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Diotrephes in Naves Topical Bible

A false teacher 3Jo 1:9...

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Dishan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

antelope, the youngest son of Seir the Horite, head of one of the tribes of Idumaea (Gen. 36:21, 28, 30)....

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Dodo in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

do'-do, (dodho, dodhay, "beloved"): (1) The grandfather of Tola of the tribe of Issachar, one of the judges (Jdg 10:1). (2) "The Ahohite," father of Eleazar, one of David's heroes, and (2 Sam 23:9; 1 Ch 11:12) himself the commander of one of the divisions of the army (1 Ch 27:4). (3) The Bethlehemite, father of Elhanan, one of David's migh...

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Doeg in Easton's Bible Dictionary

fearful, an Edomite, the chief overseer of Saul's flocks (1 Sam. 21:7). At the command of Saul he slew the high priest Ahimelech (q.v.) at Nob, together with all the priests to the number of eighty-five persons. (Comp. Ps. 52, title.)...

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Dathan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

da'-than (dathan, meaning and derivation unknown, though the name is found in Assyrian, in the records of Shalmaneser II): The son of Eliab the son of Pallu the son of Reuben (Nu 26:5 ff; Dt 11:6; Ps 106:17). He and his brother Abiram, with others, followed Korah the Levite in disputing the authority of Moses and Aaron in the wilderness (Nu 16...

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David in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(well-beloved), the son of Jesse. His life may be divided into three portions: 1. His youth before his introduction to the court of Saul; 2. His relations with Saul; 3. His reign. 1. The early life of David contains in many important respects the antecedents of his future career. It appears that David was the youngest son, probably the you...

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Delaiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

de-la'-ya (delayah, "God has raised"): (1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:24; the King James Version "Dalaiah"). (2) One of David's priests and leader of the 23rd course (1 Ch 24:18). (3) One of the princes who pleaded with Jehoiakim not to destroy the roll containing the prophecies of Jeremiah (Jer 36:12,25). (4) The ancestor of a post-exilic f...

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Demas in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(governor of the people), most probably a contraction from Demetrius or perhaps from Demarchus, a companion of St. Paul, Phm 1:24; Col 4:14 during his first imprisonment at Rome. (A.D. 57.) At a later period, 2Ti 4:10 we find him mentioned as having deserted the apostle through love of this present world, and gone to Thessalonica....

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Debir in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. In the highlands of Judah, near Hebron. First taken by Joshua (Joshua 10:38-39; Joshua 11:21; Joshua 12:13; Joshua 15:49). Formerly Kirjath Sepher (city of the book), or K. Sannah (palm). There is still a Dewirban three miles W. of Hebron. But Debir was S. of Hebron (Joshua 15:49); so Van de Velde identifies it with Dilbeh, S.W. of Hebron. ...

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