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Tikvah
(Encyclopedia)Tikvah –văth [key], in the Bible. 1 Huldah's father-in-law. 2 Jahaziah's father. ...Duvalier, Jean-Claude
(Encyclopedia)Duvalier, Jean-Claude düvälyāˈ [key], 1951–2014, president of Haiti (1971–86). At age 19, he was proclaimed “president for life” upon the death of his father, Francois Duvalier. Under gre...O'Donnell, Hugh Roe
(Encyclopedia)O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, 1571?–1602, Irish chieftain and ruler of Tyrconnel (modern Donegal), known as Red Hugh. His father tended to favor the English, who left him free to continue the traditional O'D...Berechiah
(Encyclopedia)Berechiah bĕrˌəkīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Zerubbabel. 2 Father of Meshullam (5.) 3 Important Ephraimite. 4 Father of Asaph the psalmist. An alternate spelling is Berachiah. 5 Father of Z...Nethaniah
(Encyclopedia)Nethaniah nĕthˌənīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Ishmael 6. 2 Temple choir leader. 3 One who accompanied the teachers of the Law. 4 Father of Jehudi. ...Azur
(Encyclopedia)Azur āˈzər [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Hananiah (2.) 2 Father of Jaazaniah (4.) ...Ahilud
(Encyclopedia)Ahilud əhīˈləd [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Jehoshaphat (2.) 2 Father of Baana (3.) ...Eunomius
(Encyclopedia)Eunomius yo͞onōˈmēəs [key], c.a.d. 333–a.d. 393?, bishop of Cyzicus (c.361), founder of the Eunomian heresy. He was a disciple and secretary of Aetius whose extreme Arianism he adopted. His fol...Edwards, Jonathan, 1745–1801, American theologian
(Encyclopedia)Edwards, Jonathan, the younger, 1745–1801, American theologian, b. Northampton, Mass., grad. College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1765; son of Jonathan Edwards (1703–58). His career in some ways...Browse by Subject
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