-barah

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

Beth-car

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

Beth-dagon

House of Dagon

Beth-gilgal

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

Beth-haccerem

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

Beth-horon

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

Beth-jeshimoth

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

Beth-peor

House of Peor; i

Beth-phage

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

Beth-shean

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

Beth-tappuah

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

Bethabara

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

Bethanoth

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

Bethany

House of dates

Betharabah

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

Betharam

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

Bethaven

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

Bethbaalmeon

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

Bethcar

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

Bethdagon

Bethdiblathaim

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

Bethel

House of God

Bethemek

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

Bethezel

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

Bethgader

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

Bethgamul

a town of Moab, in the downs east of Jordan

Bethhaccerem

Bethharan

It is no doubt the same place as BETH-ARAM

Bethhogla

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

Bethhoron

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

Bethjeshimoth

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

Bethlebaoth

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

Bethlehem

House of bread

Bethmaachah

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

Bethmarcaboth

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

Bethnimrah

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

Bethpalet

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

Bethpeor

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

Bethphage

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

Bethrehob

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

Bethsaida

House of fish

Bethshean

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

Bethshemesh

Bethtappuah

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

Bethzur

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

Betonim

a town of Gad, apparently on the northern boundary

Beyond

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

Bezaleel

In the shadow of God; i

Bezek

Lightning

Bezer

Ore of gold or silver

Bezer In The Wilderness

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

Birth-day

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

Bishopric

the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extended

Bith-ron

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

Bithron

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

Bithynia

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

Bitter

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

Bitter Herbs

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

Bizjothjah

a town in the south of Judah

Bochim

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

Bozrah

Enclosure; fortress

Brimstone

An inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea

Brook

A torrent

Burial

The first burial we have an account of is that of Sarah (Gen

Burial, Sepulchres

[TOMBS] On this subject we have to notice— The place of burial, its site and shape; The…

Bush

In which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex

Cabul

How little

Caesara Philippi

A city on the northeast of the marshy plain of el-Huleh, 120 miles north of Jerusalem,…

Caesarea

a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70…

Caesarea Philippi

is mentioned only in the first two Gospels, (Matthew 16:13; Mark 8:27) and in accounts of…

Cage

a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught

Calah

One of the most ancient cities of Assyria

Calneh

Fort, one of the four cities founded by Nimrod (Gen

Calvary

Only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as a translation of the Greek…

Camon

Full of stalks, a place (Judg

Camp

During their journeys across the wilderness, the twelve tribes formed encampments at the…

Camphire

mentioned in Cant

Cana

Reedy, a town of Galilee, near Capernaum

Canaan, The Land Of

a name denoting the country west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and between those waters…

Cappadocia

The easternmost and the largest province of Asia Minor

Cappadocia, Cappadocians

(Acts 2:3; 1 Peter 1:1) the largest province in ancient Asia Minor

Captivities Of The Jews

The present article is confined to the forcible deportation of the Jew; from their native…

Carchemish

Fortress of Chemosh, a city on the west bank of the Euphrates (Jer

Caria

the southern part of the region which int he New Testament is called Asia, and the…

Casiphia

Silver, a place between Babylon and Jerusalem, where Iddo resided (Ezra 8:17); otherwise…

Castle

A military fortress (1 Chr

Cattle

Abounded in the Holy Land

Cauda

The form given in the Revised Version to Clauda, an island south of Crete

Cenchrea

Millet, the eastern harbour of Corinth, from which it was distant about 9 miles east, and…

Cenchrea, Or Cenchrea

(millet), the eastern harbor of Corinth (i

Chaldeans, Or Chaldees

It appears that the Chaldeans (Kaldai or Kaldi) were in the earliest times merely one out…

Chaldee language

Employed by the sacred writers in certain portions of the Old Testament, viz

Chamber

“on the wall,” which the Shunammite prepared for the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4:10), was…

Chameleon

A species of lizard which has the faculty of changing the colour of its skin

Chanaan

[Canaan, Canaan, The Land Of]

Chapel

A holy place or sanctuary, occurs only in Amos 7:13, where one of the idol priests calls…

Charashim

Craftsmen, a valley named in 1 Chr

Charashim, The Valley Of

a place near Lydda, a few miles east of Joppa

Charmer

One who practises serpent-charming (Ps

Chebar

Length, a river in the “land of the Chaldeans” (Ezek

Chebel

one of the singular topographical terms in which the ancient Hebrew language abounded

Chepharhaammonai

a place mentioned among the town of Benjamin

Chephirah

Village, one of the four cities of the Gibeonitish Hivites with whom Joshua made a league…

Cherith, The Brook

the torrent-bed or wady in which Elijah hid himself during the early part of the…

Cherub

Plural cherubim, the name of certain symbolical figures frequently mentioned in Scripture

Chesalon

Strength; confidence, a place on the border of Judah, on the side of Mount Jearim (Josh

Chesil

Ungodly, a town in the south of Judah (Josh

Chesulloth

Fertile places; the loins, a town of Issachar, on the slopes of some mountain between…

Chidon

Dart, the name of the threshing-floor at which the death of Uzzah took place (1 Chr

Children

The blessing of offspring, but especially of the male sex, is highly valued among all…

Chilmad

A place or country unknown which, along with Sheba and Asshur, traded with Tyre (Ezek

Chinnereth

Lyre, the singular form of the word (Deut

Chinnereth, Sea Of

the inland sea, which is most similarly known to us as the “Lake of Gennesareth” or “Sea…

Chios

Mentioned in Acts 20:15, an island in the Aegean Sea, about 5 miles distant from the…

Chislothtabor

a place to the border of which reached the border of Zebulun

Chorazin

Named along with Bethsaida and Capernaum as one of the cities in which our Lord’s “mighty…

Chozeba

the same as Chezib and Achzib, a place in the lowlands of Judah (Gen

Chun

One of the cities of Hadarezer, king of Syria

Church

Derived probably from the Greek kuriakon (i

Cinneroth

This was possibly the small enclosed district north of Tiberias, and by the side of the…

Cistern

The rendering of a Hebrew word *bor*, which means a receptacle for water conveyed to it;…

Cities

The earliest notice in Scripture of city-building is of Enoch by Cain, in the land of his…

Clay

This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (Isa

Closet

As used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12: 24), and hence a…

Cloud, Pillar Of

The pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night that God caused to pass before the camp…

Coele-Syria

Hollow Syria, the name (not found in Scripture) given by the Greeks to the extensive…

Coelesyria

the remarkable valley or hollow which intervenes between Libanus and Anti-Libanus,…

College

Heb

The College

In (2 Kings 22:14) it is probable that the word translated “college” represents here not…

Colony

The city of Philippi was a Roman colony (Acts 16:12), i

Colour

The subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures

Conduit

A water-course or channel (Job 38:25)

Congregation, mount of the

has been supposed to refer to the place where God promised to meet with his people (Ex

Coos

a small island, one of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea, in the north-west of Rhodes, off…

Copper

Derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called “Cyprian brass,” occurs only…

Coriander

Heb

Corinth

A Grecian city, on the isthmus which joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece

Cormorant

Heb

Corner

The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov

Cos, Or Coos

Cottage

A booth in a vineyard (Isa

Council

Spoken of counsellors who sat in public trials with the governor of a province (Acts…

Covering of the eyes

Occurs only in Gen

Cucumbers

Curtain

Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also…

Cushan

Probably a poetic or prolonged name of the land of Cush, the Arabian Cush (Hab

Custom

A tax imposed by the Romans

Cuthah

One of the Babylonian cities or districts from which Shalmaneser transplanted certain…

