Lewin A.D.	Events	Contemporary History, A.D.	Hastings' B.D.	Ramsay	Lightfoot	Blass	Harnack	Encyc. Biblica.	Weizsäcker
30	The Pentecost of Acts 2	Tiberius, Emperor, 14-37	29-30	30	30	29	29-30	30	30
		Pontius Pilate, Procurator, 26
31	Spread of the Gospel at Jerusalem		30-35
35	Preaching of Stephen		30-35
36	Martyrdom of Stephen	Deposition of Pilate, 36	36	33	34	30?	30	31-35	35
37	Conversion of Saul of Tarsus	Death of Tiberius, March 16, 37	36	33	34	30?	30	31-35	35
		Accession of Caligula
38	His retirement to Arabia (Gal. 1:17)	Release of Herod Agrippa I
	Philip converts the Samaritans and the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8)
39	Herod Antipas banished to Gaul. His dominions given to Herod Agrippa I	Caligula orders his statue to be set up at Jerusalem
40	Circuit of St. Peter	Seneca, 4 B.C. - 65 A.D.
	Conversion of Cornelius
41	Herod Agrippa I, King (Acts 12:1) of Judæa and Samaria	Claudius becomes emperor, Jan. 24, 41; continues till Oct. 13, 54
42	Spread of the Church to Antioch	Seneca in exile, 41-49
	The disciples first called Christians at Antioch (Acts 11:26)
44	Persecution by Herod Agrippa	Romans in Britain, 43
	Martyrdom of St. James
	Imprisonment of St. Peter
	Death of Herod Agrippa (Acts 12:23)	Cuspius Fadus, Procurator	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
45	First Missionary Journey of Saul and Barnabas (Acts 13-14)	London founded, 57	47	47	48	45	45
46	Their return to Antioch	Tiberius Alexander, Procurator	49	50	51	46	47
48	The Judaizers at Antioch	Ventidius Cumanus, Procurator
	Council at Jerusalem (Lewin)	Expulsion of the Jews from Rome, 48?	49	50	51	47	47	45 or 49	52
49	St. Paul's Second Missionary Journey with Silas (Acts 16-18)		49	50		48	46
51	He comes to Macedonia
52	St. Paul at Corinth	Felix, Procurator, 52-59	late in 50	late in 51	late in 52		late in 48	summer, 47-49 or 49-53
	The Epistles to the Thessalonians
53	St. Paul leaves Corinth and sails to Ephesus	Gallio, proconsul of Achaia
	At Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles		52	53		50	49	53
54	Return to Antioch	Claudius dies. Accession of Nero, 54
	St. Paul's Third Missionary Journey		52	53		50	49
54-57	At Ephesus	Birth of Tacitus, 55
57	First Epistle to the Corinthians
	Riot at Ephesus
	Leaves for Troas, comes to Macedonia		55	56	57		53
	Second Epistle to the Corinthians
	Reaches Corinth and stays three months
58	Epistle to the Galatians
	Epistle to the Romans
	Leaves Corinth for Jerusalem		56	57	58	54	53	54 or 58
	Arrest in the temple
	Sent to Cæsarea (Acts 23:23)
59	Interview with Felix (Acts 24)	Nero murders Agrippina
60	St. Paul before Festus and Agrippa	Recall of Felix
		Porcius Festus, Procurator, 59
	Appeals to Cæsar (Acts 25:11)
	Sails for Rome (Acts 27)
	Shipwreck at Malta
61	St. Paul reaches Rome, and lives in his own hired house (Acts 28)	Rebellion of Boadicea in Britain	59	60	61	56	57	57 or 61	61
62	Writes his Epistles to the Philippians, the Colossians, Philemon and the Ephesians
63		Great earthquake at Pompeii	61	62	63		59	59 or 63
	St. Paul is heard, and released	Albinus, Procurator
	Epistle to the Hebrews (?)
	Goes to Asia by way of Macedonia
64	Sails with Titus to Crete, and returns to Ephesus	Great Fire of Rome, ascribed by Nero to the Christians, July 19, 64
	Leaving Timothy there, he goes by Philippi to Corinth	Gessius Florus, Procurator
	First Epistle to Timothy
	Epistle to Titus
	Winters at Nicopolis
65	Journey to Dalmatia (?), and through Macedonia to Troas
	Apprehension; sent to Rome
66	First Trial before the Emperor	The Jewish War begins
	Second Epistle to Timothy	Massacre by Florus at Jerusalem
	Martyrdom of St. Paul	Repulse of Cestius Gallus	64, 65	66, 67	67	67, 68	64	July or Aug. 64
70	Destruction of Jerusalem

Adadah, ă-dā′-dăh, “festival” (?); Josh. 15:22²²And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, (Joshua 15:22).

Adah, ā′-dăh, “ornament”; Gen. 4:19¹⁹And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. (Genesis 4:19).

Adaiah, ă-dai′-ăh, “Jehovah hath adorned”; 2 Kings 22:1¹Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. (2 Kings 22:1).

Adalia, ă-dā′-lĭ-ă. Esther 9:8⁸And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, (Esther 9:8).

Adam, ăd′-ăm, “man.”

Gen. 2:19¹⁹And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. (Genesis 2:19). R.V. the man.

created. Gen. 1.

called the son of God. Luke 3:38³⁸Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. (Luke 3:38).

blessed. Gen. 1:28²⁸And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28).

placed in Eden. Gen. 2:8⁸And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. (Genesis 2:8).

first called Adam. Gen. 2:19¹⁹And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. (Genesis 2:19).

creatures named by. Gen. 2:19¹⁹And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. (Genesis 2:19).

calls his wife Eve. Gen. 3:20²⁰And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. (Genesis 3:20).

his fall and punishment. Gen. 3.

hides from God. Gen. 3:8⁸And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. (Genesis 3:8).

ground cursed for his sake. Gen. 3:17¹⁷And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; (Genesis 3:17).

his death. Gen. 5:5⁵And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. (Genesis 5:5).

his transgression. Job 31:33³³If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: (Job 31:33); Rom. 5:14¹⁴Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. (Romans 5:14).

first Adam. 1 Cor. 15:45⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:45); 1 Tim. 2:13¹³For Adam was first formed, then Eve. (1 Timothy 2:13).

in all die. 1 Cor. 15:22²²For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22).

the last. 1 Cor. 15:45⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:45).

a place. Josh. 3:16¹⁶That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. (Joshua 3:16).

Adamah, ăd′-ă-măh, “earth”; Josh. 19:36³⁶And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, (Joshua 19:36).

Adamant. Ezek. 3:9⁹As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. (Ezekiel 3:9). Heb. Shâmir; Gk. πέτρα. The corundum, a stone which is next to the diamond in hardness. (See Jos. Ant. 3:7, § 5.)

Adami, ăd′-ă-mī. Josh. 19:33³³And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: (Joshua 19:33).

Adar, ā′-där; The twelfth month of the Sacred Year = March. Esther 3:7; 9:21⁷In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. (Esther 3:7)
²¹To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, (Esther 9:21). See MONTHS.

Adbeel, ăd′-beel. Gen. 25:13¹³And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (Genesis 25:13).

Addan, ăd′-dăn; a city of the captivity. Ezra 2:59⁵⁹And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: (Ezra 2:59).

Addar, ăd′-där. 1 Chron. 8:3³And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, (1 Chronicles 8:3).

Adder; the translation of four Hebrew words.

(1) (Psa. 58:4; 91:13⁴Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; (Psalm 58:4)
¹³Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. (Psalm 91:13)) Heb. Péthen; Gk. ἀσμίς; Zoological Species, Cobra.

(2) (Gen. 49:17¹⁷Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. (Genesis 49:17)) Heb. Shĕphíphôn; Gk. ὄφις; Zool. S. Cerastes Hasselquistii. R.V. marg. “horned snake”; A.V. marg. “arrowsnake.”

(3) (Psa. 140:3³They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (Psalm 140:3)) Heb. ’Ahshûb; Gk. βασιλίσκος; Zool. S. Vipera Euphratica.

(4) (Prov. 23:32³²At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Proverbs 23:32); Job 20:14,16¹⁴Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. (Job 20:14)
¹⁶He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. (Job 20:16)) Heb. Tziph’ôni; Gk. ἀσπίς; Zool. S. Daboia xanthina.

Addi, ăd′-dī, “ornament” (?); Luke 3:28²⁸Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, (Luke 3:28).

Addicted themselves; devoted, or dedicated, themselves.

1 Cor. 16:15¹⁵I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) (1 Corinthians 16:15). R.V. set.

Additions. 1 Kings 7:29-30,36²⁹And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. ³⁰And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. (1 Kings 7:29‑30)
³⁶For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. (1 Kings 7:36). R.V. wreaths.

Addon, ăd′-dŏn; same as ADDAN. Neh. 7:61⁶¹And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. (Nehemiah 7:61).

Ader, ā′-dĕr, “flock.”

1 Chron. 8:15¹⁵And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, (1 Chronicles 8:15). R.V. Eder.

Adiel, ăd′-ĭ-ĕl, “ornament of God”; 1 Chron. 4:36³⁶And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, (1 Chronicles 4:36).

Adin, ā′-dĭn, “delicate”; Ezra 2:15¹⁵The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. (Ezra 2:15).

Adina, ăd′-ĭ-nă; same as preceding. 1 Chron. 11:42⁴²Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, (1 Chronicles 11:42).

Adino, ăd′-ĭ-nō. 2 Sam. 23:8⁸These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. (2 Samuel 23:8).

Adithaim, ăd-ī-thā′-ĭm, “twofold booty”; Josh. 15:36³⁶And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: (Joshua 15:36).

Adjure, charge solemnly, conjure. Josh. 6:26²⁶And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. (Joshua 6:26); 1 Sam. 14:24²⁴And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. (1 Samuel 14:24); 1 Kings 22:16¹⁶And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord? (1 Kings 22:16); 2 Chron. 18:15¹⁵And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord? (2 Chronicles 18:15); Matt. 26:63⁶³But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. (Matthew 26:63); Mark 5:7⁷And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. (Mark 5:7); Acts 19:13¹³Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. (Acts 19:13).

Adlai, ăd-lā′-ī, “my righteousness”; 1 Chron. 27:29²⁹And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: (1 Chronicles 27:29).

Admah, ăd′-mäh; same as ADAMAH.

city of the plain, near Sodom. Gen. 10:19¹⁹And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. (Genesis 10:19).

Admatha, ăd-mā′-thă, “unrestrained”; Esther 1:14¹⁴And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) (Esther 1:14).

Administer, R.V. minister, 1 Cor. 12:5⁵And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. (1 Corinthians 12:5); 2 Cor. 8:19-20; 9:12¹⁹And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: ²⁰Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: (2 Corinthians 8:19‑20)
¹²For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; (2 Corinthians 9:12).

Admiration; wonder, astonishment. Rev. 17:6⁶And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (Revelation 17:6).

Admire. 2 Thess. 1:10¹⁰When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. (2 Thessalonians 1:10): to be a. in all. R.V. marvelled at.

Jude 16¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. (Jude 16): persons in a. R.V. showing respect of.

Admonish. Acts 27:9⁹Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, (Acts 27:9): Paul a. them.

Rom. 15:14¹⁴And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. (Romans 15:14); Col. 3:16¹⁶Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (Colossians 3:16): a. one another.

1 Thess. 5:12¹²And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (1 Thessalonians 5:12): over you in Lord and a. you.

2 Thess. 3:15¹⁵Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. (2 Thessalonians 3:15): a. him as a brother.

Heb. 8:5⁵Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount. (Hebrews 8:5): Moses was a. of God. R.V. is warned.

See Eccl. 4:13; 12:12¹³Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. (Ecclesiastes 4:13)
¹²And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. (Ecclesiastes 12:12); Jer. 42:19¹⁹The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. (Jeremiah 42:19).

Admonition. 1 Cor. 10:11¹¹Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. (1 Corinthians 10:11); Eph. 6:4⁴And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4); Titus 3:10¹⁰A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; (Titus 3:10).

Adna, ăd′-nă, “pleasure”; Ezra 10:30³⁰And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. (Ezra 10:30).

Adnah, ăd′-năh.

(1) same as preceding. 2 Chron. 17:14¹⁴And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand. (2 Chronicles 17:14).

(2) 1 Chron. 12:20²⁰As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. (1 Chronicles 12:20).

Ado, stir, tumult, commotion. Mark 5:39³⁹And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. (Mark 5:39).

Adoni-bezek, ăd′-ō-nī–bē′-zĕk, “lord of Bezek”; Judg. 1:5⁵And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. (Judges 1:5).

Adonijah, ăd-ō-nī′-jăh, “Jehovah is my Lord”; fourth son of David. 2 Sam. 3:4⁴And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; (2 Samuel 3:4).

usurps the kingdom. 1 Kings 1:5,11,25⁵Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (1 Kings 1:5)
¹¹Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? (1 Kings 1:11)
²⁵For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. (1 Kings 1:25).

is pardoned by Solomon. 1 Kings 1:53⁵³So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. (1 Kings 1:53).

seeking to obtain Abishag, is slain. 1 Kings 2:17-25¹⁷And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. ¹⁸And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. ¹⁹Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. ²⁰Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. ²¹And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. ²²And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. ²³Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. ²⁴Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. ²⁵And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. (1 Kings 2:17‑25).

Adonikam, ăd-ō-nī′-kăm, “my lord has arisen”; Ezra 2:13¹³The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. (Ezra 2:13).

Adoniram, ăd-ō-nī′-răm, “my lord is exalted”; 1 Kings 4:6⁶And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. (1 Kings 4:6).

Adoni-zedec, ăd′-ō-nī–zē′-dĕc, “lord of righteousness”; king of Jerusalem, resists Joshua. Josh. 10:1¹Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; (Joshua 10:1).

his death. Josh. 10:26²⁶And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. (Joshua 10:26).

Adoption, of the children of God, John 1:12; 20:17¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (John 1:12)
¹⁷Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. (John 20:17); Rom. 8:14¹⁴For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (Romans 8:14); 2 Cor. 6:18¹⁸And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2 Corinthians 6:18); Gal. 4:14¹⁴And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. (Galatians 4:14); Eph. 1:5⁵Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (Ephesians 1:5); Heb. 2:10; 12:5¹⁰For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10)
⁵And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: (Hebrews 12:5); James 1:18¹⁸Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. (James 1:18); 1 John 3:1¹Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. (1 John 3:1).

of Israel, Ex. 4:22²²And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: (Exodus 4:22); Hos. 11:1¹When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. (Hosea 11:1); Rom. 9:4⁴Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; (Romans 9:4).

of the Gentiles, Isa. 66:19¹⁹And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (Isaiah 66:19); Hos. 2:23²³And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. (Hosea 2:23); Acts 15:3³And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. (Acts 15:3); Rom. 8:15,23; 9:24¹⁵For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15)
²³And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:23)
²⁴Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? (Romans 9:24); Gal. 4:5⁵To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Galatians 4:5); Eph. 1:5⁵Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (Ephesians 1:5); Eph. 2:5⁵Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (Ephesians 2:5); Eph. 3:5⁵Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; (Ephesians 3:5); Col. 1:27²⁷To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: (Colossians 1:27).

Adoraim, ăd-ō-rā′-ĭm, “two chiefs” (?); 2 Chron. 11:9⁹And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, (2 Chronicles 11:9).

Adoram, ăd-ôr′-ăm; contracted from ADONIRAM. 2 Sam. 20:24²⁴And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: (2 Samuel 20:24).

Adorn. Isa. 61:10¹⁰I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. (Isaiah 61:10); Rev. 21:2²And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Revelation 21:2): bride a. herself.

1 Tim. 2:9⁹In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (1 Timothy 2:9); 1 Peter 3:3,5³Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; (1 Peter 3:3)
⁵For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: (1 Peter 3:5): women a.

Titus 2:10¹⁰Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. (Titus 2:10): a. doctrine of God.

See Jer. 31:4⁴Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. (Jeremiah 31:4); Luke 21:5⁵And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, (Luke 21:5).

Adrammelech, ă-drăm′-mĕ-lĕch, “Adar is king”; 2 Kings 17:31³¹And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. (2 Kings 17:31).

Adramyttium, ăd-ră-my̆t′-tĭ-ŭm. Acts 27:2²And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. (Acts 27:2).

Adria, ā′-drĭ-ă. Acts 27:27²⁷But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; (Acts 27:27). R.V. the sea of Adria.

Adriel, ā′-drĭ-ĕl, “flock of God”; 1 Sam. 18:19¹⁹But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. (1 Samuel 18:19).

Adullam, ă-dŭl′-lăm. Josh. 12:15¹⁵The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; (Joshua 12:15).

cave of. 1 Sam. 22:1¹David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. (1 Samuel 22:1); 1 Chron. 11:15¹⁵Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. (1 Chronicles 11:15).

Adullamite, ă-dŭl′-lăm-ītĕ; a native of Adullam. Gen. 38:1¹And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. (Genesis 38:1).

Adultery, of Tamar, Gen. 38:24²⁴And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. (Genesis 38:24).

of David, 2 Sam. 11:2²And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. (2 Samuel 11:2).

of Herod, Mark 6:17¹⁷For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. (Mark 6:17).

woman taken in, John 8:3³And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, (John 8:3).

in what it consists, Matt. 5:28; 15:19; 19:9²⁸But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matthew 5:28)
¹⁹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: (Matthew 15:19)
⁹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. (Matthew 19:9); Mark 7:21; 10:11²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, (Mark 7:21)
¹¹And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. (Mark 10:11).

forbidden, Ex. 20:14¹⁴Thou shalt not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14); Deut. 5:18¹⁸Neither shalt thou commit adultery. (Deuteronomy 5:18); Matt. 19:18¹⁸He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, (Matthew 19:18); Rom. 13:9⁹For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. (Romans 13:9); Gal. 5:19¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, (Galatians 5:19).

penalty of, Lev. 20:10¹⁰And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10); Mal. 3:5⁵And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 3:5); 1 Cor. 6:9⁹Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, (1 Corinthians 6:9); Heb. 13:4⁴Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. (Hebrews 13:4).

spiritual, Jer. 3; Jer. 13:27²⁷I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? (Jeremiah 13:27); Ezek. 16; 26; Hos. 1; 2; Rev. 2:22²²Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. (Revelation 2:22).

Adummim, ă-dŭm′-mĭm, “the red” (men ?). Josh. 15:7⁷And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel: (Joshua 15:7).

Advanced. Esther 3:1; 5:11; 10:2¹After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. (Esther 3:1)
¹¹And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. (Esther 5:11)
²And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? (Esther 10:2).

1 Sam. 12:6⁶And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. (1 Samuel 12:6): a. Moses. R.V. appointed.

Advantage. Luke 9:25²⁵For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? (Luke 9:25): what is a man a. R.V. profited.

1 Cor. 15:32³²If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. (1 Corinthians 15:32): what a.? R.V. profit.

2 Cor. 2:11¹¹Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. (2 Corinthians 2:11): lest Satan get a.

See Job 35:3³For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? (Job 35:3); Rom. 3:1¹What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? (Romans 3:1); Jude 16¹⁶These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. (Jude 16).

Adventure, venture; “adventure himself” = venture (to go); Acts 19:31³¹And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. (Acts 19:31).

So Deut. 28:56⁵⁶The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, (Deuteronomy 28:56); Judg. 9:17¹⁷(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: (Judges 9:17).

Adversary. Deut. 32:43⁴³Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. (Deuteronomy 32:43); Psa. 89:42⁴²Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. (Psalm 89:42); Isa. 59:18¹⁸According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. (Isaiah 59:18); Jer. 46:10¹⁰For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. (Jeremiah 46:10); Nah. 1:2²God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (Nahum 1:2); Luke 13:17¹⁷And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. (Luke 13:17): his a.

Ex. 23:22²²But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. (Exodus 23:22): I will be a. to thy a.

Num. 22:22²²And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. (Numbers 22:22): angel stood for a.

1 Kings 5:4⁴But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. (1 Kings 5:4): neither a. nor evil.

1 Kings 11:14,23¹⁴And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. (1 Kings 11:14)
²³And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: (1 Kings 11:23): Lord stirred up a.

Job 31:35³⁵Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. (Job 31:35): that mine a. had written.

Psa. 38:20; 69:19; 109:4,20,29²⁰They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. (Psalm 38:20)
¹⁹Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: mine adversaries are all before thee. (Psalm 69:19)
⁴For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. (Psalm 109:4)
²⁰Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul. (Psalm 109:20)
²⁹Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. (Psalm 109:29); Isa. 1:24²⁴Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: (Isaiah 1:24): mine a.

Psa. 74:10¹⁰O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? (Psalm 74:10): how long shall a. reproach.

Isa. 50:8⁸He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. (Isaiah 50:8): who is mine a.

Isa. 64:2²As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! (Isaiah 64:2); Jer. 30:16¹⁶Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. (Jeremiah 30:16); Mic. 5:9⁹Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. (Micah 5:9): thine a.

Amos 3:11¹¹Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. (Amos 3:11): a. shall be round the land.

Matt. 5:25²⁵Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. (Matthew 5:25): agree with thine a.

Luke 12:58⁵⁸When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. (Luke 12:58): when thou goest with thine a.

1 Cor. 16:9⁹For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. (1 Corinthians 16:9): there are many a.

Phil. 1:28²⁸And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. (Philippians 1:28): terrified by your a.

1 Tim. 5:14¹⁴I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. (1 Timothy 5:14): give no occasion to a.

Heb. 10:27²⁷But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Hebrews 10:27): indignation shall devour a.

1 Peter 5:8⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (1 Peter 5:8): because your a. the devil.

See 1 Sam. 2:10¹⁰The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. (1 Samuel 2:10); Isa. 9:11; 11:13¹¹Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; (Isaiah 9:11)
¹³The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. (Isaiah 11:13).

Adversity. 1 Sam. 10:19¹⁹And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands. (1 Samuel 10:19); 2 Sam. 4:9⁹And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, (2 Samuel 4:9); 2 Chron. 15:6⁶And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. (2 Chronicles 15:6): all a. R.V. calamity (in 1 Sam.).

Psa. 10:6⁶He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. (Psalm 10:6): I shall never be in a.

Psa. 94:13¹³That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. (Psalm 94:13); Prov. 24:10¹⁰If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. (Proverbs 24:10); Eccl. 7:14¹⁴In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. (Ecclesiastes 7:14): day of a.

Prov. 17:17¹⁷A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (Proverbs 17:17): brother is born for a.

Isa. 30:20²⁰And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: (Isaiah 30:20): bread of a.

Heb. 13:3³Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. (Hebrews 13:3): remember them which suffer a. R.V. are evil entreated.

See Psa. 31:7; 35:15⁷I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; (Psalm 31:7)
¹⁵But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: (Psalm 35:15).

Advertise, to give notice, inform. Num. 24:14¹⁴And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. (Numbers 24:14); Ruth 4:4⁴And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. (Ruth 4:4). R.V. disclose (in Ruth).

