Bible Names A-G

Eden in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(pleasure). 1. The first residence of man, called in the Septuagint Paradise. The latter is a word of Persian origin, and describes an extensive tract of pleasure land, somewhat like an English park; and the use of it suggests a wider view of man's first abode than a garden. The description of Eden is found in Ge 2:8-14 In the eastern portion...

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Eder in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("flock".) 1. A town in S. of Judah, on Edom's border (Joshua 15:21). 2. A Levite of Merari's family in the time of David (1 Chronicles 23:23)....

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Dionysius in Naves Topical Bible

A convert of Paul Ac 17:34...

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Diotrephes in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jove-nourished, rebuked by John for his pride (3 John 1:9). He was a Judaizer, prating against John and his fellow- labourers "with malicious words" (7)....

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Dodo in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(loving). 1. A man of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan, who was one of David's thirty captains. 2Sa 23:24; 1Ch 11:26 He is a different person from 2. DODO THE AHOHITE, father of Eleazar, the second of the three mighty men who were over the thirty. 2Sa 23:9; 1Ch 11:12 (B.C. before 1046)....

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Didymus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

did'-i-mus (Didumos, i.e. "twin"): The surname of THOMAS (which see)....

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Dionysius in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(devoted to Dionysus, i.e., Bacchus) the Areop'agite, Ac 17:34 an eminent Athenian, converted to Christianity by the preaching of St. Paul. (A.D. 52.) He is said to have been first bishop of Athens. The writings which were once attributed to him are now confessed to be the production of some neo-Platonists of the sixth century....

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