Daberath

Pasture, a Levitical town of Issachar (Josh

Dagon’s house

or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh

Dale, the king’s

The name of a valley, the alternative for “the valley of Shaveh” (q

Dalmanutha

A place on the west of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned only in Mark 8:10

Dalmatia

A mountainous country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, a part of the Roman province…

Damascus

Activity, the most ancient of Oriental cities; the capital of Syria (Isa

Dan-jaan

Woodland Dan, a place probably somewhere in the direction of Dan, near the sources of the…

Dannah

Murmuring, a city (Josh

Darkness

The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex

Dathan

Welled; belonging to a fountain, a son of Eliab, a Reubenite, who joined Korah (q

David, City of

David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion

Dearth

A scarcity of provisions (1 Kings 17)

Debir

Oracle town; sanctuary

Decapolis

Ten cities=deka, ten, and polis, a city, a district on the east and south-east of the Sea…

Decision, Valley of

A name given to the valley of Jehoshaphat (q

Deep

Used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom

Dehavites

Villagers, one of the Assyrian tribes which Asnapper sent to repopulate Samaria (Ezra 4:9)

Denarius

Authorized Version “penny,” (Matthew 18:28; 20:2,9,13) a Roman silver coin in the time of…

Deputy

In 1 Kings 22:47, means a prefect; one set over others

Derbe

A small town on the eastern part of the upland plain of Lycaonia, about 20 miles from…

Desert

Heb

Desolation, Abomination of

is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roman army, which were an abomination…

Dew

“There is no dew properly so called in Palestine, for there is no moisture in the hot…

Diblath

a place named only in (Ezekiel 6:14) Probably only another form of Riblah

Diblathaim

Two cakes, a city of Moab, on the east of the Dead Sea (Num

Dibon

Pining; wasting

Dilean

one of the cities in the lowlands of Judah

Dimon

The waters of, some streams on the east of the Dead Sea, in the land of Moab, against…

Dimonah

a city in the south of Judah, (Joshua 15:22) perhaps the same as Dibon in (Nehemiah 11:25)

Dinhabah

Robbers’ den, an Edomitish city, the capital of king Bela (Gen

Dizahab

Region of gold, a place in the desert of Sinai, on the western shore of the Elanitic gulf…

Dor

Dwelling, the Dora of the Romans, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites (Josh

Dothan

Two wells, a famous pasture-ground where Joseph found his brethren watching their flocks

Draught-house

Drink

The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, “strong drink,” and vinegar

Drought

From the middle of May to about the middle of August the land of Palestine is dry

Dung-gate

a gate of ancient Jerusalem, on the south-west quarter

Dungeon

Different from the ordinary prison in being more severe as a place of punishment

Dura

The circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image,…

Dust

Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers

East

The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun

East gate

properly the Potter’s gate, the gate which led to the potter’s field, in the valley of…

East sea

the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land

East wind

The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa

Eating

The ancient Hebrews would not eat with the Egyptians (Gen

Ebal, Mount

a mount in the promised land, on which the Israelites were to “put” the curse which…

Eben-ezer

Stone of help, the memorial stone set up by Samuel to commemorate the divine assistance…

Ebony

A black, hard wood, brought by the merchants from India to Tyre (Ezek

Edar, Tower Of

a place named only in (Genesis 35:21) According to Jerome it was one thousand paces from…

Eden

Delight

Eder

Flock

Edom

The name of Esau (q

Edrei

Mighty; strength

Egypt

The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record,…

El-elohe-Isreal

Mighty one; God of Israel, the name which Jacob gave to the alter which he erected on the…

Elah, The Valley Of

the valley in which David killed Goliath

Elath

Grove; trees, (Deut

Elath, Eloth

the name of a town of the land of Edom, commonly mentioned with Ezion-geber, and situated…

Elbethel

the name which Jacob is said to have bestowed on the place at which God appeared to him…

Elealeh

God has ascended, a place in the pastoral country east of Jordan, in the tribe of Reuben…

Eleph

one of the towns allotted to Benjamin, and named next to Jerusalem

Elijah

Whose God is Jehovah

Elim

Trees, (Ex

Elkosh

God my bow, the birth-place of Nahum the prophet (Nah

Elparan

Oak of Paran, a place on the edge of the wilderness bordering the territory of the…

Elteknon

one of the towns of the tribe of Judah in the mountains

Eltolad

one of the cities in the south of Judah, (Joshua 15:30) allotted to Simeon, (Joshua 19:4)…

Emmaus

Hot baths, a village “three-score furlongs” from jerusalem, where our Lord had an…

Emmaus, Or Emmaus

the village to which the two disciples were going when our Lord appeared to them on the…

En-eglaim

Fountain of two calves, a place mentioned only in Ezek

En-gannim

Fountain of gardens

En-hakkore

Fountain of the crier, the name of the spring in Lehi which burst forth in answer to…

En-rogel

Fountain of the treaders; i

En-shemesh

Fountain of the sun a spring which formed one of the landmarks on the boundary between…

Enam

one of the cities of Judah int he Shefelah or lowland

Encamp

An encampment was the resting-place for a longer or shorter period of an army or company…

Encampment

primarily denoted the resting-place of an army or company of travellers at night,…

Endor

Fountain of Dor; i

Eneglaim

a place named only by Ezekiel, (Ezekiel 47:10) apparently as on the Dead Sea; but whether…

Engannim

Engedi

Fountain of the kid, place in the wilderness of Judah (Josh

Engedi Or Engedi

a town in the wilderness of Judah, (Joshua 15:62) on the western shore of the Dead Sea

Enhaddah

one of the cities on the border of Issachar named next to Engannim

Enhakkore

the spring which burst out in answer to the cry of Samson after his exploit with the…

Enhazor

one of the fenced cities in the inheritance of Naphtali, distinct from Hazor

Enon

a place “near to Salim,” at which John baptized

Enrogel

a spring which formed one of the landmarks on the boundary line between Judah, (Joshua…

Enshemesh

a spring which formed one of the landmarks on the north boundary of Judah, (Joshua 15:7)…

Ensign

Heb

Ephesdammim

a place between Socoh and Arekah, at which the Philistines were encamped before the…

Ephesus

The capital of proconsular Asia, which was the western part of Asia Minor

Ephraim

Double fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”)

Ephraim in the wilderness

a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and when…

Ephraim, Mount

The central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim (Josh

Ephraim, The Wood Of

a wood, or rather a forest, on the east of Jordan, in which the fatal battle was fought…

Ephraim, Wood of

A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of…

Ephrain

a city of Israel which Judah captured from Jeroboam

Ephron, Mount

The “cities of Mount Ephron” formed one of the landmarks on the northern boundary of the…

Esek

Quarrel, a well which Isaac’s herdsmen dug in the valley of Gerar, and so called because…

Eshcol, The Valley

or The brook of, a wady in the neighborhood of Hebron (Mamre), explored by the spies who…

Eshean

A place in the mountains of Judah (Josh

Eshtaol

Narrow pass or recess, a town (Josh

Eshtemoa

Obedience, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh

Etham

Perhaps another name for Khetam, or “fortress,” on the Shur or great wall of Egypt, which…

Ether

one of the cities of Judah in the low country, the Shefelah, (Joshua 15:42) allotted to…

Ethiopia

Country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered (Gen

Eziongaber, Or Eziongeber

(Numbers 33:35; 2:8; 1 Kings 9:26; 22:48; 2 Chronicles 8:17) the last station named for…

Fallow-deer

Deut

Famine

The first mentioned in Scripture was so grievous as to compel Abraham to go down to the…

Fenced cities

There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles…

Ferry boat

some kind of boat for crossing the river which the men of Judah placed at the service of…

Fever

a burning heat, as the word so rendered denotes, which attends all febrile attacks

