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;A.D.
;A.ga'pe, Agápē 
:In Christianity, agape (/ɑːˈɡɑːpeɪ, ˈɑːɡəˌpeɪ, ˈæɡə-/; from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē)) is "the highest form of government love, charity" and "the love of God for man and of man for God".
;Aaron
:a teacher; lofty; mountain of strength [1] Aaron (/ˈærən/ ARR-ən or /ˈɛərən/ AIR-ən) was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses [2].
;Abaddon
:The Hebrew term Abaddon (Hebrew: אֲבַדּוֹן ’Ăḇaddōn, meaning "destruction", "doom"), and its Greek equivalent Apollyon (Koinē Greek: Ἀπολλύων, Apollúōn meaning "Destroyer") appear in the Bible as both a place of destruction and an angel of the abyss.
;Abagtha
:Abagtha (Hebrew: אבגתא, romanized: ’Ǎḇaḡṯā) was a court official (or a eunuch) of King Ahasuerus. He is mentioned once in the Book of Esther (Esther 1:10). According to this narrative, King Ahasuerus commanded Abagtha and six other officials to parade the Queen Vashti before the king and his ministers in the crown jewels. Her refusal led to her demise and the selection of Esther as the new queen of the Persian Empire.
;Abana
:Abana is a town in the Kastamonu Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is in the north-eastern part of the province, on the shore of the Black Sea.
;Abarim
:passages; passengers  
;Abba
:father  
;Abbreviation
:A shortened form of a word or phrase used for brevity in writing, and sometimes in speaking. Some abbreviations are widely accepted
;Abda
:a servant; servitude  
;Abdeel
:a vapor; a cloud of Jehovah 
;Abdi
:my servant  
;Abdiel
:servant of Jehovah  
;Abdon
:servant; cloud of judgment Abednego, servant of light; shining  
;Abednego
;Abel
:a city; mourning [1] vanity; breath; vapor [2] mourning to the house of Maachah
;Abel-maim
:mourning of waters  
;Abel-meholah
:mourning of sickness 
;Abel-mizraim
:the mourning of Egyptians  
;Abel-shittim
:mourning of thorns  
;Abez
:an egg; muddy  
;Abi
:my father  
;Abiah
:Jehovah is my father  
;Abi-albon
:most intelligent father  
;Abiasaph
:consuming father; gathering  
;Abiathar
:excellent father; father of the remnant 
;Abib
:green fruit; ears of corn  
;Abidah
:father of knowledge  
;Abidan
:father of judgment 
;Abiel
:Jehovah my father  
;Abiezer
:father of help 
;Abigail
:the father's joy  
;Abihail
:the father of strength  
;Abihu
:he is my father  
;Abihud
:father of praise; confession 
;Abijah
:Jehovah is my father  
;Abijam
:father of the sea  
;Abilene
:the father of mourning  
;Abimael
:a father sent from Jehovah 
;Abimelech
:father of the king  
;Abinadab
:father of a vow, or of willingness  
;Abinoam
:father of beauty  
;Abiram
:high father; father of deceit
;Abishag
:ignorance of the father  
;Abishai
:the present of my father  
;Abishalom
:father of peace 
;Abishua
:father of salvation
;Abishur
:father of the wall; father of uprightness 
;Abital
:the father of the dew; or of the shadow
;Abitub
:father of goodness
;Abiud
:father of praise
;Abomination that Maketh Desolate
;Abraham
;Absalom
:father of peace 
;Accad
:a vessel; pitcher; spark  
;Abyss
;Aceldama
;Accho
:close; pressed together  
;Accounting
;Accounts
; Accounts Report
: During the {Service Meeting} introduction once each month, someone, usually the accounts servant, presents a summary of the congregation's local financial status, including a report on any audit. It is rare for there to be any discussion of money matters at congregation meetings at any other time. 
; Accounts Servant
: The brother who cares for congregation accounts, usually a ministerial servant.
