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AVARICE Disorderly love of riches. There is no specific word in biblical Hebrew to express this passion, but in many passages it is designated by the...
AUTHORITY Power to direct or order, inherent or delegated. All authority belongs to God (Rom. 13:1). All established authorities have been established by God (Rom. 13:2)....
AUGUSTUS CAESAR First Roman emperor, son of Gaius Octavius and Atia, niece of Julius Caesar. He was a member of the Triumvirate along with Antony and...
AUGUSTUS “venerable, commanding respect.” Title given to the Roman emperors who succeeded Augustus Caesar. In the Bible, Augustus Caesar (Lk. 2:1) and Nero (Acts 25:21, 25)...
COURT Patio surrounded by columns that were in temples and ancient buildings. In Solomon’s temple there were two courts called courts: (a) the interior, where there...
ATHEIST The Greek term is “atheos,” lit., “without God,” and is thus translated in Ephesians (Eph. 2:12). It is used as a description of Gentiles as...
ATHENS The main city of Attica, and the capital of Greek scholarship and art. The city was totally devoted to idolatry, and people spent their time...
COFFIN Having been made in Egypt for an embalmed body, Joseph’s coffin was undoubtedly of the type of mummy sarcophagi (Gen. 50:26). These were ornate mortuary...
ATAROTH-ADDAR “the crowns of Adar” (Heb.). City on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:5; 18:13). It has been identified as “ed-Dariah”, 31° 53′ N,...
ATAROT “crowns” (Heb.). (a) City east of the Jordan, built or rebuilt by the Gadites (Num. 32:3, 4). Identified with «Khirbet-attarus», 31° 36′ N, 35° 42′...
