AR #349
2 Destruction of
ARA #350
ARAB #351
ARABAH #352
1 See BETH-ARABAH
ARABIA #353
2 Tribute to Jehoshaphat
3 Exports of
4 Prophecies against
5 Paul visits
ARABIANS #354
2 To Jehoshaphat
5 Oppose Nehemiah's rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
6 Commerce of
7 Gospel preached to
8 Prophecies concerning
Isa 21:13-17; 42:11; 60:7; Jer 25:24
ARAD #355
1 A city on the south of Canaan
ARAH #356
2 An Israelite, whose descendants returned from Babylon
2.1 Probably identcal with ARAH in
ARAM #357
1 (The name of various regions, and of several men. The word signifies highlands, and is applied in its compounds to various highland districts of Syria)
2 The region whence Balaam came at Balak's command
ARAN #358
ARARAT #359
2 The ark of Noah came to rest in the mountains of
3 Assassins of Sennacherib take refuge in
ARAUNAH #360
1 A Jebusite from whom David bought a site for an altar
ARBA #361
2 ARBA
ARBITRATION #362
1 INSTANCES OF
1.1 The two harlots in the presence of King Solomon
1.2 Urged by Paul, as a mode of action for Christians
ARCHANGEL #363
1 General scriptures concerning
1 A ruler of Judaea (a son of Herod the Great)
ARCHERY #365
4 Practiced by the sons of Ulam
5 Practiced by the Philistines
7 Practiced by the people of Kedar
9 Practiced by the Israelites
2Sa 1:18; 1Ch 5:18; 12:2; 2Ch 14:8; 26:14; Ne 4:13; Zec 9:13
11 In war
Ge 49:23; Jud 5:11; 1Sa 31:3; Isa 22:3; Jer 4:29; 51:3; Zec 10:4
ARCHEVITES #366
ARCHI #367
ARCHIPPUS #368
ARCHITECTURE #369
1 General scriptures concerning
2 FIGURATIVE
2.3 See TABERNACLE
ARCTURUS #370
1 Constellation of
ARD #371
ARDON #372
ARELI #373
AREOPAGUS #374
ARETAS #375
ARGOB #376
1 A region east of the Jordan River
ARIDAI #377
ARIDATHA #378
ARIEH #379
ARIEL #380
1 A messenger from Ezra to Iddo
2 A symbolical name for Jerusalem
ARIMATHEA #381
2 A town five miles north of Jerusalem
Mt 27:57; Mr 15:43; Lu 23:51; Joh 19:38
ARIOCH #382
2 Captain of Nebuchadnezzars guard
ARISAI #383
ARISTARCHUS #384
Ac 19:29; 20:4; 27:2; Col 4:10; Phm 1:24
ARISTOBULUS #385
ARK #386
1 NOAH'S
1.1 Directions for building of
1.2 Noah and family preserved in
Ge 6:18; 7:8; Mt 24:38; Heb 11:7; 1Pe 3:20
1.3 Animals saved in
2 Of BULLRUSHES
3 IN THE TABERNACLE. Called THE ARK
3.1 OF THE COVENANT
Nu 10:33; De 31:26; Jos 4:7; 1Sa 4:3; 2Sa 15:24; 1Ch 15:25; 17:1; Jer 3:16; Heb 9:4
3.2 OF THE TESTIMONY
3.3 OF THE LORD
Jos 4:11; 1Sa 4:6; 6:1; 2Sa 6:9; 15:12; 16:4
3.4 OF GOD
1Sa 3:3; 4:11,17,22; 6:3; 14:18; 2Sa 6:7; 7:2; 15:25; 1Ch 13:12; 15:1,2,15,24; 16:1
3.5 OF GOD'S STRENGTH
3.6 Sanctification of
3.7 Ceremonies connected with, on the day of atonement
3.8 Holy
Nu 10:33; 14:44; Jos 7:6-15; Jud 20:27,28; 1Sa 4:3,4,7; 1Ch 13:3; 16:4,37; 2Ch 6:41; Ps 132:8
3.10 See MERCY SEAT
3.11 Directions for making
