List of biblical names starting with A

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Aaron

Aaron is a prophet, high priest, and the brother of Moses in the Abrahamic religions (elder brother in the case of Judaism).

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Abaddon

The Hebrew term Abaddon (אֲבַדּוֹן ’Ǎḇaddōn), and its Greek equivalent Apollyon (Ἀπολλύων, Apollýōn) appear in the Bible as both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss.

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Abagtha

Abagtha (אבגתא) was a court official (or a eunuch) of King Ahasuerus.

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Abarim (Hebrew: הָעֲבָרִים, Ha-Avarim) is a mountain range across Jordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.

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Abba (given name)

Abba is a form of ab, meaning "father" in many Semitic languages.

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Abda (biblical figure)

The name Abda means servant, or perhaps is an abbreviated form of servant of YHWH.

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Abdi

Abdi is a male name.

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Abdiel

Abdiel (Hebrew עֲבְדִּיאֵל "Servant of God") is a biblical name which has been used as the name for a number of fictional characters and as a given name for several notable people.

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Abel-beth-maachah

Tel Abel Beth Maacah, Arabic name: Tell Abil el-Qameḥ, is a large archaeological site consisting of a mound with a small upper northern section and a large lower southern one, connected by a saddle.

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Abel-cheramim

Abel-cheramim (אָבֵל כְּרָמִים) was a village of the Ammonites, east of Jordan.

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Abel-meholah

Abel-meholah (אָבֵל מְחוֹלָה, Avel Mehola) was a city mentioned repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and best known for being the birthplace and residence of the prophet Elisha.

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Abel-mizraim

Abel-mizraim (the "meadow of Egypt", or "mourning of Egypt") is a place "beyond," or west, of the Jordan river, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here the Egyptians mourned seven days for Jacob (Genesis). Its exact site is unknown.

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Abez

Abez or Ebez (אבץ, meaning "tin", or "white") was a town in the allotment of the tribe of Issachar, at the north of the Jezreel Valley, or plain of Esdraelon.

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Abiathar

Abiathar (’Eḇyāṯār, "the father is great"), in the Hebrew Bible, son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, the fourth in descent from Eli (1 Sam. 23:6) and the last of Eli's House.

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Abida (biblical figure)

According to Genesis 25:4, Abida (عابدہ) was the son of Midian, and the grandson of Abraham and his wife Keturah.

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Abidan

Abidan (a-bi'-dan, Hebrew), son of Gideoni, was a judge, head of the tribe of Benjamin and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel at the time of the Exodus.

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Abiel

Abiel is the given name of.

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Abiezer

Abiezer or Abieezer is the name of three Biblical characters.

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Abigail

Abigail (אֲבִיגַיִל, Avigayil) was the wife of Nabal; she became a wife of the future King David after Nabal's death (1 Samuel). Abigail was David's third wife, after Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti, son of Laish when David went into hiding, and Ahinoam.

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Abihail

Abihail may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the Bible.

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Abihud

There are two biblical characters named Abihud.

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Abijah

Abijah (’Ăḇîyāh; also Abiah, Abia; in modern Hebrew Aviya) is a Biblical HebrewPetrovsky, p. 35 unisex nameSuperanskaya, p. 277 that means "my Father is Yah".

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Abijah (queen)

Abijah is a person named in the Old Testament.

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Abijah of Judah

Abijam was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son of Rehoboam and the grandson of Solomon. The Chronicler refers to him as Abijah.

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Abila (Peraea)

Abila (ابيلا) – also biblical: Abel-Shittim or Ha-Shittim (or simply Shittim) – was an ancient city east of the Jordan River in Moab, later Peraea, near Livias, about twelve km.

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Abilene (biblical)

Abilene (Ἀβιληνή) or simply Abila was a plain, a district in Coele-Syria, of which the chief town was Abila Lysaniou (Abilan de tên Lusaniou).

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Abimelech

Abimelech (also spelled Abimelek or Avimelech) was the name of multiple Philistine kings mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Abinoam

Abinoam (a-bin'-o-am, ab-i-no'-am), from Kedesh-naphtali, was the father of Barak who defeated Jabin's army, led by Sisera.

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Abiram

Abiram, also spelled Abiron (אֲבִירָם "my father is exalted"), is the name of two people in the Old Testament.

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Abishag

right Abishag (אבישג Avishag) was a young woman of Shunem, distinguished for her beauty.

