Assur
Successful, a step
Strong's #H804
References
Ezra 4:2, Psalm 83:8
Assyria
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Asyncritus
Incomparable
Strong's #G799
Asyncritus is one of the many people Apostle Paul greeted in his last chapter of the book of Romans.
Romans 16:14
Atad
To pierce or make fast, bramble or thorn tree
Strong's #H329
Genesis 50:10 - 11
Ataroth
Crowns
Strong's #H5852
Numbers 32:3, 34, Joshua 16:2, 7, 1Chronicles 2:54
Ater
Binder, maimed
Strong's #H333
References
Ezra 2:16, 42, Nehemiah 7:21, 45, 10:17
Athaliah
Afflicted of the Lord, Jah has constrained
Strong's #H6271
Queen Athaliah of Judah was the only woman to rule over either the Kingdom of Israel or Judah. She was the seventh sovereign over Judah, ruling from 841 to 835 B.C.
Athaliah, the daughter of Israel's King Ahab and Jezebel, married Jehoram who became Judah's king from 853 to 841. After his death, their son Ahaziah ruled only for one year. When Ahaziah died, she moved to rule the kingdom as sole dictator.
Athaliah quickly had all of King David's descendants murdered except for one, Joash, who as a baby was hid from her (2Kings 11). She also allowed her sons to pillage Jerusalem's temple and offer its sacred objects to the pagan false God Baal (2Chronicles 24:7).
Known as a devilish monarch (2Chronicles 24:7), she is one of only ten Biblical women who caused the death of other people. She, along with her mother Jezebel, also shares the bloody distinction of being the only women to initiate a mass murder in Scripture.
References
2Kings 8:26, 11:1 - 20, 1Chronicles 8:26, 2Chronicles 22 - 23, 24:7, Ezra 8:7
Athlai
Compress, constringent, whom Jehovah afflicts
Strong's #H6270
Ezra 10:28
Attalia
Jah's due season
Strong's #G825
Attalia is a Mediterranean seaport town located in the Asia Minor Roman province of Lycia - Pamphylia. It is the capital of this seaside province.
The Apostle Paul, after leaving Perga, caught a ship leaving Attalia to Syrian Antioch during his first missionary journey.
References
Acts 14:25
Augustus
Venerable
Strong's #G828
Augustus was one of the titles of the Roman Emperor.
References
Luke 2:1, Acts 25:21, 25, 27:1
Ava (Ivah)
Ruin
Strong's #H5755
Ivah, recorded in 2Kings 18:34, is derived from the same Hebrew word as Ava and refers to the same people.
The people of Ava, after they were conquered by the Assyrians (2Kings 18:34), were used to repopulate Israel after God's people were taken out of the land.
2Kings 17:24, 18:34
Aven
Wickedness, sorrow, trouble
Strong's #H205
Aven may be referring to the Egyptian city of On (Heliopolis). In Hosea 10:8 Aven is likely used in a symbolic way to denote a location where ancient Israel indulged in idolatry.
Ezekiel 30:17, Hosea 10:8, Amos 1:5
Azaliah
Jah (Jehovah, Yahweh) has reserved
Strong's #H683
2Kings 22:3, 2Chronicles 34:8
Azareel
God has helped
Strong's #H5832
1Chronicles 12:6, 25:18, 27:22, Ezra 10:41, Nehemiah 11:13