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Smith's Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar. ( may Nebo protect the crown ), was the greatest and most powerful of the Babylonian kings. His name is explained to mean "Nebo is the protector against misfortune." He was the son and successor of Nabopolassar, the founder of the Babylonian empire.
Jul 26, 2023 · Simple names functioning as epithets, such as Nabal meaning “fool” and Sarah meaning “princess,” gave way to compound names factual or wishful in nature, such as Mattaniah meaning “gift of Yahweh” and Ezekiel meaning “may God strengthen.”. Compound names in the main are theophoric, employing the divine names El and Yah (Elijah ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary - Thyatira. Thyatira [N] [H] [S] a city of Asia Minor, on the borders of Lydia and Mysia. Its modern name is Ak-hissar, i.e., "white castle." Here was one of the seven churches ( Revelation 1:11 ; 2:18-28 ). Lydia, the seller of purple, or rather of cloth dyed with this colour, was from this city ( Acts 16:14 ).
Jun 26, 2023 · The name Jesus, announced to Joseph and Mary through the angels ( Matthew 1:21; Luke 1:31 ), means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh is salvation.”. Transliterated from Hebrew and Aramaic, the name is Yeshua. This word is a combination of Ya, an abbreviation for Yahweh, the name of Israel’s God ( Exodus 3:14 ); and the verb yasha, meaning ...
Judas Iscariot (Judas of Kerioth). He is sometimes called "the son of Simon," ( John 6:71; John 13:2 John 13:26) but more commonly ISCARIOTES. ( Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16) etc. The name Iscariot has received many interpretations more of less conjectural. The most probable is from Ish Kerioth, i.e. "man of Kerioth," a town in the tribe ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary - Melchizedek. Melchizedek [N] [B] [H] [S] king of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in Genesis 14:18-20 . He is subsequently mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in Psalms 110:4 . The typical significance of his history is set forth in detail in the Epistle to the Hebrews, ch. 7.
e'-fra-im, e'-fra-im ('ephrayim, "double fruit"): \1. The Patriarch: The younger of the two sons of Joseph and Asenath, born in Egypt. He and his brother Manasseh were adopted by Jacob, and ranked as his own sons, each becoming the ancestor of a tribe in Israel. In blessing his grandchildren, despite their father's protest, Jacob preferred the ...
