Difference between revisions of "Ahuzzath"
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34245" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34245" /> == | ||
<p> "Friend" (oriental kings have usually such favorites) of the Philistine king [[Abimelech]] in his interview with Isaac ( Genesis 26:28). [[Jerome]] and the [[Chaldee]] [[Targum]] explains "a company of friends." The ending - | <p> "Friend" (oriental kings have usually such favorites) of the Philistine king [[Abimelech]] in his interview with Isaac ( Genesis 26:28). [[Jerome]] and the [[Chaldee]] [[Targum]] explains "a company of friends." The ending '''''-Ath''''' appears in other Philistine names, Gath, Goliath, Timnath. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71300" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71300" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69524" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69524" /> == | ||
<p> [[Ahuzzath]] (''A-Huz'Zath'' ), ''Possession.'' A friend of Abimelech, king or Gerar. Genesis 26:26. </p> | <p> [[Ahuzzath]] ( ''A-Huz'Zath'' ), ''Possession.'' A friend of Abimelech, king or Gerar. Genesis 26:26. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64744" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64744" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18334" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18334" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrew Achuzzath', אֲחֻזִּת '', Possession,'' as often in the constr. of אֲחֻזָּה; otherwise, ''Tenacious'' [the termination "-ath" being frequent in Philistine nouns, (See [[Gath]]), (See [[Goliath]]), etc.]; Sept. | <p> (Hebrew Achuzzath', '''''אֲחֻזִּת''''' '', Possession,'' as often in the constr. of '''''אֲחֻזָּה''''' ; otherwise, ''Tenacious'' [the termination "-ath" being frequent in Philistine nouns, (See [[Gath]]), (See [[Goliath]]), etc.]; Sept. '''''Ο᾿Χοζάθ''''' ,Vulg. ''Ochozath),'' the "friend" ( '''''רֵע''''' ; Sept. '''''Νυμφαγωγός''''' , bridesman; but rather, evidently, that unofficial but important personage of ancient Oriental courts called </p> <p> "the king's friend" or favorite) of Abimelech' (q.v.) II, king of Gerar, who attended him on his visit to Isaac ( Genesis 26:26), B.C. cir. 1985. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_578" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_578" /> == | ||
<p> '''''a''''' -'''''huz´ath''''' ( אחזּת , <i> ''''''ăḥuzzath''''' </i> , "possession"): A "friend" perhaps a minister, of Abimelech, king of Gerar. He together with Phicol, commander of the army, accompanied their sovereign to Beersheba to make a covenant with Isaac ( Genesis 26:26 ). The termination "- <i> ath </i> " reminds us of Philistine proper names, such as Gath, Goliath, etc. Compare [[Genubath]] ( 1 Kings 11:20 ). </p> | <p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' huz´ath ''''' ( אחזּת , <i> ''''' 'ăḥuzzath ''''' </i> , "possession"): A "friend" perhaps a minister, of Abimelech, king of Gerar. He together with Phicol, commander of the army, accompanied their sovereign to Beersheba to make a covenant with Isaac ( Genesis 26:26 ). The termination "- <i> ath </i> " reminds us of Philistine proper names, such as Gath, Goliath, etc. Compare [[Genubath]] ( 1 Kings 11:20 ). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15050" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15050" /> == | ||
