The Essential Bible Dictionary is a concise, full-color dictionary that provides helpful insights into the world of the Bible.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Abbreviations
• A
• Aaron
• Aaron's staff
• Abaddon
• Abana
• Abarim
• Abba
• Abdon
• Abednego
• Abel
• Abel Meholah
• Abiathar
• Abib
• Abigail, Abigal
• Abihu
• Abijah, Abijam
• Abilene
• Abimelech
• Abinadab
• Abishag
• Abishai
• Abner
• abomination.
• abomination of desolation.
• Abraham
• Abraham's bosom
• Absalom
• abstain, abstinence.
• abyss.
• acacia.
• acceptance.
• Acco
• Achaia
• Achan
• Achish
• Achor
• acrostic.
• Acsah
• Acts of the Apostles.
• Adah
• Adam
• adamant.
• Adar
• Admah
• Adonai
• Adonijah
• Adoniram
• Adoni-Zedek
• adoption.
• Adramyttium
• Adria, Adriatic Sea
• Adullam
• adultery.
• advent.
• adversary.
• advocate.
• Aeneas
• Aenon
• Agabus
• Agag
• agape.
• Agrippa
• Agur
• Ahab
• Ahava
• Ahaz
• Ahaziah
• Ahijah
• Ahikam
• Ahimaaz
• Ahimelech
• Ahinoam
• Ahithophel
• Ai
• Aijalon
• Akeldama
• Akkad
• alabaster.
• aleph.
• Alexander
• Alexandria
• allegory.
• Almighty.
• alms.
• almug.
• alpha and omega
• Alphaeus
• altar.
• Al-taschith
• Amalek, Amalekites
• Amasa
• Amaziah
• ambassador.
• amen.
• amethyst.
• Ammon, Ammonites
• Amnon
• Amon
• Amorites
• Amos, Book of
• Amphipolis
• Anak, Anakim, Anakites
• Ananias
• anathema
• Anathoth
• Ancient of Days.
• Andrew
• Andronicus
• angel.
• angel of the Lord.
• anger.
• Anna
• Annas
• annunciation.
• anoint.
• antichrist.
• Antioch
• Antipas
• Aphek
• Apocalypse
• Apocrypha.
• Apollos
• apostasy.
• apostle.
• Appius, Forum of
• Aquila
• Arabah
• Arabia
• Arad
• Aram, Aramean
• Aramaic
• Aram Naharaim
• Ararat
• Araunah, Ornan
• archangel.
• Archelaus
• Archippus
• Areopagus
• Aretas
• Ariel
• Arimathea
• Aristarchus
• ark.
• Armageddon
• Arnon
• Aroer
• Artaxerxes
• Artemis
• Asa
• Asahel
• Asaph
• ascension of Christ.
• Asenath
• Ashdod
• Asher
• Asherah
• Ashkelon
• Ashtaroth
• Ashtoreth
• Asia
• Asshur
• assurance.
• Assyria
• astrology.
• Athaliah
• Athens
• atonement.
• Augustus Caesar
• avenger.
• ayin
• Azariah
• Azekah
• B
• Baal
• Baal-Berith
• Baal Peor
• Baal Perazim
• Baal-Zebub
• Baasha
• Babel, Tower of
• Babylon
• Babylonia
• Bahurim
• Balaam
• Balak
• balance.
• balm.
• baptism.
• Barabbas
• Barak
• barbarian.
• Bar-Jesus
• Barnabas
• barrenness.
• Bartholomew
• Bartimaeus
• Baruch
• Barzillai
• Bastían
• bath.
• Bathsheba
• Beatitudes
• Beelzebub, Beelzebul
• Beersheba
• Belial
• Belshazzar
• Belteshazzar
• Benaiah
• Ben-Ammi
• Ben-Hadad
• Benjamin
• Berea
• Bernice
• beth
• Bethany
• Bethel
• Bethesda
• Beth Horon
• Bethlehem
• Beth Peor
• Bethphage
• Bethsaida
• Beth Shan
• Beth Shemesh
• Bible.
• Bildad
• Bilhah
• birthright.
• bishop.
• Bithynia
• bitter herbs, bitter water.
• blasphemy.
• bless.
• blood.
• Boanerges
• boast.
• Boaz
• body of Christ.
• bone.
• book.
• booty.
• bosom.
• bowels.
• Bozrah
• bread.
• breastpiece, breastplate.
• brimstone.
• bronze sea.
• bronze snake.
• burden.
• burial.
• burning bush.
• C
• Caesar
• Caesarea
• Caesarea Philippi
• Caesar's household.
