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AHINADAB “brother of liberality.” Son of Iddo, governor of Solomon in Mahanaim (1 Kings 4:14).
AHINOAM “pleasant brother.” (a) Daughter of Ahimaaz and wife of Saul (1 Sam. 14:50). (b) Wife of David, she came from Jezreel; she accompanied David in...
AHITOPHEL “foolish brother.” Gilonita, grandfather of Bathsheba, and a very wise advisor to King David. He accepted his word as the word of God. He joined...
AHITUB “a good brother.” Name of four priests: (a) Son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli (1 Sam. 14:3; 22:9, 11, 12, 20). (b) Son of...
AHOLAH, AHOLIBAH They are two allegorical feminine names given to the two kingdoms of the Jews. Ahola is the name applied to Samaria (the northern kingdom),...
AHOLIBAMAH “tent of the high place.” (a) One of Esau’s wives; She was the daughter of Anah, son of Zibeon the Hivite. She gave birth to...
AIJELETH-SHAHAR It appears in the heading of Ps. 22, and means “the doe of the dawn.” It could well refer prophetically to the resurrection of the...
AIN (a) Transcription of the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet that the LXX and other ancient versions put before Lm. 1:16; 2:17, 49-50 and Ps....
AIR Hebrew is a very concrete and not very abstract language; Thus, to designate what in modern language is called atmosphere, the Jews used the expression...
AJALON “place of the deer.” (a) City of ancient Canaan on the way from the Mediterranean coast to the mountainous region, about 20 km from Jerusalem,...