3.12 Construction of
3.13 Contents of
3.13.1 The law
Ex 25:16,21; 40:20; De 10:5; 31:26; 1Ki 8:9; 2Ch 5:10
3.13.2 Aaron's rod
3.13.3 Pot of manna
3.14 Place of
Ex 26:33; 40:21; 1Sa 3:3; 2Sa 7:2; Heb 9:2-4
3.15 How prepared for conveyance
3.16 Carried by Kohathites
Nu 3:30,31; 4:4,15; De 10:8; 1Ch 15:2,15
3.17 On special occasions carried by priests: Crossing Jordan
3.19 Taken to battle
3.20 Captured by the Philstines
3.21 Returned by the Philistines
3.22 Remains at the house of Abinadab
3.23 Remains in the house of Obed-edom
Jos 18:1; Jud 20:27,28; 1Sa 4:3,4
2Sa 6:12-17; 1Ch 6:31; 15; 16:1
3.26 Removed from Jerusalem by Zadok at the time of Absalom's revolt, but returned by command of David
3.27 Transferred to Solomon's temple
3.28 Prophecy concerning
ARKITES #387
ARM #388
1 FIGURATIVE USE OF
Ex 6:6; 15:16; De 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 26:8; 33:27; 1Ki 8:42; 2Ki 17:36; 2Ch 6:32; Ps 77:15; 89:10,13,21; 98:1; 136:12; So 2:6; Isa 33:2; 40:10,11; 51:5,9; 52:10; 53:1; 59:16; 62:8; 63:5,12; Jer 21:5; 27:5; 32:17; Eze 20:33; Lu 1:51; Ac 13:17
1.1 See ANTHROPOMORPHISMS
ARMAGEDDON #389
1 A symbolical name
ARMENIA #390
2 Assassins of Sennacherib take refuge in
ARMIES #391
1 Who of the Israelites were subject to service in
2 Who were exempt from service in
Nu 1:47-50; 2:33; De 20:5-9; Jud 7:3
3 Enumeration of Israel's military forces
Nu 1:2,3; 26:2; 1Sa 11:8; 2Sa 18:1,2; 24:1-9; 1Ki 20:15; 2Ch 25:5
4 Levies for
5 Compulsory service in
7 How officered
7.1 Commander-in-chief
1Sa 14:50; 2Sa 2:8; 8:16; 17:25; 19:13; 20:23
8 Generals of corps and divisions
Nu 2:3,31; 1Ch 27:1-22; 2Ch 17:12-19
9 Captains of thousands
Nu 31:14,48; 1Sa 17:18; 1Ch 28:1; 2Ch 25:5
10 Captains of hundreds
Nu 31:14,48; 2Ki 11:15; 1Ch 28:1; 2Ch 25:5
11 Captains of fifties
14 Rendezvous of
14.1 Methods employed in effecting
14.1.1 Sounding a trumpet
Nu 10:9; Jud 3:27; 6:34; 1Sa 13:3,4
14.1.2 Cutting oxen in pieces, and sending the pieces throughout Israel
15 Refusal to obey the summons, instance of
Jud 21:5-11; with 20
16 Tactics
17 Camp and march
18 March in ranks
18.1 Margin note)
18.2 Move, in attack, in three divisions
Jud 7:16; 9:43; 1Sa 11:11; 13:17,18; 2Sa 18:2; Job 1:17
18.3 Flanks called wings
18.5 Orders delivered with trumpets
2Sa 2:28; 18:16; 20:1,22; Ne 4:18,20
18.6 Stratagems
18.6.1 Ambushes, at Ai
18.7 Reconnoissances
18.7.2 Of Ai
18.7.5 Night attacks
18.7.6 Decoy
Jos 8:4-22; Jud 20:29-43; Ne 6
18.7.7 Unusual winter campaign
18.7.8 Delay
18.8 Celerity of action
18.8.1 Abraham, in pursuit of Chedorlaomer
18.8.2 Joshua, against the Amorites
18.8.3 The confederated kings
18.8.4 David's attack upon the Philistines
18.9 Forced marches
18.10 Sieges
2Ki 6:24-33; 7
18.10.4 "Engines" used
18.10.5 (R. V. Margin);
18.11 Fortifications
Jud 9:31; 2Sa 5:9; 2Ki 25:1; 2Ch 11:11; 26:9; Ne 3:8; 4:2; Isa 22:10; 25:12; 29:3; 32:14; Jer 6:6; 32:24; 33:4; 51:53; Eze 4:2; 17:17; 21:22; 26:8; 33:27; Da 11:15,19; Na 2:1; 3:14
18.12 Standards
Nu 2:2,3,10,17,18,25,31,34; 10:14,18,22,25
18.13 Uniforms of
18.14 Standing armies
1Sa 13:2; 1Ch 27; 2Ch 1:14; 17:12-19; 26:11-15
18.15 Religious ceremonies attending
18.15.1 Seeking counsel from God before battle
Nu 27:21; Jud 1:1; 1Sa 14:19,37-41; 23:2-12; 30:8; 2Sa 2:1; 5:19,23; 1Ki 22:7-28; 2Ki 3:11-19; 1Ch 14:10,14; Jer 37:7-10
18.15.2 Sacrifices
18.15.3 Purifications
18.15.4 Holiness enjoined
18.15.5 Officers consecrate themselves to God
18.15.6 Army choir and songs
18.16 Ark taken to battle
18.17 Divine assistance to
18.17.1 When Aaron and Hur held up Moses' hands
18.17.3 Sun stands still
18.17.4 Gideon's victory
18.17.5 Samaria's deliverances
18.17.6 Jehoshaphat's victories
18.17.7 Angel of the Lord smites the Assyrians
18.18 Determine royal succession
2Sa 2:8-10; 1Ki 16:16; 2Ki 11:4-12
18.19 Composed of insurgents
18.20 Mercenaries
2Sa 10:6; 1Ch 19:6,7; 2Ch 25:5,6
18.21 Confederated
Jos 10:1-5; 11:1-5; Jud 1:3; 2Sa 10:6,15,16,19; 1Ki 15:20; 22:1-4; 2Ki 16:9; 18:19-21; 1Ch 19:6,7; 2Ch 16:2-9; 18:1,3; 20:1; 22:5; 28:16,20; Ps 83:1-12; Isa 7:1-9; 8:9-12; 54:15
18.22 Exhorted before battle
18.23 Battle shouts
18.24 Triumphs of, celebrated
18.24.1 With songs
18.24.2 With music
18.24.3 With dancing
18.25 Rewards for meritorious conduct
18.25.1 The general offers his daughter in marriage
18.25.2 The king offers his daughter
18.25.3 A promotion
18.25.4 A share the spoils
18.26 Children instructed in military arts
18.27 Insubordination in, punished, Achan
18.28 Check roll-call
18.29 Panics
18.30 Among the Midianites
18.31 Among the Philistines
18.33 Soldiers destroy each other to escape captivity
18.34 Champions fight instead of
1Sa 17:8-53; 2Sa 2:14-17; 21:15-22
18.35 Confidence in, vain
18.36 Escort duty performed by
18.37 Roman army
18.37.1 Captains (R. V. margin, military tribunes) of
18.37.2 Centurions
Mt 8:5,8; 27:54; Lu 7:2; 23:47; Ac 10:1,7,22; 21:32; 22:26; 23:17,23; 24:23; 27:1,11,43; 28:16
18.37.3 Divided into "bands" (R. V. margin, cohorts,)
18.38 For other than armies of the Israelites and Romans
18.39 See AMALEKITES
18.43 See MIDIANITES
18.46 For commissaries of
18.47 See COMMISSARY
18.48 For weapons used
18.57 See RECONNOISSANCE
19 FIGURATIVE
De 33:2; 2Ki 6:17; Ps 34:7; 68:17; Re 9:16
ARMONI #392
ARMOR #393
1 The equipment of a soldier
2 See BREASTPLATE
3 See BRIGANDINE
4 See COAT OF MAIL
9 FIGURATIVE
Ro 13:12; 2Co 6:7; 10:4; Eph 6:11-17; 1Th 5:8
ARMOR-BEARER #394
1 (An attendant who carried a soldier's equipment)
4 Saul
ARMORY #395
1 A place for the storage of armor
Ne 3:19; So 4:4; Isa 22:8; 39:2
2 In different parts of the kingdom
4 FIGURATIVE
ARMS #396
5 See BATTERING-RAM
ARNAN #397
1 Patronymic of a family descended from David
ARNON #398
1 (A river emptying into the Dead Sea from the east)
2 Boundary between Moabites and Amorites
Nu 21:13,26; 22:36; De 2:24,36; 3:8,16; Jos 12:1
3 Fords of
4 Miracles at
AROD #399
ARODI #400
AROER #401
1 A city of the Amorites in the valley of the river Arnon
1.1 Conquered by Israelites
2 A city built, or, probably more correctly, rebuilt, by the Gadites
2.1 Jephthah smites the Ammonites at
3.1 The birthplace of two of David's heroes
ARPAD #402
2 A fortified city of Syria, perhaps identical with Arvad
3 Idols of
ARPHAD #403
ARPHAXAD #404
Ge 10:22; 11:10-13; 1Ch 1:17,18,24; Lu 3:36
ARREST #405
Mt 26:57; Mr 14:46; Lu 22:54; Joh 18:12
2 Of apostles
5 Paul authorized to arrest Christians
6 See EXTRADITION
ARROGANCE #406
1 General scriptures concerning
ARROW #407
1 (A weapon)
2 Used in hunting
3 Used in war
1Sa 31:3; 2Sa 22:15; 1Ki 22:34; 2Ki 19:32; Ps 7:13; Isa 22:3; Jer 51:3
4 Divination by
5 Shot by Jonathan as a sign to David
6 Shot by Joash as a sign against the Syrians
7 FIGURATIVE
Nu 24:8; De 32:23,42; Job 6:4; Ps 11:2; 21:12; 38:2; 45:5; 57:4; 58:7; 91:5; 120:4; 144:6; Pr 25:18; La 3:12,13; Eze 5:16; Hab 3:11
ARSON #408
1 General scriptures concerning
2 Law concerning
3 INSTANCES OF
ART #409
1 PRIMITIVE
1.1 Invention of musical instruments and instruments of iron and copper (A. V., brass)
1.2 Carpentry
1.3 Of the apothecary or perfumer
1.4 Of the armorer
1.5 Of the baker
1.6 Of the barber
1.7 Of the brickmaker
1.8 Of the calker
1.9 Of compounding confections
1.10 Of the gardener
1.11 Of the goldsmith
1.12 Of the mariner
1.13 Of the mason
1.14 Of the musician
1.15 Of the potter
Isa 64:8; Jer 18:3; La 4:2; Zec 11:13
1.16 Of the refiner of metals
1.17 Of the ropemaker
1.18 Of the stonecutter
1.19 Of the shipbuilder
1.20 Of the smelter of metals
1.21 Of the spinner
1.22 Of the tailor
1.23 Of the tanner
1.24 Of the tentmaker
1.25 Of the weaver
1.26 Of the winemaker
1.27 Of the writer
2 ARTISANS, SKILLFUL
2.1 Jubal
2.2 Tubal-cain
2.4 Hiram
2.5 For the various arts practised, and products manufactured, in ancient times
2.6 See APOTHECARY
2.7 See BEATEN WORK
2.13 See CONFECTIONER
2.17 See EMBROIDERY
2.25 See MASTER WORKMAN
2.36 See SILVERSMITH
ARTAXERXES #410
1 A Persian king probably identical with AHASUERUS
1.1 Prohibits the rebuilding of Jerusalem
2 King of Persia. Decree of, in behalf of the Jews
ARTEMAS #411
ARTILLERY #412
1 General scriptures concerning
ARTISAN #413
2 See MASTER WORKMAN
ARUBOTH #414
1 A district laid under tribute to Solomon's commissariat
ARUMAH #415
ARVAD #416
ARVADITES #417
Ge 10:18; 1Ch 1:16; Eze 27:8,11
ARZA #418