• Caiaphas
• Cain
• Caleb
• calendar.
• calf, golden.
• call.
• Calneh, Calno
• Cana
• Canaan, Canaanites
• Cananaean
• Candace
• canon.
• Capernaum
• Caphtor, Caphtorim, Caphtorite
• Cappadocia
• Carchemish
• Carmel
• Carnal.
• Castor and Pollux
• Catholic Epistles.
• Cenchrea
• centurion.
• chaff.
• Chaldea
• charity.
• chastisement.
• Chemosh
• Cherub, cherubim
• Christ
• Christian.
• Chronicles, Books of.
• church.
• Cilicia
• circumcision.
• cities of refuge.
• City of David.
• Claudius
• Claudius Lysias
• Cleopas
• Clopas
• cloud, pillar of.
• Colosse
• Colossians, Epistle to the.
• commandment.
• Commandments, Ten.
• Commission, Great.
• common.
• concubine.
• condemn, condemnation.
• confession.
• congregation.
• Coniah
• conscience.
• consecration.
• contentment.
• contrite.
• conversation.
• Corban
• Corinth
• Corinthians, Letters to the.
• Cornelius
• council.
• covenant.
• covetousness.
• creation.
• Crete
• crimson.
• Crispus
• cross.
• crucify.
• cubit.
• curse.
• Cush
• Cyprus
• Cyrene
• Cyrus
• D
• Dagon
• daleth
• Dalmanutha
• Dalmatia
• Damaris
• Damascus
• Dan
• Daniel
• Darius
• darkness.
• Dathan
• daughter.
• David
• day of the Lord
• deacon.
• Dead Sea.
• Dead Sea Scrolls.
• death.
• Debit
• Deborah
• Decapolis
• decree.
• Dedan
• dedication.
• Dedication, Feast of.
• deep, the.
• defile.
• deity.
• Delilah
• Demas
• Demetrius
• demon.
• Derbe
• Deuteronomy
• devil.
• Dibon
• Dinah
• Dionysius
• Diotrephes
• disciple.
• dispensation.
• divination.
• divorce.
• doctrine.
• Doeg
• Dor
• Dorcas
• Dothan
• dowry.
• doxology.
• dragon.
• dream.
• drunkenness.
• Drusilla
• Dung Gate.
• E
• earnest.
• east.
• Ebal, Mount
• Ebenezer
• Ecclesiastes, Book of
• Eden
• edification.
• Edom
• Edrei
• Eglon
• Egypt
• Ehud
• Ekron
• Elah, Valley of
• Elam
• Elath, Eloth
• elder.
• Elead
• Eleazar
• election.
• Eli
• Eliakim
• Elias
• Eliezer
• Elihu
• Elijah
• Elimelech
• Eliphaz
• Elisha
• Elizabeth
• Elkanah
• Elohim
• Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani
• Elul
• Elymas
• Emmaus
• Endor
• En Gedi
• Enoch
• envy.
• Epaphras
• Epaphroditus
• ephah
• Ephesians, Letter to the.
• Ephesus
• ephod
• ephphatha
• Ephraim
• Ephrath, Ephrathah
• Epicurean
• epistle.
• Erastus
• Esarhaddon
• Esau
• eschatology.
• Essenes
• Esther, Book Of
• eternal.
• Ethiopia
• Eunice
• eunuch.
• Euodia
• Euphrates
• Eutychus
• Eve
• evil.
• ewe.
• exhort.
• exile.
• Exodus, Book of.
• exorcism.
• Ezekiel, Book of.
• Ezion Geber
• Ezra, Book of.
• F
• fable.
• face.
• faith.
• faithfulness.
• fall, the.
• false.
• familiar spirit.
• family.
• famine.
• farthing.
• fasting.
• father.
• fear.
• feasts.
• Felix
• fellowship.
• Festus, Porcius
• fiery serpent.
• fillet.
• fire.
• firmament.
• firstborn.
• firstfruits.
• Fish Gate.
• flagon.
• flesh.
• flock.
• flood, the.
• food.
• foolishness, folly.
• footwashing.
• foreknowledge.
• foreskin.
• forgiveness.
• fornication.
• foundation.
• fruit.
• G
• Gaal
• Gaash
• Gabbatha
• Gabriel
• Gad
• Gadara, Gadarene
• Gaius
• Galatia
• Galatians, Letter to the
• Galilee
• Galilee, Sea of.
• gall.
• Gallio
• Gamaliel
• gate.
• Gath
• Gaza
• Geba
• Gedaliah
• Gehazi
• Gehenna
• genealogy.
• generation.
• Genesis, Book of.
• Gennesaret
• Gentile.
• Gerar
• Gerasene
• Gerizim
• Gershom
• Gershon
• Gethsemane
• Gezer
• ghost.
• giant.
• Gibeah
• Gibeon
• Gideon
• gifts, spiritual.
• Gihon
• Gilboa, Mount
• Gilead
• Gilgal
• Gittite
• glory.
• gluttony.
• gnashing the teeth.
• Gnosticism
• God.
• godliness.
• Gog
• Golgotha
• Goliath
• Gomer
• Gomorrah
• good.
• Goshen
• gospel.
• government.
• governor.
• grace.
• Grecian
• Greece
• Greek language.
• guilt.
• H
• Habakkuk, Book of
• Hadad
• Hadadezer
• Hades
• Hagar
• Haggai, Book of
• Hagiographa
• hallelujah
• hallow.
• Ham
• Haman
• Hamath
• Hananiah
• Hannah
• Hanukkah
• Haran
• hardening, spiritual.
• harvest.
• hate, hatred.
• Hazael
• Hazor
• he (letter)
• heap of stones.
• heart.
• heathen.
• heaven.
• Hebrew.
• Hebrews, Letter to the.
• Hebron
• hell.
• Hellenism.
• Heman
• heresy.
• Hermon
• Herod
• Herodians
• Herodias
• Heshbon
• heth (letter)
• Hezekiah
• high places.
• high priest.
• Hilkiah
• hin.
• Hinnom, Valley of (Ben)
• Hiram, Huram
• Hittite
• Hivite
• holiness.
• Holy of Holies, Holy Place.
• Holy Spirit.
• homer.
• honor.
• hope.
• Hophni
• Hor
• Horite
• horn.
• hosanna
• Hosea, Book of
• Hoshea
• hospitality.
• host.
• house.
• Huldah
• humanity.
• humility.
• Hushai
• hypocrite.
• hyssop.
• I
• Ichabod
• Iconium
• Iddo
• idleness.
• idolatry.
• Idumea
• Illyricum
• immanuel
• immortality.
• imputation.
• incarnation.
• incense.
• inheritance.
• iniquity.
• inspiration.
• intercession.
• Isaac
• isaiah, Book of
• Ish-Bosheth
• Ishmael
• Israel
• Issachar
• Ithamar
• J
• Jabbok
• Jabesh Gilead
• Jabin
• Jacob
• Jairus
• James
• James, Letter of.
• Japheth
• Javan
• Jazer
• jealousy.
• Jebus
• Jeconiah
• Jedidiah
• Jeduthun
• Jehoahaz
• Jehoash, Joash
• Jehoiachin
• Jehoiada
• Jehoiakim
• Jehoram, Joram
• Jehoshaphat
• Jehovah
• Jehu
• Jephthah
• Jeremiah
• Jeremiah, Book of.
• Jericho
• Jeroboam
• Jerub-Baal
• Jerusalem
• Jesse
• Jesus
• Jethro
• Jew
• Jezebel
• Jezreel
• Joab
• Job, Book of
• Joel
• Joel, Book of.
• John
• John, Gospel of.
• John, Letters of.
• Jonah, Book of.
• Jonathan
• Joppa
• Jordan River
• Joseph
• Joshua
• Joshua, Book of.
• Josiah
• Jotham
• joy.
• Jubilee.
• Judah
• Judaism.
• Judas
• Jude, Letter of.
• Judea
• Judges, Book of.
• judgment.
• justification.
• K
• Kadesh Barnea
• kaph
• Kebar
• Kedar
• Kedesh
• Kedorlaomer
• Keilah
• Kenite
• Kerethite
• Keturah
• Kidron
• kindness.
• king.
• kingdom of God
• Kings, Books of.
• king's highway.
• Kinnereth
• Kiriath Jearim
• Kish
• Kishon
• knowledge.
• Kohath
• Korah
• Korazin
• L
• Laban
• Lachish
• lamb.
• Lamech
• lamed
• Lamentations, Book of.
• lampstand.
• Laodicea.
• lasciviousness.
• Latin.
• law.
• lawyer.
• laying on of hands.
• lazarus
• Leah
• leaven.
• Lebanon
• Lebo Hamath
• lees.
• legion.
• Lemuel
• leper, leprosy.
• letter.
• Levi
• Leviathan
• Levite
• Levitical cities.
• Leviticus, Book of
• Libya
• lie.
• life.
• life, book of.
• light.
• Lod, Lydda
• loins.
