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Arabia, Arabs ARABIA, ARABS.In the present article we have to do not with the part played by the Arabs in history, or with the geography of the Arabian peninsula, but only with the emergence of the Arab name and people in Bible times. Arb (for which we should have expected rather rb) is scarcely at … Continue reading “Arabia, Arabs”

ARABIA Is a country of Western Asia, lying south and east of Judea. It extends 1,500 miles from north to south, and 1,200 from east to west. On the north it is bounded by part of Syria, on the east by the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates, on the south by the Arabian Sea and … Continue reading “Arabia”

Arabesque a species of ornament used for enriching flat surfaces, either painted, inlaid in mosaic, or carved in low-relief.: ‘It was much employed by the Arabs, and by the Saracens or Moors in Spain. In the domestic architecture of England of the 16th and 17th centuries, this mode of ornamentation is very frequent. Fuente: Cyclopedia … Continue reading “Arabesque”

Arabattine (1Ma 5:3). SEE ACRABATTINE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Arabattine ar-a-ba-tne. See AKRABATTINE (Apocrypha). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Arabah (Heb. Arabah’, , desert; Sept. , also , , and , but in Jos 18:18, ; Auth. Vers. elsewhere plain), the name of a region or tract and of a town. 1. This word, with the article (, the Arabah), is applied directly (Deu 1:1; Deu 2:8; Deu 3:17; Deu 4:49; Jos 3:16; Jos … Continue reading “Arabah”

Araba (, prob. for Arabah), a city mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v.) as lying near Diocaesarea (now Sefurieh), apparently the same mentioned by Josephus (Life, 51, where the text now has instead of , by a conjecture of Reland, Palaest. p. 1021; see Robinson, new ed. of Researches, 3, 83) as lying 20 … Continue reading “Araba”

Arab, Arabians arab, a-rabi-ans. See ARABIA. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Arab (Heb. Arab’, , ambush; Sept. v. r. ), a city in the mountains of Judah, mentioned in connection with Golon and Dumah (Jos 15:52), whence probably the Gentile ARBITE (2Sa 23:35). According to Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Ereb) it lay south of Daroma, and was then called Eremittytha (Euseb. ). Schwarz (Palest. p. 105) says … Continue reading “Arab”

Ara Maxima (greatest altar), an altar which stood in front of a statue in the Temple of Hercules Victor in Rome, on which, when the Romans had obtained a victory, they were accustomed to place the tenth of the spoils for distribution among the citizens. The Romans used to repair to the Ara Maxima in … Continue reading “Ara Maxima”

Ara (Heb. Ara’, perhaps lion; Sept. ), the last named of the three sons of Jether of the tribe of Asher (1Ch 7:38); apparently the same with the ULLA SEE ULLA whose three sons are named in the ensuing verse. B.C. ante 1017. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Ara 1Ch 7:38. Fuente: … Continue reading “Ara”