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The following information covers the following reference texts: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Easton's Bible Dictionary King James Dictionary Smith's Bible Dictionary The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Nave's Topical Bible Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook Frank Thompson's 1934 "The New Chain-Reference Bible" Fausset's Bible Dictionary The following information covers the spoken audio bible: King James Bible produced by Audio Scriptures International |
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Please keep in mind when using these references, that you are reading a person's view on the subject which may or may not be correct or complete. I have included them only as a study aide. Also remember that these reference works are approx. 100 years old. Therefore entries relating to "current" situations may be obsolete. For example, ISBE's references to "Modern Jerusalem" may be inaccurate to a certain extent. Please report significant problems in case of compilation / file conversion errors. |
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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary A dictionary of the Holy Bible, for general use in the study of the scriptures ; with engravings, maps, and tables. New York, American Tract society [c1859] Rand, W. W. (William Wilberforce), 1816-1909, ed. Electronic edition created by Spillman, Ernie; Brandon; Mezera, Jeff; Etc. Easton's Bible Dictionary Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Public Domain -- Copy Freely These Dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Due to the nature of etext, the illustrated portions of the Dictionary have not been included. The most current and correct copies of these files can be obtained from the following. If any errors are located, please ensure you have the latest files, and if so, we would appreciate being informed of the error. The Bible Foundation http://www.bf.org Or by contacting: Mark Fuller 1129 East Loyola Drive Tempe, Arizona, 85282 602-829-8542 (voice) King James Dictionary The King James Bible has stood it's ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed. With it has changed the meaning of some words used in the KJV. Here are over 800 words whose definitions have changed since 1611. --- --- --- --- Changes: I have added the following entries:
Smith's Bible Dictionary Smith's Bible Dictionary by Dr. William Smith. (1884) Public domain. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia James Orr, M.A., D.D. General Editor John L. Nuelsen, D.D., LL.D. Edgar Y. Mullins, D.D., LL.D. Assistant Editors Morris O. Evans, D.D., PhD. Managing Editor Melvin Grove Kyle, D.D., JJ.D. Revising Editor 1844-1913 ed. Nave's Topical Bible Nave's Topics were originaly produced by Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D. while serving as a Chaplin in the United States Army. He referred to this work as "the result of fourteen years of delightful and untiring study of the Word of God." Nave's topics were originally published in the early 1900's, and a photo-offset reproduction is currently published by Hendrickson, ISBN 0-917006-02-X. The title page states that this work consists of 20,000+ topics and subtopics, and 100,000 references to the Scriptures. The most current and correct copies of these files can be obtained from the following. If any errors are located, please ensure you have the latest files, and if so, we would appreciate being informed of the error. The Bible Foundation http://www.bf.org Or by contacting: Mark Fuller 1129 East Loyola Drive Tempe, Arizona, 85282 602-829-8542 (voice) Public Domain -- Copy Freely Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary This dictionary is from "Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible," published in the late 1800s. It contains well over 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings which you can search using a word processor. Some Hebrew words of uncertain meaning have been left out. It is out of copyright, so feel free to copy and distribute it. I pray it will help in your study of God's Word. -- BRH Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary Originally published in 1828 as "An American Dictionary of the English Language", Noah Webster learned 26 languages, including Anglo-Saxon and Sanskrit, in order to research the origins of his country's language. This book was a dictionary with 70,000 entries. However, my database seems to contain a little over 61,000 entries. This is a good companion to the KJV bible in that they share many of the early english words. R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook These topical references are from R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook published by Sword of the Lord Publishers, P.O. Box 1099, Murfreesboro, TN, 37133. No copyright notice appears on the book, and it is a reprint of the original edition which is out of copyright. The most current and correct copies of these files can be obtained from the following. If any errors are located, please ensure you have the latest files, and if so, we would appreciate being informed of the error. Bible Foundation, http://www.bf.org Or by contacting: Mark Fuller 1129 East Loyola Drive Tempe, Arizona, 85282 602-829-8542 (voice) . Frank Thompson's 1934 "The New Chain-Reference Bible". Copyright May 24 1934, US. registration number A72501; not renewed; became public domain material in 1962. Spellings Anglicisied. Errors in cross-references corrected. Material keyed and proofed by Paul Houghton. This material contains information that is a proper subset of the material distributed by B.B. Kirkbride under the trademark of "Thompson Chain-References". The errors in the cross-references that Kirkbide have been published in all their editions of the Thompson's Bibles have been corrected. Fausset’s Bible Dictionary by A. R. Fausset FAUSSET, ANDREW ROBERT (1821-1910): born in Ireland, 1821. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, was ordered deacon in 1847, and ordained in 1848, and was curate of Bishop Middleham, Durham, 1847-59. From 1859 he was rector of St. Cuthbert's, York, and was canon of York Munster since 1885. He was chaplain at Bex, Switzerland, in 1870 and at St. Goar on the Rhine in 1873. King James Bible produced by Audio Scriptures International This audio Bible is produced by Audio Scriptures International. The following is the transcript of their copyright audio tag: "Thank you for listening to this recording of the King James Bible produced by Audio Scriptures International. Audio Scriptures International believes it is more important to spread the Word of God than to make a large profit. Please feel free to make copies of these recordings and distribute them freely so long as you adhere to the following guidelines: 1. You may not charge any more than the cost to duplicate and send them. 2. You must make a complete copy of the recording, including this message. For commercial and fund raising distribution, please contact Audio Scriptures International for additional information." Audio Scriptures International Copyright in MP3 audio : |