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Amasiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

burden of (i.e., "sustained by") Jehovah, the "son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord," a captain over thousands under Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:16; comp. Judg. 5:9)....

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Amaziah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the strength of the Lord...

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Amittai in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Father of Jonah: 2 Kings 14:25;...

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Ammiel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Numbers 13:12. 2. 2 Samuel 9:4-5; 2 Samuel 17:27. 3. Ammiel or Eliam, by transposition of letters; father of Bathsheba (See AHITHOPHEL) (1 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Samuel 11:8). 4. 1 Chronicles 26:5....

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Ammihud in Naves Topical Bible

1. Son of Laadan 1Ch 7:26 And father of Elishama Nu 1:10; 2:18 -2. Father of Shemuel Nu 34:20 -3. Father of Pedahel Nu 34:28 -4. Father of the king of Gesher 2Sa 13:37 -5. Son of Omri 1Ch 9:4...

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Amminadab in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-min'-a-dab (`amminadhabh = "my people (or my kinsman) is generous or noble"): Three persons bearing this name are mentioned in the Old Testament. (1) In Ruth 4:19,20 and 1 Ch 2:10 Amminadab is referred to as one of David's ancestors. He was the great-grandson of Perez, a son of Judah (Gen 38:29; 46:12) and the great- grandfather of Boaz, who ...

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Alexander in Easton's Bible Dictionary

man-defender. (1.) A relative of Annas the high priest, present when Peter and John were examined before the Sanhedrim (Acts 4:6). (2.) A man whose father, Simon the Cyrenian, bore the cross of Christ (Mark 15:21). (3.) A Jew of Ephesus who took a prominent part in the uproar raised there by the preaching of Paul (Acts 19:33). The Jews p...

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Alexander the Great in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

(Alexandros). 1. Parentage and Early Life: Alexander, of Macedon, commonly called "the Great" (born 356 BC), was the son of Philip, king of Macedon, and of Olympias, daughter of Neoptolemos, an Epeirote king. Although Alexander is not mentioned by name in the canonical Scriptures, in Dan he is designated by a transparent symbol (8:5,21)...

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Allon in Easton's Bible Dictionary

oak. (1.) The expression in the Authorized Version of Josh. 19:33, "from Allon to Zaanannim," is more correctly rendered in the Revised Version, "from the oak in Zaanannim." The word denotes some remarkable tree which stood near Zaanannim, and which served as a landmark. (2.) The son of Jedaiah, of the family of the Simeonites, who expell...

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Almodad in Easton's Bible Dictionary

immeasurable, the first named of the sons of Joktan (Gen. 10:26), the founder of an Arabian tribe....

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