• Lois
• lord.
• Lord's Prayer.
• Lord's Supper.
• Lot
• lots.
• love.
• lovingkindness.
• Lucifer
• Lucius
• Luke
• Luke, Gospel of.
• lust.
• Luz
• LXX.
• Lycaonia
• Lydia
• Lystra
• M
• Macedonia
• Magdalene
• Magi
• magistrate.
• Magog
• Mahanaim
• Makir
• Malachi, Book of
• Malchus
• malice.
• Malta
• mammon
• Mamre
• Manasseh
• mandrake.
• manger.
• manna
• Manoah
• maranatha
• Mark, Gospel of.
• Mark, John
• marriage.
• Martha
• Mary
• maskil
• Massah
• Matthew
• Matthew, Gospel of.
• Matthias
• Media
• mediator.
• meditate.
• Mediterranean Sea.
• meekness.
• Megiddo
• Melchizedek
• mem
• Memphis
• Menahem
• mene, mene, tekel, parsin (upharsin)
• Mephibosheth
• Merari
• mercy.
• mercy seat.
• Meshach
• Mesopotamia
• Messiah
• Methuselah
• Micah
• Micah, Book of.
• Micaiah
• Michael
• Michal
• Midian
• millennium.
• Millo
• minister.
• miracles.
• Miriam
• Mizpah, Mizpeh
• Mizraim
• Mnason
• Moab
• Molech
• Mordecai
• Moreh
• Moriah
• morning star.
• Moses
• mourning.
• murder.
• myrrh.
• myrtle.
• Mysia
• mystery.
• N
• Naaman
• Nabal
• Naboth
• Nadab
• Nahash
• Nahor
• Nahum, Book of.
• Nain
• name.
• Naomi
• Naphtali
• Nathan
• Nathanael
• Nazarene
• Nazareth
• Nazirite
• Neapolis
• Nebo
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Neco
• necromancy.
• Negev
• Nehemiah, Book of.
• nero
• Nethinim
• New Testament.
• Nicodemus
• Nicolaitan
• Niger
• Nile
• Nimrod
• Nineveh
• Noah
• Nob
• Numbers, Book of.
• nun (letter)
• Nun (person)
• Nympha
• O
• oath.
• Obadiah
• Obadiah, Book of.
• Obed
• Obed-Edom
• obedience.
• offense.
• Og
• ointments and perfumes.
• Old Testament.
• Olives, Mount of.
• omnipotence.
• omnipresence.
• omniscience.
• Omri
• Onesimils
• OnesiphorilS
• Ophel
• Ophir
• Ophrah
• oracle.
• ordain.
• ordinance.
• Othniel
• P
• Paddan, Paddan Aram
• Palestine
• Pamphylia
• Paphos
• papyrus.
• parable.
• paradise.
• Paran
• parchment.
• Parthians
• passion.
• pastor.
• Pastoral Letters.
• patience.
• Patmos
• patriarch.
• Paul
• Paulus, Sergius
• pe
• peace.
• Pekah
• Pekahiah
• Pelethite
• Peninnah
• Pentateuch
• Pentecost
• Penuel
• Perez
• perfection, perfect.
• Perga
• Pergamum
• Perizzite
• persecution.
• perseverance.
• Persia
• Peter
• Peter, Letters of.
• pharaoh
• Pharisee
• Philadelphia
• Philemon, letter to
• Philip
• Philippi
• Philippians, Letter to the
• Philistia
• Philistine
• Phinehas
• Phoebe
• Phoenicia
• Phrygia
• phylactery
• Pilate, Pontius
• pillar.
• Pisgah
• Pisidia
• pit.
• plague.
• pledge.
• polygamy.
• polytheism.
• Pontius Pilate
• Pontus
• Potiphar
• Potiphera
• Praetorium
• praise.
• prayer.
• preaching.
• Preparation Day.
• press.
• prevent.
• pride.
• priest.
• principality.
• Priscilla
• Prison Epistles.
• proconsul.
• profane.
• promise.
• prophet, prophetess.
• propitiation and expiation.
• proselyte.
• prostitute.
• Proverbs, Book of.
• providence.
• province.
• Psalms, Book of.
• publican.
• purification.
• Purim
• Put
• Q
• qoph
• quail.
• queen.
• Queen of Heaven.
• quick, quicken.
• Quirinius
• R
• Rabbah
• rabbi
• Rabmag, Rabsaris, Rabshakeh
• Rachel
• Rahab
• rainbow.
• Ramah
• Rameses
• Ramoth
• ransom.
• Rebekah
• Recab
• reconciliation.
