Bible Dictionary

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 his escape from Saul; while she resided in Ziklag,

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 Absalom’s rebellion, and advised him to cohabit in public

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 Amariah, and father of Zadok (2 Sam. 8:17; 1

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), and means “she who has a tabernacle”; and Aholibah,

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 Esau to Jeush, Jaalam and Korah (Gen. 36:2-25). (See

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 Lord after the cross. The Targum explains this expression

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. 119. From this letter the letter O of the

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 “under the sky”, thereby indicating what appeared to their

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, already mentioned in the Amarna letters. It was distributed