;Accounts, the
; Accurate Knowledge
: Knowledge that is exact or full. A single-word Greek expression with a prefix meaning "additional" is translated 24 times in the  as "accurate knowledge" or "accurately know"
;Achab
:brother of the father
;Achaia
:grief; trouble  
;Achaicus
:a native of Achaia; sorrowing; sad  
;Achan, or Achar
:he that troubleth  
;Achaz
:one that takes, or possesses  
;Achbor
:a rat; bruising  
;Achim
:preparing; revenging; confirming  
;Achish
:thus it is; how is this  
;Achitophel, Ahithophel
;Achmetha
:brother of death 
;Achor
:trouble  
;Achsah
:adorned; bursting the veil  
;Achshaph
:poison; tricks  
;Achzib
:liar; lying; one that runs  
; Acronym
: A word formed from the initial letter or letters of parts of a compound term. An acronym is pronounced as a word rather than as spelled out letters
;Act of Teaching 
;Action
;Action, a committee
;Action, judicial
;Active
;Active Force
;Active Publisher
;Activities
;Activity
;Acts
;Acts of Apostles
:Writer: Luke 	Place Written: Rome Period Covered: c. 61 33–c. 61 C.E. 
; Active Publisher
: publisher who has reported field activity at least one month in the past six is considered active. (Compare regular publisher and inactive publisher.)
;Adultery
:A form of fornication wherein at least one of the persons involved is married to someone else. (Mat 5:32) 
;Adadah
:testimony of the assembly 
;Adah
:an assembly 
;Adaiah
:the witness of Jehovah  
;Adaliah
:one that draws water; Povertypoverty; cloud; death
;Adam
:earthy; red  
;Adamah
:red earth; of blood  
;Adami
:my man; red; earthy; human  
;Adar
:high; eminent  
;Adbeel
:vapor, or cloud of Jehovah  
;Addi
:my witness; adorned; prey  
;Addin
:adorned; delicious; voluptuous  
;Addon
:basis; foundation; Jehovah 
;Adiel
:the witness of Jehovah
;Adin, Adina, 
:adorned; voluptuous; dainty  
;Adithaim
:assemblies; testimonies  
;Adjust, Adjustment
;Adlai
:my witness; my ornament 
;Admah
:earthy; red; bloody  
;Admatha
:a cloud of death; a mortal vapor  
;Administration
;Adna
:pleasure; delight  
;Adnah
:eternal rest  
;Adoni-bezek
:the lightning of Jehovah; Jehovah of lightning  
;Adonijah
:Jehovah is my master  
;Adonikam
:Jehovah is raised  
;Adoniram
:my Jehovah is most high; Jehovah of might and elevation  
;Adoni-zedek
:justice of Jehovah; Jehovah of justice  
;Adoraim
:strength of the sea  
;Adoram
:their beauty; their power  
;Adrammelech
:the cloak, glory, grandeur or power of the king 
;Adramyttium
:the court of death 
;Adriel
:the flock of Jehovah  
;Adullam
:their testimony; their prey; their ornament
;Adultery
;Adummim
:earthy; red; bloody things 
; Advance Medical Directive
: A legal medical document. All of Jehovah's Witnesses are strongly urged to carry on their personal .medical document at all times in case of accident or medical emergency, directing that no blood be administered as Medical Treatment¦medical treatment. 
;Advancement
; Advertise
: To make something known publicly. In preaching the good news Christians are really advertising the facts about God's Kingdom. The most famous example of the use of the word among Jehovah's Witnesses is quoted many times in our literature.
