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ALMOND-TREE This tree resembles a peach-tree, but is larger. In Palestine, it blossoms in January, and in March has fruit. Its blossoms are white. Its Hebrew name signifies a watcher, and to this there is an allusion in Jer 1:11 . In Ecc 12:5, the hoary head is beautifully compared with the almond-tree, both on … Continue reading “Almond Tree”

Almond, Oliver Priest and writer, born in the diocese of Oxford. He is believed by Foley to have been the brother of the martyr, the Ven. John Almond; but Gillow has shown that this is probably a mistake. Oliver was educated at the English Colleges at Rome (1582-87) and Valladolid, and was a missionary in … Continue reading “Almond, Oliver”

Almond, John, Venerable English priest and martyr, born about 1577; died at Tyburn, 5 December, 1612. He passed his childhood at Allerton near Liverpool, where he was born, and at Much-Woolton. His boyhood and early manhood were spent in Ireland, until he went to the English College, Rome, at the age of twenty. He concluded … Continue reading “Almond, John, Venerable”

Almond, John Cistercian, Confessor of the Faith; died in Hull Castle, 18 April, 1585. His name has been included in the supplementary process of the English Martyrs, and his case is of special interest as an example of the sufferings endured in the Elizabethan prisons. He came from Cheshire, and had been a monk in … Continue reading “Almond, John”

Almond, Almond Tree The tree and its fruit are represented by the same word. It is derived from a root signifying ‘to hasten,’ which is appropriate, seeing it is the first tree to break out into blossom, as a forerunner of spring. The meaning is confirmed by Jer 1:11-12 where the prophet saw an almond … Continue reading “Almond, Almond Tree”

Almond Almond. A large tree resembling the peach tree in both size and fruit. The almond was chiefly valued for the nuts it produced, which were used for making oil used in the home and as medicine. The Hebrew word for almond means “awakening,” an allusion to the almond blossom, which is first to bloom … Continue reading “Almond”

ALMON-DIBLATHAIM One of the encampments of the Israelites on their way from Mount Hor to the plains of Moab; location unknown, Num 33:46 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Almon-diblathaim (Hebrew Almon’-Diblatha-yim, found only with – local and in pause, , [to the] covering of the two fig-cakes; Sept. , Vulg. Helmondeblathaim), the fifty-first … Continue reading “Almon-diblathaim”

Almon (Hebrew Almon’, , hidden; Sept. v. r. ), the last named of the four sacerdotal cities of the tribe of Benjamin (Jos 21:18), called ALEMETH SEE ALEMETH (q.v.) in the parallel passage (1Ch 6:60), where it is named second of the three there mentioned; it is omitted in the general list of the Benjamite … Continue reading “Almon”

Almoli, Solomon Ben-Jacob a Jewish physician, who flourished in the Levant at the beginning of the 16th century, is the author of , or a grammatical treatise on the Sheva (Constantinople, 1520): , a Hebrew lexicon, only reaching to the letter Nun (ibid.). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1, 39 sq.; De’ Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. … Continue reading “Almoli, Solomon Ben-Jacob”

Almodad (Hebrew Almodad’, , signif. unknown; Sept. , Vulg. Elmodad, Josephus , Ant. 1, 6, 4), the first named of the thirteen “sons” of Joktan (Gen 10:26; 1Ch 1:20), doubtless founder of an Arabian tribe. B.C. post 2384. SEE ARABIA. The ancient interpreters afford no light as to the location of the tribe, either simply … Continue reading “Almodad”