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Asnah, personal name; head of a family of temple servants (Nethinim) who returned from Babylonian exile in Ezra 2:50

Osnappar (Ashurbanipal), proper name; the Assyrian king who deported peoples to Samaria (Ezra 4:10), likely Ashurbanipal (668-626 BC)

A gathering, a collecting; verbal noun describing the act of gathering prisoners or captives together

Collections, assemblies; plural noun in Ecclesiastes 12:11, possibly referring to collected sayings or assemblies of wise teachers

And the rabble, and the mixed multitude; noun describing a mixed crowd or disorderly mob, used of camp followers at the Exodus

Aspatha, personal name; the third son of Haman listed among those killed by the Jews in Esther 9:7

Ephod, a personal name; father of Shemuel of Manasseh (Num 34:23)

palace, royal residence with possessive suffix (Dan 11:45)

Aphiah, a personal name; ancestor of Saul (1 Sam 9:1)

late-ripening, of crops that mature after the main harvest (Exod 9:32)

gloomy, dark; describing the Day of the LORD (Amos 5:20)

circumstances, proper occasions; dual form indicating opportune timing (Prov 25:11)

ankles or soles; dual form indicating the two ankles (Ezek 47:3)

Ephes-dammim, a place name; battle site where David fought Goliath (1 Sam 17:1)

from nothing; likely a textual error for 'from nought' (Isa 41:24)

Aphekah, a place name; city in Judah's hill country near Hebron (Josh 15:53)

palanquin, litter; a portable sedan chair for royalty (Song 3:9)

Apharsayites, an ethnic or occupational group; settlers in post-exilic Samaria (Ezra 4:9)

Apharsathchites, likely an official title rather than ethnic name; Persian administrators (Ezra 4:9)

treasury; possibly 'the royal treasury' threatened by Jewish temple tax (Ezra 4:13)

Azal, a place name near Jerusalem; landmark in Zechariah's eschatological vision (Zech 14:5)

carbuncle or glowing stone; precious stones in Isaiah's restored Jerusalem (Isa 54:12)

wild goat or ibex; a clean animal permitted for food (Deut 14:5)

Ara, a personal name; descendant of Asher (1 Chr 7:38)

valiant ones or heroes; possibly 'men of Ariel' (Zion); textual uncertainty (Isa 33:7)

Arab, a place name; city in Judah's hill country near Hebron (Josh 15:52)

ambush, intrigue; with possessive suffix indicating treacherous planning (Jer 9:8)

tricks or cunning; plural construct indicating skillful hand movements (Isa 25:11)

Arubboth, a place name; administrative district in Solomon's kingdom (1 Kgs 4:10)

the Arbite, a gentilicadjective; ethnic or geographical designation (2 Sam 23:35)

fourfold, quadruple restitution; numerical compensation required by law (2 Sam 12:6)

purple thread; Aramaic form of the common word for purple dye (2 Chr 2:7)

Ardon, a personal name; son of Caleb of Judah (1 Chr 2:18)

the Ardite, a gentilic form; patronymic from Ard, family in Benjamin (Num 26:40)

Arod, a personal name; son of Gad, ancestor of the Arodites (Num 26:17)

Arumah, a place name; Abimelech's residence near Shechem (Judg 9:41)

Arameans (Ketiv); textual variant reading 'Edomites' as 'Arameans' (2 Kgs 16:6)

made of cedar; adjective describing trade goods or perhaps 'firm/strong' (Ezek 27:24)

cedar paneling; collective noun for cedarwood used in construction (Zeph 2:14)

lion; symbol of strength and fierceness, often in similes for warriors (1 Chr 12:9)

Aridai, a personal name; son of Haman executed with his father (Esth 9:9)

Aridatha, a personal name; son of Haman executed with his brothers (Esth 9:8)

Aryeh, possibly a personal name or textual corruption; associated with Pekahiah's assassination (2 Kgs 15:25)

Arisai, a personal name; son of Haman killed during Purim (Esth 9:9)

fitting, proper; what is appropriate or suitable (Ezra 4:14)

Erech, a place name; ancient Sumerian city in Babylonia (Gen 10:10)

knees (Aramaic noun denoting the knee joints as bodily organs)

Aram-Zobah (compound proper name combining Aram with the Syrian kingdom Zobah)

Armoni (personal name, son of Saul delivered to the Gibeonites)

pine/fir/cedar (a coniferous tree used in idol-carving, exact species uncertain)