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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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Aquila in Hitchcock's Bible Names

an eagle...

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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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Ara in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a'-ra ('ara', meaning unknown): A son of Jether of the tribe of Asher (1 Ch 7:38)....

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Arad in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) Now Tell Arad, a Canaanite city, about 20 miles south of Hebron. The king of Arad "fought against Israel and took of them prisoners" when they were retreating from the confines of Edom (Num. 21:1; 33:40; Judg. 1:16). It was finally subdued by Joshua (12:14). (2.) One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:15)....

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Apollos in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(Apollonius or Apollodorus). An Alexandrine Jew, "eloquent (or learned) and mighty in the Scriptures" (which had been translated into the famous Greek version, the Septuagint, at his birthplace) (Acts 18:24-25). "Instructed in the way of the Lord,"so far as John the Baptist could instruct hint; for this had been the main subject of John's mini...

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