;Aeneas
:praised; praiseworthy  
;Aenon
:a cloud; fountain; his eye  
;after Harmagedon, Armageddon
;Agabus
:a locust; the father's joy or feast  
;Agag
:roof; upper floor  
;Agar, or Hagar
:a stranger; one that fears  
;Aged
;Agee
:a valley; deepness  
;Agenda
; Agnostic
: One who is unsure about the existence of God, arguing that the answer to the question is unknowable. This is much different from being an [[atheist}]], because it is sometimes possible to reason with a true agnostic, ultimately influencing him to accept the truth about God's existence
;Agrippa
:one who causes great pain at his birth  
;Agur
:stranger; gathered together  
;Ahab
:uncle, or father's brother  
;Aharah
:a smiling brother; a meadow of a sweet savor  
;Aharhel
:another host; the last sorrow; a brother's sheep  
;Ahasbai
:trusting in me; a grown-up brother 
;Ahasuerus
:prince; head; chief  
;Ahava
:essence; being; generation  
;Ahaz
:one that takes or possesses  
;Ahaziah
:seizure; vision of Jehovah
;Ahi
:my brother; my brethren
;Ahiah
:brother of Jehovah
;Ahiam
:mother's brother; brother of a nation
;Ahian
:brother of wine  
;Ahiezer
:brother of assistance
;Ahihud
:brother of vanity, or of darkness, or of joy, or of praise; witty brother  
;Ahijah
:same with Ahiah
;Ahikam
:a brother who raises up or avenges  
;Ahilud
:a brother born, or begotten  
;Ahimaaz
:a brother of the council  
;Ahiman
:brother of the right hand  
;Ahimelech
:my brother is a king; my king's brother
;Ahimoth
:brother of death  
;Ahinadab
:a willing brother; brother of a vow  
;Ahinoam
:beauty of the brother; brother of motion 
;Ahio
:his brother; his brethren 
;Ahira
:brother of iniquity; brother of the shepherd  
;Ahiram
:brother of craft, or of protection  
;Ahisamach
:brother of strength  
;Ahishahur
:brother of the morning or dew; brother of blackness  
;Ahishar
:brother of a prince; brother of a song  
;Ahithophel
:brother of ruin or folly  
;Ahitub
:brother of goodness  
;Ahlab
:made of milk, or of fat; brother of the heart 
;Ahladis Nicholas
;Ahlai
:beseeching; sorrowing; expecting  
;Ahoah
:a live brother; my thorn or thistle  
;Aholah
:his tabernacle; his tent  
;Aholiab
:the tent of the father  
;Aholibah
:my tent, or my tabernacle, in her  
;Aholibamah
:my tabernacle is exalted 
;Ahumai
:a meadow of waters; a brother of waters 
;Ahuzam
:their taking or possessing vision  
;Ahuzzah
:possession; seizing; collecting  
;Ai, or Hai
:mass; heap  
;Aiah
:vulture, raven; an isle; alas, where is it?  
;Aiath, same as Ai
:an hour; eye; fountain  
;Aid book, the
:Aid to Bible Understanding
;Aijeleth-Shahar
:the land of the morning  
;Ailen (Illegal)
;Ain
:same as Aiath 
;Ajalon
:a chain; strength; a stag  
;Akkub
:foot-print; supplanting; crookedness; lewdness  
;Akrabbim
:scorpions  
;Alabaster
;Alammelech
:Jehovah is king  
;Alamoth
;Albania
; Alcohol
: The Bible recommends the moderate and controlled enjoyment of alcoholic drinks[1] (Ecc 3:13; Ecc 9:7; Ps. 104:15; 1Ti 5:23), while strongly condemning drunkenness. (1Co 5:11; 6:9, 10) This balanced view of one of God's provisions contrasts with the black and white approach of some religions that go beyond the teaching of God's word and completely proscribe the drinking of alcohol. 1 Timothy 4:1-3 associates such restrictions with the
;Alcoholic Beverages
;Alcoholism
;Alemeth
:hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead  
; Aliteracy
: The quality or state of being able to read but being uninterested in doing so. Aliterate people are sometimes quite intelligent and well-educated, but allow almost any other activity to displace reading from their lives
;Alexander
:one who assists men  
;Alian
:high  
;Alleluia
:praise Jehovah
;Allon
:an oak; strong  
;Allon-bachuth
:the oak of weeping  
;Almighty
;Almodad
:measure of Jehovah 
;Almon
:hidden  
;Almon-diblathaim
:hidden in a cluster of fig trees 
;Alpha and Omega
;Alpheus
:a thousand; learned; chief  
;Altar
;Alush
:mingling together  
;Alvah
:his rising up; his highness  
;Amad
:people of witness; a prey  
;Amal
:labor; iniquity  
;Amalek
:a people that licks up  
;Aman
:mother; fear of them  
;Amana
:integrity; truth; a nurse  
;Amariah
:Jehovah says; the integrity of Jehovah  
;Amasa
