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Maachah — oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea (Joshua 13:13; 2 S…
Maaleh-Acrabbim — ascent of the scorpions; i.e., “scorpion-hill”, a pass on the south-eastern border of Palestine (Numbers 34:4;…
Maarath — desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:59), probably the modem village Beit Ummar, 6 miles n…
Maaseiah — the work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chronicles 15:18, 2…
Maasiai — work of Jehovah, one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at the Captivity (1 Chronicles 9:12).…
Maath — small, a person named in our Lord’s ancestry (Luke 3:26).…
Maaziah — strength or consolation of Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-fourth priestly course (1 Chronicles 24:18) in…
MACCABEES This — word does not occur in Scripture. It was the name given to the leaders of the national party among the Jews wh…
Macedonia — in New Testament times, was a Roman province lying north of Greece. It was governed by a propraetor with the t…
Machaerus — the Black Fortress, was built by Herod the Great in the gorge of Callirhoe, one of the wadies 9 miles east of …
Machbanai — clad with a mantle, or bond of the Lord, one of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the wilderness (1 Chroni…
Machir — sold. (1.) Manasseh’s oldest son (Joshua 17:1), or probably his only son (see 1 Chronicles 7:14, 15; comp. Num…
Machpelah — portion; double cave, the cave which Abraham bought, together with the field in which it stood, from Ephron th…
Madai — middle land, the third “son” of Japheth (Genesis 10:2), the name by which the Medes are known on the Assyrian …
Madmannah — dunghill, the modem el-Minyay, 15 miles south-south-west of Gaza (Joshua 15:31; 1 Chronicles 2:49), in the sou…
Madmen — ibid., a Moabite town threatened with the sword of the Babylonians (Jeremiah 48:2).…
Madmenah — ibid., a town in Benjamin, not far from Jerusalem, towards the north (Isaiah 10:31). The same Hebrew word occu…
MADNESS This — word is used in its proper sense in Deuteronomy 28:34, John 10:20, 1 Corinthians 14:23. It also denotes a reck…
Madon — strife, a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine (Joshua 11:1; 12:19), whose king was slain by Joshua; per…
Magdala — a tower, a town in Galilee, mentioned only in Matthew 15:39. In the parallel passage in Mark 8:10 this place i…
Magdalene — a surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of the Gospels to disting…
Magic The Jews — seem early to have consulted the teraphim (q.v.) for oracular answers (Judges 18:5, 6; Zechariah 10:2). There …
MAGICIANS Hebrews — hartumim, (dan. 1:20) were sacred scribes who acted as interpreters of omens, or “revealers of secret things.”…
Magistrate — a public civil officer invested with authority. The Hebrew shophetim, or judges, were magistrates having autho…
Magog — region of Gog, the second of the “sons” of Japheth (Genesis 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5). In Ezekiel (38:2; 39:6) i…
Magor-Missabib — fear on every side, (Jeremiah 20:3), a symbolical name given to the priest Pashur, expressive of the fate anno…
Mahalal Eel — praise of God. (1.) The son of Cainan, of the line of Seth (Genesis 5:12-17); called Maleleel (Luke 3:37). (2.…
Mahalath — a lute; lyre. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, and third wife of Esau (Genesis 28:9); called also Bashemath (Gene…
MAHALATH LEANNOTH MASCHIL This — word leannoth seems to point to some kind of instrument unknown (Psalm 88, title). The whole phrase has by oth…
Mahalath Maschil — in the title of Psalm 53, denoting that this was a didactic psalm, to be sung to the accompaniment of the lute…
Mahanaim — two camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of God,” and where he di…
MAHANEH-DAN Judges — 18:12 = “camp of Dan” 13:25 (R.V., “Mahaneh-dan”), a place behind (i.e., west of) Kirjath-jearim, where the si…
Mahath — grasping. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, father of Elkanah (1 Chronicles 6:35). (2.) Another Kohathite Levite, of th…
Mahazioth — visions, a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third course of musicians (1 Chronicles 25:4, 30).…
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz — plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isaiah 8:1-3; comp. Zephaniah 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to wr…
Mahlah — disease, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 27:1-1 1) who had their father’s inheritance, the la…
Mahlon — sickly, the elder of Elimelech the Bethlehemite’s two sons by Naomi. He married Ruth and died childless (Ruth …
Mahol — dance, the father of four sons (1 Kings 4:31) who were inferior in wisdom only to Solomon.…
