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The ''Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', better known as ''Easton's Bible Dictionary'', is a reference work on topics related to the
Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
Bible, compiled by Matthew George Easton. The first edition was published in 1893, and a revised edition was published the following year. The most popular edition, however, was the third, published by Thomas Nelson in 1897, three years after Easton's death. The last contains nearly 4,000 entries relating to the Bible. Many of the entries in ''Easton's'' are encyclopedic in nature, although there are also short dictionary-type entries. Because of its age, it is now a public domain resource.


See also

* Bauer lexicon * '' Smith's Bible Dictionary'', another popular 19th-century Bible dictionary


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* * * Android app. * iOS app. 1897 books Bible dictionaries Reference works in the public domain * 1897 in Scotland Scottish non-fiction books {{Scotland-stub