Petra

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Rock, Isaiah 16:1, marg. (see SELA.). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PETRA. pe'-tra. See SELA. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/petra.htm - 6k

Sela (5 Occurrences)

... It is called "the rock" (Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SELA. se'-la (sela`, ha-cela` (with the article); petra, he petra; the King James Version Selah (. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sela.htm - 15k

Nabathaeans

... between the Red Sea and the Euphrates was called Nabatene (Ant., I, xii, 4). They extended themselves along the East of the Jordan with Petra as their capital ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nabathaeans.htm - 11k

Nabataeans

... between the Red Sea and the Euphrates was called Nabatene (Ant., I, xii, 4). They extended themselves along the East of the Jordan with Petra as their capital ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nabataeans.htm - 11k

Edom (108 Occurrences)

... gulf, to the foot of the Dead Sea (1 Kings 9:26), and contained, among other cities, the rock-hewn Sela (qv), generally known by the Greek name Petra (2 Kings ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edom.htm - 53k

Rock (176 Occurrences)

... Job 30:6 Jeremiah 4:29); compare Kephas, "Cephas" = Petros, "Peter" (John 1:42 the King James Version and the Revised Version margin); (5) petra): 1. Names ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rock.htm - 49k

Gur-baal (1 Occurrence)

... Association with the Meunim points to the East. It may be taken as certain that Jebel Neby Harun, near Petra, has always been crowned by a sanctuary. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gur-baal.htm - 7k

Gurbaal (1 Occurrence)

... Association with the Meunim points to the East. It may be taken as certain that Jebel Neby Harun, near Petra, has always been crowned by a sanctuary. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gurbaal.htm - 7k

Bozrah (9 Occurrences)

... Its modern representative is el-Busseireh. It lies in the mountain district of Petra, 20 miles to the south-east of the Dead Sea. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bozrah.htm - 11k

Amaziah (41 Occurrences)

... in making these extensive preparations for war, in a time of profound peace, is clear to the Southeast of Judah lay the Edomite state, with its capital at Petra... biblethesaurus.org/a/amaziah.htm - 30k

Kir (11 Occurrences)

... Under the title of Petra Deserti the Crusaders founded here a bishop's see. The Greek bishop of Petra still has his seat in Kerak. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kir.htm - 17k

Wanderings (7 Occurrences)

... It has a watershed some 700 feet high above the Gulf (South of the neighborhood of Petra); and North of this shed the water flows to the Dead Sea 1,292 feet ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wanderings.htm - 40k

Geology

... In Western Sinai the Nubian Sandstone rests conformably on Carboniferous limestone, and by the Dead Sea on Cambrian limestone, while at Petra and at many other ... biblethesaurus.org/g/geology.htm - 16k

Edomites (22 Occurrences)

... North. Jebel Harun beside Petra, is 4,780 ft. above ... Judah. In 300 BC Mt. Seir with its capital Petra fell into the hands of the Nabateans. 5 ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edomites.htm - 23k

Moab (162 Occurrences)

... Under the title of Petra Deserti the Crusaders founded here a bishop's see. The Greek bishop of Petra still has his seat in Kerak. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moab.htm - 62k

Petitions (24 Occurrences)

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Arabia (9 Occurrences)

... 2) Northern Arabia, or the Arabian Desert; and (3) Western Arabia, which includes the peninsula of Sinai and the Desert of Petra, originally inhabited by the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabia.htm - 43k

Nebaioth (5 Occurrences)

... followed by Jerome, regarded Nebaioth as identical with the Nabateans, the great trading community and ally of Rome, whose capital and stronghold was Petra. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nebaioth.htm - 9k

Gudgodah (1 Occurrence)

... may be an echo of the ancient name in that of Wady Gudaghid, a confluent of Wady Jerafeh, which comes down from et Tih into the `Arabah nearly due West of Petra... biblethesaurus.org/g/gudgodah.htm - 7k

Tamar (28 Occurrences)

... It is the Thamaro mentioned by Ptolemy (v.16, 8), as a military station on the road from Hebron to Petra. It is named also in the Peutinger Tables. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tamar.htm - 21k

Teman (12 Occurrences)

... Onomasticon knows a district in the Gebalene region called Theman, and also a town with the same name, occupied by a Roman garrison, 15 miles from Petra. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/teman.htm - 12k

Tophel (1 Occurrence)

... Some think Tophel may be represented by the modern et-tafeleh, 15 miles Southeast of the Dead Sea, on the caravan road from Petra to Kerak. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tophel.htm - 7k

Rimmon (22 Occurrences)

... rim'-on: (1) The rock Rimmon (cela` rimmon; he petra Rhemmon): The place of refuge of the 600 surviving Benjamites of Gibeah (Jeba`) who "turned and fled ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rimmon.htm - 18k

Dinhabah (2 Occurrences)

... Robbers' den, an Edomitish city, the capital of king Bela (Genesis 36:32). It is probably the modern Dibdiba, a little north-east of Petra. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dinhabah.htm - 7k

Mibzar (2 Occurrences)

... According to Eusebius, Mibzar is connected with Mibsara, a considerable village subject to Petra and still existing in his time. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mibzar.htm - 7k

Maonites (3 Occurrences)

... It is natural to connect them with Ma`an, a place on the great pilgrimage road, and now a station on the Damascus-Hejaz Railway, to the Southeast of Petra. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/maonites.htm - 10k

Maon (7 Occurrences)

