Bible Dictionary
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Adoni-zedec
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adoni-zedek was the Amorite king of Jerusalem who formed a coalition against Joshua. He was defeated and executed with the other allied kings.
ADONI-ZEDEK
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adoni-zedek was king of Jerusalem when Joshua conquered Canaan. He formed an alliance against Gibeon, was defeated by Joshua, and was executed with his allied kings.
Adonibezek
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adonibezek was the king of Bezek who had cruelly mutilated seventy kings. After Judah and Simeon defeated him, he suffered the same punishment and died at Jerusalem.
Adonijah
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adonijah was David’s son who attempted to seize Israel’s throne instead of Solomon. After a later conspiracy, Solomon ordered his execution; the name was also borne by a Levite and a postexilic leader.
Adonikam
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adonikam was the ancestor of a family of exiles who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. His descendants numbered 666 in Ezra’s list and 667 in Nehemiah’s.
Adonikam, Or Adonikam
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adonikam refers to the family whose descendants returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel; they numbered 666 in Ezra’s account.
Adoniram
Government & Society - Old Testament
Adoniram was the official over Israel’s forced labor under David, Solomon, and Rehoboam. He was killed when Rehoboam sent him to collect the levy from the rebellious Israelites.
ADONIS
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adonis was a name associated with the Babylonian god Tammuz. The biblical reference is found only in a marginal reading connected with Isaiah 17:10.
Adonizedek
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adonizedek was the Amorite king of Jerusalem who joined four other kings against Joshua and Gibeon. He was captured and executed at Makkedah.
Adoption
Doctrine & Theology - Both
Adoption is the gracious act by which God receives believers as His children, granting them sonship, the Holy Spirit, His fatherly care, and a promised inheritance through Christ.
Ador, Or Adora
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Ador, or Adora, refers to Adoraim, a fortified city of Judah.
Adoraim
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Adoraim was a fortified city in Judah built by Rehoboam, probably identified with Dura west of Hebron.
Adoram
Government & Society - Old Testament
Adoram is another form of Adoniram, the official who supervised forced labor for the kings of Israel and Judah.
Adoration
Worship & Prayer - Both
Adoration is intense reverence and worship expressed in praise, prayer, kneeling, prostration, uplifted hands, or other acts of homage. Scripture directs true adoration to God and, in the New Testament, to Jesus Christ.
Adore
Worship & Prayer - Both
To adore is to worship or express reverence and homage. Biblical examples include kneeling, prostration, and other outward signs of devotion.
ADORN
Christian Life - Both
To adorn means to arrange, decorate, or make beautiful. Scripture especially contrasts outward decoration with the inward adornment of godly character, including meekness, holiness, and righteousness.
Adrammelech
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adrammelech was both an idol worshiped by the people of Sepharvaim and a son of Assyrian king Sennacherib who helped kill his father.
ADRAMMELECH AND ANAMMELECH
People & Groups - Old Testament
Adrammelech and Anammelech were gods worshiped by settlers placed in Samaria, whose worship included child sacrifice. Adrammelech was also the name of a son of Sennacherib who helped kill his father.
Adramyttium
Places & Geography - New Testament
Adramyttium was an ancient seaport in Mysia, Asia Minor. Paul sailed in a ship belonging to this city on his journey as a prisoner toward Rome.
Adria
Places & Geography - New Testament
Adria was the sea through which Paul’s ship was driven before reaching Malta. In the New Testament period the name covered a wider area than the modern Adriatic Sea.
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