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Abishai (biblical figure)

Abishai was the eldest son of Zeruiah, sister of the biblical King David.

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Abishua

Abishua (’Ăḇîšūa‘, "my father is rescue") was an early High priest of Israel.

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Abishur

Abishur - (father of the wall; i.e., "mason").

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Abital

Abital or Avital (אֲבִיטַל) is a Hebrew female name which means my father is dew.

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Abner

In the first and second Books of Samuel, Abner, Avner (Hebrew) (Hebrew אַבְנֵר ’Avner) was cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army (1 Samuel 14:50, 20:25).

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Abraham

Abraham (Arabic: إبراهيم Ibrahim), originally Abram, is the common patriarch of the three Abrahamic religions.

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Absalom

Absalom or Avshalom according to the Hebrew Bible was the third son of David, King of Israel with Maacah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur.

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Abubus

Abubus, also spelt Abobus or Abobi, was the father of Ptolemy.

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Achaea (Roman province)

Achaea or Achaia (Ἀχαΐα Achaïa), was a province of the Roman Empire, consisting of the Peloponnese, eastern Central Greece, and parts of Thessaly.

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Achan (biblical figure)

Achan (עכן), the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, is a figure who appears in the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible in connection with the fall of Jericho and conquest of Ai.

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Achbor

Achbor (Standard Hebrew Aḵbōr, Tiberian Hebrew ʿAḵbōr) is a name that means "gnawing" and is, by extension, used as the word for "mouse".

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Achish

Achish (אָכִישׁ) is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for two Philistine rulers of Gath.

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Achor

Achor (עכור "muddy, turbid: gloomy, dejected") is the name of a valley in the vicinity of Jericho.

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Achsah

Achsah (Hebrew: עַכְסָה, also Acsah), was Caleb ben Yefune's only daughter.

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Achshaph

Achshaph was a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Canaan (Josh. 11:1; 12:20; 19:25).

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Achziv

Achziv is an ancient site on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, between the border with Lebanon and the city of Acre - 15 kilometers north of Acre, within the municipal area of Nahariya.

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Acre, Israel

Acre (or, עַכּוֹ, ʻAko, most commonly spelled as Akko; عكّا, ʻAkkā) is a city in the coastal plain region of Israel's Northern District at the extremity of Haifa Bay.

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Adaiah

Adaiah was the name of eight individuals mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Adam

Adam (ʾĀdam; Adám) is the name used in the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis for the first man created by God, but it is also used in a collective sense as "mankind" and individually as "a human".

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Adamah

Adamah (Biblical Hebrew: אדמה) is a word, translatable as ground or earth, which occurs in the Biblical account of Creation of the Book of Genesis.

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Adami-nekeb

Adami-nekeb according to the Revised Version, or Adami-hannekeb (אדמי הנקב, i.e. the pass Adami),Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1899), "Adami-nekeb." In Cheyne and Black, eds.

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Adar

Adar (אֲדָר; from Akkadian adaru) is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar, roughly corresponding to the month of March in the Gregorian calendar.

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Addi

Addi (Tigrinya ዓዲ ʿĀddī, Tigre, Ge'ez ዓድ ʿĀd) is a Tigrinya term meaning "village" derived from the Ge'ez word "Ad" meaning "son." The word can be found in many village and city names in Tigray Region, Ethiopia and Tigre and Tigrinya-speaking Eritrea.

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Addon

Addon (אַדּוֹן, etymology unknown) was one of the persons named in the Neh. 7:61 who could not "shew their father's house" on the return from captivity.

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Adiel

Adiel (עדיאל) is a personal meaning "ornament of God" or possibly "God passes by."Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopedia Biblica, entry for "Adiel." It could be used to refer to any of the following.

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Admah

According to the Bible, Admah was one of the five cities of the Vale of Siddim.

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Adoni-Bezek

Adoni-Bezek, (’Ăḏōnî-Ḇezeq, "lord of Bezek"), also written Adonibezek or Adoni Bezek, was a Canaanite king referred to in the Hebrew Bible in.

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Adonijah

According to 2 Samuel, Adonijah (’Ǎḏōnîyāh, "Yah is my lord") was the fourth son of King David.

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Adonikam

Adonikam is a Biblical figure, one of those "which came with Zerubbabel".

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Adoniram

Adoniram (Hebrew, אדונירם, 'my Lord has exalted'; alternate form Adoram, אדורם 'adoram, 'the Lord has exalted'), the son of Abda, was the tax collector in the United Kingdom of Israel for over forty years, from the late years of King David's reign until the reign of Rehoboam.

