Bible Names A-G

Geber in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a valiant man, (1 Kings 4:19), one of Solomon's purveyors, having jurisdiction over a part of Gilead, comprising all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. 2; 31)....

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Gallio in Naves Topical Bible

(Proconsul (governor) of Achaia) -Dismisses complaint of Jews against Paul Ac 18:12-17...

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Gamaliel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

reward of God. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai (Num. 1:10; 2:20; 7:54, 59). (2.) The son of rabbi Simeon, and grandson of the famous rabbi Hillel. He was a Pharisse, and therefore the opponent of the party of the Sadducees. He was noted for his learning, and was president of the Sanhedrim during the regins of T...

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Gatam in Naves Topical Bible

-Grandson of Esau Ge 36:11,16; 1Ch 1:36...

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Son of Geber in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Kings 4:13. 2. 1 Kings 4:19. Having as his commissariat district the part of Gilead forming Sihon's and Og's kingdom, now Belka, the great pasture E. of Jordan. Translated not "he was the only officer in the land," for there were two others (1 Kings 4:13-14), but "and one (superior) officer (netsitb 'achad) who was in the land," namely,...

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Festus in Naves Topical Bible

Also called PORCIUS FESTUS, the Roman governor of Judaea, and successor to Governor Felix Ac 24:27 -Tries Paul Ac 25:26...

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Fortunatus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

fortunate, a disciple of Corinth who visited Paul at Ephesus, and returned with Stephanas and Achaicus, the bearers of the apostle's first letter to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 16:17)....

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Gaal in Hitchcock's Bible Names

contempt; abomination...

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