Main-sail — (Gr. artemon), answering to the modern “mizzen-sail,” as some suppose. Others understand the “jib,” near the p…
Makheloth — assemblies, a station of the Israelites in the desert (Numbers 33:25, 26).…
Marked Ah — herdsman’s place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:16), near which was a cave where the fi…
Maktesh — mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zephaniah 1:11). It has been conjectured t…
Malachi — messenger or angel, the last of the minor prophets, and the writer of the last book of the Old Testament canon…
Malcam — (2 Samuel 12:30, Hebrews , R.V., “their king;” Jeremiah 49:1, 3, R.V.; Zephaniah 1:5), the national idol of th…
MALCHIAH Jehovah’s — king. (1.) The head of the fifth division of the priests in the time of David (1 Chronicles 24:9). (2.) A prie…
Malchi-Shua — king of help, one of the four sons of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:33). He perished along with his father in the battl…
Malchus — reigning, the personal servant or slave of the high priest Caiaphas. He is mentioned only by John. Peter cut o…
Mallothi — my fulness, a Kohathite Levite, one of the sons of Heman the Levite (1 Chronicles 25:4), and chief of the nine…
Mallows — occurs only in Job 30:4 (R.V., “saltwort”). The word so rendered (malluah, from melah, “salt”) most probably d…
Malluch — reigned over, or reigning. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chronicles 6:44). (2.) A priest who return…
Mammon — a Chaldee or Syriac word meaning “wealth” or “riches” (Luke 16:9-11); also, by personification, the God of ric…
Mamre — manliness. (1.) An Amoritish chief in alliance with Abraham (Genesis 14:13, 24). (2.) The name of the place in…
Man — (1.) Hebrews ‘Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The name is derived from a word meaning “to be r…
Manaen — consoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is stated in Acts 13:1, whe…
Manasseh — who makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Hebrews nashshani), Genesis 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two s…
MANDRAKES Hebrew — dudaim; i.e., “love-plants”, occurs only in Genesis 30:14-16 and Cant. 7:13. Many interpretations have been gi…
Maneh — portion (Ezekiel 45:12), rendered “pound” (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71, 72), a weight variously es…
Manger — (Luke 2:7, 12, 16), the name (Gr. phatne, rendered “stall” in Luke 13:15) given to the place where the infant …
Manna Hebrews — man-hu, “What is that?” the name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously supplied to them during thei…
Manoah — rest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judges 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).…
Man Of Sin — a designation of Antichrist given in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10, usually regarded as descriptive of the Papal powe…
Manslayer — one who was guilty of accidental homicide, and was entitled to flee to a city of refuge (Numbers 35:6, 12, 22,…
Mantle — (1.) Hebrews ‘addereth, a large over-garment. This word is used of Elijah’s mantle (1 Kings 19:13, 19; 2 Kings…
Maoch — compressed, the father of Achish, king of Gath (1 Samuel 27:2). Called also Maachah (1 Kings 2:39).…
Maon — habitation, a town in the tribe of Judah, about 7 miles south of Hebron, which gave its name to the wilderness…
Mara — bitter; sad, a symbolical name which Naomi gave to herself because of her misfortunes (Ruth 1:20).…
Marah — bitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Exodus 15:23, 24; Numbers 33:8) whose waters we…
Maralah — trembling, a place on the southern boundary of Zebulun (Joshua 19:11). It has been identified with the modern …
Maranatha — (1 Corinthians 16:22) consists of two Aramean words, Maran’athah, meaning, “our Lord comes,” or is “coming.” I…
Marble — as a mineral, consists of carbonate of lime, its texture varying from the highly crystalline to the compact. I…
MARCHESHyAN — the post-biblical name of the month which was the eighth of the sacred and the second of the civil year of the…
MARCUS Colossians — 4: 10; Philemon 1:24; 1 Peter 5:13; R.V., “Mark” (q.v.).…
Mareshah — possession, a city in the plain of Judah (John. 15:44). Here Asa defeated Zerah the Ethiopian (2 Chronicles 14…
Mark — the evangelist; “John whose surname was Mark” (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Colossians 4:10, etc.) was his R…
Market-Place — any place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matthew 11:16; 20:3), as well as a forum…
Maroth — bitterness; i.e., “perfect grief’, a place not far from Jerusalem; mentioned in connection with the invasion o…
Marriage — was instituted in Paradise when man was in in nocence (Genesis 2:18-24). Here we have its original charter, wh…