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Adonizedek

Adonizedek (Ăḏōnî-ṣeḏeq), Adoni-Zedek, or Adoni-zedec was, according to the Book of Joshua, king of Jerusalem at the time of the Israelite invasion of Canaan.

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Adrammelech

Adrammelech (אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ|ʾAḏrammeleḵ; Ἀδραμέλεχ Adramélekh) is an ancient Semitic god mentioned briefly by name in the Book of Kings, where he is described as a god of "Sepharvaim".

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Adriel

Adriel (Hebrew: עדריאל) was a nobleman in the ancient kingdom of Israel.

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Adullam

Adullam is an ancient ruin, formerly known by the Arabic appellation ʿAīd el Mâ (or `Eîd el Mieh), built upon a hilltop overlooking the Elah Valley, south of Bet Shemesh in Israel.

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Adummim

Adummim (meaning, the red ones), a place apparently on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho in the West Bank.

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Aeneas (biblical figure)

Aeneas is a character in the New Testament.

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Agabus

Agabus (Ἄγαβος) was an early follower of Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet.

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Agag

Agag (אֲגַג ʾĂḡāḡ, يأجوج) is a Northwest Semitic name or title applied to a biblical king.

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Agagite

The term Agagite is used in the Book of Esther as a description of Haman.

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Agar

Agar (pronounced, sometimes) or agar-agar is a jelly-like substance, obtained from algae.

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Agrippa

Agrippa may refer to.

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Agur

Agur ben Jakeh (אגור בן יקה) was the compiler of a collection of proverbs found in, which is sometimes known as the Book of Agur or Sayings of Agur.

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Ahab

Ahab (Aḫabbu; Αχααβ; Achab) was the seventh king of Israel since Jeroboam I, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Scriptures.

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Ahasuerus

Ahasuerus (Asouēros in the Septuagint; or Assuerus in the Vulgate; commonly transliterated Achashverosh; cf. 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 Xšayārša; اخشورش Axšoreš; Xerxes) is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and Apocrypha.

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Ahaz

Ahaz (Ἄχαζ, Ἀχάζ Akhaz; Achaz; an abbreviation of Jehoahaz, "Yahweh has held" (𒅀𒌑𒄩𒍣 Ia-ú-ḫa-zi)Hayim Tadmor and Shigeo Yamada, The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726-722 BC), Kings of Assyria. (The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period 1; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011), Tiglath-Pileser III 47 r 11'. was king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham. Ahaz was 20 when he became king of Judah and reigned for 16 years. Ahaz is portrayed as an evil king in the Second Book of Kings (2 Kings 16:2). Edwin R. Thiele concluded that Ahaz was co-regent with Jotham from 736/735 BC, and that his sole reign began in 732/731 and ended in 716/715 BC. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 744 – 728 BC. The Gospel of Matthew lists Ahaz of Judah in the genealogy of Jesus. He is also mentioned in according to the King James Version.

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Ahaziah

Ahaziah (אֲחַזְיָהוּ, "held by Yah(-weh)"; Douay-Rheims: Ochozias) was the name of two kings mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Ahi'ezer

Ahi'ezer (אֲחִיעֶזֶר, أحيعيزر) is a religious moshav in central Israel.

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Ahihud

Ahihud (אֲחִיהוּד) is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel, about 9 km east of Acre.

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Ahijah

Ahijah (’Ǎḥîyāh, "brother of Yah"; Latin and Douay-Rheims: Ahias) is a name of several Biblical individuals.

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Ahikam

Ahikam (Hebrew אחיקם, "My brother has risen") was one of the five whom, according to the Hebrew Bible, Josiah sent to consult the prophetess Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law.

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Ahimaaz

Ahimaaz (Hebrew: אחימעץ ʾăḥîmaʿaṣ "My Brother Is Counselor") was son of the high priest Zadok.

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Ahiman

Ahiman is the name of two persons in the Bible.

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Ahimelech

Ahimelech (’Ăḥîmeleḵ, "brother of a king"), the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam. 22:20-23), but described as the son of Abiathar in 2 Samuel 8:17 and in four places in 1 Chronicles.

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Ahinadab

Ahinadab (Hebrew: אחינדב Ahinadav, "my brother is noble" or "my brother has devoted himself"), son of Iddo, is one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon to districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household.

