Bible Names A-G

Asshur in Easton's Bible Dictionary

second son of Shem (Gen. 10:22; 1 Chr. 1:17). He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh, etc. (Gen. 10:11,12). He probably gave his name to Assyria, which is the usual translation of the word, although the form Asshur is sometimes retained (Num. 24:22, 24; Ezek. 27:23, etc.). In Gen. 2:14 "Assyria" ought to be "Asshur," which was th...

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Augustus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

o-gus'-tus Augoustos: (1) The first Roman emperor, and noteworthy in Bible history as the emperor in whose reign the Incarnation took place (Lk 2:1). His original name was Caius Octavius Caepias and he was born in 63 BC, the year of Cicero's consulship. He was the grand-nephew of Julius Caesar, his mother Atia having been the daughter of Julia...

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Azal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a name only occurring in Zec 14:5 It is mentioned as the limit to which the ravine of the Mount of Olives will extend when "Jehovah shall go forth to fight."...

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Azariah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

he that hears the Lord...

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Azel in Naves Topical Bible

A Benjamite 1Ch 8:37,38; 9:43,44...

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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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Arphaxad in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(stronghold of the Chaldees). 1. The son of Shem and ancestor of Eber. Ge 10:22,24; 11:10 2. Arphaxad, a king "who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana," Judith 1:1-4; perhaps the same as Phraortes, who fell in a battle with the Assyrians, 633 B.C....

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Artaxerxes in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

From arta, "great," or "honored"; Artaioi, Arii, Sansk. Arya, being the old name of the Persians, and kshershe, "a king" = Xerxes = Ahasuerus. (See AHASUERUS.) Artaxerxes I. (Ezra 4:7) is the Magian usurper, who impersonated Smerdis, Cyrus' younger son. To him the adversaries of the Jews wrote, in order to frustrate the building of the templ...

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