:sparing the people Amasai, strong  
;Amashai
:the people's gift Amashi-ali, same as Amaziah  
;Amaziah
:the strength of Jehovah  
;Amen
;Ami
:mother; fear; people  
;Aminadab
:same as Amminadab 
;Amittai
:true; fearing  
;Ammah
:my, or his, people  
;Ammi
:same as Ammah  
;Ammiel
:the people of Jehovah 
;Ammihud
:people of praise  
;Ammi-nadab
:my people is liberal  
;Ammishaddai
:the people of the Almighty; the Almighty is with me  
;Ammizabad
:dowry of the people  
;Ammon
:a people; the son of my people  
;Amnon
:faithful and true; tutor 
;Amok
:a valley; a depth
;Amon
:faithful; true  
;Amorite
:bitter; a rebel; a babbler
;Amos
:loading; weighty [1] 
Writer: Amo
s 	Pla Written: Jah Peo oCovered: 8 [2]	 
;Amoz
:strong; robust  
;Amplias
:large; extensive  
;Amram
:an exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn 
;Amraphel
:one that speaks of secrets  
;Amzi
:strong, mighty  
;Anab
:a grape; a knot  
;Anah
:one who answers; afflicted  
;Anaharath
:dryness, burning, wrath  
;Anak
:a collar; ornament 
;Anamim
:a fountain; answer; affliction  
;Anammelech
:answer; poverty of the king  
;Anani
:a cloud; ]]prophecy]]; divination 
;Ananias, or Ananiah
:the cloud of Jehovah
;Anathema
:separated; set apart  
;Anathoth, or Anath
:answer; song; poverty
;Ancient Worthies
;Andrew
:a strong man  
;Andronicus
:a man excelling others  
;Anem, or Anen
:an answer; their affliction  
;Aner
:answer; song; affliction  
;Angel
;Anglo-American World Power
;Aniam
:a people; the strength or sorrow of people 
;Anim
:answerings; singings; afflicted  
;Animated Daily Text
;Animation
;Anna
:gracious; one who gives  
;Annas
:one who answers; humble 
;Anniversary
;Announce a Disfellowshipping
; Announcements
: Usually the first part on the Service Meeting, normally devoted to publicizing schedules and matters of local concern. The word is used both for individual items and for that part on the Service Meeting as a whole.
;Annual Meeting, the
;Anoint
;; Anointed, Spirit-Anointed
: Having God's spirit of adoption as a spiritual Israelite, and the hope of eventual heavenly life. (Compare spirit-begotten.) The term is sometimes applied to all the remnant as a whole
;Anointed Class
;Anointed Remnant
;Anointed, Spirit-Anointed
; Antediluvian
: (1) Relating to the period before the Deluge (Flood) of Noah's day. (2) As a noun it refers to persons living before the Deluge.
;Anthem, National
;Anthems
;Anthony Morris III
;Antichrist
:an adversary to Christ
;Antichrist, the
;Antioch
:speedy as a chariot  
;Antipas
:for all, or against all  
;Antipatris
:for, or against the father  
; Antitype, Type
: See type.
;Antitypical
;Antitypical Babylon
;Antitypical Israel
;Antitypical Jerusalem
;Antothijah
:answers or songs of Jehovah; afflictions 
;Anub
:same as Anab 
;Anxieties and Depression 
;Anxiety and Stress
;Aorist
;Apelles
:exclusion; separation 
;Apharsathchites
;Apharsites
:(from a root meaning) dividing or rending  
;Aphek
:Aphekah
;Aphik
:strength; a rapid torrent  
;Aphiah
:speaking, blowing  
;Apocalypse
:uncovering, revelation  
;Apocryph
:hidden  
;Apollonia
:perdition, destruction  
;Apollonius
:destroying  
;Apollos
:one who destroys; destroyer  
;Apollyon
:a destroyer  
;Apostasy
: An act or particular case of apostate behavior is called apostasy. See apostate. 
; Apostate, Apostasy
: One who has rebelled against and abandoned the true worship of Jehovah. Sometimes apostates actively oppose true worship and attempt to influence others to do the same. An act or particular case of apostate behavior is called apostasy. (2 Th 2:3) Willing association with true apostates, whether in person, by reading their literature, or engaging in electronic debate across the Internet, is itself apostate behavior, and therefore potentially a disfellowshipping offense. 
;Apostle
;Apostolic Succession
;Appaim
:face; nostrils  
; Appeal, [Appeal Committee|Appeal Committee]]
: When a person is disfellowshipped and believes that a serious error in judgment has been made by a judicial committee, he may appeal the decision within seven days, in which event the case will be reheard. The "appeal committee is the group of elders appointed, usually by the circuit overseer, to conduct the appeal process.