Fish

Called *dag* by the Hebrews, a word denoting great fecundity (Gen

Flint

Abounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the forty years’ wanderings

Flood

An event recorded in Gen

Flowers

Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine

Food

Originally the Creator granted the use of the vegetable world for food to man (Gen

Footstool

Connected with a throne (2 Chr

Forerunner

John the Baptist went before our Lord in this character (Mark 1:2, 3)

Forest

Heb

Fountain

a natural source of living water

Fountain of the Virgin

The perennial source from which the Pool of Siloam (q

Frog

Frost

Job 37:10 (R

Fruit

A word as used in Scripture denoting produce in general, whether vegetable or animal

Fuller’s field

A spot near Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Isa

The Fullers Field

a spot near Jerusalem, (2 Kings 8:17; Isaiah 7:3; 36:2) so close to the walls that a…

Gabbatha

Gab Baitha, i

Gad, The Tribe Of

The country allotted to the tribe of Gad appears, speaking roughly, to have lain chiefly…

Gadara

The capital of the Roman province of Peraea

Gadarenes, Girgesenes, Gerasenes

In Gerasenes in place of Gadarenes

Galatia

Has been called the “Gallia” of the East, Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli

Galilee

Circuit

Galilee, Sea of

is mentioned in the Bible under three other names

Gallim

Heaps, (1 Sam

Gardens

Mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen

Garlic

mentioned only once (Num

Garner

Heb

Garrison

Heb

Gate

Of cities, as of Jerusalem (Jer

Gath

A wine-vat, one of the five royal cities of the Philistines (Josh

Gath-hepher

Wine-press of the well, a town of Lower Galilee, about 5 miles from Nazareth; the…

Gathhepher, Or Gittahhepher

a town on the border of the territory of Zebulun, not far from Japhia, now ’Yafa, (Joshua…

Gaulanitis

A name derived from “Golan” (q

Gaza

Called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name (Deut

Gebal

A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range)

Gebim

Cisterns, (rendered “pits,” Jer

Geder

A walled place, (Josh

Gederah

The fortress; a fortified place, a town in the plain (shephelah) of Judah (Josh

The Gederathite

the native of a place called Gederah, apparently in Benjamin

Gederoth

a town in the low country of Judah

Gederothaim

a town in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:36) named next in order to Gederah

Gedor

A wall

Gehenna

a deep, narrow glen to the south of Jerusalem, where the idolatrous Jews offered their…

Geliloth

Circles; regions, a place in the border of Benjamin (Josh

Genealogy

In Hebrew the term for genealogy or pedigree is “the book of the generations;” and…

Gennesaret

A garden of riches

Gerar

A region; lodging-place, a very ancient town and district in the south border of…

Gergesa

=Gerasa, identified with the modern Khersa, “over against Galilee,” close to the lake

Gerizim

A mountain of Samaria, about 3,000 feet above the Mediterranean

Gershon

=Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen

Geshem

Or Gashmu, firmness, probably chief of the Arabs south of Palestine, one of the enemies…

Geshur

Bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon…

Gezer

A precipice, an ancient royal Canaanitish city (Josh

Gibbethon

A height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites (Josh

Gibeah

A hill or hill-town, “of Benjamin” (1 Sam

Gibeah of Judah

a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, about 7…

Gibeah of Phinehas

a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 “hill,” A

Gibeah-haaraloth

hill of the foreskins, a place at Gilgal where those who had been born in the wilderness…

Gibeath

probably the same as, Gibeah OF Benjamin, The Land Of

Gibeon

Hill-city, “one of the royal cities, greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were…

Gideon

Called also Jerubbaal (Judg

Gidom

a place named only in (Judges 20:45) It would appear to have been situated between Gibeah…

Gihon

A stream

Gilboa

Boiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua’, memorable as the scene of Saul’s…

Gilead

Hill of testimony, (Gen

Gilead, Balm of

The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt…

Gilgal

Rolling

Giloh

Exile, a city in the south-west part of the hill-country of Judah (Josh

Gimzo

A place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the villages of which were…

Girgashites

The, one of the nations who were in possession of Canaan east of the Sea of Galilee…

Gizonite

A name given to Hashem, an inhabitant of Gizoh, a place somewhere in the mountains of…

Gob

A pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam

Golan

Exile, a city of Bashan (Deut

Golgotha

The common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified

Gomorrah

Submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q

Goshen

A district in Egypt where Jacob and his family settled, and in which they remained till…

Gourd

Jonah’s gourd (Jonah 4:6-10), bearing the Hebrew name *kikayon* (found only here), was…

Governor

Heb

Gozan

A region in Central Asia to which the Israelites were carried away captive (2 Kings 17:6;…

Graven image

Deut

Grecians

Hellenists, Greek-Jews; Jews born in a foreign country, and thus did not speak Hebrew…

Greece

Orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus

Grove

Heb

Guest-chamber

The spare room on the upper floor of an Eastern dwelling (Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11)

Gur

A whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu’s servants overtook and mortally wounded king…

Gur-baal

Sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia (2 Chr

Gurbaal

a place or district in which dwelt Arabians, as recorded in (2 Chronicles 26:7) It…

Gutter

Heb

Hachilah

The darksome hill, one of the peaks of the long ridge of el-Kolah, running out of the…

Hachilah, The Hill

a hill apparently situated in a wood in the wilderness or waste land in the neighborhood…

Hadad-rimmon

the name of a place in the valley of Megiddo

Hadadrimmon

is, according to the ordinary interpretation of (12:11) a place in the valley of Megiddo…

Hadashah

New, a city in the valley of Judah (Josh

Hadattah

New, one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah (Josh

Hades

That which is out of sight, a Greek word used to denote the state or place of the dead

Hadid

Pointed, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Lydda, or Lod, and Ono (Ezra 2:33; Neh

Hadrach

The name of a country (Zech

Hail!

A salutation expressive of a wish for the welfare of the person addressed; the…

Halah

A district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2…

Halak

Smooth; bald, a hill at the southern extremity of Canaan (Josh

Halhul

Full of hollows, a town in the highlands of Judah (Josh

Hallelujah

Praise ye Jehovah, frequently rendered “Praise ye the LORD,” stands at the beginning of…

Hamath

Fortress, the capital of one of the kingdoms of Upper Syria of the same name, on the…

Hamath-zobah

Fortress of Zobah, (2 Chr

Hammath

Warm springs, one of the “fenced cities” of Naphtali (Josh

Hamon-gog

Multitude of Gog, the name of the valley in which the slaughtered forces of Gog are to be…

Hamonah

Multitude, a name figuratively assigned to the place in which the slaughter and burial of…

Hamongog

The valley of, the name to be bestowed on the ravine or glen, previously known as “the…

Hananeel

God has graciously given, a tower in the wall of Jerusalem (Neh

Hanes

A place in Egypt mentioned only in Isa

Hanging

a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut

Hannathon

one of the cities of Zebulun

Haphraim

a city of Issachar, mentioned next to Shunem

Hara

Mountainous land, a province of Assyria (1 Chr

Hareth

Thicket, a wood in the mountains of Judah where David hid when pursued by Saul (1 Sam

Harhaiah

Zeal of Jehovah, (Neh

Harod

Palpitation, a fountain near which Gideon and his army encamped on the morning of the day…

The Harodite

the designation of two of the thirty-seven warriors of David’s guard, Shammah and Elika,…

Harosheth

“of the Gentiles” so called from the mixed races that inhabited it—a city in the north of…

Harosheth of the Gentiles

or nations, a city near Hazor in Galilee of the Gentiles, or Upper Galilee, in the north…

Harrow

a tribulum or sharp threshing sledge; a frame armed on the under side with rollers or…

