Reference

Bible dictionary

3,964 entries on the people, places and words of the Bible, each linked to the passages it cites.

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.

• Jaakan

  He twists, one of the sons of Ezer, the son of Seir the Horite (1 Chr.

• Jaakobah

  Heel-catcher, a form of the name Jacob, one of the descendants of Simeon (1 Chr.

• Jaala

  A wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity (Neh.

• Jaalam

  Concealer, the second of Esau's three sons by Aholibamah (Gen.

• Jaanai

  Mourner, one of the chief Gadites (1 Chr.

• Jaare-oregim

  Forests of the weavers, a Bethlehemite (2 Sam.

• Jaasau

  Fabricator, an Israelite who renounced his Gentile wife after the Return (Ezra 10:37).

• Jaasiel

  Made by God, one of David's body-guard, the son of Abner (1 Chr.

• Jaaz-aniah

  Heard by Jehovah.

• Jaazer

  He (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad (Num.

• Jaaziah

  Comforted by Jehovah, a descendant of Merari the Levite (1 Chr.

• Jaaziel

  Comforted by God, a Levitical musician (1 Chr.

• Jabal

  A stream, a descendant of Cain, and brother of Jubal;

• Jabbok

  A pouring out, or a wrestling, one of the streams on the east of Jordan, into which it falls about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the

• Jabesh

  Dry.

• Jabesh-Gilead

  A town on the east of Jordan, on the top of one of the green hills of Gilead, within the limits of the half tribe of Manasseh, and in full v

• Jabez

  Affiction.

• Jabin

  Discerner;

• Jabneel

  Built by God.

• Jabneh

  Building, (2 Chr.

• Jachan

  Mourner, one of the chief Gadite "brothers" in Bashan (1 Chr.

• Jachin

  Firm.

• Jachin and Boaz

  The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22).

• Jacinth

  Properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev.

• Jacob

  One who follows on another's heels;

• Jacob's Well

  (John 4:5, 6).

• Jaddua

  Known.

• Jadon

  Judge, a Meronothite who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Neh.

• Jael

  Mountain-goat, the wife of Heber the Kenite (Judg.

• Jagur

  Place of sojourn, a city on the southern border of Judah (Josh.

• Jah

  A contraction for Jehovah (Ps.

• Jahath

  Union.

• Jahaz

  Trodden down (called also Jahaza, Josh.

• Jahaziel

  Beheld by God.

• Jahdai

  Grasper, a descendant of Caleb, of the family of Hezron (1 Chr.

• Jahzeel

  Allotted by God, the first of the sons of Naphtali (Gen.

• Jahzerah

  Returner, the son of Meshullam, and father of Adiel (1 Chr.

• Jailer

  (of Philippi), Acts 16:23.

• Jair

  Enlightener.

• Jairus

  A ruler of the synagogue at Capernaum, whose only daughter Jesus restored to life (Mark 5:22;

• Jakeh

  Pious, the father of Agur (Prov.

• Jakim

  Establisher.

• Jalon

  Lodger, the last of the four sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr.

• Jambres

  One of those who opposed Moses in Egypt (2 Tim.

• James

  (1.) The son of Zebedee and Salome;

• James, Epistle of

  (1.) Author of, was James the Less, the Lord's brother, one of the twelve apostles.

• Jannes

  One of the Egyptians who "withstood Moses" (2 Tim.

• Janoah

  Or Jano'hah, rest.

• Janum

  Slumber, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh.

• Japheth

  Wide spreading: "God shall enlarge Japheth" (Heb.

• Japhia

  Splendid.

• Japho

  Beauty, a sea-port in Dan (Josh.

• Jared

  Descent.

• Jarib

  An adversary.

• Jarmuth

  Height.

• Jashen

  Sleeping, called also Hashem (1 Chr.

• Jasher

  Upright.

• Jashobeam

  Dweller among the people;

• Jashub

  Returner.

• Jason

  He that will cure, the host of Paul and Silas in Thessalonica.

• Jasper

  (Heb.

• Jattir

  Pre-eminent, a city in the mountains of Judah (Josh.

• Javan

  (1.) The fourth "son" of Japheth (Gen.

