ABI-ALBON
father of strength; i.e., "valiant", one of David's body-guard of thirty mighty men (2-Sam 23:31); called also Abiel (1-Chr 11:32).......
ABIA
my father is the Lord, the Greek form of Abijah, or Abijam (Matt. 1:7), instead of Abiah (1-Chr 7:8). In Luke 1:5, Luke 1: the name refers to the head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which David divided the priests (1-Chr 24:10).......
ABIASAPH
father of gathering; the gatherer, the youngest of the three sons of Korah the Levite, head of a family of Korhites (Exo 6:24); called Ebisaph (1-Chr 6:37).......
ABIATHAR
father of abundance, or my father excels, the son of Ahimelech the high priest. He was the tenth high priest, and the fourth in descent from Eli. When his father was slain with the priests of Nob, he escaped, and bearing with him the ephod, he joined David, who was then in the cave of Adullam (1-Sam 22:20;23:6). He remained with David, and became priest of the party of which he was the leader (1-S......
ABIB
an ear of corn, the month of newly-ripened grain (Exo 13:4;23:15); the first of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, and the seventh of the civil year. It began about the time of the vernal equinox, on 21st March. It was called Nisan, after the Captivity (Neh. 2:1). On the fifteenth day of the month, harvest was begun by gathering a sheaf of barley, which was offered unto the Lord on the sixteenth (Lev......
ABIDA
or Abi'dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons of Midian, who was the son of Abraham by Keturah (1-Chr 1:33), and apparently the chief of an Arab tribe.......
ABIDAN
father of judgment; judge, head of the tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus (Num. 1:11;2:22).......
ABIEEZER
father of help; i.e., "helpful." (1.) The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1-Chr 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp. Judg. 6:34;8:2). He was also called Jeezer (Num. 26:30). (2.) One of David's thirty warriors (2-Sam 23:27; comp. 1-Chr 27:12). (3.) The prince of the tribe of Dan at the Exodus (Num. 1:12).......
ABIEL
father (i.e., "possessor") of God = "pious." (1.) The son of Zeror and father of Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1-Sam 14:51; 1-Chr 8:33;9:39). In 1-Sam 9:1, 1-Sam 9: he is called the "father," probably meaning the grandfather, of Kish. (2.) An Arbathite, one of David's warriors (1-Chr 11:32); called also Abi-albon (2-Sam 23:31).......
ABIEZRITE
father of help, a descendant of Abiezer (Judg. 6:11, Judg. 6:24;8:32).......
ABIGAIL
father (i.e., "leader") of the dance, or "of joy." (1.) The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1-Chr 2:16, 1-Chr 2:17). She was the mother of Amasa (2-Sam 17:25). (2.) The wife of the churlish Nabal, who dwelt in the district of Carmel (1-Sam 25:3). She showed great prudence and delicate management at a critical period of her husband's life. She was "a woman of good understanding......
ABIHAIL
father of might. (1.) Num. 3:35. (2.) 1-Chr 2:29. (3.) 1-Chr 5:14. (4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam (2-Chr 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David's eldest brother. (5.) The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Esther 2:15).......
ABIHU
father of Him; i.e., "worshipper of God", the second of the sons of Aaron (Exo 6:23; Num. 3:2;26:60; 1-Chr 6:3). Along with his three brothers he was consecrated to the priest's office (Exo 28:1). With his father and elder brother he accompanied the seventy elders part of the way up the mount with Moses (Exo 24:1, Exo 24:9). On one occasion he and Nadab his brother offered incense in their censers......
ABIHUD
father (i.e., "possessor") of renown. (1.) One of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1-Chr 8:3); called also Ahihud (ver. 7). (2.) A descendant of Zerubbabel and father of Eliakim (Matt. 1:13, Matt. 1: "Abiud"); called also Juda (Luke 3:26), and Obadiah (1-Chr 3:21).......
ABIJAH
father (i.e., "possessor or worshipper") of Jehovah. (1.) 1-Chr 7:8. (2.) 1-Chr 2:24. (3.) The second son of Samuel (1-Sam 8:2; 1-Chr 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a royal form of government. (4.) A descendant of Eleazar, the son ......
ABIJAM
father of the sea; i.e., "seaman" the name always used in Kings of the king of Judah, the son of Rehoboam, elsewhere called Abijah (1-Kings 15:1, 1-Kings 15:7, 1-Kings 15:8). (See ABIJAH, 5.)......
ABILENE
a plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province.......
ABIMAEL
father of Mael, one of the sons or descendants of Joktan, in Northern Arabia (Gen. 10:28; 1-Chr 1:22).......
ABIMELECH
my father a king, or father of a king, a common name of the Philistine kings, as "Pharaoh" was of the Egyptian kings. (1.) The Philistine king of Gerar in the time of Abraham (Gen. 20:1). By an interposition of Providence, Sarah was delivered from his harem, and was restored to her husband Abraham. As a mark of respect he gave to Abraham valuable gifts, and offered him a settlement in any part of ......
ABINADAB
father of nobleness; i.e., "noble." (1.) A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1-Sam 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1-Sam 7:1, 1-Sam 7:2; 1-Chr 13:7). (2.) The second of the eight sons of Jesse (1-Sam 16:8). He was with Saul in the campaign ag......