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Ahinoam

Ahinoam (translit) is a Hebrew name literally meaning brother of pleasantness, thus meaning pleasant.

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Ahio

Ahio - brotherly.

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Ahira

Ahira (’Ăḥîra‘, meaning Brother of evil or unlucky or my brother is friend) is a Hebrew Bible character.

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Ahiram sarcophagus

The Ahiram sarcophagus (also spelled Ahirom) was the sarcophagus of a Phoenician king of Byblos (c. 1000 BC), discovered in 1923 by the French excavator Pierre Montet in tomb V of the royal necropolis of Byblos.

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Ahitophel

Ahitophel, Achitopel or Ahithophel was a counselor of King David and a man greatly renowned for his sagacity.

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Ahitub

Ahitub (’Ǎḥiṭūḇ, "my brother is goodness") A few people in the Bible have this name: (1.) The son of Phinehas, grandson of Eli, and brother of Ichabod.

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Ahlab

Ahlab (- fatness), a town of Asher lying within the unconquered Phoenician border (Judg. 1:31), north-west of the Sea of Galilee; commonly identified with Gischala (probably hellenized גוש חלב, "gush halav"), now Jish.

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Ahoah

Ahoah ("brotherly") was one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4).

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Aholibamah

Aholibamah (Hebrew אָהֳלִיבָמָה, Standard Hebrew Ahalivama, Tiberian Hebrew ʼĀhālîḇāmā; "My tabernacle of/is height/exaltation" or "Tent of the High Place"Phillips, J. Exploring Genesis: an expository commentary,, 2001, p. 284), is an eight time referenced matriarch in the biblical record.

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Ahuzam

Ahuzam, or Ahuzzam (אֲחֻזָּם) is a moshav in southern Israel.

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Ai (Canaan)

Ai (הָעַי hā-‘āy "heap of ruins"; Douay-Rheims: Hai) was a Canaanite city.

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Ain

Ain (Arpitan: En) is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France.

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Akeldama

Akeldama, Aceldama, Haceldama or Hakeldama (Aramaic: חקל דמא; field of blood) is the Aramaic name for a place in Jerusalem associated with Judas Iscariot, one of the original twelve apostles of Jesus.

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Akkad (city)

Akkad (also Accad, Akkade, Agade; cuneiform URIKI) was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, which was the dominant political force in Mesopotamia during a period of about 150 years in the last third of the 3rd millennium BC.

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Akkadian Empire

The Akkadian Empire was the first ancient Semitic-speaking empire of Mesopotamia, centered in the city of Akkad and its surrounding region, also called Akkad in ancient Mesopotamia in the Bible.

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Akrabbim

Akrabbim or Acrabbim (עקרבים, meaning "scorpions") is probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin, es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the Negev desert.

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Alammelech

Alammelech is a Biblical place described in the Book of Joshua.

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Alemeth

In the Hebrew Bible, Alemeth was.

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Alian

Alian may refer to.

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Alleluia

The word "Alleluia" or "Hallelujah" (from Hebrew הללו יה), which literally means "Praise ye Yah", a short form of "Praise Yahweh" and often rendered as "praise the Lord".

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Almodad

Almodad (’Almōḏāḏ) was a descendant of Noah and the first named son of Joktan in and.

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Almon

Almon may refer to.

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Almon Diblathaim

Almon Diblathaim (עַלְמֹן דִּבְלָתָיְמָה) was one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus.

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Alphaeus

Alphaeus is a man mentioned in the New Testament as the father of two of the Twelve Apostles, namely.

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Alush

Alush (אָלוּשׁ) was one of the places, the last before Rephidim, at which the Israelites rested on their way to Mount Sinai (Numbers 33:13, 14).

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Amal (given name)

Amal (أمل) is an unisex given name of Arabic and Celtic origin.

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Amalek

Amalek (عماليق) is a nation described in the Old Testament of the Hebrew Bible.

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Aman

Aman may refer to.

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Amariah

Amariah (אֲמַרְיָה) means "promised by God" in Hebrew.

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Amasa

Amasa (עמשא) or Amessai is a person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Amasai

There were four biblical characters called Amasai (עֲמָשַׂי "burdensome"). The name is rarely used in modern Hebrew.

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Amashsai

Amashsai (Amashai in the King James Version) was a biblical character.

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Amaziah

Amaziah or Amasias (in the Douay-Rheims translation) (אֲמַצְיָה, "strengthened by God"; Amasias) may refer to.

