Results are being ranked across the section.
Free Resources
Search the Free Resources catalog.
See ALEPH ; ALPHABET .
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text of Rev. 1:8 , 11 ; 21:6 ; 22:13 , and are represented by “Alpha” and “Omega” respectively (omitted…
Α and Ω ( Alpha and Omega ).— Scriptural .—The first and the last letter of the Greek alphabet, employed from the fourth century as a symbol expressing the confidence of orthodox Christians in the…
Aachen , in French, Aix-la-Chapelle , the name by which the city is generally known; in Latin Aquæ Grani, later Aquisgranum, is the capital of a presidency in Rhenish Prussia, and lies in a valley…
a'-a-lar. See ALTAR .
ar'-un, sometimes pronounced ar'on ('aharon--Septuagint Aaron, meaning uncertain: Gesenius suggests "mountaineer"; Furst, "enlightened"; others give "rich," "fluent." Cheyne mentions Redslob's…
Aaron , brother of Moses, and High Priest of the Old Law. I. Life. — Altogether different views are taken of Aaron's life, according as the Pentateuch, which is the main source on the subject, is…
The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi ( Ex. 6:20 ). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before…
(a teacher, or lofty), the son of Amram and Jochebed, and the older brother of Moses and Miriam. (Numbers 26:59; 33:39) (B.C. 1573.) He was a Levite, and is first mentioned in (Exodus 4:14) He was…
Lineage of EXO 6:16-20; JOS 21:4,10; 1CH 6:2,3; 23:13 Marriage of EXO 6:23 Children of EXO 6:23,25; 1CH 6:3; 24:1,2 Descendants of EXO 6:23,25; 1CH 6:3-15,50-53; 24 Meets, Moses in the wilderness and…
Aaron , Martyr . See Alban, St.
( Nu 17 and He 9:4 ): Immediately after the incidents connected with the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram against the leadership of Moses and the priestly primacy of Aaron ( Nu 16 ), it became…
ar'-on-its (le-'aharon, literally, "belonging to Aaron"): A word used in the King James Version, but not in the revised versions, to translate the proper name Aaron in two instances where it. denotes…
Aaronites . See Priesthood, Jewish .
The descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as “fighting men” to the support of David at Hebron ( 1 Chr. 12:27 ). Eleazar ( Num. 3:32 ), and…
(1 Chronicles 12:27) priests of the family of Aaron.
See Month. (father), an element in the composition of many proper names, of which Abba is a Chaldaic form, having the sense of “endowed with,” “possessed of.”
('abh, the Hebrew and Aramaic word for "father"): It is a very common word in the Old Testament; this article notes only certain uses of it. It is used both in the singular and in the plural to…
('abh): The name of the fifth month in the Hebrew calendar, the month beginning in our July. The name does not appear in the Bible, but Josephus gives it to the month in which Aaron died (Ant., IV,…
ab'-a-kuk (Latin Abacuc): The form given the name of the prophet Habakkuk in 2 Esdras 1:40.
a-bad'-on ('abhaddon, "ruin," "perdition," "destruction"): Though "destruction" is commonly used in translating 'abhaddon, the stem idea is intransitive rather than passive--the idea of perishing,…
Abaddon , a Hebrew word signifying (1) ruin, destruction (Job, xxxi, 12); (2) place of destruction; the Abyss, realm of the dead (Job, xxvi, 6; Prov., xv, 11); (3) it occurs personified (Apoc., ix,…
Destruction, the Hebrew name (equivalent to the Greek Apollyon, i.e., destroyer) of “the angel of the bottomless pit” ( Rev. 9:11 ). It is rendered “destruction” in Job 28:22 ; 31:12 ; 26:6 ; Prov.…
The angel of the bottomless pit REV 9:11