Mehetableel
(favored of God), another and less correct form of Mehetabel. The ancestor of Shemaiah the prophet who was hired against Nehemiah by Tobiah and Sanballat. (Nehemiah 6:10)
Mehida
(famous, noble), a family of Nethinim, the descendants of Mehida. returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:52; Nehemiah 7:54)
Mehir
(price), the son of Chelub the brother of Shuah. (1 Chronicles 4:11)
Meholathite
MEHOL'ATHITE, THE, a designation of Adriel, son of Barzillai, 1 Sam 18:19, signifying that he came from a place called Mehola.
Meholathite, The
a word occurring once only— (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place celled Meholah.
Mehujael
Smitten by God, the son of Irad, and father of Methusael (Gen. 4:18).
Mehuman
Faithful, one of the eunchs whom Ahasuerus (Xerxes) commanded to bring in Vashti (Esther 1:10).
Mehunim
(habitations). (Ezra 2:50) Elsewhere called Mehunims and Meunim.
Mehunims
Habitations, (2 Chr. 26:7; R.V. “Meunim,” Vulg. Ammonitae), a people against whom Uzziah waged a successful war. This word is in Hebrew the plural of Ma’on, and thus denotes the Maonites who inhabite…
Mehunims, The
a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. (2 Chronicles 26:7) The name is the plural of Maon [Maon]. Another notice of the Mehunims in the reign of Hezekiah (cir. B.C. 726-697) is fou…
Mejarkon
(hunters of yellowness) a town in the territory of Dan. (Joshua 19:46) only in the neighborhood of Joppa or Japho.
Mekonah
A base or foundation, a town in the south of Judah (Neh. 11:28), near Ziklag.
Melatiah
(Jehovah delivers), a Gibeonite who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:7)
Melchi
My king. (1.) The son of Addi, and father of Neri (Luke 3:28). (2.) Luke 3:24.
Melchi-shua
king of health; magnificent king
Melchiah
(Jehovah’s king), a priest, the father of Pashur. (Jeremiah 21:1)
Melchisedec
(king of righteousness). (Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 6:1; Hebrews 7:1) ... [Melchizedek]
Melchishua.
MELCHISHU'A. See Malchishua.
Melchizedek
King of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in Gen. 14:18-20. He is subsequently mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in Ps. 110:4. The typical significance o…
Melea
Fulness, the son of Menan and father of Eliakim, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:31).
Melech
King, the second of Micah’s four sons (1 Chr. 8:35), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth.
Melicu.
MEL'ICU. Neh 12:14. See Malluch.
Melita
(Acts 27:28), an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta. Here the ship in which Paul was being conveyed a prisoner to Rome was wrecked. The bay in which it was wrecked now bears the name of “S…
Mellicu
his kingdom; his counselor
Melons.
MEL'ONS. Num 11:5. Melons of all kinds have ever been largely cultivated in Egypt, and during the heat of summer often form the chief food and drink of the lower classes. The muskmelon was grown ther…
Melzar
Probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court (Dan. 1:11, 16) who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.
Memphis
Only in Hos. 9:6, Hebrew Moph. In Isa. 19:13; Jer. 2:16; 46:14, 19; Ezek. 30:13, 16, it is mentioned under the name Noph. It was the capital of Lower, i.e., of Northern Egypt. From certain remains fo…
Memucan,
MEMU'CAN, a Persian prince at the court of Ahasuerus. Esth 1:14.
Menahem
Conforting, the son of Gadi, and successor of Shallum, king of Israel, whom he slew. After a reign of about ten years (B.C. 771-760) he died, leaving the throne to his son Pekahiah. His reign was one…
Menan
(called Menna in the Revised Version), one of the ancestors of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Luke 3:31)