Abiezer or Abieezer is the name of three Biblical characters. The name means "father of help" i.e., helpful. The characters are:
Abihail may refer to one of five different people mentioned in the Bible:
- Abihail the Levite lived during the time of the wandering of the Israelites in the wilderness. He was the head of the house of Merari and Levi's youngest son.
- Abihail was the wife of Abishur of the tribe of Judah.
- Abihail, from Gilead of Bashan, was head of the tribe of Gad.
- Abihail was the daughter of David's brother Eliab. She was married to David's son Jerimoth and became mother of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath.
- Abihail was the father of Queen Esther and uncle of Mordecai.
Ahimaaz was son of the high priest Zadok.
Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar, but described as the son of Abiathar in 2 Samuel 8:17 and in four places in 1 Chronicles. He descended from Aaron's son Ithamar and the high priest Eli. In 1 Chronicles 18:16 his name is Abimelech according to the Masoretic Text, and is probably the same as Ahiah.
The name Ammiel may refer to several people in the Hebrew Bible. Etymologically, it means "people of God", and is used for the following individuals:
According to the Tanakh, Uzzah or Uzza, meaning strength, was an Israelite whose death is associated with touching the Ark of the Covenant.
Joab the son of Zeruiah, was the nephew of King David and the commander of his army, according to the Hebrew Bible.
According to the Books of Samuel of the Tanakh, Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan, grandson of King Saul and father of Mica or Micha.
Baale of Judah, meaning "lords of Judah" or "citizens of Judah" was a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem. In 1 Chronicles 13:6, the city is called Kirjath-jearim. According to Gesenius, the town of Baale of Judah is referred to not only as Kirjath-Jearim but also as Baalah.
Ibhar was one of the sons of David. He is mentioned in 2 Samuel 5:15 and 1 Chronicles 3:6.
Jeroham is a name that means "cherished" or "one who finds mercy". A number of people with this name are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible:
- Father of Elkanah, and grandfather of the prophet Samuel — in 1 Samuel 1:1.
- The father of Azareel, the "captain" of the tribe of Dan — in 1 Chronicles 27:22.
- A Benjamite — in 1 Chronicles 12:7 and 1 Chronicles 9:12.
- A man whose son assisted in placing Joash on the throne — in 2 Chronicles 23:1.
- A priest — in 1 Chronicles 9:12;.
David's Mighty Warriors are a group of 37 men in the Hebrew Bible who fought with King David and are identified in 2 Samuel 23:8–38, part of the "supplementary information" added to the Second Book of Samuel in its final four chapters. The International Standard Version calls them "David's special forces".
The Korahites in the Bible were that portion of the Kohathites that descended from the Sons of Korah. They were an important branch of the singers of the Kohathite division.
Gibeat Gareb or the Leper's Hill is a hill near Jerusalem, probably the hill of lepers, and consequently a place outside the boundary of the city.
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Matthew George Easton was a Scottish minister and writer. His most known work is the Easton's Bible Dictionary, published three years after his death.
The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, better known as Easton's Bible Dictionary, is a reference work on topics related to the Christian Bible compiled by Matthew George Easton. The first edition was published in 1893, and a revised edition was published the following year. The most popular edition, however, was the third, published by Thomas Nelson in 1897, three years after Easton's death. The last contains nearly 4,000 entries relating to the Bible. Many of the entries in Easton's are encyclopedic in nature, although there are also short dictionary-type entries.
