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93561 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amittai.2
Amittai - a-mit'-i ('amittay, "faithful"): The father of the prophet Jonah. He was from Gath-hepher in Zebulun ( 2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1 ).
93562 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amnon.2
Amnon - am'-non ('amnon, "faithful"; compare 'aminon, 2 Samuel 13:20, which is probably a diminutive. Wellhausen (IJG, II, 24, note 2) resolves 'amiynown into 'immi, and nun, "my mother is the serpent"; compare NUN ):
93563 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).42
… God's faithfulness to His promise, and the deep-seated conviction that right would ultimately prevail, lead us to expect even in the sternest or earliest …
93564 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).50
… :11 ), faithful amid the prevailing corruption though tempted to be unfaithful ( Amos 2:12 ); in short he gives us to understand that the "prophetic order" goes back …
93565 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.26
… purer faith of the Persians, and in all probability viewed the tenets of Zoroastrianism with a more favorable eye, because of the great kindness of Cyrus …
93566 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.30
… the faith of a Christian, has its place there. In such a belief there is nothing unnatural or contrary to reason. Indeed, the warm welcome which human nature …
93567 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.31
… whom faith can yet behold the angels of God ascending and descending. Still they watch the lot of man, and rejoice in his salvation; still they join in the praise …
93568 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anna.4
… her faith was abundantly rewarded, and she became a grateful and ceaseless witness "to all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem," that the …
93569 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antediluvian Patriarchs.30
… the faithful son, child of Beltis; and Ashurbanipal claims to have been created or built by the gods Ashur and Sin in the womb of his mother (compare Adam, the …
93570 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antiochians.2
… the faithful high priest Onias III. With a large sum of money ( 2 Maccabees 4:7 - 10 ) he bribed Antiochus to appoint him high priest in his brother's stead. This office …
93571 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antipas.2
… , my faithful one" ( Revelation 2:13 ).
93572 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apelles.2
… proved faithful (compare James 1:12; 2 Timothy 2:15 ). It is a common name. Many commentators refer to Horace (Satires, i.5.100): "Credat Judaeus Apella, non ego."
93573 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature Introduction.41
… their faith in the one God. To them it seemed obvious that as their God was the true God, all real enlightenment must have proceeded from Him alone. In such thinkers …
93574 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 1.13
… a faithful translation of the Greek, still it is only a quotation from a lost book, which itself records traditions. The fact that it is in the shortest form …
93575 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 2.12
… their faith and its sacred literature. This date would explain the hatred of Edom. We therefore would place it about the death of Herod--from 5 BC to 6 AD.
93576 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.36
… the faith of Jesus: the break between church and synagogue had become complete. That Job is made king of all Egypt (XII P 28) may indicate some relationship to …
93577 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.37
… the faith of their fathers, invented verses in the shape in which these Oracles had been preserved, as we learn from Herodotus--i.e. in hexameter lines and in …
93578 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocrypha.49
… Christian faith it was natural for them to look at the new religion through the medium of the old philosophy. Many of them read into the canonical writings …
93579 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.50
… the faithful in the hour of danger and lightnings smite their foes; the terrifying forces of Nature, earthquake, wind and fire, strike dismay into the hearts …
93580 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.53
… Christian faith, and that through them great masses of people were confirmed in their conviction of the spiritual presence and power of Christ the Saviour …