List of Bible dictionaries

"Bible Dictionary" redirects here. For the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints publication, see Bible Dictionary (LDS Church).

A Dictionary of the Bible (1863), edited by William Smith, title page for the third volume

A Bible dictionary is a reference work containing encyclopedic entries related to the Bible, typically concerning people, places, customs, doctrine and Biblical criticism. Bible dictionaries can be scholarly or popular in tone.

The first dictionary of the Bible in English was the Christian Dictionarie (1612) of Thomas Wilson.[1]

  1. ^ Wright, Stephen. "Wilson, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29689. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)