Western (19 Occurrences)

... to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction Of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore Of France ... biblethesaurus.org/w/western.htm - 13k

Apostles (79 Occurrences)

... These three types do not correspond with the four classes of text (Syrian, Western, Alexandrian, Neutral) outlined by Hort in his Introduction to the New ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apostles.htm - 62k

Mediterranean

... sun" (Joshua 1:4; Joshua 23:4), and, since the west was regarded as the "back," in contrast to the east as the "front," as "hinder (or "western" the Revised ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mediterranean.htm - 11k

Bashan (54 Occurrences)

... (1.) Gaulonitis, or Jaulan, the most western; (2.) Auranitis, the Hauran (Ezek. 47:16); ... Of the western boundary as we have seen there can be no certainty. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bashan.htm - 32k

Samaria (123 Occurrences)

... (Comp. Micah 1:6.). In the time of Christ, Western Palestine was divided into three provinces, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee. Samaria ... biblethesaurus.org/s/samaria.htm - 63k

Lycaonia (2 Occurrences)

... In the time of Paul, Lycaonia consisted of two parts, a western and an eastern. The western part was a "region" or subdivision of ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lycaonia.htm - 10k

Medes (15 Occurrences)

... Rammanu-nirari III of Assyria (Rawlinson, Western Asiatic Inscriptions, I, 35) declares that he (810-781 BC) had conquered "the land of the Medes and the land ... biblethesaurus.org/m/medes.htm - 18k

Philosophy (1 Occurrence)

... fi-los'-o-fi (philosophia): 1. Definition and Scope (1) Intuitive Philosophy Is Universal (2) Speculative Philosophy Belongs Mainly to Western Thought 2. Greek ... biblethesaurus.org/p/philosophy.htm - 27k

Beth-shemesh (19 Occurrences)

... remark that if their affliction was from Yahweh, the kine would bear the ark "by the way of its own border." The Philistines lay along the western border of ... biblethesaurus.org/b/beth-shemesh.htm - 20k

Bethshemesh (19 Occurrences)

... remark that if their affliction was from Yahweh, the kine would bear the ark "by the way of its own border." The Philistines lay along the western border of ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bethshemesh.htm - 19k

Coptic

... The latter represents an early and comparatively pure Greek text, free from what are generally termed western additions, while the Sahidic, on the other hand ... biblethesaurus.org/c/coptic.htm - 11k

Salim (1 Occurrence)

... cities. W. Ewing. SEA, HINDER; UTMOST; UTTERMOST; WESTERN. hin'-der; ut'-most; ut'-er-most; wes'-tern. See MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SEA, THE. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salim.htm - 15k

Shephelah (2 Occurrences)

... In the wide sense the Shephelah included the territory originally given to the tribe of Dan, and also a considerable part of Western and Southwestern Judea. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shephelah.htm - 15k

Gad (78 Occurrences)

... their men of war should go over with their brethren, and take their share alike in the hardship and in the glory of the conquest of Western Palestine (Numbers ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gad.htm - 49k

Parthians (1 Occurrence)

... It corresponded with the western half of the modern Khorasan, and now forms a part of Persia. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PARTHIANS. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/parthians.htm - 16k

Euphrates (36 Occurrences)

... Isaiah 8:7; Jeremiah 2:18). It is by far the largest and most important of all the rivers of Western Asia. From its source in the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/euphrates.htm - 26k

Geology

... will be noted that Crystalline, or Archean, rocks (A) occupy extensive areas in Asia Minor, and that they are found in the South in Sinai, Western Arabia, and ... biblethesaurus.org/g/geology.htm - 16k

Lebanon (66 Occurrences)

... is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ranges, the eastern or Anti-Lebanon, and the western or Lebanon ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lebanon.htm - 45k

Reuben (73 Occurrences)

... Reuben is "to the eastern tribes what Simeon is to the western. ... The Dead Sea formed the western boundary, and it marched with the desert on the East. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/reuben.htm - 46k

