ACRA

ak'-ra, a'-kra (1 Maccabees 1:33 the Revised Version (British and American), "citadel"). See JERUSALEM.

Some Buildings in Acra. Bezeiha. Millo.
... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 21-30 Chapter 24 Some buildings in
Acra. Bezeiha. Millo. Mount Sion did not thrust itself so ...
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The Parts of the City. Sion. The Upper City: which was on the ...
... "But the other, which was called Acra, bearing on it the lower town, was steep
on both sides.". "Against this was a third hill [Moriah ...
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Gihon, the Same with the Fountain of Siloam.
... Josephus, speaking of that deep valley which runs between Sion and Acra, saith,
"it is extended to Siloam; for so we call the sweet and large fountain." But ...
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The Description of Jerusalem.
... of that Solomon who built this temple at the first; but it is by us called the
"Upper Market-place." But the other hill, which was called "Acra," and sustains ...
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In Jerusalem when Herod Reigned
... Right below us is the cleft of the Tyropoeon, and here creeps up northwards the
Lower City' or Acra, in the form of a crescent, widening into an almost square ...
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How the Romans Carried their Ensigns to the Temple, and Made ...
... both to burn and to plunder the city; who did nothing indeed that day; but on the
next day they set fire to the repository of the archives, to Acra, to the ...
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From the Talmud and Hebraica
... Sion. The Upper City: which was on the north part. Chapter 23 The buildings of more
eminent note in Sion. Chapter 24 Some buildings in Acra. Bezeiha. Millo. ...
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Mount Moriah
... Mount Moriah was so seated, that "the city, in the manner of a theatre, lay about
the Temple": on this side Sion, then Acra, and a little on the back of Bezetha ...
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The Court of the Gentiles. The Mountain of the House, in the ...
... On the south were two gates, both called the Gate of Huldah: of the reason of the
name we are not solicitous. These looked towards Jerusalem, or Acra. ...
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The Buildings of More Eminent Note in Sion.
... When the Romans had fired Acra, and levelled it with the ground, "the seditious
rushing into the court, into which, by reason of the strength of the place ...
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Acra
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ACRA. ak'-ra, a'-kra (1 Maccabees 1:33 the Revised
Version (British and American), "citadel"). See JERUSALEM. ...
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Fasts (3 Occurrences)
... 17th Tammuz 5. Fast of the Fifth Month, 9th 'Abh 6. Fast of the Seventh Month, 3rd
Tishri 7. Fast of the Tenth Month, 10th Tebheth 8. Feast of Acra, 23d Iyar 9 ...
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Feasts (45 Occurrences)
... 17th Tammuz 5. Fast of the Fifth Month, 9th 'Abh 6. Fast of the Seventh Month, 3rd
Tishri 7. Fast of the Tenth Month, 10th Tebheth 8. Feast of Acra, 23d Iyar 9 ...
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Ophel (6 Occurrences)
... for a great way, as also `Ophla,' and the Valley called the `Valley of the Cedron.' "
It is noticeable that this is not identical with the "Acra" and "Lower ...
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College (2 Occurrences)
... It properly means the "second," and may therefore denote the lower city (Acra),
which was built after the portion of the city on Mount Zion, and was enclosed ...
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Acquitting (3 Occurrences)

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Accho (1 Occurrence)
... Here Paul landed on his last journey to Jerusalem (Acts 21:7). During the crusades
of the Middle Ages it was called Acra; and subsequently, on account of its ...
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Acrabattene
Acrabattene. Acra, Acrabattene. Acrabbim . Int. ... ak-ra-ba-te'-ne. See AKRABATTINE
(in the Apocrypha). Acra, Acrabattene. Acrabbim . Reference Bible.
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Solomon (277 Occurrences)
... constructed great works for the purpose of securing a plentiful supply of water
for the city (Ecclesiastes 2:4-6). He then built Millo (LXX., "Acra") for the ...
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