Bible Names A-G

Arbathite in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(2 Samuel 23:31) dweller in the Aarbah or Ghor. (See ARABAH.)...

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Anan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

cloud, one of the Israelites who sealed the covenant after the return from Babylon (Neh. 10:26)....

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Anath in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a'-nath (`anath): Father of Shamgar (Jdg 3:31; 5:6). This name is connected with the Phoenician and Canaanite goddess `Anat, which was also worshipped in Egypt. She is mentioned in monuments of the 18th Dynasty, coupled with the war-goddess Astart (Moore, Judges, 105-896; DB; EB)....

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Andrew in Easton's Bible Dictionary

manliness, a Greek name; one of the apostles of our Lord. He was of Bethsaida in Galilee (John 1:44), and was the brother of Simon Peter (Matt. 4:18; 10:2). On one occasion John the Baptist, whose disciple he then was, pointing to Jesus, said, "Behold the Lamb of God" (John 1:40); and Andrew, hearing him, immediately became a follower of ...

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Annas in Naves Topical Bible

Associate high priest with Caiaphas Lu 3:2; Joh 18:13,19,24; Ac 4:6...

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Antichrist in Easton's Bible Dictionary

against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ. The word is used only by the apostle John. Referring to false teachers, he says (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7), "Even now are there many antichrists." (1.) This name has been applied to the "little horn" of the "king of fierce countenance" (Dan. 7:24, 25; 8:23-25). (2.) It has be...

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Apelles in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a Christian at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:10), and styles "approved in Christ."...

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