Advice. 1 Sam. 25:33³³And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (1 Samuel 25:33): blessed be thy a. R.V. wisdom.

2 Sam. 19:43⁴³And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. (2 Samuel 19:43): that our a. should not be first.

2 Chron. 10:9,14⁹And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? (2 Chronicles 10:9)
¹⁴And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. (2 Chronicles 10:14): what a. give ye. R.V. counsel.

Prov. 20:18¹⁸Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. (Proverbs 20:18): with good a. make war. R.V. guidance.

2 Cor. 8:10¹⁰And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. (2 Corinthians 8:10): herein I give my a. R.V. judgment.

See Judg. 19:30; 20:7³⁰And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. (Judges 19:30)
⁷Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. (Judges 20:7); 2 Chron. 25:17¹⁷Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. (2 Chronicles 25:17).

Advise. 1 Kings 12:6⁶And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? (1 Kings 12:6): how do ye a. R.V. counsel.

Prov. 13:10¹⁰Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. (Proverbs 13:10): with the well a. is wisdom.

Acts 27:12¹²And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. (Acts 27:12): the more part a. to depart.

Advise thyself, consider. 1 Chron. 21:12¹²Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. (1 Chronicles 21:12). See also 2 Sam. 24:13¹³So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. (2 Samuel 24:13).

Advisement, consideration. 1 Chron. 12:19¹⁹And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. (1 Chronicles 12:19).

Advocate. 1 John 2:1¹My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (1 John 2:1): an a. with the Father.

Æneas, ǣ-nē′-ăs; healing of. Acts 9:33³³And there he found a certain man named Eneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. (Acts 9:33). Also spelled Eneas.

Ænon, ǣ′-nŏn, “springs”; John baptizes at. John 3:23²³And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. (John 3:23).

Afar off. Jer. 23:23²³Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? (Jeremiah 23:23): a God a.

Jer. 30:10; 46:27¹⁰Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. (Jeremiah 30:10)
²⁷But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. (Jeremiah 46:27): I will save them from a.

Matt. 26:58⁵⁸But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. (Matthew 26:58); Mark 14:54⁵⁴And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. (Mark 14:54); Luke 22:54⁵⁴Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. (Luke 22:54): followed a.

Acts 2:39³⁹For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39): promise to all a.

Eph. 2:17¹⁷And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. (Ephesians 2:17): preached to you a. R.V. far off.

Heb. 11:13¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. (Hebrews 11:13): seen the promises a. R.V. from afar.

See Gen. 22:4⁴Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. (Genesis 22:4); Ezra 3:13¹³So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. (Ezra 3:13).

Affairs. 1 Chron. 26:32³²And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. (1 Chronicles 26:32): pertaining to God and a. of king.

2 Tim. 2:4⁴No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. (2 Timothy 2:4): entangleth himself with a.

See Dan. 2:49; 3:12⁴⁹Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. (Daniel 2:49)
¹²There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. (Daniel 3:12); Eph. 6:21-22²¹But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: ²²Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. (Ephesians 6:21‑22).

Affect, to seek after, pay court to. Gal. 4:17¹⁷They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. (Galatians 4:17).

Affected. Acts 14:2²But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. (Acts 14:2): minds evil a. against brethren.

Affecteth. Lam. 3:51⁵¹Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. (Lamentations 3:51): mine eye a. my heart.

Affection. 1 Chron. 29:3³Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, (1 Chronicles 29:3): have set a. to house of God.

Rom. 1:31³¹Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: (Romans 1:31); 2 Tim. 3:3³Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, (2 Timothy 3:3): without natural a.

Col. 3:2²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. (Colossians 3:2): set your a. on things above. R.V. mind.

Col. 3:5⁵Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: (Colossians 3:5): inordinate a. R.V. passion.

Affection, to God’s house, 1 Chron. 29:3³Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, (1 Chronicles 29:3); Psa. 26:8; 84:2,10⁸Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honor dwelleth. (Psalm 26:8)
²My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. (Psalm 84:2)
¹⁰For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Psalm 84:10).

to God (panting for), Psa. 42:1¹<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.>> As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (Psalm 42:1); Psa. 119:1¹ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. (Psalm 119:1).

set on things above, Col. 3:2²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. (Colossians 3:2).

fleshly affections to be crucified, Gal. 5:16,24¹⁶This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16)
²⁴And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. (Galatians 5:24); 2 Peter 2:10¹⁰But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. (2 Peter 2:10).

Affectioned; affected, disposed.

Rom. 12:10¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; (Romans 12:10): be kindly a. one to another.

Affections; desires, passions. Rom. 1:26²⁶For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: (Romans 1:26); Gal. 5:24²⁴And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. (Galatians 5:24).

Affinity. 1 Kings 3:1¹And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. (1 Kings 3:1); 2 Chron. 18:1¹Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. (2 Chronicles 18:1); Ezra 9:14¹⁴Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? (Ezra 9:14).

Affirm. Acts 25:19¹⁹But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. (Acts 25:19): Jesus, whom Paul a. to be alive.

See Rom. 3:8⁸And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. (Romans 3:8); 1 Tim. 1:7⁷Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. (1 Timothy 1:7); Titus 3:8⁸This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. (Titus 3:8).

Afflict. Lev. 16:29,31²⁹And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: (Leviticus 16:29)
³¹It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. (Leviticus 16:31); Num. 29:7⁷And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: (Numbers 29:7); Isa. 58:3,5³Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labors. (Isaiah 58:3)
⁵Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? (Isaiah 58:5): a. your souls.

Num. 11:11¹¹And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? (Numbers 11:11): wherefore hast thou a. R.V. evil entreated (dealt ill with).

Ruth 1:21²¹I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? (Ruth 1:21): Almighty hath a. me.

1 Kings 8:35³⁵When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: (1 Kings 8:35); 2 Chron. 6:26²⁶When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; (2 Chronicles 6:26): turn when thou dost a.

1 Kings 11:39³⁹And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. (1 Kings 11:39): I will a. seed of David.

Job 6:14¹⁴To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. (Job 6:14): to a. pity should be chewed. R.V. ready to faint.

Psa. 44:2²How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. (Psalm 44:2): how thou didst a. people.

Psa. 55:19¹⁹God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. (Psalm 55:19): God shall hear and a. R.V. answer.

Psa. 82:3³Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. (Psalm 82:3): do justice to the a.

Psa. 90:15¹⁵Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. (Psalm 90:15): the days wherein thou hast a.

Psa. 119:67⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. (Psalm 119:67): before I was a.

Psa. 140:12¹²I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. (Psalm 140:12): maintain cause of a.

Prov. 15:15¹⁵All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. (Proverbs 15:15): days of the a. evil.

Prov. 22:22²²Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: (Proverbs 22:22): neither oppress the a.

Prov. 31:5⁵Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. (Proverbs 31:5): pervert judgment of a.

Isa. 51:21²¹Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: (Isaiah 51:21): hear thou a. and drunken.

Isa. 53:7⁷He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (Isaiah 53:7): oppressed and a. R.V. humbled himself.

Isa. 54:11¹¹O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. (Isaiah 54:11): thou a. tossed with tempest.

Isa. 63:9⁹In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. (Isaiah 63:9): in all their a. he was a.

Lam. 1:5,12⁵Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. (Lamentations 1:5)
¹²Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. (Lamentations 1:12): the Lord hath a.

Nah. 1:12¹²Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. (Nahum 1:12): I will a. no more.

Zeph. 3:12¹²I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. (Zephaniah 3:12): I will leave an a. people.

2 Cor. 1:6⁶And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. (2 Corinthians 1:6): a. it is for consolation.

1 Tim. 5:10¹⁰Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. (1 Timothy 5:10): if she have relieved the a.

Heb. 11:37³⁷They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Hebrews 11:37): destitute, a., tormented.

James 4:9⁹Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. (James 4:9): be a. and mourn and weep.

James 5:13¹³Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. (James 5:13): is any a., let him pray. R.V. suffering.

Afflicted, duty towards, Job 6:14¹⁴To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. (Job 6:14); Psa. 82:3³Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. (Psalm 82:3); Prov. 22:22²²Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: (Proverbs 22:22); 1 Tim. 5:10¹⁰Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. (1 Timothy 5:10); James 1:27; 5:13²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)
¹³Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. (James 5:13).

Affliction. Gen. 29:32³²And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. (Genesis 29:32); Deut. 26:7⁷And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: (Deuteronomy 26:7); Psa. 25:18¹⁸Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. (Psalm 25:18): looked on a.

Ex. 3:7⁷And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; (Exodus 3:7); Acts 7:34³⁴I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. (Acts 7:34): have seen a. of people.

Deut. 16:3³Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. (Deuteronomy 16:3); 1 Kings 22:27²⁷And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. (1 Kings 22:27); 2 Chron. 18:26²⁶And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. (2 Chronicles 18:26): bread of a.

2 Chron. 20:9⁹If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. (2 Chronicles 20:9): cry to thee in a.

2 Chron. 33:12¹²And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, (2 Chronicles 33:12): in a. besought the Lord. R.V. distress.

Job 5:6⁶Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; (Job 5:6): a. cometh not forth of the dust.

Job 30:16,27¹⁶And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. (Job 30:16)
²⁷My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. (Job 30:27): days of a.

Job 36:8⁸And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; (Job 36:8): cords of a.

Psa. 34:19¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. (Psalm 34:19): many are a. of righteous.

Psa. 119:50⁵⁰This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. (Psalm 119:50): this my comfort in a.

Psa. 132:1¹<<A Song of degrees.>> Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: (Psalm 132:1): remember David and all his a.

Isa. 48:10¹⁰Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (Isaiah 48:10): furnace of a.

Jer. 16:19¹⁹O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. (Jeremiah 16:19): refuge in day of a.

Lam. 3:1¹I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. (Lamentations 3:1): man that path seen a.

Hos. 5:15¹⁵I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hosea 5:15): in their a. they will seek.

Mark 4:17¹⁷And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. (Mark 4:17): a. ariseth for the word’s sake. R.V. tribulation.

Acts 20:23²³Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. (Acts 20:23): bonds and a. abide me.

2 Cor. 2:4⁴For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. (2 Corinthians 2:4): out of much a. I wrote.

2 Cor. 4:17¹⁷For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; (2 Corinthians 4:17): light a. for moment.

2 Cor. 8:2²How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. (2 Corinthians 8:2): great trial of a.

Phil. 1:16¹⁶The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: (Philippians 1:16): add a. to bonds.

Heb. 10:32³²But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; (Hebrews 10:32): great fight of a. R.V. sufferings.

Heb. 11:25²⁵Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; (Hebrews 11:25): suffer a. with people. R.V. be evil entreated.

James 1:27²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27): visit fatherless in a.

Affliction, the result of sin, 2 Sam. 12:14¹⁴Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. (2 Samuel 12:14); Psa. 90:7⁷For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. (Psalm 90:7); Ezek. 6:13¹³Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savor to all their idols. (Ezekiel 6:13).

foretold, Gen. 15:13¹³And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; (Genesis 15:13); Isa. 10:12¹²Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. (Isaiah 10:12); Jer. 29:17; 42:16¹⁷Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. (Jeremiah 29:17)
¹⁶Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. (Jeremiah 42:16); Ezek. 20:27²⁷Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. (Ezekiel 20:27).

man born to, Job 5:6-7⁶Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; ⁷Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. (Job 5:6‑7).

comes from God, Gen. 15:13¹³And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; (Genesis 15:13); Num. 14:33³³And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. (Numbers 14:33); 2 Kings 6:33³³And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer? (2 Kings 6:33); Job 10:15¹⁵If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; (Job 10:15); Psa. 66:11¹¹Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. (Psalm 66:11); Isa. 9:1¹Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. (Isaiah 9:1).

sent in mercy, Gen. 50:20²⁰But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. (Genesis 50:20); Ex. 1:12¹²But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. (Exodus 1:12); Deut. 8:16¹⁶Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; (Deuteronomy 8:16); Psa. 106:43⁴³Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. (Psalm 106:43); Ezek. 20:37³⁷And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: (Ezekiel 20:37); Nah. 1:12¹²Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. (Nahum 1:12); Matt. 24:9⁹Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. (Matthew 24:9); Acts 20:23²³Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. (Acts 20:23); Rom. 8:18¹⁸For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18); Heb. 12:6⁶For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Hebrews 12:6); James 5:10¹⁰Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. (James 5:10); Rev. 7:14¹⁴And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Revelation 7:14).

promises of support under, Psa. 46:5⁵God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. (Psalm 46:5); Isa. 25:4; 43:2⁴For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. (Isaiah 25:4)
²When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isaiah 43:2); Jer. 16:19; 39:17¹⁹O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. (Jeremiah 16:19)
¹⁷But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. (Jeremiah 39:17); Nah. 1:7⁷The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. (Nahum 1:7); Matt. 11:28²⁸Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28); John 14:28²⁸Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. (John 14:28); Acts 14:22²²Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22); Heb. 2:18¹⁸For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. (Hebrews 2:18); Rev. 3:10¹⁰Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (Revelation 3:10).

resignation under, Psa. 119:75⁷⁵I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. (Psalm 119:75).

comfort under, Psa. 27:5⁵For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. (Psalm 27:5); Isa. 49:13; 61:2¹³Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. (Isaiah 49:13)
²To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (Isaiah 61:2); Jer. 31:13¹³Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. (Jeremiah 31:13); Matt. 5:4⁴Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4); Luke 7:13¹³And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. (Luke 7:13); John 16:20,33²⁰Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. (John 16:20)
³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33); 2 Cor. 1:4; 7:6⁴Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. (2 Corinthians 1:4)
⁶Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; (2 Corinthians 7:6); 1 Peter 4:13¹³But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. (1 Peter 4:13).

object of, 1 Cor. 11:32³²But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. (1 Corinthians 11:32); 1 Peter 5:10¹⁰But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. (1 Peter 5:10).

effects of, 2 Cor. 4:17¹⁷For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; (2 Corinthians 4:17).

proof of God’s love, Prov. 3:12¹²For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. (Proverbs 3:12); Heb. 12:6⁶For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Hebrews 12:6); Rev. 3:19¹⁹As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. (Revelation 3:19).

endurance of, 1 Sam. 3:18¹⁸And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good. (1 Samuel 3:18); 2 Sam. 12:16¹⁶David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. (2 Samuel 12:16); Neh. 9:3³And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God. (Nehemiah 9:3); Job 1:21; 2:10; 5:17; 13:15; 34:31²¹And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. (Job 1:21)
¹⁰But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. (Job 2:10)
¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: (Job 5:17)
¹⁵Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)
³¹Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: (Job 34:31); Psa. 18:6; 27:4; 39:9; 50:15; 56:3; 71:14⁶In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. (Psalm 18:6)
⁴One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. (Psalm 27:4)
⁹I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. (Psalm 39:9)
¹⁵And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalm 50:15)
³What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. (Psalm 56:3)
¹⁴But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. (Psalm 71:14); Jer. 50:4⁴In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God. (Jeremiah 50:4); Lam. 3:39³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? (Lamentations 3:39); Luke 21:19¹⁹In your patience possess ye your souls. (Luke 21:19); Rom. 12:12¹²Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; (Romans 12:12); 2 Cor. 1:9⁹But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: (2 Corinthians 1:9); 1 Thess. 4:13¹³But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (1 Thessalonians 4:13); 2 Thess. 1:4⁴So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: (2 Thessalonians 1:4); Heb. 12:1¹Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, (Hebrews 12:1); James 1:4; 5:10⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (James 1:4)
¹⁰Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. (James 5:10); 1 Peter 2:20²⁰For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. (1 Peter 2:20).

supplication under, Judg. 4:3³And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. (Judges 4:3); 1 Sam. 1:10¹⁰And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. (1 Samuel 1:10); 2 Sam. 24:10¹⁰And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. (2 Samuel 24:10); 2 Kings 19:16; 20:1-2¹⁶Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. (2 Kings 19:16)
¹In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. ²Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, (2 Kings 20:1‑2); 2 Chron. 14:11; 20:6¹¹And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. (2 Chronicles 14:11)
⁶And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? (2 Chronicles 20:6); Ezra 9:6⁶And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. (Ezra 9:6); Neh. 9:32³²Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. (Nehemiah 9:32); Job 10:2; 13:23; 33:26²I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me wherefore thou contendest with me. (Job 10:2)
²³How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. (Job 13:23)
²⁶He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. (Job 33:26); Psa. 66:13¹³I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, (Psalm 66:13); Jer. 17:13; 31:18¹³O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters. (Jeremiah 17:13)
¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. (Jeremiah 31:18); Lam. 5:1¹Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. (Lamentations 5:1); Dan. 9:3³And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: (Daniel 9:3); Hab. 3:2²O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2); Matt. 26:39³⁹And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (Matthew 26:39); 2 Cor. 12:8⁸For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. (2 Corinthians 12:8); James 5:13¹³Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. (James 5:13).

exhortation under, Deut. 8:3³And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. (Deuteronomy 8:3); Neh. 1:8⁸Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: (Nehemiah 1:8); Prov. 3:11¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: (Proverbs 3:11); John 5:14¹⁴Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. (John 5:14).

confession of sin under, Num. 21:7⁷Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. (Numbers 21:7); Job 7:20²⁰I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? (Job 7:20); Psa. 32:5⁵I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. (Psalm 32:5); Isa. 64:5-6⁵Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. ⁶But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:5‑6); Jer. 31:18¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. (Jeremiah 31:18); Mic. 7:9⁹I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. (Micah 7:9).

repentance under, Job 34:31³¹Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: (Job 34:31); Psa. 78:34³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. (Psalm 78:34); Hos. 6:1¹Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. (Hosea 6:1); Luke 15:17¹⁷And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! (Luke 15:17).

support under, Deut. 4:30-31³⁰When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; ³¹(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. (Deuteronomy 4:30‑31); 2 Chron. 7:13-14¹³If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; ¹⁴If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:13‑14); Job 27:16-17¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; ¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. (Job 27:16‑17); Psa. 73:26²⁶My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. (Psalm 73:26); Isa. 10:20²⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (Isaiah 10:20).

deliverances from, Psa. 34:4,19; 40:2; 126:2-3⁴I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. (Psalm 34:4)
¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. (Psalm 34:19)
²He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. (Psalm 40:2)
²Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. ³The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. (Psalm 126:2‑3); Prov. 12:13¹³The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. (Proverbs 12:13); Isa. 63:9⁹In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. (Isaiah 63:9); Jonah 2:1-2¹Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, ²And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. (Jonah 2:1‑2); 2 Tim. 3:11; 4:17-18¹¹Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. (2 Timothy 3:11)
¹⁷Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. ¹⁸And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (2 Timothy 4:17‑18).

benefits of, Job 23:10; 36:8¹⁰But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. (Job 23:10)
⁸And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; (Job 36:8); Psa. 66:10; 119:67,71¹⁰For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. (Psalm 66:10)
⁶⁷Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. (Psalm 119:67)
⁷¹It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. (Psalm 119:71); Eccl. 7:2²It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. (Ecclesiastes 7:2); Isa. 1:25; 26:9; 48:10²⁵And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: (Isaiah 1:25)
⁹With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. (Isaiah 26:9)
¹⁰Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (Isaiah 48:10); Lam. 3:27,39²⁷It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. (Lamentations 3:27)
³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? (Lamentations 3:39); Ezek. 14:11¹¹That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God. (Ezekiel 14:11); Hos. 2:6; 5:15⁶Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. (Hosea 2:6)
¹⁵I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hosea 5:15); Mic. 6:9⁹The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. (Micah 6:9); Zech. 13:9⁹And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. (Zechariah 13:9); John 15:2²Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:2); Acts 14:22²²Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22); Rom. 5:3³And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; (Romans 5:3); 2 Cor. 4:8; 12:7⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (2 Corinthians 4:8)
⁷And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. (2 Corinthians 12:7); Phil. 1:12¹²But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; (Philippians 1:12); Heb. 12:10¹⁰For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. (Hebrews 12:10); 1 Peter 2:20²⁰For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. (1 Peter 2:20).

Affright. Isa. 21:4⁴My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. (Isaiah 21:4): fearfulness a. me.

Mark 16:5⁵And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. (Mark 16:5): they were a. R.V. amazed.

Mark 16:6⁶And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. (Mark 16:6): be not a. ye seek Jesus. R.V. amazed.

See Deut. 7:21²¹Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. (Deuteronomy 7:21); 2 Chron. 32:18¹⁸Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. (2 Chronicles 32:18); Jer. 51:32³²And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. (Jeremiah 51:32).

Afoot. Mark 6:33³³And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him. (Mark 6:33); Acts 20:13¹³And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. (Acts 20:13).

Afore; beforehand. Rom. 9:23²³And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, (Romans 9:23).

Aforetime. Dan. 6:10¹⁰Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. (Daniel 6:10): prayed as a.

Rom. 15:4⁴For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (Romans 15:4): things were written a.

See Isa. 52:4⁴For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. (Isaiah 52:4); Jer. 30:20²⁰Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. (Jeremiah 30:20).

Afraid. Matt. 14:27²⁷But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. (Matthew 14:27); Mark 5:36; 6:50³⁶As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. (Mark 5:36)
⁵⁰For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. (Mark 6:50); John 6:20²⁰But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. (John 6:20): be not a.

Gen. 20:8⁸Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. (Genesis 20:8); Ex. 14:10¹⁰And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord. (Exodus 14:10); Mark 9:6⁶For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. (Mark 9:6); Luke 2:9⁹And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. (Luke 2:9): sore a.

Lev. 26:6⁶And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. (Leviticus 26:6); Job 11:19¹⁹Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. (Job 11:19); Isa. 17:2²The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. (Isaiah 17:2); Ezek. 34:28²⁸And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. (Ezekiel 34:28); Mic. 4:4⁴But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. (Micah 4:4); Zeph. 3:13¹³The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. (Zephaniah 3:13): none make a.

Judg. 7:3³Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. (Judges 7:3): whosoever is fearful and a. R.V. trembling.

1 Sam. 18:29²⁹And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. (1 Samuel 18:29): Saul yet the more a.

Neh. 6:9⁹For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. (Nehemiah 6:9): they all made us a.

Job 3:25²⁵For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. (Job 3:25): that I was a. of is come.

Job 9:28²⁸I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. (Job 9:28): I am a. of sorrows.

Psa. 27:1¹<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1): of whom shall I be a.

Psa. 56:3³What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. (Psalm 56:3): what time I am a.

Psa. 65:8⁸They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. (Psalm 65:8): a. at thy tokens.

Psa. 91:5⁵Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; (Psalm 91:5): a. for terror by night.

Psa. 112:7⁷He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. (Psalm 112:7): a. of evil tidings.

Isa. 51:12¹²I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; (Isaiah 51:12): be a. of a man that shall die.

Mark 9:32; 10:32³²But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. (Mark 9:32)
³²And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, (Mark 10:32): a. to ask him.

John 19:8⁸When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; (John 19:8): Pilate was more a.

Gal. 4:11¹¹I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain. (Galatians 4:11): I am a. of you.

Heb. 11:23²³By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. (Hebrews 11:23): not a. of commandment.

