Lust
Sinful longing; the inward sin which leads to the falling away from God (Rom. 1:21). “Lust, the origin of sin, has its place in the heart, not of necessity, but because it is the centre of all moral …
Lusty
LUS'TY, "vigorous." Jud 3:29.
Luz
A nut-bearing tree, the almond. (1.) The ancient name of a royal Canaanitish city near the site of Bethel (Gen. 28:19; 35:6), on the border of Benjamin (Josh. 18:13). Here Jacob halted, and had a pro…
Lycaonia,
LYCAO'NIA, a province of Asia Minor which the apostle Paul twice visited. Acts 14:1-23; Acts 16:1-6; Acts 18:23; Gen 19:1. It was separated from Phrygia, and bounded north by Galatia, east by Cappado…
Lycia
A wolf, a province in the south-west of Asia Minor, opposite the island of Rhodes. It forms part of the region now called Tekeh. It was a province of the Roman empire when visited by Paul (Acts 21:1;…
Lydda,
LYD'DA, the Greek name for the Hebrew Lod, the present Lydd, now a village, but in ancient time a flourishing town situated in the plain of Sharon, a few miles east of Joppa, on the road to Jerusalem…
Lydia,
LYD'IA, a Jewish proselyte from the city of Thyatira, in Lydia, engaged in the purple trade, possessed of wealth, and temporarily residing at Philippi, where she heard Paul preach. Acts 16:14. She ac…
Lyre
LYRE. See Harp.
Lysanias.
LYSA'NIAS. See Abilene.
Lysias, Claudius
The chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the Roman troops in Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator Felix at Caesarea (Acts 21:31-38; 22:24-30). His letter to his superior officer …
Lysias.
LY'SIAS. See Claudius.
Lysimachus
“a son of Ptolemaeus of Jerusalem,” the Greek translator of the book of Esther. Comp. (Esther 9:20)
Lystra,
LYS'TRA, a city of Lycaonia, situated in the eastern part of the great plain, probably at the present Bin-bar-Kilisheh. Paul visited this place twice, the first time in company with Barnabas, Acts 14…
Ma
MAt'TATHAH, one who had married a foreign woman in the time of Ezra. Ezr 10:33.
Maacah
(oppression).
Maachah.
MA'ACHAH. The daughter of Nahor, Abraham's brother, by his concubine Reumah. Gen 22:24. The father of Achish, who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign, 1 Kgs 2:39; is also called Moac…
Maachathi,
MAACH'ATHI, Deut 3:14, or MAACH'ATHITES, the inhabitants of Maachah. Josh 12:5; Acts 13:11, Josh 13:13; 2 Sam 23:34; 2 Kgs 25:23; 1 Chr 4:19; Jer 40:8.
Maadai
MAAD'AI (the ornament of Jehovah), one of the sons of Bani, who had taken a foreign wife. Ezr 10:34.
Maadai, Or Maadai
(ornament of Jehovah), one of the sons of Kani, who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:34)
Maadiah
one of the priests who returned with Zerubbabel, (Nehemiah 12:5) elsewhere (ver. (Nehemiah 12:17)) called Moadiah.
Maai
(compassionate), one of the Bene-Asaph who took part in the solemn musical service by which the wall of Jerusalem was dedicated. (Nehemiah 12:36)
Maale-akrabbim
ascent of scorpions
Maaleh-acrabbim
Ascent of the scorpions; i.e., “scorpion-hill”, a pass on the south-eastern border of Palestine (Num. 34:4; Josh. 15:3). It is identified with the pass of Sufah, entering Palestine from the great Wad…
Maalehacrabbim
(ascent of scorpions), the full form of the name given as Akrabbim in (Joshua 15:3) [Akrabbim]
Maarath
Desolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), probably the modern village Beit Ummar, 6 miles north of Hebron.
Maaseiah
The work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20). (2.) One of the “captains of hundreds” associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash t…
Maasiai
Work of Jehovah, one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at the Captivity (1 Chr. 9:12).
Maath
Small, a person named in our Lord’s ancestry (Luke 3:26).
Maaz
MA'AZ (anger), a son of Ram, a descendant of Judah. 1 Chr 2:27.
Maaziah
Strength or consolation of Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-fourth priestly course (1 Chr. 24:18) in David’s reign. (2.) A priest (Neh. 10:8).