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Ami (given name)

Ami is a given name of Hebrew, Japanese, and Indian origins.

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Aminadab

According to the Book of Mormon, Aminadab was a Nephite who fell away from the church, and became associated with the Lamanites.

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Amittai

Amittai (אֲמִתַּי, my truth; Amathi; italic) was the father of the Prophet Jonah.

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Ammah

Ammah - a cubit, the name of a hill which Joab and Abishai reached as the sun went down, when they were in pursuit of Abner (2 Sam. 2:24).

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Ammi

Ammi may refer to.

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Ammiel

The name Ammiel (‘Ammî’êl) may refer to several people in the Hebrew Bible.

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Ammihud

Ammihud (‘Ammîhūḏ, "people of glory" or "renowned") is the name of several Hebrew Bible figures.

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Amminadab

Amminadab is a minor character referred to in the Book of Genesis and the Gospel according to Matthew.

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Ammishaddai

In the Book of Numbers, Ammishaddai (‘Ammîšaddāy "people of the Almighty") was the father of Ahiezer, who was chief of the Tribe of Dan at the time of the Exodus (Numbers 1:12; 2:25).

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Ammon

Ammon (ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in present-day Jordan.

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Amnon

Amnon (אַמְנוֹן, "faithful", born circa 1000 BCE) was the oldest son of King David and his third wife, Ahinoam of Jezreel.

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Amon of Judah

Amon of Judah (אָמוֹן ’Āmōn; Αμων; Amon) was a 7th-century BC King of Judah who, according to the biblical account, succeeded his father Manasseh of Judah.

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Amorites

The Amorites (Sumerian 𒈥𒌅 MAR.TU; Akkadian Tidnum or Amurrūm; Egyptian Amar; Hebrew אמורי ʼĔmōrī; Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Semitic-speaking people from Syria who also occupied large parts of southern Mesopotamia from the 21st century BC to the end of the 17th century BC, where they established several prominent city states in existing locations, notably Babylon, which was raised from a small town to an independent state and a major city.

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Amos (prophet)

Amos was one of the Twelve Minor Prophets.

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Amoz

Amoz, also known as Amotz, was the father of the prophet Isaiah, mentioned in Isaiah 1:1; 2:1 and 13:1, and in II Kings 19:2, 20; 20:1.

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Ampliatus

Ampliatus (Amplias in the King James Version), was a Roman Christian mentioned by Paul in one of his letters, where he says, "Greet Ampliatus, whom I love in the Lord." He is considered one of the Seventy Disciples by the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Amram

In the Book of Exodus, Amram is the husband of Jochebed and father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam.

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Amraphel

In the Hebrew Bible, Amraphel (translit; Amarfal; Amraphel) was a king of Shinar (Sumer) in Genesis 14, who invaded Canaan along with other kings under the leadership of Chedorlaomer, king of Elam.

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Anab

Anab is one of the cities in the mountains of Judah, from which Joshua expelled the Anakim.

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Anah

Anah or Ana (عانة, ʾĀna), formerly also known as Anna, is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates river, approximately midway between the Gulf of Alexandretta and the Persian Gulf.

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Anak

Anak (עֲנָק|lit.

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Anamim

Anamim (‘Ănāmîm) is, according to the Bible, either a son of Ham's son Mizraim or the name of a people descending from him.

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Anammelech

Annamelech (עֲנַמֶּלֶךְ ʿAnammelekh), according to the Hebrew Bible, was worshipped alongside Adrammelech, the sun god.

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Ananias

Ananias may refer to.

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Anathema

Anathema, in common usage, is something or someone that is detested or shunned.

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Anathoth

Anathoth is the name of one of the Levitical cities given to "the children of Aaron" in the tribe of Benjamin. Residents were called Antothites or Anetothites.

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Andrew

Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries.

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Andronicus of Pannonia

Andronicus of Pannonia (Ἀνδρόνικος) was a 1st-century Christian mentioned by the Apostle Paul: According to that verse, Andronicus was a kinsman of Paul and a fellow prisoner at some time, particularly well-known among the apostles, and had become a follower of Jesus Christ before Paul's Damascus road conversion.

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Anem

This article is about the biblical location known as Anem.

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Aner

Aner (‘Ānêr) refers, in the Hebrew Bible, to.

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Ani'am

Aniam (אֲנִיעָם) is an Israeli settlement, a moshav, located in the Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel.

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Anim

Anim may refer to.

