Editing Easton's Bible Dictionary

{{short description|Illustrated Bible dictionary compiled by Matthew George Easton}}
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[[File:Easton's Bible Dictionary 1894.jpg|thumb|''Easton's Bible Dictionary'' (1894) book cover]]
The '''''Illustrated Bible Dictionary''''',{{efn|Full title: ''Illustrated Bible Dictionary and Treasury of Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature with Numerous Illustrations and Important Chronological Tables and Maps''.{{sfnp|Easton|1893}}}} better known as '''''Easton's Bible Dictionary''''', is a reference work on topics related to the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]], compiled by [[Matthew George Easton]]. The first edition was published in 1893,{{sfnp|Easton|1893}} and a revised edition was published the following year.{{sfnp|Easton|1894}} The most popular edition, however, was the third, published by [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] in 1897, three years after Easton's death.{{sfnp|Easton|1897}} The last contains nearly 4,000 entries relating to the [[Bible]]. Many of the entries in ''Easton's'' are [[encyclopedia#Characteristics|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

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Editions==
* {{citation |editor-last=Easton |editor-first=Matthew George |editor-link=Matthew George Easton |title=Illustrated Bible Dictionary... |url=https://archive.org/stream/illustratedbible00east#page/n7/mode/2up |location=New York |publisher=Harper & Bros. |date=1893}}
* {{citation |editor-last=Easton |editor-first=M.G. |editor-link=Matthew George Easton |title=Illustrated Bible Dictionary...|edition=Revised|location=London |publisher=T. Nelson & Sons |date=1894}}
* {{citation |editor-last=Easton |editor-first=M.G. |editor-link=Matthew George Easton |title=Illustrated Bible Dictionary... ''(also known as ''Easton's Bible Dictionary'')''|edition=3rd |location=London |publisher=T. Nelson & Sons |date=1897}}

==External links==
{{Wikisource|1=Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)|2=''Easton's&nbsp;Bible&nbsp;Dictionary''}}
* {{cite EBD|wstitle=Table of contents}}
* {{citation|ref=none |url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/easton/ebd2.html |title=Easton's Bible Dictionary|publisher=[[Christian Classics Ethereal Library]]|edition=Full text, online}}
* {{citation|ref=none |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bible.dictionary |title=Bible Dictionary ''(Contains: ''Webster's 1828 Bible Dictionary, Easton's Bible Dictionary, Smith's Bible Dictionary, KJV Bible'')''|author=Igor Apps|publisher=Google Play Store}} Android app.
* {{citation |ref=none |url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bible-dictionary/id950707914
|title=Bible Dictionary ''(Contains: ''Webster's 1828 Bible Dictionary, Easton's Bible Dictionary, Smith's Bible Dictionary, KJV Bible'')''|author=Igor Apps| date=20 February 2023 |publisher=iTunes Store}} iOS app.

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