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Daniel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

judgment of God; God my judge...

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Dathan in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(See AARON; ABIRAM; KORAH.) He and Abiram , sons of Reuben, conspired with Korah against Moses and Aaron (Numbers 16:1-26; Numbers 16:9-11; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalm 106:17)....

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Dedan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(low country). 1. The name of a son of Raamah, son of Cush. Ge 10:7; 1Ch 1:9 2. A son of Jokshan, son of Keturah. Ge 25:3; 1Ch 1:32 (B.C. after 1988.)...

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Delaiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("Jehovah's freedman"); the modern Godfrey. 1. 1 Chronicles 24:18. 2. Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62; Nehemiah 7:64. 3. Nehemiah 6:10. 4. Interceded that king Jehoiakim would not burn Jeremiah's prophetic roll, but in vain (Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:25)....

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Demetrius in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

de-me'-tri-us (Demetrios, "of" or "belonging to Demeter," an ordinary name in Greece): (1) Demetrius I, surnamed Soter ("saviour"), was the son of Seleucus IV (Philopator). He was sent as a boy to Rome, by his father, to serve as a hostage, and remained there quietly during his father's life. He was detained also during the reign of his ...

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Daniel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

i.e. "God is my judge"; or as others, "the judge of God," as his Chaldee name Belteshazzar means "the prince of Bel." Probably from royal blood; compare Daniel 1:3 with 1 Chronicles 3:1, from whence it appears he bore the same name as David's son by Abigail (who is called Chileab in 2 Samuel 3:3 "like his father".) Carried to Babylon in Nebuch...

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Debir in Naves Topical Bible

1. King of Eglon Jos 10:3-27 -2. A town in the mountains of Judah Also called KIRJATH-SANNAH, and KIRJATH-SEPHER, which signifies a city of books Jos 15:15,16 Anakim expelled from, by Joshua Jos 11:21 Taken by Othniel Jos 15:15-17,49; Jud 1:12,13 Allotted to the Aaronites Jos 21:15 -3. A place near the valley of Achor Jos 15:7...

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Dedan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

low ground. (1.) A son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7). His descendants are mentioned in Isa. 21:13, and Ezek. 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the Persian Gulf. (2.) A son of Jokshan, Abraham's son by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:32). His descendants settled on the Syrian borders about the territory of Edom. The...

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