Northern (18 Occurrences)

... 2. (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. ...Northern (18 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/n/northern.htm - 12k

Omri (16 Occurrences)

... OMRI. om'-ri (`omri; Septuagint Ambri; Assyrian "Chumri" and "Chumria"): (1) The 6th king of Northern Israel, and founder of the IIIrd Dynasty which reigned for ... biblethesaurus.org/o/omri.htm - 20k

Graecia

... 3. Mountain Structure: The northern boundary of Greece is formed by an irregular series of mountain chains, beginning on the West with the Acroceraunian range ... biblethesaurus.org/g/graecia.htm - 21k

Amorites (82 Occurrences)

... Lastly (3) we hear of Sihon, "king of the Amorites," who had conquered the northern half of Moab (Numbers 21:21-31 Deuteronomy 2:26-35). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amorites.htm - 50k

Kadesh (30 Occurrences)

... Ewald and others, fixing the northern ideal boundary of Israel at the sources of the Jordan, would read "Hermon" for chodhshi, but the conjectures of Thenius ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kadesh.htm - 21k

North (164 Occurrences)

... the south. 2. (n.) Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country. 3. (n.) Specifically ... biblethesaurus.org/n/north.htm - 43k

Orontes

... Ewald and others, fixing the northern ideal boundary of Israel at the sources of the Jordan, would read "Hermon" for chodhshi, but the conjectures of Thenius ... biblethesaurus.org/o/orontes.htm - 7k

Jabin (8 Occurrences)

... (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Joshua 11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jabin.htm - 11k

Edomites (22 Occurrences)

... accuracy. On the East of the `Arabah the northern border ran from the Dead Sea, and was marked by Wady el-Kurachi, or Wady el-Chasa. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edomites.htm - 23k

Cana (4 Occurrences)

... old Hebrew qanah, "place of reeds." This ancient name survives in Khirbet Qana, a ruined site with rockhewn tombs, cisterns and a pool, on the northern edge of ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cana.htm - 11k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)

... was divided into several districts, comprising, in general, the region to the East of the Jordan, but extending in the North over most of Northern Syria, or ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syrians.htm - 37k

Country

... not unnatural for them to be referred to as "the north," because the direct desert routes were impracticable, and the roads led first into Northern Syria and ... biblethesaurus.org/c/country.htm - 23k

Rehoboam (42 Occurrences)

... Benjamin was reckoned along with Judah, and these two tribes formed the southern kingdom, with Jerusalem as its capital; while the northern ten tribes formed ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rehoboam.htm - 34k

Edom (108 Occurrences)

... accuracy. On the East of the `Arabah the northern border ran from the Dead Sea, and was marked by Wady el-Kurachi, or Wady el-Chasa. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edom.htm - 53k

Period (43 Occurrences)

... They retained possession of the plains and many of the fortified cities, eg Gezer, Harheres, Aijalon, Shaalhim, and Jerusalem on the northern border of Judah ... biblethesaurus.org/p/period.htm - 34k

Ramothgilead (19 Occurrences)

... It has with probability been identified with Reimun, on the northern slope of the Jabbok, about 5 miles west of Jerash or Gerasa, one of the cities of Decapolis ... biblethesaurus.org/r/ramothgilead.htm - 19k

Ramoth-gilead (20 Occurrences)

... It has with probability been identified with Reimun, on the northern slope of the Jabbok, about 5 miles west of Jerash or Gerasa, one of the cities of Decapolis ... biblethesaurus.org/r/ramoth-gilead.htm - 20k

Moabites (26 Occurrences)

... It would seem, however, that they had suffered from the invasions of the Amorites, who, under their king Sihon, had subdued the northern part of Moab as far as ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moabites.htm - 28k

Captivity (141 Occurrences)

... kap-tiv'-i-ti (galah, galuth, shebhuth, shibhyah; metoikesia): I. OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM (THE WORK OF ASSYRIA) 1. Western Campaigns of Shalmaneser II, 860-825 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/captivity.htm - 79k

Ethiopia (26 Occurrences)

