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Abigail (A-Z entry)
Wife of Nabal ; she interceded with David to save her husband's life ( 1 Sam. 25: 23–31 ). Nabal was so shocked by ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Abimelech (A-Z entry)
Son of Gideon (or Jerubbaal ) and a concubine from Shechem . Upon the death of Gideon, Abimelech got himself proclaimed king at Shechem ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
acceptance (A-Z entry)
Abel's sacrificial offering of a lamb was acceptable to God, whereas God was not satisfied with Cain 's vegetarian offering. No reason for this ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Achan (A-Z entry)
Son of Carmi ( 1 Chron. 2: 7 ). After the destruction of Jericho ( Josh. 6: 24 ) some of the bo oty ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
adoption (A-Z entry)
In the OT children are brought by adoption into families, as Moses ( Exod. 2: 10 ) was by Pharaoh's daughter, and Esther by ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
aetiology (A-Z entry)
An aetiological story professes to explain causes. The Pentateuch , especially Genesis, is rich in stories designed to give explanations about the origin of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
age (A-Z entry)
Human life was expected to end after seventy years, and anyone living for eighty years must have unusual strength ( Ps. 90: 10 ). ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
ʿAkedah (A-Z entry)
(Heb “binding”) the story of the binding of Isaac (Gen. ch 22).
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
aliens (A-Z entry)
Aliens, or strangers sojourning in the land, were supposed to be treated generously ( Exod. 22: 21 ; 23: 9 ). But neighbours across ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
allegory (A-Z entry)
A method of interpretation or exposition where the words contain a secondary meaning, other than the straightforward one. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is an ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Amalekites (A-Z entry)
A nomadic people, whose ancestor was regarded by the Hebrews as Esau ( Gen. 36: 15–16 ), and who occupied part of the Promised ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
ancestor worship (A-Z entry)
The real or supposed ancestors of the Hebrews were venerated and were felt to be so close that their descendants even continued to suffer ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
apodictic law (A-Z entry)
Divine law in the OT expressing absolute prohibitions or injunctions, as in the Ten Commandments (‘You shall not make an idol’, Exod. 20: 4 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ark of the Covenant (A-Z entry)
the chest ( Hebʾaron ) in the Tabernacle or Temple that contained the Pact ( Hebʿedut ) (Exod. 40.20), or the tablets (Deut. ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Babel (A-Z entry)
Hebrew for Babylon . According to local tradition the city was founded by the god Marduk; in the OT it is the archetypal place ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Beersheba (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Beersheba (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Beersheba (A-Z entry)
The most southerly place of Israel, notable for its wells and therefore suitable for pasturing sheep. There are notes in Genesis that the ancestors ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Beersheba (A-Z entry)
( Ar., Tell es-Saba῾ ), a small mound about 1 ha (2.5 acres) in area, located in the Beersheba valley, east of the modern ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Before Israel (Chapters)
By the time the nation of Israel emerged as a political entity in the late thirteenth century bce , Near Eastern urban civilization had ...
Source: The Oxford History of the Biblical World
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