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(Encyclopedia) Abarim ăbˈərĭm [key], in the Bible, general term for the country E of the Jordan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Burlington, Richard Boyle, 3d earl of, 1694–1753, English patron and architect of the Neo-Palladian movement. Even before age 21, when he became a member of the Privy Council and Lord High Treasurer...

(Encyclopedia) Glueck, Nelson glo͝ok, glĭk [key], 1900–1971, American archaeologist and educator, b. Cincinnati, grad. Univ. of Cincinnati, 1920, Ph.D. Univ. of Jena, Germany, 1926. Among the more than 1,000 sit...

(Encyclopedia) Abel-mizraim āˈbəl-mĭzrāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place “beyond Jordan” where Jacob was mourned. ...

(Encyclopedia) Beth-arabah bĕth-ărˈəbə [key], in the Bible, town, in the Jordan valley near Jericho. ...

(Encyclopedia) Arnon ärˈnŏn [key], river of Jordan, entering the east side of the Dead Sea, called today Wadi Mojib. ...

(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...

(Encyclopedia) Aner āˈnər [key], in the Bible. 1 Ally of Abraham. 2 Levitical town, E of the Jordan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Shebam shēˈbăm [key], in the Bible, town in the pasture land E of the Jordan. Alternate forms are Shibmah and Sibmah. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zarqawi, Abu Musab al- äˈbo͞o mo͞osäb äl-zärkäˈwē [key], nom de guerre of Ahmad Fadhil Nazzar al-Khalaylah, 1966–2006, Islamic terrorist leader, b. Jordan. Becoming a militant Islamist in ...