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Ashtaroth (Heb. Ashtaroth’, , plur. of Ashtoreth, Jos 9:10; Jos 12:4; Jos 13:12; Jos 13:31; Sept. ; but Auth. Vers. “Astaroth,” in Deu 1:4; Sept, in 1Ch 6:71, v; r. and ), a city on the east of Jordan, in Bashan, in the kingdom of Og, doubtless so called from being a seat of the … Continue reading “Ashtaroth”

Ashriel (1Ch 7:14). SEE ASRIEL Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Ashriel ashre-el. See ASRIEL. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Ashriel [Ash’riel] Descendant of Manasseh. 1Ch 7:14. See ASRIEL. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary Ashriel H844 See Asriel Asriel Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible Ashriel Ash’riel. Properly As’riel. (vow of God). 1Ch 7:14. Fuente: Smith’s … Continue reading “Ashriel”

ASHPENAZ Chief of the eunuchs of king Nebuchadnezzar, who had the charge of Daniel and his young companions, and was led to show them favor at his own peril, Dan 1:3-18 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Ashpenaz (Heb. Ashpenaz’, , perh. from Persic and Sanscrit afnas, horse, and nasa, nose, i. q. “horse-nose;” … Continue reading “Ashpenaz”

Ashore * For ASHORE (Act 27:29) see CAST, A, No. 3 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Ashor is the general, name of the four months which, among the Mohammedans, as well as among the ancient Arabians, were regarded as sacred. These months were Moharram, Resjele, Dulkadha, and Dulhaggia. No war could be lawfully begun or carried on in these months; and most of the Arabian tribes observed this ‘so punctually that … Continue reading “Ashor”

Ashnah. Tristram identifies one of the cities thus named (Jos 15:36) with the modern Asolin (Bible Places, p. 48), which is laid down on the Ordnance Map under the name of Aslin, one mile north-east of Surah (Zoreah), as a ruined village with a cistern adjoining. The other Ashnah (Jos 15:43) he regards (Bible Places, … Continue reading “Ashnah. Tristram”

Ashnah (Heb. Ashnah’, , fortified, otherwise bright; Sept. ), the name of two cities, both in the “plain” of the tribe of Judah. 1. One mentioned between Zorah and Zanoah (Jos 15:33), apparently in the region north of Eleutheropolis and west of Jerusalem (see Keil, Comment. in loc.), and near the boundary-line, almost within the … Continue reading “Ashnah”

Ashmun, Jehudi agent of the American Colonization Society, was born at Champlain, N.Y., in April, 1794. He was educated at Burlington, where he graduated in 1816. Some time after he was made a professor in the ” Maine Charity School,” where his stay was brief. He afterward removed to the District of Columbia, where he … Continue reading “Ashmun, Jehudi”

Ashmedai (Ashmedai) Demon , mentioned in the Book of Tobias, who fell in love with Sara, and slew her seven successive husbands on the night of their nuptials. At last Tobias drove him off and he fled to Egypt. In the Talmud he plays a great part in the legends concerning Solomon. Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Ashmedai”

Ashmead, William a Presbyterian minister, born at Philadelphia in 1798, and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. After studying under Dr. J. P. Wilson, he was licensed to preach in 1820. He labored in Lancaster till 1828, when he accepted a-call to Charleston, S.C., and entered on his duties there in May, 1829. … Continue reading “Ashmead, William”