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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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Amos in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(burden), native of Tekoa in Judah, about six miles south of Bethlehem, originally a shepherd and dresser of sycamore trees, who was called by God s Spirit to be a prophet, although not trained in any of the regular prophetic schools. Am 1:1; 7:14,15 He travelled from Judah into the northern kingdom of Israel or Ephraim, and there exercised hi...

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Amos Scripture - Amos 8:2

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more....

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Amoz Scripture - 2 Kings 20:1

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live....

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Amplias Scripture - Romans 16:8

Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord....

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Amram Scripture - 1 Chronicles 24:20

And the rest of the sons of Levi [were these]: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah....

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Amraphel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of the four invading kings (Genesis 14:9). Shinar, his kingdom, or Babylonia, was subordinate to the great Elanrite king, (See CHEDORLAOMER.) The Assyrian monuments attest that an Elamite king invaded and plundered Babylonia in 2386 B.C.; and Babylonian remains bear traces of Elamitic influence....

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Anah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

one who answers; afflicted...

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Amos in Easton's Bible Dictionary

borne; a burden, one of the twelve minor prophets. He was a native of Tekota, the modern Tekua, a town about 12 miles south-east of Bethlehem. He was a man of humble birth, neither a "prophet nor a prophet's son," but "an herdman and a dresser of sycomore trees," R.V. He prophesied in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and was contemporary...

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