Bible dictionaries

Uncle

What Bible dictionaries say about “Uncle”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Uncle - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

UN'CLE, n. [L. avunculus.] The brother of one's father or mother.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

un'-k'l (dodh, "beloved," "uncle," "relation").

See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915