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Azekah
Tel Azekah is a five-acre site overlooking the Valley of Elah. The Judea Mountains stand to the east. The Mediterranean Sea, located about twelve miles to the west, can be seen from the tel.Archaeologists have identified at least four levels of ci...
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Atonement Definition
A payment or offering to remove or forgive sins. In the Old Testament, the people of Israel sacrificed animals to show that atonement must be made for their sins. When Jesus came, he gave up his own life to make atonement for the sins of his peopl...
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atonement Seat Definition
Slab of gold on top of the ark of the covenant on which the golden cherubim stood. It symbolized God's throne.
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Atrium Definition
Court of a Roman house, roofed at the sides and open in the middle; also the entrance to a Byzantine church.
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Baal Definition
Canaanite god of fertility. He is often portrayed as the god of storms, lightning, thunder, and rain. He was worshiped in horrible ways. The name means "lord" or "master." Israel was seduced into worshiping him.
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Babylon, Babylonians Definition
Hebrew Babel. Capital city of Mesopotamia, located on the Euphrates River and neighbor to Assyria. Considered at the time of the prophet Jeremiah to be the greatest and most beautiful city of the Near East. An enormous political and economic power...
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Bacchus Definition
Roman god of wine, fertility, and vegetation, god of the theater. Son of Zeus and Semele, the Theban princess.
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Baptize Definition
To wash, dip, or immerse in water. Baptism shows that a person's sins are washed away. He or she has joined the family of God and is united with Jesus in dying to sin and rising to a new life.
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Bar Kochba Revolt Definition
Another name for the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome (AD 132-135). The leader of the revolt was a man named Bar Kochba.
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