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Anat (A-Z entry)
a Canaanite goddess often depicted as a warrior.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
angels (A-Z entry)
The Greek word aggelos means ‘messenger’ and as such angels are described as bearing messages from God to the patriarchs (e.g. Gen. 22: 11 ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Angels (A-Z entry)
In Israel's early traditions, God was perceived as administering the cosmos with a retinue of divine assistants. The members of this divine council were ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
The Apocrypha (Chapters)
Definition and History Apocrypha means ‘[books] hidden away’ and is the name given to those books found in the Old Testament of ancient Greek ...
Source: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible
archangel (A-Z entry)
From the Greek, meaning a chief angel; seven are named in 1 Enoch 20, cf. Tobit 12: 15 . In the two centuries bce ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Archangels (A-Z entry)
From Greek archaggeloi , “chief angels” or “angels of high rank.” The plural form is not found in the Bible, but in Tobit 12.15 ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
aretalogy (A-Z entry)
A narrative which is a recital of the qualities or virtues (Greek, aretai ) of a worker of miracles , such as Jesus and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Artemis (A-Z entry)
Diana of AV, NJB, the goddess worshipped in Ephesus in a great temple made of marble. Miniatures of her were sold by silversmiths ( ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Artemis of the Ephesians (A-Z entry)
Artemis was the Greek goddess of the woods and hunting, as well as the patron of women in childbirth, identified with the Roman goddess ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Asherah (A-Z entry)
The Canaanite mother goddess, associated with lions, serpents, and sacred trees. The word “asherah” in the Bible most often refers to a stylized wooden ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Ashtoreth (A-Z entry)
A goddess of love and motherhood worshipped among the Canaanites ( Judg. 2: 13 ) and called Astarte among the Phoenicians , Aphrodite in ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Assumption of Moses (A-Z entry)
a legend, the account of which is no longer in existence, that may be the origin of the allusion in Jude 9 to ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
assurance (A-Z entry)
On the basis of Rom. 8: 16 some theologians of the Protestant tradition have held the doctrine that believers can be assured of their ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Astarte (A-Z entry)
(AV: Ashtoreth , Ashtaroth ). The Greek form of Ashtart, one of the three great Canaanite goddesses. Astarte was primarily a goddess of fertility ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Astarte (A-Z entry)
(as‐star′‐tee) (also Ishtar) the spouse of Baal (see); a symbol of fertility. The biblical writers denounced worship of “Astartes” (Judg 2.13), which translates ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Atrahasis (A-Z entry)
hero of the Mesopotamian epic of Atrahasis, who survives the god Enlil's efforts to destroy humankind by, among other means, a flood (with ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Azazel (A-Z entry)
Appears only in the Day of Atonement ritual in Leviticus 16 . Two goats were designated by lot ( 16.8 ), one for the ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Baal (A-Z entry)
A common Semitic word meaning “owner, lord, husband.” As “lord” it is applied to various Canaanite gods, such as the Baal of Peor ( ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Baal‐zebub (A-Z entry)
The Phoenician god at Ekron consulted by King Ahaziah ( 2 Kings 1.2–18 ). The name in Hebrew means “Lord of Flies,” but no ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Behemoth (A-Z entry)
A mythical beast described in Job 40.15–24 as the first of God's creations, an animal of enormous strength that inhabits the river valleys. Although ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
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