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Antichrist in Smiths Bible Dictionary

This term is employed by the apostle John alone, and is defined by him in a manner which leaves no doubt as to its intrinsic meaning. With regard to its application there is less certainty. In the first passage-- 1Jo 2:18 --in which it occurs, the apostle makes direct reference to the false Christs whose coming, it had been fore-told, should m...

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Antipas in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

an'-ti-pas (Antipas): The name is an abbreviation of Antipater: (1) A name of Herod "the tetrarch" (in Jos), son of Herod the Great, the brother of Archelaus (Mt 14:1; Lk 3:1; 9:7; Acts 13:1). See HEROD. (2) A martyr of the church of Pergamum, described as "my witness, my faithful one" (Rev 2:13)....

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Apelles in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(called), a Christian saluted by St. Paul in Ro 16:10 Tradition makes him bishop of Smyrna or Heraclea. (A.D. 55.)...

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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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Andronicus in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a man excelling others...

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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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Antipas in Naves Topical Bible

A martyr Re 2:13...

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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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