See Deut. 1:17¹⁷Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. (Deuteronomy 1:17); Psa. 3:6; 66:11⁶I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. (Psalm 3:6)
¹¹Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. (Psalm 66:11).

Afresh. Heb. 6:6⁶If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. (Hebrews 6:6).

Afternoon. Judg. 19:8⁸And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. (Judges 19:8). R.V. the day declineth.

Afterwards. 1 Sam. 24:5⁵And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. (1 Samuel 24:5): a. David’s heart smote him.

Psa. 73:24²⁴Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. (Psalm 73:24): a. receive me to glory.

Prov. 20:17¹⁷Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. (Proverbs 20:17): deceit sweet, but a.

Prov. 24:27²⁷Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. (Proverbs 24:27): prepare work and a. build.

Prov. 29:11¹¹A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. (Proverbs 29:11): wise man keepeth till a. R.V. back and stilleth it.

John 13:36³⁶Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. (John 13:36): thou shalt follow me a.

1 Cor. 15:23²³But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. (1 Corinthians 15:23): a. they that are Christ’s. R.V. then.

See Ex. 11:1¹And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. (Exodus 11:1); Matt. 21:32³²For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. (Matthew 21:32); Gal. 3:23²³But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. (Galatians 3:23).

Agabus, ăg′-ă-bŭs; probably Greek form of Hagab; famine and Paul’s sufferings foretold by. Acts 11:28; 21:10²⁸And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. (Acts 11:28)
¹⁰And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. (Acts 21:10).

Agag, ā′-găg, “violent” (?); king of Amalek

(1) spoken of by Balaam. Num. 24:7⁷He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. (Numbers 24:7).

(2) spared by Saul, slain by Samuel. 1 Sam. 15.

Agagite, ăg′-ă-gītĕ. Esther 3:1¹After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. (Esther 3:1).

Against. Luke 2:34³⁴And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Luke 2:34); Acts 19:36; 28:22³⁶Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. (Acts 19:36)
²²But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. (Acts 28:22): spoken a.

See Gen. 16:12¹²And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. (Genesis 16:12); Matt. 12:30³⁰He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. (Matthew 12:30); Luke 11:23²³He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. (Luke 11:23).

Agar, ā′-gär; same as HAGAR. Gal. 4:24²⁴Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. (Galatians 4:24).

Agate. Ex. 28:19¹⁹And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 28:19). Heb. Shĕbô: Gk. ἀχάτης. Agate is said to derive its name from the river Achates, in Sicily. In Isa. 54:12¹²And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. (Isaiah 54:12), it is spoken of as a material for windows, but may then refer to mica. R.V. rubies.

Ex. 39:12¹²And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 39:12): an a.

Ezek. 27:16¹⁶Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. (Ezekiel 27:16): and a.

Aged. 2 Sam. 19:32³²Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. (2 Samuel 19:32); Job 15:10¹⁰With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. (Job 15:10); Titus 2:2²That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. (Titus 2:2): a. men.

Philem. 9⁹Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. (Philemon 9): Paul the a. R.V. (marg.) ambassador.

See Job 12:20; 29:8; 32:9²⁰He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. (Job 12:20)
⁸The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. (Job 29:8)
⁹Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. (Job 32:9).

Agee, ā′-ġee, “fugitive” (?); 2 Sam. 23:11¹¹And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. (2 Samuel 23:11).

Ages. Eph. 2:7; 3:5,21⁷That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:7)
⁵Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; (Ephesians 3:5)
²¹Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. (Ephesians 3:21); Col. 1:26²⁶Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: (Colossians 1:26).

Agone, the old form of “ago”; 1 Sam. 30:13¹³And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. (1 Samuel 30:13).

Agony, Christ’s, in the garden, Matt. 26:36³⁶Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. (Matthew 26:36); Luke 22:44⁴⁴And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:44), etc.

Agree. Amos 3:3³Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3): except they be a. R.V. (marg.) have made an appointment.

Matt. 18:19¹⁹Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 18:19): two of you shall a.

Mark 14:56,59⁵⁶For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. (Mark 14:56)
⁵⁹But neither so did their witness agree together. (Mark 14:59): witness a. not.

Acts 15:15¹⁵And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, (Acts 15:15): to this a. words of the prophets.

1 John 5:8⁸And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. (1 John 5:8): these three a. in one.

See Matt. 20:2²And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. (Matthew 20:2); Luke 5:36³⁶And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. (Luke 5:36); Acts 5:9⁹Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. (Acts 5:9); Rev. 17:17¹⁷For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. (Revelation 17:17).

Agreement. Isa. 28:15¹⁵Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: (Isaiah 28:15); 2 Cor. 6:16¹⁶And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (2 Corinthians 6:16).

Agrippa, ă-grĭp′-pă, “a wild olive.”

(1) Acts 12:1-4,23¹Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. ²And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. ³And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) ⁴And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (Acts 12:1‑4)
²³And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. (Acts 12:23).

(2) Paul’s defence before. Acts 25:22²²Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. (Acts 25:22); Acts 26:22²²Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: (Acts 26:22). Almost persuaded. Acts 26:28²⁸Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. (Acts 26:28).

Aground. Acts 27:41⁴¹And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. (Acts 27:41).

Agur, ā′-gu̇r, “hireling” (?); prophecy. Prov. 30.

Aha. Psa. 35:21; 40:15; 70:3²¹Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. (Psalm 35:21)
¹⁵Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. (Psalm 40:15)
³Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. (Psalm 70:3); Isa. 44:16¹⁶He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: (Isaiah 44:16); Ezek. 25:3; 26:2; 36:2³And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; (Ezekiel 25:3)
²Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: (Ezekiel 26:2)
²Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: (Ezekiel 36:2).

Ahab, ā′-hăb, “uncle.”

(1) king of Israel. 1 Kings 16:29²⁹And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. (1 Kings 16:29). Marries Jezebel; his idolatry. 1 Kings 16:31³¹And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. (1 Kings 16:31).

meets Elijah. 1 Kings 18:17¹⁷And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? (1 Kings 18:17).

defeats the Syrians. 1 Kings 20.

punished for sparing Ben-hadad. 1 Kings 20:42⁴²And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. (1 Kings 20:42).

takes Naboth’s vineyard. 1 Kings 21:16¹⁶And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. (1 Kings 21:16).

his repentance. 1 Kings 21:27²⁷And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. (1 Kings 21:27).

trusts false prophets, and is mortally wounded at Ramoth-gilead. 1 Kings 22:6,34⁶Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. (1 Kings 22:6)
³⁴And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. (1 Kings 22:34); 2 Chron. 18:34³⁴And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died. (2 Chronicles 18:34).

(2) (son of Kolaiah), and Zedekiah, lying prophets. Jer. 29:21²¹Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; (Jeremiah 29:21).

Aharah, ă-hâr′-ăh. 1 Chron. 8:1¹Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, (1 Chronicles 8:1).

Aharhel, ă-här′-hĕl. 1 Chron. 4:8⁸And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. (1 Chronicles 4:8).

Ahasai, ă-hā′-sai, “Jehovah hath grasped”; called also JAHZERAH. Neh. 11:13¹³And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, (Nehemiah 11:13).

Ahasbai, ă-hăṡ′-bai. 2 Sam. 23:34³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, (2 Samuel 23:34).

Ahasuerus, ă-hăṡ-ū-ē′-rŭs, “mighty man” (?); reigns from India to Ethiopia. Esther 1:1¹Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) (Esther 1:1).

Vashti’s disobedience to, and divorce. Esther 1:12; 2:4¹²But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. (Esther 1:12)
⁴And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. (Esther 2:4).

makes Esther queen. Esther 2:17¹⁷And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. (Esther 2:17).

advances Haman. Esther 3:1¹After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. (Esther 3:1).

his decree to destroy the Jews. Esther 3:12¹²Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. (Esther 3:12).

rewards Mordecai’s loyalty. Esther 6.

hangs Haman. Esther 7:9; 8:7⁹And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. (Esther 7:9)
⁷Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. (Esther 8:7).

advances Mordecai. Esther 9:4⁴For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. (Esther 9:4); Job 1:1¹There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. (Job 1:1).

Ahava, ă-hā′-vă. Ezra 8:15¹⁵And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (Ezra 8:15).

Ahaz, ā′-hăz, “he hath seized”; king of Judah. 2 Kings 15:38³⁸And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 15:38); 2 Kings 17:18¹⁸Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. (2 Kings 17:18).

spoils the temple. 2 Kings 16:17¹⁷And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. (2 Kings 16:17).

his idolatry. 2 Chron. 28:2²For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. (2 Chronicles 28:2).

afflicted by Syrians. 2 Chron. 28:5⁵Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. (2 Chronicles 28:5).

comforted by Isaiah. Isa. 7.

will not ask a sign. Isa. 7:12¹²But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. (Isaiah 7:12).

Ahaziah, ā-hă-zī′-ăh, “Jehovah hath seized.”

(1) king of Israel. 1 Kings 22:40,49⁴⁰So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 22:40)
⁴⁹Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. (1 Kings 22:49). His sickness and idolatry. 2 Kings 1.

his judgment by Elijah. 2 Kings 1.

(2) king of Judah, his wicked reign. 2 Kings 8:25²⁵In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. (2 Kings 8:25). Goes with Joram to meet Jehu. 2 Kings 9:21²¹And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. (2 Kings 9:21).

smitten by Jehu. 2 Kings 9:27²⁷But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. (2 Kings 9:27); 2 Chron. 22:9⁹And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. (2 Chronicles 22:9).

Ahban, äh′-băn, “brother of a wise man” 1 Chron. 2:29²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. (1 Chronicles 2:29).

Aher, ā′-hĕr, “another”; 1 Chron. 7:12¹²Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. (1 Chronicles 7:12).

Ahi, ā′-hī, “brother of Jehovah”; 1 Chron. 5:15¹⁵Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. (1 Chronicles 5:15).

Ahiah, ă-hī′-ăh, “brother of Jehovah.”

(1) 1 Sam. 14:3³And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. (1 Samuel 14:3).

(2) 1 Kings 4:3³Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. (1 Kings 4:3).

Ahiam, ă-hī′-ăṁ. 2 Sam. 23:33³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2 Samuel 23:33).

Ahian, ă-hī′-ăn, “brotherly”; 1 Chron. 7:19¹⁹And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. (1 Chronicles 7:19).

Ahiezer, ā-hī-ē′-zĕr, “my brother is help”; Num. 1:12¹²Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (Numbers 1:12).

Ahihud, ă-hī′-hŭd, “brother of majesty”; Num. 34:27²⁷And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. (Numbers 34:27).

Ahijah, ă-hī′-jăh; same as AHIAH; prophesies to Jeroboam against Solomon. 1 Kings 11:31³¹And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: (1 Kings 11:31).

against Jeroboam, and foretells his son’s death. 1 Kings 14:7⁷Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, (1 Kings 14:7).

Ahikam, ă-hī′-kăm, “my brother has arisen”; 2 Kings 22:12¹²And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, (2 Kings 22:12).

protects Jeremiah. Jer. 26:24²⁴Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. (Jeremiah 26:24).

Ahilud, ă-hī′-lŭd, “child”s b.’; 2 Sam. 8:16¹⁶And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (2 Samuel 8:16).

Ahimaaz, ă-hī′-mă-ăz, “brother is anger”; son of Zadok, serves David. 2 Sam. 15:27; 17:17; 18:19²⁷The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. (2 Samuel 15:27)
¹⁷Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. (2 Samuel 17:17)
¹⁹Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies. (2 Samuel 18:19).

Ahiman, ă-hī′-măn, “my brother is a gift” (?); Num. 13:22²²And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) (Numbers 13:22).

Ahimelech, ă-hĭm′-ĕ-lĕch, “brother of the king”; 1 Sam. 21:1¹Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? (1 Samuel 21:1).

slain by Saul’s order, for assisting David. 1 Sam. 22:18¹⁸And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. (1 Samuel 22:18).

Ahimoth, ă-hī′-mōth, “brother is death”; 1 Chron. 6:25²⁵And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. (1 Chronicles 6:25).

Ahinadab, ă-hĭn′-ă-dăb, “my brother is noble”; 1 Kings 4:14¹⁴Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: (1 Kings 4:14).

Ahinoam, ă-hĭm′-ŏ-ăm, “my brother is grace”; 1 Sam. 14:50⁵⁰And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. (1 Samuel 14:50).

Ahio, ă-hī′-ō, “brotherly”; 2 Sam. 6:3³And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. (2 Samuel 6:3).

Ahira, ă-hī′-ră, “my brother is wicked”; Num. 1:15¹⁵Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. (Numbers 1:15).

Ahiram, ă-hī′-răm, “my brother is lofty”; Num. 26:38³⁸The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: (Numbers 26:38).

Ahiramites, ă-hī′-răm-ītes; descendants of Ahiram. Num. 26:38³⁸The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: (Numbers 26:38).

Ahisamach, ă-hĭs′-ă-măch, “my brother has supported”; Ex. 31:6⁶And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; (Exodus 31:6).

Ahishahar, ă-hī′-shā-här, “brother of the dawn”; 1 Chron. 7:10¹⁰The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. (1 Chronicles 7:10).

Ahishar, ă-hī′-shär, “my brother has sung”; 1 Kings 4:6⁶And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. (1 Kings 4:6).

Ahithophel, ă-hĭth′-ŏ-phĕl, “my brother is folly” (?); His treachery. 2 Sam. 15:12,31; 16:20¹²And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. (2 Samuel 15:12)
³¹And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (2 Samuel 15:31)
²⁰Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. (2 Samuel 16:20).

disgrace, and suicide. 2 Sam. 17:1,23¹Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: (2 Samuel 17:1)
²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Samuel 17:23). See Psa. 41:9; 55:12⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. (Psalm 41:9)
¹²For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: (Psalm 55:12); Psa. 109:12¹²Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. (Psalm 109:12).

Ahitub, ă-hī′-tŭb, “my brother is goodness”; 1 Sam. 14:3³And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. (1 Samuel 14:3).

Ahlab, äh′-lăb, “fertility” (?); Judg. 1:31³¹Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: (Judges 1:31).

Ahlai, äh′-lā-ī, “O! would that” (?); 1 Chron. 2:31³¹And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. (1 Chronicles 2:31).

Ahoah, ă-hō′-ăh; same as AHIJAH (?). 1 Chron. 8:4⁴And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, (1 Chronicles 8:4).

Ahohite, ă-hō′-hīte; a descendant of Ahoah. 2 Sam. 23:9⁹And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: (2 Samuel 23:9).

Aholah, ă-hō′-lăh, “(she who has) her own tent”; (Samaria), and Aholibah (Jerusalem), their adulteries. Ezek. 23:4⁴And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. (Ezekiel 23:4).

Aholiab, ă-hō′-lĭ-ăb, “father”s tent;’; inspired to construct the tabernacle. Ex. 31:6; 35:34⁶And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; (Exodus 31:6)
³⁴And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. (Exodus 35:34); Ex. 36:34³⁴And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. (Exodus 36:34), etc.

Aholibah, ă-hŏl′-ĭ-băh, “my tent is in her”; Ezek. 23:4⁴And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. (Ezekiel 23:4).

Aholibamah, ă-hŏl-ĭ-bä′-măh, “tent of the high place”; Gen. 36:2²Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; (Genesis 36:2).

Ahumai, ă-hū′-mai. 1 Chron. 4:2²And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. (1 Chronicles 4:2).

Ahuzam, ă-hū′-zăm, “possessor”; 1 Chron. 4:6⁶And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. (1 Chronicles 4:6).

Ahuzzath, ă-hŭz′-zăth, “possession”; Gen. 26:26²⁶Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. (Genesis 26:26).

Ai, ā′-ī, “a heap of ruins”; men of, contend with Israel. Josh. 7:2,5²And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. (Joshua 7:2)
⁵And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. (Joshua 7:5).

Aiah, ai′-ăh, “hawk”; 2 Sam. 3:7⁷And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? (2 Samuel 3:7).

Aiath, ai′-ăth, “ruins”; Isa. 10:28²⁸He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: (Isaiah 10:28).

Aija, ai′-jă; same as AI. Neh. 11:31³¹The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, (Nehemiah 11:31).

Aijalon, ai′-jă-lŏn, “place of gazelles”; Josh. 21:24²⁴Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; four cities. (Joshua 21:24).

Aijeleth Shahar, ai′-jĕ-lĕth shā′-här, “morning hind.”

Psa. 22. title.

Aileth. Gen. 21:17¹⁷And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. (Genesis 21:17); Judg. 18:23²³And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? (Judges 18:23); 1 Sam. 11:5⁵And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. (1 Samuel 11:5); 2 Sam. 14:5⁵And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. (2 Samuel 14:5); Psa. 114:5⁵What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? (Psalm 114:5); Isa. 22:1¹The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? (Isaiah 22:1).

Ain, ā′-ĭn, “an eye” or “fountain”; Num. 34:11¹¹And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: (Numbers 34:11).

Air. Job 41:16¹⁶One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. (Job 41:16): no a. can come between.

1 Cor. 9:26²⁶I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: (1 Corinthians 9:26): as one that beateth the a.

1 Cor. 14:9⁹So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. (1 Corinthians 14:9): ye shall speak into a.

1 Thess. 4:17¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:17): meet Lord in a.

See 2 Sam. 21:10¹⁰And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. (2 Samuel 21:10); Eccl. 10:20²⁰Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. (Ecclesiastes 10:20); Acts 22:23²³And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, (Acts 22:23); Rev. 9:2²And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. (Revelation 9:2).

Ajah, ā′-jäh; same as AIAH. Gen. 36:24²⁴And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. (Genesis 36:24).

Ajalon, ăj′-ă-lŏn; same as AIJALON. Josh. 19:42⁴²And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, (Joshua 19:42).

Akan, ā′-kăn. Gen. 36:27²⁷The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. (Genesis 36:27).

Akkub, ăk′-kŭb, “insidious”; 1 Chron. 3:24²⁴And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. (1 Chronicles 3:24).

Akrabbim, ăk-răb′-bĭm, “scorpions”; Num. 34:4⁴And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon: (Numbers 34:4).

Alabaster; the oriental alabaster, a stalagmite carbonate of lime, used in making vases or vessels for unguents.

Matt. 26:7⁷There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. (Matthew 26:7); Mark 14:3³And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. (Mark 14:3); Luke 7:37³⁷And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, (Luke 7:37): where the Gr. aliPaavpov refers to an alabaster box or vase.

Alameth, ăl′-ă-mĕth, “covering”; 1 Chron. 7:8⁸And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. (1 Chronicles 7:8).

Alammelech, ă-lăm′-mĕ-lĕch, “king”s oak’ (?); Josh. 19:26²⁶And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; (Joshua 19:26).

Alamoth, Upon, ăl′-ă-mōth (Heb. ă-lâ′-mōth), “after the manner of maidens” that is “for soprano voices.”

Psa. 46. title.

Alarm; (how sounded)

Num. 10:5⁵When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. (Numbers 10:5): when ye blow an a.

Jer. 4:19; 49:2¹⁹My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. (Jeremiah 4:19)
²Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 49:2): a. of war.

Joel 2:1¹Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; (Joel 2:1): sound a. in holy mountain.

See 2 Chron. 13:12¹²And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. (2 Chronicles 13:12); Zeph. 1:16¹⁶A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. (Zephaniah 1:16).

Alas. 2 Kings 6:5,15⁵But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. (2 Kings 6:5)
¹⁵And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? (2 Kings 6:15): a. my master.

Ezek. 6:11¹¹Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. (Ezekiel 6:11): stamp and say, a.

See Num. 24:23²³And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! (Numbers 24:23); Jer. 30:7⁷Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. (Jeremiah 30:7); Rev. 18:10¹⁰Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. (Revelation 18:10).

Albeit; although it be so. Ezek. 13:7⁷Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken? (Ezekiel 13:7); Philem. 19¹⁹I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. (Philemon 19).

Alemeth, ăl′-ĕ-mĕth.

(1) same as ALAMETH. 1 Chron. 8:36³⁶And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, (1 Chronicles 8:36).

(2) 1 Chron. 6:60⁶⁰And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. (1 Chronicles 6:60).

Alexander, ăl-ĕx-än′-dĕr, “defending men.”

(1) Mark 15:21²¹And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. (Mark 15:21).

(2) a member of the Sanhedrin. Acts 4:6⁶And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. (Acts 4:6).

(3) an Ephesian Jew. Acts 19:33³³And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people. (Acts 19:33).

(4) the coppersmith. 1 Tim. 1:20²⁰Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. (1 Timothy 1:20); 2 Tim. 4:14¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: (2 Timothy 4:14).

Alexandria, ăl-ĕx-ăn′-drĭ-ă; the city on the north coast of Egypt named after Alexander. Acts 18:24²⁴And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. (Acts 18:24). See under EGYPT.

Alexandrians, ăl-ĕx-ăn′-drĭ-ăns. Acts 6:9⁹Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. (Acts 6:9).

Algum; Almug; (1 Kings 10:11-12¹¹And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. ¹²And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. (1 Kings 10:11‑12); 2 Chron. 2:8; 9:10-11⁸Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, (2 Chronicles 2:8)
¹⁰And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. ¹¹And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. (2 Chronicles 9:10‑11)), Gk. ξύλα πελεκητά and ξύλα πεύκινα. There were two kinds of this timber: (1) from Lebanon; (2) from Ophir. Both were used in building the Temple. For musical instruments, the latter was used, and was probably Pterocarpus santalinus, or red sandal-wood of India.

Aliah, ăl′-ĭ-ăh; same as ALVAH. 1 Chron. 1:51⁵¹Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, (1 Chronicles 1:51).

Alian, ăl′-ĭ-ăn; same as ALVAN. 1 Chron. 1:40⁴⁰The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. (1 Chronicles 1:40).

Alien. Deut. 14:21²¹Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. (Deuteronomy 14:21): sell it to an a. R.V. a foreigner.

Psa. 69:8⁸I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. (Psalm 69:8): an a. unto my mother’s children.

Eph. 2:12¹²That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (Ephesians 2:12): a. from commonwealth. R.V. alienated.

Heb. 11:34³⁴Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. (Hebrews 11:34): armies of the a.

See Ex. 18:3³And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: (Exodus 18:3); Job 19:16¹⁶I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth. (Job 19:16); Isa. 61:5⁵And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. (Isaiah 61:5); Lam. 5:2²Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. (Lamentations 5:2).

Alienated. Ezek. 23:17¹⁷And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. (Ezekiel 23:17); Eph. 4:18¹⁸Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: (Ephesians 4:18); Col. 1:21²¹And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled (Colossians 1:21).

Alike. Job 21:26²⁶They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. (Job 21:26): lie down a. in dust.

Psa. 33:15¹⁵He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. (Psalm 33:15): fashioneth hearts a. R.V. of them all.

Eccl. 9:2²All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. (Ecclesiastes 9:2): things cometh a. to all.

