Anklet
This word does not occur in the Authorized Version; but anklets are referred to in (Isaiah 3:16,18,20) They were fastened to the ankle band of each leg; were as common as bracelets and armlets and ma…
Anna
Grace, an aged widow, the daughter of Phanuel. She was a “prophetess,” like Miriam, Deborah, and Huldah (2 Chr. 34:22). After seven years of married life her husband died, and during her long widowho…
Annas
Was high priest A.D. 7-14. In A.D. 25 Caiaphas, who had married the daughter of Annas (John 18:13), was raised to that office, and probably Annas was now made president of the Sanhedrim, or deputy or…
Anoint
The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant of consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the high priest (Ex…
Anointing
in Holy Scripture, is either, I. Material—with oil—or II. Spiritual—with the Holy Ghost. I. MATERIAL.—
Ant
(Heb. nemalah, from a word meaning to creep, cut off, destroy), referred to in Prov. 6:6; 30:25, as distinguished for its prudent habits. Many ants in Palestine feed on animal substances, but others …
Antichrist
Against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ. The word is used only by the apostle John. Referring to false teachers, he says (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7), “Even now are there many a…
Antioch
(1.) In Syria, on the river Orontes, about 16 miles from the Mediterranean, and some 300 miles north of Jerusalem. It was the metropolis of Syria, and afterwards became the capital of the Roman provi…
Antiochus
The name of several Syrian kings from B.C. 280 to B.C. 65. The most notable of these were, (1.) Antiochus the Great, who ascended the throne B.C. 223. He is regarded as the “king of the north” referr…
Antipas
(1.) Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace. He was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea during the whole period of our Lord’s life on earth (Luke 23:7). He was a frivolous …
Antipatris
A city built by Herod the Great, and called by this name in honour of his father, Antipater. It lay between Caesarea and Lydda, two miles inland, on the great Roman road from Caesarea to Jerusalem. T…
Antipatris, Or Antipatris
(for his father), a town to which the soldiers conveyed St. Paul by night on their march. (Acts 23:31) Its ancient name was Capharsaba; and Herod, when he rebuilt the city, changed it to Antipatris, …
Antonia
A fortress in Jerusalem, at the north-west corner of the temple area. It is called “the castle” (Acts 21:34, 37). From the stairs of this castle Paul delivered his famous speech to the multitude in t…
Antothijah
(answers of Jehovah), a Benjamite, one of the sons of Jeroham. (1 Chronicles 8:24)
Antothite
An inhabitant of Anathoth, found only in 1 Chr. 11:28; 12:3. In 2 Sam. 23:27 it is Anethothite; in 1 Chr. 27:12, Anetothite. (R.V., “Anathothite.”)
Antothite, The
AN'TOTHITE, THE, a native of Anathoth. 1 Chr 11:28; 1 Chr 12:3.
Anub
(confederate), son of Coz and descendant of Judah, through Ashur the father of Tekoa (1 Chronicles 4:8)
Anvil
The rendering of the Hebrew word , “beaten,” found only in Isa. 41:7.
Ape
An animal of the monkey tribe (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21). It was brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram, and was called by the Hebrews koph_, and by the Greeks _kepos, both words bei…
Apelles,
APEL'LES, greeted and commended by Paul. Rom 16:10. Tradition makes him afterward bishop of Smyrna or Heraclea.
Apes
(Heb. kophim) are mentioned in (1 Kings 10:22) and 2Chr 9:21 There can be little doubt that the apes were brought from the same country which supplied ivory and peacocks, both of which are common in …
Apharsachites
A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6; 6:6).
Apharsathchites
Apharsites (from a root meaning) dividing or rending
Apharsathchites, Apharsites, Apharsachites
APHAR'SATHCHITES, APHAR'SITES, APHAR'SACHITES, colonists from Assyria to Samaria. 1 Kgs Ezra, 4:9;Jud 5:6; 1 Kgs 6:6.
Apharsathchites, Apharsites, Apharsacites
the names of certain tribes, colonies from which had been planted in Samaria by the Assyrian leader Asnapper. (Ezra 4:9; 5:6) The first and last are regarded as the same. Whence these tribes came is …
Apharsites
Another of the tribes removed to Samaria (Ezra 4:9), or perhaps the same as the preceding.
Aphek
(strength), the name of several places in Palestine.
Aphekah
(strong place), a city of Judah, in the mountains (Joshua 15:53) probably the same as Aphek, 1.
Aphiah
(refreshed), one of the fore-fathers of King Saul. (1 Samuel 9:1)
Aphik
(Judg. 1:31); Aphek (Josh. 13:4; 19:30), stronghold. (1.) A city of the tribe of Asher. It was the scene of the licentious worship of the Syrian Aphrodite. The ruins of the temple, “magnificent ruins…