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Amathitis (, Eng. Vers. Amathis”), a district to the north of Palestine, in which Jonathan Maccabaeus met the forces of Demetrius (1Ma 12:25); not around the city AMATHUS SEE AMATHUS (q.v.) beyond the Jordan (Josephus, Ant. 13, 13, 3; War, 1, 4, 3); but the neighborhood of the metropolis Amath or HAMATH SEE HAMATH (q.v.), … Continue reading “Amathitis”

Amathis (1Ma 12:25). SEE AMATHITIS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Amatheis (rather Amath’as, ), one of the sons” of Bebai, who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (1Es 9:29); evidently a corruption for the ATHLAI SEE ATHLAI (q.v.) of the genuine text (Ezr 10:28). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Amatheis am-a-theis. See EMATHEIS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Amatha (, i.q. Hamath, q.v.; comp. Josephus, Ant. 10, 5, 2), a place named by Jerome and Eusebius () in the Onomasticon (s.v. AEmath, ) as one of several places by that name, this being situated near Gadara, and having warm springs. It is apparently the modern ruin Amateh, discovered by Seetzen (Ritter, Erdk. 15, … Continue reading “Amatha”

Amath, Amathis amath, ama-this (1 Macc 12:25). See HAMATH. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Amath SEE HAMATH; SEE BORCEOS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Amath A’math. See Hamath. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Amat, Thaddeus Second Bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, California, U.S., b. 31 December, 1810, at Barcelona, Spain; d. at Los Angeles, California, 12 May, 1878. He joined the Lazarists in early manhood and was ordained a priest at the house of that Congregation in Paris, in 1838. He came to the United States in … Continue reading “Amat, Thaddeus”

Amat, Felix a Spanish ecclesiastical historian, was born at Sabadell, in the diocese of Barcelona, Aug. 10, 1750. He entered the Church in 1767, and, after taking his doctor’s degree at Granada in 1770, was made professor of philosophy and librarian in the episcopal seminary at Barcelona. He afterwards became director of the seminary, and … Continue reading “Amat, Felix”

Amastris (Now AMASSERAH or SAMASTRO.) A titular see of Paphlagonia in Asia Minor, on a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea. Its episcopal list dates from the third century (Gams,( I, 454). It is mentioned by Homer (Iliad, II, 853), was a flourishing town in the time of Trajan (98-117), and was of some importance … Continue reading “Amastris”

Amasis supposed to be the Pharaoh whose house in Tahpanhes is mentioned in Jer 43:9, and who reigned B.C. 569-525; he was the successor of Apries, or Pharaoh Hophra. Amasis, unlike his predecessors, courted the friendship of the Greeks; and, to secure their alliance, he married Laodice, the daughter of Battus, the king of the … Continue reading “Amasis”