Mazzaroth,
MAZ'ZAROTH, Job 38:32, or MAZZALOTH, 2 Kgs 23:5 (planets), the-name of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Mattock or Egyptian Hoe. (After Wilkinson.)
Me-jarkon
Waters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:46). It has been identified with the river ‘Aujeh, which rises at Antipatris.
Meadow
(1.) Heb. ha’ahu (Gen. 41:2, 18), probably an Egyptain word transferred to the Hebrew; some kind of reed or water-plant. In the Revised Version it is rendered “reed-grass”, i.e., the sedge or rank gr…
Meah
An hundred, a tower in Jersalem on the east wall (Neh. 3:1) in the time of Nehemiah.
Meals.
MEALS. See Eating and Feast.
Mearah
A cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Josh. 13:4). This may be the cave of Jezzin in Lebanon, 10 miles east of Sidon, on the Damascus road; or probably, as others think, Mogheirizeh,…
Measure
Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isa. 5:14, elsewhere “statute.” (b) Mad, Job 11:9; Jer. 13:25, elsewhere “garment.” (c) Middah, the …
Measures
[Weights And Measures AND MEASURES]
Meat
It does not appear that the word “meat” is used in any one instance in the Authorized Version of either the Old or New Testament in the sense which it now almost exclusively bears of animal food. The…
Meat, Meats
MEAT, MEATS. The import of this word seems to have undergone a considerable change since our version was made, for in this it means food in general, or, when confined to one species of food, always m…
Meat-offering
(Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote an “unbloody” sacrifice, as opposed to a “bloody” sacrifice. A “drink-offering” generally accompanied it. The la…
Mebunnai
Construction, building of Jehovah, one of David’s bodyguard (2 Sam. 23:27; comp. 21:18); called Sibbechai and Sibbecai (1 Chr. 11:29; 27:11).
Mecherath
selling; knowledge
Mecherathite
MECH'ERATHITE, THE, the designation of one of David's warriors, 1 Chr 11:36; elsewhere called the Maachathite, probably with reference to some locality.
Mecherathite, The
that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel list of (2 Samuel 23:1) ... the name appears, with other variations, as “the Maachathite.” ver. (2 S…
Medad
Love, one of the elders nominated to assist Moses in the government of the people. He and Eldad “prophesied in the camp” (Num. 11:24-29).
Medan
Contention, the third son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:2).
Mede
(Heb. Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media (Dan. 11:1). In Gen. 10:2 the Hebrew word occurs in the list of the sons of Japheth. But probably this is an ethnic and not a personal name, and denotes …
Medeba
Waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town (Num. 21:30). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:16). Here was fought the great battle in which Joab defeated the Ammonites and their allies (1 …
Medes, Media
(middle land). Media lay northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iran. Its greatest length was …
Media.
ME'DIA. Name.— The name is the same as Madai, "middle land," one of Japheth's sons. Gen 10:2. The Hebrew word thus translated "Madai" is also rendered "Medes," 2 Kgs 17:6, etc., and "Media," Esth 1:3…
Median, The
Darius, “the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,” (Daniel 9:1) or “the Mede,” ch. (Daniel 11:1) is thus denoted in (Daniel 5:31)
Mediator,
MEDI'ATOR, one who interposes between two parties at variance with the view of effecting a reconciliation between them. Gal 3:19. The title belongs pre-eminently to the divine Redeemer, in and by who…
Medicine.
MED'ICINE. The scrupulous attention paid in Egypt to the dead was favorable to the development of the science of medicine; thus the more elaborate methods of embalming involved processes of anatomy a…
Meekness
A calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13). Peculiar promises are made to the meek (Matt. 5:5; Isa. 66:2). The cultivation of this spirit is enjoined (Col. 3:12; 1 Tim. 6:11; Zeph. 2:3),…
Megiddo
Place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:21), belonged to the tribe of Manasseh (Judg. 1:27), but does not seem to have been fully occupied by the Israelites ti…
Megiddon
same as Megiddo
Mehetabeel
Whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah (Neh. 6:10).
Mehetabeet
MEHET'ABEET. (whom God does good to), the ancestor of Shemaiah. Neh 6:10.
Mehetabel,
MEHET'ABEL, daughter of Matred, and wife of Hadad, king of Edom. Gen 36:39; 1 Chr 1:50.