Gabatha
(Esther 12:1) [Bigthan, Or Bigthana]
Gabbai
(tax gatherer), apparently the head of an important family of Benjamin resident at Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 11:8) (B.C. before 536.)
Gabbatha
Gab Baitha, i.e., “the ridge of the house” = “the temple-mound,” on a part of which the fortress of Antonia was built. This “temple-mound” was covered with a tesselated “pavement” (Gr. lithostroton, …
Gabriel
Champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the seventy weeks (D…
Gad
Fortune; luck. (1.) Jacob’s seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 30:11-13; 46:16, 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, “A troop cometh: and she called…
Gad, The Tribe Of.
GAD, THE TRIBE OF. The territory, given to the tribe of Gad lay east of the Jordan, north of that allotted to Reuben, and south of that given to Manasseh on that side of the river. It extended from t…
Gadara.
GAD'ARA. See Gadarenes.
Gadarenes
The inhabitants of Gadara, in Revised Version “Gerasenes” (Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26, 37). In Matt. 8:28 they are called Gergesenes, Revised Version “Gadarenes.”
Gadarenes, Country Of,
GAD'ARENES, COUNTRY OF, possibly the same as that of the Gergesenes. Matt 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26. A region about Gadara, an important city about 6 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, and 16 mi…
Gadarenes, Girgesenes, Gerasenes
(These three names are used indiscriminately to designate the place where Jesus healed two demoniacs. The first two are in the Authorized Version. (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26) In Gerasenes in …
Gaddi
Fortunate, the representative of the tribe of Manasseh among the twelve “spies” sent by Moses to spy the land (Num. 13:11).
Gaddiel
Fortune (i.e., sent) of God, the representative of the tribe of Zebulum among the twelve spies (Num. 13:10).
Gadi
A Gadite, father of Menahem a king of Israel. (2 Kings 15:14,17)
Gadites, The
the descendants of Gad, and members of his tribe.
Gaham
(sunburnt), son of Nahor Abraham’s brother, by his concubine Reumah. (Genesis 22:24) (B.C. about 1900.)
Gahar
Lurking-place, one of the chief of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:47).
Gaius.
GA'IUS. A Macedonian, Acts 19:29, Paul's host at Corinth when the Epistle to the Romans was written, Rom 16:23, and baptized with his household by Paul. 1 Cor 1:16. He accompanied Paul to Ephesus, an…
Galaad
the Greek form of the word Gilead.
Galal
(influential)
Galatia,
GALA'TIA, a central province of Asia Minor, subject to the Roman rule, bounded by Bithynia and Paphlagonia on the north, Pontus on the east, Cappadocia and Lycaonia on the south, and Phrygia on the w…
Galatians
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO, written by Paul with his own hand (ch. Gal 6:11) between a.d. 65-58. Its design is to diffuse true notions among the Galatian Christians concerning justification, the relation …
Galatians, Epistle To
The genuineness of this epistle is not called in question. Its Pauline origin is universally acknowledged. Occasion of. The churches of Galatia were founded by Paul himself (Acts 16:6; Gal. 1:8; 4:13…
Galatians, The Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (Acts 18:23) and probably in the early portion of his two-and-a-half-years stay at Ephesus, which terminate…
Galbanum,
GAL'BANUM, a resinous gum of dark-yellow color, produced in Syria and neighboring countries, Ex 30:34. It burns with a pungent, disagreeable odor, was an ingredient of the sacred incense, and is stil…
Galeed
Heap of witness, the name of the pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban to mark the league of friendship into which they entered with each other (Gen. 31:47, 48). This was the name given to the “h…
Galilean
An inhabitant or native of Galilee. This word was used as a name of contempt as applied to our Lord’s disciples (Luke 22:59; Acts 2:7). All the apostles, with the exception of Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:…
Galileans,
GALILE'ANS, the inhabitants of the province of Galilee. Luke 13:1-3; Acts 2:7.
Galilee
Circuit. Solomon rewarded Hiram for certain services rendered him by the gift of an upland plain among the mountains of Naphtali. Hiram was dissatisfied with the gift, and called it “the land of Cabu…
Galilee Of The Gentiles
GAL'ILEE OF THE GEN'TILES. See Galilee.
Galilee, Sea Of,
GALILEE, SEA OF, a small lake of deep interest to the Bible-reader as the scene of some of the most remarkable works of Jesus. The lake is named from the district or province of Galilee. It was known…