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ARETAS The common appellation (like Pharaoh for the kings of Egypt) of the Arab kings of northern Arabia. It means, in Arabic, “smith.” The governor of...
ARFAD “place of rest” (Heb.). Fortified city near Hamath, perhaps the same as Arvad (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13; Is. 10:9; 36:19; 37:13; Jer. 49:23).
ARGOD “strong”. (a) District south of Damascus, and which was part of Bashan, where the giants resided. It had up to 60 cities, over which Og...
ARIEL (a) A Moabite (2 Sam. 23:20) (b) Hebrew name applied to Jerusalem “the city where David dwelt” (Is. 29:1, 2, 7). The same word occurs...
ARIMATHEA Homeland of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1) and the village where Joseph, the secret disciple who asked Pilate for the body of Christ to bury him,...
ARIOC “like a lion” (Heb.). (a) King of Ellasar (Gen. 14:1, 9). (b) Captain of Nebuchadnezzar’s guard (Dan. 2:14, 15, 24, 25).
ARISTARCHUS “the best ruler” (Gr.). A Macedonian from Thessalonica, he was Paul’s companion on several of his journeys and on his journey to Rome. He willingly...
ARISTOBULUS “the best advisor” (Gr.). A resident of Rome, to whose house Paul sends greetings (Rom. 16:10). There is a tradition that he was part of...
ARK OF THE COVENANT It is also called the Ark of God, the Ark of the Testimony, the Ark of Jehovah. It was the sacred chest...
ARM The member of the body capable of lifting loads and defending the person: it is used symbolically of the power and strength of God in...