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Anna the Prophetess

Anna (חַנָּה, Ἄννα) or Anna the Prophetess is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke.

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Annas

Annas, son of Seth (23/22 BC – death date unknown, probably around 40 A.D.), was appointed by the Roman legate Quirinius as the first High Priest of the newly formed Roman province of Iudaea in 6 A.D; just after the Romans had deposed Archelaus, Ethnarch of Judaea, thereby putting Judaea directly under Roman rule.

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Antalya

Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province.

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Antichrist

In Christianity, antichrist is a term found solely in the First Epistle of John and Second Epistle of John, and often lowercased in Bible translations, in accordance with its introductory appearance: "Children, it is the last hour! As you heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come".

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Antioch

Antioch on the Orontes (Antiókheia je epi Oróntou; also Syrian Antioch)Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Δάφνῃ, "Antioch on Daphne"; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη, "Antioch the Great"; Antiochia ad Orontem; Անտիոք Antiok; ܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ Anṭiokya; Hebrew: אנטיוכיה, Antiyokhya; Arabic: انطاكية, Anṭākiya; انطاکیه; Antakya.

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Antipatris

Antipatris (Αντιπατρίς) was a city built during the first century BC by Herod the Great, who named it in honour of his father, Antipater.

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Apelles

Apelles of Kos (Ἀπελλῆς; fl. 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece.

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Aphek (biblical)

The name Aphek or Aphec refers to one or several locations mentioned by the Hebrew Bible as the scenes of a number of battles between the Israelites and the Arameans or Philistines.

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Apocalypse

An apocalypse (Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις apokálypsis, from ἀπό and καλύπτω, literally meaning "an uncovering") is a disclosure of knowledge or revelation.

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Apocrypha

Apocrypha are works, usually written, of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin.

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Apollonia, Thessaloniki

Apollonia is an ancient town (former Apollonia in Mygdonia) and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece.

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Apollonius

Apollonius may refer to.

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Apollos

Apollos (Ἀπολλώς) was a 1st century Alexandrian Jewish Christian mentioned several times in the New Testament.

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Ar (city)

Ar is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible several times as a city of ancient Moab.

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Ara

Ara or ara may refer to.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula, simplified Arabia (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, ‘Arabian island’ or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب, ‘Island of the Arabs’), is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate.

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Arabs

Arabs (عَرَب ISO 233, Arabic pronunciation) are a population inhabiting the Arab world.

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Aram

Aram may refer to.

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Aran

Aran may refer to.

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Araunah

Araunah (Hebrew: ’Ǎrawnāh) was a Jebusite who was mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah that David purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar to God.

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Arba

Arba was a man mentioned in the Book of Joshua.

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Archippus

Archippus (Ancient Greek: Ἅρχιππος, "master of the horse") was an early Christian believer mentioned briefly in the New Testament epistles of Philemon and Colossians.

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Arcturus

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Ardon

Ardon or Ardón may refer to.

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Areopagus

The Areopagus is a prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

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Aretas IV Philopatris

Aretas IV Philopatris (حارثة الرابع. Ḥāritat in Nabataean) was the King of the Nabataeans from roughly 9 BC to 40 AD.

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Ariel (name)

Ariel is a given name from Biblical Hebrew אריאל Ariel that literally means "lion of God".

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Arimathea

Arimathea (Ἁριμαθαία), according to the Gospel of Luke (23:51), was "a city of Judea".

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Arioch

Arioch (’Aryōḵ) appears in the Book of Genesis as the name of the "King of Ellasar", who participated in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim.

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Aristarchus

Aristarchus may refer to.

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Aristobulus

Aristobulus or Aristoboulos may refer to.

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Armageddon

According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible, Armageddon (from Ἁρμαγεδών Harmagedōn, Late Latin: Armagedōn, from Hebrew: Har Megiddo) is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location.

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Aroer (Moab)

Aroer (עֲרוֹעֵר, עֲרֹעֵר) is a biblical town on the north bank of the River Arnon to the east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.

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Arpachshad

Arpachshad,, alternatively spelled Arphaxad or Arphacsad, is one of the postdiluvian names of the Shem-Terah genealogy.