• Javelin

  (1.) Heb.

• Jaw-bone

  Of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter of the Philistines (Judg.

• Jealousy

  Suspicion of a wife's purity, one of the strongest passions (Num.

• Jealousy, Image of

  An idolatrous object, seen in vision by Ezekiel (Ezek.

• Jealousy offering

  The name of the offering the husband was to bring when he charged his wife with adultery (Num.

• Jealousy, Waters of

  Water which the suspected wife was required to drink, so that the result might prove her guilt or innocence (Num.

• Jearim

  Forests, a mountain on the border of Judah (Josh.

• Jebus

  Trodden hard, or fastness, or "the waterless hill", the name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Josh.

• Jebusites

  The name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Gen.

• Jecoliah

  Able through Jehovah, the wife of King Amaziah, and mother of King Uzziah (2 Chr.

• Jedaiah

  (1.) Invoker of Jehovah.

• Jediael

  Known by God.

• Jedidiah

  Beloved by Jehovah, the name which, by the mouth of Nathan, the Lord gave to Solomon at his birth as a token of the divine favour (2 Sam.

• Jeduthun

  Lauder;

• Jegar-sahadutha

  Pile of testimony, the Aramaic or Syriac name which Laban gave to the pile of stones erected as a memorial of the covenant between him and J

• Jehaleleel

  Praiser of God.

• Jehdeiah

  Rejoicer in Jehovah.

• Jehiel

  God's living one.

• Jehizkiah

  Jehovah strengthens, one of the chiefs of Ephraim (2 Chr.

• Jehoaddan

  Jehovah his ornament, the wife of King Jehoash, and mother of King Amaziah (2 Kings 14:2).

• Jehoahaz

  Jehovah his sustainer, or he whom Jehovah holdeth.

• Jehoash

  Jehovah-given.

• Jehohanan

  Jehovah-granted, Jeroboam II.

• Jehoiachin

  Succeeded his father Jehoiakin (B.C.

• Jehoiada

  Jehovah-known.

• Jehoiakim

  He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B.C.

• Jehoiarib

  Jehovah defends, a priest at Jerusalem, head of one of the sacerdotal courses (1 Chr.

• Jehonadab

  Jehovah is liberal;

• Jehonathan

  Whom Jehovah gave.

• Jehoram

  Jehovah-exalted.

• Jehoshaphat

  Jehovah-judged.

• Jehoshaphat, Valley of

  Mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2, 12.

• Jehosheba

  Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel.

• Jehovah

  The special and significant name (not merely an appellative title such as Lord [adonai]) by which God revealed himself to the ancient Hebrew

• Jehovah-jireh

  Jehovah will see;

• Jehovah-nissi

  Jehovah my banner, the title given by Moses to the altar which he erected on the hill on the top of which he stood with uplifted hands while

• Jehovah-shalom

  Jehovah send peace, the name which Gideon gave to the altar he erected on the spot at Ophrah where the angel appeared to him (Judg.

• Jehovah-shammah

  Jehovah is there, the symbolical title given by Ezekiel to Jerusalem, which was seen by him in vision (Ezek.

• Jehovah-tsidkenu

  Jehovah our rightousness, rendered in the Authorized Version, "The LORD our righteousness," a title given to the Messiah (Jer.

• Jehozabad

  Jehovah-given.

• Jehozadak

  Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (1 Chr.

• Jehu

  Jehovah is he.

• Jehucal

  Able, the son of Shelemiah.

• Jehudi

  A Jew, son of Nethaniah.

• Jeiel

  Snatched away by God.

• Jemima

  Dove, the eldest of Job's three daughters born after his time of trial (Job 42:14).

• Jephthah

  Whom God sets free, or the breaker through, a "mighty man of valour" who delivered Israel from the oppression of the Ammonites (Judg.

• Jephthah's vow

  (Judg.

• Jephunneh

  Nimble, or a beholder.

• Jerahmeel

  Loving God.

• Jeremiah

  Raised up or appointed by Jehovah.

• Jeremiah, Book of

  Consists of twenty-three separate and independent sections, arranged in five books.

