McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Abagtha

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Abagtha

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Abacuc
Abacuc (Or Abachum)
Abacus
Abad y Queypeo, Manuel
Abaddon
Abadias
Abadir
Abaelard
Abagarus
Abagtha
Abailard, Pierre
Abaji, Ben-Cajlil, surnamed Nachmani, belonged to that class of Jewish teachers who were styled Amoraim, and occupied the presidency at the school of Pumbaditha from 333 to 338. He is said to have been tolerant of the heathen, and defended the book of Ben Sira, i.e. Ecclesiasticus, against his colleague Rab Joseph, who regarded it as heretical. In the exposition of the Scriptures, he adopted the simple against the customary artificial mode. His maxim was, "One and the same verse may be explained in a different sense, but the same sense cannot refer to different verses." See Hamburger, Real- Enyklopadie fur Bibel und Talmud, s.v.; Bacher, Die Agada der babylonischen, Amoraim (Strasburg, 1878), p. 107 sq. (B.P.)
Abamurus
Aban
Abana
Abarbanel
Abarbarea
Abarca, Don Joaquin
Abarca, Pedro

(Heb. Abagtha', àֲáִâְúָà , prob. Persian [ SEE BIGTHA , SEE BIGTHAN , SEE BIGTHANA , SEE BAGOAS ], and, according to Bohlen, from the Sanscrit bagadata, ‘fortune-given; Sept. Á᾿áôáæÜ ), one of the seven chief eunuchs in the palace of Xerxes, who were commanded to bring in Vashti (Est_1:10), B.C. 483.