AN
Historical, Critical, Geographical, Chronological,
and Etymological
DICTIONARY
OF THE
HOLY BIBLE,
In THREE VOLUMES.
Wherein are Explained all the
PROPER NAMES mentioned in the Old or New Testament,
whether of Men, Women, Cities, Countries, Rivers, Mountains, &c.
AS ALSO
Most of the Significant and Remarkable APPELLATIVES
that any where occur therein.
With ACCOUNTS of
All the NATURAL PRODUCTIONS, as Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Stones, Gems, &c.
The Whole digested into Alphabetical Order, and Illustrated with above
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY COPPER-PLATES.
Representing the
Antiquities, Habits, Buildings, Sepulchres, and other
Curiosities of the JEWS.
To which is annexed,
BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, or a Copious CATALOGUE of the
Best EDITIONS and VERSIONS of the BIBLE;
With a large Account of the most Valuable
COMMENTARIES, EXPOSITIONS, and PARAPHRASES upon the Whole, or
any Part thereof, and the Authors of the same.
AND
An ample CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE of the History of the Bible, a Jewish Calendar, Tables of all
the Hebrew Coins, Weights, and Measures, reduced to our own. A Dissertation upon JEWISH COINS
and MEDALS; another upon the TACTICKS of the ancient Hebrews, by the Chevalier FOLARD:
concluding with a Literal Translation of all the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, and Greek Names in the Bible.
With PREFACES proper to each PART.
Written originally in French,
By the Reverend Father Dom AUGUSTIN CALMET,
a BENEDICTINE Monk, Abbot of Senones.
And now Translated into English, from the Author's last Edition, with occasional REMARKS, by
SAMUEL D'OYLY, M.A. late Fellow of Trinity-College in Cambridge,
and Vicar of St. Nicolas, Rochester:
AND
JOHN COLSON, M.A. F.R.S. and Vicar of Chalk in Kent.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
Printed for J. J. and P. Knapton, D. Midwinter and A. Ward, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. Pemberton,
J. Osborn and T. Longman, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, R. Hett, and T. Hatchett.
M.DCC.XXXII.