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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
Abortion (A-Z entry)
Abortion as such is not discussed in the Bible, so any explanation of why it is not legislated or commented on is speculative. One ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Achan (A-Z entry)
Son of Carmi ( 1 Chron. 2: 7 ). After the destruction of Jericho ( Josh. 6: 24 ) some of the booty reserved ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
adoptionism (A-Z entry)
A theory about the Person of Christ associated with the heretic Nestorius ( d. 451 ce ) that Jesus was a man gifted with ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Adultery (A-Z entry)
Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse by either a married man or a married woman with someone other than his or her spouse. In ancient ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Agrippa (A-Z entry)
Herod Agrippa I , grandson of Herod the Great; the name ‘Agrippa’ was assumed on account of a friendship with Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa , ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Alphaeus (A-Z entry)
In Matt. 10: 3 mentioned as the father of James , after ‘James the son of Zebedee ’. In Mark 2: 14 he is ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
ancestor worship (A-Z entry)
The real or supposed ancestors of the Hebrews were venerated and were felt to be so close that their descendants even continued to suffer ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ancestors, The (A-Z entry)
Genesis 12–50 relates in the fullest form the traditions about the ancestors of Israel, frequently called the patriarchs ( Abraham , Isaac , and ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Archelaus (A-Z entry)
Son of Herod the Great, who inherited the territory of Judaea , Samaria , and Idumea , but after popular disturbances was banished to ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Avenger of Blood (A-Z entry)
In ancient Israel, as in tribal societies in general, the members of the clan were responsible for avenging the death of innocent victims. Unavenged ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Barr, James (A-Z entry)
( 1924 – 2006 ) Born in Glasgow and educated at Edinburgh University; after a brief period as a minister of the Church of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
barrenness (A-Z entry)
It was the worst of misfortunes for a Hebrew or Jewish wife not to bear children ( 1 Sam. 1: 10 ff.). So the ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Bernice (A-Z entry)
Daughter of Herod Agrippa I , and sister and mistress of Herod Agrippa II , with whom she listened to Paul in Caesarea ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
birth (A-Z entry)
A mother was regarded as ceremonially unclean after childbirth for seven days; and then for thirty-three days was prohibited from entering a sanctuary or ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Boaz (A-Z entry)
A landowner in Bethlehem in the time of the judges who acted generously at harvest time to Ruth , a Moabite widow. After marriage, ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
brother (A-Z entry)
Used of sons of the same parent(s) (e.g. Judg. 8: 19 ), of related people (e.g. Deut. 23: 8 , NJB), or in reference ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Brothers and Sisters of Jesus (A-Z entry)
Siblings of Jesus are referred to collectively twice in the Gospels. In the account of the “true kindred” ( Matt. 12.46–50 par.), Jesus' mother ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
brothers of Jesus (A-Z entry)
The natural understanding of Mark 6: 3 is that James , Joses , Simon , and Judas were the younger sons of Mary and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Cain (A-Z entry)
The elder son of Adam and Eve . Cain offered fruits of the earth (he was a farmer) to the Lord, but they were ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
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