Hashbadana

Consideration in judging, stood at Ezra’s left hand when he read the law (Neh

Hashmonah

Fatness, the thirtieth halting-place of the Israelites during their wanderings in the…

Hashum

Opulent

Hatach

Verity, one of the eunuchs or chamberlains in the palace of Ahasuerus (Esther 4:5, 6, 9,…

Hauran

Cave-land, mentioned only in Ezek

Haven

A harbour (Ps

Havilah

The sand region

Havoth-jair

Hamlets of the enlightener a district in the east of Jordan

Havothjair

certain villages on the east of Jordan, in Gilead or Bashan, which were taken by Jair the…

Hazar-addar

Village of Addar, a place in the southern boundary of Palestine (Num

Hazar-enan

Village of fountains, a place on the north-east frontier of Palestine (Num

Hazar-gaddah

Village of fortune, a city on the south border of Judah (Josh

Hazar-hatticon

Village of the midway, a place near Hamath in the confines of Hauran (Ezek

Hazer

topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people

Hazeroth

Fenced enclosures consisting of “a low wall of stones in which thick bundles of thorny…

Hazor

Enclosed; fortified

Hazor-hadattah

New Hazor, a city in the south of Judah (Josh

Hebron

A community; alliance

Hedge

The Hebrew words thus rendered denote simply that which surrounds or encloses, whether it…

Helam

Place of abundance, a place on the east of Jordan and west of the Euphrates where David…

Helbon

Fat; i

Helkath-hazzurim

Plot of the sharp blades, or the field of heroes, (2 Sam

Helkathhazzurim

a smooth piece of ground, apparently close to the pool of Gibeon, where the combat took…

Hell

Derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place

Hena

One of the cities of Mesopotamia destroyed by sennacherib (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13)

Hermon

A peak, the eastern prolongation of the Anti-Lebanon range, reaching to the height of…

Heshmon

Fatness, a town in the south of Judah (Josh

Hethlon

Wrapped up, a place on the north border of Palestine

High place

An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1…

Hill

Heb

Hill of Evil Counsel

On the south of the Valley of Hinnom

Hills

From the Hebrew Gibeah, meaning a curved round hill

Hittites

Palestine and Syria appear to have been originally inhabited by three different tribes

Hivites

One of the original tribes scattered over Palestine, from Hermon to Gibeon in the south

Hold

A fortress, the name given to David’s lurking-places (1 Sam

Honey

Heb

Hor

Mountain

Horeb

Desert or mountain of the dried-up ground, a general name for the whole mountain range of…

Horem

Consecrated, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh

Horhagidgad

the name of the desert station where the Israelites encamped, (Numbers 33:32) probably…

Hormah

Banning; i

Horonaim

Two caverns, a city of Moab to the south of the Arnon, built, apparently, upon an…

Horse-gate

A gate in the wall of Jerusalem, at the west end of the bridge, leading from Zion to the…

Hosah

Refuge

Hurai

Linen-worker, one of David’s heroes, a native of the valley of Mount Gaash (1 Chr

Hushai, Or Hushai

an Archite i

Ijeabarim

one of the later halting-places of the children of Israel

Inn

In the modern sense, unknown in the East

Isle

The radical sense of the Hebrew word seems to be “habitable places,” as opposed to water,…

Issachar

Hired (Gen

Ithnan

one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah

Ituraea

A district in the north-east of Palestine, forming, along with the adjacent territory of…

Jaazer, Or Jazer

a town on the east of Jordan, in or near to Gilead

Jabal

A stream, a descendant of Cain, and brother of Jubal; “the father of such as dwell in…

Jabbok

A pouring out, or a wrestling, one of the streams on the east of Jordan, into which it…

Jabesh-Gilead

A town on the east of Jordan, on the top of one of the green hills of Gilead, within the…

Jabneel

Built by God

Jagur

Place of sojourn, a city on the southern border of Judah (Josh

Jahaz

Trodden down (called also Jahaza, Josh

Jahaz, Also Jahaza, Jahazah And Juhzah

Janoah

Or Jano’hah, rest

Janohah

a place on the boundary of Ephraim (Joshua 16:6,7) east of Neapolis

Japho

Beauty, a sea-port in Dan (Josh

Jareb

is to be explained either as the proper name of a country or person, as a noun in…

Jarmuth

Height

Jashubilehem

a person or a place named among the descendants of Shelah, the son of Judah by Bath-shua…

Javan

The fourth “son” of Japheth (Gen

Jearim

Forests, a mountain on the border of Judah (Josh

Jebus

Trodden hard, or fastness, or “the waterless hill”, the name of the Canaanitish city…

Jehoshaphat, Valley of

Mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2, 12

Jehovahjireh

the name given by Abraham to the place on which he had been commanded to offer Isaac, to…

Jehud

one of the towns of the tribe of Dan, (Joshua 19:45) named between Baalath and Bene-berak

Jekabzeel

a fuller form of the name of Kabzeel, the most remote city of Judah on the southern…

Jericho

Place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast grove of palm trees, in the…

Jeruel

Founded by God, a “desert” on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Judean highlands · central Israel

Jeshimon

The waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the Dead Sea (Num

Jezreel

God scatters

Jezreel, Fountain of

Where Saul encamped before the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam

Jezreel, Portion of

The field adjoining the city (2 Kings 9:10, 21, 36, 37)

Jezreel, Valley of

Lying on the northern side of the city, between the ridges of Gilboa and Moreh, an…

Jiphthahel

The valley of, a valley which served as one of the landmarks for the boundary of both…

Jirjathaim

Jogbehah

one of the cities on the east of Jordan which were built and fortified by the tribe of…

Johanan

Whom Jehovah graciously bestows

Jokdean

a city of Judah, in the mountains, (Joshua 15:56) apparently south of Hebron

Joktheel

Subdued by God

Joppa

Beauty, a town in the portion of Dan (Josh

Joppa, Or Japho

now Jaffa, a town on the southwest coast of Palestine, in the portion of Dan

Jordan

Heb

Jotbah

the native place of Meshullemeth, the queen of Manasseh

Jotbath, Or Jotbathah

(10:7; Numbers 33:33) a desert station of the Israelites

Jubilee, The Year Of

the name

Judaea, Or Judea

a territorial division which succeeded to the overthrow of the ancient landmarks of the…

Judah upon Jordan

The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, has this rendering in Josh

Judah, Kingdom of

When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the…

Judea

After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan…

Judgment hall

Gr

Juniper

called by the Arabs retem, and known as Spanish broom; ranked under the genus genista

Juttah

Extended, a Levitical city in the mountains or hill-country of Judah (Josh

Kadesh

Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border…

Kadmonites

Orientals, the name of a Canaanitish tribe which inhabited the north-eastern part of…

Kanah

Reedy; brook of reeds

Karkaa

A floor; bottom, a place between Adar and Azmon, about midway between the Mediterranean…

Karkor

Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan (Judg

Kartan

Double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite Levites, and one of the cities…

Kedron

The valley, now quite narrow, between the Mount of Olives and Mount Moriah

Kehelathah

Assembly, one of the stations of the Israelites in the desert (Num

Keilah

Citadel, a city in the lowlands of Judah (Josh

Kenath

Possession, a city of Gilead

The Kenite

and Ken’ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern…

Kerioth

Cities

Kibrothhattaavah

i

Kibzaim

Two heaps, a city of Ephraim, assigned to the Kohathite Levites, and appointed as a city…

Kidron

= Kedron = Cedron, turbid, the winter torrent which flows through the Valley of…

Kidron, Or Kedron

The brook, a torrent or valley, not a “brook,” or, as in the margin of Revised Version,…

Kinah

An elegy, a city in the extreme south of Judah (Josh

Kine

mentioned in Pharaoh’s dream (Gen

King’s dale

Mentioned only in Gen

Kir

A wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he…

Kir-haraseth

Built fortress, a city and fortress of Moab, the modern Kerak, a small town on the brow…