• Jericho

  Place of fragrance, a fenced city in the midst of a vast grove of palm trees, in the plain of Jordan, over against the place where that rive

• Jerimoth

  Heights.

• Jeroboam

  Increase of the people.

• Jeroham

  Cherished;

• Jerubbaal

  Contender with Baal;

• Jerubbesheth

  Contender with the shame;

• Jeruel

  Founded by God, a "desert" on the ascent from the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem.

• Jerusalem

  Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Jud

• Jerusha

  Possession, or possessed;

• Jeshaiah

  Deliverance of Jehovah.

• Jeshanah

  A city of the kingdom of Israel (2 Chr.

• Jesharelah

  Upright towards God, the head of the seventh division of Levitical musicians (1 Chr.

• Jeshebeab

  Seat of his father, the head of the fourteenth division of priests (1 Chr.

• Jesher

  Uprightness, the first of the three sons of Caleb by Azubah (1 Chr.

• Jeshimon

  The waste, probably some high waste land to the south of the Dead Sea (Num.

• Jeshua

  (1.) Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36);

• Jeshurun

  A poetical name for the people of Israel, used in token of affection, meaning, "the dear upright people" (Deut.

• Jesse

  Firm, or a gift, a son of Obed, the son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:17, 22;

• Jesus

  (1.) Joshua, the son of Nun (Acts 7:45;

• Jether

  Surplus;

• Jetheth

  A peg, or a prince, one of the Edomitish kings of Mount Seir (Gen.

• Jethlah

  Suspended;

• Jethro

  His excellence, or gain, a prince or priest of Midian, who succeeded his father Reuel.

• Jetur

  An enclosure, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael (Gen.

• Jeuel

  Snatched away by God, a descendant of Zerah (1 Chr.

• Jeush

  Assembler.

• Jew

  The name derived from the patriarch Judah, at first given to one belonging to the tribe of Judah or to the separate kingdom of Judah (2 King

• Jewess

  A woman of Hebrew birth, as Eunice, the mother of Timothy (Acts 16:1;

• Jezebel

  Chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel (1 Kings 16:31).

• Jeziel

  Assembled by God, a son of Azmaveth.

• Jezreel

  God scatters.

• Jezreel, Blood of

  The murder perpetrated here by Ahab and Jehu (Hos.

• Jezreel, Day of

  The time predicted for the execution of vengeance for the deeds of blood committed there (Hos.

• Jezreel, Ditch of

  (1 Kings 21:23;

• Jezreel, Fountain of

  Where Saul encamped before the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam.

• Jezreel, Portion of

  The field adjoining the city (2 Kings 9:10, 21, 36, 37).

• Jezreel, Tower of

  One of the turrets which guarded the entrance to the city (2 Kings 9:17).

• Jezreel, Valley of

  Lying on the northern side of the city, between the ridges of Gilboa and Moreh, an offshoot of Esdraelon, running east to the Jordan (Josh.

• Joab

  Jehovah is his father.

• Joah

  Jehovah his brother;

• Joahaz

  (2 Chr.

• Joanna

  Whom Jehovah has graciously given.

• Joash

  Whom Jehovah bestowed.

• Job

  Persecuted, an Arabian patriarch who resided in the land of Uz (q.v.).

• Jobab

  Dweller in the desert.

• Job, Book of

  A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book.

• Jochebed

  Jehovah is her glory, the wife of Amram, and the mother of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses (Num.

• Joel

  Jehovah is his God.

• Joelah

  A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr.

• Joel, Book of

  Joel was probably a resident in Judah, as his commission was to that people.

• Joezer

  Jehovah is his help, one of the Korhites who became part of David's body-guard (1 Chr.

• Johanan

  Whom Jehovah graciously bestows.

• John

  (1.) One who, with Annas and Caiaphas, sat in judgment on the apostles Peter and John (Acts 4:6).

• John, First Epistle of

  The fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles.

• John, Gospel of

  The genuineness of this Gospel, i.e., the fact that the apostle John was its author, is beyond all reasonable doubt.

• John, Second Epistle of

  Is addressed to "the elect lady," and closes with the words, "The children of thy elect sister greet thee;" but some would read instead of "

• John the Baptist

  The "forerunner of our Lord." We have but fragmentary and imperfect accounts of him in the Gospels.

