Asylum (Hastings' Dictionary)

See Refuge. ASYNCRITUS {'AavyicptTos, 'kavr-, Asyncritus), Ro 16".— A Christian greeted by St. Paul with four others 'and the brethren that are with them,' perhaps members of the same small community. The name occurs in Rom. Ins. OIL vi. 12,565, of a f reedman of Augustus. See Sanday and Headlam, Romans, p. 427. l^or later traditions, which may be neglected, see Acta Sanct., April, i. 741 ; June, iv. 6. A. C. Headlam. ATAD (-iBijn ]-fi, 'thorn'), Gn 50"'".

— Appears to have been ' over Jordan ' (see Abel-mizraim), a threshing-floor on the road to Hebron. The site is unknown. ATAR (A 'Krip, B omits, AV Jatal), 1 Es 5»«.— His sons were among the porters or door-keepers who returned with Zerubbabel. Called Ater, Ezr 2«, Neh 7". ATARAH (may), wife of Jerahmeel and mother of Onam(l Ch'^-").