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Assault a-solt (, cur; , horme): The Hebrew verbal form is used of pressing forward a siege (see SIEGE), but also of a hostile attack upon a person then translated assault (Est 8:11). The Greek word horme used of an attack upon persons in Act 14:5 (the King James Version) is rendered onset in the … Continue reading “Assault”

Assassins, The ASSASSINS, THE.In the time of Felix a band of robbers so named disturbed Juda. They are mentioned in Act 21:38 (sicarii, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] murderers). Josephus says that at Felixs suggestion they murdered Jonathan son of Ananus, the high priest (Ant. XX. viii. 5). They took a leading part in the Jewish … Continue reading “Assassins, The”

Assassins (or, more properly, Sicarii [cf. Act 21:38], dagger-men) The name given, according to Josephus, to a body of radicals in the Jewish Messianic agitation which culminated in the outbreak of a.d. 66. The name was derived from the short daggers worn by the members of the body (sica, a short, curved, possibly Persian sword), … Continue reading “Assassins”

Assassination a-sas-i-nashun. 1. Meaning of the Term The language of Scripture distinguishes less clearly than the modern juridical between assassination and murder. Murderer = , roceah (Num 35:16-19, Num 35:21, Num 35:30, Num 35:31; 2Ki 6:32; Job 24:14); , horegh, from , haragh = to slay, kill, the King James Version translation murderer in Hos … Continue reading “Assassination”

Assassin is a Latin word (sicarius, “from” sica, “a dagger”) denoting “one who carries a dagger or short sword under his clothing, an assassin,” Act 21:38, RV. Here it is used as a proper name (see the RV) of the Sicarii, “assassins,” the fanatical Jewish faction which arose in Judea after Felix had rid the … Continue reading “Assassin”

Assarotti, Ottavio Giovanni Battista an Italian philanthropist, founder of the Institution of the Deaf-mutes at Genoa, was born at Genoa, Oct. 25,1753. At the age of eighteen he entered the Order of the Piarists in Italy, and devoted himself to the teaching of poor children. He himself wrote all the works necessary for the instruction … Continue reading “Assarotti, Ottavio Giovanni Battista”

Assarius SEE FARTHING. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Assarion as-ari-on. See FARTHING. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Assaphioth ASSAPHIOTH (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Azaphion), 1Es 5:33.His descendants returned with Zerubbabel among the sons of Solomons servants. Called Hassophereth, Ezr 2:55; Sophereth, Neh 7:57. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Assaphioth a-safi-oth (Codex Alexandrinus, , Asaphphoth; Codex Vaticanus, , Assapheoth; the King James Version Azaphion): The head of a family, which returned with … Continue reading “Assaphioth”

Assanias ( v. r. , Vuig. Assannas), one of the twelve priests selected by Ezra to transport the sacred vessels to Jerusalem (1Es 8:54); a corruption for HASHABIAH SEE HASHABIAH (q.v.) of the original text (Ezr 8:24). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature