The ''Illustrated Bible Dictionary'', better known as ''Easton's Bible Dictionary'', is a reference work on topics related to the
Christian
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
Bible
The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writt ...
, 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
The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writt ...
. 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
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Bauer lexicon
''Bauer's Lexicon'' (also ''Bauer Lexicon, Bauer's Greek Lexicon'', and ''Bauer, Arndt and Gingrich'') is among the most highly respected dictionaries of Biblical Greek. The producers of the German forerunner are Erwin Preuschen and Walter Bauer. ...
* ''
Smith's Bible Dictionary'', another popular 19th-century Bible dictionary
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* Android app.
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1897 non-fiction books
Bible dictionaries
Reference works in the public domain
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1897 in Scotland
Scottish non-fiction books
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