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Abarim is the Hebrew name used in the Bible for a mountain range "across the Jordan", understood as east of the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.
Ebez also rendered Abez, was a town in the allotment of the tribe of Issachar, at the north of the Jezreel Valley, or plain of Esdraelon. F. R. and C. R. Conder (1879), believed that it was probably the ruins of el-Beida, but William Robertson Smith (1899) expressed doubt about this identification. According to the 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), the location is not known. It is mentioned only in Joshua 19:20, where various manuscripts of the Septuagint render it as Rebes, Aeme, or Aemis. It is mentioned on the façade of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu as Apijaa.
Abishua was an early High priest of Israel. Abishua is mentioned in the books 1 Chronicles (6:35) and Ezra (7:5) as the son of the High Priest Phinehas, son of Eleazar. As such, he is the great-grandson of Aaron, the brother of Moses and first High Priest. It is likely that Abishua was a contemporary of the Israelite judge Ehud and the Moabite king Eglon.
Achsah, was Caleb ben Yefune's only daughter. Her name comes from the word for "anklet", עכס (ekes).
Achshaph was a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Canaan. The name means "sorcery".
Adiel is a personal name meaning "ornament of God", or possibly "God passes by". It may refer to any of the following:
- The father of Azmaveth, who was treasurer under David and Solomon, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 27:25.
- A family head of the tribe of Simeon, who participated in driving out the Meunim, mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 4:36.
- A priest mentioned only in 1 Chronicles 9:12, in the genealogy of Maasai.
Zaanaim, Zaanannim or Bezaanaim is a place name applied to one or two locations in the Hebrew Bible. According to Serge Frolov (2013), its location "cannot be determined with any degree of certainty."
According to the 1st Book of Samuel Chapter 25, Nabal was a rich Calebite, described as harsh and surly. He is featured in a story in which he is threatened by David over an insult, and ultimately killed by God.
Almon Diblathaimah was one of the places the Israelites stopped at during the Exodus. By the name "Almon Diblathaimah" it is referred to only in Numbers 33:46 and 47, in a list of stopping-points during the Exodus. It is usually considered the same place as Beth-diblathaim of Jeremiah 48:22, mentioned in the oracle against Moab.
Jesiah is a name found in the Bible. The Hebrew form of the name is yishshayah, meaning "man of Jah." The Bible contains five figures by this name.
Kareah or Careah, according to the Book of Jeremiah, was the father of Johanan and Jonathan, who for a time were loyal to Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor of Jerusalem.
Kerioth is the name of two cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The spelling Kirioth appears in the King James Version of Amos 2:2. The name means "cities," and is the plural of the Biblical Hebrew קריה.
- A town in the south of Judea. Judas Iscariot was probably a native, hence his name "Iscariot". It has been identified with the ruins of El Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron.
- A city of Moab, called Kirioth.
Adaiah was the name of eight individuals mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The name means "Yahweh passes by."
- Adaiah, the father of Queen Jedidah. He was of Boscath, a town in the Kingdom of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures. His grandson was king Josiah of Israel.
- An Adaiah mentioned in passing as the ancestor of a Levite named Asaph, in 1 Chronicles 6:41.
- An Adaiah mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:21 as being the son of a Shimei in a Benjamite genealogy.
- A priest listed in 1 Chronicles 9:12 and Nehemiah 11:12. According to Cheyne and Black, it is possible that this same priest should appear in Nehemiah 12:6 or 7, but has been removed by a scribal error that left the name "Jedaiah" in its place.
- A descendant of Bani, listed in Ezra 10:29.
- Another descendant of Bani, listed in Ezra 10:39.
- An Adaiah, son of Joiarib, listed in Nehemiah 11:5.
- An Adaiah mentioned as being the father of Maaseiah in 2 Chronicles 23:1.
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- Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
- Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
- Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4