Gulf (3 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GULF. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gulf.htm - 9k

Euphrates (36 Occurrences)

... From its source in the Armenian mountains to the Persian Gulf, into which it empties itself, it has a course of about 1,700 miles. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/euphrates.htm - 26k

Tigris (2 Occurrences)

... It now joins the Euphrates about 40 miles Northwest of the Persian Gulf, the two streams there forming the Shat el Arab, but in early historical times they ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tigris.htm - 9k

Tikvath (1 Occurrence)

... It now joins the Euphrates about 40 miles Northwest of the Persian Gulf, the two streams there forming the Shat el Arab, but in early historical times they ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tikvath.htm - 9k

Tikvah (2 Occurrences)

... It now joins the Euphrates about 40 miles Northwest of the Persian Gulf, the two streams there forming the Shat el Arab, but in early historical times they ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tikvah.htm - 10k

Miletus (3 Occurrences)

... The gulf into which the river flows has thus been nearly filled with the deposit. In the ancient gulf stood a little island called ... biblethesaurus.org/m/miletus.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

Edom (108 Occurrences)

... It extended from the head of the Gulf of Akabah, the Elanitic gulf, to the foot of the Dead Sea (1 Kings 9:26), and contained, among other cities, the rock ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edom.htm - 53k

Cush (31 Occurrences)

... Three branches of the Cushite or Ethiopian stock, moving from Western Asia, settled in the regions contiguous to the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Graecia

... in Thessaly; Central Greece, the Achelous and the Evenus, in Aetolia; the Spercheius, flowing between Oeta and Othrys into the Maliac Gulf; the storied, but ... biblethesaurus.org/g/graecia.htm - 21k

Arabah (32 Occurrences)

... But the Ghor is sometimes spoken of as extending 10 miles south of the Dead Sea, and thence to the Gulf of Akabah on the Red Sea is called the Wady el-Arabah. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabah.htm - 33k

Features (3 Occurrences)

... Revised Version) includes the Jordan valley from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea, as well as the depression running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akabah. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/features.htm - 12k

Thessalonica (8 Occurrences)

... It lies in 40 degrees 40 minutes North latitude, and 22 degrees 50 minutes East longitude, at the northernmost point of the Thermaic Gulf (Gulf of Salonica), a ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thessalonica.htm - 25k

Ezion-geber (6 Occurrences)

... the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Akabah ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ezion-geber.htm - 10k

Elath (6 Occurrences)

... 2:8), also in plural form Eloth (1 Kings 9:26, etc.); called by the Greeks and Romans Elana; a city of Idumea, on the east, ie, the Elanitic, gulf, or the Gulf... biblethesaurus.org/e/elath.htm - 10k

El-paran (1 Occurrence)

... 2:8 1 Kings 9:26, etc.) called Elath or Eloth ('el with feminine termination), a seaport town which gave its name to the Aelanitic Gulf (modern Gulf of `Aqaba ... biblethesaurus.org/e/el-paran.htm - 9k

Elparan (1 Occurrence)

... 2:8 1 Kings 9:26, etc.) called Elath or Eloth ('el with feminine termination), a seaport town which gave its name to the Aelanitic Gulf (modern Gulf of `Aqaba ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elparan.htm - 9k

Eziongeber (3 Occurrences)

... the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Akabah ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eziongeber.htm - 9k

Paran (11 Occurrences)

... 2:8 1 Kings 9:26, etc.) called Elath or Eloth ('el with feminine termination), a seaport town which gave its name to the Aelanitic Gulf (modern Gulf of `Aqaba ... biblethesaurus.org/p/paran.htm - 13k

Corinth (13 Occurrences)

... Corinth had three good harbors (Lechaeum, on the Corinthian, and Cenchrea and Schoenus on the Saronic Gulf), and thus commanded the traffic of both the eastern ... biblethesaurus.org/c/corinth.htm - 21k

Ophir (12 Occurrences)