Nazareth (29 Occurrences)

... 2. Position and Physical Features: The ancient town is represented by the modern en-Nacirah, which is built mainly on the western and northwestern slopes of a ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nazareth.htm - 24k

Benjamin (167 Occurrences)

... It then went down by Ataroth-addar to Beth-horon the nether. From this point the western frontier ran southward to Kiriath-jearim. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/benjamin.htm - 50k

Ur (5 Occurrences)

... It stood near the mouth of the Euphrates, on its western bank, and is represented by the mounds (of bricks cemented by bitumen) of el-Mugheir, ie, "the ... biblethesaurus.org/u/ur.htm - 15k

Empire (8 Occurrences)

... Dynasties, 192-284 AD 5. Diocletian until First General Edict of Toleration, 284-311 AD 6. First Edict of Toleration until Extinction of Western Empire, 311 ... biblethesaurus.org/e/empire.htm - 80k

Precious (128 Occurrences)

... in describing the arrangement of a row of stones, began with that on his right and mentioned them in the order right to left, while a western writer begins ... biblethesaurus.org/p/precious.htm - 71k

Luke (4 Occurrences)

... is the original, then Luke was at Antioch and may have been present at the great event recorded in Acts 13:1 f. But it is possible that the Western text is an ... biblethesaurus.org/l/luke.htm - 55k

Semites

... Thus Western Asia became the arena of Semitic life, whose influences also reached Egypt and, through Phoenicia, the far-away West-Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Stones (244 Occurrences)

... in describing the arrangement of a row of stones, began with that on his right and mentioned them in the order right to left, while a western writer begins ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stones.htm - 74k

Semitic

... Thus Western Asia became the arena of Semitic life, whose influences also reached Egypt and, through Phoenicia, the far-away West-Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Jericho (59 Occurrences)

... It was the key to Western Palestine. This city was taken in a very remarkable manner by the Israelites (Joshua 6). God gave it into their hands. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jericho.htm - 38k

Nicopolis (1 Occurrence)

... some writers that from Eastern Greece (Athens, Thessalonica, Philippi, Corinth) Paul's labors extended to Italy, that he never visited Western Greece, requires ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nicopolis.htm - 10k

Judith (1 Occurrence)

... days of the real Nebuchadnezzar, Assyria had ceased to be, and its capital was destroyed.) He calls upon the peoples living in the western country, including ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judith.htm - 27k

Gomer (7 Occurrences)

... In the seventh century BC they were driven out of their original seat by the Scythians, and overran western Asia Minor, whence they were afterwards expelled. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gomer.htm - 11k

Guest (24 Occurrences)

... a nomadic life demand a greater abandon and freedom with respect to the relation of host and guest than are permitted by the conventionalities of western life. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/guest.htm - 15k

Gennesaret (3 Occurrences)

... the plural form Chinneroth (11:2). In later times the name was gradually changed to Genezar and Gennesaret (Luke 5:1). This city stood on the western shore of ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gennesaret.htm - 11k

Features (3 Occurrences)

... The lowland or Shephelah (the King James Version "vale, valley, plain, or low country") includes the maritime plain and the western foothills. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/features.htm - 12k

Trogyllium (1 Occurrence)

... A town on the western coast of Asia Minor, where Paul "tarried" when on his way from Assos to Miletus, on his third missionary journey (Acts 20:15). Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trogyllium.htm - 8k

Tiberias (3 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A city, the modern Tubarich, on the western shore of the Sea of Tiberias. It is said to have been founded ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tiberias.htm - 15k

Telassar (2 Occurrences)

... to the Geographical Position: As Telassar was inhabited by the "children of Eden," and is mentioned with Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, in Western Mesopotamia, it ... biblethesaurus.org/t/telassar.htm - 9k

Tabernacle (333 Occurrences)