... not only to include what is now known as Nubia and the Sudan (Soudan), but all the unknown country farther West and South, and also at times Northern, if not ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ethiopia.htm - 45k

Arabia (9 Occurrences)

... This country is, however, divided by modern geographers into (1) Arabia Proper, or the Arabian Peninsula; (2) Northern Arabia, or the Arabian Desert; and (3 ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabia.htm - 43k

Dan (71 Occurrences)

... It was a small territory, but was very fertile. It included in it, among others, the cities of Lydda, Ekron, and Joppa, which formed its northern boundary. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dan.htm - 41k

Samaria (123 Occurrences)

... SAMARIA, CITY OF. sa-ma'-ri-a, (shomeron; Samareia, Semeron, and other forms): (1) Shechem was the first capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Kings 12:25). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/samaria.htm - 63k

Territory (140 Occurrences)

... The most ideal natural northern frontier, which only became the actual one comparatively late in Hebrew times (see JUDAEA), is that which passes from the river ... biblethesaurus.org/t/territory.htm - 56k

Benjamin (167 Occurrences)

... The northern frontier started from the Jordan over against Jericho, and ran to the north of that town up through the mountain westward past Bethaven, taking in ... biblethesaurus.org/b/benjamin.htm - 50k

Ephraim (168 Occurrences)

... Solomon's lack of wisdom and the crass folly of Rehoboam in the management of the northern tribes fanned the smoldering discontent into a fierce flame. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ephraim.htm - 56k

Trade (33 Occurrences)

... In particular, the only good road connecting Tyre (and Sidon) with Damascus lay directly across Northern Palestine, skirting the Sea of Galilee. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trade.htm - 40k

Reuben (73 Occurrences)

... It extended from the Arnon, in the south along the coast of the Dead Sea to its northern end, where the Jordan flows into it (Joshua 13:15-21, 23). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/reuben.htm - 46k

Tabor (12 Occurrences)

... (see HERMON.) "The prominence and isolation of Tabor, standing, as it does, on the border-land between the northern and southern tribes, between the mountains ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tabor.htm - 21k

Moab (162 Occurrences)

... A moat also skirts the northern side of the fortress, and on the East the wall has a sloped or battered base. The castle is then separated from the town. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moab.htm - 62k

Arabah (32 Occurrences)

... Ghor. During most of the year the mud over this area is so thin and deep that it is impossible to cross it near its northern end. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabah.htm - 33k

Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)

... Nevertheless, the northern tribes, at a popular assembly held at Shechem, solemnly promised to serve Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, who had already been ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jeroboam.htm - 62k

Golden (86 Occurrences)

... In Phoenicia also the bull was a sacred animal, as well as in northern Syria where it ranked as one of the chief Hittite deities its images receiving devout ... biblethesaurus.org/g/golden.htm - 66k

Neapolis (1 Occurrence)

... ne-ap'-o-lis (Neapolis; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Nea Polis): A town on the northern shore the Aegean, originally belonging to Thrace but ... biblethesaurus.org/n/neapolis.htm - 9k

Northerly (1 Occurrence)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern. 2. (adv.) Toward the north. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/northerly.htm - 6k

Lo-debar (4 Occurrences)

... No certain identification is possible; but Schumacher (Northern 'Ajlun, 101) found a site with the name Ibdar about 6 1/2 miles East of Umm Qeis, North of the ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lo-debar.htm - 9k

Lodebar (4 Occurrences)

... No certain identification is possible; but Schumacher (Northern 'Ajlun, 101) found a site with the name Ibdar about 6 1/2 miles East of Umm Qeis, North of the ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lodebar.htm - 9k

Gilead (130 Occurrences)

... It has been suggested (Studer, Comm., at the place) that, as the Midianites lay between the men of the northern tribes and their homes, they were told to cross ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gilead.htm - 56k

Geology

... are abundant in the South and in the North, that the Cretaceous are most widely spread in Palestine and Southern Syria, and the Tertiary in Northern Syria and ... biblethesaurus.org/g/geology.htm - 16k

Geba (22 Occurrences)

