Ajalon
And Aij’alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could not drive the Amorites (Judg. 1:35). It was one of the Levitical cities gi…
Akan
(sharp sighted), son of Ezer, one of the “dukes” or chieftains of the Horites, and descendant of Seir. (Genesis 36:27) He is called Jakan in (1 Chronicles 1:42)
Akeldama
Revised Version of (Acts 1:19) for Aceldama.
Akkub
(another form of Jacob). (1.) The head of one of the families of Nethinim (Ezra 2:45). (2.) A Levite who kept the gate of the temple after the return from Babylon (1 Chr. 9:17; Ezra 2:42; Neh. 7:45).…
Akmageddon
AKMAGED'DON (mount of Megiddo), a name used figuratively in Rev 16:16, and suggested by the great battle-field noted in the Old Testament and now known as the Plain of Esdraelon. ARME'NIA (mountains …
Akrabbim
Scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin, es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the land of Palestine. Sco…
Al-taschith
AL-TAS'CHITH (destroy not). These words are in the titles to Ps 57, Ps 57:58, Ps 57:59 and Ps 57:75, and are probably "the beginning of some song or poem to the tune of which those psalms were to be …
Alabaster
Occurs only in the New Testament in connection with the box of “ointment of spikenard very precious,” with the contents of which a woman anointed the head of Jesus as he sat at supper in the house of…
Alameth
properly Al’emeth (covering), one of the sons of Beecher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8)
Alammelech
(king’s oak), a place within the limits of Asher, named between Achshaph and Amad. (Joshua 19:26) only.
Alamoth
Virgins, a musical term (1 Chr. 15:20), denoting that the psalm which bears this inscription (Ps. 46) was to be sung by soprano or female voices.
Alarm
A particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give warning to the Hebrews on their journey through the wilderness (Num. 10:5, 6), a call to arms, or a war-note (Jer. 4:19; 49:2; Zeph. 1:16).
Alemeth
Covering. (1.) One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:8). (2.) One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chr. 8:36). (3.) A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chr. 6:60…
Alexander
Man-defender. (1.) A relative of Annas the high priest, present when Peter and John were examined before the Sanhedrim (Acts 4:6). (2.) A man whose father, Simon the Cyrenian, bore the cross of Chris…
Alexander Iii
(helper of men—brave) king of Macedon, surnamed the Great, the son of Philip and Olympias, was born at Pella B.C. 356, and succeeded his father B.C. 336. Two years afterwards he crossed the Hellespon…
Alexander The Great
The king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the “belly of brass” (Dan. 2:32), and the leopard and the he-goat (7:6; 11:3, 4). He succeeded his father Philip, and die…
Alexandria
The ancient metropolis of Lower Egypt, so called from its founder, Alexander the Great (about B.C. 333). It was for a long period the greatest of existing cities, for both Nineveh and Babylon had bee…
Alexandria, Or Alexandria
(from Alexander), 3 Ma 3:1; (Acts 18:24; 6:9) the Hellenic, Roman and Christian capital of Egypt. Situation .— (Alexandria was situated on the Mediterranean Sea directly opposite the island of Pharos…
Alexandrians.
ALEXANDRIANS. Acts 6:9. Jews from Alexandria at Jerusalem, where they had a synagogue by themselves, or perhaps the Libertines and Cyrenians worshipped with them.
Algum
(2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11), the same as almug (1 Kings 10:11).
Algum Or Almug Trees
the former occurring in (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10,11) the latter in (1 Kings 10:11,12) These words are identical. From (1 Kings 10:11,12; 2 Chronicles 9:10,11) we learn that the almug was brought in gr…
Aliah
[Alvah]
Alian
[Alvan]
Alien
A foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides. Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens. (1.) Those…
Allegory
Used only in Gal. 4:24, where the apostle refers to the history of Isaac the free-born, and Ishmael the slave-born, and makes use of it allegorically. Every parable is an allegory. Nathan (2 Sam. 12:…
Alleliiia
ALLELII'IA, Rev 19:1, or HALLELU'JAH, a Hebrew word signifying Praise ye the Lord. It was a common exclamation of joy and praise in the Jewish worship, and begins and concludes several of the Psalms,…
Alleluia
The Greek form (Rev. 19:1, 3, 4, 6) of the Hebrew Hallelujah = Praise ye Jehovah, which begins or ends several of the psalms (106, 111, 112, 113, etc.).
Alliance
A treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage. Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Gen. 14:13), also with Abimelech (21:22-32). Joshua and …
Alliances
On the first establishment of the Hebrews in Palestine no connections were formed between them and the surrounding nations. But with the extension of their power under the kings alliances became esse…
Allon
Oak. (1.) The expression in the Authorized Version of Josh. 19:33, “from Allon to Zaanannim,” is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version, “from the oak in Zaanannim.” The word denotes some rem…