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Emmaus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e-ma'-us, em'-a-us (Emmaous, derivation uncertain, but probably from chammath, "a hot spring"): Josephus (BJ, IV, i, 3) says: "Now Emmaus, if it be interpreted, may be rendered `a warm bath' for therein is a spring of warm water useful for healing." Here he is referring to the hot springs near Tiberias. Possibly the same Greek name may not alw...

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En Dor in Naves Topical Bible

A city of the tribe of Manasseh Jos 17:11 -The witch of, consulted by Saul 1Sa 28:7-25 -Deborah triumphs at, over Sisera Jud 4; Ps 83:10...

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En Gedi in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

en'-ge-di, en-ge'-di (`en gedhi, "fountain of the kid"): Identical with the present Ain Jidi. According to 2 Ch 20:2 it is the same as Hazazon-tamar, mentioned in Gen 14:7 as occupied by the Amorites and as having been attacked by Chedorlaomer after leaving Kadesh and El Paran on his way to the Vale of Siddim. The place is situated upon the We...

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En Gedi Scripture - 1 Samuel 24:1

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the wilderness of Engedi....

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Ephesus Scripture - Acts 19:1

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,...

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Ephesus Scripture - Acts 20:17

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church....

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Emmaus in Naves Topical Bible

(A village about threescore furlongs (approximately seven miles) from Jerusalem) -Appearance of Jesus in, after his resurrection Lu 24:13...

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Ephesus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Chief city of the Ionian confederacy and capital of the Roman province "Asia" (Mysia, Lydia, Caria), on the S. side of the plain of Cayster, and partly on the heights of Prion and Coressus, opposite the island of Samos. A leading scene of Paul's ministry (Acts 18; 19; 20); also one of the seven churches addressed in the Apocalypse (Revelation ...

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Elath in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

In Edom, on the Red Sea, near Ezion Geber (Deuteronomy 2:8). Now in Arabic Eyleh, at the point of the eastern horn of the Red Sea. Both town and gulf are named Akaba. No doubt included in David's conquest of Edom (2 Samuel 8:14). Solomon's navy rode at sea near Ezion Geber, beside Eloth (1 Kings 9:26; 2 Chronicles 8:17). From Elath the Elaniti...

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Elim in Easton's Bible Dictionary

trees, (Ex. 15:27; Num. 33:9), the name of the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea. It had "twelve wells of water and threescore and ten palm trees." It has been identified with the Wady Ghurundel, the most noted of the four wadies which descend from the range of et-Tih towards the sea. Here they probabl...

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