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Aristobulus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Aristobulus, whose "household" is "saluted" (Romans 16:10). Himself not being greeted, it is likely either he was not a Christian or was absent from Rome. The family would hardly be called after him, if he were dead....

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Apollos in Naves Topical Bible

An eloquent, Christian convert at Corinth Ac 18:24-28; 19:1; 1Co 1:12; 3:4-7 -Refuses to return to Rome 1Co 16:12 -Paul writes Titus about Tit 3:13...

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Aquila in Easton's Bible Dictionary

eagle, a native of Pontus, by occupation a tent-maker, whom Paul met on his first visit to Corinth (Acts 18:2). Along with his wife Priscilla he had fled from Rome in consequence of a decree (A.D. 50) by Claudius commanding all Jews to leave the city. Paul sojourned with him at Corinth, and they wrought together at their common trade, mak...

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Arad in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a'-rad (`aradh; Arad): (1) A city mentioned four times in the Old Testament. In the King James Version it is twice mistakenly rendered as the name of a king (Nu 21:1; 33:40). Three times it is spoken of as in the South Country, one mention using the phrase `the wilderness of Judah which is in the South Country of Arad' (Jdg 1:16), that is, the...

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Aram in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(high). 1. The name by which the Hebrews designated, generally, the country lying to the northeast of Israel; the great mass of that high tableland which, rising with sudden abruptness from the Jordan and the very margin of the Lake of Gennesaret, stretched at an elevation of no less than 2000 feet above the level of the sea, to the banks of ...

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Aran in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A Horite (Genesis 36:28)....

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Arba in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ar'-ba ('arba`, "four"): Variously described as "the greatest man among the Anakim" (Josh 14:15), "the father of Anak" (Josh 15:13), "the father of Anok" (Josh 21:11 margin). Thus he seems to have been regarded as the ancestor of the Anakim, and as the most famous hero of that race. He was the reputed founder of the city called after him, on t...

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Archelaus in Naves Topical Bible

A ruler of Judaea (a son of Herod the Great) Mt 2:22...

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Archippus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ar-kip'-us (Archippos): Addressed by Paul in his letter to Philem, as "our fellow-soldier"; probably a member of Philem's family circle, holding some official position in the church (Col 4:17; Philem 1:2). See APPHIA. The tradition that he was one of the seventy disciples, became bishop of Laodicea and later became a martyr, seems to have litt...

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Apollos in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(given by Apollo) a Jew from Alexandria, eloquent (which may also mean learned) and mighty in the Scriptures; one instructed in the way of the Lord, according to the imperfect view of the disciples of John the Baptist, Ac 18:24 but on his coming to Ephesus during a temporary absence of St. Paul, A.D. 54, more perfectly taught by Aquila and Pri...

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