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Smith‘s Bible Dictionary
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Aarat
(high or holy ground) a mountainous district of Asia mentioned in the Bible in connection with the following events:- (1) As the resting-place of the ark after the deluge. (Genesis 8:4) (2) As the asylum of the sons of Sennacherib. (2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38) Authorized Version has "the land of Armenia." (3) As the ally and probably the neighbor of Minni and Ashchenaz. (Jeremiah
51:27) [Armenia] The name Ararat was unknown to the geographers of Greece and Rome as it still is to the Armenians of the present day; but it was an ancient name for a portion of Armenia. In its biblical sense it is descriptive generally of the Armenian highlands-the lofty plateau which over looks the plain of the Araxes on the north and of Mesopotomia on the south. Various opinions have been put forth as to the spot where the ark rested as described in (Genesis 8:4) (but it is probable that it rested on some of the lower portions of the range than on the lofty peak to which exclusively) Europeans have given the name Ararat the mountain which is called Massis by the Armenians Agri-Dagh i.e. Steep Mountain by the Turks and Kuh-i-Nuh i.e. Noah‘s Mountain by the Persians. It rises immediately out of the plain of the Araxes and terminates in two conical peaks named the Great and Less Ararat about seven miles distant from each other; the former of which attain an elevation of 17 260 feet above the level of the sea and about 14 000 above the plain of the Araxes while the latter is lower by 4000 feet. The summit of the higher is covered with eternal snow for about 3000 feet. Arguri the only village known to have been built on its slopes was the spot where according to tradition Noah planted his vineyard. "The mountains of Ararat
" are co-extensive with the Armenian plateau from the base of Ararat in the north to the range of Kurdistan in the south we notice the following characteristics of that region as illustrating the Bible narrative; (1) its elevation. It rises to a height of from 6000 to 7000 feet above the level of the sea.
(2) Its geographical position . Viewed with reference to the dispersion of the nations Armenia is the true centre of the world; and at the present day Ararat is the great boundary-stone between the empires of Russia Turkey and Persia. (3) Its physical character . The plains as well as the mountains supply evidence of volcanic agency. (4) The climate . Winter lasts from October to May and is succeeded by a brief spring and a summer of intense heat. (5) The vegetation . Grass grows luxuriantly on the plateau and furnishes abundant pasture during the summer months to the flocks of the nomad Kurds. Wheat barley and vines ripen at far higher altitudes than on the Alps and the Pyrenees.
Aaron
(a teacher or lofty) the son of Amram and Jochebed and the older brother of Moses and
Miriam. (Numbers 26:59; 33:39) (B.C. 1573.) He was a Levite and is first mentioned in (Exodus
4:14) He was appointed by Jehovah to be the interpreter (Exodus 4:16) of his brother Moses who was "slow of speech;" and accordingly he was not only the organ of communication with the Israelites and with Pharaoh (Exodus 4:30; 7:2) but also the actual instrument of working most of the miracles of the Exodus. (Exodus 7:19) etc. On the way to Mount Sinai during the battle with Amalek Aaron with Hur stayed up the weary hands of Moses when they were lifted up for the victory of Israel. (Exodus 17:9) He is mentioned as dependent upon his brother and deriving all his authority from him. Left on Moses‘ departure into Sinai to guide the people Aaron is tried for a moment on his own responsibility and he fails from a weak inability to withstand the demand of the people for visible "gods to go before them " by making an image of Jehovah in the well-known
form of Egyptian idolatry (Apis or Mnevis). He repented of his sin and Moses gained forgiveness for him. (9:20) Aaron was not consecrated by Moses to the new office of the high priesthood.
(Exodus 29:9) From this time the history of Aaron is almost entirely that of the priesthood and its chief feature is the great rebellion of Korah and the Levites. Leaning as he seems to have done wholly on Moses it is not strange that he should have shared his sin at Meribah and its punishment. See Moses. (Numbers 20:10-12) Aaron‘s death seems to have followed very speedily. It took place on Mount Hor after the transference of his robes and office to Eleazar. (Numbers 20:28) This mount is still called the "Mountain of Aaron." See Hor. The wife of Aaron was Elisheba (Exodus
6:23) and the two sons who survived him Eleazar and Ithamar. The high priesthood descended to the former and to his descendants until the time of Eli who although of the house of Ithamar received the high priesthood and transmitted it to his children; with them it continued till the accession of Solomon who took it from Abiathar and restored it to Zadok (of the house of Eleazar). See Abiathar.
Aaronites
(1 Chronicles 12:27) priests of the family of Aaron.
Ab
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(father) an element in the composition of many proper names of which Abba is a Chaldaic
form having the sense of "endowed with " "possessed of."
Abaddon
See Apollyon. Abagtha
(God-given) one of the seven eunuchs in the Persian court of Ahasuerus. (Esther 1:10)
Abana
(perennial stony) one of the "rivers of Damascus." (2 Kings 5:12) The Barada and the Awaj are now the chief streams of Damascus the former representing the Abana and the latter the Pharpar of the text. The Barada (Abana) rises in the Antilibanus at about 23 miles from the city after flowing through which it runs across the plain of whose fertility it is the chief source till it loses itself in the lake or marsh Bahret-el-Kibliyeh.
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