smith's bible dictionary 1884 - Salt Lake Bible College

Aera
[Chronology]
Aethiopia
[Ethiopia]
Affinity
[Marriage]
Agabus
(a locust), a Christian prophet in the apostolic age, mentioned in (Acts 11:28) and
Acts 21:10 He predicted, (Acts 11:28) that a famine would take place in the reign of
Claudius. Josephus mentions a famine which prevailed in Judea in the reign of
Claudius, and swept away many of the inhabitants. (In (Acts 21:10) we learn that
Agabus and Paul met at Caesarea some time after this.)
Agag
(flame), possibly the title of the kings of Amalek, like Pharaoh of Egypt. One king
of this name is mentioned in (Numbers 24:7) and another in 1Sam 15:8,9,20,32 The
latter was the king of the Amalekites, whom Saul spared contrary to Jehovah’s wellknown
will. (Exodus 17:14; 25:17) For this act of disobedience Samuel was commissioned
to declare to Saul his rejection, and he himself sent for Agag and cut him in
pieces. (B.C. about 1070.) [Samuel]. Haman is called the Agagite in (Esther 3:1,10;
8:3,5) The Jews consider him a descendant of Agag the Amalekite.
Agagite
[Agag]
Agar
[Hagar]
Agate
a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors
are delicately arranged in stripes or bands or blended in clouds. It is mentioned four
times in the text of the Authorized Version, viz., in (Exodus 28:19; 39:12; Isaiah 54:12;
Ezekiel 27:16) In the two former passages; where it is represented by the Hebrew word
shebo it is spoken of as forming the second stone in the third row of the high priest’s
breastplate; in each of the two latter places the original word is cadced, by which, no
doubt, is intended a different stone. [RUBY] Our English agate derives its name from
the Achates, on the banks of which it was first found.
Age, Old
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews.
In private life they were looked up to as the depositaries of knowledge, (Job 15:10) the
young were ordered to rise up in their presence, (Leviticus 19:32) they allowed them
to give their opinion first, (Job 32:4) they were taught to regard gray hair as a “crown
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