Aram
The son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); according to Gen. 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Matt. 1:3, 4, and Luke 3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1 Chr. 2:10). The word means h…
Aram-naharaim
Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Gen. 24:10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east and the Euphrates on the west (Ps. 60, title); called also the “field of …
Aram-zobah
(Ps. 60, title), probably the region between the Euphrates and the Orontes.
Aramitess
a female inhabitant of Aram. (1 Chronicles 7:14)
Aramnahataim
(highlands of two rivers). (Psalms 60:1), title. [Aram]
Aramzobah
Psal 60:1, title. [Aram, 1]
Aran
Wild goat, a descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:28).
Ararat
Sacred land or high land, the name of a country on one of the mountains of which the ark rested after the Flood subsided (Gen. 8:4). The “mountains” mentioned were probably the Kurdish range of South…
Araunah
Agile; also called Ornan 1 Chr. 21:15, a Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem before it was taken by the Israelites. The destroying angel, sent to punish David for his vanity in taking a census of the peo…
Arba
Four, a giant, father of Anak. From him the city of Hebron derived its name of Kirjath-arba, i.e., the city of Araba (Josh. 14:15; 15:13; 21:11; Gen. 13:18; 23:2). (See HEBRON.)
Arbah
Hebron, or Kirjath-Arba, as “the city of Arbah” is always rendered elsewhere. (Genesis 35:27)
Arbathite
A name given to Abi-albon, or, as elsewhere called, Abiel, one of David’s warriors (2 Sam. 23:31; 1 Chr. 11:32), probably as being an inhabitant of Arabah (Josh. 15:61), a town in the wilderness of J…
Arbathite, The,
AR'BATHITE, THE, i. e. native of the Arabah 2 Sam 23:31; 1 Chr 11:32.
Arbel
AR'BEL. Hos 10:14See Betharbel.
Arbite
a native of Arab. Paarai the Arbite was one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:35)
Arbite, The
AR'BITE, THE, i. e. native of Arab. Paarai was so called. 2 Sam 23:35.
Arch
An architectural term found only in Ezek. 40:16, 21, 22, 26, 29. There is no absolute proof that the Israelites employed arches in their buildings. The arch was employed in the building of the pyrami…
Arch Of Titus
A triumphal arch erected at Rome, and still remaining there, to commemorate the conquest of Judea and the destruction of Jerusalem by the emperor Titus. It was erected after his death, A.D. 91, by th…
Archangel
(1Thess. 4:16; Jude 1:9), the prince of the angels.
Archelaus
Ruler of the people, son of Herod the Great, by Malthace, a Samaritan woman. He was educated along with his brother Antipas at Rome. He inherited from his father a third part of his kingdom viz., Idu…
Archer
A shooter with the bow (1 Chr. 10:3). This art was of high antiquity (Gen. 21:20; 27:3). Saul was wounded by the Philistine archers (1 Sam. 31:3). The phrase “breaking the bow” (Hos. 1:5; Jer. 49:35)…
Archery
[Arms, Armor]
Archevite
One of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria (Ezra 4:9); the men of Erech.
Archevites
perhaps the inhabitants of Erech, some of whom had been placed as colonists in Samaria. (Ezra 4:9)
Archi
A city on the boundary of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2), between Bethel and Beth-horon the nether.
Archippus
Master of the horse, a “fellow-soldier” of Paul’s (Philemon 1:2), whom he exhorts to renewed activity (Col. 4:17). He was a member of Philemon’s family, probably his son.
Archite
The usual designation of Hushai (2 Sam. 15:32; 17:5, 14; 1 Chr. 27:33), who was a native of Archi. He was “the king’s friend”, i.e., he held office under David similar to that of our modern privy cou…
Archite, The
(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David’s friend Hushai. (2 Samuel 15:32; 17:5,14; 1 Chronicles 27:33)
Architecture
The book of (Genesis 4:17,20,22) appears to divide mankind into two great characteristic sections, viz., the “dwellers in tents” and the “dwellers in cities.” To the race of Shem is attributed (Genes…
Arcturus
Bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job 9:9; 38:32) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word ’ash, which probably d…