; Applause
: Approval expressed by clapping the hands. People accustomed to the sanctimonious solemnity of a staid church may be surprised to observe that we occasionally applaud at our meetings. It is customary to applaud at the conclusion of the public talk, following assembly parts, at the end of the session for each day at conventions and assemblies, after a student's first talk in the Theocratic Ministry School, following high points in mid-talk at district conventions, especially when resolutions are being read, when announcing the appointment of pioneers and servants, when acknowledging or passing love and greetings to another congregation, and at other times as invited by a speaker.
;Appeal Committee
;Apphia
:productive; fruitful  
; Application
: The putting to use of knowledge and understanding so as to follow a course of {wisdom}.
; Apply the Merit
: Literally to take advantage of the benefit of something. The phrase is most often used in connection with the ransom sacrifice of Jesus.
;Apply Bible Principles
;Apply the Merit
;Apply Yourself
:Apply Yourself to Reading and Teaching
;Apply Yourself to the Field Ministry
;appointment
;Appointed
; Appointed Elder
: See unappointed elder.
; Appointment
: (1) The scriptural method of assigning privileges of service. (Act 20:28) Elders, ministerial servants, and regular and special pioneers are all appointed by the Society. (2) The designation of responsibility itself. 
; Appreciate
: To evaluate the worth of something. We may learn that something is true, and also perceive its relation to other matters. Appreciation is a more profound level of learning that affects the heart. It involves recognizing the significance or benefit of something with a heightened awareness.
;Appointed Times of the Nations
;[[Appointment 
ppointment]]
;Appreciate
;Appreciate Special Things
;Appreciation
;Appreciation of Spiritual Things
;Approved Associate
;Aquatic Life
;Aquila
:An Eagle
;Ar
:awakening
;Ara
;Uncovering
:cursing; seeing  
;Arab
:multiplying; sowing sedition; a window; a locust
;Arad
:a wild ass; a dragon 
;Arah
:the way; a traveler 
;Aramaeans
;Aram
:highness, magnificance, one that deceives; curse  
;Aramaic
;Aran
:an ark; their curse  
;Ararat
:the curse of trembling  
;Araunah
:ark; song; joyful cry  
;Arba
:four  
;Archaic, Archaisms
;Archangel
;Archelaus
:the prince of the people  
;Archippus
:a master of horses  
;Arcturus
:a gathering together  
;Ard
:one that commands; he that descends  
;Ardon
:ruling; a judgment of malediction  
;Areli
:the light or vision of Jehovah  
;Areopagus
:Areopagus, the hill of Mars
;Aretas
:agreeable, virtuous 
;Argob
:a turf, or fat land  
;Ariel
:altar; light or lion of Jehovah 
;Arimathaea
:a lion dead to Jehovah 
;Arioch
:long; great; tall  
;Aristarchus
:the best prince
;Aristobulus
:a good counselor  
; Ark
: (1) An ark is a box or chest. The two well-known Bible examples are the one that Noah built for the saving of a remnant of human and animal life from the Deluge ([[Gen 6:14), and the ark that was placed in the most holy of the tabernacle and later in the temple in Jerusalem. (Ex. 25:10) (2) The ark of Noah's day has been shown to be prophetic of all of Jehovah's arrangements for mankind's survival through the end of this system of things. Thus new ones coming into the Truth are sometimes said to be entering that ark.
;Ark of Salvation
;Ark of the Covenant
;Ark, the
; Armageddon
: Anglicized version of the transliterated Hebrew word Har-Mageddon, God's great final war. (Rev 16:16) Although NW uses the transliteration, the Society's publications in English more commonly use the term Armageddon. 
; Around the Truth
: In the vicinity and likeness of Jehovah's people without being fully committed to their way of life. The speaker is usually expressing a contrasting distinction from being in the Truth. The Truth has great intrinsic appeal to persons, but living it as a disciple brings great responsibilities. (Compare Jehovah's Bystander, Marginal Witness, and Submarine Witness.)
