Bible Dictionary: Mercenaries

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Mercenary.

Strong's Hebrew

7917a. sekirah -- that is hired
... that is hired. Transliteration: sekirah Short Definition: hired. Word Origin fem.
of sakir, qv NASB Word Usage hired (1), mercenaries (1). 7917, 7917a. ...
/hebrew/7917a.htm - 5k

Library

How Demetrius Eucerus Overcame Alexander and yet in a Little Time ...
... and took those that invited him, and pitched his camp near the city Shechem; upon
which Alexander, with his six thousand two hundred mercenaries, and about ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 14 how demetrius eucerus.htm

What Actions were done by Alexander Janneus, who Reigned Twenty ...
... Shechem. 5. Yet did Alexander meet both these forces with one thousand horsemen,
and eight thousand mercenaries that were on foot. He ...
/.../chapter 4 what actions were.htm

The Sack of Rome
... Supported by his army of mercenaries and adventurers in the pay of the Empire like
himself, his dealings with Honorius were a kind of continual blackmail. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/i the sack of rome.htm

The Ancient Form of Government Utterly Corrupted by the Tyranny of ...
... Objection answered. 9. Presbyters divided into beneficiaries and mercenaries. ...
The mercenaries condemned by the word of God. 10. ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 5 the ancient form.htm

Cestius Sends Ambassadors to Nero. The People of Damascus Slay ...
... and two hundred and fifty horsemen; [34] and besides these, on which he put the
greatest trust, there were about four thousand five hundred mercenaries; he had ...
/.../chapter 9 cestius sends ambassadors.htm

Chapter i.
... 1 ff.). Jewish mercenaries are said to have fought in the expedition of
Psammetichus I. against Ethiopia c. BC650 (cf. Ps.-Arist ...
/.../an introduction to the old testament in greek additional notes/chapter i.htm

Guests at an Imperial Banquet
... in counsel, flying hither and thither to defend the Empire, and that he should entrust
our defence to a native army, not to barbarian mercenaries, whom he ...
/.../chapter xix guests at an.htm

Letter Xlvi (Circa AD 1125) to Guigues, the Prior, and to the ...
... Apostle says owe no one anything except to love one another (Romans 13:8) are
themselves as God is in this world, nor are they slaves or mercenaries, but sons. ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter xlvi circa a d 1125.htm

History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 2
... temples, and possessions in mortmain; the priesthood, its hierarchy, and the method
of recruiting its ranks -- The military: foreign mercenaries; native militia ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 2/title page.htm

Amaziah
... This man came uninvited, and told the king that he must pack off these mercenaries
to their own country again, for God was not with them, and God would not be ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/amaziah.htm

Thesaurus

Mercenaries (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Mercenary. Multi-Version Concordance
Mercenaries (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah 46:21 Also her ...
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Philistines (224 Occurrences)
... DAVID'S GUARDS 1. The "Cherethi" and the "Pelethi" Not Mercenaries 2. Meaning of
These Terms 3. Native Hebrews 4. Review LITERATURE I. Old Testament Notices. ...
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Army (401 Occurrences)
... and Ittai of Gath, and although later kings hired aliens for their campaigns, it
was not till the Maccabean struggle for independence that mercenaries came to ...
/a/army.htm - 76k

Dispersion (4 Occurrences)
... At a later time Jewish mercenaries are said to have fought in the expedition of
Psammetichus II against Ethiopia, to which expedition belong the famous ...
/d/dispersion.htm - 44k

Merchandise (34 Occurrences)

/m/merchandise.htm - 22k

Kir (11 Occurrences)
... from these two places, though one might expect them to be hostile to the Assyrians
in general, were to be found in their armies, probably as mercenaries. ...
/k/kir.htm - 17k

Ludim (3 Occurrences)
... Genesis 10:13; 1 Chronicles 1:11). They are associated (Jeremiah 46:9) with
African nations as mercenaries of the king of Egypt. Int. ...
/l/ludim.htm - 11k

Thracian
... Mention is made of a Thracian horseman in 2 Maccabees 12:35. The cavalry of this
fierce people were in demand as mercenaries in all countries. ...
/t/thracian.htm - 7k

Thracia
... Mention is made of a Thracian horseman in 2 Maccabees 12:35. The cavalry of this
fierce people were in demand as mercenaries in all countries. ...
/t/thracia.htm - 6k

Rhegium (1 Occurrence)
... For, in imitation of a similar band of mercenaries across the strait in Messana,
they massacred the male inhabitants and reduced the women to slavery (Polybius ...
/r/rhegium.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Mercenaries (1 Occurrence)

Jeremiah 46:21 Also her hired men in the midst of her are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.
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Subtopics

Mercenaries

Related Terms

Philistines (224 Occurrences)

Army (401 Occurrences)

Dispersion (4 Occurrences)

Merchandise (34 Occurrences)

Kir (11 Occurrences)

Ludim (3 Occurrences)

Thracian

Thracia

Rhegium (1 Occurrence)