Kirioth

a place in Moab the palaces of which were threatened by Amos with destruction by fire,…

Kirjath

City, a city belonging to Benjamin (Josh

Kirjath-huzoth

City of streets, Num

Kirjath-sepher

City of books, Josh

Kirjathaim

Two cities; a double city

Kirjathhuzoth

a place to which Balak accompanied Balaam immediately after his arrival in Moab, (Numbers…

Kirjathjearim

first mentioned as one of the four cities of the Gibeonites, (Joshua 9:17) it next occurs…

Kishon

Winding, a winter torrent of Central Palestine, which rises about the roots of Tabor and…

Lahairoi

The well

Lahmam

a town in the lowland district of Judah

Laodicea

The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the confines of Phrygia and Lydia,…

Lapping

Of water like a dog, i

Lasaea

A city in the island of Crete (Acts 27:8)

Lasea

a city of Crete, the ruins of which were discovered in 1856, a few miles to the eastward…

Lasha

Fissure, a place apparently east of the Dead Sea (Gen

Lasharon

one of the Canaanite towns whose kings were killed by Joshua

Lebanon

White, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range…

Lebonah

Frankincense, a town near Shiloh, on the north side of Bethel (Judg

Leeks

Left-handed

one unable to use the right hand skilfully, and who therefore uses the left; and also one…

Lehabim

occurring only in (Genesis 10:13) the name of a Mizraite people or tribe

Lehi

A jawbone, a place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved a victory over the…

Lentils

a leguminous plant bearing seeds resembling small beans

Leviathan

A transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning “twisted,” “coiled

Libnah

Transparency; whiteness

Libya

The country of the Ludim (Gen

Lice

the creatures employed in the third plague sent upon Egypt (Ex

Lieutenant

a governor or viceroy of a Persian province having both military and civil power

Lily

The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i

Lish

the city which was taken by the Danites, and under its new name of Dan became famous as…

Lodebar

a place named with Mahanaim, Rogelim and other transjordanic towns, (2 Samuel 17:27) and…

Lydia

Ezek

Lysanias

Tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1), on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon, near the city of…

Lysias

a nobleman of the blood-royal, 1Macc 3:32; 2Macc 11:1, who was entrusted he Antiochus…

Lystra

A town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population

Maai

one of the Bene-Asaph who took part in the solemn musical service by which the wall of…

Maaleh-acrabbim

Ascent of the scorpions; i

Maarath

Desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh

Macaerus

a castle of the Herods on the southern border of their Perean dominions, nine miles east…

Macedonia

In New Testament times, was a Roman province lying north of Greece

Machaerus

The Black Fortress, was built by Herod the Great in the gorge of Callirhoe, one of the…

Machpelah

Portion; double cave, the cave which Abraham bought, together with the field in which it…

Madmannah

Dunghill, the modern el-Minyay, 15 miles south-south-west of Gaza (Josh

Madon

Strife, a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine (Josh

Magadan

Magdala

A tower, a town in Galilee, mentioned only in Matt

Magdalene

A surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of…

Mahanaim

Two camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of…

Mahaneh-dan

Judg

Makaz

a place, apparently a town, named once only— (1 Kings 4:9)—in the: specification of the…

Makheloth

Assemblies, a station of the Israelites in the desert (Num

Makkedah

Herdsman’s place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh

Maktesh

Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zeph

Mallows

Occurs only in Job 30:4 (R

Manger

the name (Gr

Manna

Heb

Manslayer

One who was guilty of accidental homicide, and was entitled to flee to a city of refuge…

Marah

Bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Ex

Maralah

Trembling, a place on the southern boundary of Zebulun (Josh

Mareshah

Possession, a city in the plain of Judah (John

Mareshah, Or Mareshah

one of the cities of Judah in the low country

Market-place

Any place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt

Maroth

Bitterness; i

Mars Hill

The Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian…

Masrekah

Vineyard of noble vines, a place in Idumea, the native place of Samlah, one of the…

Massah

Trial, temptation, a name given to the place where the Israelites, by their murmuring for…

Massrekah

an ancient place, the native spot of Samiah, one of the old king of the Edomites

Mattanah

A gift, a station of the Israelites (Num

Meadow

Heb

Meah

An hundred, a tower in Jersalem on the east wall (Neh

Mearah

A cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Josh

The Mecherathite

that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah

Medeba

Waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town (Num

Medes, Media

Media

Heb

Medicine

Egypt was the earliest home of medical and other skill for the region of the…

Megiddo

Place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh

The Meholathite

a word occurring once only— (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to…

Mejarkon

a town in the territory of Dan

Mekonah

A base or foundation, a town in the south of Judah (Neh

Melatiah

a Gibeonite who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem

Melita

an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta

Memphis

Only in Hos

Mene

numbered, one of the words of the mysterious inscription written “upon the plaister of…

Merab

Increase, the eldest of Saul’s two daughters (1 Sam

Merarath

one of the towns of Judah, in the district of the mountains

Meribah

Quarrel or strife

Merom

Height, a lake in Northern Palestine through which the Jordan flows

The Meronothithe

that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further…

Meroz

A plain in the north of Palestine, the inhabitants of which were severely condemned…

Mesha

Middle district, Vulgate, Messa

Mesopotamia

The country between the two rivers (Heb

Metals

The Hebrews, in common with other ancient nations, were acquainted with nearly all the…

Methegammah

a place which David took from the Philistines, apparently in his last war with them

Michmash

Something hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron, on…

Michmethah

Hiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west of…

Middin

Measures, one of the six cities “in the wilderness,” on the west of the Dead Sea,…

Midianite

An Arabian tribe descended from Midian

Migdal-Edar

Tower of the flock, a place 2 miles south of Jerusalem, near the Bethlehem road (Gen

Migdal-gad

Tower of fortune, a town in the plains of Judah, probably the modern el-Mejdel, a little…

Migdalel

one of the fortified towns of the possession of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:38) only, possibly…

Migdalgad

a city of Judah, (Joshua 15:37) in the district of the Shefelah, or maritime lowland

Migdol

Tower

Migron

Precipice or landslip, a place between Aiath and Michmash (Isa

Milaiai

Eloquent, a Levitical musician (Neh

Miletus

a seaport town and the ancient capital of Ionia, about 36 miles south of Ephesus

Millo

Mines, Mining

A highly-poetical description given by the author of the book of Job of the operations of…

Minni

Only in Jer

Minnith

Distribution, an Ammonitish town (Judg

Mint

one of the garden herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Matt

Miphkad

The gate, one of the gates of Jerusalem

Miracles

A miracle may be defined to be a plain and manifest exercise by a man, or by God at the…

Mirma

a Benjamite, born in the land of Moab

Misgab

Height, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel, some fortress so called; or…

Mishal, Or Misheal

one of the towns in the territory of Asher, (Joshua 19:26) allotted to the Gershonite…

The Mishraites

the fourth of the four “families of Kirjath-jearim,” i

Misrephoth-maim

Burning of waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place…

Misrephothmaim

a place in northern Palestine

Mithcah

Sweetness, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num

Mizar

Smallness, a summit on the eastern ridge of Lebanon, near which David lay after escaping…

Mizpah

Or Miz’peh, watch-tower; the look-out

Mizraim, Or Mizraim

the usual name of Egypt in the Old Testament the dual of Mazor, which is less frequently…

Moladah

Birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Josh

Moloch

King, the name of the national god of the Ammonites, to whom children were sacrificed by…

Money

Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen

The Morasthite

that is, the native of a place named Moresheth

Moreh

An archer, teacher; fruitful

Moreh, the Hill of

Probably identical with “little Hermon,” the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the…