;
:hill of fruits; mountain of Megiddo  
;Armed Robbers
;Armenia
;Armor
;Arnon
:rejoicing; sunlight  
;Aroer
:heath; tamarisk  
;Around the Truth
;Arpad
:the light of redemption  
;Arphaxad
:a healer; a releaser 
;arrangement, the
: An order, system, or structure of things. Because Jehovah's people are highly organized, we have many systems worked out to implement work that needs doing efficiently. Therefore, we speak of the elder arrangement, the donation arrangement, the hospitality arrangement, and others. 
; art, arts
: Art in the default sense usually refers to the traditional visual arts, i.e., painting, sculpture and the like. In other contexts, it refers to creativity, aesthetic beauty, and skill as applied to most any pursuit. The New World Translation calls teaching an art at 2 Timothy 4:2.
;Artaxerxes
:the silence of light; fervent to spoil  
;Artemas
:whole, sound  
; Article
: A section of a magazine; everything beneath a single main title. We tend to focus magazine presentations around a particular article , or series of articles in a magazine, usually the featured cover story, rather than just attempting to place the whole magazine on the basis of the publication's name recognition.
;Article Series
;Artificial Blood
;Arumah
:high; exalted  
; as it were
: Seemingly. Used with a statement that might appear unlikely to show that it is not meant literally.
;Asa
:physician
:cure  
;Asahel
:creature of Jehovah 
;Asaiah
:Jehovah hath wrought  
;Asaph
:who gathers together  
;Asareel
:the beatitude of Jehovah
;Aselgeia
;Asenath
:peril; misfortune  
;Ashan
:smoke  
;Ashbel
:an old fire  
;Ashdod
:effusion; inclination; theft  
;Asher
:happiness  
;Ashima
:crime; offense  
;Ashkenaz
:a fire that spreads  
;Ashnah
:change  
;Ashriel
:same as Asareel
;Ashtaroth, Ashtoreth
:flocks; sheep; riches 
;Ashur
:who is happy; or walks; or looks  
;Ashtoreth
;Asia
:muddy; boggy  
;Asiel
:the work of Jehovah
;Askelon
:weight; balance; fire of infamy  
;Asnapper
:unhappiness; increase of danger  
;Asriel
:help of Jehovah
;[[Assaulted|Assaulted, if) 
;Assembly and Conventions
: A gathering of God's people. Although any prearranged meeting of several people is a form of assembly, the term is normally applied to larger meetings. When used without a modifier it usually refers to a circuit assembly rather than a district convention.
; assembly food 
: (See Simplified Convention Food Service.) In past times the food provided at assemblies varied with the locale and the time. Times changed, and the Society moved toward simplification in all its pursuits in order to reduce costs and impose less burden and expense on brothers. Recently, early morning fare usually included coffee, orange juice, fruit and pastries. Noon meals were soft drinks, sandwiches, chips, and more fruit.
; Assembly Hall
: A building owned, operated, and usually built by Jehovah's Witnesses for the purpose of holding circuit assemblies and other large gatherings.
;Assembly Overseer
; Assembly Rats
: Persons who relish assemblies with a fervor similar to some in Christendom who wish that every day was Christmas. It is an important part of our culture to attach a high value to the assemblies. Many rank them just barely below the Memorial in importance of obligation to attend. Persons who have never missed a single session in many years in the Truth are quite common. Therefore, in addition to their spiritual benefits, assemblies provide the greatest social events of the year for Jehovah's Witnesses. Young people use the assemblies for networking, often cruising for potential marriage mates. 
;Assembly Release
; Assembly Speaker
: A brother who receives frequent speaking assignments at assemblies and conventions. It has been observed that for an organization blessed with an abundance of consistently excellent speakers, relatively few brothers seem always to get these assignments.
;Assembly Themes
;Asshurim
; Assignment Slip
: Short name for the Theocratic Ministry School Assignment slip, Form S-89, given in advance to School students to notify them of upcoming talks.
;Assir
:prisoner; fettered  
;Assistant Congregation Servant
; Associate, Association
: As a verb associate means to keep company. As a noun it refers to those with whom company is kept, and is closely related to association, the process of forming connections or bonds with people, organizations, or even ideas, such as through books or other media. (1Co 15:33)
;Association on Internet
;Association, (freedom of)
;Assos
:approaching; coming near  
;Assur
:same as Ashur
;Assyria
:country of Assur or Ashur 
;Astrologer
;Astrology
;Asuppim
:gatherings  
;Asyncritus
:incomparable  
;Atad
:a thorn  
;Atarah
:a crown 
;Ataroth
:crowns  
;Ataroth-addar
:crowns of power  
;Attend
;Ater
:left hand; shut  
;[[Athach]
:thy time
;Athaiah
:Jehovah's time
;Athaliah
:the time of Jehovah
; Atheist
: One who denies the existence of God, and therefore also rejects all religion. (Compare agnostic.) Because they thereby put their own thinking ahead of God's, they become guilty of self-worship, a form of idolatry. (Ps. 14:1; see the  book [it] article on IDOLATRY.)