• John, Third Epistle of

  Is addressed to Caius, or Gaius, but whether to the Christian of that name in Macedonia (Acts 19: 29) or in Corinth (Rom.

• Joiada

  (whom Jehovah favours) = Jehoiada.

• Joiakim

  (whom Jehovah has set up) = Jehoiakim, a high priest, the son and successor of Jeshua (Neh.

• Joiarib

  (whom Jehovah defends) = Jehoiarib.

• Jokdeam

  A city in the mountains of Judah (Josh.

• Jokim

  Whom Jehovah has set up, one of the descendants of Shelah (1 Chr.

• Jokmeam

  Gathering of the people, a city of Ephraim, which was given with its suburbs to the Levites (1 Chr.

• Jokneam

  Gathered by the people, (Josh.

• Jokshan

  Snarer, the second son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen.

• Joktan

  Little, the second of the two sons of Eber (Gen.

• Joktheel

  Subdued by God.

• Jonadab

  =Jehon'adab.

• Jonah

  A dove, the son of Amittai of Gath-hepher.

• Jonah, Book of

  This book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet.

• Jonas

  (1.) Greek form of Jonah (Matt.

• Jonathan

  Whom Jehovah gave, the name of fifteen or more persons that are mentioned in Scripture.

• Jonath-elem-rechokim

  Dove of the dumbness of the distance;

• Joppa

  Beauty, a town in the portion of Dan (Josh.

• Joram

  =Jeho'ram.

• Jordan

  Heb.

• Joseph

  Remover or increaser.

• Joshua

  Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour.

• Joshua, The Book of

  Contains a history of the Israelites from the death of Moses to that of Joshua.

• Josiah

  Healed by Jehovah, or Jehovah will support.

• Jot

  Or Iota, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matt.

• Jotham

  Jehovah is perfect.

• Journey

  (1.) A day's journey in the East is from 16 to 20 miles (Num.

• Jozabad

  Whom Jehovah bestows.

• Jozachar

  Jehovah-remembered, one of the two servants who assassinated Jehoash, the king of Judah, in Millo (2 Kings 12:21).

• Jubal

  Jubilee, music, Lamech's second son by Adah, of the line of Cain.

• Jubilee

  A joyful shout or clangour of trumpets, the name of the great semi-centennial festival of the Hebrews.

• Juda

  (1.) The patriarch Judah, son of Jacob (Luke 3:33;

• Judah

  Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah.

• Judah, Kingdom of

  When the disruption took place at Shechem, at first only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

• Judah, Tribe of

  Judah and his three surviving sons went down with Jacob into Egypt (Gen.

• Judah upon Jordan

  The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, has this rendering in Josh.

• Judas

  The Graecized form of Judah.

• Jude

  = Judas.

• Judea

  After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan (Hag.

• Jude, Epistle of

  The author was "Judas, the brother of James" the Less (Jude 1:1), called also Lebbaeus (Matt.

• Judge

  (Heb.

• Judges, Book of

  Is so called because it contains the history of the deliverance and government of Israel by the men who bore the title of the "judges." The

• Judgment hall

  Gr.

• Judgment seat

  (Matt.

• Judgments of God

  (1.) The secret decisions of God's will (Ps.

• Judgment, The final

  The sentence that will be passed on our actions at the last day (Matt.

• Judith

  Jewess, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and one of Esau's wives (Gen.

• Julia

  A Christian woman at Rome to whom Paul sent his salutations (Rom.

• Julius

  The centurion of the Augustan cohort, or the emperor's body-guard, in whose charge Paul was sent prisoner to Rome (Acts 27:1, 3, 43).

• Junia

  (Rom.

• Juniper

  (Heb.

• Jupiter

  The principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

• Justice

  Is rendering to every one that which is his due.

• Justice of God

  That perfection of his nature whereby he is infinitely righteous in himself and in all he does, the righteousness of the divine nature exerc

• Justification

  A forensic term, opposed to condemnation.

• Justus

  (1.) Another name for Joseph, surnamed Barsabas.

• Juttah

  Extended, a Levitical city in the mountains or hill-country of Judah (Josh.