Bible Dictionary

ANTIOCH IN PISIDIA Border city between Phrygia and Pisidia; At first it was successfully missioned (Acts 13:11-49; cf. Acts 13:50); It was the seat of the Roman proconsul. The early Church was composed especially of

ANTIOCHUS “the firm one.” There are several kings of this name who reigned over Syria and although they are not mentioned by name in the Scriptures, some of them appear in the prophecy of Daniel

ANTIPAS This name is an abbreviation of “Antipater”, “likeness of the father.” (a) Christian of Pergamum, who suffered martyrdom (Rev. 2:13). (b) Son of Herod the Great.

ANTIPATRIS City between Jerusalem and Caesarea, built by Herod the Great on the site of ancient Aphek (Joshua 12:18). Herod named her Antipatris in honor of his father. Paul stopped there when he was being

ANTONIA A tower-fortress, rebuilt by Herod the Great on the ancient Baris tower of the Maccabees, near the temple in Jerusalem, where the guardhouse was located to monitor the access to the sacred precinct. Josephus

AOD Judge-liberator of the people of Israel whom Jehovah raised up to deliver them from the king of Moab; Ehud was left-handed (Judges 3:15). This judge gathered the Israelites and organized them, and thus they

APIA From the Greek “Apfia”. Christian who receives greeting from Paul in the heading of his epistle to Philemon. She could be Philemon’s wife (Flm. 2).

APIS It was a sacred ox that represented the Egyptian god Osiris; It was selected with great care, and kept in a strict manner. It is supposed that it was the memory of this Apis

APOCALYPTIC This is a type of writing written within Judaism, between the 2nd centuries BC. and II AD There are a large number of these writings, and they present the following characteristics; (a) They were

APOCRYPHA (Book) Gr. «apokrypha», «hidden». This term is applied to a number of books and writings that appear in the Greek version of the LXX, but do not appear in the Hebrew Bible. After almost