... It is natural to connect them with Ma`an, a place on the great pilgrimage road, and now a station on the Damascus-Hejaz Railway, to the Southeast of Petra. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/maon.htm - 12k

Millstone (9 Occurrences)

... One may be seen in the museum of the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut. Another large one lies among the ruins at Petra, etc. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/millstone.htm - 15k

Medeba (5 Occurrences)

... in return for help to secure him on the Judean throne (ibid., xv, 4; XIV, i, 4). Ptolemy speaks of it as a town in Arabia Petrea, between Bostra and Petra. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/medeba.htm - 12k

Punon (2 Occurrences)

... Eusebius (Onom 299 85; 123 9) mentions an Idumean village, North of Petra, in the desert, where convicts were mining copper, called Phinon or Phainon. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/punon.htm - 7k

Petty (1 Occurrence)

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Sela-hammahlekoth (1 Occurrence)

... SELA-HAMMAHLEKOTH. se-la-ha-ma'-le-koth, -koth (cela`ha-machleqoth; petra he meristheisa): "The rock of divisions (or, escape)" (1 Samuel 23:28 margin). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sela-hammahlekoth.htm - 7k

Selahammahlekoth (1 Occurrence)

... SELA-HAMMAHLEKOTH. se-la-ha-ma'-le-koth, -koth (cela`ha-machleqoth; petra he meristheisa): "The rock of divisions (or, escape)" (1 Samuel 23:28 margin). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/selahammahlekoth.htm - 7k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)

... The former established a kingdom extending from the Euphrates to the Red Sea, their capital being Petra, and Damascus was under their control in the reign of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syrians.htm - 37k

Place (9195 Occurrences)

... (But bamah is not used of the Temple Mount.) 2. Description: Archaeological research, particularly at Petra and Gezer, aided by the Old Testament notices ... biblethesaurus.org/p/place.htm - 28k

Sinai (38 Occurrences)

... note (Deuteronomy 1:2) we read that the distance was "eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea" or Petra (see WANDERINGS OF ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sinai.htm - 31k

Hezron (19 Occurrences)

... Conder suggests that the name survives in Jebel Hadhireh, a mountain Northwest of Petra in the Tih. Multi-Version Concordance Hezron (19 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hezron.htm - 13k

Exploration

... an Arab in looks and language, was able to go into many places where no European had ventured, one of his chief triumphs being the discovery of Petra and the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exploration.htm - 38k

Mill (9 Occurrences)

... One may be seen in the museum of the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut. Another large one lies among the ruins at Petra, etc. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mill.htm - 18k

Palestine (1 Occurrence)

... In Western Sinai the Nubian Sandstone rests conformably on Carboniferous limestone, and by the Dead Sea on Cambrian limestone, while at Petra and at many other ... biblethesaurus.org/p/palestine.htm - 89k

Keys (2 Occurrences)

... The controversy rages about "Peter" (petros) and the "rock" (petra), "gates of Hades," and "prevail against it." Are the church to be built on the rock and the ... biblethesaurus.org/k/keys.htm - 32k

Moabites (26 Occurrences)

... At a later date Moab was overrun by the Nabathean Arabs who ruled in Petra and extended their authority on the east side of Jordan even as far as Damascus ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moabites.htm - 28k

Arabah (32 Occurrences)

... Arabia and the Sinaitic Peninsula. It was this which supported the great emporium of Petra. The Israelites traversed its southern ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabah.htm - 33k

Power (862 Occurrences)

... The controversy rages about "Peter" (petros) and the "rock" (petra), "gates of Hades," and "prevail against it." Are the church to be built on the rock and the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/power.htm - 66k

Israel (27466 Occurrences)

... It has a watershed some 700 feet high above the Gulf (South of the neighborhood of Petra); and North of this shed the water flows to the Dead Sea 1,292 feet ... biblethesaurus.org/i/israel.htm - 101k

Botany

... It is difficult to believe that in the days when Palmyra was a vast city and Petra a great emporium, the home of a highly developed civilization, these sites ... biblethesaurus.org/b/botany.htm - 38k

Heath (2 Occurrences)

... with its scale-like leaves pressed close to its gnarled stem, and cropped close by the wild goats, as it clings to the rocks about Petra, gives great force to ... biblethesaurus.org/h/heath.htm - 8k

Asmoneans

... scene. Antipater, a friend of Hyrcanus, induced him to escape to Aretas, king of Arabia, at Petra, with whom he made an alliance. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asmoneans.htm - 27k

Spiritual (42 Occurrences)

... SPIRITUAL ROCK. (pneumatike petra): Having a spiritual significance: supernatural, manifesting the power of the Divine Spirit; allegorically applied to Christ ... biblethesaurus.org/s/spiritual.htm - 51k

Herod (45 Occurrences)

... But he sent her back to her father at Petra, for the sake of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had met and seduced at Rome. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/herod.htm - 57k

Judah (802 Occurrences)

... of Amaziah evinces some rudimentary ideas of chivalry (2 Kings 14:8). The chief event of the reign was the reconquest of Edom and taking of Petra (2 Kings 14:7 ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judah.htm - 101k

High (4559 Occurrences)

... (But bamah is not used of the Temple Mount.) 2. Description: Archaeological research, particularly at Petra and Gezer, aided by the Old Testament notices ... biblethesaurus.org/h/high.htm - 60k

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)

... of Amaziah evinces some rudimentary ideas of chivalry (2 Kings 14:8). The chief event of the reign was the reconquest of Edom and taking of Petra (2 Kings 14:7 ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kingdom.htm - 101k