Bible Dictionary
Contents
Introduction
A
Aaron
Aaronic Priesthood
Ab
Abaddon
Abarim
Abba
Abed-nego
Abel
Abiathar
Abib
Abigail
Abihu
Abilene
Abimelech
Abinadab
Abner
Abomination
Abomination of desolation
Abraham
Abraham, covenant of
Abraham’s Bosom
Absalom
Accho
Accursed
Aceldama
Achaia
Achan
Achish
Acts of the Apostles
Adam
Adar
Admiration
Adonijah
Adoniram
Adoni-zedek
Adoption
Adrammelech
Adultery
Adummim, the going up of, or to
Advocate
Aeneas
Aenon
Agabus
Agag
Agriculture
Agrippa
Ahab
Ahasuerus
Ahaz
Ahaziah
Ahijah
Ahimaaz
Ahimelech
Ahinoam
Ahithophel
Aholiab
Ai and Hai
Ajalon, Valley of
Alexander
Alexandria
Algum
Alleluia, hallelujah
Almond tree
Almsgiving
Almug
Aloes, or lign-aloes
Alpha
Alphaeus
Altar
Amalek, Amalekites
Amarna
Amasa
Amaziah
Amen
Ammon, Ammonites
Amorites
Amos
Amram
Anak, Anakim
Ananias
Anathema
Andrew
Angels
Animals
Anise, or dill
Anna
Annas
Annunciation
Anoint
Anointed One
Anon
Antichrist
Antioch
Antiochus Epiphanes
Antipas or Antipater
Antipatris
Apharsachites, -sathchites, -sites
Apocalypse
Apocrypha
Apollos
Apollyon
Apostle
Appii Forum, or Market of Appius
Aquila
Ar
Arabia, Arabians
Aram, Arameans
Aramaic
Ararat
Arba
Archelaus
Architecture
Areopagite
Areopagus
Aretas
Ariel
Arimathea
Aristarchus
Aristobulus
Ark
Ark of the Covenant
Armageddon
Arnon
Artaxerxes
Asa
Asahel
Asaph
Ascension
Asenath
Ashdod or Azotus
Asher
Ashkelon, Askelon
Ashtaroth
Asia
Asp
Assyria and Babylonia
Athaliah
Athens
Atonement
Atonement, Day of
Augustus
Authorized Version
Azariah
Azekah
Azotus
B
Baal
Baasha
Babel
Babylon or Babel
Balaam
Balm
Baptism
Bar
Barabbas
Barak
Barbarian
Bar-jesus
Bar-jona
Barley
Barnabas
Barsabas
Bartholomew
Bartimaeus
Baruch
Bashan
Bat
Bath
Bathsheba
Bdellium
Bear
Beard
Beatitudes
Beautiful Gate of the Temple
Beelzebub
Beersheba
Behemoth
Bel
Belial
Belshazzar
Belteshazzar
Ben
Benaiah
Benhadad
Benjamin
Benoni
Beryl
Beth
Bethabara
Bethany
Bethel
Bethesda
Beth-horon
Bethlehem
Bethphage
Bethsaida
Beth-shan or Beth-shean
Beth-shemesh
Bethuel
Beulah
Bible
Bible, English
Bilhah
Birthright
Bishop
Bitter herbs
Bittern
Blasphemy
Blindness
Blood
Boanerges
Boaz
Book of life
Bottles
Brazen serpent
Breastplate
Brethren of the Lord
Bride, bridegroom, bridegroom’s friend
Brigandine
Brimstone, or sulphur
Bruit
Buckler
Bul
Burial
Burning bush
Burnt offering
By and by
C
Cab
Caesar
Caesarea
Caesarea Philippi
Caiaphas
Cain
Caleb
Calendar
Calvary
Calves, golden, worship of
Camel
Camel’s hair
Canaan
Canaanite
Cana of Galilee
Candlestick
Cankerworm
Canon
Canticles
Capernaum
Cappadocia
Captain of the Temple
Captivities of the Israelites
Carbuncle
