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- Ashkelon
Ashkelon =Askelon=Ascalon, was one of the five cities of the...
- Apollos
APOLLOS. a-pol'-os (Apollos, the short form of Apollonius):...
- Adonijah
ADONIJAH. ad-o-ni'-ja ('adhoniyahu or 'adhoniyah, "my lord...
- Absalom
Absalom. father of peace; i.e., "peaceful" David's son by...
- Abomination
Abomination. This word is used, To express the idea that the...
- Ahab
Ahab (uncle).Son of Omri, seventh king of Israel, reigned...
- Asaph
Asaph. convener, or collector. A Levite; one of the leaders...
- Accountability
ACCOUNTABILITY. a-koun-ta-bil'-i-ti. Scriptural Principles:...
- Ashkelon
1. (a.) Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. 2. (a.) Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.
- Quick Reference Dictionary. Search our collection of popular Bible dictionaries for the meaning of words found in the Bible. Our comprehensive dictionary combines definitions and proper names for Biblical words with online verse reference, allowing users to define and analyze Scripture.
- Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology. One of the most useful and practical theological reference books in print. With bibliographies for most entries, further study is quite practical.
- Easton's Bible Dictionary. Easton's Bible Dictionary was authored by Matthew George Easton (1823-1894). In addition to his Bible dictionary, this Scottish Presbyterian's most significant literary achievements were his English translations of two of Franz Delitzsch's commentaries.
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary. This dictionary is from "Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible," written by Roswell D. Hitchcock in 1869.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Calamity. CALAMITY. ka-lam'-i-ti ('edh, "a load" or "burden" under which one is crushed, hence, "misfortune"; hayyah, hawwah, "fall," "ruin," the latter word used only in the plural; ra`, "evil in essence" hence, "adversity," once only, Psalms 141:5, the Revised Version (British and American ...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. 1. (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals. 2. (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
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