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Arbasia, Cesare an eminent Italian painter, was born at Saluzzo, and flourished in the latter part of the 16th century. He studied under Federigo Zuccheri. In 1579 he visited Spain and executed a picture of the Incarnation and some other works in the cathedral at Malaga. In 1583 he executed a fine work in fresco … Continue reading “Arbasia, Cesare”

Arbain (Arab. forty), a word applied by the Mohammedans to denote the forty traditions. Mohammed promised that whosoever should teach the faithful to understand this number of -traditions, to instruct them in the way to heaven, should be exalted to the highest place in paradise. The consequence has been that Mohammedan doctors have collected an … Continue reading “Arbain”

Arbah Ar’bah. Hebron, or Kirjath-Arba, as “the city of Arbah” is always rendered elsewhere. Gen 35:27. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Arba Kanphoth ( ), i.e. the four wings, is the ‘common expression ‘for the talith katon, , or little talith. According to the institution of the rabbins, the Jews are obliged to wear fringes the whole day; but, in order to avoid the odium and ridicule likely to be incurred by the singularity of appearance … Continue reading “Arba Kanphoth”

Arba, City of See KIRIATH-ARBA. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Arba, Arbah [Ar’ba, Ar’bah] Father of Anak, head of the Anakim, who were also giants. Num 13:33. Their city was Hebron. Gen 35:27; Jos 14:15; Jos 15:13; Jos 21:11. The ‘city of Arba’ is elsewhere called KIRJATH-ARBA, which was afterwards called HEBRON. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

ARBA An ancestor of the Anakim, and founder of Hebron, to which he gave its ancient name, Jos 15:13 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Arba (Heb. Arba’, , four, but see Simonis Onom. V. T. p. 312 sq.; Sept. v. r. ), a giant, father of Anak (q.v.), from whom Hebron (q.v.) derived … Continue reading “Arba”

Arawaks (Also Aruacans). The first American aborigines met by Columbus — not to be confounded with the Aroacas or Arhouaques, linguistically allied to the Chibohas of Columbia — an Indian stock widely distributed over South America. Tribes speaking dialects of the Arawak language are met with in and between Indians of other linguistic stocks, from … Continue reading “Arawaks”

Arawack Version The people to whom this language is vernacular inhabit the sea-shores and the banks of rivers in British Guiana, in Surinam, or Dutch Guiana, and in the province of Venezuela. The people of Dutch Guiana were supplied by the American Bible Society with the Acts in their own vernacular in 1851 from a … Continue reading “Arawack Version”

Arauxo, Francisco De a Spanish theologian, was born in Galicia of a good family. He entered the Order of St. Dominic in 1601, and, having finished his studies, he taught theology at Bruges, Alcala, and elsewhere. He succeeded Peter de Herrara in the chair of theology at Salamahca, where he taught for twenty years. King … Continue reading “Arauxo, Francisco De”