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94101 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ahava.2
… his faith in the protection of God; being, therefore, ashamed to ask for a military escort he proclaimed a fast to seek of God "a straight way." To 12 priests Ezra …
94102 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alexander.4
… continued faithful to Christ for many years. It would also follow that the households were among the intimate friends of Paul, so much so that the mother of …
94103 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alexander.9
… )--faith and a good conscience; they willfully abandoned the great central facts regarding Christ, and so they "made shipwreck concerning the faith."
94104 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alexander.10
… the faith of some. The doctrine of these three heretical teachers, Hymeneus, Alexander and Philetus, was accordingly one of the early forms of Gnosticism …
94105 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amen.2
… ," or "faithfulness," a reading actually suggested by Cheyne and adopted by others. "Amen" is generally used as an adverb of assent or confirmation--fiat, "so let it …
94106 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 ).
94107 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 ):
94108 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 …
94109 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 …
94110 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 …
94111 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 …
94112 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 …
94113 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 …
94114 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 …
94115 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 …
94116 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antipas.2
… , my faithful one" ( Revelation 2:13 ).
94117 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."
94118 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 …
94119 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 …
94120 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.