Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Premier Reference Series)
Language: English
Pages: 1584
ISBN: 0310229839
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary provides a visually stimulating journey for anyone interested in learning more about the world of the Bible. Through the articles, sidebars, charts, maps, and full-color images included in this volume, the text of the Old and New Testaments will come alive for you as never before. As a condensation of the Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, the information contained within this reference work is solid and biblically sound. The material is based completely on the NIV and cross-referenced to the King James Version, and it contains over 7,200 entries, 500 full-color photographs, charts, and illustrations, 75 full-color maps, and a Scripture index … making this wonderful Bible study resource a must-have whether you’re a general reader of the Bible, a pastor, or a student.
Hebrew Bible, and since the structure and vocabulary were so very similar in the various Semitic tongues, much cognate language help is available for the understanding of the language of the Israelites. The Greek translation of the OT, the SEPTUAGINT, is also of much value in interpretative study of biblical Hebrew. Though Aramaic is itself a very ancient language, so that the presence of “Aramaisms” in the OT may indicate an early rather than a late date for the passages in which they occur,
king, which partakes of the nature of the righteous monarch. Jehozabad. ji-hoh´zuh-bad (Heb. yēhôzābād H3379, “Yahweh has granted”). (1) Son of Shomer; he was an official who, with JOZABAD (NRSV, “Jozacar,” following many Heb. MSS) son of Shimeath, murdered King Joash (JEHOASH) of Judah at BETH MILLO (2 Ki. 12:21). The parallel passage identifies the officials as “Zabad, son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith a Moabite woman” (2 Chr. 24:26). Some consider Shimrith a
on the mountain (Num. 20:22-29; 33:38; Deut. 10:6; 32:50). The people mourned for him thirty days. The Psalms speak of the priestly line as the “house of Aaron” (Ps. 115:10, 12; 118:3; 135:19), and Aaron is mentioned in Hebrews as a type of Christ, who was “called by God, just as Aaron was” (Heb. 5:4-5), though the eternal priesthood of Christ is stated explicitly to be derived from MELCHIZEDEK and not from Aaron (7:11). Aaronites. air´uh-nits. This term is used by the KJV in two passages
predictions of the future. (5) Pseudo-predictive. The authors take their stand in the distant past and rewrite history under the guise of prophecy down to their own day when the end of the world and the kingdom of God were expected shortly to come. There are distinct similarities but even more important differences between canonical and noncanonical apocalypses. The visions of Daniel provide the archetype that the later apocalypses imitate, and the Revelation of John records visions given to the
Mesopotamia is generally believed to be the representative of a mountain; it was built of clay brick with exterior staircases or a sloping ramp and probably a shrine at the top. One of the best preserved has recently been excavated at Choga Zambil, 23 mi. (37 km.) SE of Susa in Iran. The pyramids in Egypt were built as tombs and were constructed of stone, having an inner room or rooms. The Egyptians developed great precision in squaring and orienting their pyramids. The Levant (the lands on the