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Azran in Oriental tradition, was the daughter of Adam and the bride of Abel. Cain loved her, and therefore slew Abel; Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Azrael according to the Talmud, i; the angel of death. Because he did not heed the request of the earth not to carry dust to heaven, out of which human beings might be made who would afterwards be cursed, God gave him the office of angel of death. The Arabians call him Abu-Jatjai the Parsees, … Continue reading “Azrael”

Azpilcueta, Martin a canonist of the 16th century, was born December 13, 1493. He studied at Alcala and Toulouse, and commenced his lectures in 1520 at Cahors. For fourteen years he lectured at Salamanca with such success that king John III de Portugal called him, in 1544, to the newly founded university at Coimbra, where … Continue reading “Azpilcueta, Martin”

Azotus, Mount ( or ; Vulg. mons Azoti), a spot to which, in the battle in which Judas Maccabeus fell, he pursued the broken right wing of Bacchides’ army (1Ma 9:15). Josephus (Ant. 12, 11, 1) calls it Aza (, or Azara, , according to many MSS.), which Ewald finds in a mountain west of … Continue reading “Azotus, Mount”

AZOTUS See ASHDOD. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Azotus () Azotus, the Gr. form of Ashdod, occurs often in 1 Mac. (1Ma 4:15; 1Ma 5:68; 1Ma 10:77; 1Ma 10:83 f. etc.), and once in the NT. St. Philip met the Ethiopian on the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, and, after baptizing … Continue reading “AZOTUS”

Azores (Portuguese Acores, “Falcons”) An archipelago situated in that tract of the Atlantic Ocean which is known to mariners as the Sargasso Sea. The islands lie, approximately, from S.E. to N.W., about a diagonal of the quadrilateral formed by the 37th and 40th parallels of north latitude and the 24th and 32d meridians of west … Continue reading “Azores”

Azor, Or Azorius John a Spanish theologian, born in 1533 at Zamora, in Spain, died in 1603. Having entered the order of the Jesuits, he became professor of theology, first at Alcala, and subsequently in the Jesuit College at Rome. He published his lectures on moral theology under the title Institutiones Morales. Some of the … Continue reading “Azor, Or Azorius John”

Azor, Juan Born at Lorca, province of Murcia, Southern Spain, in 1535; entered the Society of Jesus, 18 March, 1559; d. in Rome, 19 February, 1603. He was professor of philosophy and later of theology, both dogmatic and moral, at Piacenza, Alcalá, and Rome, and was a member of the first committee appointed by Father … Continue reading “Azor, Juan”

Azor (, from , to help), one of the paternal ancestors of Christ (Mat 1:13-14); perhaps the same with AZRIKAM (1Ch 3:23). SEE AZZUR. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Azor Mat 1:13-14. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Azor AZOR.An ancestor of Jesus, according to the genealogy in the First Gospel (Mat 1:13 f.). … Continue reading “Azor”

Aznothtabor [Az’noth-ta’bor] ‘ears or peaks of Tabor.’ Landmark on the border of Naphtali. Jos 19:34. Not identified. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary