Empire (8 Occurrences)

... a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/empire.htm - 80k

Parthians (1 Occurrence)

... with other strangers present at Jerusalem at Pentecost, from which we infer that they were Jews or proselytes from the regions included in the Parthian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/parthians.htm - 16k

Testaments

... BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS. I. THE PERIOD IN GENERAL II. A GLANCE ALTES TESTAMENT CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY 1. The Egyptian Empire 2. Greece 3. Rome 4. Asia III. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/testaments.htm - 35k

Ethiopic

... 2. (n.) The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ethiopic.htm - 17k

Tiglath (3 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Tiglath-Pileser I. (not mentioned in Scripture) was the most famous of the monarchs of the first Assyrian empire (about BC 1110). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tiglath.htm - 9k

Pileser (3 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Tiglath-Pileser I. (not mentioned in Scripture) was the most famous of the monarchs of the first Assyrian empire (about BC 1110). ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pileser.htm - 9k

Persia (30 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary An ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persia.htm - 20k

Christian (41 Occurrences)

... 5. The Christians and the Empire 6. Social Standing of the Early Christians 7. Christian Self-Designations LITERATURE 1. Historicity of Acts 11:26: The word ... biblethesaurus.org/c/christian.htm - 29k

Augustus (4 Occurrences)

... emperors. Before his death (AD 14) he associated Tiberius with him in the empire (Luke 3:1), by whom he was succeeded. Augustus band. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/augustus.htm - 12k

Between (2624 Occurrences)

... BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS. I. THE PERIOD IN GENERAL II. A GLANCE ALTES TESTAMENT CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY 1. The Egyptian Empire 2. Greece 3. Rome 4. Asia III. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/between.htm - 36k

Persians (6 Occurrences)

... When Gobryas died within the year, Cyrus' son Cambyses was made viceroy of the country, now become a province of the Persian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persians.htm - 20k

Pontus (3 Occurrences)

... When the Persians established their supremacy in Asia Minor with the overthrow of Lydia, 546 BC, Pontus was loosely joined to the great empire and was ruled by ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pontus.htm - 16k

Belshazzar (8 Occurrences)

... a number of times of a Bel-shar-usur who was the "firstborn son, the offspring of the heart of" Nabunaid, the last king of the Babylonian empire, that had been ... biblethesaurus.org/b/belshazzar.htm - 16k

Judaeus

... The Alexandrian Jews wielded great influence in the contemporary Roman empire, and the prominence of Philo's family is attested by the fact that his brother ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judaeus.htm - 29k

Pi-beseth (1 Occurrence)

... There were uncovered ruins of Egypt from the IVth Dynasty of the Old Empire, from the Middle Empire, an important Hyksos settlement, and ruins from the New ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pi-beseth.htm - 8k

Pharaohnecoh

... The great event of his reign (610-594 BC) was his expedition across Syria to secure for himself a share in the decaying empire of Assyria. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaohnecoh.htm - 11k

Pharaoh-necoh (3 Occurrences)

... The great event of his reign (610-594 BC) was his expedition across Syria to secure for himself a share in the decaying empire of Assyria. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaoh-necoh.htm - 12k

Philo

... The Alexandrian Jews wielded great influence in the contemporary Roman empire, and the prominence of Philo's family is attested by the fact that his brother ... biblethesaurus.org/p/philo.htm - 29k

Pibeseth (1 Occurrence)

... There were uncovered ruins of Egypt from the IVth Dynasty of the Old Empire, from the Middle Empire, an important Hyksos settlement, and ruins from the New ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pibeseth.htm - 8k

Bithynia (2 Occurrences)

... leading from Nicomedia and Nicea to Dorylaeum and to Angora (see Ramsay, Historical Geography of Asia Minor, and The Church in the Roman Empire before AD 170). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bithynia.htm - 11k

Cappadocia (2 Occurrences)

... that in the era of Khammurabi (see HAMMURABI) this extensive ruin on the ox-bow of the Halys and near Caesarea Mazaca, was an outpost of the Assyr-Bah Empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cappadocia.htm - 10k

Macedonia (23 Occurrences)

... After securing his hold on Thrace, Illyria and Greece, Alexander turned eastward and, in a series of brilliant campaigns, overthrew the Persian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/macedonia.htm - 40k

Medes (15 Occurrences)

... The end of the Assyrian empire came, however, in 606 BC, when the Manda under their king Iriba-tukte, Mamiti-arsu "lord of the city of the Medes," Kastarit of ... biblethesaurus.org/m/medes.htm - 18k

Antichrist (4 Occurrences)

... the expression in an abstract sense, "base fellows," "wicked woman." In Daniel 7:7, 8 there is the description of a great heathen empire, represented by a ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antichrist.htm - 26k

Great (10383 Occurrences)

... 21). In 1 Maccabees 1:1 he is expressly named as the overthrower of the Persian empire, and the founder of that of the Greeks. As ... biblethesaurus.org/g/great.htm - 35k

Tarsus (5 Occurrences)

... sus (Tarsos, ethnic Tarseus): 1. Situation 2. Foundation Legends 3. Tarsus under Oriental Power 4. Tarsus under Greek Sway 5. Tarsus in the Roman Empire 6. The ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tarsus.htm - 30k

Pisidia (2 Occurrences)

... This view is certain on a study of the historical conditions (see Ramsay, The Church in the Roman Empire, 25); and is supported by the fact that Phrygian ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pisidia.htm - 21k

Province (66 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/province.htm - 38k

Darius (26 Occurrences)

... Moreover, in the Aramaic language, no more appropriate word than "king" can be found to designate the ruler of a sub-kingdom, or province of the empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/darius.htm - 24k

Amorites (82 Occurrences)

... When the Egyptian empire began to break up, under the "heretic king" Amenhotep IV, at the end of the XVIIIth Dynasty (1400 BC), the Amorite princes naturally ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amorites.htm - 50k

Solomon (277 Occurrences)

... As soon as he had settled himself in his kingdom, and arranged the affairs of his extensive empire, he entered into an alliance with Egypt by the marriage of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/solomon.htm - 101k

Antioch (21 Occurrences)

... province in Asia. It ranked third, after Rome and Alexandria, in point of importance, of the cities of the Roman empire. It was ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antioch.htm - 27k

Captivity (141 Occurrences)

... Break-up of Assyria 2. Downfall of Nineveh, 606 BC 3. Pharaoh Necoh's Revolt 4. Defeat at Carchemish, 604 BC 5. The New Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadrezzar ... biblethesaurus.org/c/captivity.htm - 79k

Esther (48 Occurrences)

... Soon after this he gave Haman the Agagite, his prime minister, power and authority to kill and extirpate all the Jews throughout the Persian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esther.htm - 58k

Nahum (3 Occurrences)

... The subject of this prophecy is the approaching complete and final destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the great and at that time flourishing Assyrian empire... biblethesaurus.org/n/nahum.htm - 21k

Lord's (548 Occurrences)

... translated "the Lord's") was a purely Christian word, but recent discoveries have proved that it was in fairly common use in the Roman Empire before Christian ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lord's.htm - 88k

Maccabaeus

... 1. Rivalry of Syria and Egypt: On the division of Alexander's empire at his death in the year 323 BC, Palestine became a sort of buffer state between Egypt ... biblethesaurus.org/m/maccabaeus.htm - 17k

Mordecai (52 Occurrences)

... the quick by the conduct of Mordecai, resolved to accomplish his death in a wholesale destruction of the Jewish exiles throughout the Persian empire (Esther 3:8 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mordecai.htm - 28k

Procurator

... word to denote an imperial functionary or official is characteristic of the origin of many departments of administration under the Roman Empire which sprang ... biblethesaurus.org/p/procurator.htm - 13k

Cilicia (8 Occurrences)

... Its luxurious climate attracted to it many Greek residents after its incorporation with the Macedonian empire. It was formed into a Roman province, BC 67. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cilicia.htm - 13k

Assur (2 Occurrences)

... In time, as the city acquired a political significance, the power of the priesthood declined; allegiance to Babylonia ceased, and the Assyrian empire came into ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assur.htm - 13k

Asshur (133 Occurrences)

... In time, as the city acquired a political significance, the power of the priesthood declined; allegiance to Babylonia ceased, and the Assyrian empire came into ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asshur.htm - 46k

Sherghat

... In time, as the city acquired a political significance, the power of the priesthood declined; allegiance to Babylonia ceased, and the Assyrian empire came into ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sherghat.htm - 12k

Sargon (1 Occurrence)

... himself on the vacant throne, taking the name of "Sargon," after that of the famous monarch, the Sargon of Accad, founder of the first Semitic empire, as well ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sargon.htm - 10k

Brass (168 Occurrences)

... Ezek. 22:18), and of strength (Psalm 107:16; Micah 4:13). The Macedonian empire is described as a kingdom of brass (Dan. 2:39). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/brass.htm - 44k

Claudius (3 Occurrences)

... and marked the opening year of his reign by issuing edicts in favor of the Jews (Ant., XIX, 5), who were permitted in all parts of the empire to observe their ... biblethesaurus.org/c/claudius.htm - 15k

Purim (5 Occurrences)

... 8, 32), who had been made prime minister by King Ahasuerus (Xerxes), bitterly hated the Jews, some of whom, as Mordecai, were rising to prominence in the empire... biblethesaurus.org/p/purim.htm - 16k

Carchemish (3 Occurrences)

... Assyrian king. Samsi-Adad, Shalmaneser II's son, merely mentions Carchemish as being on the western limits of his empire. 3. Tiglath ... biblethesaurus.org/c/carchemish.htm - 13k

Cyprus (12 Occurrences)

... The overthrow of the Assyrian Empire probably brought with it the independence of Cyprus, but it was conquered afresh by Aahmes (Amasis) of Egypt (Herod. ii. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyprus.htm - 27k

Pur (3 Occurrences)

... 8, 32), who had been made prime minister by King Ahasuerus (Xerxes), bitterly hated the Jews, some of whom, as Mordecai, were rising to prominence in the empire... biblethesaurus.org/p/pur.htm - 15k

Herod (45 Occurrences)

... After his death his kingdom came under the control of the prefect of Syria, and Palestine was now fully incorporated with the empire. Herod Antipas. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/herod.htm - 57k

Assyria (124 Occurrences)

... captured the city of Carchemish, and advanced as far as the shores of the Mediterranean." He may be regarded as the founder of the first Assyrian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assyria.htm - 101k

Crete (7 Occurrences)

... When Augustus divided the Empire between the Senate and himself, Crete and Cyrene were sufficiently peaceful to be given to the Senate. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crete.htm - 19k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)

... under Gallienus, Odenathus and his still more distinguished wife, Zenobia, dominated all Syria, and the latter dared to dispute with Aurelian the empire of the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syrians.htm - 37k

Armenia (2 Occurrences)

... Armenia then became a portion of Alexander's empire, and later of that of Seleucus (301 BC), under a native satrap, Artavasdes. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/armenia.htm - 21k

Aramaic (12 Occurrences)

... Aramaic was the official language of the extensive Persian empire, as it had been to some extent that of its predecessor, the empire of Assyria. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aramaic.htm - 31k

Rome (12 Occurrences)

... The empire of which it was the capital had then reached its greatest prosperity. ... SeeROMAN EMPIRE AND CHRISTIANITY, I. LITERATURE. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rome.htm - 43k

Alexander (5 Occurrences)

... of intemperance, BC 323. His empire was divided among his four generals. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ALEXANDER. al-eg-zan'-der ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alexander.htm - 32k