... It stood on the northern frontier of the kingdom of Judah, Geba and Beersheba marking respectively the northern and southern limits (2 Kings 23:8). In 2 Samuel ... biblethesaurus.org/g/geba.htm - 17k

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

... Egypt consists geographically of two halves, the northern being the Delta, and the southern Upper Egypt, between Cairo and the First Cataract. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/egypt.htm - 101k

Ethiopic

... The fact that Ethiopia at some time meant the country between the Red Sea and the Nile prompted the pagan kings of Aksum in northern Abyssinia to adopt this ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ethiopic.htm - 17k

Endor (3 Occurrences)

... is identified with the modern village of Endur, "a dirty hamlet of some twenty houses, or rather huts, most of them falling to ruin," on the northern slope of ... biblethesaurus.org/e/endor.htm - 12k

Peraea

... The northern Gadara then holding the land on the southern bank of the Yarmuk, the northern boundary of the Peraea would run, as Josephus says, from Pella ... biblethesaurus.org/p/peraea.htm - 10k

Berothah (1 Occurrence)

... the same name. Ezekiel 47:16 places it on the ideal northern frontier of Israel, between Damascus and Hamath. According to 2 Samuel ... biblethesaurus.org/b/berothah.htm - 8k

Bozez (1 Occurrence)

... bo'-zez (botsets; Bazes, probably from an obsolete root batsats, corresponding to the Arabic batstsa, "to shine" or "to ooze"): The name of the northern of the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bozez.htm - 7k

Berothai (1 Occurrence)

... the same name. Ezekiel 47:16 places it on the ideal northern frontier of Israel, between Damascus and Hamath. According to 2 Samuel ... biblethesaurus.org/b/berothai.htm - 8k

Achmetha (1 Occurrence)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Ezra 6:2), called Ecbatana by classical writers, the capital of northern Media. Here was the palace which ... biblethesaurus.org/a/achmetha.htm - 10k

Arvad (2 Occurrences)

... It seems to have had a sort of hegemony over the northern Phoenician cities, from Mt. Cassius to the northern limits of Lebanon, something ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arvad.htm - 11k

Assur (2 Occurrences)

... At the northern end the mounds are surmounted by a high conical peak, which represents the tower or ziggurat of the temple of Assur. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assur.htm - 13k

Arvadites (1 Occurrence)

... It seems to have had a sort of hegemony over the northern Phoenician cities, from Mt. Cassius to the northern limits of Lebanon, something ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arvadites.htm - 10k

Antediluvians

... Dawson, eg) with glacial or paleolithic man, whose implements and remains are found buried beneath the deposits of glacial floods in northern France, southern ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antediluvians.htm - 11k

Arnon (23 Occurrences)

... Deuteronomy 3:12). The city of Aroer stood on the northern edge of the valley (Deuteronomy 2:36 Judges 12:2, etc.). Arnon was claimed ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arnon.htm - 17k

Salim (1 Occurrence)

... was probably the Shalem mentioned in Genesis 33:18, about 7 miles south of AEnon, at the head of the great Wady Far'ah, which formed the northern boundary of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salim.htm - 15k

Sherghat

... At the northern end the mounds are surmounted by a high conical peak, which represents the tower or ziggurat of the temple of Assur. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sherghat.htm - 12k

Sidon (35 Occurrences)

... The ancient city was situated near the northern end of the plain, surrounded with a strong wall. It possessed two harbors, the northern one about 500 yds. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sidon.htm - 25k

Hermon (16 Occurrences)

... Jordan valley, from the heights of Moab and Gilead, from the plateau of Bashan, the pale, blue, snow-capped cone forms the one feature in the northern horizon ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hermon.htm - 17k

Pekah (11 Occurrences)

... 4. Chronicles Ancillary to Kings: The severely concise manner in which the writer of Kings deals with the later sovereigns of the Northern Kingdom is, in the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pekah.htm - 19k

Exploration

... 1. Southern Palestine (1) Tell el-Chesy (2) Excavations in Jerusalem (3) Excavations in the Shephelah (4) Painted "Tombs of Marissa" 2. Northern Palestine (1 ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exploration.htm - 38k

Zebulun (46 Occurrences)

