Bible Names A-G

Ardon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

descendant, the last of the three sons of Caleb by his first wife Azubah (1 Chr. 2:18)....

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Ariel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(lion of God). 1. One of the "chief men" who under Ezra directed the caravan which he led back from Babylon to Jerusalem. Ezr 8:16 (B.C. 459.) The word occurs also in reference to two Moabites slain by Benaiah. 2Sa 23:20; 1Ch 11:22 Many regard the word as an epithet, "lion-like;" but it seems better to look upon it as a proper name, and trans...

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Arioch in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("lion-like".) 1. King of Ellasar. (Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9). (See ELLASAR.) 2. Captain of Nebuchadnezzar's guard (Daniel 2:14)....

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Aristobulus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ar-is-to-bu'-lus (Aristoboulos, "best counselor"): (1) Son of the Maccabean, John Hyrcanus, who assumed the power and also the title of king after his father's death (105 BC) and associated with him, as co-regent, his brother Antigonus (Ant., XIII, xi), though by the will of his father the government was entrusted to his mother. Three other br...

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Armoni in Smiths Bible Dictionary

son of Saul by Rizpah. 2Sa 21:8...

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Ard in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(one that descending), the son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. Ge 46:21; Nu 26:40 In 1Ch 8:3 he is called ADDAR....

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Archippus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A Christian minister at Colossae, whom Paul calls "our fellow soldier," namely, in the Christian warfare (2 Timothy 2:3). A member of Philemon's family, possibly his son, whence Paul includes him in the same salutation with Philemon and Apphia, and the church in Philemon's house (Philemon 1:2). In both the Epistle to the Colossians (Colossians...

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