Marriage-Feasts — (John 2 : 1 - 1 1 ) “lasted usually for a whole week; but the cost of such prolonged rejoicing is very small i…
Mars Hill — the Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian supreme tribunal and co…
Martha — bitterness, the sister of Lazarus and Mary, and probably the eldest of the family, who all resided at Bethany …
Martyr — one who bears witness of the truth, and suffers death in the cause of Christ (Acts 22:20; Revelation 2:13; 17:…
Mary Hebrew Miriam. — (1.) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the “Virgin Mary,” though never so designated in Scriptur…
Maschil — instructing, occurs in the title of thirteen Psalms (32, 42, 44, etc.). It denotes a song enforcing some lesso…
Mash — (= Meshech 1 Chronicles 1:17), one of the four sons of Aram, and the name of a tribe descended from him (Genes…
Mashal — entreaty, a levitical town in the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 6:74); called Mishal (Joshua 21:30).…
Mason — an artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture (1 Kings 5:17, 18; 2 Sa…
Masrekah — vineyard of noble vines, a place in Idumea, the native place of Samlah, one of the Edomitish kings (Genesis 36…
Massa — a lifting up, gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (Genesis 25:14); a nomad tribe…
Massah — trial, temptation, a name given to the place where the Israelites, by their murmuring for want of water, provo…
Mattan — gift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18). (2.…
Mattanah — a gift, a station of the Israelites (Numbers 21:18, 19) between the desert and the borders of Moab, in the Wad…
Mattaniah — gift of Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Heman, the chief of the ninth class of temple singers (1 Chronicles 25:…
Mattathias — ibid. (1.) The son of Amos, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:25). (2.) The son of Semei, in the same genea…
Matthan — gift, one of our Lord’s ancestry (Matthew 1:15).…
Matthat — gift of God. (1.) The son of Levi, and father of Heli (Luke 3:24). (2.) Son of another Levi (Luke 3:29).…
Matthew — gift of God, a common Jewish name after the Exile. He was the son of Alphaeus, and was a publican or tax-gathe…
Mattithiah — gift of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Jeduthun (1 Chronicles 25:3, 21). (2.) The eldest son of Shallum, of …
Mattock — (1.) Hebrews ma’eder, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard (Isaiah 7:25); a weeding-hoe. (2.) Hebr…
Maul — an old name for a mallet, the rendering of the Hebrew mephits (Proverbs 25:18), properly a war-club.…
Mazzaroth — prognostications, found only Job 38:32, probably meaning “the twelve signs” (of the zodiac), as in the margin …
Meadow — (1.) Hebrews ha’ahu (Genesis 41:2, 18), probably an Egyptain word transferred to the Hebrew; some kind of reed…
Meah — an hundred, a tower in Jersalem on the east wall (Nehemiah 3: 1) in the time of Nehemiah.…
Meals — are at the present day “eaten from a round table little higher than a stool, guests sitting cross-legged on ma…
Mearah — a cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Joshua 13:4). This may be the cave of Jezzin in Lebanon…
MEASURE Several — words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are indefinite, (a) Hok, Isaiah 5:14, elsewh…
Meat-Offering — (Hebrews minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote an “unbloody” sacrif…
Mebunnai — construction, building of Jehovah, one of David’s bodyguard (2 Samuel 23:27; comp. 21:18); called Sibbechai an…
Medad — love, one of the elders nominated to assist Moses in the government of the people. He and Eldad “prophesied in…
Medan — contention, the third son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:2).…
Mede — (Hebrews Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media (Daniel 11:1). In Genesis 10:2 the Hebrew word occurs in the …
Medeba — waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town (Numbers 21:30). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Joshua 13:16…
MEDIA Hebrews — Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1) “Madai,” Genesis 10:2; (2) “Medes,” 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11…
Mediator — one who intervenes between two persons who are at variance, with a view to reconcile them. This word is not fo…
Meekness — a calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13). Peculiar promises are made to the meek (Matthew 5:5; …
Megiddo — place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:21), belonged to the tribe of…
Mehetabeel — whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehe…
Mehetabel — wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom (Genesis 36:39).…
Mehujael — smitten by God, the son of Irad, and father of Methusael (Genesis 4:18).…
