Bible Names A-G

Arba in Naves Topical Bible

1. Father of Anak Jos 15:13 -2. ARBA See HEBRON...

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Archelaus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ar-ke-la'-us (Archelaos, Mt 2:22): Son of Herod the Great by his wife Malthace. He succeeded on his father's death to the government of Judea, Samaria and Idumaea, but was deposed by the Romans for misgovernment in 6 AD....

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Archippus in Naves Topical Bible

A disciple at Colossae Col 4:17; Phm 1:2...

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Apollos in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a Jew "born at Alexandria," a man well versed in the Scriptures and eloquent (Acts 18:24; R.V., "learned"). He came to Ephesus (about A.D. 49), where he spake "boldly" in the synagogue (18:26), although he did not know as yet that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah. Aquila and Priscilla instructed him more perfectly in "the way of God", i....

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Arad in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a wild ass), a Benjamite, son of Beriah, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. 1Ch 8:15 (B.C. 536.)...

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Aram in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("high table land".) 1. The elevated region from the N. E. of Israel to the Euphrates and Tigris. Balaam's home (Numbers 23:7; Deuteronomy 23:4). Syria, stretching from the Jordan and lake Gennesareth to the Euphrates, rising 2000 feet above the level of the sea. In contrast to Canaan, the lowland bordering on the Mediterranean. In Genesis 2...

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Araunah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-ro'-na ('arawnah, 2 Sam 24:16,20 ff; 'aranyah 2 Sam 24:18, and 'ornan, 1 Ch 21:15 ff; 2 Ch 3:1, all from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong"): A Jebusite from whom David at the request of the prophet Gad bought a threshing-floor located upon Mt. Moriah, as a site for an altar of the Lord at the time of the great plague (2 Sam 24:15 ff; 1 Ch...

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Arba in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(city of the four), the progenitor of the Anakim, or sons of Anak, from whom their chief city, HEBRON, received its name of Kirjath-Arba. Jos 14:15; 15:13; 21:11...

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Arbathite in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a name given to Abi-albon, or, as elsewhere called, Abiel, one of David's warriors (2 Sam. 23:31; 1 Chr. 11:32), probably as being an inhabitant of Arabah (Josh. 15:61), a town in the wilderness of Judah....

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