Cyrus (20 Occurrences)

... Dan. 5:30), and then the ancient dominion of Assyria was also added to his empire (cf., "Go up, O Elam", Isaiah 21:2). Hitherto ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyrus.htm - 39k

Polygamy

... There may seem to be two exceptions-the establishment of the Mogul empire in India and the subjugation of Western Asia and Eastern Europe by the Turk. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/polygamy.htm - 19k

World (2829 Occurrences)

... Oikoumene. The word oikoumene occasionally means the Roman empire, regarded as pre-eminently the region of settled human life. So ... biblethesaurus.org/w/world.htm - 40k

Galatia (6 Occurrences)

... East, about the headwaters of the Sangarios and the middle course of the Halys; (2) Political To designate a large province of the Roman empire, including not ... biblethesaurus.org/g/galatia.htm - 23k

Jehoiakim (37 Occurrences)

... By the fall of Nineveh in 606 to the assault of Nebuchadnezzar, then crown prince of the rising Babylonian empire, Assyria, "the rod of (Yahweh's) anger ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehoiakim.htm - 33k

Maccabees

... 1. Rivalry of Syria and Egypt: On the division of Alexander's empire at his death in the year 323 BC, Palestine became a sort of buffer state between Egypt ... biblethesaurus.org/m/maccabees.htm - 52k

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

... The first six dynasties constitute what is known as the Old Empire, which had its capital at Memphis, south of Cairo, called in the Old Testament Moph (Hosea 9 ... biblethesaurus.org/e/egypt.htm - 101k

Syria (73 Occurrences)

... one accord. His son Naram-sin, while extending the empire in other directions maintained his authority here also. Commercial relations ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syria.htm - 60k

Canaan (102 Occurrences)

... This indicates the Mosaic period when the conquerors of the XVIIIth and XIXth Egyptian Dynasties made Canaan for a time a province of the Egyptian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/canaan.htm - 64k

Tiberius (1 Occurrence)

... 5. Character: Though Tiberius was unpopular, he left the empire in a state of prosperity and peace. Of his character the most opposite views are held. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tiberius.htm - 15k

Canaanites (63 Occurrences)

... This indicates the Mosaic period when the conquerors of the XVIIIth and XIXth Egyptian Dynasties made Canaan for a time a province of the Egyptian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/canaanites.htm - 55k

Persecution (22 Occurrences)

... being recorded at length in the Acts is to establish the fact that the preaching of the gospel was not forbidden by the laws of the Roman empire, but that ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persecution.htm - 47k

Army (401 Occurrences)

... The forces which composed the Roman army under the Empire may be divided into the following five groups: (1) the imperial guard and garrison of the capital, (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/a/army.htm - 76k

Nero

... immediately to train him for high position. She aimed at nothing less than securing the empire for Nero. With a view to this she ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nero.htm - 41k

Nebuchadnezzar (90 Occurrences)

... Assyria, including Palestine. The remaining provinces of the Assyrian empire were divided between Babylonia and Media. But Nabopolassar ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nebuchadnezzar.htm - 57k

Employ (6 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/e/employ.htm - 9k

Pastoral

... the Christian faith was not a forbidden or illegal religion, but that the formal impeachment of the apostle before the supreme court of the empire ended in his ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pastoral.htm - 39k

Shinar (8 Occurrences)

... land was finally delivered by Khammurabi, the son of Amarpel ("Amraphel, king of Shinar, " Genesis 14:1), who became the founder of the new empire of Chaldea. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shinar.htm - 27k

Cross (157 Occurrences)

... by the Roman armies. It remained the standard of the Roman army till the downfall of the Western empire. It bore the embroidered ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cross.htm - 50k

Semites

... the land. The Hittite also was in the land, holdling outposts from his northern empire, even in the extreme south of Palestine. If ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Semitic

... the land. The Hittite also was in the land, holdling outposts from his northern empire, even in the extreme south of Palestine. If ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k