Mehuman — faithful, one of the eunchs whom Ahasuerus (Xerxes) commanded to bring in Vashti (Esther 1:10).…
Mehunims — habitations, (2 Chronicles 26:7; R.V. “Meunim,” Vulg. Ammonitae), a people against whom Uzziah waged a success…
Me-Jarkon — waters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of Dan (Joshua 19:46). It has been identified with…
Mekonah — a base or foundation, a town in the south of Judah (Nehemiah 1 1:28), near Ziklag.…
Melchi — my king. (1.) The son of Addi, and father of Neri (Luke 3:28). (2.) Luke 3:24.…
Melchizedek — king of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in Genesis 14:18-20. He is sub…
Melea — fulness, the son of Menan and father of Eliakim, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:31).…
Meh — ta (Acts 27:28), an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta. Here the ship in which Paul was being conve…
Melons — only in Numbers 11:5, the translation of the Hebrew abattihim, the LXX. and Vulgate pepones, Arabic britikh. O…
Melzar — probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian …
Memphis — only in Hos. 9:6, Hebrew Moph. In Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 46:14, 19; Ezekiel 30:13, 16, it is mentioned u…
Memucan — dignified, one of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion Vashti was divorced (Es…
Menahem — conferring, the son of Gadi, and successor of Shallum, king of Israel, whom he slew. After a reign of about te…
Mene — (Daniel 5:25, 26), numbered, one of the words of the mysterious inscription written “upon the plaister of the …
MENI Isaiah — 65:11, marg. (A.V., “that number;” R.V., “destiny”), probably an idol which the captive Israelites worshipped …
Mephaath — splendour, a Levitical city (Joshua 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).…
Mephibosheth — exterminator of shame; i.e., of idols. (1.) The name of Saul’s son by the concubine Rizpah (q.v.), the daughte…
Merab — increase, the eldest of Saul’s two daughters (1 Samuel 14:49). She was betrothed to David after his victory ov…
Meraiah — resistance, a chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12).…
Meraioth — rebellions. (1.) Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chronicles 6:6, 7, 52). (2.) Nehem…
Merari — sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who…
Merarttes — the descendants of Merari (Numbers 26:57). They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites had charge of the tabe…
Merathaim — double rebellion, probably a symbolical name given to Babylon (Jeremiah 50:21), denoting rebellion exceeding t…
MERCHANT The Hebrew — word so rendered is from a root meaning “to travel about,” “to migrate,” and hence “a traveller.” In the East,…
Mercurius — the Hermes (i.e., “the speaker”) of the Greeks (Acts 14: 12), a heathen God represented as the constant attend…
Mercy — compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for the e…
Mercy- Seat — (Hebrews kapporeth, a “covering;” LXX. and N.T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of t…
Mered — rebellion, one of the sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:17).…
Meremoth — exaltations, heights, a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:3), to whom were sent th…
Meribah — quarrel or strife. (1.) One of the names given by Moses to the fountain in the desert of Sin, near Rephidim, w…
Merib-Baal — contender with Baal, (1 Chronicles 8:34; 9:40), elsewhere called Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 4:4), the son of Jonat…
Merodach — death; slaughter, the name of a Babylonian God, probably the planet Mars (Jeremiah 50:2), or it may be another…
MERODACH-BALADAN Merodach — has given a son, (Isaiah 39:1), “the hereditary chief of the Chaldeans, a small tribe at that time settled in …
Merom — height, a lake in Northern Palestine through which the Jordan flows. It was the scene of the third and last gr…
Meronothite — a name given to Jehdeiah, the herdsman of the royal asses in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chronicles 27:30…
Meroz — a plain in the north of Palestine, the inhabitants of which were severely condemned because they came not to h…
Mesha — middle district, Vulgate, Messa. (1.) A plain in that part of the boundaries of Arabia inhabited by the descen…
Meshach — the title given to Mishael, one of the three Hebrew youths who were under training at the Babylonian court for…
Meshech — drawing out, the sixth son of Japheth (Genesis 10:2), the founder of a tribe (1 Chronicles 1:5; Ezekiel 27:13;…
Meshelemiah — friendship of Jehovah, a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah (1 Chronicles 9:21; 26:1,…
Meshillemoth — requitals. (1.) The father of Berechiah (2 Chronicles 28:12). (2.) A priest, the son of Immer (Nehemiah 11:13)…
