Alexander ALEXANDER (̓Αλέξανδρος, G235, defender of men). A name common from Hel. times. 1. Alexander (“the Great”),born 356 b.c., son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus, king of Macedon from his father’s death in 336 to his own in 323 b.c. a. Background. For 200 years prior to Alexander the Gr. republics had fallen within the sphere of […]

Agriculture AGRICULTURE. The cultivation of plants and care of livestock for crops and products. I. Agricultural patterns in the Fertile Crescent. Scholars agree that agriculture is fundamental to civilization, for it enables the farmer to produce surplus food which frees others for specialized occupations and specialization in professions. Most Biblical peoples were characterized by agriculture […]

Adoption Act of leaving one’s natural family and entering into the privileges and responsibilities of another. In the Bible, adoption is one of several family-related terms used to describe the process of salvation and its subsequent benefits. God is a father who graciously adopts believers in Christ into his spiritual family and grants them all […]

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES : The Book that give the history of early Christianity from the Ascension of Christ to the end of two years of Paul Imprisonment in Rome. I. TITLE OF THE BOOK:  An early MS has the Title  “ACTS” ( GK. Praxeis, “doings, transactions, achievements”). Others early titles are “Acts Of the […]

Abraham, Abram : etymology uncertain but interpreted as “Father Of  a multitude” [ Genesis 17:5, perhaps a play on words] his original name, use from Genesis 11:26 to 17:5, was abram H92, possibly short form abiram H53 “[ my] father is exalted” [ see. Abiram] ). Son of TERAH, Fouder  Of the Hebrew Nations and […]