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“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life.” — John 5:39

THE BIBLOPEDIABible Dictionary & EncyclopediaOne work in one place — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) and the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) merged: 11,015 entries on the people, places, and things of Scripture. Every entry opens quick, then goes as deep as the encyclopedia goes, on the same page. Search it, or browse it A to Z, just below.

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AaronEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the eldest son of Amram and lochebed, a daughter of Levi (Exodus 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, ill…AbednegoEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897servant of Nego=Nebo, the Chaldee name given to Azariah, one of Daniel’s three companions (Daniel 2:49). With Shadrach and Meshach, he was delivered f…AbigailEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897father (i.e., “leader”) of the dance, or “of joy.” (1.) The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chronicles 2:16,17). She was the moth…AbimelechEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897my father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian kings. (1.) The Philistine king of Gera…
AbiramEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897father of height; i.e., “proud.” (1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirator…AbishaiEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897father of (i.e., “desirous of’) a gift, the eldest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He was the brother of Joab and Asahel (2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles …AbrahamEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897father of a multitude, son of Terah, named (Genesis 11:27) before his older brothers Nahor and Haran, because he was the heir of the promises. Till th…AbsalomEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897father of peace; i.e., “peaceful” David’s son by Maacah (2 Samuel 3:3; comp. 1 Kings 1:6). He was noted for his personal beauty and for the extra-ordi…
AchanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chronicles 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Joshua 7:1).…AdamEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first…A GagEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian. (1.) A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Numbers 24:7). H…AhabEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897father’s brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebe…
AHASUERUS ThereEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Daniel 9:1. This was probably the Cyaxares I. k…AhaziahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897held by Jehovah. (1.) The son and successor of Ahab. He followed the counsels of his mother Jezebel, and imitated in wickedness the ways of his father…AiEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897ruins. (1.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Joshua 10:1; Genesis 12:8; 13:3). It was the scene of Joshua’s defeat, and afterwards of his vi…AmalekEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:12; 1 Chronicles 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Genesis 36:16). His mo…
AmoritesEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan (Genesis 14:7), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Eg…AmosEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897borne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekota, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles south-east of Bethlehem. He was …AnaniasEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a common Jewish name, the same as Hananiah. (1.) One of the members of the church at Jerusalem, who conspired with his wife Sapphira to deceive the br…AntiochusEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the 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.…
AreopagusEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the Latin form of the Greek word rendered “Mars’ hill.” But it denotes also the council or court of justice which met in the open air on the hill. It …ARK Noah’sEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897ark, a building of gopher- wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Genesis 6:14-16); an oblong floating ho…ArtaxerxesEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. (1.) The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:7). He was probably the Smerdis…AssyriaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the country, was originally a colony from Babylonia, and was ruled by vic…
AthaliahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897whom God afflicts. (1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Kings 8:18), who “walked in the ways of the house …AthensEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the capital of Attica, the most celebrated city of the ancient world, the seat of Greek literature and art during the golden period of Grecian history…BAAL Lord.Easton’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(1.) The name appropriated to the principal male God of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judges 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kin…BabylonEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the Greek form of BABEL; Semitic form Babilu, meaning “The Gate of God.” In the Assyrian tablets it means “The city of the dispersion of the tribes.” …
BALAAM LordEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Numbers 31:8; comp. 16). …BarakEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897lightning, the son of Abinoam (Judges 4:6). At the summons of Deborah he made war against Jabin. She accompanied him into the battle, and gave the sig…BarnabasEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897son of consolation, the surname of Joses, a Levite (Acts 4:36). His name stands first on the list of prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch (1…BaruchEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regar…
