Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

ADAMANT A name anciently used for the diamond, the hardest of all minerals. It is used for cutting or writing upon glass and other hard substances, Jer 17:1 . It is also employed figuratively, Eze 3:9 ; Zec 7:12 . Others supposed the smiris, or emery, to be meant. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary … Continue reading “Adamant”

Adamannus or Adamnanus a Scoto-Irish priest and monk, made in 679 abbot of Hy. In 701 he was sent on a mission to Alfred, king of Northumberland, and on his return endeavored in vain to induce his countrymen to observe Easter after the Roman fashion, which he had learned in England. He then passed over … Continue reading “Adamannus or Adamnanus”

Adamah,Persian mythology in Persian mythology, was the place of detention for Adam after his banishment from Paradise the ‘second of the seven earths, where eternal darkness reigns. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adamah (Heb. Adamah’, , ground, as often; Sept. v. r. , Vulg. Edema), a fortified city of Naphtali, mentioned between Chinnereth and Ramnah (Jos 19:36); probably the same as ADAMI SEE ADAMI (q.v.) of the same tribe (ver. 33). Schwarz, however (Palest. p. 183), thinks it is the present village Dama, situated, according to him, … Continue reading “Adamah”

Adamaeus, Theodric a German philologist, was born about 1470 in Lippe. He wrote, De (Christiani Orbis Concordia’ (Paris, 1532), a discourse which was addressed to Charles V and to Francis I:-De Insula Rhodo et Militarium Ordinum Institutione (ibid. 1536): and edited several Greek and Latin classical works, for which see Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. … Continue reading “Adamaeus, Theodric”

Adama one of the five cities which were destroyed by fire from heaven, and buried under the waters of the Dead Sea, Gen 14:2; Deu 29:23. It was the most easterly of all those which were swallowed up; and there is some probability that it was not entirely sunk under the waters; or that the … Continue reading “Adama”

Adam, Thomas born at Leeds, 1701, was rector of Wintringham, England, fifty-eight years, and died 1784. He was a sensible and voluminous writer: his Works (Lond. 1822, 3 vols. 8vo) contain a Paraphrase on the Romans, Lectures on the Church Catechism, and a number of Sermons. His Life, with his Exposition of the Gospels, was … Continue reading “Adam, Thomas”

Adam The Premonstrant, Or Scotus a historian of the 12th century, was born in Scotland, and educated in the Monastery Of Lindisfarne; from whence he went to Paris, and became a member of the Sorbonne. He became in 1158 a regular canon of St. Augustine, of the Order of Premonstratensians; and upon .his return to … Continue reading “Adam The Premonstrant, Or Scotus”

Adam, the Last [Ad’am] In contrast to the first man, Adam, who was made a living soul, the last Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ, was a life-giving Spirit: the first was natural; the second spiritual: the first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man was out of heaven. 1Co 15:45-47. Everything committed to … Continue reading “Adam, the Last”

Adam, the city of is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood “beside Zarethan,” on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12). At this city the flow of the water was arrested and rose up “upon an heap” at the time of the Israelites’ passing over (Josh. 3:16). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary