Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Akbara SEE ACHABARA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Akbar SEE MOUSE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Akathistos (Greek akathistos; a privative, kathizo “sit”; i.e. not sitting; standing). The title of a certain hymn — or, better, an Office in the Greek Liturgy — in honour of the Mother of God. The title is one of eminence; since, while in other similar hymns the people are permitted to sit during part of … Continue reading “Akathistos”

Akatan AKATAN (1Es 8:38).Father of Joannes, who returned with Ezra; called Hakkatan in Ezr 8:12. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Akatan aka-tan (, Akatan; the King James Version, Acatan = Hakkatan; Ezr 8:12): The father of Joannes who returned with Ezra to Jerusalem (1 Esdras 8:38). Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Akasmukhis a Hindu sect, who hold up their faces to the sky until the muscles of the back of the neck become contracted, and retain it in that position. They wear the jatu and allow the beard to grow, smearing the body with ashes. They subsist on alms. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Akasmukhis”

Akasa (Skr.) “Ether”; space) in Indian philosophy the continuum that is to be postulated in connection with the paramanus (q.v.). — K.F.L. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Akarkhentkats (wise one keeping her place), in Egyptian mythology, is the name of the third of the mystical cows, or Hathors. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Akar is a mystical name of a region of the Egyptian Hades, which is mentioned in the Ritual of the Dead. Akar is also a mystical reptile, called the viper of Lot, mentioned in ch. 94 of the Egyptian Ritual of the Dead. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Akan (Hebrew Akan’, , twisted; Sept. ), the last named of the three sons of Ezer, son of the Horite Seir of Idumaea (Gen 36:27); elsewhere called JAKAN SEE JAKAN (1Ch 1:41). SEE JAAKAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Akan AKAN or JAKAN. Gen 36:27; 1Ch 1:42. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Akan … Continue reading “Akan”

Akambue in the mythology of the Caribbeans, is a general name for the spirits, good and evil. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature