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Bar-Jona in Hitchcock's Bible Names

son of a Jona; of a dove...

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Assos in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

as'-os (Assos): An ancient city of Mysia in the Roman province of Asia, at which, according to Acts 20:13, Paul and Luke rested while on their way from Troas to Mitylene. Standing upon a conical-shaped rock on the southern coast of the Troad, it occupied one of the finest sites in Asia. The rock is about 700 ft. high; its sides are covered wit...

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Augustus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the cognomen of the first Roman emperor, C. Julius Caesar Octavianus, during whose reign Christ was born (Luke 2:1). His decree that "all the world should be taxed" was the divinely ordered occasion of Jesus' being born, according to prophecy (Micah 5:2), in Bethlehem. This name being simply a title meaning "majesty" or "venerable," first ...

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Azaziah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom the Lord strengthens) 1. A Levite musician in the reign of David, appointed to play the harp in the service which attended the procession by which the ark was brought up from the house of Obed-edom. 1Ch 15:21 (B.C. 1048.) 2. The father of Hoshea, prince of the tribe of Ephraim when David numbered the people. 1Ch 27:20 3. One of the Lev...

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Azel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 8:37-38; 1 Chronicles 9:43-44....

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Azzur in Naves Topical Bible

1. An Israelite, who sealed Nehemiah's covenant Ne 10:17 -2. A Gibeonite Jer 28:1...

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Asnapper in Hitchcock's Bible Names

unhappiness; increase of danger...

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Assos in Naves Topical Bible

A seaport in Mysia Ac 20:13,14...

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Azariah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

az-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, "Yahweh has helped"): (1) King of Judah. See UZZIAH. (2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (1 Ch 2:8). (3) The son of Jehu, descended from an Egyptian through the daughter of Sheshan (1 Ch 2:38). (4) A son of Ahimaaz and grandson of Zadok (1 Ch 6:9). (5) A son of Zadok the high priest and an official of ...

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Augustus Caesar in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The first Roman emperor, reigning at Christ's birth (Luke 2:1, etc.). His decree that all the world should be taxed, each going to his own city, was the divinely ordered (Micah 5:2) occasion of Jesus' birth taking place at Bethlehem. Born 63 B.C. Also called Octavius and Octavianus from his father, who died while he was young. Educated by his ...

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