A Complete Christian Dictionary, Dictionary · Part AT
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At]
Between, Judg. 5. 27. marg. Towards, Isa. 26. 11. marg.
At hand, ready, near, in presence, Jer. 23. 23.
Atad]
Abramble, Psal. 58. 10. It seemeth this floor was beset with brambles, and thereof had the name. Aynsworth on Cen. 50. 10.
Atarah]
A Crown. The Wife of Jeraphmeel, the Mother of …, 1 Chr. 2. 26.
Ataroth]
Crowns; or, a a quil to make one drink. A City, Numb. 32. 34.
Attaroth-adder]
The name of a place, Josh. 16. 5.
Ate]
Rev. 10. 10. I took the book and ate it up; that is, by study and meditation he digested and setled it in his heart. Perkins.
The sweetness of honey cannot be shewed by discoursing, nor by reading, it is only learned by tasting; so it is with the sweet consolations of the word. If any man will learn them, let him come and see; let him taste and then consider how gracious the Lord is, and then shall he finde as David did, the word sweeter unto his mouth, then the honey, or honey-comb. Cowper.
This was the inauguration of John; there was imposed upon him a charge of receiving from Christ, and bringing into the knowledge of the Church, another yet, and a more noble prophesie by much, and which should run over the same space of time with the former. Mede.
Ater]
The left hand, Ezr. 2. 16.
Athach]
Thy hour, or time. A City, 1 Sam. 30. 30.
Athaiab]
The hour, or time of the Lord. The Son of Uzziah, Neh. 11. 4.
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The hour, or time for the Lord. The Mother of …, 2 King. 8. 26. The Son of Jeroham, 1 Chr. 8. 26.
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The people of Athens, Act. 17. 21.
Athens]
A most noble City of Grecia, called foreign, of Minerva, the builder or Patroness thereof, Act. 17. 15.
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Spoken,
1. Of Bodily thirst, Judg. 15. 18. Ruth 2. 9. Mat. 25. 44.
2. …, Rev. 21. 6. & 22. 17.
;; …: One who feeling a great want of waters of life, (the graces of the Spirit) doth highly value them, and earnestly covet and seek after them, never giving over till he be satisfied. Rev. 22. 17. Let every one that is athirst come, Rev. 21. 6.
The Prophesie may kindle this thirst in good men; the performance will quench it; else were the expecters miserable, Prov. 13. 12. 1 Cor. 15. 19. Because good men cannot hear of these excellent things, but they will long for them, he addeth, I will give, &c Rev. 21. …. ….
Athlai]
My hour, or time. A mans name, Ezr. 10. 28.
Atonement]
Reconciliation, Rom. 5. 11. So the word is rendred, Rom. 11. 15. 2 Cor. 5. 18, 19.
Attencment was either Mosaical under the Law, which was typicall, and made for sin, Exod. 29. 36. Souls, Exod. 30. 16. Persons, … generally, for all the Children of Israel, Lev. 16. 33. Specially, for some, as the high Priest and his house, Lev. 30. 33. The Levites, Numb. 8. 11. or particularly, for the Ruler, Lev. 4. 22. One of the common people, Ibid. 27. A man, Lev. 1. 2, 4. A woman, Lev. 12. 7. Places, and things, as the Tabernacle, Lev. 16. 16. The Altar, Ibid. 33. Being made by the high Priest, Exod. 30. 10. with sacrifices of beasts, Ibid. & 32. 30. Lev. 6. 7. which being accepted for the party offering to make an attonement, Lev. 1. 4. Every sin was forgiven, what ever it was, Lev. 6. 7. Or evangelical, under the Gospel, made by our high Priest once for us all, Rom. 5. 11. Col. 1. 20. Heb. 10. 12, 14. & 9. 28.
To make attonement]
;;To declare one to be purged from … sins, and reconciled to God. Lev. 5. 10. The Priest shall make … for.
Atroth]
as Ataroth. A City, Numb. 32. 5.
Attai]
My hour, or time. The Son of Jarah, 1 Chr. 2. 35.
To attain]
;;To lay hold on, or receive, Rom. 9. 30. They attained righteousness; a Metaphor or speech borrowed from a bodily hand apprehending a gift offered, so faith apprehends Christ as he isgiven of the Father.
;;2. To hold out till one come to the mark or goal. Rom. 9. 31. They attained not the law of righteousness: A metaphor or speech borrowed from such as run in a race, and faint or fail in the middle course ere they come to the end; so did these Jews fail of righteousness, whereunto they strove (as runners) to come, because they could not exactly keep the Law, and withal contemned the grace of Christ, being puffed up with pride of their own good works.
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Encreasing, or nourishing. A City of Pamphylia, Act. 14. 25. It may seem to be thus named of foreign an hour, or time to the Lord, of foreign and foreign the article of the Dative case, and foreign which useth to be put for foreign which seems to be abbreviated of the proper name of God foreign.
To attend]
;;Earnestly to bend the minde unto a thing, taking great care of it, and heed unto it. Act. 20. 28. Attend therefore to all the flock, whereof the holy Ghost, &c.
So we must attend to wisdom and understanding, Prov. 2. 2. The words and sayings, of wisdom, Prov. 4. 20. The Preachers of the Gospel, Act. 16. 14. The speech of the wise, Job 33. 31. Wise men in great authority, Job 29. 21. The Teachers of the Word, Neh. 8. 3. Luk. 19. 48.
To attend upon, Est. 4. 5. Heb. Set before, marg.
Attendance]
Heb. Standing, 1 King. 10. 5. marg.
Give attendance to reading, 1 Tim. 4. 13. Minde it, intend it, give heed unto it.
Attend]
2 Chr. 6. 40. Attentive, Neh. 1. 6. The Original word is the same in both places, foreign, he hearkened, attended, was attentive.
Attentive ear]
When referred unto God, importeth both his readiness to hear, and his willingness and ability to answer our desires, Neh. 1. 6. 2 Chr. 7. 15.
When unto …, both their readiness to hear that which is good, and their resolution to obey the same. Neh. 8. 3. The people were attentive, or hanged on him, marg.
Attentively]
Diligently. So it's rendred in Job 13. 17. Heb. Hearing hear; mark and attend to it, hear with the ears of their minde, carefully to observe Gods great power, that spake so terribly as no man could, Job 37. 2. Annot.
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One that holp to make David King, 2 Chr. 12. 11. The Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11. 20.
Attire]
Apparel, garnishing, decking, trunming, bravery, Prov. 7. 10. Her antire, Heb. her bindings. The Greek and Latine, her breast-band, or stomacher; but it would rather be her head-bands. Jer. 2. 32. Annot.
Attired]
Covered, Lev. 16. 4.