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golden calf

(Encyclopedia)golden calf, in the Bible, an idol erected by the Israelites on several occasions. Aaron made one while Moses was on Mt. Sinai. Jeroboam I made two, and Hosea denounced a calf in Samaria. A bull cult ...

Ithamar

(Encyclopedia)Ithamar ĭthˈəmär [key], in the Bible, son of Aaron. ...

Elizaphan

(Encyclopedia)Elizaphan ēlĭzˈəfăn, ĕlĭzāˈ– [key]. In the Bible, Aaron's cousin. An alternate spelling is Elzaphan. ...

Bukki

(Encyclopedia)Bukki bŭkˈī [key], in the Bible. 1 Descendant of Aaron. 2 Danite. ...

Hebrews, book of the New Testament

(Encyclopedia)Hebrews, an anonymous New Testament homily with closing greetings normally associated with the letter genre, written before c.a.d. 96. It is addressed to Jewish Christians who were being pressured to ...

Elisheba

(Encyclopedia)Elisheba ēlĭshˈəbə [key] [Heb.,=worshiper of God; Elizabeth is a Greek form], in the Bible, Aaron's wife. ...

Hor

(Encyclopedia)Hor, in the Bible, unlocated mountain, on the boundary of Edom, the place of Aaron's death. It was traditionally identified with Jabal Harun, a mountain in SW Jordan, but it does not correspond with t...

Abihu

(Encyclopedia)Abihu əbīˈhyo͞o [key], in the Bible, son of Aaron, destroyed with his brother, Nadab, for offering “strange” fire. ...

Hauptman, Herbert Aaron

(Encyclopedia)Hauptman, Herbert Aaron houptˈmän [key], 1917–2011, American chemist, b. Bronx, N.Y., grad. City College of New York (B.S., 1937) and Univ. of Maryland (Ph.D., 1955). In 1985, Hauptman and former ...
 

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