Carchemish
Carmel
Carriage
Cassia
Castor and Pollux
Caul
Cedar
Cedron
Censer
Centurion
Cephas
Chalcedony
Chaldea
Chamberlain
Charger
Chariot
Charity
Chebar
Chedorlaomer
Chemosh
Cherubim
Chinnereth, -roth
Chisleu or Kislew
Chittim or Kittim
Chloe
Chorazin
Christ
Christ, names of
Christians
Christs, false
Chronicles
Chronology
Chrysolite
Church
Cilicia
Circumcision
Cities of refuge
Claudius
Clean and unclean
Cleanness of teeth
Clement
Cleopas
Cleophas
Clothing
Cloud
Cockatrice
Codex
Coins
College
Colony
Colosse
Colossians, Epistle to
Comforter
Coming of Jesus Christ
Commandments, the Ten
Commerce
Communion
Compass
Coney or rock-badger
Confession
Confirmation
Conscience
Conversation
Conversion
Convince
Cor
Corban
Corinth
Corinthians, Epistles to
Corn
Cornelius
Coulter
Council
Covenant
Crete
Crucifixion
Cubit
Cummin
Cush
Cuth, Cuthah
Cutting the flesh
Cyprus
Cyrene
Cyrenius
Cyrus
D
Dagon
Daily service
Dalmanutha
Dalmatia
Damascus
Damnation
Dan
Dancing
Daniel
Daniel, book of
Darius
Darkness
David
Day of Atonement
Dayspring
Daystar
Deacon
Dead Sea
Dead Sea Scrolls
Death
Deborah
Decalogue
Decapolis
Decision, Valley of
Dedication, Feast of the
Degrees, songs of
Degrees of glory
Dehavites
Delilah
Demetrius
Demoniacs
Denarius
Deputy
Deuteronomy
Devil
Dew
Diana
Diaspora
Didymus
Dinah
Dinaites
Diotrephes
Disciple
Disfigurement of one’s own body
Dispensations
Dispersion
Divination
Divorce
Dog
Dorcas
Dothan
Dove, or turtle-dove
Dove, sign of
Dragon
Dreams
Dromedary
Drusilla
Dulcimer
E
Earnest
Easter
Ebal, Mount
Ebenezer
Eber
Ecclesiastes
Eden, Garden of
Edom
Edrei
Education
Egypt
Egypt, River of
Ehud
Ekron
El
Elah, Valley of
Elam
Elath or Eloth
El-bethel
Eldad and Medad
Elders
Eleazar
Election
El-elohe-Israel
El Elyon
Elephant
Eli
Eliakim
Elias
Eliezer
Elihu
Elijah
Elisabeth
Eliseus
Elisha
Elishah
Eloi
Elul
Elymas
Embalming
Embroidery
Emerald
Emerods
Emims
Emmanuel
Emmaus
Endor
En-gedi
Engines of war
Engraving
Enoch
Enos
Epaphroditus
Ephah
Ephesians, Epistle to
Ephesus
Ephod
Ephphatha
Ephraim
Ephraim, City of
Ephraim, Gate of
Ephraim, Mount
Ephraim, stick of
Ephraim, Wood of
Ephrath, Ephratah
Epicureans
Epiphanes
Epistles
Erastus
Esaias
Esarhaddon
Esau
Esdraelon
Esdras
Essenes
Esther, book of
Ethanim
Ethiopia or Cush
Eunice
Eunuch
Euphrates
Euroclydon
Eutychus
Evangelist
Eve
Evil-merodach
Exodus, book of
Exorcist
Ezekias
Ezekiel
Ezion-gaber or -geber
Ezra
F
Faith
Fall of Adam and Eve
Family
Fan
Farthing
Fasts
Fear
Feasts
Felix
Felloes
Festus
Fiery serpents
Fig tree
Fir
Fire
Firmament
Firstborn
Firstfruits
Fish
Flesh
Frankincense
Frontlets or phylacteries