Meshullam — befriended. (1.) One of the chief Gadites in Bashan in the time of Jotham (1 Chronicles 5:13). (2.) Grandfathe…
Meshullemeth — friend, the wife of Manasseh, and the mother of Amon (2 Kings 21:19), Kings of Judah.…
Mesopotamia — the country between the two rivers (Hebrews Aram-naharaim; i.e., “Syria of the two rivers”), the name given by…
Mess — a portion of food given to a guest (Genesis 43:34; 2 Samuel 11:8).…
Messenger — (Hebrews mal’ak, Gr. angelos), an angel, a messenger who runs on foot, the bearer of despatches (Job 1:14; 1 S…
Messiah — (Hebrews mashiah), in all the thirty-nine instances of its occurring in the Old Testament, is rendered by the …
Metheg-Ammah — bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Samuel 8:1, “David took Metheg-ammah out of …
Methusael — champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:18), so called, perhaps, to denote that even among…
Methuselah — man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, …
Mezahab — water of gold, the father of Matred (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50), and grandfather of Mehetabel, wife of …
MlAMIN — =Mijamin, from the right hand. (1.) The head of one of the divisions of the priests (1 Chronicles 24:9). (2.) …
Ml BHAR — choice, a Hagarene, one of David’s warriors (1 Chronicles 11:38); called also Bani the Gadite (2 Samuel 23:36)…
MlBSAM — fragrance. (1.) One of Ishmael’s twelve sons, and head of an Arab tribe (Genesis 25:13). (2.) A son of Simeon …
Mibzar — fortress, one of the Edomitish “dukes” descended from Esau (Genesis 36:42; 1 Chronicles 1:53).…
Micah — a shortened form of Micaiah, who is l ik e Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is intro…
Micaiah — who is like Jehovah?, the son of Imlah, a faithful prophet of Samaria (1 Kings 22:8-28). Three years after the…
MlCHA — (1.) 2 Samuel 9:12 =MICAH (2). (2.) The son of Zabdi, a Levite of the family of Asaph (Nehemiah 1 1:17, 22 ).…
Michael — who is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels (Daniel 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had special char…
MlCHAIAH — (1.) The queen-mother of King Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:2). (See MAACAH [4]). (2.) One of those sent out by Jeho…
MlCHAL — rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Samuel 14:49, 50). “Attrac…
MlCHMASH — something hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron, on the road to Jerusalem…
MlCHMETHAH — hiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west of Jordan (Joshua 16:6; …
Michri — prize of Jehovah, a Benjamite, the father of Uzzi (1 Chronicles 9:8).…
MlCHTAM — writing; i.e., a poem or song found in the titles of Psalm 16; 56-60. Some translate the word “golden”, i.e., …
MlDDIN — measures, one of the six cities “in the wilderness,” on the west of the Dead Sea, mentioned along with En-gedi…
Mi Di An — strife, the fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, the father of the Midianites (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32).…
MIDWIFE The — two midwives mentioned in Exodus 1:15 were probably the superintendents of the whole class.…
Migdal-Edar — tower of the flock, a place 2 miles south of Jerusalem, near the Bethlehem road (Genesis 35:21). (See EDAR.)…
Migdal-el — tower of God, a fortified city of Naphtali (Joshua 19:38), supposed by some to be identical with Magdala (q.v.…
MlGDAL-GAD — tower of fortune, a town in the plains of Judah, probably the modern el-Mejdel, a little to the north-east of …
Migdol — tower. (1.) A strongly-fortified place 12 miles from Pelusium, in the north of Egypt (Jeremiah 44:1; 46:14). T…
Migron — precipice or landslip, a place between Aiath and Michmash (Isaiah 10:28). The town of the same name mentioned …
MlKLOTH — staves. (1.) An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chronicles 27:4). (2.) A Benjamite (1…
MlL AIAI — eloquent, a Levitical musician (Nehemiah 12:36) who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.…
Mildew — (the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning “to be yellow,” yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blightin…
Mile — (from Lat. mille, “a thousand;” Matthew 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman m…
Miletus — (Miletum, 2 Timothy 4:20), a seaport town and the ancient capital of Ionia, about 36 miles south of Ephesus. O…
Mill — for grinding corn, mentioned as used in the time of Abraham (Genesis 18:6). That used by the Hebrews consisted…
Millennium — a thousand years; the name given to the era mentioned in Revelation 20:1-7. Some maintain that Christ will per…
Mille T — (Hebrews dohan; only in Ezekiel 4:9), a small grain, the produce of the Panicum miliaceum of botanists. It is …