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Artaxerxes I of Persia

Artaxerxes I (اردشیر یکم., 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂, "whose rule (xšaça R. Schmitt.. Encyclopædia Iranica. 15 December 1986. Retrieved 12 March 2012.; Artaxérxēs) was the fifth King of Persia from 465 BC to 424 BC. He was the third son of Xerxes I. He may have been the "Artasyrus" mentioned by Herodotus as being a Satrap of the royal satrapy of Bactria. In Greek sources he is also surnamed "long-handed" (μακρόχειρ Macrocheir; Longimanus), allegedly because his right hand was longer than his left.

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Artemas

Saint Artemas of Lystra (Ἀρτεμᾶς) was a biblical figure.

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Asa of Judah

Asa was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the House of David.

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Asahel

Asahel (Hebrew: עשהאל, Greek: ‘Ασαέλ) (also known as Asael) was the youngest son of Zeruiah, step-daughter of Jesse, daughter of Nahash (which can be inferred from 2 Samuel 17:25).

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Asaiah

Asaiah (Hebrew: עשיה "God made me") was the personal secretary of Josiah, king of Judah in the 7th century BCE, and according to the Bible (II Kings, Chapter 22, and Books of Chronicles 2, Chapter 34), is one of Josiah’s deputation to the prophet Huldah.

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Asaph (biblical figure)

Asaph (אסף) is the name of three men from the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible.

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Asenath

Asenath, Asenith and Osnat is a figure in the Book of Genesis (41:45, 41:50-52), an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph, son of Jacob, to be his wife.

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Ashan

Ashan may refer to.

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Ashbel

Ashbel is masculine given name, and an occasional surname.

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Ashdod

Ashdod (help; أَشْدُود or إِسْدُود) is the sixth-largest city and the largest port in Israel accounting for 60% of the country's imported goods.

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Asher

Asher, in the Book of Genesis, is the second son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the founder of the Tribe of Asher.

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Asherah

Asherah in ancient Semitic religion, is a mother goddess who appears in a number of ancient sources.

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Ashima

Ashima (Asima) is an ancient Semitic goddess.

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Ashkelon

Ashkelon (also spelled Ashqelon and Ascalon; help; عَسْقَلَان) is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip.

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Ashkenaz

Ashkenaz in the Hebrew Bible is one of the descendants of Noah.

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Ashur

Ashur (אַשּׁוּר) was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah.

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Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal (Aššur-bāni-apli; ܐܫܘܪ ܒܢܐ ܐܦܠܐ; 'Ashur is the creator of an heir'), also spelled Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 668 BC to c. 627 BC, the son of Esarhaddon and the last strong ruler of the empire, which is usually dated between 934 and 609 BC.

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Assir

Assir can refer to.

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Assos

Assos (Ἄσσος), also known as Behramkale or for short Behram, is a small historically rich town in the Ayvacık district of the Çanakkale Province, Turkey.

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Assur

Aššur (Akkadian; ܐܫܘܪ 'Āšūr; Old Persian Aθur, آشور: Āšūr; אַשּׁוּר:, اشور: Āšūr, Kurdish: Asûr), also known as Ashur and Qal'at Sherqat, was an Assyrian city, capital of the Old Assyrian Empire (2025–1750 BC), of the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365–1050 BC), and for a time, of the Neo-Assyrian Empire of 911–608 BC.

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Assyria

Assyria, also called the Assyrian Empire, was a major Semitic speaking Mesopotamian kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East and the Levant.

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Astaroth

Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot and Asteroth), in demonology, is the Great Duke of Hell in the first hierarchy with Beelzebub and Lucifer; he is part of the evil trinity.

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Asuppim

In the Old Testament, the Asuppim, translated "house of stores" in the Authorized Version and just "storehouse" in the Revised Version, was the house of stores for the temple priests.

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Asyncritus of Hyrcania

Asyncritus of Hyrcania, also Asynkritos (Ἀσύγκριτος, meaning "incomparable"), was numbered among the Seventy Disciples.

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Atad

Atad, an Old Testament Hebrew name meaning buckthorn.

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Atarah

Atara is a Hebrew word meaning 'crown'.

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Ataroth

Ataroth (עטרות) may mean "crowns" or "cattle pens" in Hebrew.

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Ater

Ater (Hebrew אֲתַר) is an Old Testament male name.

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Athach

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, an athach is a giant-like aberration.

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Athaliah

Athaliah (Γοθολία; Athalia) was queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram, a descendant of King David, and later queen regnant c. 841–835 BCE.

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Attai

Attai (أتاي) is a village in western Eritrea.

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Augustus

Augustus (Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

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Ava (given name)

Ava is a feminine given name in the English and in other languages.