See Psa. 139:12¹²Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. (Psalm 139:12); Eccl. 11:6⁶In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. (Ecclesiastes 11:6); Rom. 14:5⁵One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. (Romans 14:5).

Alive. Lev. 16:10¹⁰But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. (Leviticus 16:10): scapegoat presented a.

Num. 16:33³³They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. (Numbers 16:33): went down a. into pit.

Deut. 4:4⁴But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. (Deuteronomy 4:4): are a. every one of you.

Deut. 32:39³⁹See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. (Deuteronomy 32:39); 1 Sam. 2:6⁶The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. (1 Samuel 2:6): I kill and I make a.

Ezek. 13:18; 18:27¹⁸And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? (Ezekiel 13:18)
²⁷Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. (Ezekiel 18:27): save soul a.

Mark 16:11¹¹And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. (Mark 16:11): heard that he was a.

Luke 15:24,32²⁴For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:24)
³²It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. (Luke 15:32): son was dead and is a.

Luke 24:23²³And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. (Luke 24:23): angels who said be was a.

Acts 1:3³To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: (Acts 1:3): showed himself a.

Rom. 6:11¹¹Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:11): a. to God.

1 Cor. 15:22²²For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22): all be made a.

1 Thess. 4:15¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. (1 Thessalonians 4:15): we who are a. and remain.

Rev. 1:18¹⁸I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. (Revelation 1:18): I am a. for evermore.

See 2 Kings 5:7⁷And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. (2 Kings 5:7); Dan. 5:19¹⁹And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. (Daniel 5:19); Rev. 2:8; 19:20⁸And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; (Revelation 2:8)
²⁰And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Revelation 19:20).

All things. 1 Cor. 6:12¹²All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. (1 Corinthians 6:12): a. are lawful, but not expedient.

All to brake; broke all to pieces.

To-brake is the past tense of the old verb to-breken, to break in pieces.

(Often treated as if all-to=altogether. Judg. 9:53⁵³And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. (Judges 9:53). R.V. omits.)

Alleging; setting forth by arguments, bringing evidence for. Acts 17:3³Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. (Acts 17:3).

Allegory. Gal. 4:24²⁴Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. (Galatians 4:24): which things are an a.

Alleluia, ăl-lē-lû′-jă, “praise ye the Lord”; Rev. 19:1¹And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God: (Revelation 19:1).

Allon, ăl′-lŏn, “an oak.”

(1) Josh. 19:33³³And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: (Joshua 19:33). R.V. oak.

(2) 1 Chron. 4:37³⁷And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; (1 Chronicles 4:37).

Allon-bachuth, ăl′-lŏn–bā′-chûth, “oak of weeping”; Gen. 35:8⁸But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. (Genesis 35:8).

Allow; to approve of. (Old French; from Lat. allaudare.)

Luke 11:48⁴⁸Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. (Luke 11:48); Acts 24:15¹⁵And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. (Acts 24:15); Rom. 7:15¹⁵For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. (Romans 7:15): (R.V. know); Rom. 14:22²²Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. (Romans 14:22).

Allowance. 2 Kings 25:30³⁰And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. (2 Kings 25:30).

Allure. Hos. 2:14¹⁴Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. (Hosea 2:14); 2 Peter 2:18¹⁸For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. (2 Peter 2:18).

Almighty. Ex. 6:3³And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. (Exodus 6:3): by the name of God A.

Job 11:7⁷Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? (Job 11:7): canst thou find out the A.

Job 29:5⁵When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; (Job 29:5): when A. was yet with me.

Ezek. 1:24; 10:5²⁴And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. (Ezekiel 1:24)
⁵And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. (Ezekiel 10:5): heard as voice of A.

Rev. 1:8; 4:8; 11:17⁸I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)
⁸And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (Revelation 4:8)
¹⁷Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. (Revelation 11:17): A. who was, and is.

Almighty, (God) Gen. 17:1¹And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. (Genesis 17:1); Num. 24:4⁴He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: (Numbers 24:4); Ruth 1:20²⁰And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. (Ruth 1:20); Job 5:17¹⁷Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: (Job 5:17); Psa. 91:1¹He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1); Isa. 13:6⁶Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. (Isaiah 13:6).

Almodad, ăl-mō′-dăd, “God is loved” (?); Gen. 10:26²⁶And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, (Genesis 10:26).

Almon, ăl′-mŏn, “hiding”; Josh. 21:18¹⁸Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. (Joshua 21:18).

Almond; Heb. Shâked; Gk. καρνίνη [Βακτηρία]; ἀμύγδαλον; Bot. N. Amygdalus communis. The almond blossoms before the leaves come out, hence its Hebrew name shâked, “hasten” or “watch.” (See the play on the word, Jer. 1:11-12¹¹Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. ¹²Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. (Jeremiah 1:11‑12), “a rod of shâked tree ... for I will hasten [shâked].”; see HAZEL.

Num. 17:8⁸And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. (Numbers 17:8): and yielded a.

Eccl. 12:5⁵Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: (Ecclesiastes 12:5): a. tree shall flourish.

Almon-diblathaim, ăl′-mŏn–dĭb-lă-thā′-ĭm, “hiding of the two cakes” (?); Num. 33:46⁴⁶And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. (Numbers 33:46).

Alms (sing. num.), a charitable gift. Luke 11:41; 12:33⁴¹But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (Luke 11:41)
³³Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. (Luke 12:33); Acts 3:3; 10:2³Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. (Acts 3:3)
²A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. (Acts 10:2).

Matt. 6:1¹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 6:1): do not your a. R.V. righteousness.

Almsgiving. Matt. 6:1¹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 6:1); Luke 11:41; 12:33⁴¹But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (Luke 11:41)
³³Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. (Luke 12:33).

examples of, Acts 3:2; 10:2; 24:17²And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; (Acts 3:2)
²A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. (Acts 10:2)
¹⁷Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. (Acts 24:17).

Almug. See ALGUM.

Aloes; Lign-Aloes. Num. 24:6⁶As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. (Numbers 24:6). Heb. (1) Ahâlim, (2) Ahâloth; Gk. στακτή, σκηναί, ἀλοή; Bot. N. Aquilaria agallocha. (1) A spice. (2) A vigorous native tree used by Balaam as a figure of the prosperity of Israel. The aloes of medicine differs from both.

Psa. 45:8⁸All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. (Psalm 45:8): smell of ... and a.

Song of Sol. 4:14¹⁴Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: (Song of Solomon 4:14): a., with all the chief spices.

John 19:39³⁹And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. (John 19:39): a mixture of myrrh and a.

Alone. Num. 11:14¹⁴I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. (Numbers 11:14); Deut. 1:9⁹And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: (Deuteronomy 1:9): bear all these people a.

1 Kings 11:29²⁹And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: (1 Kings 11:29): they two a. in field.

Job 1:15¹⁵And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (Job 1:15): escaped a. to tell.

Psa. 136:4⁴To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 136:4): a. doeth great wonders.

Matt. 4:4⁴But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4); Luke 4:4⁴And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. (Luke 4:4): not live by bread a.

Luke 9:18,36¹⁸And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? (Luke 9:18)
³⁶And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. (Luke 9:36); John 6:15¹⁵When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. (John 6:15): Jesus was a.

Luke 13:8⁸And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: (Luke 13:8): let a. this year also.

See Gen. 2:18¹⁸And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. (Genesis 2:18); Matt. 18:15¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. (Matthew 18:15); James 2:17¹⁷Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. (James 2:17).

Aloof, intentionally afar off, at a distance. Psa. 38:11¹¹My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. (Psalm 38:11).

Aloth, ā′-lōth. 1 Kings 4:16¹⁶Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: (1 Kings 4:16). R.V. Bealoth.

Alpha; The first letter of the Greek alphabet, of which Omega (long O) is the last. Alpha and Omega are used to signify “the first and the last” (Rev. 1:8,11⁸I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. (Revelation 1:8)
¹¹Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. (Revelation 1:11)). Rev. 21:6; 22:13⁶And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Revelation 21:6)
¹³I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. (Revelation 22:13).

Alphæus, ăl-phǣ′-ŭs, “successor.”

(1) Matt. 10:3³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; (Matthew 10:3).

(2) Mark 2:14¹⁴And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. (Mark 2:14).

Already. Eccl. 1:10¹⁰Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. (Ecclesiastes 1:10): is named a.

See Mal. 2:2²If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. (Malachi 2:2); John 3:18¹⁸He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:18); Phil. 3:16¹⁶Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. (Philippians 3:16).

Altar. Matt. 5:23²³Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; (Matthew 5:23): bring gift to a.

Matt. 23:18¹⁸And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. (Matthew 23:18): swear by a.

1 Cor. 9:13¹³Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? (1 Corinthians 9:13): wait at a.

1 Cor. 10:18¹⁸Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? (1 Corinthians 10:18): partakers of the a.

Heb. 13:10¹⁰We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. (Hebrews 13:10): we have an a.

Altar, built by Noah, Gen. 8:20²⁰And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. (Genesis 8:20).

Abram, Gen. 12:7-8; 13:4,18; 22:9⁷And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. ⁸And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. (Genesis 12:7‑8)
⁴Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. (Genesis 13:4)
¹⁸Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. (Genesis 13:18)
⁹And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. (Genesis 22:9).

Isaac, Gen. 26:25²⁵And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. (Genesis 26:25).

Jacob, Gen. 33:20; 35:7²⁰And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. (Genesis 33:20)
⁷And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (Genesis 35:7).

Moses, Ex. 17:15¹⁵And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi: (Exodus 17:15).

Balaam, Num. 23:1¹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. (Numbers 23:1).

Reubenites, etc., Josh. 22:10¹⁰And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. (Joshua 22:10).

Saul, 1 Sam. 14:35³⁵And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord. (1 Samuel 14:35).

Elijah, 1 Kings 18:30,32³⁰And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. (1 Kings 18:30)
³²And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. (1 Kings 18:32).

Solomon, 2 Chron. 4:1¹Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. (2 Chronicles 4:1).

of Damascus, 2 Kings 16:10¹⁰And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. (2 Kings 16:10).

commanded, Gen. 35:1¹And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. (Genesis 35:1).

how built, of earth, Ex. 20:24²⁴An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. (Exodus 20:24).

of stone, Ex. 20:25²⁵And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. (Exodus 20:25).

of wood, Ex. 27:1¹And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. (Exodus 27:1).

of incense, Ex. 30:1; 37:25¹And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. (Exodus 30:1)
²⁵And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. (Exodus 37:25).

golden, Rev. 8:3; 9:13³And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. (Revelation 8:3)
¹³And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, (Revelation 9:13).

gift brought to, Matt. 5:23²³Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; (Matthew 5:23).

we have an, Heb. 13:10¹⁰We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. (Hebrews 13:10).

Al-taschith, ăl–tăs′-chîth. Psa. 57-59, titles: “Destroy not” the first words of some well-known song.

See Isa. 65:8⁸Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. (Isaiah 65:8), where the words “Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it” are probably the first line of a vintage song.

Alter. Psa. 89:34³⁴My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. (Psalm 89:34): nor a. thing gone out of my lips.

Luke 9:29²⁹And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. (Luke 9:29): fashion of countenance a.

See Lev. 27:10¹⁰He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. (Leviticus 27:10); Dan. 6:8⁸Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. (Daniel 6:8).

Altogether. Psa. 14:3; 53:3³They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (Psalm 14:3)
³Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (Psalm 53:3): a. become filthy. R.V. together.

Psa. 50:21²¹These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. (Psalm 50:21): a. such an one as thyself.

Song of Sol. 5:16¹⁶His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Solomon 5:16): he is a. lovely.

See Psa. 19:9; 39:5; 139:4⁹The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. (Psalm 19:9)
⁵Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. (Psalm 39:5)
⁴For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. (Psalm 139:4).

Alush, ā′-lŭsh. Num. 33:13¹³And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. (Numbers 33:13).

Alvah, ăl′-văh. Gen. 36:40⁴⁰And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, (Genesis 36:40).

Alvan, ăl′-văn, “tall”; Gen. 36:23²³And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. (Genesis 36:23).

Always. Job 7:16¹⁶I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. (Job 7:16): I would not live a.

Psa. 103:9⁹He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. (Psalm 103:9): not a. chide.

Matt. 28:20²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:20): I am with you a. R.V. (marg.) all the days.

Mark 14:7⁷For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. (Mark 14:7); John 12:8⁸For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. (John 12:8): me ye have not a.

Phil. 4:4⁴Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. (Philippians 4:4): rejoice in Lord a.

See Psa. 16:8⁸I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. (Psalm 16:8); Isa. 57:16¹⁶For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (Isaiah 57:16); John 11:42⁴²And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 11:42).

Amad, ā′-măd. Josh. 19:26²⁶And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; (Joshua 19:26).

Amal, ā′-măl, “labor” or “sorrow”; 1 Chron. 7:35³⁵And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. (1 Chronicles 7:35).

Amalek, ăm′-ă-lĕk. Gen. 36:12¹²And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. (Genesis 36:12).

fights with Israel in Rephidim, and is defeated. Ex. 17:8,13⁸Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. (Exodus 17:8)
¹³And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. (Exodus 17:13).

perpetual war declared against. Ex. 17:16¹⁶For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. (Exodus 17:16); Deut. 25:17¹⁷Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; (Deuteronomy 25:17).

smitten by Gideon. Judg. 7:12¹²And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. (Judges 7:12).

by Saul. 1 Sam. 14:48; 15:8⁴⁸And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. (1 Samuel 14:48)
⁸And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (1 Samuel 15:8).

by David. 1 Sam. 27:9; 30:17⁹And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. (1 Samuel 27:9)
¹⁷And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. (1 Samuel 30:17).

Amalekite, ă-măl′-ĕk-īte; self-accused of killing Saul; slain by David. 2 Sam. 1:10,15¹⁰So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. (2 Samuel 1:10)
¹⁵And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. (2 Samuel 1:15).

Amalekites, ă-măl′-ĕk-ītes; descendants of Amalek, dwelling in Sinai and the desert south of Palestine. Gen. 14:7⁷And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. (Genesis 14:7).

Amam, ā′-măm, “metropolis” (?); Josh. 15:26²⁶Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, (Joshua 15:26).

Amana, ă-mā′-nă, “fixed” (?); Song of Sol. 4:8⁸Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. (Song of Solomon 4:8).

Amariah, ăm-ă-rī′-ăh, “Jehovah has promised”; 1 Chron. 6:7⁷Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, (1 Chronicles 6:7).

Amasa, ă-mā′-să, “burden”; captain of the host of Absalom. 2 Sam. 17:25²⁵And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. (2 Samuel 17:25).

slain by Joab. 2 Sam. 20:9-10⁹And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. ¹⁰But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. (2 Samuel 20:9‑10); 1 Kings 2:5⁵Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. (1 Kings 2:5).

Amasai, ă-mā′-sai, “burdensome.”

(1) 1 Chron. 6:25²⁵And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. (1 Chronicles 6:25).

(2) 1 Chron. 12:18¹⁸Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. (1 Chronicles 12:18).

Amashai, ă-măsh′-ai. Neh. 11:13¹³And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, (Nehemiah 11:13).

Amasiah, ăm-ă-sī′-ăh, “Jehovah is bearer”; 2 Chron. 17:16¹⁶And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. (2 Chronicles 17:16).

Amazed. Matt. 19:25²⁵When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? (Matthew 19:25): disciples exceedingly a.

Mark 2:12¹²And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. (Mark 2:12); Luke 5:26²⁶And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. (Luke 5:26): a., and glorified God.

Mark 14:33³³And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; (Mark 14:33): he began to be sore a.

Luke 9:43⁴³And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, (Luke 9:43): a. at mighty power of God.

See Ezek. 32:10¹⁰Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. (Ezekiel 32:10); Acts 3:10¹⁰And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. (Acts 3:10).

Amazement; confusion, terror, bewilderment.

1 Peter 3:6⁶Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. (1 Peter 3:6). R.V. terror.

Amaziah, ăm-ă-zī′-ăh, “Jehovah has been mighty”; king of Judah, his good reign. 2 Kings 14:1¹In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. (2 Kings 14:1); 2 Chron. 25:1¹Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. (2 Chronicles 25:1).

defeats Edom. 2 Chron. 25:11¹¹And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. (2 Chronicles 25:11).

defeated by Joash king of Israel. 2 Chron. 25:21²¹So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. (2 Chronicles 25:21).

slain at Lachish. 2 Kings 14:19¹⁹Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. (2 Kings 14:19).

priest of Beth-el. Amos 7:10¹⁰Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. (Amos 7:10).

Ambassadors. 2 Chron. 32:31³¹Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. (2 Chronicles 32:31): the business of the a.

2 Cor. 5:20²⁰Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20): we are a. for Christ.

See Prov. 13:17¹⁷A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. (Proverbs 13:17); Isa. 18:2; 33:7²That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! (Isaiah 18:2)
⁷Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. (Isaiah 33:7); Jer. 49:14¹⁴I have heard a rumor from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. (Jeremiah 49:14); Obad. 1¹The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumor from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. (Obadiah 1); Eph. 6:20²⁰For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. (Ephesians 6:20).

Ambassage; embassy. Luke 14:32³²Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. (Luke 14:32).

Amber. Ezek. 1:4,27; 8:2⁴And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire. (Ezekiel 1:4)
²⁷And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. (Ezekiel 1:27)
²Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber. (Ezekiel 8:2). Heb. Ḥashmal; Gk. ἤλεκτρον. The name amber is applied only to the fossil resin.

Ambition, reproved, Matt. 18:1; 20:25; 23:8¹At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? (Matthew 18:1)
²⁵But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. (Matthew 20:25)
⁸But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. (Matthew 23:8); Luke 22:24²⁴And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. (Luke 22:24).

punishment of, Prov. 17:19¹⁹He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. (Proverbs 17:19); Isa. 14:12¹²How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! (Isaiah 14:12); Ezek. 31:10¹⁰Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; (Ezekiel 31:10).

of Babel, Gen. 11:4⁴And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. (Genesis 11:4).

Aaron and Miriam, Num. 12:2²And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. (Numbers 12:2).

Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Num. 16:3³And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord? (Numbers 16:3).

Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:10¹⁰But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. (2 Samuel 15:10).

Adonijah, 1 Kings 1:5⁵Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (1 Kings 1:5).

Babylon, Jer. 51:53⁵³Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 51:53).

James and John, Matt. 20:21²¹And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. (Matthew 20:21).

man of sin, 2 Thess. 2:3³Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (2 Thessalonians 2:3).

Diotrephes, 3 John 9⁹I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. (3 John 9).

Ambush. Josh. 8:4⁴And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: (Joshua 8:4); Judg. 20:29²⁹And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. (Judges 20:29); 2 Chron. 20:22²²And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. (2 Chronicles 20:22).

Ambushment; ambuscade, men lying in wait. 2 Chron. 13:13¹³But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. (2 Chronicles 13:13).

Amen, ä′-mĕn; a Hebrew word meaning literally firm, sure, faithful (Rev. 3:14¹⁴And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; (Revelation 3:14)); (tantamount to an oath).

Num. 5:22²²And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. (Numbers 5:22): the woman shall say, A.

Psa. 41:13; 72:19; 89:52¹³Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. (Psalm 41:13)
¹⁹And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. (Psalm 72:19)
⁵²Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen. (Psalm 89:52): A. and A.

Psa. 106:48⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord. (Psalm 106:48): let all the people say, A.

Matt. 6:13¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:13); Rom. 16:27²⁷To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. <<Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.>> (Romans 16:27): glory for ever, A.

1 Cor. 14:16¹⁶Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? (1 Corinthians 14:16): of the unlearned say, A.

2 Cor. 1:20²⁰For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. (2 Corinthians 1:20): and in him, A.

Rev. 3:14¹⁴And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; (Revelation 3:14): these things saith the A.

See Rev. 22:20²⁰He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20).

Amend. Jer. 7:3; 26:13; 35:15³Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. (Jeremiah 7:3)
¹³Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. (Jeremiah 26:13)
¹⁵I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. (Jeremiah 35:15); John 4:52⁵²Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. (John 4:52).

Lev. 5:16¹⁶And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. (Leviticus 5:16): make a. R.V. restitution.

Amerce; to punish by a fine, to fine. Deut. 22:19¹⁹And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. (Deuteronomy 22:19); 2 Chron. 36:3³And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. (2 Chronicles 36:3) (in R.V.).

Amethyst. Ex. 28:19¹⁹And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. (Exodus 28:19); Rev. 21:20²⁰The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. (Revelation 21:20). Heb. Aḥlâmah (dream-stone); Gk. ἀμέθνστος. A variety of quartz of a purple color.

Ami, ā′-mī; probably same as Amon. Ezra 2:57⁵⁷The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. (Ezra 2:57).

Amiable; lovely. Psa. 84:1¹<<To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.>> How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! (Psalm 84:1).

Aminadab, ă-mĭn′-ă-dăb; same as AMMINADAB. Matt. 1:4⁴And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; (Matthew 1:4).

Amiss. 2 Chron. 6:37³⁷Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; (2 Chronicles 6:37); Dan. 3:29²⁹Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. (Daniel 3:29); Luke 23:41⁴¹And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. (Luke 23:41); James 4:3³Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. (James 4:3).

Amittai, ă-mĭt′-tai, “true”; 2 Kings 14:25²⁵He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. (2 Kings 14:25).

Ammah, ăm′-măh. 2 Sam. 2:24²⁴Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. (2 Samuel 2:24).

Ammi, ăm′-mī, “my people”; Hos. 2:1¹Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-hamah. (Hosea 2:1).

Ammiel, ăm′-mĭ-ĕl, “people of God.”

(1) Num. 13:12¹²Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (Numbers 13:12).

(2) 2 Sam. 9:4⁴And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. (2 Samuel 9:4).

(3) 1 Chron. 3:5⁵And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: (1 Chronicles 3:5).

(4) 1 Chron. 26:5⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. (1 Chronicles 26:5).

Ammihud, ăm′-mĭ-hŭd, “my p. is majesty”; Num. 1:10¹⁰Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (Numbers 1:10).

Amminadab, ăm-mĭn′-ă-dăb, “my p. is noble”; Ex. 6:23²³And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (Exodus 6:23).

Amminadib, ăm-mĭn′-ă-dĭb; same as preceding.

Song of Sol. 6:12¹²Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. (Song of Solomon 6:12). R.V. my princely people.

Ammishaddai, ăm-mĭ-shăd′-dai, “p. of the Almighty”; Num. 1:12¹²Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (Numbers 1:12).

Ammizabad, ăm-mī′-ză-băd, “my p. hath granted”; 1 Chron. 27:6⁶This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. (1 Chronicles 27:6).