• red heifer.
• Red Sea.
• redemption.
• regeneration.
• Rehoboam
• remission
• remnant.
• repentance.
• Rephaim, Rephaites
• Rephidim
• reprobate.
• resh
• rest.
• restoration.
• resurrection.
• retribution.
• Reuben
• revelation.
• Revelation, Book of the.
• reward.
• Rezin
• Rhoda
• Rhodes
• righteousness.
• Rimmon
• Rizpah
• rock.
• rod, Staff.
• Romans, Letter to the.
• Rome.
• root.
• Rufus
• Ruth, Book of.
• S
• Sabbath
• sackcloth.
• sacrifice.
• Sadducee
• saint.
• Salamis
• Salem
• Salome
• salvation.
• Samaria
• Samaritan
• samech
• Samson
• Samuel
• Samuel, Books of.
• Sanballat
• sanctification.
• Sanhedrin
• Sapphira
• Sarah, Sarai
• Sardis
• Sargon
• Satan
• Saul
• savior.
• scapegoat.
• scribe.
• scroll.
• Scythian
• selah
• Sennacherib
• Septuagint
• seraph, seraphim
• Sermon on the Mount.
• Servant of the Lord.
• Seth
• Shadrach
• Shalmaneser
• Shamgar
• Sharon
• Sheba
• Shebna, Shebnah
• Shechem
• shekel.
• Shekinah
• Shem
• Shema, the
• Sheol
• Shiloh
• Shimei
• shin
• Shinar
• showbread.
• Shunem
• Sidon
• sign.
• Sihon
• Silas, Silvanus
• Siloam
• Simeon
• Simon
• sin.
• sin, Desert of.
• Sinai, Mount
• Sisera
• slave, slavery.
• Smyrna
• Sodom
• Solomon
• Song of Solomon.
• Sosthenes
• soul.
• sovereignty of God.
• spirit.
• Stephanas
• Stephen
• Stoics
• Succoth
• supplication.
• Susa
• sycamore, sycomore.
• synagogue.
• Syntyche
• Syria
• Syrophoenician
• T
• tabernacle.
• table.
• Tabor, Mount
• Tamar
• Tarshish
• Tarsus
• tassel.
• tau
• teaching.
• Tekoa
• Tel, Tell.
• Tema
• Teman
• temperance.
• temple.
• temptation.
• Terah
• Tertills
• Tertullus
• testimony.
• tet
• tetrarch.
• Thaddaeus
• thankfulness, thanksgiving.
• Theophilus
• Thessalonians, Letters to the.
• Thessalonica
• Thomas
• thorn in the flesh.
• threshing.
• Thyatira
• Tiberias
• Tiberius
• Tiglath-Pileser
• Tigris
• Timnah
• Timothy
• Tirzah
• Tishbite
• tithe.
• tittle.
• Titus
• Tobiah
• tomb.
• tongues, gift of.
• Topheth
• Torah
• tower.
• tradition.
• transfiguration.
• transgression.
• travail.
• treasure.
• tree of knowledge, tree of life.
• trespass.
• tribe.
• tribulation.
• Trinity.
• triumphal entry.
• Troas
• Trophimus
• truth.
• tsadhe
• Tubal-Cain
• Tychicils
• Tyre
• U
• Ucal.
• Ugarit.
• unclean, uncleanness.
• unction.
• undefiled.
• unity.
• unleavened bread.
• unpardonable sin.
• upper room.
• Ur of the Chaldeans
• Uriah
• Urim and Thummim
• usury.
• Uzzali
• Uzziah
• V
• vain.
• vanity.
• Vashti
• veil.
• vengeance.
• vessel.
• victory.
• vine, vineyard.
• virgin.
• Virgin Birth.
• vision.
• VOW.
• Vulgate
• W
• wages.
• walk.
• wall.
• want, wantonness.
• watch.
• waw
• way.
• wedding.
• well.
• whirlwind.
• wind.
• wine.
• winebibber.
• winnowing fork.
• wisdom.
• wist.
• woman.
• word.
• work, works.
• world.
• wormwood.
• worship.
• X
• Xerxes
• Y
• yod, yodh
• yoke.
• Z
• Zacchaeus
• Zadok
• Zarephath
• zayin
• zeal.
• zealot.
• Zebedee
• Zebulun
• Zechariah
• Zechariah, Book of.
• Zedekiah
• Zephaniah, Book of.
• Zerah
• Zerubbabel
• Zeruiah
• Zeus
• Ziklag
• Zilpah
• Zion
• Zipporah
• Zobah