Bath-ShebaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu’a (1 Chronicles 3:5), was the daughter of Eliam (2 Samuel 1 1:3) or Ammiel (1 Chronicles 3:5),…BelEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the Aramaic form of Baal, the national God of the Babylonians (Isaiah 46:1; Jeremiah 50:2; 51:44). It signifies “Lord.” (See BAAL.)…BELSHAZZAR BelEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897protect the king!, the last of the kings of Babylon (Daniel 5: 1). He was the son of Nabonidus by Nitocris, who was the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar and…BenjaminEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Genesis 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethleh…
BethanyEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897house of dates. (1.) The Revised Version in John 1:28 has this word instead of Bethabara, on the authority of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to ha…BethlehemEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897house of bread. (1.) A city in the “hill country” of Judah. It was originally called Ephrath (Genesis 35:16, 19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11). It was also called …BoazEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897alacrity. (1.) The husband of Ruth, a wealthy Bethlehemite. By the “levirate law” the duty devolved on him of marrying Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 4:1-13…CaiaphasEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the Jewish high priest (A.D. 27-36) at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry, in the reign of Tiberius (Luke 3:2), and also at the time of his c…
CainEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a possession; a spear. (1.) The first-born son of Adam and Eve (Genesis 4). He became a tiller of the ground, as his brother Abel followed the pursuit…CanaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897reedy, a town of Galilee, near Capernaum. Here our Lord wrought his first miracle, the turning of water into wine (John 2:1-11; 4:46). It is also ment…CanaanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(1.) The fourth son of Ham (Genesis 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father (9:22-27). His eldest …CherubEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897plural cherubim, the name of certain symbolical figures frequently mentioned in Scripture. They are first mentioned in connection with the expulsion o…
CorneliusEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a centurion whose history is narrated in Acts 10. He was a “devout man,” and like the centurion of Capernaum, believed in the God of Israel. His resid…CreationEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897“In the beginning” God created, i.e., called into being, all things out of nothing. This creative act on the part of God was absolutely free, and for …CrucifixionEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. …CyrusEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(Hebrews Ko’resh), the celebrated “King of Persia” (Elam) who was conqueror of Babylon, and issued the decree of liberation to the Jews (Ezra 1:1, 2).…
DagonEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897little fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-God; the national God of the Philistines (Judges 16:23). This idol had the body of a fish with the…DANIEL GodEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897is my judge, or judge of God. (1.) David’s second son, “born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess” (1 Chronicles 3:1). He is called also Chi…DathanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897welled; belonging to a fountain, a son of Eliab, a Reubenite, who joined Korah (q.v.) in his conspiracy, and with his accomplices was swallowed up by …DavidEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not re…
DeborahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a bee. (1.) Rebekah’s nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father’s house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac (Genesis 24:59). …DelilahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897languishing, a Philistine woman who dwelt in the valley of Sorek (Judges 16:4-20). She was bribed by the “lords of the Philistines” to obtain from Sam…D El UgeEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the name given to Noah’s flood, the history of which is recorded in Genesis 7 and 8. It began in the year 2516 B.C., and continued twelve lunar months…Dove InEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated “dove-cots” are prepared for them (Cant. 2:14; Jeremi…
EgyptEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. The Egyptians…EliEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh (1 Samuel 1:3, 9). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron’s fourth son (1 Chronicles 24:3; …ELIEZER GodEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897his help. (1.) “Of Damascus,” the “steward” (R.V., “possessor”) of Abraham’s house (Genesis 15:2, 3). It was probably he who headed the embassy sent b…ElijahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a mess…
ELISABETH GodEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897her oath, the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5). She was a descendant of Aaron. She and her husband Zacharias (q.v.) “were both righteous before G…Elisha GodEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the co…EmmausEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897hot baths, a village “three-score furlongs” from jerusalem, where our Lord had an interview with two of his disciples on the day of his resurrection (…EndorEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897fountain of Dor; i.e., “of the age”, a place in the territory of Issachar (Joshua 17:11) near the scene of the great victory which was gained by Debor…
EsauEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897hairy, Rebekah’s first-bom twin son (Genesis 25:25). The name of Edom, “red”, was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the red lentil…EstherEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. She was a Jewess named Hadas’sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal har…Ethiopian EunuchEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the chief officer or prime minister of state of Candace (q.v.), queen of Ethiopia. He was converted to Christianity through the instrumentality of Phi…EveEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897life; living, the name given by Adam to his wife (Genesis 3:20; 4:1). The account of her creation is given in Genesis 2:21, 22. The Creator, by declar…
ExodusEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the great deliverance wrought for the children of Isreal when they were brought out of the land of Egypt with “a mighty hand and with an outstretched …Ezekiel GodEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897will strengthen. (1.) 1 Chronicles 24:16, “Jehezekel.” (2.) One of the great prophets, the son of Buzi the priest (Ezekiel 1:3). He was one of the Jew…EzraEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897help. (1.) A priest among those that returned to Jerusalem under Zerubabel (Nehemiah 12:1). (2.) The “scribe” who led the second body of exiles that r…GabrielEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897champion 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 c…
GazaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897called also Azzah, which is its Hebrew name (Deuteronomy 2:23; 1 Kings 4:24; Jeremiah 25:20), strong, a city on the Mediterranean shore, remarkable fo…GethsemaneEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897oil-press, the name of an olive-yard at the foot of the Mount of Olives, to which Jesus was wont to retire (Luke 22:39) with his disciples, and which …GideonEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897called also Jerubbaal (Judges 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judges 6-8). His calling is the comme…Golden CalfEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(Exodus 32:4,8; Deuteronomy 9:16; Nehemiah 9:18). This was a molten image of a calf which the idolatrous Israelites formed at Sinai. This symbol was b…
GolgothaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified. It is interpreted by the evangelists as meaning “the place of a skull” (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:…GoliathEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897great. (1.) A famous giant of Gath, who for forty days openly defied the armies of Israel, but was at length slain by David with a stone from a sling …GomorrahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897submersion, one of the five cities of the plain of Siddim (q.v.) which were destroyed by fire (Genesis 10:19; 13:10; 19:24, 28). These cities probably…GreeceEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897orginally consisted of the four provinces of Macedonia, Epirus, Achaia, and Peleponnesus. In Acts 20:2 it designates only the Roman province of Macedo…
HagarEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897flight, or, according to others, stranger, an Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid (Genesis 16:1; 21:9, 10), whom she gave to Abraham (q.v.) as a secondary wife…HamEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897warm, hot, and hence the south; also an Egyptian word meaning “black”, the youngest son of Noah (Genesis 5:32; comp. 9:22,24). The curse pronounced by…HamanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(of Persian origin), magnificent, the name of the vizier (i.e., the prime minister) of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1, etc.). He is called an …HannahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897favour, grace, one of the wives of Elkanah the Levite, and the mother of Samuel (1 Samuel 1; 2). Her home was at Ramathaim-zophim, whence she was wont…
HorebEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897desert or mountain of the dried-up ground, a general name for the whole mountain range of which Sinai was one of the summits (Exodus 3:1; 17:6; 33:6; …IsaacEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897laughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes (Amos 7:9, 16). (2.) The only son of Abraham by Sarah. He was the longest lived of the three pa…IsaiahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(Hebrews Yesh’yahu, i.e., “the salvation of Jehovah”). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isaiah 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was c…ISHMAEL GodEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897hears. (1.) Abraham’s eldest son, by Hagar the concubine (Genesis 16:15; 17:23). He was born at Mamre, when Abraham was eighty-six years of age, eleve…
IsraelEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer- struggle at Peniel (Genesis 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and prevailed.” (Se…JabeshEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897dry. (1.) For Jabesh-Gilead (1 Samuel 11:3,9,10). (2.) The father of Shallum (2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14), who usurped the throne of Israel on the death of…JacobEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897one who follows on another’s heels; supplanter, (Genesis 25:26; 27:36; Hos. 12:2-4), the second bom of the twin sons of Isaac by Rebekah. He was born …JaelEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897mountain-goat, the wife of Heber the Kenite (Judges 4:17-22). When the Canaanites were defeated by Barak, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, fled an…
JairusEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a ruler of the synagogue at Capernaum, whose only daughter Jesus restored to life (Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41). Entering into the chamber of death, accompan…JEHU JehovahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chronicles 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 1…JephthahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897whom God sets free, or the breaker through, a “mighty man of valour” who delivered Israel from the oppression of the Ammonites (Judges 11:1-33), and j…JeremiahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897raised up or appointed by Jehovah. (1.) A Gadite who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chronicles 12:10). (2.) A Gadite warrior (1 Chronicles 12:13). …
JerichoEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast grove of palm trees, in the plain of Jordan, over against the place where that river was cros…JeroboamEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897increase of the people. (1.) The son of Nebat (1 Kings 11:26-39), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two y…JerusalemEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr…JesusEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(1.) Joshua, the son of Nun (Acts 7:45; Hebrews 4:8; R.V., “Joshua”). (2.) A Jewish Christian surnamed Justus (Colossians 4:11). Je’sus, the proper, a…
JezebelEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel (1 Kings 16:31). This was the “first time that a …JobEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897persecuted, an Arabian patriarch who resided in the land of Uz (q.v.). While living in the midst of great prosperity, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a…JohnEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(1.) One who, with Annas and Caiaphas, sat in judgment on the apostles Peter and John (Acts 4:6). He was of the kindred of the high priest; otherwise …JOHN THE BaptistEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the “forerunner of our Lord.” We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels. He was of priestly descent. His father, Zacharias,…
JonahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a dove, the son of Amittai of Gath-hepher. He was a prophet of Israel, and predicted the restoration of the ancient boundaries (2 Kings 14:25-27) of t…JonathanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897whom Jehovah gave, the name of fifteen or more persons that are mentioned in Scripture. The chief of these are, (1.) A Levite descended from Gershom (…JoppaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897beauty, a town in the portion of Dan (Joshua 19:46; A.V., “Japho”), on a sandy promontory between Caesarea and Gaza, and at a distance of 30 miles nor…JORDAN HebrewsEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897Yarden, “the descender;” Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, “the watering-place” the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south down a deep valley in…
JosephEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Genesis 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, “God hath taken …Joshua JehovahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in…JosiahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897healed by Jehovah, or Jehovah will support. The son of Amon, and his successor on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 22: 1; 2 Chronicles 34: 1). His history…JudahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I praise [Hebrew…
JudasEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the Graecized form of Judah. (1.) The patriarch (Matthew 1:2, 3). (2.) Son of Simon (John 6:71; 13:2, 26), surnamed Iscariot, i.e., a man of Kerioth (…JudithEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897Jewess, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and one of Esau’s wives (Genesis 26:34), elsewhere called Aholibamah (36:2-14).…KorahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897ice, hail. (1.) The third son of Esau, by Aholibamah (Genesis 36:14; 1 Chronicles 1:35). (2.) A Levite, the son of Izhar, the brother of Amram, the fa…LabanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897white. (1.) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister Rebekah was Isaac’s wife (Ge…
LazarusEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897an abbreviation of Eleazar, whom God helps. (1.) The brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany. He was raised from the dead after he had lain four days in…LebanonEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897white, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus,…LeviathanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning “twisted,” “coiled.” In Job 3:8, Revised Version, and marg. of Authorized Version, it denotes the dr…LeviteEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a descendant of the tribe of Levi (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3, 41). This name is, however, generally used as the title of…
LotEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(Hebrews goral, a “pebble”), a small stone used in casting lots (Numbers 33:54; Jonah 1:7). The lot was always resorted to by the Hebrews with stricte…MACCABEES ThisEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897word does not occur in Scripture. It was the name given to the leaders of the national party among the Jews who suffered in the persecution under Anti…MagdaleneEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of the Gospels to distinguish her from the other Marys (Matthew 2…Manna HebrewsEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897man-hu, “What is that?” the name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously supplied to them during their wanderings in the wilderness (Exodus 1…
MarthaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897bitterness, the sister of Lazarus and Mary, and probably the eldest of the family, who all resided at Bethany (Luke 10:38, 40, 41; John 11:1-39). Lrom…Mary Hebrew Miriam.Easton’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(1.) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the “Virgin Mary,” though never so designated in Scripture (Matthew 2:11; Acts 1:14). Little is k…MelchizedekEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897king of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in Genesis 14:18-20. He is subsequently mentioned only once in the Old…MeshachEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the title given to Mishael, one of the three Hebrew youths who were under training at the Babylonian court for the rank of Magi (Daniel 1:7; 2:49; 3:1…
MicahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a shortened form of Micaiah, who is l ik e Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judges 17, apparently for the p…MichaelEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897who is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels (Daniel 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had special charge of Israel as a nation. He disputed wi…MiriamEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897their rebellion. (1.) The sister of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 2:4-10; 1 Chronicles 6:3). Her name is prominent in the history of the Exodus. She is call…MordecaiEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at l…
MosesEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897drawn (or Egypt, mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Genesis 45: 17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. Th…NainEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(from Hebrews nain, “green pastures,” “lovely”), the name of a town near the gate of which Jesus raised to life a widow’s son (Luke 7:11-17). It is id…NaomiEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the lovable; my delight, the wife of Elimelech, and mother of Mahlon and Chilion, and mother-in-law of Ruth (1:2, 20, 21; 2:1). Elimelech and his wife…NathanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897given. (1.) A prophet in the reigns of David and Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:29). He is first spoken of in connection with the arrangements David made for…
NehemiahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897comforted by Jehovah. (1.) Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7. (2.) Nehemiah 3:16. (3.) The son of Hachaliah (Nehemiah 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. H…NehushtanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897of copper; a brazen thing a name of contempt given to the serpent Moses had made in the wilderness (Numbers 21:8), and which Hezekiah destroyed becaus…NileEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897dark; blue, not found in Scripture, but frequently referred to in the Old Testament under the name of Sihor, i.e., “the black stream” (Isaiah 23:3; Je…NINEVEH FirstEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897mentioned in Genesis 10:11, which is rendered in the Revised Version, “He [i.e., Nimrod] went forth into Assyria and budded Nineveh.” It is not again …
NoahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897rest, (Hebrews Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Genesis 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lame…OrpahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897forelock or fawn, a Moabitess, the wife of Chilion (Ruth 1:4; 4:10). On the death of her husband she accompanied Naomi, her mother-in-law, part of the…PassoverEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord’s passing over the hous…PatmosEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a small rocky and barren island, one of the group called the “Sporades,” in the AEgean Sea. It is mentioned in Scripture only in Revelation 1:9. It wa…
PaulEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897=Saul (q.v.) was bom about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy “for…PentecostEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897i.e., “fiftieth”, found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Exodus 23: 16 as …PersiaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897an ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The Persians were originally a Me…PeterEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897originally called Simon (=Simeon,i.e., “hearing”), a very common Jewish name in the New Testament. He was the son of Jona (Matthew 16:17). His mother …
PharaohEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See EGYPT.) The name is a compound, as…PhariseesEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897separatists (Hebrews persahin, fromparash, “to separate”). They were probably the successors of the Assideans (i.e., the “pious”), a party that origin…PhilipEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897lover of horses. (1.) One of the twelve apostles; a native of Bethsaida, “the city of Andrew and Peter” (John 1:44). He readily responded to the call …PublicanEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897one who farmed the taxes (e.g., Zacchaeus, Luke 19:2) to be levied from a town or district, and thus undertook to pay to the supreme government a cert…
RachelEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897ewe, “the daughter”, “the somewhat petulant, peevish, and self-willed though beautiful younger daughter” of Laban, and one of Jacob’s wives (Genesis 2…RahabEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897insolence; pride, a poetical name applied to Egypt in Psalm 87:4; 89:10; Isaiah 51:9, as “the proud one.” Rahab, (Hebrews Rahab; i.e., “broad,” “large…RebekahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a noose, the daughter of Bethuel, and the wife of Isaac (Genesis 22:23; 24:67). The circumstances under which Abraham’s “steward” found her at the “ci…RehoboamEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897he enlarges the people, the successor of Solomon on the throne, and apparently his only son. He was the son of Naamah “the Ammonitess,” some well-know…
RephidimEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897supports, one of the stations of the Israelites, situated in the Wady Feiran, near its junction with the Wady esh-Sheikh. Here no water could be found…RESURRECTION OF ChristEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897one of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). The whole of the New Testament…RomeEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the most celebrated city in the world at the time of Christ. It is said to have been founded B.C. 753. When the New Testament was written, Rome was en…RuthEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a friend, a Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, whose father, Elimelech, had settled in the land of Moab. On the death of Elimelech and Mahlon, Naomi came …
SamariaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the “hill of Shomeron,” a solita…SamaritansEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897the name given to the new and mixed inhabitants whom Esarhaddon (B.C. 677), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and settled in …SamsonEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judges 13-16. He was a “Nazarite unto God” from his birth, the fir…SamuelEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897heard of God. The peculiar circumstances connected with his birth are recorded in 1 Samuel 1:20. Hannah, one of the two wives of Elkanah, who came up …
SarahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897princess, the wife and at the same time the half-sister of Abraham (Genesis 1 1 :29; 20: 12). This name was given to her at the time that it was annou…SaulEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897asked for. (1.) A king of Edom (Genesis 36:37, 38); called Shaul in 1 Chronicles 1:48. (2.) The son of Kish (probably his only son, and a child of pra…SENNACHERIB SinEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(the God) sends many brothers, son of Sargon, whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 705), in the 23rd year of Hezekiah. “Like the Persian X…SHADRACH Aku’sEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897command, the Chaldean name given to Hananiah, one of the Hebrew youths whom Nebuchadnezzar carried captive to Babylon (Daniel 1:6, 7; 3:12-30). He and…
ShebaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897an oath, seven. (1.) Hebrews shebha, the son of Raamah (Genesis 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Hebrews…ShimeiEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897famous. (1.) A son of Gershon, and grandson of Levi (Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6: 17, 29); called Shimi in Exodus 6: 17. (2.) A Benjamite of the hous…SimeonEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897hearing. (1.) The second son of Jacob by Leah (Genesis 29:33). He was associated with Levi in the terrible act of vengeance against Hamor and the Shec…SinaiEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897of Sin (the moon God), called also Horeb, the name of the mountain district which was reached by the Hebrews in the third month after the Exodus. Here…
SodomEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim (Genesis 13:10; 14:1-16). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, b…SolomonEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897peaceful, (Hebrews Shelomoh), David’s second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Samuel 12). He was probably born about B.…Step He NEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897one of the seven deacons, who became a preacher of the gospel. He was the first Christian martyr. His personal character and history are recorded in A…SusannaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897lily, with other pious women, ministered to Jesus (Luke 8:3).…
SyriaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(Hebrews Aram), the name in the Old Testament given to the whole country which lay to the north-east of Phoenicia, extending to beyond the Euphrates a…TempleEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897first used of the tabernacle, which is called “the temple of the Lord” (1 Samuel 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ’s …ThessalonicaEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a large and populous city on the Thermaic bay. It was the capital of one of the four Roman districts of Macedonia, and was ruled by a praetor. It was …ThomasEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897twin, one of the twelve (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18, etc.). He was also called Didymus (John 11:16; 20:24), which is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew n…
TributeEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897a tax imposed by a king on his subjects (2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:6; Romans 13:6). In Matthew 17:24-27 the word denotes the temple rate (the “didrach…VashtiEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897beautiful, the queen of Ahasuerus, who was deposed from her royal dignity because she refused to obey the king when he desired her to appear in the ba…ZachariasEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897(1.) A priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which the priests had been originally divided by David (1 Chronicles 2…ZarephathEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897smelting-shop, “a workshop for the refining and smelting of metals”, a small Phoenician town, now Surafend, about a mile from the coast, almost midway…
ZECHARIAH JehovahEaston’s Bible Dictionary · 1897is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describ…
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