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Aven

Aven or AVEN may refer to.

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Avim

The Avim, Avvim (עוים) or Avvites of Philistia in the Old Testament were a people dwelling in Hazerim, or "the villages" or "encampments", on the south-west corner of the sea-coast.

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Avith

Avith ("ruin") was an Edomite city.

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Aviv

Aviv (אביב) is a word that has several similar meanings in Hebrew.

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Ayalon Valley

Ayalon Valley (also Ajalon; אַיָּלוֹן or) was a place in the lowland of the Shephelah in the ancient Land of Israel, identified in the 1800s as Yalo at the foot of the Bethoron pass, a Palestinian Arab village located southeast of Ramla in the West Bank but destroyed in 1967.

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Azariah

Azariah (‘Ǎzaryāh, "Yah has helped") is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible and Jewish history, including.

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Azaz

Azaz (أعزاز A‘zāz, Hurrian: Azazuwa, Azázion, Neo-Assyrian: Ḫazazu, Old Aramaic: Ḥzz) is a city in northwestern Syria, roughly north-northwest of Aleppo.

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Azazel

Azazel (ʿAzazel; ʿAzāzīl) appears in the Bible in association with the scapegoat rite.

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Azaziah

Azaziah (az-a-zi'-a), meaning "whom Jehovah strengthened", may refer to.

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Azekah

Azekah (עזקה, ʿazeqah) was a town in the Shephelah guarding the upper reaches of the Valley of Elah, about 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Hebron.

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Azmon

Azmon (עצמן or עצמון) is an unidentified site, marking the western portion of the southern frontier of Judah before the point where "it went out at the Brook of Egypt".

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Azor

Azor (אָזוֹר, أزور) (also Azur) is a small town (local council) in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, on the old Jaffa-Jerusalem road southeast of Tel Aviv.

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Azrael

Azrael (עזראל) is an angel in the Abrahamic religions.

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Azriel

Azriel, Asriel or Ezriel may refer to.

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Azrikam

Azrikam (עַזְרִיקָם) is a moshav in central Israel.

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Azubah

Azubah, meaning "deserted", is the name of two women in the Bible.

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Azur

Azur may refer to.

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Ænon

Ænon, more commonly written Aenon, is the site mentioned by the Gospel of John as the place where John was baptising after his encounter with Jesus.

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Barada

The Barada (بردى / ALA-LC: Baradá) is the main river of Damascus, the capital city of Syria.

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Bethel

Bethel (Ugaritic: bt il, meaning "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. בֵּית אֵל, also transliterated Beth El, Beth-El, or Beit El; Βαιθηλ; Bethel) was a border city described in the Hebrew Bible as being located between Benjamin and Ephraim and also a location named by Jacob.

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Book of Joshua

The Book of Joshua (ספר יהושע) is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) and the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.

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Cain and Abel

In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve.

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David's Mighty Warriors

David's Mighty Warriors (also known as David's Mighty Men or the Gibborim; ha-Gibbōrîm) are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in, part of the "supplementary information" added to the Second Book of Samuel in its final four chapters.

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Dura, Hebron

Dura (دورا) is a Palestinian city located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank.

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Ecbatana

Ecbatana (𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 Hagmatāna or Haŋmatāna, literally "the place of gathering", אַחְמְתָא, Ἀγβάτανα in Aeschylus and Herodotus,Ἐκβάτανα, Akkadian: kura-gam-ta-nu in the Nabonidus Chronicle) was an ancient city in Media in western Iran.

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Gad (deity)

Gad was the name of the pan-Semitic god of fortune, and is attested in ancient records of Aram and Arabia.

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Herod Antipas

Herod Antipater (Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπατρος, Hērǭdēs Antipatros; born before 20 BC – died after 39 AD), known by the nickname Antipas, was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore the title of tetrarch ("ruler of a quarter") and is referred to as both "Herod the Tetrarch" and "King Herod" in the New Testament although he never held the title of king.

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Herod Archelaus

Herod Archelaus (Hērōdēs Archelaos; 23 BC – c. 18 AD) was ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea (biblical Edom), including the cities Caesarea and Jaffa, for a period of nine years (circa 4 BC to 6 AD).

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Lajat

The Lajat (/ALA-LC: al-Lajāʾ), also spelled Lejat, Lajah, el-Leja or Laja, is the largest lava field in southern Syria, spanning some 900 square kilometers.

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