Adummim
(the going up to), a rising ground or pass over against Gilgal,” and “on the south side of the
’torrent’” (Joshua 15:7; 18:17) which is the position still occupied by the road leading up from
Jericho and the Jordan valley to Jerusalem, on the south face of the gorge of the Wady Kelt. (Luke
10:30-36)
Advocate
or Paraclete, one that pleads the cause of another. (1 John 2:1) Used by Christ, (John 14:16;
15:26; 16:7) to describe the office and work of the Holy Spirit, and translated Comforter, i.e. (see
margin of Revised Version) Advocate, Helper, Intercessor. This use of the word is derived from
the fact that the Jews, being largely ignorant of the Roman law and the Roman language, had to
employ Roman advocates in their trials before Roman courts. Applied to Christ, (1 John 2:1)
Aegypt
[Egypt]
Aeneas
(laudble), a paralytic at Lydda healed by St. Peter. (Acts 9:33,34)
Aenon
(springs) a place “near to Salim,” at which John baptized. (John 3:23) It was evidently west of
the Jordan, comp. (John 3:22) with John 3:26 and with John 1:28 And abounded in water. It is
given in the Omomasticon as eight miles south of Scythopolis “near Salem and the Jordan.”
Aera
[Chronology]
Aethiopia
[Ethiopia]
Affinity
[Marriage]
Agabus
(a locust), a Christian prophet in the apostolic age, mentioned in (Acts 11:28) and Acts 21:10
He predicted, (Acts 11:28) that a famine would take place in the reign of Claudius. Josephus
mentions a famine which prevailed in Judea in the reign of Claudius, and swept away many of the
inhabitants. (In (Acts 21:10) we learn that Agabus and Paul met at Caesarea some time after this.)
Agag
(flame), possibly the title of the kings of Amalek, like Pharaoh of Egypt. One king of this name
is mentioned in (Numbers 24:7) and another in 1Sam 15:8,9,20,32 The latter was the king of the
Amalekites, whom Saul spared contrary to Jehovah’s well-known will. (Exodus 17:14; 25:17) For
this act of disobedience Samuel was commissioned to declare to Saul his rejection, and he himself
sent for Agag and cut him in pieces. (B.C. about 1070.) [Samuel]. Haman is called the Agagite in
(Esther 3:1,10; 8:3,5) The Jews consider him a descendant of Agag the Amalekite.
Agagite
[Agag]
Agar
[Hagar]
Agate
a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately
arranged in stripes or bands or blended in clouds. It is mentioned four times in the text of the
frankie
(Frankie)
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