A Dictionary of the Bible (1863), edited by William Smith, title page for the third volume
A Bible dictionary is a reference work containing encyclopedic entries related to the Bible, typically concerning people, places, customs, doctrine and Biblical criticism. Bible dictionaries can be scholarly or popular in tone.
The first dictionary of the Bible in English was the Christian Dictionarie (1612) of Thomas Wilson.[1]
Dictionaries, article by E. C. Richardson in The International standard Bible encyclopaedia (Volume 2) (1915) pp. 844–8; archive.org.
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^Wright, Stephen. "Wilson, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29689. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Augustin Calmet (1722). Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, géographique et littéral de la Bible. Chez Emery, pere, Emery, fils ... Saugrain, l'aîné ... Pierre Martin.
^Kilburn, Matthew. "D'Oyly, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Wright, D. F. "Brown, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3622. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Jacob C. Beck (1770). Vollständiges biblisches Wörterbuch oder biblische Real- und Verbal-Concordanz ...
^Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library; Samuel Halkett; Jón Andrésson Hjaltalín; Thomas Hill Jamieson (1867). Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates. W. Blackwood and sons. p. 508.
^Bevan, Michael. "Macbean, Alexander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17354. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ a bSamuel Austin Allibone; John Foster Kirk (1870). Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century: Containing Thirty Thousand Biographies and Literary Notices, with Forty Indexes of Subjects. K - S. Childs & Peterson. p. 1455.
^Augustin Calmet (1832). Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Crocker and Brewster.
^ a bKrueger, Christine L. "Green, Mary Anne Everett". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11395. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ a bWilliam Thomas Lowndes (1839). British Librarian: To the Formation of a Library in All Branches of Literature, Science and Art : Arranged in Classes, with Prices, Critical Notes, References and an Index of Authors and Subjects. Whittaker. p. 87.
^Joey Faust (2002). The Rod: Will God Spare It? An Exhaustive Study of Temporary Punishment for Unfaithful Christians at the Judgment Seat and During the Millennial Kingdom. Schoettle Publishing Company. p. 398. ISBN 978-1-56453-074-5.
^Catalogue Entry
^"Gurney, William (GNY784W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^Archibald Alexander (1829). A Pocket Dictionary of the Holy Bible. American Sunday School Union. pp. 3–.
^ a bRack, Henry D. "Watson, Richard". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28858. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Complete index & concise dictionary of the Holy Bible: in which the various persons, places, & subjects mentioned in it are accurately referred to; & difficult words briefly explained ... T. Mason & G. Lane. 1837.
^Congress, Library of (1864). Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Congress - Authors. p. 490.
^William Goodhugh; William Cooke Taylor (1843). The Bible cyclopædia: or, Illustrations of the civil and natural history of the sacred writings [ed. by W. Goodhugh, completed by W.C. Taylor].
^Matthew, H. C. G. "Kitto, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15694. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^John Kitto; James Taylor (1854). The Popular Cyclopadia of Biblical Literature: Condensed from the Larger Work. Gould and Lincoln.
^Samuel Halkett; Jón Andrésson Hjaltalín; Thomas Hill Jamieson (1867). Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates. W. Blackwood and sons. p. 355.
^John Relly Beard (1847). The People's Dictionary of the Bible. Simpkin, Marshall, and Company.
^Ruston, Alan. "Beard, John Relly". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1817. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^James Covel (1847). A Concise Dictionary of the Holy Bible. Lane & Tippett.
^Hawke, Joanna. "Eadie, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8382. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Samuel Bulfinch Emmons (1854). A Bible Dictionary: Containing a Definition of the Most Important Words and Phrases in the Holy Scriptures : to which is Added a Brief Compendium of Our Saviour's History and that of His Apostles and Evangelists. A. Tompkins.
^Howard Malcom (1856). A dictionary of the most important names, objects, and terms found in the Holy Scriptures: intended principally for Sunday schools and Bible classes, and as an aid to family instruction. Gould and Lincoln.
^Sir William Smith; William Aldis Wright (1865). A Concise Dictionary of the Bible for the Use of Families and Students. John Murray.
^Myers, Robin. "Haydn, Joseph Timothy". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12743. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Franciscus Cornellius (1885). Cursus Scripturae Sacrae. Auctoribus R. Cornely, I. Knabenbauer, Fr. de Hummelauer Aliisque Soc. Jesu Presbyteris.
^ a bRitchie, Lionel Alexander. "Hunter, Robert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14230. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Collectif (1943). La Contre-reforme Devant la Bible. Slatkine. pp. 501–. GGKEY:68N5CEHLKGZ.
^Hawke, Joanna. "Cheyne, Thomas Kelly". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32395. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Charles Randall Barnes (1903). Rev. Charles Randall Barnes (ed.). Barnes's Bible Encyclopedia, Biographical, Geographical, Historical and Doctrinal. Eaton and Mains.
^ Colby, F.; Williams, T., eds. (1915). "Jacobus, Melancthon Williams. An American theologian". New International Encyclopedia. Vol. 12 (2nd ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. p. 530.
^Temple Dictionary of the Bible (1910) archive.org.
^Universal Bible Dictionary (1914), archive.org.
^Selah Merrill (1922). A New Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible: Containing Every Proper Name to be Found in the Old and New Testaments, with Meaning and Pronunciation Indicated Phonetically. James Pott & Company.
^The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopaedia and Scriptural Dictionary (1922);archive.org.
Colby, F.; Williams, T., eds. (1915). "Jacobus, Melancthon Williams. An American theologian". New International Encyclopedia. Vol. 12 (2nd ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. p. 530.