Bible Names A-G

Anah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

speech. (1.) One of the sons of Seir, and head of an Idumean tribe, called a Horite, as in course of time all the branches of this tribe were called from their dwelling in caves in Mount Seir (Gen. 36:20, 29; 1 Chr. 1:38). (2.) One of the two sons of Zibeon the Horite, and father of Esau's wife Aholibamah (Gen. 36:18, 24)....

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Anan in Naves Topical Bible

A Jew, returned from Babylonian captivity Ne 10:26...

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Amos in Naves Topical Bible

A prophet Am 1:1 -Forbidden to prophesy in Israel Am 7:10-17 -Vision of Am 8:2...

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Amos Scripture - Amos 7:12

Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:...

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Amoz Scripture - Isaiah 1:1

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah....

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Amram in Hitchcock's Bible Names

an exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn...

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Amraphel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

king of Shinar, southern Chaldea, one of the confederates of Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, in a war against Sodom and cities of the plain (Gen. 14:1, 4). It is now found that Amraphel (or Ammirapaltu) is the Khammu-rabi whose name appears on recently-discovered monuments. (See CHEDORLAOMER -T0000781). After defeating Arioch (q.v.) he united B...

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Anah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Zibeon, son of Seir the Horite; father of Aholibamah, Esau's wife (Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:14; Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:25). (See AHOLIBAMAH.) "Aholibamah, daughter of Ahab, daughter of Zibeon," is tantamount to granddaughter, i.e. descendant from Zibeon; not that Anah was "daughter of Zibeon," for Genesis 36:20 calls him" son (i.e. g...

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Anan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a cloud), one of the "heads of the people" who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Ne 10:26 (B.C. 410.)...

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