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Beth-shemesh

(Encyclopedia)Beth-shemesh bĕth-shēˈmĕsh [key], in the Bible. 1 The Egyptian Heliopolis. 2 Town of ancient Palestine, the modern Tel Bet Shemesh (Israel), W of Jerusalem. Excavations there have revealed traces ...

Beth-zur

(Encyclopedia)Beth-zur bĕth-zûrˈ [key], town, ancient Palestine, N of Hebron, on the Jerusalem road. It is the modern Khirbat Tubaygah, the West Bank. Excavations (1924, 1931, 1957) have revealed settlements fro...

Gethsemane

(Encyclopedia)Gethsemane gĕthsĕmˈənē [key], olive grove or garden, E of Jerusalem, near the foot of the Mount of Olives. In the Gospels, it is the scene of the agony and betrayal of Jesus. A number of sites in...

Zerubbabel

(Encyclopedia)Zerubbabel zērŭbˈəbəl [key] [Heb.,=seed of Babylon], in the Bible, a grandson of King Jehoiachin (exiled in 597 b.c.) and governor of Jerusalem. He led a company returning from exile in c.520 b.c...

Rehum

(Encyclopedia)Rehum rēˈhəm [key], in the Bible. 1 One of the returning exiles. He is also called Nehum. 2 Samaritan official who obstructed work on the Temple. 3 Sealer of the Covenant. 4 Levite who worked to re...

Ananias

(Encyclopedia)Ananias ănˌənīˈəs [key] [Gr.,=Heb. Ananiah and Hananiah]. 1 In the Acts of the Apostles, man who, with his wife Sapphira, held back part of a gift to the early Jerusalem church and lied about it...

Scholem, Gershom Gerhard

(Encyclopedia)Scholem, Gershom Gerhard gĕrˈshôm gĕrˈhärt shōˈləm [key], 1897–1982, Jewish scholar, b. Berlin. He studied at the universities of Berlin, Jena, Bern, and Munich. Scholem received (1922) his...

Hosanna

(Encyclopedia)Hosanna hōzănˈə [key] [Heb.,=save now; Psalm 118], an intensified imperative, a cry, addressed to God, particularly used in the Feast of Tabernacles, when prayers for rain were offered. In the New...

Kidron

(Encyclopedia)Kidron sēˈdrən [key], in the Bible, brook or field, the present-day Qidron (West Bank), E of Jerusalem between the city and the Mount of Olives. See also Jehoshaphat. ...

Zichri

(Encyclopedia)Zichri zĭkˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Levite. Apparently the same as Zabdi (4.) 2 Ephraimite hero. 3 Priest after the return to Jerusalem. Neh. 12.17. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Israelites mention...