... 40). Along with the other northern tribes, Zebulun was carried away into the land of Assyria by Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15:29). ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zebulun.htm - 29k

Asshur (133 Occurrences)

... At the northern end the mounds are surmounted by a high conical peak, which represents the tower or ziggurat of the temple of Assur. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asshur.htm - 46k

Galilee (73 Occurrences)

... of the Mediterranean on the west." Palestine was divided into three provinces, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, which comprehended the whole northern section of ... biblethesaurus.org/g/galilee.htm - 67k

Hannathon (1 Occurrence)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HANNATHON. han'-a-thon (channathon): A city on the northern boundary of Zebulun (Joshua 19:14). ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hannathon.htm - 7k

Brick (10 Occurrences)

... year to year. In some of the villages of northern Syria the brick houses are dome-shaped, looking much like beehives. In the defiant ... biblethesaurus.org/b/brick.htm - 15k

Nebo (13 Occurrences)

... time on the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 32:49; 34:1). It has been identified with Jebel Nebah, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, near its northern end, and ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nebo.htm - 17k

Olives (30 Occurrences)

... site (see JERUSALEM, II, 1). The flints were the cause of a large settlement of paleolithic man which occurred in prehistoric times on the northern end of the ... biblethesaurus.org/o/olives.htm - 37k

Calf (39 Occurrences)

... In Phoenicia also the bull was a sacred animal, as well as in northern Syria where it ranked as one of the chief Hittite deities its images receiving devout ... biblethesaurus.org/c/calf.htm - 49k

Place (9195 Occurrences)

... The primal sin of Northern Israel was the establishment of high places (1 Kings 12:31-33; 1 Kings 13:2, 33 f), and their continuance was a chief cause of the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/place.htm - 28k

Bear (425 Occurrences)

... 29. (n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. 30. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bear.htm - 44k

Hethlon (2 Occurrences)

... heth'-lon (chethlon; Peshitta chethron): Name of a place associated with Zedad on the ideal northern boundary of Israel, as given in Ezekiel 47:15 and 48:1 ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hethlon.htm - 8k

Jehoshaphat (79 Occurrences)

... the year (1 Kings 4:17). (4) Son of Nimshi, and father of Jehu, king of Northern Israel (2 Kings 9:2, 14). His name is omitted in ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehoshaphat.htm - 51k

Shechem (61 Occurrences)

... It was evidently the center, especially for the northern tribes; and hither Rehoboam came in the hope of getting his succession to the throne confirmed (1 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shechem.htm - 38k

Micah (54 Occurrences)

... history so far is introduced in Judges 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of the tribe of Dan in Northern Palestine, and ... biblethesaurus.org/m/micah.htm - 38k

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)

... 1. The Two Kingdoms: The circumstances leading up to the foundation of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, or the Kingdom of the Ten Tribes, have been detailed ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kingdom.htm - 101k

Naphtali (51 Occurrences)

... The region around Kedesh, one of its towns, was originally called Galil, a name afterwards given to the whole northern division of Canaan. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/naphtali.htm - 35k

Benhadad (24 Occurrences)

... By an invasion of Northern Israel he obliged Baasha to withdraw from Ramah and confine himself to the neighborhood of his own capital (1 Kings 15:16). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/benhadad.htm - 28k

Gad (78 Occurrences)

... It was carried into captivity at the same time as the other tribes of the northern kingdom by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chronicles 5:26), and in the time of Jeremiah ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gad.htm - 49k

Congregation (347 Occurrences)

... The "mount of the congregation" will therefore in this case mean the northern mountain, supposed by the Babylonians to be the meeting-place of their gods. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/congregation.htm - 48k

Jezebel (20 Occurrences)

... 19; 19:1, 2; 21:5;; 2 Kings 9:7;, 30;; Revelation 2:20): Daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians, ie Phoenicians, and queen of Ahab, king of Northern Israel ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jezebel.htm - 26k

Songs (100 Occurrences)

... Hebrew language. The author is familiar with cities and mountains all over Palestine, especially in the northern section. He speaks ... biblethesaurus.org/s/songs.htm - 62k