Ab-beth-din ( , i.e. the father or head of the house of judgment, or juridical college) is a term used in the Talmud to denote the vice-president of the Sanhedrim, who sat at the right of the nasi, or president, while at the left sat the chacham, i.e. the wise man. These three persons were … Continue reading “Ab-beth-din”
Ab Apostolici
Ab Apostolici Papal encyclical promulgated by Pope Leo XIII on 15 October 1890. It dealt with public affairs in Italy, describing them as the realization of the Masonic program involving hatred of the Church, abolition of religious instruction in school, and the absolute independence of civil society from clerical influence. The text of the encyclical … Continue reading “Ab Apostolici”
Ab
AB 1. Father, found in many compound Hebrew proper names: as Abner, father of light; Absalom, father of peace. 2. The fifth month of the sacred, and the eleventh of the civil year among the Jews. It began, according to the latest authorities, with the new moon of August. It was a sad month in … Continue reading “Ab”
Aazrak
Aazrak (), a Cabalistic word found in the Talmudic Lexicon Aruch, and apparently invented by the Rabbins in order to correspond to a prohibition found in the Mishna (Shabbate, 12:3) that no person should write on the Sabbath two letters, this word beginning with the letter 3 repeated. In the Talmud, however, it is written … Continue reading “Aazrak”
Aau
Aau (Old One), an epithet of Osiris, in ch. 78 of the Egyptian Ritual of the Dead. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Aas (Or Aash)
Aas (Or Aash) a mystical deity of the Egyptian Ritual of the Dead. Another deity was called Aam. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Aaron’s Rod
Aarons Rod Aarons rod is mentioned only in Heb 9:4, which locates the rod in the ark. An earlier tradition (Num 17:10; cf. 1Ki 8:9) preserves it before the ark, on the spot on which it had budded (see Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols) i. 3b). In either case the object was to … Continue reading “Aaron’s Rod”
Aaronites, The
Aaronites, The Aar’onites, The. 1Ch 12:27. Priests of the family of Aaron. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Aaronites
AARONITES Descendants of Aaron the high priest, so called 1Ch 12:27; 1Ch 27:17. Thirteen cities were assigned to them, in Judah and Benjamin, Jos 21:13-19; 1Ch 6:57-60. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Aaronites the descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests. Jehoiada, the father of Benaiah, led 3,700 Aaronites as “fighting men” to the support … Continue reading “Aaronites”
Aaronite
Aaronite (Heb. same as Aaron, used collectively), a designation of the descendants of Aaron, and therefore priests, who, to the number of 3700 fighting men, with Jehoiada the father of Benaiah at their head, joined David at Hebron (1Ch 12:27). Later on in the history (1Ch 27:17) we find their chief was Zadok, who in … Continue reading “Aaronite”