Ammon, ăm′-mo̲n, “son of my p” (?); son of Lot, Gen. 19:33³³And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. (Genesis 19:33).

children of, Gen. 19:38³⁸And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. (Genesis 19:38).

not to be meddled with. Deut. 2:19¹⁹And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. (Deuteronomy 2:19).

not to enter the congregation. Deut. 23:3³An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever: (Deuteronomy 23:3).

make war on Israel, and are conquered by Jephthah. Judg. 11:4,33⁴And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. (Judges 11:4)
³³And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. (Judges 11:33).

slain by Saul. 1 Sam. 11:11¹¹And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. (1 Samuel 11:11).

outrage David’s servants. 2 Sam. 10.

tortured by David. 2 Sam. 12:26²⁶And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. (2 Samuel 12:26).

prophecies concerning. Jer. 25:21; 49:1²¹Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, (Jeremiah 25:21)
¹Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? (Jeremiah 49:1); Ezek. 21:28; 25:2-3²⁸And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: (Ezekiel 21:28)
²Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; ³And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; (Ezekiel 25:2‑3); Amos 1:13¹³Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: (Amos 1:13); Zeph. 2:8⁸I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. (Zephaniah 2:8).

Ammonites, ăm′-mo̲n-ītes; a tribe descended from Ammon. Deut. 2:20²⁰(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; (Deuteronomy 2:20).

Ammonitess, ăm-mo̲n-ī′-tĕss; feminine of preceding. 2 Chron. 12:13¹³So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. (2 Chronicles 12:13).

Amnon, ăm′-nŏn, “faithful”; son of David. 2 Sam. 3:2²And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; (2 Samuel 3:2).

outrages Tamar. 2 Sam. 13.

slain by Absalom. 2 Sam. 13:28²⁸Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. (2 Samuel 13:28).

Amok, ā′-mŏk, “deep”; Neh. 12:7⁷Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. (Nehemiah 12:7).

Amon, ā′-mŏn.

(1) “master workman”. 2 Kings 21:18¹⁸And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 21:18).

king of Judah. 2 Kings 21:19¹⁹Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (2 Kings 21:19); 2 Chron. 33:20²⁰So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Chronicles 33:20).

his idolatry. 2 Kings 21:21²¹And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: (2 Kings 21:21); 2 Chron. 33:23²³And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. (2 Chronicles 33:23).

killed by his servants. 2 Kings 21:23²³And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. (2 Kings 21:23).

(2) a god, “the secret one.”

Nah. 3:8⁸Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? (Nahum 3:8): (marg.).

Amorite, ăm′-ō-rīte, “mountaineer”; Gen. 10:16¹⁶And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, (Genesis 10:16).

Amorites, ăm′-ō-rītes; their iniquities. Gen. 15:16¹⁶But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. (Genesis 15:16); Deut. 20:17¹⁷But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee: (Deuteronomy 20:17); Josh. 3:10¹⁰And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. (Joshua 3:10).

Amos, ā′-mŏṡ, “bearer of a burden”; One of the minor prophets, a native of Judah but prophesying in Israel. Declares God’s judgment upon the nations. Amos 1:1-2¹The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. ²And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. (Amos 1:1‑2).

and upon Israel. Amos 3:1¹Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, (Amos 3:1), etc.

his call. Amos 7:14-15¹⁴Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: ¹⁵And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. (Amos 7:14‑15).

foretells Israel’s restoration. Amos 9:11¹¹In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: (Amos 9:11).

Amoz, ā′-mŏz, “strong”; Isa. 1:1¹The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. (Isaiah 1:1).

Amphipolis, ăm-phĭp′-ŏ-lĭs; named from the river Strymon flowing round the city. Acts 17:1¹Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: (Acts 17:1).

Amplias, ăm′-plĭ-ăs, short form of Ampliatus, “enlarged”; Rom. 16:8⁸Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. (Romans 16:8).

Amram, ăm′-răm, “the people is high” Ex. 6:18¹⁸And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. (Exodus 6:18).

Amramites, ăm′-răm-ītes; the descendants of Amram. Num. 3:27²⁷And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. (Numbers 3:27).

Amraphel, ăm-rā′-phĕl. Gen. 14:1¹And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; (Genesis 14:1).

Amzi, ăm′-zī, “strong”; 1 Chron. 6:46⁴⁶The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, (1 Chronicles 6:46).

Anab, ā′-năb, “place of grapes”; Josh. 11:21²¹And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. (Joshua 11:21).

Anah, ā′-näh. Gen. 36:2²Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; (Genesis 36:2).

Anaharath, ă-nā′-hă-răth. Josh. 19:19¹⁹And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, (Joshua 19:19).

Anaiah, ă-nai′-ăh, “Jehovah has answered”; Neh. 8:4⁴And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. (Nehemiah 8:4).

Anak, ā′-năk, “long-necked” (?); Num. 13:22,33²²And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) (Numbers 13:22)
³³And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. (Numbers 13:33).

Anakims, ăn′-ă-kĭmṡ; a tribe near Hebron, called after Anak. Num. 13:22²²And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) (Numbers 13:22); Deut. 1:28; 9:2²⁸Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. (Deuteronomy 1:28)
²A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! (Deuteronomy 9:2).

cut off by Joshua. Josh. 11:21²¹And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. (Joshua 11:21).

Anamim, ăn′-ă-mĭm. Gen. 10:13¹³And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, (Genesis 10:13).

Anammelech, ă-năm′-mĕ-lĕch. 2 Kings 17:31³¹And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. (2 Kings 17:31).

Anan, ā′-năn, “a cloud”; Neh. 10:26²⁶And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, (Nehemiah 10:26).

Anani, ă-nā′-nī; shortened form of Ananiah. 1 Chron. 3:24²⁴And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. (1 Chronicles 3:24).

Ananiah, ăn-ă-nī′-ăh, “Jehovah meets”; Neh. 3:23²³After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. (Nehemiah 3:23).

Ananias, ăn-ă-nī′-ăs; Greek form of HANANIAH.

(1) (and Sapphira), their lie and death. Acts 5:1¹But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, (Acts 5:1).

(2) (disciple), sent to Paul at Damascus. Acts 9:10; 22:12¹⁰And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. (Acts 9:10)
¹²And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, (Acts 22:12).

(3) (high priest), Paul brought before. Acts 22:30³⁰On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. (Acts 22:30). Paul smitten by order of. Acts 23:2²And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. (Acts 23:2).

rebuked by Paul. Acts 23:3³Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? (Acts 23:3).

Anath, ā′-năth. Judg. 3:31³¹And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. (Judges 3:31).

Anathema, ă-năth′-ĕ-mă. (1 Cor. 12:3³Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. (1 Corinthians 12:3)). A Greek word denoting a thing or person devoted to God, and hence, as animals so devoted were put to death, doomed to destruction, “accursed” In 1 Cor. 16:22²²If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. (1 Corinthians 16:22), it is not to be joined in one expression with Maranatha (which see).

Anathoth, ăn′-ă-thōth. Josh. 21:18¹⁸Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. (Joshua 21:18).

men of, condemned for persecuting Jeremiah. Jer. 11:21²¹Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand: (Jeremiah 11:21). See 1 Kings 2:26²⁶And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. (1 Kings 2:26).

Anchor. Heb. 6:19¹⁹Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (Hebrews 6:19): have as an a. of the soul.

Ancient of days. Dan. 7:22²²Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. (Daniel 7:22): until the a. came.

Ancients, elders (sub. plur.). Isa. 3:14¹⁴The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. (Isaiah 3:14), etc.

And; if. (A peculiar use of the word.). Gen. 44:30³⁰Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; (Genesis 44:30); Num. 5:30³⁰Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. (Numbers 5:30).

And if; if. (Literally, if-if; see above.). Matt. 24:48⁴⁸But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; (Matthew 24:48).

Andrew, ăn′-drew, “manly”; the Apostle. Matt. 4:18¹⁸And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. (Matthew 4:18); Mark 1:29; 13:3²⁹And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. (Mark 1:29)
³And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, (Mark 13:3); John 1:40; 6:8; 12:22⁴⁰One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. (John 1:40)
⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, (John 6:8)
²²Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. (John 12:22); Acts 1:13¹³And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. (Acts 1:13).

Andronicus, ăn-drō-nī′-cŭs; disciple at Rome. Rom. 16:7⁷Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. (Romans 16:7).

Anem, ā′-nĕm; same as EN-GANNIM (?). 1 Chron. 6:73⁷³And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: (1 Chronicles 6:73).

Aner, ā′-nĕr.

(1) Gen. 14:13¹³And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. (Genesis 14:13).

(2) 1 Chron. 6:70⁷⁰And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. (1 Chronicles 6:70).

Anethothite; Anetothite, ăn-ĕ-thō′-thīte or ăn-ĕ-tō′-thīte; a man of Anathoth. 2 Sam. 23:27²⁷Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, (2 Samuel 23:27).

Angel; is the Greek word for a “messenger” and is used generally of the “ministering spirits” sent out as messengers of God; less frequently of men so sent.

Gen. 48:16¹⁶The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. (Genesis 48:16): the A. who redeemed me.

Psa. 8:5⁵For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:5): lower than the a. R.V. God.

Psa. 34:7⁷The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. (Psalm 34:7): a. of Lord encampeth.

Psa. 78:25²⁵Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. (Psalm 78:25): man did eat a. food. R.V. food of the mighty.

Eccl. 5:6⁶Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? (Ecclesiastes 5:6): nor say before a. it was error.

Hos. 12:4⁴Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us; (Hosea 12:4): he had power over a.

Matt. 13:39³⁹The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. (Matthew 13:39): reapers are the a.

Mark 12:25²⁵For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. (Mark 12:25); Luke 20:36³⁶Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. (Luke 20:36): are as a. in heaven.

Luke 22:43⁴³And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. (Luke 22:43): an a. strengthening him.

John 5:4⁴For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. (John 5:4): a. went down at a certain season.

Acts 12:15¹⁵And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. (Acts 12:15): it is his a.

1 Cor. 6:3³Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? (1 Corinthians 6:3): we shall judge a.

2 Cor. 11:14¹⁴And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14): transformed into a. of light.

Heb. 2:2²For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; (Hebrews 2:2): word spoken by a.

Heb. 2:16¹⁶For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. (Hebrews 2:16): not nature of a.

Heb. 13:2²Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. (Hebrews 13:2): entertained a. unawares.

1 Peter 1:12¹²Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (1 Peter 1:12): a. desire to look into.

Angel of the Lord, appears to Hagar, Gen. 16:7; 21:17⁷And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. (Genesis 16:7)
¹⁷And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. (Genesis 21:17).

Abraham, Gen. 18, etc. Lot, Gen. 19. Moses, Ex. 3.

Balaam, Num. 22:23²³And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. (Numbers 22:23).

Israelites, Judg. 2.

Gideon, Judg. 6:11¹¹And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. (Judges 6:11).

Manoah’s wife, Judg. 13:3³And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. (Judges 13:3).

Manoah, Judg. 13:11¹¹And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. (Judges 13:11).

David, 2 Sam. 24:17¹⁷And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. (2 Samuel 24:17); 1 Chron. 21:16¹⁶And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. (1 Chronicles 21:16).

Elijah, 1 Kings 19:7⁷And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. (1 Kings 19:7).

Daniel, Dan. 8:16; 9:21; 10:11¹⁶And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. (Daniel 8:16)
²¹Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. (Daniel 9:21)
¹¹And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. (Daniel 10:11); Dan. 12:11¹¹And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. (Daniel 12:11).

Joseph, Matt. 1:20²⁰But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. (Matthew 1:20).

Mary Magdalene, Matt. 28:2-7²And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. ³His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: ⁴And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. ⁵And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. ⁶He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. ⁷And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. (Matthew 28:2‑7).

Zacharias, Luke 1:11¹¹And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. (Luke 1:11).

Mary, Luke 1:26²⁶And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, (Luke 1:26).

The Shepherds, Luke 2:8-12⁸And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. ⁹And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. ¹⁰And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ¹¹For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. ¹²And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. (Luke 2:8‑12).

Peter, Acts 5:19; 12:7¹⁹But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, (Acts 5:19)
⁷And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. (Acts 12:7).

Philip, Acts 8:26²⁶And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. (Acts 8:26).

Cornelius, Acts 10:3³He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. (Acts 10:3).

Paul, Acts 27:23²³For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, (Acts 27:23). See Psa. 34:7; 35:5⁷The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. (Psalm 34:7)
⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them. (Psalm 35:5); Zech. 1:11¹¹And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. (Zechariah 1:11).

Angels; nature, office, duties, and characteristics of. 2 Sam. 14:20²⁰To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. (2 Samuel 14:20); 1 Kings 19:5⁵And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. (1 Kings 19:5); Neh. 9:6⁶Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. (Nehemiah 9:6); Job 25:3; 38:7³Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? (Job 25:3)
⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? (Job 38:7); Psa. 68:17; 91:11; 103:20; 104:4; 148:2¹⁷The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. (Psalm 68:17)
¹¹For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. (Psalm 91:11)
²⁰Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. (Psalm 103:20)
⁴Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: (Psalm 104:4)
²Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. (Psalm 148:2); Isa. 6:2²Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. (Isaiah 6:2); Dan. 6:22²²My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. (Daniel 6:22); Matt. 13:39; 16:27; 18:10; 24:31; 25:31³⁹The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. (Matthew 13:39)
²⁷For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. (Matthew 16:27)
¹⁰Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 18:10)
³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:31)
³¹When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: (Matthew 25:31); Mark 8:38³⁸Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. (Mark 8:38); Luke 15:7; 16:22⁷I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. (Luke 15:7)
²²And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; (Luke 16:22); Acts 7:53; 12:7; 27:23⁵³Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. (Acts 7:53)
⁷And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. (Acts 12:7)
²³For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, (Acts 27:23); Eph. 1:21²¹Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (Ephesians 1:21); Phil. 2:10¹⁰That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; (Philippians 2:10); Col. 1:16; 2:10¹⁶For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (Colossians 1:16)
¹⁰And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: (Colossians 2:10); 1 Thess. 4:16¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (1 Thessalonians 4:16); 2 Thess. 1:7⁷And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, (2 Thessalonians 1:7); 1 Tim. 3:16; 5:21¹⁶And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. (1 Timothy 3:16)
²¹I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. (1 Timothy 5:21); Heb. 1:6; 2:2; 12:22⁶And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. (Hebrews 1:6)
²For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; (Hebrews 2:2)
²²But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, (Hebrews 12:22); 1 Peter 1:12; 3:22¹²Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (1 Peter 1:12)
²²Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. (1 Peter 3:22); 2 Peter 2:11¹¹Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. (2 Peter 2:11); Jude 9⁹Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. (Jude 9); Rev. 5:2²And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? (Revelation 5:2); Rev. 7:2²And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, (Revelation 7:2); Rev. 11:2²But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. (Revelation 11:2); Rev. 12:7; 14:6⁷And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, (Revelation 12:7)
⁶And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, (Revelation 14:6); Rev. 17:6⁶And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (Revelation 17:6).

announce the nativity. Luke 2:13¹³And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, (Luke 2:13).

minister to Christ. Matt. 4:11; 26:53¹¹Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. (Matthew 4:11)
⁵³Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? (Matthew 26:53); Luke 22:43⁴³And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. (Luke 22:43); John 1:51⁵¹And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. (John 1:51).

saints shall judge. 1 Cor. 6:3³Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? (1 Corinthians 6:3).

not to be worshipped. Col. 2:18¹⁸Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, (Colossians 2:18); Rev. 19:10; 22:9¹⁰And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:10)
⁹Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. (Revelation 22:9).

rebellious. 2 Peter 2:4⁴For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (2 Peter 2:4); Jude 6⁶And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (Jude 6).

Angels of the Churches. Rev. 1:20²⁰The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. (Revelation 1:20); Rev. 2:20²⁰Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. (Revelation 2:20); Rev. 3:20²⁰Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20): etc.

Anger. Gen. 49:7⁷Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. (Genesis 49:7): cursed be their a.

Neh. 9:17¹⁷And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. (Nehemiah 9:17): slow to a.

Psa. 6:1¹<<To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.>> O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. (Psalm 6:1); Jer. 10:24²⁴O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:24): rebuke me not in a.

Psa. 30:5⁵For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. (Psalm 30:5): a. endureth but a moment.

Prov. 15:1¹A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. (Proverbs 15:1): grievous words stir up a.

Prov. 19:11¹¹The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (Proverbs 19:11): discretion deferreth a.

Eccl. 7:9⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Ecclesiastes 7:9): a. resteth in bosom of fools.

Mark 3:5⁵And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. (Mark 3:5): he looked on them with a.

Col. 3:8⁸But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. (Colossians 3:8): put off a., wrath, malice.

Anger, nature and effects of. Gen. 27:45; 44:18; 49:7⁴⁵Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? (Genesis 27:45)
¹⁸Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. (Genesis 44:18)
⁷Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. (Genesis 49:7); Ex. 32:19¹⁹And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. (Exodus 32:19); Psa. 37:8; 69:24⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. (Psalm 37:8)
²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. (Psalm 69:24); Prov. 15:18; 16:32; 19:11; 21:19; 29:22¹⁸A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Proverbs 15:18)
³²He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. (Proverbs 16:32)
¹¹The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. (Proverbs 19:11)
¹⁹It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. (Proverbs 21:19)
²²An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. (Proverbs 29:22); Eccl. 7:9⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Ecclesiastes 7:9); Isa. 13:9; 30:27⁹Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. (Isaiah 13:9)
²⁷Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: (Isaiah 30:27); Jer. 44:6⁶Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. (Jeremiah 44:6); Matt. 5:22²²But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. (Matthew 5:22); Titus 1:7⁷For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; (Titus 1:7). See WRATH.

remedy for. Prov. 15:1; 21:14¹A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. (Proverbs 15:1)
¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. (Proverbs 21:14).

to be put away. Eph. 4:26,31²⁶Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: (Ephesians 4:26)
³¹Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: (Ephesians 4:31); Col. 3:8⁸But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. (Colossians 3:8).

Anger, (divine). Gen. 3:14¹⁴And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: (Genesis 3:14); Gen. 4; Gen. 18:30³⁰And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. (Genesis 18:30); Deut. 29:20; 32:19²⁰The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. (Deuteronomy 29:20)
¹⁹And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. (Deuteronomy 32:19); Josh. 23:16¹⁶When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. (Joshua 23:16); 2 Kings 22:13¹³Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. (2 Kings 22:13); Ezra 8:22²²For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. (Ezra 8:22); Job 9:13¹³If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. (Job 9:13); Psa. 7:11; 21:8; 78:21,58; 89:30; 90:7; 99:8; 103:9; 106:40¹¹God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. (Psalm 7:11)
⁸Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. (Psalm 21:8)
²¹Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; (Psalm 78:21)
⁵⁸For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. (Psalm 78:58)
³⁰If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; (Psalm 89:30)
⁷For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. (Psalm 90:7)
⁸Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. (Psalm 99:8)
⁹He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. (Psalm 103:9)
⁴⁰Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. (Psalm 106:40); Prov. 1:30³⁰They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. (Proverbs 1:30); Isa. 1; Isa. 3:8; 9:13; 13:9; 47:6⁸For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory. (Isaiah 3:8)
¹³For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts. (Isaiah 9:13)
⁹Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. (Isaiah 13:9)
⁶I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (Isaiah 47:6); Jer. 2:35; 3:5; 7:19; 44:3³⁵Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. (Jeremiah 2:35)
⁵Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. (Jeremiah 3:5)
¹⁹Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? (Jeremiah 7:19)
³Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. (Jeremiah 44:3); Nah. 1:2²God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. (Nahum 1:2); Mark 3:5; 10:14⁵And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. (Mark 3:5)
¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14); John 3:36³⁶He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36); Rom. 1:18; 3:5¹⁸For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; (Romans 1:18)
⁵But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) (Romans 3:5); 1 Cor. 10:22²²Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? (1 Corinthians 10:22); Eph. 5:6⁶Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. (Ephesians 5:6); Col. 3:6⁶For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: (Colossians 3:6); 1 Thess. 2:16¹⁶Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. (1 Thessalonians 2:16); Heb. 3:18; 10:26¹⁸And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? (Hebrews 3:18)
²⁶For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (Hebrews 10:26); Rev. 21:8⁸But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (Revelation 21:8); Rev. 22.

kindled. Ex. 4:14¹⁴And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. (Exodus 4:14); Num. 11:1; 12:9¹And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. (Numbers 11:1)
⁹And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed. (Numbers 12:9), etc.; Josh. 7:1¹But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. (Joshua 7:1); 2 Sam. 6:7; 24:1⁷And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. (2 Samuel 6:7)
¹And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. (2 Samuel 24:1); 2 Kings 13:3³And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days. (2 Kings 13:3); Jer. 17:4⁴And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. (Jeremiah 17:4); Hos. 8:5⁵Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? (Hosea 8:5); Zech. 10:3³Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. (Zechariah 10:3).

slow. Psa. 103:8⁸The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (Psalm 103:8); Jonah 4:2²And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (Jonah 4:2); Nah. 1:3³The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nahum 1:3).

deferred. Isa. 48:9⁹For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. (Isaiah 48:9).

instances of. Gen. 19; Ex. 14:24²⁴And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, (Exodus 14:24); Job 9:13; 14:13¹³If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. (Job 9:13)
¹³O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! (Job 14:13); Psa. 76:6; 78:49; 90:7⁶At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. (Psalm 76:6)
⁴⁹He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. (Psalm 78:49)
⁷For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. (Psalm 90:7); Isa. 9:19¹⁹Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. (Isaiah 9:19); Jer. 7:20; 10:10²⁰Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. (Jeremiah 7:20)
¹⁰But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. (Jeremiah 10:10); Lam. 1; Ezek. 7; 9; Nah. 1.

treasured up for the wicked. Rom. 2:5⁵But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; (Romans 2:5); 2 Peter 3:7⁷But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7).

prayed against. Ex. 32:11¹¹And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? (Exodus 32:11); 2 Sam. 24:17¹⁷And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. (2 Samuel 24:17); Psa. 2:12¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (Psalm 2:12); Psa. 6; Psa. 27:9; 30:8⁹Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. (Psalm 27:9)
⁸I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication. (Psalm 30:8); Psa. 38; Psa. 39:10¹⁰Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. (Psalm 39:10); Psa. 74; Psa. 76:7; 79:5; 80:4; 85:4; 90:11⁷Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? (Psalm 76:7)
⁵How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? (Psalm 79:5)
⁴O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? (Psalm 80:4)
⁴Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. (Psalm 85:4)
¹¹Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. (Psalm 90:11); Isa. 64:9⁹Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. (Isaiah 64:9); Jer. 4:8⁸For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us. (Jeremiah 4:8); Lam. 3:39³⁹Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? (Lamentations 3:39); Dan. 9:16¹⁶O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. (Daniel 9:16); Mic. 7:9⁹I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. (Micah 7:9); Hab. 3:2²O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2); Zeph. 2:2; 3:8²Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. (Zephaniah 2:2)
⁸Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. (Zephaniah 3:8); Matt. 10:28²⁸And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matthew 10:28); Luke 18:13¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. (Luke 18:13).

propitiation of, by Christ. Rom. 3:25; 5:9²⁵Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; (Romans 3:25)
⁹Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 5:9); 2 Cor. 5.18; Eph. 2:14¹⁴For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; (Ephesians 2:14); Col. 1:20²⁰And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Colossians 1:20); 1 Thess. 1:10¹⁰And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. (1 Thessalonians 1:10); 1 John 2:2²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2).

turned away by repentance. 1 Kings 21:29²⁹Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. (1 Kings 21:29); Job 33:27-28²⁷He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; ²⁸He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. (Job 33:27‑28); Psa. 106:45; 107:13,19⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. (Psalm 106:45)
¹³Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. (Psalm 107:13)
¹⁹Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. (Psalm 107:19); Jer. 3:12; 18:8; 31:18¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. (Jeremiah 3:12)
⁸If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. (Jeremiah 18:8)
¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. (Jeremiah 31:18); Hos. 14:4⁴I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. (Hosea 14:4); Joel 2:14¹⁴Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God? (Joel 2:14); Jonah 3:9-10⁹Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? ¹⁰And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. (Jonah 3:9‑10); Luke 15:18¹⁸I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, (Luke 15:18).