Froward
Fullers
Furniture
G
Gabriel
Gad
Gadara
Gaius
Galatia
Galatians, Epistle to
Galeed
Galilee
Galilee, Sea of
Gall
Galley
Gallio
Gamaliel
Games
Gate
Gath
Gaza
Gehenna
Genealogy
General Epistles
Genesis
Gennesaret(h), Land of
Gentile
Gerar
Gergesenes
Gerizim and Ebal
Gethsemane
Giants
Gibeon, Gibeonites
Gideon
Gier eagle
Gihon
Gilboa
Gilead
Gilgal
Girgashites
Glass
Gleanings
Glory of the Lord, or of Jehovah
Goad
Goats
God
Gog
Golan
Gold
Golgotha
Goliath of Gath
Gomorrah
Gopher wood
Goshen
Gospels
Gourd
Gozan
Grace
Great Sea
Grecians
Greece
Grove
H
Habaiah
Habakkuk
Habergeon
Hadad
Hades
Hagar
Haggai
Hagiographa
Halah
Hallel
Hallelujah
Ham
Haman
Hamath
Hananeel
Hannah
Hara
Haran
Hare
Harp
Hart
Hasideans
Hasmonean
Havilah
Hazael
Health
Heaven
Hebrew
Hebrews, Epistle to
Hebron
Hell
Hellenists
Helps
Helve
Hemlock
Hem of garment
Hephzibah
Hermon
Herod
Herodians
Herodias
Heth
Hezekiah
Hezekiah’s Tunnel
Hiel
Hierapolis
High places
High priest
Hill country
Hinnom, Valley of
Hiram
Hittites
Hivites
Holiness
Holy Ghost
Holy of Holies
Holy One of Israel
Holy Place
Holy Spirit
Homer
Hor
Horeb
Horse
Hosanna
Hosea, or Hoshea
Hospitality
Hough
Hour
House
Hur
Husks
Hyksos
Hymns
Hypocrite
Hyssop
I
Iconium
Idol
Idumea
Immanuel
Incense
Incontinency
Inheritance
Isaac
Isaiah
Ishmael
Isles
Israel
Israel, Kingdom of
Issachar
Italics
Ithamar
J
Jabesh, or Jabesh-gilead
Jachin and Boaz
Jacob
Jacob’s Well
Jael
Jairus
Jambres
James
James, Epistle of
Jamnia
Jannes and Jambres
Japheth
Jasher, book of
Jason
Jasper
Javan
Jebus
Jehoiachin
Jehoiada
Jehoiakim
Jehoram or Joram
Jehoshabeath or Jehosheba
Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat, Valley of
Jehovah
Jehovah-jireh
Jehovah-nissi
Jehovah-shalom
Jehovah-shammah
Jephthah
Jeremiah
Jeremias or Jeremy
Jericho
Jeroboam
Jerubbaal
Jerubbesheth
Jerusalem
Jeshua
Jesse
Jesus
Jethro
Jew
Jezebel
Jezreel
Joab
Joanna
Joash
Job, book of
Jochebed
Joel
John
John, Epistles of
John, Gospel of
John, Revelation of
John Mark
John the Baptist
Jonah
Jona or Jonas
Jonathan
Joppa
Jordan River
Joseph
Joseph, stick of
Joseph Smith Translation (JST)
Joses
Joshua
Joshua, book of
Josiah
Jotham
Jubilee, Year of
Juda
Judah
Judah, Kingdom of
Judah, stick of
Judas
Jude
Jude, Epistle of
Judea
Judges, book of
Judges, the
Judgment Hall
Jupiter
K
Kadesh or Kadesh-barnea
Kenites
Kerioth
Keturah
Kidron
Kine
Kingdom of heaven or kingdom of God
Kings, books of
Kirjath-arba
Kirjath-jearim
Kishon
Knop
Knowledge
Kohath
Korah
Kosher
L
Laban
Lachish
Lamb of God
Lamech
Lamentations, book of
Lamp
Laodicea
Laver
Law of Moses
Lawyer
Laying on of hands
