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ASHKELON One of the five royal cities of the Philistines fell to Judah, who took Ashkelon and its coasts (Judges 1:18), but without really subduing it,...
ASHKENAZ According to Gen. 10:3, grandson of Japheth. Since the Middle Ages in Germany: Askanaitic Judaism = German and Polish Jews with their Jewish-German dialect.
ASHTAROTH City of Bashan in the kingdom of Og, east of the Jordan. It was given to the half tribe of Manasseh and was later made...
ASHTEROTH KARNAIM Scene of the defeat of the Rephaim before the forces of Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:5). Although there are those who have identified it with the...
ASHTORETH “a wife”. Goddess of the Phoenicians and Sidonians, worshiped by Israel after the death of Joshua and also by Solomon. Josiah destroyed the emblems of...
ASIA In the NT this term does not refer to the continent now called Asia, and does not even include all of so-called Asia Minor; It...
ASIARCA «Chiefs of Asia» (gr.). They were positions elected annually by the cities in the Roman province of Asia. They were in charge of public games...
ASNAPAR “Asnap the great.” High Assyrian dignitary, described as “the great and glorious one” (Ezra 4:10). He established different foreign tribes in Samaria. Certain commentators have...
ASON Seaport of Mysia, west of Asia Minor, on the northern coast of the Gulf of Adramicio, about 32 kilometers from Troas (Acts 20:13, 14). A...
ASP The Hebrew word designates a very poisonous snake other than the viper. Sometimes it is the “naja” or Egyptian cobra, extremely poisonous, small, yellowish green,...
