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A (A-Z entry)
The symbol employed in textual criticism for a MS of the New Testament in Greek written on parchment in Egypt ( Alexandria? Hence known ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abarbanel (A-Z entry)
an alternative pronunciation of Abravanel.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Abednego (A-Z entry)
In Hebrew = servant of Nego, a corrupted form of ‘Nebo’; it was the name given by King Nebuchadnezzar to Azariah in Dan. 1: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abiathar (A-Z entry)
A priest in the army of King David ( 2 Sam. 20: 25 ), who later supported Adonijah 's unsuccessful bid for the throne ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abigail (A-Z entry)
Wife of Nabal ; she interceded with David to save her husband's life ( 1 Sam. 25: 23–31 ). Nabal was so shocked by ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abijah (A-Z entry)
The best-known of four OT characters of this name was the son and successor of Rehoboam . He was king of Judah ( 911 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abilene (A-Z entry)
An area NW of Damascus round Abila. Luke 3: 1 mentions that when John the Baptist the Baptist began his ministry Abilene was governed ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abimelech (A-Z entry)
Son of Gideon (or Jerubbaal ) and a concubine from Shechem . Upon the death of Gideon, Abimelech got himself proclaimed king at Shechem ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abinadab (A-Z entry)
Man at whose house on a hill in Kiriath-jearim the ark of the covenant was lodged after its return to Israel by the Philistines ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abishai (A-Z entry)
A loyal soldier in David 's band who had to be restrained from killing Saul when he was resting from the pursuit of his ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abner (A-Z entry)
A cousin of King Saul , in whose army he was the commander ( 1 Sam. 14: 50 ). In the war ‘between the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
abomination (A-Z entry)
Frequently in AV, and sometimes in NRSV, it describes an action or article incompatible with the true religion of Israel, as in Lev. 7: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abraham (A-Z entry)
Also known as Abram ; first of the patriarchs of Israel. His kind of life, depicted in Gen. 11–25 , might be that of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abraham (A-Z entry)
Abraham is the earliest biblical character who is delineated clearly enough to be correlated, to a limited extent, within world history. His homeland on ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Abraham (A-Z entry)
(Heb., Avraham Heb., Avram ) is the name of the progenitor of the Hebrew people. At first he is called Abram ( Gn. 11.26–27 ...
Source: Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Abraham's Bosom (A-Z entry)
In Jesus' parable of Dives and Lazarus ( Luke 16: 19–31 ) both characters die, and in the abode of the dead, which is ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abraham's Bosom (A-Z entry)
This expression occurs in the parable of the Rich Man ( Dives ) and Lazarus ( Luke 16.19–31 ); after his death, Lazarus is ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Abu Hawam, Tell (A-Z entry)
10-acre mound on the Mediterranean coast near where the Kishon River empties into the bay of Haifa (map reference 151 × 144). It may ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
acceptance (A-Z entry)
Abel's sacrificial offering of a lamb was acceptable to God, whereas God was not satisfied with Cain 's vegetarian offering. No reason for this ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
access (A-Z entry)
When visitors or ambassadors are granted an audience with the pope or a president, a trusted member of the staff shows them the way ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
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