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A

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text of Rev 1:8, 11; 21:6; 22:13; and are represented by "Alpha" and "Omega" respectively (omitted in...

Well

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. beer), to be distinguished from a fountain (Heb. ain). A "beer" was a deep shaft, bored far under the rocky surface by the art of man, which contained water which percolated through the...

Dragon well

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Neh 2:13), supposed by some to be identical with the Pool of Gihon.

Jacob's Well

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug by Jacob, and hence its name, in the "parcel of ground" which he purchased from the sons of...

Degrees, Song of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Song of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-134 inclusive. The probable origin of this name is the circumstance that these psalms came to be sung by the people on the ascents...

Solomon, Song of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Called also, after the Vulgate, the "Canticles." It is the "song of songs" (1:1), as being the finest and most precious of its kind; the noblest song, "das Hohelied," as Luther calls it. The...

Adam, a type

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as "the figure of him who was to come." On this account our Lord is sometimes called the second Adam. This typical relation is described in Rom 5:14-19.

Skull, The place of a

Easton's Bible Dictionary

See [595]GOLGOTHA.