Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adria, Sea of Act 27:27 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Adria, Peter Of (so called from his birthplace), was a monk of the Order of St. Dominic, and a disciple of ‘St. Thomas. In 1294 he was made vicar – general of the province of Sicily; and in 1306 bishop of Vico, which position he held about ten years. An unpublished treatise on The Spiritual … Continue reading “Adria, Peter Of”

Adria, or Adriatic Sea (, Act 27:27), the modern Gulf of Venice (Forbiger, Alte Geogr. 2, 16, sq.). It derives its name from the city Adria, in Cisalpine Gaul, on the river Po, now called Atri. The name Adriatic is now confined to the gulf lying between Italy on one side and the coasts of … Continue reading “Adria, or Adriatic Sea”

ADRIA In Mal 27:27 . The Adriatic Sea. This term now denotes only the Gulf of Venice; but in St. Paul’s time it included the whole sea lying between Italy and Greece, and extending on the south from Crete to Sicily, within which the island of Malta or Melita lies. So Ptolemy and Strabo. Fuente: … Continue reading “Adria”

Adrevald a Benedictine monk, was born about 818, in a village near the Monastery of Fleury, and died in 878. He acquired considerable reputation by his writings, especially Opusculum de Corpore et Sanguine Domini, against the famous John Scotus, published in vol. xii of the Spicilegium of D’Achery: Vita S. Agilulfi (Mabillon), i.e. a life … Continue reading “Adrevald”

Adrastea (the Avenger), in Greek mythology, was (1) the daughter of Oceanus, or Erebus, and of Nemesis. She is represented with a ship’s rudder or with a wheel. Some derive the name from Adrastus, who, as a’ memorial of Eteocles, built a temple to Nemesis near Thebes. (2.) The daughter of the Cretan king Melissus, … Continue reading “Adrastea”

Adranus in Italian mythology, was the god of the Sicilian nations, whose temple stood near Adranum. This temple was guarded by a large number of trained dogs, of which it’ is said that they conducted drunken, men, but wicked people they tore to pieces. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

ADRAMYTTIUM A maritime town of Mysia, in Asia Minor, opposite to the island of Lesbos, Mal 27:2 . It is now called Adramyt. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Adramyttium (; in the NT only the adjective [Act 27:2] is found; Westcott-Horts Greek Testament ).-This flourishing seaport of Mysia was situated at the head of … Continue reading “Adramyttium”

ADRAMMELECH 1. Son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, Isa 37:38 ; 2Ki 19:37, who, upon returning to Nineveh after his fatal expedition against Hezekiah, was killed by his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, through fear, according to Jewish tradition, of being sacrificed to his idol Nisroch. They then fled to the mountains of Armenia, B. … Continue reading “Adrammelech”

Adramelech and Anammelech a-dramel-ek and a-namel-ek (, ‘adhrammelekh and , anammelekh, apparently, according to Assyrian usage, Adar is prince, Anu is prince. By Palestinian usage it would be Adar is king, Anu is king): (1) The names given by the Israelite narrator to the god or gods imported into the Samaritan land by the men … Continue reading “Adramelech and Anammelech”