... to the South or Southeast of Palestine for which Solomon's ships along with Phoenician vessels set out from Ezion-geber at the head of the Gulf of Aqabah ... biblethesaurus.org/o/ophir.htm - 16k

Eden (19 Occurrences)

... Of these the first would place it near the head of the Persian Gulf where the Tigris and Euphrates after their junction form the Shatt el-'Arab which ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eden.htm - 28k

Wanderings (7 Occurrences)

... only 20 miles across at its widest; and to the West are the sandy plains, with limestone foothills, stretching East of the Bitter Lakes and of the Gulf of Suez ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wanderings.htm - 40k

Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)

... In the strict sense, however, their domain was the tract at the Northwest end of the Persian Gulf, which was often called by the Assyro-Babylonians mat Tamtim ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldeans.htm - 48k

Chaldea (8 Occurrences)

... the Hebrew Kasdim, Kasdim being the Old Testament name of the Babylonians, while the Chaldees were a tribe who lived on the shores of the Persian Gulf, and did ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldea.htm - 25k

Exodus (2 Occurrences)

... the English Versions of the Bible, following the Septuagint, the Hebrew name being Yam Cuph, or "weedy sea," a term which applied not only to the Gulf of Suez ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exodus.htm - 82k

Ur (5 Occurrences)

... It was formerly a maritime city, as the waters of the Persian Gulf reached thus far inland. Ur was the port of Babylonia, whence ... biblethesaurus.org/u/ur.htm - 15k

Tema (5 Occurrences)

... It is on the ancient caravan road connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Aqaba; and doubtless the people took a share in the carrying trade (Job 6:19). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tema.htm - 9k

Edomites (22 Occurrences)

... Fiqrah. How much of the uplands West of the `Arabah southward to the Gulf of `Aqaba was included in Edom it is impossible to say. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edomites.htm - 23k

Dedan (10 Occurrences)

... 21:13, and Ezek. 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the Persian Gulf. (2.) A son of ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dedan.htm - 11k

Dumah (4 Occurrences)

... The former now bears the name of the Jauf ("belly"), being a depression situated half-way between the head of the Persian Gulf and the head of the gulf of Akaba ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dumah.htm - 9k

Puteoli (1 Occurrence)

... in Greek), the modern Pozzuoli): A maritime city of Campania, which occupied a central position on the northern shore of a recess in the Gulf of Naples ... biblethesaurus.org/p/puteoli.htm - 11k

Baalzephon (3 Occurrences)

... Baal of the north, an Egyptian town on the shores of the Gulf of Suez (Exodus 14:2; Numbers 33:7), over against which the children of Israel encamped before ... biblethesaurus.org/b/baalzephon.htm - 8k

Babylon (270 Occurrences)

... of the Chaldeans" (Jeremiah 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central Asia along the valley of the Tigris from the Persian Gulf northward for ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babylon.htm - 93k

Baal-zephon (3 Occurrences)

... Baal of the north, an Egyptian town on the shores of the Gulf of Suez (Exodus 14:2; Numbers 33:7), over against which the children of Israel encamped before ... biblethesaurus.org/b/baal-zephon.htm - 8k

Champaign (1 Occurrence)

... 2:29; 2 Samuel 4:7 2 Kings 14:25; 2 Kings 25:4 Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 52:7), and also the valley running southward from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akabah ... biblethesaurus.org/c/champaign.htm - 10k

Adria (1 Occurrence)

... It is the modern Gulf of Venice, the Mare Superum_ of the Romans, as distinguished from the Mare Inferum_ or Tyrrhenian Sea. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/adria.htm - 8k

Shinar (8 Occurrences)

... LXX. and Vulgate "Senaar;" in the inscriptions, "Shumir;" probably identical with Babylonia or Southern Mesopotamia, extending almost to the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shinar.htm - 27k

Red (124 Occurrences)

... At a point (Ras Mohammed) about 200 miles from its nothern extremity it is divided into two arms, that on the east called the AElanitic Gulf, now the Bahr el ... biblethesaurus.org/r/red.htm - 77k

Sabteca (2 Occurrences)

... Recently Glazer (Skizze, II, 252) has revived the suggestion of Bochart that it is to be identified with Samydake in Carmania on the East of the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sabteca.htm - 7k

Shur (6 Occurrences)

... Heliopolis. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SHUR. shur, shoor (shur; Sour): The name of a desert East of the Gulf of Suez. The word ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shur.htm - 11k

Havilah (7 Occurrences)

... the opinion of Kalisch, however, that Havilah "in both instances designates the same country, extending at least from the Persian to the Arabian Gulf, and on ... biblethesaurus.org/h/havilah.htm - 11k

Midianites (30 Occurrences)

... 5. Territory: No boundaries can now be assigned to "the land of Midian." It included territory on the West as well as on the East of the Gulf of `Aqaba (Exodus ... biblethesaurus.org/m/midianites.htm - 21k

Midian (60 Occurrences)

... 5. Territory: No boundaries can now be assigned to "the land of Midian." It included territory on the West as well as on the East of the Gulf of `Aqaba (Exodus ... biblethesaurus.org/m/midian.htm - 32k

Natural (49 Occurrences)

... Revised Version) includes the Jordan valley from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea, as well as the depression running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akabah. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/natural.htm - 42k

Plain (113 Occurrences)

... about 200 miles, as well as to that portion of the valley which stretches from the Sea of Galilee to the same branch of the Red Sea, ie, to the Gulf of Akabah ... biblethesaurus.org/p/plain.htm - 71k

Philistines (224 Occurrences)

... man deity was well known to the Assyrians, and is represented in connection with Sennacherib's worship of Ea, the sea-god, when he embarked on the Persian Gulf... biblethesaurus.org/p/philistines.htm - 75k

Sela (5 Occurrences)

... It is near the base of Jebel Harun, about 50 miles from the Dead Sea, and just North of the watershed between that sea and the Gulf of Akaba. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sela.htm - 15k

Arabia (9 Occurrences)

... It is bounded on the west by the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the east by the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabia.htm - 43k

Desert (322 Occurrences)

... The name Arabah is specially applied to the deep valley of the Jordan (the Ghor of the Arabs), which extends from the lake of Tiberias to the Elanitic gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/desert.htm - 46k

Geology

... Several formations which are well developed in the British Islands, are not found in Palestine, but a small Triassic area is found near the Gulf of Alexandretta ... biblethesaurus.org/g/geology.htm - 16k

Punishment (417 Occurrences)

... Mark 3:29). The Rich Man in Hades found an impassable gulf fixed between himself and Lazarus (Luke 16:26). See GULF. It adds to ... biblethesaurus.org/p/punishment.htm - 62k

Philosophy (1 Occurrence)

... and evil. And his mediating ideas could not bridge the gulf, because they belonged only to the side of the ideal. Aristotle was ... biblethesaurus.org/p/philosophy.htm - 27k

Everlasting (192 Occurrences)

... Mark 3:29). The Rich Man in Hades found an impassable gulf fixed between himself and Lazarus (Luke 16:26). See GULF. It adds to ... biblethesaurus.org/e/everlasting.htm - 68k

Sinai (38 Occurrences)

... The desert of Sin (Exodus 16:1; Exodus 17:1 Numbers 33:11 f) lay between Sinai and the Gulf of Suez, and may have been named from the "glare" of its white chalk ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sinai.htm - 31k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

... Position and Names: A well-known tract, partly mountainous, whose western boundary, starting on the Northeast side of the Persian Gulf, practically followed ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Elam (24 Occurrences)

... Position and Names: A well-known tract, partly mountainous, whose western boundary, starting on the Northeast side of the Persian Gulf, practically followed ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elam.htm - 48k

Greece (15 Occurrences)

... in Thessaly; Central Greece, the Achelous and the Evenus, in Aetolia; the Spercheius, flowing between Oeta and Othrys into the Maliac Gulf; the storied, but ... biblethesaurus.org/g/greece.htm - 59k

