AARON : Commissioned as a deliverer of Israel (Exodus 6:13,26,27; Joshua 24:5; 1 Samuel 12:8; Psalms 77:20;:)
ABIRAM : An Israelite who conspired with Dathan against Moses and Aaron (Numbers 16;26:9,10; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalms 106:17)
ABSTINENCE, TOTAL : FROM INTOXICATING BEVERAGES (Leviticus 10:8-10; Numbers 6:3,4; Judges 13:4,13,14; Esther 1:8; Proverbs)
ACRE : The indefinite quantity of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day, with the kinds of plows, and modes of plowing, used in the times referred to (1 Samuel 14:14; Isaiah 5:10)
AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES : BENEFITS OF, ILLUSTRATED (Genesis 22:12,16-18;32:11;42:21; Exodus 9:27,28;10:7,16)
AMALEKITES : A people inhabiting the country south of Idumea and east of the Red Sea (Numbers 13:29;14:25; 1 Samuel 15:7;27:8)
AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES : Formed a part of idolatrous worship (Exodus 32:4,6,19; with 1 Corinthians 10:7; Judges 16:23-25)
APOSTLES : A title distinguishing the twelve disciples, whom Jesus selected to be intimately associated with himself (Luke 6:13)
ARCHERY : Practiced by the Israelites (2 Samuel 1:18; 1 Chronicles 5:18;12:2; 2 Chronicles 14:8;26:14; Nehemiah 4:1)
ARMIES : Enumeration of Israel's military forces (Numbers 1:2,3;26:2; 1 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 18:1,2;24:1-9; Kings)
ASHTORETH : An idol of the Philistines, Zidonians, and Phenicians. Probably identical with queen of heaven (Jeremiah 7:18)
ASNAPPER : A noble Assyrian prince, who colonized the cities of Samaria after the Israelites were taken captive to Assyria (Ezra 4:10)
