Against a-genst (, kata; , enanton; , pros): Preposition expressing contrast. When used of direction, equivalent to toward (Mat 10:35; Mat 12:14, etc.); when of position, meaning opposite, facing, in front of (1Ki 7:5; Gen 15:10, Rom 8:31); when of action, opposed to (Mat 5:11; Mat 26:59; 1Co 4:6); in resistance to (Heb 12:4); provision … Continue reading “Against”
Again, Born
Again, Born See REGENERATION. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Again
Again AGAIN.The Eng. word again means in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] either a second time, as Php 4:16, ye sent once and again; or back, as in Mat 11:4 go and show John again those things which ye do hear (i.e. go back and show John). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Again a-gen: Advb. … Continue reading “Again”
Agagite, The
Agagite, The A’gagite, The. See Agag. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Agagite
Agagite [others Agagite] (Heb. Agagi, , Sept. , , Vulg. Aggites), the name of the nation to which Haman (q.v.) belonged (Est 3:1; Est 3:10; Est 8:3; Est 8:5; Est 9:24). Josephus explains it as meaning Amalekite (Ant. 11, 6, 5), SEE AGAG. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Agagite a name applied … Continue reading “Agagite”
Agag
AGAG 1. A general name of the kings of the Amalekites; apparently like Pharaoh for the Egyptian kings, Num 1:1-36 :13 24:7 1Sa 15:8 . The last one mentioned in Scripture was “hewed in pieces” by Samuel, before the Lord, because Saul had sinfully spared him and the flocks and herds, when ordered utterly to … Continue reading “Agag”
Agade
Agade AGAD (formerly but erroneously read Agan).A city of Northern Babylonia and the capital of Sargon, the founder of the first Semitic empire (c [Note: circa, about.] . b.c. 3800). As was first discovered by George Smith, Agad was the Semitic Akkadu (see Akkad). It stood near Sippara or Sepharvaim (wh. see), and may have … Continue reading “Agade”
Agabus, Saint
Agabus, Saint Prophet mentioned in the Acts, 11 and 21. According to tradition he was one of the seventy-two disciples, and was martyred at Antioch. Feast , 13 February . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Agabus (saint)
Agabus (saint) is commemorated as a saint in some Roman martyrologies on Feb. 13, and in the Byzantine on April 8 Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Agabus
AGABUS “A prophet” of the early church, perhaps one of “the seventy” disciples of Christ. He foretold the famine, of which Suetonious and others speak, in the days of Claudius, A. D. 44. It was very severe in Judea; and aid was sent to the church at Jerusalem from Antioch, Mal 11:27 . Many years … Continue reading “Agabus”