Angle, the implement for angling, a fishing-rod, with line and hook. Isa. 19:8⁸The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. (Isaiah 19:8).

Angry. Psa. 7:11¹¹God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. (Psalm 7:11): God is a. with the wicked.

Prov. 14:17¹⁷He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. (Proverbs 14:17): he that is soon a.

Prov. 22:24²⁴Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: (Proverbs 22:24): make no friendship with a. man. R.V. man that is given to anger.

Prov. 25:23²³The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. (Proverbs 25:23): so doth an a. countenance.

Jonah 4:4⁴Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry? (Jonah 4:4): doest thou well to be a.?

Matt. 5:22²²But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. (Matthew 5:22): whosoever is a. with brother.

John 7:23²³If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? (John 7:23): are ye a. at me.

Eph. 4:26²⁶Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: (Ephesians 4:26): be a. and sin not.

Titus 1:7⁷For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; (Titus 1:7): bishop not soon a.

Anguish. Ex. 6:9⁹And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. (Exodus 6:9): hearkened not for a.

Job 7:11¹¹Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. (Job 7:11): I will speak in a. of spirit.

Rom. 2:9⁹Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; (Romans 2:9): tribulation and a. on every soul.

See Gen. 42:21²¹And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. (Genesis 42:21); Isa. 8:22²²And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. (Isaiah 8:22); John 16:21²¹A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. (John 16:21).

Aniam, ă-nī′-ăm, “lament of people”; 1 Chron. 7:19¹⁹And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. (1 Chronicles 7:19).

Anim, ā′-nĭm, “fountains”; Josh. 15:50⁵⁰And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, (Joshua 15:50).

Animals of the Bible (Aquatic); Jonah’s Fish (Shark?), Jonah 1:17¹⁷Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. (Jonah 1:17). Heb. Dâg gâdôl; Gk. κήτος. A great fish, a sea-monster. So in the Greek of Matt. 12:40⁴⁰For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:40). A.V. “whale.”

Tobit’s Fish (Sheat-fish? Siluridæ), Gk. ἰχθύς. Possibly a crocodile.

Onycha (Wing-shell, Strombus), Ex. 30:34³⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: (Exodus 30:34); Ecclus. 24:15. Heb. Schĕchéleth; Gk. ὄνυξ, onyx, a claw or nail, the small shell on the foot of many molluscs, with which the larger shell is closed, from which one of the ingredients of “frankincense” was obtained.

Pearls (Pearl oyster, Avicula Margaritifera), Job 28:18¹⁸No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. (Job 28:18). Heb. Gâbîsh; Gk. μαργαρȋται. R.V. “crystal.”

Purple [Shell fish] (Purple fish, Murex brandaris; M. trunculus), Heb. Argaman. From this the purple dye was obtained.

Whale (1) (some land-monster: Dragon or Serpent?), Ex. 7:9⁹When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. (Exodus 7:9); Deut. 32:33³³Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. (Deuteronomy 32:33); Psa. 91:13¹³Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. (Psalm 91:13); Jer. 51:34³⁴Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. (Jeremiah 51:34). Heb. Tannîn; Gk. κήτος.

(2) (some sea-monster: Crocodilus?), Job 7:12¹²Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? (Job 7:12); Psa. 74:13¹³Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. (Psalm 74:13); Isa. 27:1¹In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isaiah 27:1); Ezek. 29:3; 32:2³Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. (Ezekiel 29:3)
²Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. (Ezekiel 32:2). See LEVIATHAN.

Animals of the Bible (Mammals); In its physical characteristics, Palestine is unique, combining the most opposite physical features: for example, maritime and inland, mountain and plain, luxuriance and desert, cold and tropical, glacial and volcanic, and pastoral and arable. Some species of animals, formerly abundant, have disappeared: for example, the lion, wild bull, rhinoceros and bison. But 80 species of mammalia still exist there.

Grounded on the Rev. W. Houghton’s paper (Transactions of Society of Biblical Archæology).

Animal Denoted	English Translation	Hebrew Original	Septuagint Translation	Assyrian Inscriptions	Remarks	Zoölogical Genus or Species
Antelope	Pygarg	Dîshôn	πύγαργος	Da-as-su		Addax
Antelope	Wild ox	Têo	ἔλαφος	Burkhiïs		Oryx leucoryx
Ape	Ape	Kôph	πἰθηκος	Udumu		Presbytes entellus
Ass (tame)	Ass	Hămôr	ὄνος	Imiru		Asinus vulgaris
Ass (wild)	Wild ass	Pére	ἥμιππος	Tseri		Asinus hemippus
Bear	Bear	Dôb	ἄρκτος	Dabuu		Ursus Syriacus
Bull (domestic)	Cattle, oxen	Aleph	κτἠνη	Alap		Bos Taurus
Bull (wild ox)	Unicorn	Rĕêm	μονοκἐρως	Ri-i-mu		Bos primigenius
Camel	Camel	Gâmâl	κἀμηλος	Gammalu		Camelus Arabicus Camelus Bactrianus
Cat	Cat	None	αἴλονρος	None		Felis domestica
Coney (rock-rabbit)	Coney	Shâphân	δασὑπονς			Hyrax Syriacus
Deer (roebuck)	Fallow deer	Yaḥmûr	βοὑβαλος			Alcephalus bubalis
Dog	Dog	Kéleb	κὐων	Kalbu		Canis familiaris
Dolphin				Nakhiru	Syr. Nakhira	Delphinus
Fallow deer	Hart, hind	Ayyâl	ἔλαφος	Ailu		Cervus Mesopotamicus
Gazelle	Roe, roebuck	Tsĕbî	δορκἀς	Tsabiï		Gazella gutturosa
Goat (he)	He-goat	’Attûd	τρἀγος	Atudu		Capra hircus
Goat (he)	He-goat	Tsâphîr	τρἀγος	Tsapparu	The Paseng	Capra ægagrus
Goat (wild)	Chamois	Zémer	καμηλοπἀρδαλις	Ditanu		Rupicapra tragus
Goat (wild)	Wild goat	Yâ’êl				Ibex Bedeanus, or Capra Sinaitica
Greyhound (war-horse?)	Greyhound	Zarzir	ἀλἐκτωρ	None	Figured on Assyrian dish	Doubtful
Hare	Hare	Arnébeth	χοιρογρὐλλιος	Annabu		Lepus Sinaiticus Lepus Caspius
Horse	Horse	Sûs	ἵππος	Susu		Equus caballus
Hippopotamus	Behemoth	Bĕhêmôth	θηρἰα		Coptic P-ehe-mout
Hyæna	Doleful creatures	[Ôaḥ, pl. Ôḥim]	None	Akhu		Hyæna striata
Jackal	Fox	Shûâl	ἀλὠπηξ	Asi (?)		Canis vulpes
Leopard	Leopard	Nâmêr	πἀρδαλις	Niïmru		Leopardus varius
Lion	Lion	Aryeh	λἐων	Ne-essu		Felis leo
Mole-rat	Mole	Tinshémeth	ἀσπἀλαξ			Spalax typhlus
Mouse	Mouse	’Akhbar	μὕς			Dipus, and Alactaga
Mule	Mule	Péred	ἡμἰονος	Parie
Ox	Young bull	Shôr	μὀσχος		Chald. Thôr	Bos Taurus
Ox	Oxen	Bâkâr	ταὕρος	Buchal rimi
Ram	Ram	Ayïl	κριὀς	Ailur		Ovis aries
Rhinoceros				Alap nahr		Rhinoceros unicornis
Sheep	Sheep	Tsôn	πρὀβατα	Tsieni		Ovis laticaudatus
Sheep (wild) See Wild Goat				Arunu	Syr. Arno	Capra ægagrus
Swine	Swine, Boar	Ḥâzîr	σὕς, ὕς			Suidæ
Unicorn See Ox
Weasel or Polecat	Weasel	Ḥôled	γαλἥ			Putorius of the Mustelidæ
Wolf	Wolf	Zĕêb		Ziïbu	Zebu	Canis lupus
Wolf			λὐκος	Aciluv		Canis lupus

Anise; Gk. ἄνηθον; Bot. N. Anethum graveolens. See DILL. Matt. 23:23²³Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Matthew 23:23).

Anna, ăn′-nă, “grace”; A prophetess. Luke 2:36³⁶And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; (Luke 2:36).

Annas, ăn′-năs; Greek form of HANANIAH.

high priest. Luke 3:2²Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. (Luke 3:2).

Christ brought to. John 18:13,24¹³And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. (John 18:13)
²⁴Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. (John 18:24).

Peter and John before. Acts 4:6⁶And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. (Acts 4:6).

Anoint. Deut. 28:40⁴⁰Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. (Deuteronomy 28:40); 2 Sam. 14:2²And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: (2 Samuel 14:2): a. not thyself.

Isa. 21:5⁵Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. (Isaiah 21:5): arise and a. shield.

Isa. 61:1¹The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; (Isaiah 61:1), Luke 4:18¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luke 4:18): a. to preach.

Mark 14:8⁸She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. (Mark 14:8): a. my body to burying.

Luke 7:46⁴⁶My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. (Luke 7:46): my head thou didst not a.

John 9:6⁶When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, (John 9:6): a. eyes of blind man.

John 12:3³Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (John 12:3): Mary a. feet of Jesus.

2 Cor. 1:21²¹Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (2 Corinthians 1:21): he which a. us is God.

1 John 2:27²⁷But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (1 John 2:27): the same a. teacheth.

Rev. 3:18¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. (Revelation 3:18): a. thine eyes with eyesalve.

See Judg. 9:8⁸The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. (Judges 9:8); James 5:14¹⁴Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: (James 5:14).

Anointed, the (Christ). Psa. 2:2²The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, (Psalm 2:2); Isa. 61:1¹The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; (Isaiah 61:1); Luke 4:18¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luke 4:18); Acts 4:27; 10:38²⁷For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, (Acts 4:27)
³⁸How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. (Acts 10:38).

the Lord’s. 1 Sam. 24:10; 26:9¹⁰Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed. (1 Samuel 24:10)
⁹And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless? (1 Samuel 26:9); Psa. 84:9⁹Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. (Psalm 84:9); Psa. 132:10¹⁰For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. (Psalm 132:10).

mine. 1 Sam. 2:35³⁵And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. (1 Samuel 2:35); 1 Chron. 16:22²²Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. (1 Chronicles 16:22).

Anointing, of Aaron and his sons as priests, Lev. 6:20; 8:10; 10:7²⁰This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. (Leviticus 6:20)
¹⁰And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. (Leviticus 8:10)
⁷And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. (Leviticus 10:7).

Saul as king, 1 Sam. 10:1¹Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? (1 Samuel 10:1).

David, 1 Sam. 16:13¹³Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. (1 Samuel 16:13).

Solomon, 1 Kings 1:39³⁹And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. (1 Kings 1:39).

Elisha, 1 Kings 19:16¹⁶And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. (1 Kings 19:16).

Jehu, 2 Kings 9:6⁶And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel. (2 Kings 9:6).

Joash, 2 Kings 11:12¹²And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. (2 Kings 11:12).

Christ by Mary, Matt. 26:6⁶Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, (Matthew 26:6); Mark 14:3³And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. (Mark 14:3); John 12:3³Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (John 12:3).

by a woman that was a sinner, Luke 7:37³⁷And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, (Luke 7:37).

of the SPIRIT. 2 Cor. 1:21²¹Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (2 Corinthians 1:21); 1 John 2:20²⁰But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. (1 John 2:20).

Anointing Oil. Ex. 30:25²⁵And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. (Exodus 30:25): it shall be an holy a.

Ex. 37:29²⁹And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. (Exodus 37:29): he made the holy a.

Anon; i.e., in one (instant) immediately. Matt. 13:20²⁰But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; (Matthew 13:20); Mark 1:30³⁰But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. (Mark 1:30).

Another. Prov. 27:2²Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. (Proverbs 27:2): let a. praise thee.

2 Cor. 11:4⁴For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. (2 Corinthians 11:4); Gal. 1:6-7⁶I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: ⁷Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. (Galatians 1:6‑7): a. gospel. R.V. a different.

James 5:16¹⁶Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16): pray one for a.

See 1 Sam. 10:6⁶And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. (1 Samuel 10:6); Job 19:27²⁷Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. (Job 19:27); Isa. 42:8; 48:11⁸I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. (Isaiah 42:8)
¹¹For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. (Isaiah 48:11).

Answer (n.). Job 19:16; 32:3¹⁶I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth. (Job 19:16)
³Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. (Job 32:3); Song of Sol. 5:6⁶I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. (Song of Solomon 5:6); Mic. 3:7⁷Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. (Micah 3:7); John 19:9⁹And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. (John 19:9): no a.

Prov. 15:1¹A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. (Proverbs 15:1): a soft a. turneth.

Prov. 16:1¹The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. (Proverbs 16:1): a. of tongue from the Lord.

1 Peter 3:15¹⁵But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (1 Peter 3:15): be ready to give a.

1 Peter 3:21²¹The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 3:21): a. of good conscience.

See Job 35:12¹²There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. (Job 35:12); Luke 2:47⁴⁷And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. (Luke 2:47); 2 Tim. 4:16¹⁶At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. (2 Timothy 4:16).

Answer (v.). Job 11:2²Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? (Job 11:2): multitude of words be a.

Psa. 65:5⁵By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: (Psalm 65:5): by terrible things wilt thou a.

Prov. 1:28²⁸Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: (Proverbs 1:28): I will not a.

Prov. 18:13¹³He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. (Proverbs 18:13): a. a matter before he heareth.

Prov. 26:4-5⁴Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. ⁵Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. (Proverbs 26:4‑5): a. not a fool.

Eccl. 10:19¹⁹A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. (Ecclesiastes 10:19): money a. all things.

Luke 21:14¹⁴Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: (Luke 21:14): meditate not what to a.

2 Cor. 5:12¹²For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. (2 Corinthians 5:12): somewhat to a.

Col. 4:6⁶Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6): how ye ought to a.

Titus 2:9⁹Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; (Titus 2:9): not a. again.

See 1 Kings 18:29²⁹And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. (1 Kings 18:29); Psa. 138:3³In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. (Psalm 138:3); Isa. 65:12,24¹²Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. (Isaiah 65:12)
²⁴And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. (Isaiah 65:24).

Ant. Prov. 6:6-8; 30:25⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: ⁷Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, ⁸Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. (Proverbs 6:6‑8)
²⁵The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; (Proverbs 30:25). Heb. Nĕmâlah; Gk. μύρμηξ; Zool. S. Formica or Myrmica; abundant in Palestine.

Antelope. (1) (Deut. 14:5⁵The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. (Deuteronomy 14:5)). Heb. teō. A.V. “wild ox” but correctly antelope in R.V.

(2) Heb. Dîshôn, the pygarg.

Antichrist, ăn′-tĭ-chrīst, “adversary to Christ”; 1 John 2:18,22¹⁸Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. (1 John 2:18)
²²Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. (1 John 2:22); 2 John 7⁷For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. (2 John 7). See 2 Thess. 2:9⁹Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, (2 Thessalonians 2:9); 1 Tim. 4:1¹Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (1 Timothy 4:1).

Antioch, ăn′-tĭ-ŏch; named in honor of Antiochus.

(1) capital of Syria; starting point of Paul’s first missionary journey. Acts 6:5⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: (Acts 6:5). Disciples first called Christians at. Acts 11:26²⁶And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. (Acts 11:26).

Barnabas and Saul called to apostleship at. Acts 13:1¹Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. (Acts 13:1).

Paul withstands Peter at. Gal. 2:11¹¹But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. (Galatians 2:11).

(2) (Pisidia) Paul’s first address at. Acts 13:16¹⁶Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. (Acts 13:16). Paul and Barnabas persecuted at. Acts 13:50⁵⁰But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. (Acts 13:50).

Antipas, ăn′-tĭ-păs; contraction of Antipater.

Martyr. Rev. 2:13¹³I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. (Revelation 2:13).

Antipatris, ăn-tĭp′-ă-trĭs; from the foregoing. Acts 23:31³¹Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. (Acts 23:31).

Antiquity. Isa. 23:7⁷Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. (Isaiah 23:7).

Antothijah, ăn-tō-thī′-jăh, “prayers answered by Jehovah” (?); 1 Chron. 8:24²⁴And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, (1 Chronicles 8:24).

Antothite, ăn′-tō′-thīte; a man of Anathoth. 1 Chron. 11:28²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite, (1 Chronicles 11:28).

Anub, ā′-nŭb, “bound together” (?); 1 Chron. 4:8⁸And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. (1 Chronicles 4:8).

Anything, as to anything. Acts 25:8⁸While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all. (Acts 25:8).

Apart. Matt. 14:13¹³When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. (Matthew 14:13): desert place a.

Matt. 14:23; 17:1²³And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. (Matthew 14:23)
¹And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, (Matthew 17:1): mountain a.

Mark 6:31³¹And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. (Mark 6:31): come ye yourselves a.

See Psa. 4:3³But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him. (Psalm 4:3); Zech. 12:12¹²And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; (Zechariah 12:12); James 1:21²¹Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21).

Ape; 1 Kings 10:22²²For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (1 Kings 10:22).

Heb. Kôph; Gk. πίθηκος. None are now found in Palestine.

Apelles, ă-pĕl′-lēṡ; Saluted by Paul. Rom. 16:10¹⁰Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. (Romans 16:10).

Apharsachites, ă-phär′-să-chītes. Ezra 5:6⁶The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: (Ezra 5:6).

Apharsathchites, ă-phär-săth′-chītes. Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9).

Apharsites, ă-phär′-sītes. Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9).

Aphek, ā′-phĕk, “fortress” (?); Josh. 12:18¹⁸The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; (Joshua 12:18).

defeat of Saul at. 1 Sam. 29:1¹Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. (1 Samuel 29:1). See Josh. 13:4⁴From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: (Joshua 13:4); 1 Sam. 4:1¹And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. (1 Samuel 4:1); 1 Kings 20:26²⁶And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. (1 Kings 20:26).

Aphekah, ă-phē′-kăh; same as preceding. Josh. 15:53⁵³And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, (Joshua 15:53).

Aphiah, ă-phī′-ăh. 1 Sam. 9:1¹Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. (1 Samuel 9:1).

Aphik, ā′-phĭk; same as APHEK. Judg. 1:31³¹Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: (Judges 1:31).

Aphrah, ăph′-răh, “dust.”

Mic. 1:10¹⁰Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. (Micah 1:10). R.V. Beth-le-Aphrah.

Aphses, ăph′-sēṡ, “dispersion”; 1 Chron. 24:15¹⁵The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, (1 Chronicles 24:15). R.V. Happizzeh.

Apocrypha. See SUMMARIES B.

Apollonia, ăp-ŏl-lō′-nĭ-ă. Acts 17:1¹Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: (Acts 17:1).

Apollos, ă-pŏl′-lŏs; another form of Apollonius; eloquent and mighty in the Scriptures. Acts 18:24; 19:1²⁴And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. (Acts 18:24)
¹And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, (Acts 19:1); 1 Cor. 1:12; 3:4¹²Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:12)
⁴For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? (1 Corinthians 3:4).

Apollyon, ă-pŏl′-ly̆-o̲n, “one that exterminates”; Rev. 9:11¹¹And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. (Revelation 9:11).

Apostates. Deut. 13:13¹³Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; (Deuteronomy 13:13); Matt. 24:10¹⁰And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. (Matthew 24:10); Luke 8:13¹³They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. (Luke 8:13); John 6:66⁶⁶From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. (John 6:66); 1 Tim. 4:1¹Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (1 Timothy 4:1); Heb. 3:12; 6:4; 10:25¹²Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. (Hebrews 3:12)
⁴For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, (Hebrews 6:4)
²⁵Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25); 2 Peter 3:17¹⁷Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. (2 Peter 3:17); 1 John 2.

their doom. Zeph. 1:4⁴I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; (Zephaniah 1:4); 2 Thess. 2:8⁸And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: (2 Thessalonians 2:8); 2 Peter 2:17¹⁷These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. (2 Peter 2:17).

Apostle; is from the Greek, meaning “one who is sent forth, a delegate.” The word is used specially of “the twelve” (also of St. Paul, Rom. 1:1¹Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Romans 1:1); 1 Cor. 9:1-2¹Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? ²If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 9:1‑2)), but also in a wider sense, in which it is applied to such men as Matthias, James the Lord’s brother, Barnabas, Andronicus and Junias. The first qualification was “to have seen the Lord,” i.e., to be a witness of the Resurrection: the second, effectual missionary work (the signs of an apostle, 2 Cor. 12:12¹²Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. (2 Corinthians 12:12)): but divine appointment and commission was also necessary (1 Cor. 12:28²⁸And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. (1 Corinthians 12:28); Eph. 4:11¹¹And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; (Ephesians 4:11)).

Apostles, calling of the. Matt. 4:18,21; 9:9¹⁸And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. (Matthew 4:18)
²¹And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. (Matthew 4:21)
⁹And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. (Matthew 9:9); Mark 1:16¹⁶Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. (Mark 1:16); Luke 5:10¹⁰And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. (Luke 5:10); John 1:38³⁸Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? (John 1:38).

their appointment and powers. Matt. 10; Matt. 16:19; 18:18; 28:19¹⁹And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (Matthew 16:19)
¹⁸Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. (Matthew 18:18)
¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (Matthew 28:19); Mark 3:13; 16:15¹³And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. (Mark 3:13)
¹⁵And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mark 16:15); Luke 6:13¹³And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; (Luke 6:13); Luke 9; Luke 12:11; 24:47¹¹And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: (Luke 12:11)
⁴⁷And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47); John 20:23²³Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. (John 20:23); Acts 9:15,27; 20: 24¹⁵But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: (Acts 9:15)
²⁷But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. (Acts 9:27); 1 Cor. 5:3³For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, (1 Corinthians 5:3); 2 Thess. 3:6⁶Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. (2 Thessalonians 3:6); 2 Tim. 1:11¹¹Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. (2 Timothy 1:11).

witnesses of Christ. Luke 1:2; 24:33,48²Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; (Luke 1:2)
³³And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, (Luke 24:33)
⁴⁸And ye are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:48); Acts 1:2,22; 10:41²Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: (Acts 1:2)
²²Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. (Acts 1:22)
⁴¹Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. (Acts 10:41); 1 Cor. 9:1; 15:5¹Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? (1 Corinthians 9:1)
⁵And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: (1 Corinthians 15:5); 2 Peter 1:16¹⁶For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. (2 Peter 1:16); 1 John 1:1¹That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (1 John 1:1).

their sufferings, Matt. 10:16¹⁶Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16); Luke 21:16¹⁶And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. (Luke 21:16); John 15:20; 16:2,33²⁰Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. (John 15:20)
²They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. (John 16:2)
³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33); Acts 4, etc.; 1 Cor. 4:9⁹For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. (1 Corinthians 4:9); 2 Cor. 1:4; 4:8; 11:23⁴Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. (2 Corinthians 1:4)
⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (2 Corinthians 4:8)
²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. (2 Corinthians 11:23), etc.; Rev. 1:9⁹I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 1:9), etc.

their names written in heaven, Rev. 21:14¹⁴And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Revelation 21:14).

false, condemned, 2 Cor. 11:13¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:13).