MlLLO — (Hebrews always with the article, “the” Millo). (1.) Probably the Canaanite name of some fortification, consis…
Mincing — (Hebrews taphoph, Isaiah 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick steps. Luther renders the word by “wag” or “…
Mine The — process of mining is described in Job 28:1-11. Moses speaks of the mineral wealth of Palestine (Deuteronomy 8:…
Minister — one who serves, as distinguished from the master. (1.) Hebrews meshereth, applied to an attendant on one of su…
MlNNI — only in Jeremiah 51:27, as the name of a province in Armenia, which was at this time under the Median kings. A…
MlNNITH — distribution, an Ammonitish town (Judges 11:33) from which wheat was exported to Tyre (Ezekiel 27:17). It was …
Minstrel — (Matthew 9:23), a flute-player. Such music was a usual accompaniment of funerals. In 2 Kings 3:15 it denotes a…
Mint — (Gr. heduosmon, i.e., “having a sweet smell”), one of the garden herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Mat…
Miracle — an event in the external world brought about by the immediate agency or the simple volition of God, operating …
Miriam — their rebellion. (1.) The sister of Moses and Aaron (Exodus 2:4-10; 1 Chronicles 6:3). Her name is prominent i…
Misdeem — (Deuteronomy 32:27, R.V.). The Authorized Version reads, “should behave themselves strangely;” i.e., not recog…
MlSGAB — height, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel, some fortress so called; or perhaps a general name …
Mishael — who is like God! (1.) A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (Exodus 6:22). (2.) One of the three He…
MlSHAL — a city of the tribe of Asher (Joshua 21:30; 1 Chronicles 6:74). It is probably the modem Misalli, on the shore…
Misham — their cleansing or their beholding, a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal (1 Chronicles 8:12).…
MlSHEAL — (Joshua 19:26), a town of Asher, probably the same as Mishal.…
MlSHMA — hearing. (1.) One of the sons of Ishmael (Genesis 25:14), and founder of an Arab tribe. (2.) A Simeonite (1 Ch…
MlSHMANNAH — fatness, one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David atZiklag (1 Chronicles 12:10).…
MlSREPHOTH-MAIM — burning of waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place to which Joshua pursue…
Mite — contraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation of the Greek word lepton, the very smallest bro…
Mithcah — sweetness, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Numbers 33:28, 29).…
MlTHREDATH — given by Mithra, or dedicated to Mithra, i.e., the sun, the Hebrew form of the Greek name Mithridates. (1.) Th…
Metre — (Hebrews mitsnepheth), something rolled round the head; the turban or head-dress of the high priest (Exodus 28…
Mu — m. IM the chief city of the island of Lesbos, on its east coast, in the AEgean Sea. Paul, during his third mis…
Mix E D Multitude — (Exodus 12:38), a class who accompanied the Israelites as they journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, the first st…
MlZAR — smallness, a summit on the eastern ridge of Lebanon, near which David lay after escaping from Absalom (Psalm 4…
Mizpah — or Miz’peh, watch-tower; the look-out. (1.) A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who overtook Jacob at this s…
Mizpar — number, one of the Jews who accompanied Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezra 2:2); called also Mispereth (Nehemiah 7:…
MlZRAIM — the dual form of matzor, meaning a “mound” or “fortress,” the name of a people descended from Ham (Genesis 10:…
MlZZAH — despair, one of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau (Genesis 36:13, 17).…
Mn As On — reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts 21:16). He was apparently a n…
Moab — the seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of Lot (Genesis 19:37), of…
Moabite — the designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot (Genesis 19:37). From Zoar, the cradle of this …
MOABITE Stone — a basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was discovered at Dibon by Klein, a German mission…
Moladah — birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Joshua 15:21-26; 19:2). It has been identified with …
Mole Hebrews — tinshameth (Leviticus 11:30), probably signifies some species of lizard (rendered in R.V., “chameleon”). In Le…
Moloch — king, the name of the national God of the Ammonites, to whom children were sacrificed by fire. He was the cons…
MONEY Of — uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Genesis 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). Next, this …
Money-Changer — (Matthew 2 1 : 1 2; Mark 11:15; John 2:15). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards had to pay (Exodus 3…
MONTH Among — the Egyptians the month of thirty days each was in use long before the time of the Exodus, and formed the basi…
