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Archite in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(2 Samuel 15:32.) Archi was near Bethel (Joshua 16:2)....

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Ardon in Naves Topical Bible

Son of Caleb 1Ch 2:18...

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Aretas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the father-in-law of Herod Antipas, and king of Arabia Petraea. His daughter returned to him on the occasion of her husband's entering into an adulterous alliance with Herodias, the wife of Herod-Philip, his half-brother (Luke 3:19, 20; Mark 6:17; Matt. 14:3). This led to a war between Aretas and Herod Antipas. Herod's army was wholly des...

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Ariel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a'-ri-el ('ariy'el or 'ari'el, "lioness of God"): But the word occurs in Ezek 43:15,16, and is there translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "ALTAR HEARTH." (1) According to the Revised Version (British and American) a man of Moab whose two sons were slain by David's warrior Benaiah the son of Jehoiada (2 Sam 23:20; 1 Ch 11:22)...

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Arioch in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(venerable). 1. The king of Eliasar, one of the allies of Chedorlaomer in his expedition against his rebellious tributaries. Ge 14:1 (B.C. 1921-1912.) 2. The captain of Nebuchadnezzar's body-guard. Da 2:14 etc. 3. Properly Eirioch, or Erioch, mentioned in Judith 1:6 as king of the Elymaeans....

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Aristarchus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Aristarchus: of Thessalonica. Paul's companion on his third missionary tour, and dragged into the theater with Gains by the mob at Ephesus; he accompanied Paul to Asia, afterward to Rome (Acts 19:29; Acts 20:4; Acts 27:2). Paul calls him "my fellow prisoner" (lit. fellow captive, namely, in the Christian warfare), "my fellow laborer," in his e...

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Armoni in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ar-mo'-ni ('armoni, "belonging to the palace"): One of the two sons of Saul by Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah (2 Sam 21:8). David delivered them over to the blood vengeance of the Gibeonites....

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Archippus in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(master of the horse), a Christian teacher in Colossae, Col 4:17 called by St. Paul his "fellow soldier," Phil 2. He was probably a member of Philemon's family. (A.D. 62.)...

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Ard in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ard ('ard, meaning unknown): Either directly or more remotely a son of Benjamin. Nu 26:38-40 mentions five sons of Benjamin, together with Ard and Naaman, the sons of Bela, Benjamin's oldest son, counting all seven as ancestors of Benjamite families. In 1 Ch 8:1-3 Addar and Naaman are mentioned, with others, as sons of Bela, Addar and Ard bein...

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Ardon in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(fugitive) a Son of Caleb, the son of Hezron, by his wife Azubah. 1Ch 2:18...

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