Apostles, The Twelve.

No.	Name	Surname	Parents	Home	Business	Writings	Work	Death
1	Simon	Peter Cephas = Rock	Jonah	Early life in Bethsaida, afterwards at Capernaum	Fisherman	1 Peter 2 Peter Mark (?)	Missionary to Jews far as Rome. Babylon, 1 Peter 5:13, prob. = Rome	Crucified head downward, at Rome. Tradition.
2	Andrew		Jonah	Early life in Bethsaida, afterwards at Capernaum	Fisherman		Preached in Scythia, Greece and Asia Minor. Tradition.	Crucified on St. Andrew's cross (X). Tradition.
3	James, the elder	Boanerges, or Sons of Thunder	Zebedee and Salome	Bethsaida and afterwards in Jerusalem	Fisherman		Preached in Jerusalem and Judea	Beheaded by Herod, 44 A.D., at Jerusalem
4	John, the beloved disciple	Boanerges, or Sons of Thunder	Zebedee and Salome	Bethsaida and afterwards in Jerusalem	Fisherman	Gospel 3 Epistles Revelation	Labored among the churches of Asia Minor, especially Ephesus	Banished to Patmos, 95 A.D. Recalled. Died a natural death. Tradition.
5	James, the less or younger		Alphæus or Cleophas and Mary	Galilee		Epistle of James (?)	Preached in Palestine and Egypt. Bishop of Jerusalem (?)	Crucified in Egypt (tradition), or thrown from a pinnacle in Jerusalem (The Church Historian, Hegesippus).
6	Jude	Same as Thaddæus and Lebbæus	Alphæus or Cleophas and Mary	Galilee		Epistle of Jude	Preached in Assyria and Persia. Tradition.	Martyred in Persia. Tradition.
7	Philip			Bethsaida			Preached in Phrygia	Died at Hierapolis in Phrygia. Early Ephesian tradition.
8	Bartholomew	Nathaniel		Cana of Galilee				Flayed to death. Tradition.
9	Matthew	Levi	Alphæus	Capernaum	Tax collector. Publican.	Gospel		Died a martyr in Ethiopia. Tradition.
10	Thomas	Didymus	Galilee				Claimed by the Syrian Christians as founder of their church; perhaps also in Persia and India.	Martyred. Shot by a shower of arrows while at prayer. Tradition.
11	Simon	The Cananæan, or Zelotes		Galilee				Crucified. Tradition.
12	Judas	Iscariot		Kerioth of Judea				Suicide

Apothecary; R.V. perfumer. Ex. 30:25²⁵And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. (Exodus 30:25); Eccl. 10:1¹Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. (Ecclesiastes 10:1).

Appaim, ăp′-pā-ĭm, “the nostrils”; 1 Chron. 2:30³⁰And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. (1 Chronicles 2:30).

Apparel, exhortations concerning. Deut. 22:5⁵The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. (Deuteronomy 22:5); 1 Tim. 2:9⁹In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; (1 Timothy 2:9); 1 Peter 3:3³Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; (1 Peter 3:3).

of Jewish women described. Isa. 3:16¹⁶Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: (Isaiah 3:16).

Apparelled, dressed. Luke 7:25²⁵But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. (Luke 7:25).

Apparently, plainly, openly. Num. 12:8⁸With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? (Numbers 12:8).

Appear. Col. 3:4⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4); 1 Tim. 6:14¹⁴That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: (1 Timothy 6:14); 2 Tim. 1:10; 4:8¹⁰But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: (2 Timothy 1:10)
⁸Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:8); Titus 2:13¹³Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13); Heb. 9:28²⁸So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:28): a. of Christ. (In Col. R.V. manifested.)

1 Sam. 16:7⁷But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7): man looketh on the outward a.

Psa. 42:2²My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? (Psalm 42:2): when shall I a. before God?

Psa. 90:16¹⁶Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. (Psalm 90:16): let thy work a.

Song of Sol. 2:12¹²The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; (Song of Solomon 2:12): flowers a. on earth.

Matt. 6:16¹⁶Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. (Matthew 6:16): a. to men to fast. R.V. be seen of.

Matt. 23:28²⁸Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. (Matthew 23:28): outwardly a. righteous.

Rom. 7:13¹³Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. (Romans 7:13): that it might a. sin. R.V. be shown to be.

2 Cor. 5:10¹⁰For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10): we must all a. R.V. be made manifest.

1 Thess. 5:22²²Abstain from all appearance of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5:22): a. of evil. R.V. every form.

1 Tim. 4:15¹⁵Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. (1 Timothy 4:15): profiting may a. R.V. be made manifest.

1 Peter 1:7⁷That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:7): a. of Christ. R.V. revelation.

See Ex. 23:15¹⁵Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) (Exodus 23:15); Matt. 24:30³⁰And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (Matthew 24:30); Luke 19:11¹¹And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. (Luke 19:11).

Appease. Gen. 32:20²⁰And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. (Genesis 32:20); Prov. 15:18¹⁸A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. (Proverbs 15:18); Acts 19:35³⁵And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? (Acts 19:35).

Appertain. Num. 16:30³⁰But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. (Numbers 16:30); Jer. 10:7⁷Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. (Jeremiah 10:7).

Appetite. Job 38:39³⁹Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, (Job 38:39); Prov. 23:2²And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. (Proverbs 23:2); Eccl. 6:7⁷All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. (Ecclesiastes 6:7); Isa. 29:8⁸It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. (Isaiah 29:8).

Apphia, ăpph′-ĭ-ă. Philem. 2²And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: (Philemon 2).

Appii forum, ăp′-pĭ-ī fôr′-ŭm, “forum or marketplace of Appius”; Forty miles south of Rome. Acts 28:15¹⁵And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. (Acts 28:15).

Apple. Prov. 25:11¹¹A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. (Proverbs 25:11); Song of Sol. 2:3³As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. (Song of Solomon 2:3); Joel 1:12¹²The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. (Joel 1:12). Heb. Tappûaḥ; Gk. μήλον. The apricot is probably the fruit intended.

Apple of the eye, the eyeball. Deut. 32:10¹⁰He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. (Deuteronomy 32:10); Prov. 7:2²Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. (Proverbs 7:2).

Apply. Psa. 90:12¹²So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (Psalm 90:12); Prov. 2:2; 22:17; 23:12²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; (Proverbs 2:2)
¹⁷Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. (Proverbs 22:17)
¹²Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. (Proverbs 23:12); Eccl. 7:25²⁵I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: (Ecclesiastes 7:25).

Appoint. Job 7:3³So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. (Job 7:3): wearisome nights are a.

Job 14:5⁵Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; (Job 14:5): thou hast a. bounds.

Job 30:23²³For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. (Job 30:23): house a. for all living.

Psa. 79:11; 102:20¹¹Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; (Psalm 79:11)
²⁰To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; (Psalm 102:20): preserve those a. to die.

Matt. 24:51⁵¹And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 24:51); Luke 12:46⁴⁶The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12:46): a. him his portion.

Acts 6:3³Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. (Acts 6:3): seven men whom we may a.

1 Thess. 5:9⁹For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, (1 Thessalonians 5:9): not a. to wrath.

See Job 14:13¹³O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! (Job 14:13); Psa. 104:19¹⁹He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. (Psalm 104:19); Acts 17:31³¹Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:31).

Appointed, armed, equipped, provided. Judg. 18:11¹¹And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. (Judges 18:11).

Apprehend, take into custody, arrest. Acts 12:4⁴And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (Acts 12:4); 2 Cor. 11:32³²In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: (2 Corinthians 11:32).

Apprehend. Phil. 3:12¹²Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:12). “The passage throughout has reference to the Grecian games; apprehend in the first part of the sentence meaning to lay hold of the goal, and so receive the prize; in the second part, meaning to take hold of by the hand and introduce to the course, as was customary.”

Approach. Isa. 58:2²Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. (Isaiah 58:2): take delight in a. God.

Luke 12:33³³Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. (Luke 12:33): where no thief a.

1 Tim. 6:16¹⁶Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. (1 Timothy 6:16): light no man can a.

Heb. 10:25²⁵Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25): as ye see the day a.

See Deut. 31:14¹⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. (Deuteronomy 31:14); Job 40:19¹⁹He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. (Job 40:19); Psa. 65:4⁴Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. (Psalm 65:4).

Approve. Psa. 49:13¹³This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. (Psalm 49:13): posterity a. sayings.

Rom. 16:10¹⁰Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. (Romans 16:10): a. in Christ.

Phil. 1:10¹⁰That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; (Philippians 1:10): a. things that are excellent.

2 Tim. 2:15¹⁵Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15): show thyself a.

(2) to prove, attest. Acts 2:22²²Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: (Acts 2:22).

(3) to test, try. Rom. 2:18¹⁸And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; (Romans 2:18).

Apt. 2 Kings 24:16¹⁶And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. (2 Kings 24:16); 1 Tim. 3:2²A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; (1 Timothy 3:2); 2 Tim. 2:24²⁴And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, (2 Timothy 2:24).

Aquila, ă-qŭĭl′-ă, “an eagle”; (and Priscilla) go with Paul from Corinth to Ephesus. Acts 18:2,19²And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. (Acts 18:2)
¹⁹And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. (Acts 18:19).

their constancy. Rom. 16:3³Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: (Romans 16:3); 1 Cor. 16:19¹⁹The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. (1 Corinthians 16:19).

Apollos instructed by. Acts 18:26²⁶And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. (Acts 18:26).

Ar, är, “city”; Num. 21:15¹⁵And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. (Numbers 21:15).

Ara, âr′-ă, “lion” (?); 1 Chron. 7:38³⁸And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. (1 Chronicles 7:38).

Arab, âr′-ăb, “ambush”; Josh. 15:52⁵²Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, (Joshua 15:52).

Arabah, ăr′-ă-băh; the deep valley extending from Mt. Hor to the eastern arm of the Red Sea. Used in many passages of the R.V., but rendered “plain” in the A.V. except in Josh. 18:18¹⁸And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: (Joshua 18:18).

Arabia, ă-rā′-bĭ-ă. Psa. 72:10,15¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. (Psalm 72:10)
¹⁵And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. (Psalm 72:15); Isa. 21:13¹³The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. (Isaiah 21:13); Jer. 25:24²⁴And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, (Jeremiah 25:24); Gal. 1:17¹⁷Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. (Galatians 1:17).

kings of, pay tribute. 2 Chron. 9:14; 17:11; 26:7¹⁴Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. (2 Chronicles 9:14)
¹¹Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. (2 Chronicles 17:11)
⁷And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. (2 Chronicles 26:7).

Arabian, ă-rā′-bĭ-ăn; a person from Arabia. Neh. 2:19¹⁹But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (Nehemiah 2:19); Isa. 13:20²⁰It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. (Isaiah 13:20); Acts 2:11¹¹Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. (Acts 2:11).

Arad, âr′-ăd, “wild ass” (?)

(1) Num. 21:1¹And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. (Numbers 21:1).

(2) Josh. 12:14¹⁴The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; (Joshua 12:14); 1 Chron. 8:15¹⁵And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, (1 Chronicles 8:15).

Arah, âr′-ăh, “traveller”; 1 Chron. 7:39³⁹And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. (1 Chronicles 7:39).

Aram, âr′-ăm; a name of certain districts in Syria and Mesopotamia. Gen. 10:22²²The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (Genesis 10:22).

Aramæan; language; Syriac, the language of Syria (= Aram) and Palestine in the time of Christ.

Aramæans; Syrians.

Aramitess, âr-ăm-ī′-tĕss; a female inhabitant of Aram. 1 Chron. 7:14¹⁴The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: (1 Chronicles 7:14).

Aram-naharaim, âr′-ăm–nā-hă-rā′-ĭm, “Aram of the two rivers” Mesopotamia.

Psa. 60. title.

Aram-zobah, âr′-ăm–zo′-bạ̈h. Psa. 60. title.

Aran, âr′-ăn, “wild” goat. Gen. 36:28²⁸The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. (Genesis 36:28).

Ararat, ăr′-ă-răt; a mountainous country north of Assyria. Mt. Ararat is a mountain 17,260 ft. high, halfway between the Black Sea and the Caspian. Ark rested on. Gen. 8:4⁴And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. (Genesis 8:4). See Jer. 51:27²⁷Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. (Jeremiah 51:27).

Araunah, ă-rau′-năh, “calf” (?); (Ornan), Jebusite, sells to David site for temple. 2 Sam. 24:16¹⁶And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. (2 Samuel 24:16); 1 Chron. 21:15,18; 22:1¹⁵And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. (1 Chronicles 21:15)
¹⁸Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. (1 Chronicles 21:18)
¹Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. (1 Chronicles 22:1).

Arba; Arbah, är′-bă, är′-băh. Gen. 35:27²⁷And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. (Genesis 35:27).

Arbathite, är′-bă-thīte. 1 Chron. 11:32³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, (1 Chronicles 11:32).

Arbite, är′-bīte; an inhabitant of Arab. 2 Sam. 23:35³⁵Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, (2 Samuel 23:35).

Archangel. 1 Thess. 4:16¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (1 Thessalonians 4:16): voice of a.

Jude 9⁹Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. (Jude 9): Michael the a. contending.

Archelaus, är-chĕ-lā′-ŭs; prince, king of Judea, feared by Joseph. Matt. 2:22²²But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: (Matthew 2:22).

Archers. Gen. 21:20²⁰And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. (Genesis 21:20): and became an a.

Gen. 49:23²³The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: (Genesis 49:23): the a. have sorely grieved him.

1 Sam. 31:3³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. (1 Samuel 31:3): and the a. hit him.

2 Chron. 35:23²³And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. (2 Chronicles 35:23): and the a. shot at king Josiah.

Job 16:13¹³His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. (Job 16:13): his a. compass me.

Archevites, är′-chĕ-vītes; the men of ERECH, q.v. Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9).

Archi, är′-chī; an inhabitant of Erech.

Josh. 16:2²And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, (Joshua 16:2). R.V. Archites.

Archippus, är-chĭp′-pŭs, “master of the horse” (?); Col. 4:17¹⁷And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. (Colossians 4:17).

Archite, är′-chīte; a native of Erech. 2 Sam. 15:32³²And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: (2 Samuel 15:32).

Arcturus, ärc-tū′-rŭs, “bear-guard”; probably the constellations known as the Great Bear. Job 9:9; 38:32⁹Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. (Job 9:9)
³²Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? (Job 38:32).

Ard. ärd

Gen. 46:21²¹And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (Genesis 46:21).

Ardites, ärd′-ītes; descendants of Ard. Num. 26:40⁴⁰And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. (Numbers 26:40).

Ardon, är′-dŏn. 1 Chron. 2:18¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. (1 Chronicles 2:18).

Areli, ă-rē′-lī, “heroic” (?); Gen. 46:16¹⁶And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. (Genesis 46:16).

Arelites, ă-rē′-lītes; a family descended from Areli. Num. 26:17¹⁷Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. (Numbers 26:17).

Areopagite, ăr-ĕ-ŏp′-ă-gīte, “belonging to the Council held on Areopagus”; Acts 17:34³⁴Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. (Acts 17:34).

Areopagus, ăr-ĕ-ŏp′-ă-gŭs, “hill of Ares or Mars” at Athens; Paul preaches on. Acts 17:19¹⁹And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? (Acts 17:19).

Aretas, ăr′-ĕ-tăs. 2 Cor. 11:32³²In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: (2 Corinthians 11:32).

Argob, är′-gŏb.

(1) a rocky district. Deut. 3:4⁴And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (Deuteronomy 3:4).

(2) 2 Kings 15:25²⁵But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. (2 Kings 15:25).

Arguing. Job 6:25²⁵How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? (Job 6:25).

Arguments. Job 23:4⁴I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. (Job 23:4).

Argurion; Another name for the stater. A.V. “a piece of money” (Matt. 26:15¹⁵And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. (Matthew 26:15)); = tetradrachm, the “piece of money” (Matt. 17:27²⁷Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. (Matthew 17:27)); = the shekel; = about 2 shillings, 9 pence = 65 cts. See MONEY.

Aridai, ăr′-ĭ-dai, “desire of Hari”; (Vishna). Esther 9:9⁹And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, (Esther 9:9).

Aridatha, ăr-ĭ-dā′-thă, “given by Hari”; Esther 9:8⁸And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, (Esther 9:8).

Arieh, ăr′-ĭ-ēh, “lion”; 2 Kings 15:25²⁵But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. (2 Kings 15:25).

Ariel, âr′-ĭ-ĕl, “lion” or “hearth of God”; Ezra 8:16¹⁶Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. (Ezra 8:16).

Aright. Psa. 50:23; 78:8²³Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God. (Psalm 50:23)
⁸And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. (Psalm 78:8); Prov. 15:2²The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. (Proverbs 15:2).

Prov. 23:31³¹Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. (Proverbs 23:31): moveth a. R.V. smoothly.

Arimathæa, ăr-ĭm-ă-thǣ′-ă; the same as RAMAH. Matt. 27:57⁵⁷When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: (Matthew 27:57).

Arioch, ăr′-ĭ-ŏch. Gen. 14:1¹And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; (Genesis 14:1).

Arisai, ăr′-ĭ-sai. Esther 9:9⁹And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, (Esther 9:9).

Arise. 1 Kings 18:44⁴⁴And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. (1 Kings 18:44): there a. a little cloud.

Neh. 2:20²⁰Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 2:20): a. and build.

Psa. 68:1¹<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.>> Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. (Psalm 68:1): let God a.

Psa. 88:10¹⁰Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. (Psalm 88:10): dead a. and praise thee.

Psa. 112:4⁴Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. (Psalm 112:4): to upright a. light.

Mal. 4:2²But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (Malachi 4:2): Sun of righteousness a.

Mark 2:11¹¹I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. (Mark 2:11); Luke 7:14; 8:54¹⁴And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. (Luke 7:14)
⁵⁴And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. (Luke 8:54); Acts 9:40⁴⁰But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. (Acts 9:40): I say a.

Luke 15:18¹⁸I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, (Luke 15:18): I will a. and go.

Eph. 5:14¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (Ephesians 5:14): a. from the dead.

2 Peter 1:19¹⁹We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: (2 Peter 1:19): till daystar a.

See Isa. 26:19¹⁹Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. (Isaiah 26:19); Jer. 2:27²⁷Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. (Jeremiah 2:27).

Aristarchus, ăr-ĭs-tär′-chŭs, “best ruling”; Fellow-prisoner of Paul. Acts 19:29; 20:4; 27:2²⁹And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. (Acts 19:29)
⁴And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. (Acts 20:4)
²And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. (Acts 27:2); Col. 4:10¹⁰Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) (Colossians 4:10); Philem. 24²⁴Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlaborers. (Philemon 24).

Aristobulus, ă-rĭs-tō-bū′-lŭs, “best counsellor”; his household greeted by Paul. Rom. 16:10¹⁰Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. (Romans 16:10).

Ark; The word means a covered chest, or box. Three important arks are mentioned, namely:

(1) Noah’s ark (Heb. Tebhah); ordered, Gen. 6:14¹⁴Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. (Genesis 6:14); 1 Peter 3:20²⁰Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (1 Peter 3:20).

dimensions, etc., Gen. 6:15¹⁵And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. (Genesis 6:15), etc.

Noah’s faith in making, Heb. 11:7⁷By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. (Hebrews 11:7); 1 Peter 3:20²⁰Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (1 Peter 3:20).

(2) That in which the infant Moses was hidden by his mother (Heb. Tebhah). Ex. 2:3³And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (Exodus 2:3). It is not an uncommon thing at this day to see an Egyptian mother twist papyrus stalks into such a wicker cradle, smear it with pitch, cover it with a lid of wicker-work, place her infant in it, and swim across the Nile, pushing the ark in front of her. The Hebrew word Tebhah is connected with the Egyptian word teb, a box, reed-boat, or sarcophagus.

(3) The Ark of the Covenant (Heb. Aron). This sacred object was a chest made of acacia wood overlaid with gold, the lid of which constituted the “mercy-seat” (Ex. 25:17¹⁷And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. (Exodus 25:17)), or place of propitiation, over which two cherubim extended their wings. Directions for making. Ex. 25:10; 37:1¹⁰And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. (Exodus 25:10)
¹And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: (Exodus 37:1).

passes Jordan. Josh. 3:15; 4:11¹⁵And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) (Joshua 3:15)
¹¹And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the Lord passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. (Joshua 4:11).

compasses Jericho. Josh. 6:11¹¹So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. (Joshua 6:11).

captured by Philistines. 1 Sam. 4:11¹¹And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. (1 Samuel 4:11).

restored. 1 Sam. 6.

taken to Jerusalem. 2 Sam. 6; 2 Sam. 15:24,29²⁴And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. (2 Samuel 15:24)
²⁹Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there. (2 Samuel 15:29); 1 Chron. 13; 15; 16.

brought into the temple by Solomon. 1 Kings 8:3³And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. (1 Kings 8:3); 2 Chron. 5:3³Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. (2 Chronicles 5:3). See Heb. 9:4⁴Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; (Hebrews 9:4).

Ark in heaven. Rev. 11:19¹⁹And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Revelation 11:19).

Arkite, är′-kīte, “fugitive” (?); Gen. 10:17¹⁷And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, (Genesis 10:17).

Arm, of God. Ex. 15:16¹⁶Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. (Exodus 15:16); Deut. 33:27²⁷The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. (Deuteronomy 33:27); Job 40:9⁹Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? (Job 40:9); Psa. 77:15; 89:13; 98:1¹⁵Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. (Psalm 77:15)
¹³Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. (Psalm 89:13)
¹<<A Psalm.>> O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. (Psalm 98:1); Isa. 33:2; 51:5; 52:10; 53:1²O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. (Isaiah 33:2)
⁵My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. (Isaiah 51:5)
¹⁰The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. (Isaiah 52:10)
¹Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? (Isaiah 53:1); Jer. 27:5⁵I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. (Jeremiah 27:5); Luke 1:51⁵¹He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. (Luke 1:51); Acts 13:17¹⁷The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. (Acts 13:17).