... Its two sides and its western end were made of boards of acacia wood, placed on end, resting in sockets of brass, the eastern end being left open (Exodus 26:22 ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tabernacle.htm - 101k

Ephesus (20 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary The capital of proconsular Asia, which was the western part of Asia Minor. It was colonized principally from Athens. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ephesus.htm - 24k

Magadan (1 Occurrence)

... Dalmanutha" were contiguous. We may perhaps gather from the narrative that they lay on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. After the ... biblethesaurus.org/m/magadan.htm - 8k

Merodach-baladan (2 Occurrences)

... According to the monuments, therefore, it was from a worldly point of view good politics for Hezekiah and his western allies to come to an understanding with ... biblethesaurus.org/m/merodach-baladan.htm - 9k

Merodachbaladan (1 Occurrence)

... According to the monuments, therefore, it was from a worldly point of view good politics for Hezekiah and his western allies to come to an understanding with ... biblethesaurus.org/m/merodachbaladan.htm - 9k

Pharaohnecoh

... Psammetichus had turned back the Scythian hordes which had reached his border on their western march, and now his son Necoh was to make a bold stroke for empire ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaohnecoh.htm - 11k

Pharaoh-necoh (3 Occurrences)

... Psammetichus had turned back the Scythian hordes which had reached his border on their western march, and now his son Necoh was to make a bold stroke for empire ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaoh-necoh.htm - 12k

Cush (31 Occurrences)

... an early period there was a stream of migration of Cushites "from Ethiopia, properly so called, through Arabia, Babylonia, and Persia, to Western India." The ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Arabah (32 Occurrences)

... Throughout the entire distance from the Waters of Merom to the watershed, 45 miles from Akabah, the western side of the Arabah is bordered by strata of ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabah.htm - 33k

Assur (2 Occurrences)

... It stood near the western edge of the city on the main street which ran from the western gate to the Tigris. It consisted of two courts surrounded by chambers. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assur.htm - 13k

Scythians

... War was their chief business, and they were a terrible scourge to the nations of Western Asia. They broke through the barrier of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/scythians.htm - 8k

Smyrna (2 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Myrrh, an ancient city of Ionia, on the western coast of Asia Minor, about 40 miles to the north of Ephesus. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/smyrna.htm - 12k

Sherghat

... It stood near the western edge of the city on the main street which ran from the western gate to the Tigris. It consisted of two courts surrounded by chambers. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sherghat.htm - 12k

Chaldees (13 Occurrences)

...Western Semites-for the name Abram is not Babylonian-lived in this city in large numbers in the age when the patriarch lived. The ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldees.htm - 15k

Botany

... and remarkable of the plants of the Holy Land we must recognize at least four distinct plant zones: (1) The coast plains and the western mountains, with a ... biblethesaurus.org/b/botany.htm - 38k

Asshur (133 Occurrences)

... It stood near the western edge of the city on the main street which ran from the western gate to the Tigris. It consisted of two courts surrounded by chambers. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asshur.htm - 46k

Easter (1 Occurrence)

... But this was not satisfactory, especially to the western churches, and a definite rule for the determination of Easter was needed. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/easter.htm - 12k

Targum

... ben Uzziel and the Pentateuch 7. Use of the Targums LITERATURE The Targums were explanations of the Hebrew Scriptures in Chaldaic (Western Aramaic) for the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/targum.htm - 38k

Paphos (2 Occurrences)

... Its territory embraced a considerable portion of Western Cyprus, extending northward to that of Soli, southward to that of Curium and eastward to the range of ... biblethesaurus.org/p/paphos.htm - 14k

Eden (19 Occurrences)

... The site must undoubtedly be sought for somewhere along the course of the great streams the Tigris and the Euphrates of Western Asia, in "the land of Shinar ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eden.htm - 28k

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

Amorites (82 Occurrences)

... In the age of Abraham the Amurru were the dominant people in western Asia; hence Syria and Palestine were called by the Babylonians "the land of the Amorites ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amorites.htm - 50k