Palestine (1 Occurrence)

... Several formations which are well developed in the British Islands, are not found in Palestine, but a small Triassic area is found near the Gulf of Alexandretta ... biblethesaurus.org/p/palestine.htm - 89k

Zin (9 Occurrences)

... A low palm-tree, the south-eastern corner of the desert et-Tih, the wilderness of Paran, between the Gulf of Akabah and the head of the Wady Guraiyeh (Numbers ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zin.htm - 11k

Kittim (8 Occurrences)

... is said to have crossed "the sea of the setting sun" (the Mediterranean), though the Babylonian copy makes it that of "the rising sun"-ie the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kittim.htm - 15k

Nicopolis (1 Occurrence)

... BC). The gulf, called Ambracia in ancient times, is now known as Arta. On the south side was Actium, where the battle was fought. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nicopolis.htm - 10k

Nineveh (23 Occurrences)

... "After having ruled for more than six hundred years with hideous tyranny and violence, from the Caucasus and the Caspian to the Persian Gulf, and from beyond ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nineveh.htm - 52k

Godhead (5 Occurrences)

... reaction against Marat, writes: "Shorter godhood had no divine man"; and Phillips Brooks (Sermons, XIII, 237) speaks of Christ bridging the gulf "between the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/godhead.htm - 22k

Gull (2 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/g/gull.htm - 7k

Guimzo (1 Occurrence)

biblethesaurus.org/g/guimzo.htm - 6k

Fixed (284 Occurrences)

... Luke 16:26 Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fixed.htm - 35k

Fiery (47 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fiery.htm - 21k

Fleet (7 Occurrences)

... a cable or hawser. 4. (vt) To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. 5. (vt) To hasten over ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fleet.htm - 9k

Telmelah (2 Occurrences)

... It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called "Thermeleth.". Multi-Version Concordance Telmelah (2 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/telmelah.htm - 7k

Tel-melah (2 Occurrences)

... It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called "Thermeleth.". Multi-Version Concordance Tel-melah (2 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tel-melah.htm - 7k

Raama (1 Occurrence)

... Byzantr. as a city in Southeastern Arabia on the shores of the Persian Gulf. The Septuagint (Rhegma) itself supposes this site. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/raama.htm - 7k

Raamiah (1 Occurrence)

... Byzantr. as a city in Southeastern Arabia on the shores of the Persian Gulf. The Septuagint (Rhegma) itself supposes this site. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/raamiah.htm - 8k

Rasses

... AD) Tharsis (= Tarsus) is meant, others Rosh (Ezekiel 38:2, 3; Ezekiel 39:1), others Rhosos, a mountain range and city South from Anunus, on the Gulf of Issus. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rasses.htm - 7k

Eloth (3 Occurrences)

... were driven out and the Syrians (Edomites?) took permanent possession (2 Kings 16:6). It is identical with the modern `Aqaba, at the head of the gulf of that ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eloth.htm - 9k

Engulf (5 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf. Multi-Version Concordance Engulf (5 Occurrences). Matthew 8:24 ... biblethesaurus.org/e/engulf.htm - 7k

Euroclydon (1 Occurrence)

... South-east billow, the name of the wind which blew in the Adriatic Gulf, and which struck the ship in which Paul was wrecked on the coast of Malta (Acts 27:14 ... biblethesaurus.org/e/euroclydon.htm - 7k

Etham (4 Occurrences)

... Perhaps another name for Khetam, or "fortress," on the Shur or great wall of Egypt, which extended from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Suez. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/etham.htm - 9k

Dedanites (1 Occurrence)

... The name seems still to linger in the island of Dadan, on the border of the Persian Gulf. It is found also in Min. and Sab. inscriptions (Glazer, II, 392). ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dedanites.htm - 7k

Dizahab (1 Occurrence)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Region of gold, a place in the desert of Sinai, on the western shore of the Elanitic gulf (Deuteronomy 1:1). It is now called Dehab. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dizahab.htm - 8k