;Athlai
:my hour or time
;Atonement
;Attalia
:that increases or sends
;Attalus
:increased, nourished
;Attend
:attend meetings of Jehovah's witnesses
; Attendant
: A brother, usually a {ministerial servant}, who helps with seating, greets strangers, maintains order, assists with crying babies and obstreperous children, {takes the count}, watches for problems in the parking lot, answers the phone, and occasionally acts as bouncer to unwelcome misbehaving intruders.
; Attire, Dress and Grooming
: Attire and dress both have to do with one's choice of clothing styles, and the appropriateness of what is worn. Grooming is concern shown for an attractive appearance, and includes attention given to personal cleanness, neatness, hair styles, straight ties, pressed suits, and so forth. The Society's literature often mentions these words together in one phrase. Jehovah's Witnesses are expected to be exemplary in attire and grooming, generally conforming to local community standards as to what constitutes being well-dressed. sg 184 (See also suit, tie, shirt, beard, mustache, and button, dress and grooming). 
; Attribute
: An inherent characteristic or quality. The noun form has the accent on the first syllable. The Bible describes Jehovah's four primary attributes as being love, justice, power, and wisdom, with his other personality qualities being composites of and secondary to these.
;Audience Contact
;Audio
;Audio and Video Production
;Audio Bible
;Audio Dramas
;Audio Recordings of Talks
;Auditing Department 
;Augustus
:increased, augmented
;Authorized
;aux. pio.,
aux pioneer
: Slangy shortened version of auxiliary pioneer. People who use this seem to be prone to using other truncated forms, particularly in writing, such as pio for pioneer, and cong or congo for congregation. This style of usage is seen frequently in email.
;auxiliary pioneer, continuous, regular
: A pioneer minister who devotes 60 hours to field service in a month, normally during isolated months, or for a few months at a time. One who serves as such without interruption is called either a continuous auxiliary pioneer or a regular auxiliary pioneer. There is a box on the application form that may be checked if the applicant intends to continue indefinitely.
;AV, Authorized Version
: Official name given to the so-called King James English translation of the Bible, published in 1611. It was traditionally referred to in print as [[; Authorized Version|AV]], but is now more commonly designated as KJ. (See Ps. 83:18; KJ.)
;Ava, or Ivah
:iniquity  
;Aven
:iniquity; force; riches; sorrow  
;Avim
:wicked or perverse men  
;Avith
:wicked, perverse  
;Avoiding Offense
; Awake!
: News-oriented companion magazine to The Watchtower. Notice that the exclamation point is a part of the title. It is sometimes left out in casual writing. It should not be. The magazine was called  when it was first published in 1919, which is why its publication code is [g]. Later it was called Consolation. 
; Away Back There
: A phrase used often in The Watchtower to mean away back then, indicating a point remotely far in time, not in space. Spoken by some older brothers with great enthusiasm, drawing out the way.
;Azaliah
:near Jehovah
;Azaniah
:hearing Jehovah; Jehovah's weapons
;Azareel
:help of Jehovah  
;Azariah
:he that hears Jehovah 
;Azaz
:strong one  
;Azazel
:the scape-goat  
;Azaziah
:strength of Jehovah
;Azekah
:strength of walls  
;Azgad
:a strong army; a gang of robbers  
;Azmaveth
:strong death; a he-goat  
;Azmon
:bone of a bone; our strength  
;Aznoth-tabor
:the ears of Tabor; the ears of purity or contrition 
;Azor
:a helper; a court  
;Azotus
:the same as Ashdod
;Azriel
:same as Asriel
;Azrikam
:help, revenging Azubah, forsaken  
;Azur
:he that assists or is assisted  
;Azzan
:their strength  
;Azzur
:same as Azur    
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