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Ahab (ACAB) Vol. I, p. 116
ACAB: v. ACHAB.
Ahab (Hebrew «Brother of the Father»; Assyrian A-ḫa-ab-bu) (ACHAB (EBR. « FRATELLO DEL PADRE »; ASIR. A-HA-AB-BU)) Vol. I, p. 154
ACHAB (Hebr. “brother of the father”; Assyr. A-ha-ab-bu). — King of Israel from 875 to 853 B.C. His history is narrated in I Kings 16:29–22:40. From his father…
Ahasuerus (ASSUERO) Vol. II, p. 143
ASSUERO. — A Persian king discussed at length in Esth. (the Septuagint erroneously substitutes “Artaxerxes” for him). He is mentioned again in Esd. 4:6; Tob.…
Ahaus (Ahuis), Heinrich von Vol. I, p. 368
AHAUS (AHUIS), HEINRICH von. - Founder of the Brothers of the Common Life in Germany, b. in 1371, d. at Münster on 14 Feb. 1439. He was the son of Ludolfo,…
Ahaz (ACAZ) Vol. I, p. 123
ACAZ: v. ACHAZ.
Ahaz (Heb. 'Aḥaz, 'He [God] Holds') (ACHAZ (EBR. « EGLI [DIO] TIENE »)) Vol. I, p. 154
ACHAZ (Hebr. “He [God] holds”). — King of Judah for 16 years, probably from 743 to 728, or from 741 to 726. Son of Joatham, he succeeded him at the age of 25.…
Ahiah (Hebrew 'Aḇiyyah "Brother of Yahweh"; name of ~20 persons in the Old Testament, translated by the Vulgate as Achias or Ahia [q.v.]; Septuagint: 'Aẓīẓ) (ACHIA (EBR. 'ABIYYAH «FRATELLO DI JAHWEH»; NOME DI CA. 20 PERSONE NEL VECCHIO TESTAMENTO, TRADOTTO DALLA VOLGATA ACHIAS O AHIA [V.]; SETTANTA: 'AẒĪẒ)) Vol. I, p. 158
ACHIA (Hebr. 'Abiyyah, “brother of Yahweh”; the name of about 20 persons in the Old Testament, translated by the Vulgate as Achias or Ahia [v.]; Septuagint:…
Ahiah (Vulgate Ahias; Hebrew 'Abijjah, as in Achiah, q.v.) (AHIA (VOLGATA AHIAS; EBR. 'ABIJJAH, COME ACHIA, V.)) Vol. I, p. 368
AHIA (Vulgate Ahias; Hebr. 'Abijjah, as Achia, v.). — Prophet of Shilo (therefore called the Silonite), the sole prophet of the kingdom of Solomon and of the…
Ahiai Vol. I, p. 368
AHIAI. – He was elected archbishop of Seleucia in 411 and died in 415 or 416. He had been a disciple of Abda, founder of a monastery and a school over which he…
Ahikar Vol. I, p. 369
AHIKAR : v. AHIQAR.
Ahimaaz (Hebrew, prob. «Brother of the Empire») (ACHIMAAS (EBR., PROB. «FRATELLO DELL'IMPERO»)) Vol. I, p. 158
ACHIMAAS (Heb., probably “brother of the empire”). – The exceedingly swift and heroic son of the high priest Sadac. He remained with his father in Jerusalem…
Ahimsa Vol. I, p. 369
AHIMSA : v. BUDDISMO.
Ahiqar (Aramaic Ahia-Iaqar: 'The Brother Is Precious' or 'Dear') (AHIQAR (ARAMAICO AHIA-IAQAR : « IL FRATELLO È PREZIOSO » O « CARO »)) Vol. I, p. 369
AHIQAR (Aramaic Ahia-iaqar: “the brother is precious” or “dear”). — Assyrian sage, chancellor of Sennacherib (705–681 B.C.), and later of Esarhaddon (681–669).…
Ahithophel (ACHITOFEL) Vol. I, p. 161
ACHITOFEL. - A shrewd counsellor, later a traitor, of David, native of Gilo (Giala) in the mountains of Judah, father of the hero Elia (II Reg. 23, 24). In…
Ahlborn, Augusto Guglielmo Giulio Vol. I, p. 369
AHLBORN, AUGUSTO GUGLIELMO GIULIO. — Landscape painter, born at Hannover in 1796, died in Rome in 1857. A pupil of the Berlin Academy, he followed Schinkel’s…
Ahle, Johann Rudolph Vol. I, p. 369
AHLE, JOHANN RUDOLPH. – Theologian and musician, born on 24 December 1626 in Mülhausen in Thuringia, died there on 9 July 1673. Among his many works,…
Ahmedabad Vol. I, p. 369
AHMEDABAD : v. BOMBAY, ARCIDIOCESI di.
Ahriman Vol. I, p. 369
AHRIMAN. - In the Mazdean religion, this is the evil principle, that from which every evil originates, also called in older forms angro mainyush. The second…
Ahuis, Hendrik van Vol. I, p. 370
AHUIS, HENDRIK van: v. AHAUS HEINRICH von.
Ahura Mazda (AHURAMAZDÀ) Vol. I, p. 370
AHURAMAZDÀ. – This is the name of the supreme divinity in the doctrine of Zarathustra (in more recent times transcribed as Ormazd), from which the religion…