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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
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
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
Aceldama (A-Z entry)
(AV) Aramaic for ‘Field of Blood’ and rendered Hakeldama by NRSV; ‘Aceldama which means “Blood Acre” ’ by REB ( Acts 1: 19 ): ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Achan (A-Z entry)
Son of Carmi ( 1 Chron. 2: 7 ). After the destruction of Jericho ( Josh. 6: 24 ) some of the bo oty ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Achziv (A-Z entry)
( or Akhzib; Ar., Ez-Zib; Assyr., Accipu ), site located on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, 15 km (9 mi.) north of Akko and ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
acrostic (A-Z entry)
a poetic form in which the first letter of each new line or series of lines within a larger group follows the order ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Adonijah (A-Z entry)
Son of David , and his expected successor, but instead Solomon was secretly anointed by the priest Zadok . Adonijah was executed ( 1 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
adoption (A-Z entry)
In the OT children are brought by adoption into families, as Moses ( Exod. 2: 10 ) was by Pharaoh's daughter, and Esther by ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
adoration (A-Z entry)
The loving worship of God in response to his first loving us (1 John 4: 9–10 ). It is described as a ‘sacrifice of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
adversary (A-Z entry)
In Hebrew, ‘ Satan ’, or ‘the Accuser’ ( Job 1: 6 , NRSV marg.); his role is to find out about human frailties ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
aetiology (A-Z entry)
An aetiological story professes to explain causes. The Pentateuch , especially Genesis, is rich in stories designed to give explanations about the origin of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Agag (A-Z entry)
King of the Amalekites , whose life was spared by Saul after Israel's victory. For this act of mercy he was denounced by the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
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