ABINOAM
father of kindness, the father of Barak (Judg. 4:6;5:1).......
ABIRAM
father of height; i.e., "proud." (1.) One of the sons of Eliab, who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an earthquake (Num. 16:1;26:9; Psa 106:17). (2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking t......
ABISHAG
father of (i.e., "given to") error, a young woman of Shunem, distinguished for her beauty. She was chosen to minister to David in his old age. She became his wife (1-Kings 1:3, 1-Kings 1:4, 1-Kings 1:15). After David's death Adonijah persuaded Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, to entreat the king to permit him to marry Abishag. Solomon suspected in this request an aspiration to the throne, and therefor......
ABISHAI
father of (i.e., "desirous of") a gift, the eldest son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was the brother of Joab and Asahel (2-Sam 2:18; 1-Chr 2:16). Abishai was the only one who accompanied David when he went to the camp of Saul and took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster (1-Sam 26:5). He had the command of one of the three divisions of David's army at the battle with Absalom (2-Sa......
ABISHUA
father of welfare; i.e., "fortunate." (1.) The grandson of Benjamin (1-Chr 8:4). (2.) The son of Phinehas the high priest (1-Chr 6:4, 1-Chr 6:5, 1-Chr 6:50; Ezra 7:5).......
ABISHUR
father of the wall; i.e., "mason", one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah (1-Chr 2:28, 1-Chr 2:29).......
ABITAL
father of dew; i.e., "fresh", David's fifth wife (2-Sam 3:4).......
ABITUB
father of goodness, a Benjamite (1-Chr 8:11).......
ARABIA
arid, an extensive region in the south-west of Asia. It is bounded on the west by the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the east by the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates. It extends far into the north in barren deserts, meeting those of Syria and Mesopotamia. It is one of the few countries of the world from which the original inhabitants have never been expelle......
CABINS
only in Jer. 37:16 (R.V., "cells"), arched vaults or recesses off a passage or room; cells for the closer confinement of prisoners.......
HABITATION
God is the habitation of his people, who find rest and safety in him (Psa 71:3;91:9). Justice and judgment are the habitation of God's throne (Psa 89:14, Psa 89: Heb. mekhon, "foundation"), because all his acts are founded on justice and judgment. (See Psa 132:5, Psa 132: 13; Eph. 2:22, Eph. 2: of Canaan, Jerusalem, and the temple as God's habitation.) God inhabits eternity (Isa. 57:15), i.e., dwe......
HASHABIAH
regarded by Jehovah. (1.) Merarite Levite (1-Chr 6:45;9:14). (2.) A son of Jeduthun (25:3, 25: 19). (3.) Son of Kemuel (26:30). (4.) One of the chief Levites (2-Chr 35:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 11:22). (6.) One of the chief priests in the time of Ezra (Ezra 8:24). (7.) A chief of the Levites (Neh. 12:24). (8.) Ezra 8:19. (9.) Neh. 3:17.......
JABIN
discerner; the wise. (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Josh. 11:1), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had entered into a confederacy against Joshua was the crowning act in the conquest of the land (11:21; 14:6). This great battle, fought at Lake Merom, was the last of Joshua's battles of which we have any record. Here for the first t......
MAGOR-MISSABIB
fear on every side, (Jer. 20:3), a symbolical name given to the priest Pashur, expressive of the fate announced by the prophet as about to come upon him. Pashur was to be carried to Babylon, and there die. ......
MOABITE
the designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:37). From Zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the south-eastern border of the Dead Sea, they gradually spread over the region on the east of Jordan. Rameses II., the Pharaoh of the Oppression, enumerates Moab (Muab) among his conquests. Shortly before the Exodus, the warlike Amorites crossed the Jordan under Sihon their king an......
MOABITE STONE
a basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was discovered at Dibon by Klein, a German missionary at Jerusalem, in 1868. It was 3 1/2 feet high and 2 in breadth and in thickness, rounded at the top. It consisted of thirty-four lines, written in Hebrew-Phoenician characters. It was set up by Mesha as a record and memorial of his victories. It records (1) Mesha's wars with Omri, (2) ......
NEDABIAH
moved of Jehovah, one of the sons of Jeconiah (1-Chr 3:18).......
RECHABITES
the descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab. They belonged to the Kenites, who accompanied the children of Israel into Palestine, and dwelt among them. Moses married a Kenite wife (Judg. 1:16), and Jael was the wife of "Heber the Kenite" (4:17). Saul also showed kindness to the Kenites (1-Sam 15:6). The main body of the Kenites dwelt in cities, and adopted settled habits of life (30:29)......
REHABIAH
enlargement of the Lord, the son of Eliezer, and grandson of Moses (1-Chr 23:17;24:21).......
TABITHA
(in Greek called Dorcas), gazelle, a disciple at Joppa. She was distinguished for her alms-deeds and good works. Peter, who was sent for from Lydda on the occasion of her death, prayed over the dead body, and said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes and sat up; and Peter "gave her his hand, and raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive" (Acts 9:36). ......
TEL-ABIB
hill of corn, a place on the river Chebar, the residence of Ezekiel (Ezek. 3:15). The site is unknown. ......
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