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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
Ammon (A-Z entry)
Ammon and the Ammonites make up one of the national groups east of the Jordan River mentioned by the Bible as enemies or subjects ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ammon (A-Z entry)
A tribal state located to the east of the Jordan River ( Map 1:Y‐Z4 ) that played a marginally significant role in the history ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Ammonites (A-Z entry)
Inhabitants of land east of the River Jordan (= modern state of Jordan, whose capital is Amman): there was intermittent warfare between Israel and ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Amorites (A-Z entry)
The Amorites were among the original inhabitants of Canaan before the Israelite conquest , along with Hittites , Canaanites, Jebusites , and others ( ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Amorites (A-Z entry)
The term Amorite is the English rendering of the Hebrew word 'ĕmorî , which is derived in turn from the Akkadian Amurrūm or Amurr-ī-um ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
amphictyony (A-Z entry)
A word borrowed from institutions in classical Greece and applied by some historians of Israel to its supposed organization before the monarchy as a ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Araunah (A-Z entry)
A Jebusite who owned a threshing floor ( 2 Sam. 24: 16 ). A pestilence which had ravaged the land to punish David for ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Asher (A-Z entry)
The second son of Jacob and Zilpah , Leah 's maid ( Gen. 30.12 ), and one of the twelve tribes of Israel Genesis ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Bashan (A-Z entry)
A fertile area east of the Jordan whose fat cattle were proverbial ( Amos 4: 1 ). Once ruled by Og ( Num. 21: ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Bedouin (A-Z entry)
an Arab nomad; in general, a member of a nomadic desert tribe.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Benjamin (A-Z entry)
The youngest son of Jacob , by Rachel ; Joseph 's full brother; and the ancestor of the tribe of Benjamin. The name means ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Canaanites (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Canaanites (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Canaanites (A-Z entry)
There are several ways to distinguish the ancient Canaanites: as people who lived in Canaan (Lebanon, southern Syria, Israel, and Transjordan); people who spoke ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Chaldeans (A-Z entry)
The Chaldeans were a group of tribes first clearly attested in the ninth century bce in southern Mesopotamia. The name Chaldeans comes from the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Cimmerians (A-Z entry)
Since Classical Antiquity it has been believed that the Cimmerians were the early inhabitants of the Pontic steppes, preceding the Scythians there, although an ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
citadel (A-Z entry)
a stronghold or fortress, whether standing alone or serving as the inner fortification of a city.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Dan (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Dan (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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