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Azmaveth in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33. 2. 1 Chronicles 8:36; 1 Chronicles 9:42; 1 Chronicles 12:3. 3. 1 Chronicles 12:3. 4. 1 Chronicles 27:25. 5. A place in Benjamin (Ezra 2:24). Beth-Azmaveth (Nehemiah 7:28; Nehemiah 12:29). The singers from it built villages round Jerusalem....

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Baal in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ba'-al: (ba`al; or Baal): The Babylonian Belu or Bel, "Lord," was the title of the supreme god among the Canaanites. I. NAME AND CHARACTER OF BAAL II. ATTRIBUTES OF BAAL III. BAAL-WORSHIP IV. TEMPLES, ETC. V. USE OF THE NAME VI. FORMS OF BAAL 1. Baal-berith 2. Baal-gad 3. Baal-hamon 4. Baal-hermon 5. Baal-peor 6. Baal-zebub I. Name...

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Assur in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Assyria, Asshur. The region between the Armenian mountains on the N., Elam or Susiana, now the country near Bagdad, on the S., and beyond it Babylonia, the mountains of Kurdistan, the ancient Lagres chain and Media on the E., the Mesopotamian desert (between Tigris and Euphrates), or else the Euphrates, on the W.; a length of about 500 miles, ...

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Augustus in Naves Topical Bible

An important Roman emperor Lu 2:1; Ac 25:21,25; 27:1...

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Azal in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Zech. 14:5) should perhaps be rendered "very near" = "the way of escape shall be made easy." If a proper name, it may denote some place near the western extremity of the valley here spoken of near Jerusalem....

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Azaziah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

az-a-zi'-a `azazyahu, "Yahweh is strong," or "strengthens"): (1) A Levite musician who participated in the services held on the return of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Ch 15:21). His name is omitted from the list in 1 Ch 15:18. (2) Father of Hoshea, who was the leader of Ephraim at the time that David enumerated the people (1 Ch 27:20). (3) A Levite w...

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Azel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(noble), a descendant of Saul. 1Ch 8:37,38; 9:43,44...

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Azmaveth in Hitchcock's Bible Names

strong death; a he-goat...

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Augustus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(venerable) Cae'sar the first Roman emperor. He was born A.U.C. 691, B.C. 63. His father was Caius Octavius; his mother Atia, daughter of Julia the sister of C. Julius Caesar. He was principally educated by his great-uncle Julius Caesar, and was made his heir. After his murder, the young Octavius, then Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, was taken...

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