Inches (1 Occurrence)

... 4. Dry and Rainy Seasons; The rainfall is largely on the western slopes of the mountains facing the sea, while on the eastern slopes there is very little. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/inches.htm - 12k

Syria (73 Occurrences)

... The range then breaks down into the rounded hills of Upper Galilee (3, 500 ft.), extends through the table-land of Western Palestine (2, 500 ft.), and in the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syria.htm - 60k

Rainfall

... 4. Dry and Rainy Seasons; The rainfall is largely on the western slopes of the mountains facing the sea, while on the eastern slopes there is very little. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rainfall.htm - 12k

Capernaum (16 Occurrences)

... denunciation of judgement (Matthew 11:23). It stood on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. The "land of Gennesaret," near, if ... biblethesaurus.org/c/capernaum.htm - 23k

Aramaic (12 Occurrences)

... Means of communication were so ineffective that the distance between the eastern and western limits would require greater time to traverse, than does that ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aramaic.htm - 31k

Hor (14 Occurrences)

... died. Others, however, suppose that this mountain is the modern Jebel Madurah, on the opposite, ie, the western, side of the Arabah. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hor.htm - 15k

Pontus (3 Occurrences)

... impending struggle with Rome. The republic had acquired Pergamus in 133 BC and assumed control of Western Asia Minor. There were three ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pontus.htm - 16k

Eastern (22 Occurrences)

... the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eastern.htm - 14k

David (1052 Occurrences)

... Hearing that Keilah, a town on the western frontier, was harassed by the Philistines, David with his men relieved it (1 Samuel 23:1-14); and then, for fear of ... biblethesaurus.org/d/david.htm - 93k

Carmel (33 Occurrences)

... with a rich and constant verdure." "The whole mountain-side is dressed with blossom, and flowering shrubs, and fragrant herbs." The western extremity of the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/carmel.htm - 25k

Meal-time (1 Occurrence)

... was to soak it in water, or boil it slightly, and then, after drying and crushing it, to serve it as the dish called "groats" is served among western peoples. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/meal-time.htm - 24k

Mealtime (1 Occurrence)

... was to soak it in water, or boil it slightly, and then, after drying and crushing it, to serve it as the dish called "groats" is served among western peoples. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mealtime.htm - 24k

Phoenicians

... It is doubtful whether the Phoenicians occupied the mountain tracts, but they must have dominated them on the western slopes, since they derived from them ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicians.htm - 38k

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

... It is doubtful whether the Phoenicians occupied the mountain tracts, but they must have dominated them on the western slopes, since they derived from them ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicia.htm - 40k

Galilee (73 Occurrences)

... to it toward the south, which was usually called "Lower Galilee." In the time of our Lord, Galilee embraced more than one-third of Western Palestine, extending ... biblethesaurus.org/g/galilee.htm - 67k

Latin (2 Occurrences)

... time, been regarded as favoring the African origin of the first Latin translation of the Bible, recent investigation into what is called the Western text of ... biblethesaurus.org/l/latin.htm - 28k

Wanderings (7 Occurrences)

... In this direction several prominent mountains occur (Jebel Yeleq, Jebel Hilal, and Jebel Ikhrimm), while further East-near the site of the Western Kadesh-there ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wanderings.htm - 40k

Manasseh (140 Occurrences)

... Ephraim (Joshua 16). Thus the western Manasseh defended the passes of Esdraelon as the eastern kept the passes of the Hauran. (2.) The ... biblethesaurus.org/m/manasseh.htm - 68k

Meals (8 Occurrences)

... was to soak it in water, or boil it slightly, and then, after drying and crushing it, to serve it as the dish called "groats" is served among western peoples. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/meals.htm - 27k

Territory (140 Occurrences)

... Although the physical conformation of Western Palestine divides this land into very definite areas running longitudinally North and South, yet all through ... biblethesaurus.org/t/territory.htm - 56k