Armageddon, är-mă-gĕd′-dŏn, “height of Megiddo.”

Rev. 16:16¹⁶And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (Revelation 16:16). R.V. Har-Magedon.

Armenia, är-mē′-nĭ-ă, “land of Aram”; 2 Kings 19:37³⁷And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 19:37). R.V. land of Ararat.

Armoni, är-mō′-nī, “belonging to a palace”; 2 Sam. 21:8⁸But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: (2 Samuel 21:8).

Armor; The arms mentioned in the Bible may be divided into two classes.

(1) offensive, the sword, spears of several kinds, bow and arrows, sling. (q.v.)

(2) defensive, breastplate, helmet, greaves, shield. (q.v.) 1 Sam. 17:54⁵⁴And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. (1 Samuel 17:54), but he put his a. in his tent. 1 Kings 22:38³⁸And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake. (1 Kings 22:38), and they washed his a. R.V. harlots washed themselves there.

Isa. 22:8⁸And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest. (Isaiah 22:8): didst look in that day to a.

Luke 11:22²²But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. (Luke 11:22): his a. wherein he trusted.

Rom. 13:12¹²The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. (Romans 13:12): let us put on a. of light.

2 Cor. 6:7⁷By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, (2 Corinthians 6:7): approving by a. of righteousness.

Eph. 6:11,13¹¹Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (Ephesians 6:11)
¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13): put on the a. of God.

Armor, Goliath’s. 1 Sam. 17:5,54⁵And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. (1 Samuel 17:5)
⁵⁴And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. (1 Samuel 17:54).

of God. Rom. 13:12¹²The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. (Romans 13:12); 2 Cor. 6:7; 10:4⁷By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, (2 Corinthians 6:7)
⁴(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (2 Corinthians 10:4); Eph. 6:13¹³Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. (Ephesians 6:13); 1 Thess. 5:8⁸But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (1 Thessalonians 5:8).

Arms. Deut. 33:27²⁷The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. (Deuteronomy 33:27): underneath are the everlasting a.

See Gen. 49:24²⁴But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) (Genesis 49:24); Job 22:9⁹Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. (Job 22:9); Psa. 37:17¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. (Psalm 37:17); Mark 10:16¹⁶And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. (Mark 10:16).

Army. 1 Sam. 17:10¹⁰And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. (1 Samuel 17:10): I defy the a. of Israel.

Job 25:3³Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? (Job 25:3): is there any number of his a.

Luke 21:20²⁰And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. (Luke 21:20): Jerusalem compassed with a.

Acts 23:27²⁷This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. (Acts 23:27): then came I with an a. R.V. soldiers.

See Song of Sol. 6:4⁴Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. (Song of Solomon 6:4); Ezek. 37:10¹⁰So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. (Ezekiel 37:10).

Arnan, är′-năn, “active”; 1 Chron. 3:21²¹And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. (1 Chronicles 3:21).

Arnon, är′-nŏn, “swift” or “noisy”; a river flowing into the Jordan from the east. Num. 21:13¹³From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. (Numbers 21:13).

Arod, âr′-ŏd, “wild ass” (?); Num. 26:17¹⁷Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. (Numbers 26:17).

Arodi, ă-rō′-dī; same as preceding. Gen. 46:16¹⁶And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. (Genesis 46:16).

Arodites, âr′-ō-dītes; descendants of Arod. Num. 26:17¹⁷Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. (Numbers 26:17).

Aroer, ă-rō′-ĕr, “ruins” (?), or, juniper’ (?)

(1) Deut. 2:36³⁶From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us: (Deuteronomy 2:36). Built by children of Gad. Num. 32:34³⁴And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, (Numbers 32:34).

boundary of Reuben. Josh. 13:16¹⁶And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; (Joshua 13:16).

(2) a city of Simeon. 1 Sam. 30:28²⁸And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, (1 Samuel 30:28).

Aroerite, ă-rō′-ĕr-ĭte; a man of Aroer. 1 Chron. 11:44⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, (1 Chronicles 11:44).

Arpad, är′-păd. 2 Kings 18:34³⁴Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? (2 Kings 18:34).

Arphad, är′-phăd; same as preceding. Isa. 36:19¹⁹Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? (Isaiah 36:19).

Arphaxad, är-phăx′-ăd. Gen. 10:22²²The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (Genesis 10:22). R.V. Arpachshad.

Array (n.). Judg. 20:20²⁰And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. (Judges 20:20): put in a.

Array (v.); to dress or clothe.

Job 40:10¹⁰Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. (Job 40:10): a. thyself with glory.

Jer. 43:12¹²And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. (Jeremiah 43:12): shall a. himself with land.

Matt. 6:29²⁹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (Matthew 6:29): a. like one of these.

Rev. 7:13¹³And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? (Revelation 7:13): a. in white robes.

Rev. 17:4⁴And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Revelation 17:4): woman was a.

Rev. 19:8⁸And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Revelation 19:8): a. in fine linen.

Arrived. Luke 8:26²⁶And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. (Luke 8:26): a. at the country.

Acts 20:15¹⁵And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. (Acts 20:15): we a. at Samos. R.V. touched.

Arrogancy. 1 Sam. 2:3³Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Samuel 2:3); Prov. 8:13¹³The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. (Proverbs 8:13); Isa. 13:11¹¹And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. (Isaiah 13:11); Jer. 48:29²⁹We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. (Jeremiah 48:29).

Arrow. Num. 24:8⁸God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. (Numbers 24:8): pierce through with a.

Psa. 38:2²For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. (Psalm 38:2): thine a. stick fast.

Psa. 76:3³There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. (Psalm 76:3): brake the a. of the bow.

Psa. 91:5⁵Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; (Psalm 91:5): a. that flieth by day.

Prov. 25:18¹⁸A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. (Proverbs 25:18): false witness sharp a.

Prov. 26:18¹⁸As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, (Proverbs 26:18): casteth a. and death.

Ezek. 5:16¹⁶When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: (Ezekiel 5:16): evil a. of famine.

See Deut. 32:23²³I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. (Deuteronomy 32:23); 2 Sam. 22:15¹⁵And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. (2 Samuel 22:15); Job 6:4; 41:28⁴For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. (Job 6:4)
²⁸The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. (Job 41:28).

Artaxerxes, är-tă-xĕrx′-ēs, “honored king” (?)

(1) (king of Persia), oppresses the Jews. Ezra 4.

(2) (Longimanus), permits Ezra to restore the temple, Ezra 7; and Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem, Neh. 2.

Artemas, är′-tĕ-măs; shortened form of Artemidorus (?). Titus 3:12¹²When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. (Titus 3:12).

Artificer. Gen. 4:22²²And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. (Genesis 4:22): a. in brass. R.V. cutting instruments of.

2 Chron. 34:11¹¹Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. (2 Chronicles 34:11): a. and builders. R.V. carpenters.

See 1 Chron. 29:5⁵The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? (1 Chronicles 29:5); Isa. 3:3³The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. (Isaiah 3:3).

Artillery; weapons as in R.V. here = bow and arrows. 1 Sam. 20:40⁴⁰And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. (1 Samuel 20:40).

Aruboth, ă-rû′-bōth, “windows”; 1 Kings 4:10¹⁰The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: (1 Kings 4:10).

Arumah, ă-rû′-măh. Judg. 9:41⁴¹And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. (Judges 9:41).

Arvad, är′-văd. Ezek. 27:8⁸The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. (Ezekiel 27:8).

Arvadite, är′-vă-dīte; inhabitant of Arvad. Gen. 10:18¹⁸And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. (Genesis 10:18).

Arza, är′-ză, “earth”; 1 Kings 16:9⁹And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. (1 Kings 16:9).

As; a Roman bronze coin = the Greek Assarion = half-penny = 1 cent. See MONEY.

Asa, ā′-să, “physician”; his good reign. 1 Kings 15:8⁸And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 15:8).

wars with Baasha. 1 Kings 15:16¹⁶And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. (1 Kings 15:16).

his prayer against the Ethiopians. 2 Chron. 14:11¹¹And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. (2 Chronicles 14:11).

his zeal. 2 Chron. 15.

seeks aid of the Syrians. 2 Chron. 16.

reproved by Radiant the seer. 2 Chron. 16:7⁷And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. (2 Chronicles 16:7).

reigns forty years, and dies much honored. 2 Chron. 16:13¹³And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. (2 Chronicles 16:13).

Asahel, ăs′-ă-hĕl, “God hath made”; his rashness; slain by Abner in self-defence. 2 Sam. 2:18; 3:27; 23:24¹⁸And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. (2 Samuel 2:18)
²⁷And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. (2 Samuel 3:27)
²⁴Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (2 Samuel 23:24); 1 Chron. 11:26²⁶Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, (1 Chronicles 11:26).

Asahiah, ăs-ă-hī′-ăh, “Jehovah hath made”; 2 Kings 22:12¹²And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, (2 Kings 22:12).

Asaiah, ă-sai′-ăh, “Jehovah hath made”; 1 Chron. 4:36³⁶And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, (1 Chronicles 4:36).

Asaph, ā′-săph, “collector.”

(1) a Levite, musical composer, and leader of David’s choir. 1 Chron. 6:39³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, (1 Chronicles 6:39); 2 Chron. 5:12; 29:30; 35:15¹²Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) (2 Chronicles 5:12)
³⁰Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. (2 Chronicles 29:30)
¹⁵And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. (2 Chronicles 35:15); Neh. 12:46⁴⁶For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. (Nehemiah 12:46); Psa. 50 and 73-83 ascribed to him.

(2) 2 Kings 18:18¹⁸And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. (2 Kings 18:18).

Asareel, ăs′-ă-reel, “God has bound” (?); 1 Chron. 4:16¹⁶And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. (1 Chronicles 4:16).

Asarelah, ăs-ă-rē′-lăh; same as JESHARELAH. 1 Chron. 25:2²Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. (1 Chronicles 25:2).

Ascend. Psa. 68:18¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. (Psalm 68:18); Rom. 10:6⁶But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) (Romans 10:6); Eph. 4:8⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Ephesians 4:8): a. on high.

John 1:51⁵¹And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. (John 1:51): angels of God a.

John 3:13¹³And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. (John 3:13): no man hath a. to heaven.

John 20:17¹⁷Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. (John 20:17): I am not yet a.

Rev. 8:4⁴And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. (Revelation 8:4): smoke of incense a.

Rev. 11:12¹²And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. (Revelation 11:12): they a. up to heaven.

See Psa. 24:3; 139:8³Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? (Psalm 24:3)
⁸If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. (Psalm 139:8).

Ascension of Christ, (from Olivet) Luke 24:50⁵⁰And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. (Luke 24:50); John 14:2; 16:7²In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2)
⁷Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. (John 16:7); Acts 1:9; 2:33⁹And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. (Acts 1:9)
³³Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. (Acts 2:33); Rom. 8:34³⁴Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. (Romans 8:34); Eph. 4:8⁸Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Ephesians 4:8); 1 Peter 3:22²²Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. (1 Peter 3:22).

typified. Lev. 16:15¹⁵Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: (Leviticus 16:15); Heb. 6:20; 9:7-12²⁰Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. (Hebrews 6:20)
⁷But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: ⁸The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: ⁹Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; ¹⁰Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. ¹¹But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; ¹²Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Hebrews 9:7‑12).

Enoch, Gen. 5:24²⁴And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. (Genesis 5:24).

Joseph, Gen. 41:43⁴³And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. (Genesis 41:43).

Moses, Ex. 19:3³And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; (Exodus 19:3).

Aaron, Lev. 16:3³Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. (Leviticus 16:3).

Elijah, 2 Kings 2:11¹¹And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (2 Kings 2:11).

Ascent; This word is used of a viaduct built by Solomon to connect his palace with the Temple on Moriah. For “ascent of Akrabbim” see Num. 34:4⁴And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon: (Numbers 34:4); Josh. 15:3³And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: (Joshua 15:3) (R.V.); Judg. 1:36³⁶And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. (Judges 1:36).

and for “ascent of Zia” see 2 Chron. 20:16¹⁶To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. (2 Chronicles 20:16) (marg. and R.V.).

Ascribe. Deut. 32:3³Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. (Deuteronomy 32:3); Job 36:3³I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. (Job 36:3); Psa. 68:34³⁴Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. (Psalm 68:34).

Asenath, ăs′-ĕ-năth, “belonging to Neith” (a goddess of the Egyptians) (?); Gen. 41:45⁴⁵And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. (Genesis 41:45).

wife of Joseph. Gen. 41:45; 46:20⁴⁵And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. (Genesis 41:45)
²⁰And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. (Genesis 46:20).

Aser, ā′-sĕr; same as ASHER. Luke 2:36³⁶And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; (Luke 2:36).

Ash. Isa. 44:14¹⁴He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. (Isaiah 44:14). Heb. Oren; Gk. πίτυς; Bot. N. Pinus halepensis—the Aleppo pine. R.V. “fir tree.” Not the common ash.

Ashamed. Job 11:3³Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? (Job 11:3): shall no man make a.

Psa. 25:3³Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. (Psalm 25:3): let none that wait be a.

Psa. 31:1¹<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. (Psalm 31:1): let me never be a.

Psa. 34:5⁵They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. (Psalm 34:5): their faces were not a. R.V. shall never be confounded.

Isa. 45:17¹⁷But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. (Isaiah 45:17): not a. world without end.

Isa. 65:13¹³Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: (Isaiah 65:13): ye shall be a.

Jer. 2:26²⁶As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, (Jeremiah 2:26): as a thief is a.

Jer. 12:13¹³They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord. (Jeremiah 12:13): a. of your revenues.

Jer. 14:4⁴Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. (Jeremiah 14:4): plowmen were a.

Luke 16:3³Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. (Luke 16:3): to beg I am a.

Rom. 1:16¹⁶For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16): not a. of gospel.

Rom. 5:5⁵And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (Romans 5:5): hope maketh not a.

Rom. 9:33; 10:11³³As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Romans 9:33)
¹¹For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Romans 10:11): believeth shall not be a. R.V. put to shame.

2 Tim. 1:8⁸Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; (2 Timothy 1:8): not a. of testimony.

2 Tim. 2:15¹⁵Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15): workman that needeth not to be a.

Heb. 2:11¹¹For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, (Hebrews 2:11): not a. to call them brethren.

Heb. 11:16¹⁶But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. (Hebrews 11:16): not a. to be called their God. R.V. a. of them.

1 Peter 4:16¹⁶Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. (1 Peter 4:16): suffer as Christian, not be a.

See Gen. 2:25²⁵And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (Genesis 2:25); 2 Tim. 1:12¹²For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. (2 Timothy 1:12).

Ashan, ăsh′-ăn, “smoke”; Josh. 15:42⁴²Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, (Joshua 15:42).

Ashbea, ăsh-bē′-ă, “I conjure”; 1 Chron. 4:21²¹The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, (1 Chronicles 4:21).

Ashbel, ăsh′-bĕl. Gen. 46:21²¹And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. (Genesis 46:21).

Ashbelites, ăsh′-bĕl-ītes; the descendants of Ashbel. Num. 26:38³⁸The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: (Numbers 26:38).

Ashchenaz, ăsh-chē′-năz; same as ASHKENAZ. 1 Chron. 1:6⁶And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. (1 Chronicles 1:6).

Ashdod, ăsh′-dŏd, “strong place” (?); Josh. 15:46⁴⁶From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: (Joshua 15:46).

city of Philistines; the ark carried there; men of, smitten. 1 Sam. 5.

reduced by Uzziah. 2 Chron. 26:6⁶And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. (2 Chronicles 26:6).

predictions concerning. Jer. 25:20²⁰And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, (Jeremiah 25:20); Amos 1:8⁸And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God. (Amos 1:8); Zeph. 2:4⁴For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (Zephaniah 2:4); Zech. 9:6⁶And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. (Zechariah 9:6).

Ashdodites, ăsh′-dō-dītes; the inhabitants of Ashdod. Neh. 4:7⁷But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, (Nehemiah 4:7).

Ashdoth-pisgah, ăsh′-dōth–pĭṡ′-găh, “slopes” or “springs” of Pisgah. Josh. 12:3³And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah: (Joshua 12:3).

Ashdothites, ăsh′-dŏ-thītes; same as ASHDODITES. Josh. 13:3³From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: (Joshua 13:3).

Asher, ăsh′-ĕr, “fortunate” “happy.”

(1) son of Jacob. Gen. 30:13¹³And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. (Genesis 30:13). His descendants. Num. 1:40; 26:44⁴⁰Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (Numbers 1:40)
⁴⁴Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. (Numbers 26:44); 1 Chron. 7:30³⁰The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. (1 Chronicles 7:30).

their inheritance. Josh. 19:24²⁴And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. (Joshua 19:24); Judg. 5:17¹⁷Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. (Judges 5:17). See Ezek. 48:34³⁴At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. (Ezekiel 48:34); Rev. 7:6⁶Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. (Revelation 7:6).

Anna, prophetess, descended from. Luke 2:36³⁶And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; (Luke 2:36).

(2) a town. Josh. 17:7⁷And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. (Joshua 17:7).

Asherah, ăsh-ĕr′-ăh; a sacred tree, pole, or pillar, connected with the worship of Ashteroth, Baal and other deities, probably representing the tree of life. Rendered grove in the A.V. Deut. 16:21²¹Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee. (Deuteronomy 16:21); Judg. 6:26²⁶And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. (Judges 6:26); 2 Kings 17:10¹⁰And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: (2 Kings 17:10).

Asherites, ăsh′-ĕr-ītes; descendants of Asher. Judg. 1:32³²But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. (Judges 1:32).

Ashes. Gen. 18:27²⁷And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes: (Genesis 18:27): which am but dust and a.

Job 2:8⁸And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. (Job 2:8): and he sat down among the a.

Job 13:12¹²Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. (Job 13:12): remembrances are like unto a.

Job 30:19¹⁹He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. (Job 30:19): and become like dust and a.

Job 42:6⁶Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:6): and repent in dust and a.

Psa. 102:9⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, (Psalm 102:9): I have eaten a. like bread.

Isa. 44:20²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? (Isaiah 44:20): he feedeth on a.

Jonah 3:6⁶For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. (Jonah 3:6): king sat in a.

Heb. 9:13¹³For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: (Hebrews 9:13): if the a. of an heifer.

See 2 Sam. 13:19¹⁹And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. (2 Samuel 13:19); Esther 4:1¹When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; (Esther 4:1); Isa. 58:5⁵Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord? (Isaiah 58:5); Matt. 11:21²¹Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. (Matthew 11:21).

Ashima, ă-shī′-mă. 2 Kings 17:30³⁰And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (2 Kings 17:30).

Ashkelon, ăsh′-kĕ-lo̲n; (Askelon). Judg. 1:18; 14:19¹⁸Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. (Judges 1:18)
¹⁹And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. (Judges 14:19); 1 Sam. 6:17¹⁷And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; (1 Samuel 6:17); 2 Sam. 1:20²⁰Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. (2 Samuel 1:20).

prophecies concerning. Jer. 25:20; 47:5²⁰And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, (Jeremiah 25:20)
⁵Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? (Jeremiah 47:5); Amos 1:8⁸And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God. (Amos 1:8); Zeph. 2:4⁴For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (Zephaniah 2:4); Zech. 9:5⁵Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. (Zechariah 9:5).

Ashkenaz, ăsh-kē′-năz. Gen. 10:3³And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. (Genesis 10:3).

Ashnah, ăsh′-năh, “strong” (?); Josh. 15:33³³And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, (Joshua 15:33).

Ashpenaz, ăsh′-pē-năz. Dan. 1:3³And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; (Daniel 1:3).

Ashriel, ăsh′-rĭ-ĕl; same as ASRIEL. 1 Chron. 7:14¹⁴The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: (1 Chronicles 7:14).

Ashtaroth, ăsh′-tă-rōth.

(1) plural of Ashtoreth, were figures of the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the Astarte; or Aphrodite of the Greeks. Josh. 9:10¹⁰And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. (Joshua 9:10).

idolatrous worship of. by Israel, Judg. 2:13¹³And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. (Judges 2:13); 1 Sam. 12:10¹⁰And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. (1 Samuel 12:10).

by Solomon, 1 Kings 11:5,33⁵For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. (1 Kings 11:5)
³³Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. (1 Kings 11:33).

(2) capital of Og. Deut. 1:4⁴After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: (Deuteronomy 1:4); Josh. 9:10¹⁰And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. (Joshua 9:10).

Ashterathite, ăsh-tē′-ră-thīte; a native of Ashtaroth. 1 Chron. 11:44⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, (1 Chronicles 11:44).

Ashteroth Karnaim, ăsh′-tĕ-rōth kär-nā′-ĭm; Ashta-roth of the two horns.’ Gen. 14:5⁵And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, (Genesis 14:5).

Ashtoreth, ăsh′-tō-rĕth. 1 Kings 11:5⁵For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. (1 Kings 11:5).

Ashur, ăsh′-u̇r. 1 Chron. 2:24²⁴And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. (1 Chronicles 2:24).

Ashurites, ăsh′-ū-rītes. 2 Sam. 2:9⁹And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. (2 Samuel 2:9).

Ashvath, ăsh′-văth. 1 Chron. 7:33³³And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. (1 Chronicles 7:33).

Asia, ā′-siă; in the N.T. not the continent, but a Roman province in the western part of Asia Minor, including Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea (Rev. 2; Rev. 3) Acts 2:9⁹Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, (Acts 2:9).

Aside. 2 Kings 4:4⁴And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. (2 Kings 4:4); Mark 7:33³³And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; (Mark 7:33); Heb. 12:1¹Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, (Hebrews 12:1).

Asiel, ăs′-ĭ-ĕl, “created by God”; 1 Chron. 4:35³⁵And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, (1 Chronicles 4:35).

Ask. Psa. 2:8⁸Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. (Psalm 2:8); Isa. 45:11¹¹Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. (Isaiah 45:11): a. of me.

Isa. 65:1¹I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. (Isaiah 65:1): sought of them that a. not.

Matt. 7:7⁷Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: (Matthew 7:7); Luke 11:9⁹And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (Luke 11:9): a. and it shall be given.

Matt. 21:22²²And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. (Matthew 21:22): whatsoever ye a.

Mark 6:22²²And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. (Mark 6:22): a. what thou wilt.

John 14:13; 15:16¹³And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (John 14:13)
¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. (John 15:16): a. in my name.

James 1:5⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (James 1:5): let him a. of God.

1 John 3:22; 5:14²²And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:22)
¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: (1 John 5:14): whatsoever we a.

See Deut. 32:7⁷Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. (Deuteronomy 32:7); John 4:9-10⁹Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. ¹⁰Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (John 4:9‑10); 1 Cor. 14:35³⁵And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. (1 Corinthians 14:35).

Ask at, = ask of. Dan. 2:10¹⁰The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. (Daniel 2:10).