Moon — heb. yareah, from its paleness (Ezra 6:15), and lebanah, the “white” (Cant. 6:10; Isaiah 24:23), was appointed…
Mordecai — the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconia…
Moreh — an archer, teacher; fruitful. (1.) A Canaanite probably who inhabited the district south of Shechem, between M…
Moresheth-Gath — possession of the wine -press, the birthplace of the prophet Micah (1:14), who is called the “Morasthite” (Jer…
Moriah — the chosen of Jehovah. Some contend that Mount Gerizim is meant, but most probably we are to regard this as on…
Mortar — (Hebrews homer), cement of lime and sand (Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14); also potter’s clay (Isaiah 41:25; Nah. 3…
Mosera — a bond, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 10:6), at the foot of Mount Hor. …
Moseroth — bonds, one of the stations in the wilderness (Numbers 33:30, 31), probably the same as Mosera.…
Moses — drawn (or Egypt, mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Genesis 45: 17-25), Jac…
Mote — (Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral defect is l ik ened to a…
Moth Hebrews — ‘ash, from a root meaning “to fall away,” as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28; Isaiah 50:9;…
MOULDY Of — the Gibeonites it is said that “all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy” (Joshua 9:5, 12). The Heb…
MOUNT Palestine — is a hilly country (Deuteronomy 3:25; 11:11; Ezekiel 34:13). West of Jordan the mountains stretch from Lebanon…
Mount OF CORRUPTION — (2 Kings 23:13; Vulg., “mount of offence”), the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so called because…
Mount Of The Amalekites — a place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim (Judges 12:15).…
MOUNT OF THE AmORITES — the range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et-Tih (“the wandering”), mentioned Deuteronomy 1…
Mount Of The Congregation — only in Isaiah 14:13, a mythic mountain of the Babylonians, regarded by them as the seat of the gods. It was s…
Mount Of The Valley — (Joshua 13:19), a district in the east of Jordan, in the territory of Reuben. The “valley” here was probably t…
MOURN Frequent — references are found in Scripture to, (1.) Mourning for the dead. Abraham mourned for Sarah (Genesis 23:2); Ja…
MOUSE Hebrews — ‘akhbar, “swift digger”), properly the dormouse, the field-mouse (1 Samuel 6:4). In Leviticus 1 1:29, Isaiah 6…
Mowing — (Hebrews gez), rendered in Psalm 72:6 “mown grass.” The expression “king’s mowings” (Amos 7: 1) refers to some…
Moza — a going forth. (1.) One of the sons of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:46). (2.) The son of Zimri, of the posterity of S…
Mozah — an issuing of water, a city of Benjamin (Joshua 18:26).…
Mufflers — (Isaiah 3: 19), veils, light and tremulous. Margin, “spangled ornaments.”…
MULBERRY Hebrews — bakah, “to weep;” rendered “Baca” (R.V., “weeping”) in Psalm 84:6. The plural form of the Hebrew bekaim is ren…
Mule — (Hebrews pered), so called from the quick step of the animal or its power of carrying loads. It is not probabl…
MURDER Wilful — murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited with capital punishment (Numbers…
Murmuring — of the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure of God, which was only averted by the earnest p…
MURRAIN Hebrews — deber, “destruction,” a “great mortality”, the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Exodus 9:3). It was …
Mushi — receding, the second of the two sons of Merari (Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20). His sons were called Mushites (Num…
Music Jubal — was the inventor of musical instruments (Genesis 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of musi…
Mustard — a plant of the genus sinapis, a pod-bearing, shrub-like plant, growing wild, and also cultivated in gardens. T…
Muth-Labben — occurring only in the title of Psalm 9. Some interpret the words as meaning “on the death of Labben,” some unk…
MUZZLE Grain — in the East is usually thrashed by the sheaves being spread out on a floor, over which oxen and cattle are dri…
Myra — one of the chief towns of Lycia, in Asia Minor, about 2 1/2 miles from the coast (Acts 27:5). Here Paul remove…
MYRRH Hebrews — mor. (1.) First mentioned as a principal ingredient in the holy anointing oil (Exodus 30:23). It formed part o…
Myr — tle (Isaiah 41 : 19; Nehemiah 8:15; Zechariah 1:8), Hebrew hadas, known in the East by the name as, the Myrtus…
Mysia — a province in the north-west of Asia Minor. On his first voyage to Europe (Acts 16:7, 8) Paul passed through t…
Mystery — the calling of the Gentiles into the Christian Church, so designated (Ephesians 1:9, 10; 3:8-11; Colossians 1:…