Easton's Bible Dictionary

The Illustrated Bible Dictionary,^[a] better known as Easton's Bible Dictionary, is a reference work on topics related to the Christian Bible, compiled by Matthew George Easton. The first edition was published in 1893,^[1] and a revised edition was published the following year.^[2] The most popular edition, however, was the third, published by Thomas Nelson in 1897, three years after Easton's death.^[3] The last contains nearly 4,000 entries relating to the Bible. Many of the entries in Easton's are encyclopedic in nature, although there are also short dictionary-type entries.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1894) book cover

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

1. Full title: Illustrated Bible Dictionary and Treasury of Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature with Numerous Illustrations and Important Chronological Tables and Maps.^[1]