Moresheth-gath

Possession of the wine-press, the birthplace of the prophet Micah (1:14), who is called…

Moreshethgath

a place named by the prophet Micah

Moriah

The chosen of Jehovah

Mortar

cement of lime and sand (Gen

Mosera

A bond, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Deut

Moserah

(10:6) apparently the same as Moseroth, (Numbers 33:30) its plural form, the name of a…

Moseroth

Bonds, one of the stations in the wilderness (Num

Mount

Palestine is a hilly country (Deut

Mount of corruption

the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so called because idol temples were…

Mount of the Amalekites

A place near Pirathon (q

Mount of the Amorites

The range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et-Tih (“the wandering”),…

Mount of the congregation

Only in Isa

Mount of the valley

a district in the east of Jordan, in the territory of Reuben

Mount, Mountain

The Hebrew word har, like the English “mountain

Mountain Of The Amorites

specifically mentioned (1:19,20) comp

Mouse

Heb

Mozah

An issuing of water, a city of Benjamin (Josh

Music

Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen

Music, Instrumental

Among instruments of music used by the Hebrews a principal place is given to stringed…

Myrtle

Hebrew hadas, known in the East by the name *as*, the Myrtus communis of the botanist

Mysia

A province in the north-west of Asia Minor

Nachons

threshing floor, the place at which the ark had arrived in its progress from…

Nahalal, Or Nahalal

one of the cities of Zebulun, given with its “suburbs” to the Merarite Levites

Nahaliel

Possession, or valley of God, one of the encampments of the Israelites in the wilderness…

Nahallal

Pasture, a city in Zebulun on the border of Issachar (Josh

Nain

the name of a town near the gate of which Jesus raised to life a widow’s son (Luke…

Naioth

Dwellings, the name given to the prophetical college established by Samuel near Ramah

Names

Names of places

Naphtali, Mount

The mountainous district of Naphtali (Josh

Naphtuhim

A Hamitic tribe descended from Mizraim (Gen

Nathanael

Given or gift of God, one of our Lord’s disciples, “of Cana in Galilee” (John 21:2)

Nativity of Christ

The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (Gen

Nazarene

This epithet (Gr

Nazareth

Separated, generally supposed to be the Greek form of the Hebrew *netser*, a “shoot” or…

Neballat

Wickedness in secret, (Neh

Nebo

Proclaimer; prophet

Needle

Used only in the proverb, “to pass through a needle’s eye” (Matt

Neiel

Dwelling-place of God, a town in the territory of Asher, near its southern border (Josh

Nekeb

Cavern, a town on the boundary of Naphtali (Josh

Nephtoah

Opened, a fountain and a stream issuing from it on the border between Judah and Benjamin…

Nephtoah, Or Nephtoah

The water of

Net

In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling

Nethinim

The name given to the hereditary temple servants in all the post-Exilian books of…

Netophah

Distillation; dropping, a town in Judah, in the neighbourhood, probably, of Bethlehem (Neh

Nezib

A town in the “plain” of Judah

Nile

Dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under…

Nimrah

Pure, a city on the east of Jordan (Num

Nimrim

The waters of, a stream or brook within the country of Moab, which is mentioned in the…

Nimrim, Waters of

The stream of the leopards, a stream in Moab (Isa

Nineveh

First mentioned in Gen

Nitre

properly “natron,” a substance so called because, rising from the bottom of the Lake…

No-Amon

(Nahum 3:8) No, (Jeremiah 46:25; Ezekiel 30:14,16) a city of Egypt, better known under…

Nobah

Howling

Nod

Exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen

Noph

The Hebrew name of an Egyptian city (Isa

Nopha

a place mentioned only in (Numbers 21:30) in the remarkable song apparently composed by…

North country

A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine

Olives, Mount Of

“The Mount of Olives” occurs in the Old Testament in (Zechariah 14:4) only

Onion

The Israelites in the wilderness longed for the “onions and garlick of Egypt” (Num

Ono

A town of Benjamin, in the “plain of Ono” (1 Chr

Onycha

A nail; claw; hoof, (Heb

Ophrah

A fawn

Oreb, The Rock

the “raven’s crag,” the spot, east of Jordan, at which the Midianite chieftain Oreb with…

Oreb, The rock of

The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites (Judg

Padan-aram

The plain of Aram, or the plain of the highlands, (Gen

Palace

Used now only of royal dwellings, although originally meaning simply (as the Latin word…

Palestine

Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines…

Pamphylia

Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the…

Paper

The expression in the Authorized Version (Isa

Paphos

The capital of the island of Cyprus, and therefore the residence of the Roman governor

Paran

Abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns, (Gen

Paran, Elparan

a desert or wilderness, bounded on the north by Palestine, on the east by the valley of…

Paran, Mount

Probably the hilly region or upland wilderness on the north of the desert of Paran…

Parbar

a place apparently connected with the temple, probably a “suburb” (q

Parched ground

Heb

Parthians

Were present in Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:9)

Partridge

Parvaim

The name of a country from which Solomon obtained gold for the temple (2 Chr

Passage

Denotes in Josh

Patara

A city on the south-west coast of Lycia at which Paul landed on his return from his third…

Pathros

The name generally given to Upper Egypt (the Thebaid of the Greeks), as distinguished…

Patmos

A small rocky and barren island, one of the group called the “Sporades,” in the AEgean Sea

Pau

or Pai (1 Chr

Pavement

It was the custom of the Roman governors to erect their tribunals in open places, as the…

Pearl

Pekod

Probably a place in Babylonia (Jer

Pelicans

Are frequently met with at the waters of Merom and the Sea of Galilee

Peniel

the name which Jacob gave to the place in which he had wrestled with God: “He called the…

Pentateuch

The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament

Penuel

Face of God, a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan and north of the…

Peor

Opening

Perazim

Mount, a name which occurs in (Isaiah 28:21) only—unless the place which it designates is…

Peres

Divided, one of the mysterious words “written over against the candlestick upon the…

Perez-uzzah

The breach of Uzzah, a place where God “burst forth upon Uzzah, so that he died,” when he…

Perezuzza

(1 Chronicles 13:11) and PEREZ-UZZAH (2 Samuel 6:8) the title which David conferred on…

Perga

The capital of Pamphylia, on the coast of Asia Minor

The Perizzite

and Per’izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of…

Perizzites

Villagers; dwellers in the open country, the Canaanitish nation inhabiting the fertile…

Persepolis

mentioned only in 2 Macc

Persia

An ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the…

Pethor

Interpretation of dreams, identified with Pitru, on the west bank of the Euphrates, a few…

Phaselis

a town on the coast of Asia Minor, on the confines of Lycia and Pamphylia, and…

Phebe

A “deaconess of the church at Cenchrea,” the port of Corinth

Philadelphia

Brotherly love, a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, about 25 miles south-east of Sardis

Philippi

Formerly Crenides, “the fountain,” the capital of the province of Macedonia

Philistia

=Palestine (q

Philosophy

It is the object of the following article to give some account (I

Phoenice, Phoenicia

a tract of country, of which Tyre and Sidon were the principal cities, to the north of…

Phrygia

Dry, an irregular and ill-defined district in Asia Minor

Phurah

Gideon’s servant, probably his armor-bearer, comp

Pi-hahiroth

Place where the reeds grow (LXX

Pibeseth

a town of lower Egypt, mentioned in (Ezekiel 30:17) the same as Bubastis, so named from…

Pihahiroth

a place before or at which the Israelites encamped, at the close of the third march from…

Pinnacle

A little wing, (Matt

Pirathon

Prince, or summit, a place “in the land of Ephraim” (Judg

Pisgah

A part, a mountain summit in the land of Moab, in the territory of Reuben, where Balak…

