nelson’s

New Illustrated

Bible Dictionary

General Editor

Ronald F. Youngblood

General Editor of
Original Edition

Herbert Lockyer, Sr.

Consulting Editors

F.F. Bruce
R.K. Harrison

Nashville • Atlanta • London • Vancouver

Copyright © 1995, 1986 by Thomas Nelson Publishers

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the publisher, except for brief quotations in critical review or articles.

Published in Nashville, Tennessee by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from the New King James Version, copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers. All rights reserved.

Verses marked “NASB” are taken from the New American Standard Bible, copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 by the Lockman Foundation.

Verses marked “NIV” are taken from the Holy Bible; New International Version, copyright © 1978 by the New York International Bible Society.

Verses marked “RSV” are taken from the Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version, second edition, copyright © 1946, 1951, 1972 by the Division of Christian Education of the NCCCUSA.

The Scripture quotations contained herein from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible are © 1989 by the Division of the Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.

REB THE REVISED ENGLISH BIBLE, © 1989. The delegates of the Oxford University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press. Used by permission.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nelson’s new illustrated Bible dictionary: an authoritative one-volume reference work on the Bible, with full-color illustrations / general editor, Ronald F. Youngblood; consulting editors, F.F. Bruce … [et al.].

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: Nelson’s illustrated Bible dictionary.

ISBN 0–8407–2071–8 (CB)

1. Bible—Dictionaries. I. Youngblood, Ronald F. II. Bruce, F.F. (Frederick Fyvie), 1910– . III. Thomas Nelson Publishers. IV. Nelson’s illustrated Bible dictionary. V. Title: Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

BS440.N347 1995

220.3–dc20 94–44332

CIP

Publisher’s Preface

Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary is an up-to-date sourcebook of biblical information that is accurate, thorough, dependable, and easy to understand. More than 7,000 entries on the people, places, things, and doctrines of the Bible appear in the book, making it one of the most comprehensive one-volume Bible dictionaries ever published.

Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary consists of the most current, dependable findings and insights to enrich one’s study and teaching of the Bible. Some of the world’s leading evangelical scholars produced articles for the original edition—Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary edited by Herbert Lockyer, Sr., and published in 1986. Drawing upon the groundbreaking work of Dr. Lockyer, F.F. Bruce, R.K. Harrison, and others ...