A Biblical and Theological Dictionary / explanatory of the history, manners, and customs of the Jews, and neighbouring nations

Richard Watson

PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR.

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.

AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE PROPER NAMES

TABLES OF THE WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY, MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE.

The original text was printed in two columns, which cannot be replicated here.

As is common in dictionaries, each column is headed with a three-letter indication of the first and last articles on that page. This feature is not feasible here.

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.

There are several unusual Greek characters employed in this text:

ȣ	ligature of ‘ου’
ϛ	stigma, a ligature of ‘στ’
ϖ	a cursive variant of ‘π’, almost always used as the first character of a word.
ϐ	a cursive variant of ‘β’, used in any position other than the first character, which appears as ‘β’.

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A BIBLICAL AND THEOLOGICAL
DICTIONARY:

EXPLANATORY OF THE

HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE JEWS,

AND NEIGHBOURING NATIONS.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PLACES AND PERSONS

MENTIONED IN SACRED SCRIPTURE;

An Exposition

OF THE

PRINCIPAL DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY;

AND NOTICES OF JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN SECTS AND HERESIES.

BY RICHARD WATSON.

[REVISED BY THE AMERICAN EDITORS.]

ΛΙΜ’ΗΝ ἐϛιν ἀκύμαντος, καὶ τειχος ἀρραγὲς, καὶ ϖύργος ἄσειστος, καὶ δόξα ἀναφαίρετος, καὶ ὅ πλα ἄτρωτα, καὶ εὐθυμία ἀμάραντος, καὶ ἡδονὴ διηνεκὴς, καὶ ϖάντα οσα ἄν ἔιποι τὶς καλὰ, τῶν θεῖων γραφῶν ἡ συνȣσία.--Chrysostom.

[An intimate acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures is a secure haven, and an impregnable bulwark, and an immovable tower, and imperishable glory, and impenetrable armour, and unfading joy, and perpetual delight, and whatever other excellence can be uttered.]

NEW-YORK,

PUBLISHED BY B. WAUGH AND T. MASON,

FOR THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE

OFFICE, 14 CROSBY-STREET.

J. Collord, Printer.

1832.

“Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1832, by B. Waugh and T. Mason, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York.”

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