Pisidia

A district in Asia Minor, to the north of Pamphylia

Pison

Babylonian, the current, broad-flowing, one of the “four heads” into which the river…

Pit

A hole in the ground (Ex

Pitch

asphalt or bitumen in its soft state, called “slime” (Gen

Pithom

Egyptian, Pa-Tum, “house of Tum,” the sun-god, one of the “treasure” cities built for…

Plain

Heb

Plains

This one term does duty in the Authorized Version for no less than seven distinct Hebrew…

Plane tree

Heb

Pontus

A province of Asia Minor, stretching along the southern coast of the Euxine Sea,…

Pool

A pond, or reservoir, for holding water (Heb

Pools of Solomon

The name given to three large open cisterns at Etam, at the head of the Wady Urtas,…

Porch

Ulam, or ulam

Porch, Solomon’s

A colonnade on the east of the temple, so called from a tradition that it was a relic of…

Porter

A gate-keeper (2 Sam

Potters field

The name given to the piece of ground which was afterwards bought with the money that had…

The Potters Field

a piece of ground which, according to the statement of St

Prison

The first occasion on which we read of a prison is in the history of Joseph in Egypt

Proselyte

Is used in the LXX

Proverb

A trite maxim; a similitude; a parable

Purification

The process by which a person unclean, according to the Levitical law, and thereby cut…

Puteoli

A city on the coast of Campania, on the north shore of a bay running north from the Bay…

Quails

The Israelites were twice relieved in their privation by a miraculous supply of quails,…

Quarantania

A mountain some 1,200 feet high, about 7 miles north-west of Jericho, the traditional…

Quarries

The “Royal Quarries” (not found in Scripture) is the name given to the vast caverns…

Quicksands

Found only in Acts 27:17, the rendering of the Greek Syrtis

The Quicksands

more properly THE Syrtis, The, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African…

Rages

an important city in northeastern Media, where that country bordered its ruins, still…

Rakkon

A place upon the shore, a town belonging to Dan (Josh

Ramah

Ramath of the south

Ramath-lehi

Elevation of Lehi, or the jawbone height; i

Ramath-mizpeh

The height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower (Josh

Ramathaim-zophim

The two heights of the Zophites or of the watchers (only in 1 Sam

Ramathlehi

the name bestowed by Samson on the scene of his slaughter of the thousand Philistines…

Rameses

“the land of” (Gen

Rameses, Or Raamses

a city and district of lower Egypt

Ramoth-gilead

Heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of Jordan; called “Ramoth in Gilead” (Deut

Ramothgilead

one of the great fastnesses on the east of jordan, and the key to an important district

Raphon

a city of Gilead, 1 Macc

Rechah

probably a place in Judah—a village, Rashiah, three miles south of Jerusalem

Red Sea

The sea so called extends along the west coast of Arabia for about 1,400 miles, and…

Red Sea, Passage of

The account of the march of the Israelites through the Red Sea is given in Ex

Refuge, Cities of

Were six in number (Num

Regeneration

Only found in Matt

Rehoboth

Broad places

Rehum

Merciful

Remmonmethoar

a place which formed one of the landmarks of Zebulun

Rephaim, The Valley Of

also in (Joshua 15:8) and Josh 18:16 It is translated in the Authorized Version “the…

Rephidim

Supports, one of the stations of the Israelites, situated in the Wady Feiran, near its…

Rereward

the troops in the rear of an army on the march, the rear-guard

Resen

Head of the stream; bridle, one of Nimrod’s cities (Gen

Reuben, Tribe of

At the Exodus numbered 46,500 male adults, from twenty years old and upwards (Num

Rezeph

Solid; a stone, (2 Kings 19:12; Isa

Rhodes

A rose, an island to the south of the western extremity of Asia Minor, between Coos and…

Rissah

Heap of ruins; dew, a station of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num

Rithmah

Wild broom, a station in the wilderness (Num

Riusah

a march-station in the wilderness

River

Heb

River of Egypt

Heb

Rivers of Babylon

i

Roman Empire

The first historic mention of Rome in the Bible is in 1 Macc

Room

The references to “room” in (Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 14:7,8; 20:46) signify the…

Rue

A garden herb (Ruta graveolens) which the Pharisees were careful to tithe (Luke 11:42),…

Rumah

Elevation, probably the same as Arumah (Judg

Sabbatical year

Every seventh year, during which the land, according to the law of Moses, had to remain…

Salcah

Wandering, a city of Bashan assigned to the half tribe of Manasseh (Deut

Salim

Peaceful, a place near AEnon (q

Salmone

A promontory on the east of Crete, under which Paul sailed on his voyage to Rome (Acts…

Salt, City Of

the fifth of the six cities of Judah which lay in the “wilderness

Salt, The city of

One of the cities of Judah (Josh

Salt, Valley of

A place where it is said David smote the Syrians (2 Sam

Salutation

“Eastern modes of salutation are not unfrequently so prolonged as to become wearisome and…

Samaria

A watch-mountain or a watch-tower

Samaria, Country Of

Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether…

Samos

An island in the AEgean Sea, which Paul passed on his voyage from Assos to Miletus (Acts…

Samothracia

An island in the AEgean Sea, off the coast of Thracia, about 32 miles distant

Sanctuary

Denotes, (1) the Holy Land (Ex

Saphir

Beautiful, a town of Judah (Micah 1:11), identified with es-Suafir, 5 miles south-east of…

Sardis

The metropolis of Lydia in Asia Minor

Saron

the district in which Lydda stood, (Acts 9:35) only; the Sharon of the Old Testament

Scorpions

Mentioned along with serpents (Deut

Scythian

The Scythians consisted of “all the pastoral tribes who dwelt to the north of the Black…

Sea

The sea, yam, is used in Scripture to denote— “The gathering of the waters,” “the Ocean

Sea of Jazer

a lake, now represented by some ponds in the high valley in which the Ammonite city of…

Sea, Molten

In the place of the laver of the tabernacle Solomon caused a laver to be cast for a…

Sea, The molten

The great laver made by Solomon for the use of the priests in the temple, described in 1…

Sea, The Salt

the usual and perhaps the most ancient name for the remarkable lake which to the western…

Secacah

Enclosure, one of the six cities in the wilderness of Judah, noted for its “great…

Secacah, Or Secacah

one of the six cities of Judah which were situated in the Midbar (“wilderness”), that is,…

Sechu

A hill or watch-tower, a place between Gibeah and Ramah noted for its “great well” (1 Sam

Seir

Rough; hairy

Seirath

Woody district; shaggy, a place among the mountains of Ephraim, bordering on Benjamin, to…

Sela

=Se’lah, rock, the capital of Edom, situated in the great valley extending from the Dead…

Sela-hammahlekoth

Cliff of divisions the name of the great gorge which lies between Hachilah and Maon,…

Sela, Or Selah

(2 Kings 14:7; Isaiah 16:1) so rendered in the Authorized Version in Judges city later (2…

Selahammahlekoth

a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of one of those…

Seleucia

The sea-port of Antioch, near the mouth of the Orontes

Senaah

Thorny, a place many of the inhabitants of which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel…

Senir

=Shenir, the name given to Hermon by the Amorites (Deut

Sephar

Numbering, (Gen

Sephela

the Greek form of the ancient word has-Shefelah, the native name for the southern…

Sepulchre

First mentioned as purchased by Abraham for Sarah from Ephron the Hittite (Gen

Sergius Paulus

A “prudent man” (R

Sermon on the mount

After spending a night in solemn meditation and prayer in the lonely mountain-range to…