Lazarus
Leah
Leasing
Leaven
Lebanon
Lees
Legion
Lehi
Leper
Leprosy
Let
Levi
Leviathan
Levirate marriage
Levites
Leviticus
Libertines
Libya
Light of Christ
Linus
Lo-ammi
Locusts
Lord
Lord of Hosts, or Lord of Sabaoth
Lord’s Day
Lord’s Prayer
Lord’s Supper
Lo-ruhamah
Lost books
Lot
Lots, casting of
Lucifer
Luke
Luke, Gospel of
Luz
Lycaonia
M
Maccabees
Macedonia
Machaerus
Machpelah
Magdalene
Magi
Magog
Malachi
Mallows
Mammon
Mamre
Manasseh
Mandrake
Manna
Maran-atha
Mark
Mark, Gospel of
Marriage
Martha
Martyr
Mary
Mary Magdalene
Masoretic text
Matthew
Matthew, Gospel of
Matthias
Mean
Measures
Meat
Meat offering or meal offering
Media
Medicine
Meet
Megiddo
Melchizedek
Melchizedek Priesthood
Mene mene tekel upharsin
Mephibosheth
Mercurius
Mercy Seat
Meribah
Merodach-baladan
Mesha
Mesopotamia
Messiah
Methuselah
Micah
Michael
Michal
Midian
Midianites
Milcom
Millstone
Mines
Ministry
Miracles
Miriam
Mirrors
Missing scripture
Mizpah or Mizpeh
Mizraim
Moab
Moabite Stone
Molech, or Milcom
Money
Month
Moriah
Moses
Moses, law of
Mule
Murder
Music
Mustard
Myrrh
Mysia
Mystery
N
Naaman
Naboth
Nadab
Nahor
Nahum
Nain
Names of persons
Naomi
Naphtali
Nathan
Nathanael
Nazarene
Nazareth
Nazarite
Nebo
Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar
Necho
Negev
Nehemiah
Nergal-sharezer
New Moon
New Testament
Nicodemus
Nicolaitans
Nicolas
Nile
Nimrod
Nineveh
Nisan
Nisroch
No
Noah
Nob
Noph
Numbers
O
Obadiah
Obed
Obed-edom
Occupy
Og
Old Testament
Olives, Mount of, or Olivet
Olive tree
Omega
Omer
Omri
On
Onan
Onesimus
Ophir
Organ
P
Padan
Palestine
Parables
Paraclete
Paradise
Paran, Wilderness of
Parousia
Parthians
Passover
Pastoral Epistles
Pathros
Patmos
Patriarch, patriarchs
Paul
Pauline Epistles
Peace offering
Peculiar
Pekah
Peleg
Pella
Peniel
Penny
Pentateuch
Pentecost
Perizzites
Persia
Peter
Peter, Epistles of
Pharaoh
Pharisees
Philemon
Philip
Philippi
Philippians, Epistle to
Philistines
Phinehas
Phoenicia
Phylacteries
Piece of silver
Pilate
Pinnacle of the temple
Pisgah
Pit
Pithom
Pleiades
Pollux
Pontius
Pontus
Potiphar
Poti-pherah
Potter’s Field
Pound
Praetorium
Prayer
Presently
Prevent
Prick
Priests
Prisca
Priscilla
Prophet
Proselytes
Proverbs, book of
Psalms
Psaltery
Pseudepigrapha
Ptolemais
Publicans
Pul
Pulse
Punishments
Purification
Purim
Q
Quaternion of soldiers
Quick
Quotations from the Old Testament in the New Testament
R
Raamses
Rabbah
Rabbi
Rabboni
Rachel
Rahab
Rain
Rainbow
Ramah
Rameses
Ramoth-gilead
Ras Shamrah Tablets
Rebekah
Recorder
Redemption
Red Sea
Refiner
Refuge, cities of
Regeneration
Rehoboam
Rehoboth
Reins
Repentance
Rephaim
Rephidim
