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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Arbite

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: No
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Arbite

a native of Arab. Paarai the Arbite was one of David's guard. (2 Samuel 23:35)


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Arbiter

'ARBITER, noun [Latin]

1. A person appointed, or chosen by parties in controversy, to decide their differences. This is its sense in the civil law. In modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word.

2. In a general sense, now most common, a person who has the power of judging and determining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.

3. One that commands the destiny, or holds the empire of a nation or state.