Mahlah
Disease, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Num. 27:1-11) who had their father’s inheritance, the law of inheritance having been altered in their favour.
Mahli
(sick).
Mahlites
MAH'LITES, a family of Levites descending from Mahli. Num 3:33; Num 26:58.
Mahlon
Sickly, the elder of Elimelech the Bethlehemite’s two sons by Naomi. He married Ruth and died childless (Ruth 1:2, 5; 4:9, 10), in the land of Moab.
Mahol
Dance, the father of four sons (1 Kings 4:31) who were inferior in wisdom only to Solomon.
Mail
MAIL. 1 Sam 17:5. See Arms.
Mail, Coat Of
“a corselet of scales,” a cuirass formed of pieces of metal overlapping each other, like fish-scales (1 Sam. 17:5); also (38) a corselet or garment thus encased.
Main-sail
(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern “mizzen-sail,” as some suppose. Others understand the “jib,” near the prow, or the “fore-sail,” as likely to be most useful in bringing a ship’s head to the win…
Mainsail
MAIN'SAIL. Acts 27:40. See Ship.
Makas
same as Mahaz
Makaz
(end), a place, apparently a town, named once only— (1 Kings 4:9)—in the: specification of the jurisdiction of Solomon a commissariat officer, Ben-Dekar. Makaz has not been discovered.
Makheloth
Assemblies, a station of the Israelites in the desert (Num. 33:25, 26).
Makkedah
Herdsman’s place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:16), near which was a cave where the five kings who had confederated against Israel sought refuge (10:10-29). They were put to de…
Maktesh
Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zeph. 1:11). It has been conjectured that it was the “Phoenician quarter” of the city, where the traders of that nation resided, af…
Malachi
Messenger or angel, the last of the minor prophets, and the writer of the last book of the Old Testament canon (Mal. 4:4, 5, 6). Nothing is known of him beyond what is contained in his book of prophe…
Malachi, Prophecies Of
The contents of the book are comprised in four chapters. In the Hebrew text the third and fourth chapters (of the A.V.) form but one. The whole consists of three sections, preceded by an introduction…
Malcam
(2 Sam. 12:30, Heb., R.V., “their king;” Jer. 49:1, 3, R.V.; Zeph. 1:5), the national idol of the Ammonites. When Rabbah was taken by David, the crown of this idol was among the spoils. The weight is…
Malcham
MAL'CHAM (their king). A Benjamite chief. 1 Chr 8:9. As occurring in Zeph 1:5, it is understood by some as an idol in general, by others as signifying Moloch.
Malchi-shua
King of help, one of the four sons of Saul (1 Chr. 8:33). He perished along with his father in the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 31:2).
Malchiah
Jehovah’s king. (1.) The head of the fifth division of the priests in the time of David (1 Chr. 24:9). (2.) A priest, the father of Pashur (1 Chr. 9:12; Jer. 38:1). (3.) One of the priests appointed …
Malchiel
MAL'CHIEL (God's king), a grandson of Asher, and the ancestor of the Malchielites. Gen 46:17; Num 26:45; 1 Chr 7:31.
Malchijah
MALCHI'JAH (Jehovah's king). The same as Malchiah, 5. A priest, chief of the fifth course in the reign of David. 1 Chr 24:9. One who had taken a foreign wife. Ezr 10:25. One who assisted in repairing…
Malchiram
MALCHI'RAM (king of altitude), a son of Jehoiachin, king of Judah. 1 Chr 3:18.
Malchishua
(king of help), one of the sons of King Saul. (1 Samuel 14:49; 31:2; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39)
Malchus
Reigning, the personal servant or slave of the high priest Caiaphas. He is mentioned only by John. Peter cut off his right ear in the garden of Gethsemane (John 18:10). But our Lord cured it with a t…
Maleleel
same as Mahaleleel
Maleleel, Or Mahalaleel
the son of Cainan. (Genesis 5:12) marg.; Luke 3:37
Mallothi
My fulness, a Kohathite Levite, one of the sons of Heman the Levite (1 Chr. 25:4), and chief of the nineteenth division of the temple musicians (26).
Mallows
Occurs only in Job 30:4 (R.V., “saltwort”). The word so rendered (malluah, from melah, “salt”) most probably denotes the Atriplex halimus of Linnaeus, a species of sea purslane found on the shores of…
Malluch
Reigned over, or reigning. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:44). (2.) A priest who returned from Babylon (Neh. 12:2). (3.) Ezra 10:29. (4.) Ezra 10:32