Replenish
Restitution, restoration
Resurrection
Retaliation, law of, or lex talionis
Reuben
Reuel
Revelation
Revelation of John
Revenge
Rezin
Rimmon
River
Rod
Roll
Roman Empire
Romans, Epistle to
Rome
Ruth
Rye or rie
S
Sabaoth
Sabbath
Sabbath day’s journey
Sabbatical Year
Sabeans
Sacrifices
Sadducees
Saint
Salem
Salim
Salome
Salt, Valley of
Salt Sea
Samaria
Samaritans
Samson
Samuel
Samuel, books of
Sanballat
Sanhedrin
Sarah or Sarai
Sarepta
Sargon
Satan
Saul
Scapegoat
Schools of the Prophets
Scorpion
Scribe
Scrip
Scripture
Scroll
Scythian
Sebat
Seed of Abraham
Seer
Seir
Selah
Senate
Sennacherib
Sepharvaim
Septuagint
Seraphim
Sermon on the Mount
Serpent, brazen
Seth
Shaddai
Shallum
Shalmaneser
Sharon
Shearing house
Sheba
Shechem
Shechinah
Sheep
Shekel
Shem
Shemaiah
Sheol
Shephelah
Shewbread
Shibboleth
Shiloh
Shimei
Shinar, Plain of
Ship, shipping
Shishak
Shittim
Shushan
Sibboleth
Siddim, Vale of
Sidon
Sihon
Silas
Siloam
Silvanus
Simeon
Simon
Sin, Wilderness of
Sinai
Sinim, Land of
Sin offering
Sion
Sisera
Sivan
Sling
Sod
Sodom
Solomon
Solomon’s Porch
Song of Solomon
Son of God
Son of Man
Soothsayer
Sorcerer
Spikenard
Spirit
Spirit, the Holy
Stacte
Staff
Stater
Stephen
Stick of Ephraim
Stick of Joseph
Stick of Judah
Stoics
Stranger
Stuff
Succoth
Succoth-benoth
Suffer, suffered
Swine
Sycamine tree
Sychar
Sycomore or sycamore
Symbolism
Synagogue
Synagogue, the Great
Syria
Syriack language
Syrophenician
T
Tabernacle
Tabret
Talmud
Tamar
Tammuz
Tares
Tarshish
Tarsus
Tebeth
Teil tree
Tell el-Amarna Letters
Temple
Temple of Herod
Temple of Solomon
Temple of Zerubbabel
Temple on Mount Gerizim
Tempt
Ten Commandments
Terah
Teraphim
Testament
Tetrarch
Thaddaeus
Thank offering, or peace offering
Theophilus
Thessalonians, Epistles to
Thessalonica
Thomas
Thummim
Thyatira
Thyine wood
Tiberias
Tiberias, Sea of
Tiglath-pileser
Timotheus
Timothy
Timothy, Epistles to
Tiphsah
Tire
Tirshatha
Tithe
Titus
Titus, Epistle to
Topheth
Torah
Trachonitis
Transfiguration, Mount of
Trespass offering
Troas
Turtle
Tyre
U
Uncleanness
Unicorn
Ur
Urim and Thummim
Usury
Uz
Uzzah
Uzziah
V
Vanity
Vashti
Veil
Vine
Viol
Vows
Vulgate
Vulture
W
Wanted
War in Heaven
Watches
Wave offering
Weaving
Weeks, Feast of
Weights and measures
Whale
Wilderness of the Exodus
Wimple
Winefat, winepress
Wise Men of the East
Wormwood
Writing
Y
Z
Zacchaeus
Zachariah
Zacharias
Zadok
Zaphnath-paaneah
Zarephath
Zebedee
Zeboim, Zeboiim
Zebulun
Zechariah
Zedekiah
Zelotes
Zephaniah
Zerubbabel
Zidon
Zif
Ziklag
Zin
Zion
Zipporah
A diviner, one who professes to foretell the future (Josh. 13:22; Isa. 2:6; Dan. 2:27).