Essential Bible Dictionary
Essential Bible Dictionary
Editor/Author
Silva, Moises
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Zondervan
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-0-310-53753-3
Category: Religion & Theology - Christianity
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The Essential Bible Dictionary is a concise, full-color dictionary that provides helpful insights into the world of the Bible.
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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