The ''Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', better known as ''Easton's Bible Dictionary'', is a reference work on topics related to the Christian

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts ...

, compiled by

Matthew George Easton Matthew George Easton (3 June 1823 – 27 February 1894) was a Scottish minister and writer. His most known work is the ''Illustrated Bible Dictionary'' (1893), later known as Easton's Bible Dictionary''. The English translations of two of Franz ...

. 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

. Many of the entries in ''Easton's'' are

encyclopedic An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...

in nature, although there are also short dictionary-type entries. Because of its age, it is now a

public domain resource The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, ...

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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

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