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1. Abaddon, n. View full entry c1350
...Apollyon, the destroyer; (a name for) the Devil. ...
2. Adar, n. View full entry a1382
...In the Jewish calendar: the sixth month of the civil and twelfth of the religious year, consisting of 29 days and usually coinciding with parts of February and March; (also) an intercalary...
3. Aldebaran, n. View full entry a1393
...A red giant star, the brightest in the constellation Taurus. Also called alpha Tauri....
4. aleph, n. View full entry c1300
...The name of the first letter of the Hebrew, Phoenician, and other north Semitic alphabets, in printed square Hebrew having the form א. Cf. alpha...
5. alkanet, n. View full entry 1343
...A red dye obtained from the root of the plant Alkanna tinctoria (see sense 2), and used for various purposes including dyeing cloth and (now esp.) as a...
6. Baal, n. View full entry 1382
...The chief male deity of the Phœnician and Canaanitish nations; hence, transf. false god....
7. bath, n.3 View full entry 1398
...A Hebrew liquid-measure, containing about six and a half gallons....
8. behemoth, n. View full entry a1382
...An animal mentioned in the book of Job; probably the hippopotamus; but also used in modern literature as a general expression for one of the largest and strongest animals. Cf. leviathan...
9. ephah, n. View full entry 1398
...A Hebrew dry measure, identical in capacity with the bath; see bath; it is variously said to have contained from 4½ to 9 gallons. Also fig....
10. ephod, n. View full entry 1382
...A Jewish priestly vestment, without sleeves, slit at the sides below the armpits, fastened with buckles at the shoulders, and by a girdle at the waist. The high-priest's ephod was of ‘gold,...
11. hardim, n. View full entry 1398
...An agamoid lizard, Stellio vulgaris, of the Levant....
12. hin, n. View full entry 1382
...A Hebrew measure of capacity for liquids, containing a little over a gallon....
13. Kislev, n. View full entry 1382
...The third month of the Jewish civil year and the ninth of the ecclesiastical year, corresponding to parts of November and December....
14. Nisan, n. View full entry a1382
...In the Jewish calendar: the first month of the religious year and seventh of the civil year, usually coinciding with parts of March and April. Cf. Abib...
15. Purim, n. View full entry a1382
...A lesser Jewish festival held in spring, on the 14th or 15th day of Adar, to commemorate the defeat of Haman's plot to destroy the Jews (as recorded in the book of...
16. shibboleth, n. View full entry 1382
...The Hebrew word used by Jephthah as a test-word by which to distinguish the fleeing Ephraimites (who could not pronounce the sh) from his own men the Gileadites (Judges xii....
17. shittim, n. View full entry a1382
...= shittah Also attrib. Now rare....
18. Sivan, n. View full entry a1382
...The ninth month of the Jewish year, though named third in the traditional month-list, corresponding to the latter part of May and the earlier part of June....
19. Tebeth, n. View full entry a1382
...The fourth month of the Jewish year (though placed tenth in the traditional list of months), corresponding to parts of December and January....
20. tirshatha, n. View full entry 1382
...The title of an ancient Persian viceroy or prefect; applied in O.T. to Nehemiah....
