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Ambest is the name given by the Hindus to the tree of immortality. It grows on the mountain of Meru, in Amaravati, the metropolis of Indra. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Amberger, Christoph a German painter, was born at Nuremberg in 1490, and studied under Hans Holbein the elder. He executed a set of twelve pictures, representing the history of Joseph and his Brethren, which gained him great celebrity, though he succeeded better in portraits than in history. He painted the emperor Charles V, who honored … Continue reading “Amberger, Christoph”

AMBER Is a yellow or straw-colored gummy substance, originally a vegetable production, but reckoned in the mineral kingdom. It is found in lumps in the sea and on the shores of Prussia, Sicily, Turkey, etc. Externally it is rough; it is very transparent, and on being rubbed, yields a fragrant odor. It was formerly supposed … Continue reading “Amber”

Ambassage AMBASSAGE.This term is used in Luk 14:32 (Authorized Version and Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 ) and in Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 of Luk 19:14 (more accurately instead of Authorized Version message). The Greek is . Both in the original and the translation the abstract is used for the concrete; a … Continue reading “Ambassage”

Ambassadors Sent by Moses: – To Edom Num 20:14 – To the Amorites Num 21:21 By Gibeonites to the Israelites Jos 9:4 By Israelites to various nations Jud 11:12-28 Hiram to David 2Sa 5:11 Hiram to Solomon 1Ki 5:1 Ben-Hadad to Ahab 1Ki 20:2-6 Amaziah to Jehoash 2Ki 14:8 Ahaz to Tiglath 2Ki 16:7 Hoshea … Continue reading “Ambassadors”

Ambassador, Ambassage AMBASSADOR, AMBASSAGE.As diplomatic agents of sovereigns or other persons in high authority, ambassadors are frequently mentioned in OT and Apocrypha from the days of Moses (see below) to those of the Maccabees (1Ma 9:70; 1Ma 11:9; 1Ma 14:21; 1Ma 15:17). Insult to their persons was a sufficient casus belli (2Sa 10:4 ff.). In … Continue reading “Ambassador, Ambassage”

Ambassador Although this word occurs twice (2Co 5:20 and Eph 6:20) in the English Version of the NT, the corresponding Greek noun () occurs nowhere. Instead, we find the verb , to be an ambassador, while the cognate collective noun (Revised Version ambassage) is used in Luk 14:32; Luk 19:14.* [Note: and were the recognized … Continue reading “Ambassador”

Ambarvalia (Lat. ambiendis arvis, going around the fields), a ceremony performed among the ancient Romans with a view of procuring from the gods a plentiful harvest. A sacrifice was offered to Ceres, but before doing so the victims, consisting of a sow, a sheep, and a bull, were led amid a vast concourse of peasants … Continue reading “Ambarvalia”

Ambarach, Peter (Also called BENEDICTUS and BENEDETTI, these names being the equivalents of the Arabic ambarak “blessed”.) A Maronite Orientalist, b. at Gusta, Syria, June, 1663; d. in Rome, 25 August, 1742. He was educated by the Jesuits in the Maronite college in Rome, 1672-85, and on his return to Syria in the latter year … Continue reading “Ambarach, Peter”

Amazones, Diocese of (Or MANÃOS.) A South American diocese, dependent on San Salvador of Bahia. Amazonas, the largest of the states of Brazil, lies south of British Guiana, Venezuela, and Columbia, and between Peru on the west and Pará on the east. It has an area of 732,250 square miles, and in 1900, had a … Continue reading “Amazones, Diocese of”