Serpent, Fiery

Num

Sethur

Hidden, one of the spies sent to search the Promised Land

Shaalbim, Or Shaalabbin

a town in the allotment of Dan

The Shaalbonite

Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David’s thirty seven heroes

Shaaraim

Two gates

Shahazimah

one of the towns of the allotment of Issachar

Shalem

Perfect, a place (probably the village of Salim) some 2 miles east of Jacob’s well

Shalim, Land of

Land of foxes, a place apparently to the north-west of Jerusalem (1 Sam

Shalim, The Land Of

a district through which Saul passed on his journey in quest of his father’s asses

Shalisha, Land of

Probably the district of Baal-shalisha (2 Kings 4:42), lying about 12 miles north of…

Shalisha, The Land Of

one of the districts traversed by Saul when in search of the asses of Kish

Shallecheth

The gate, one of the gates of the “house of Jehovah

Shallecheth, The gate of

I

Shamgar

The Philistines from the maritime plain had made incursions into the Hebrew upland for…

Shammua

Heard

Shapher

Brightness, one of the stations where Israel encamped in the wilderness (Num

Sharaim

Two gates (Josh

Sharon

a district of the holy land occasionally referred to in the Bible

Sharon, Saron

A plain, a level tract extending from the Mediterranean to the hill country to the west…

Sharonite

The Shitrai, who had charge of the royal herds in the plain of Sharon, (1 Chronicles…

Sharuhen

a town named in (Joshua 19:6) only among those which were in Jadah to Simeon

Shaveh

The valley of, described (Genesis 14:17) as “the valley of the king,” is mentioned again…

Shaveh-Kiriathaim

Plain of Kirja-thaim where Chedorlaomer defeated the Emims, the original inhabitants (Gen

Shaveh, Valley of

Valley of the plain the ancient name of the “king’s dale” (q

Shawm

In the Prayer-book version of (Psalms 98:6) “with trumpets also stands also and shawms ”…

The Shearinghouse

a place on the road between Jezreel and Samaria, at which Jehu, on his way to the latter,…

Shebah

the famous well which gave its name to the city of Beersheba

Shebam

one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of Jordan; demanded by and finally…

Shebna

Tender youth, “treasurer” over the house in the reign of Hezekiah, i

Shechinah

A Chaldee word meaning resting-place, not found in Scripture, but used by the later Jews…

Sheep

Are of different varieties

Sheep-gate

One of the gates of Jerusalem mentioned by Nehemiah (3:1, 32; 12:39)

The Sheepgate

one of the gates of Jerusalem as rebuilt by Nehemiah

Shekel

Weight, the common standard both of weight and value among the Hebrews

Shema

Rumour

Shemer

the owner of the hill on which the city of Samaria was built

Shen

A tooth, probably some conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag (1 Sam

Shepham

A treeless place, Num

Shibboleth

River, or an ear of corn

Shibmah

Fragrance, a town of Reuben, east of Jordan (Num

Shicron

one of the landmarks at the western end of the north boundary of Judah

Shihor-Libnath

Black-white, a stream on the borders of Asher, probably the modern Nahr Zerka, i

Shihorlibnath

named only in (Joshua 19:26) as one of the landmarks of the boundary of Asher

Shilhim

Aqueducts, a town in the south of Judah (Josh

Shiloh

Generally understood as denoting the Messiah, “the peaceful one,” as the word signifies…

Shimron

Watch-post, an ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun…

Shinar

the ancient name of the great alluvial tract through which the Tigris and Euphrates pass…

Shinar, The Land of

LXX

Ship

No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so…

Ships

Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen

Shishak I

=Sheshonk I

Shittah-tree

Shittim

Acacias, also called “Abel-shittim” (Num

Shoa

Opulent, the mountain district lying to the north-east of Babylonia, anciently the land…

Shoe

Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q

Shophan

Hidden, or hollow, a town east of Jordan (Num

Shur

An enclosure; a wall, a part, probably, of the Arabian desert, on the north-eastern…

Shushan

A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam

Shushan, Or Susa

is said to have received its name from the abundance of the lily (shushan or shushanah)…

Sibraim

one of the landmarks on the northern boundary of the holy land as stated by Ezekiel

Siddim

The vale of, a place named only in one passage of Genesis— (Genesis 14:3,8,10) It was one…

Siddim, Vale of

Valley of the broad plains, “which is the salt sea” (Gen

Side

a city on the coast of Pamphylia, 10 or 12 miles to the east of the river Eurymedon

Sihon

Striking down

Sihor

black; dark the name given to the river Nile in Isa

Silla

A highway; a twig, only in 2 Kings 12:20

Siloam, Pool of

Sent or sending

Siloam, Tower of

Mentioned only Luke 13:4

Siloam, Tower, In

Of this we know nothing definitely beyond these words of the Lord

Silver

Used for a great variety of purposes, as may be judged from the frequent references to it…

Simeon, The tribe of

Was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Gen

Sin, Wilderness of

Lying between Elim and sinai (Ex

Sina, Mount

the Greek form of the well-known name Sinai

Sinai

Of Sin (the moon god), called also Horeb, the name of the mountain district which was…

Sinai, Or Sinai

Sirah

Retiring, a well from which Joab’s messenger brought back Abner (2 Sam

Sitnah

Strife, the second of the two wells dug by Isaac, whose servants here contended with the…

Snare

The expression (Amos 3:5), “Shall one take up a snare from the earth

Snow

Common in Palestine in winter (Ps

Socho

A fence; hedge, (1 Chr

Sodom

Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Gen

Sodomites

Those who imitated the licentious wickedness of Sodom (Deut

Solomon’s Porch

a colonnade, or cloister probably, on the eastern side of the temple

Soothsayer

One who pretends to prognosticate future events

Sorek

Choice vine, the name of a valley, i

South

Heb

South Ramoth

[Ramath Of The South OF THE SOUTH]

Sponge

Occurs only in the narrative of the crucifixion (Matt

Spring

Stranger

This word generally denotes a person from a foreign land residing in Palestine

Stream of Egypt

the Wady el-‘Arish, called also “the river of Egypt,” R

Sukkiims

Dwellers in tents, (Vulg

Suph

Suphah

a place at the south-eastern corner of the Dead Sea, the Ghor es-Safieh

Swan

Mentioned in the list of unclean birds (Lev

Sweat, Bloody

One of the physical phenomena attending our Lord’s agony in the garden of Gethsemane is…

Swelling

Of Jordan (Jer

Swine

regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (Lev

Synagogue

found only once in the Authorized Version of Ps

Syria

the name in the Old Testament given to the whole country which lay to the north-east of…

Syrophoenician

occurs only in (Mark 7:26) The word denoted perhaps a mixed race, half Phoenicians and…

The Syrtis

in the Revised Version in place of “quicksands” in the Authorized Version

Taanath-shiloh

Approach to Shiloh, a place on the border of Ephraim (Josh

Taanathshiloh

a place named once only— (Joshua 16:6)—as one of the landmarks of the boundary of Ephraim

Taberah

Burning, a place in the wilderness of Paran, where the “fire of the Lord” consumed the…

Tabernacle

A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc

Tabor

A height

The Tachmonite

“The Tachmonite that sat in the seat,” chief among David’s captains, (2 Samuel 23:8) Isa…

Tadmor

Palm, a city built by Solomon “in the wilderness” (2 Chr

Tahapanes

=Tahpanhes=Tehaphnehes, (called “Daphne” by the Greeks, now Tell Defenneh), an ancient…

Tahath

the name of a desert station of the Israelites between Makheloth and Tarah

Tahtim-hodshi

The land of the newly inhabited, (2 Sam

Tahtimhodshi

The land of, one of the places visited by Joab during his census of the land of Israel

Tamar

Palm

Taphon

one of the cities in Judea fortified by Bacchides

Tappuah

Apple-region

Tappush