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Aaron according to the Old Testament, the older brother of Moses and the first high priest of the Hebrew nation.
Abaddon in the Old Testament, a place of destruction; abode of the wicked dead; hell. [1/2 definitions]
Abel according to the Old Testament, the second son of Adam and Eve, who was murdered by his brother Cain.
Abraham according to the Old Testament, the first of the postdiluvian patriarchs, father of Isaac, and ancestor of the Hebrews.
Adam according to the Old Testament, the name of the first man, created by God from dust, and the progenitor of the human race.
Ahab in the Old Testament, a king of Israel and husband of Jezebel. [1/2 definitions]
Amos according to the Old Testament, a minor Hebrew prophet of the eighth century B.C. [2 definitions]
apocrypha (cap.) a group of fourteen books of the Old Testament that are rejected by Judaism, and considered by Protestants as uncanonical, eleven of which are accepted by the Roman Catholic Church. [1/2 definitions]
ark (sometimes cap.) according to the Old Testament, a large boat built by Noah to preserve life during the Flood. [1/4 definitions]
ark of the covenant according to the Old Testament, the sacred chest in which the ancient Hebrews carried the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
Babel according to the Old Testament, a tower built by the descendants of Noah, which was to reach heaven, a plan frustrated by God, who made communication among workmen impossible by creating a confusion of languages.
behemoth a huge beast, perhaps a hippopotamus, mentioned in the Book of Job in the Old Testament. [1/2 definitions]
Belshazzar according to the Old Testament, the last king of Babylon, killed by the invading Persians after being warned by a hand that wrote of his defeat on a wall.
Bible the principal sacred writings of Judaism, comprising the Old Testament, and of Christianity, comprising both the Old and New Testaments. [1/3 definitions]
Cain according to the Old Testament, the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel out of jealousy.
Christ in the New Testament, the designation of the Old Testament "Messiah". [2 definitions]
covenant in the Old Testament, God's provisional promises to the Hebrews. [1/6 definitions]
Dan according to the Old Testament, the fifth son of Jacob. [1/2 definitions]
Daniel according to the Old Testament, a Hebrew prophet employed at the Babylonian court who was cast into a lions' den as a punishment for disobedience, but emerged unharmed. [2 definitions]
David according to the Old Testament, the second king of Israel, a shepherd as a youth who killed the giant Goliath, and reputedly the author of many of the Psalms.
Delilah according to the Old Testament, Samson's mistress, who cut off his hair, which was the source of his superhuman strength, and delivered him to his enemies the Philistines.