Mene
(Dan. 5:25, 26), numbered, one of the words of the mysterious inscription written “upon the plaister of the wall” in Belshazzar’s palace at Babylon. The writing was explained by Daniel. (See BELSHAZZ…
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
ME'NE, ME'NE, TE'KEL, UPHAR'SIN. This sentence, which appeared on the wall of Belshazzar's banqueting-hall to warn him of the impending destruction of Babylon, is in the pure Chaldee language, and re…
Menhir
MENHIR (price), a descendant of Judah. 1 Chr 4:11.
Meni
Isa. 65:11, marg. (A.V., “that number;” R.V., “destiny”), probably an idol which the captive Israelites worshipped after the example of the Babylonians. It may have been a symbol of destiny. LXX., tu…
Menna
In the Revised Version of (Luke 3:31) for Menan.
Menuchah
MENU'CHAH (rest, ease), the marginal reading to Jud 20:43, rendered in the text by "with ease," but considered by some to be the name of a place: identical with Manahath.
Menuchites
MENU'CHITES, one of the marginal readings to 1 Chr 2:52; the same as Manahathites.
Meonenim
(Judg. 9:37; A.V., “the plain of Meonenim;” R.V., “the oak of Meonenim”) means properly “soothsayers” or “sorcerers,” “wizards” (Deut. 18:10, 14; 2 Kings 21:6; Micah 5:12). This may be the oak at She…
Meonenim, The Plain Of
MEON'ENIM, THE PLAIN OF (oak of soothsayers), an oak or terebinth, Jud 9:37; comp. Deut 18:10, 2 Kgs 22:14; Mic 5:12, "soothsayers." The meaning of the name seems to connect it with some old diviners…
Meonothai
(my habitations), one of the sons of Othniel, the younger brother of Caleb. (1 Chronicles 4:14)
Mephaath
Splendour, a Levitical city (Josh. 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 daughter of Aiah. He and his brother Armoni were with five others “hanged on a hill before the L…
Merab,
ME'RAB, the eldest daughter of Saul, who promised her to David in marriage; but she married Adriel of Meholath, by whom she had five sons, and David took her sister Miehal. 1 Sam 14:49. The five sons…
Meraiah
Resistance, a chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim (Neh. 12:12).
Meraioth
Rebellions. (1.) Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:6, 7, 52). (2.) Neh. 12:15, a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in Neh. 12:3.
Merarath
(bareness), one of the towns of Judah, in the district of the mountains. (Joshua 15:59) The places which occur in company with have been identified at a few miles to the north of Hebron, but Maarath …
Merari
Sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16). He became the head of one of the great d…
Merari, Merarites
(bitter, unhappy), third son of Levi and head of the third great division of the Levites, the Merarites. (Genesis 46:8,11) At the time of the exodus and the numbering in the wilderness, the Merarites…
Merarites
The descendants of Merari (Num. 26:57). They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites had charge of the tabernacle, which they had to carry from place to place (Num. 3:20, 33-37; 4:29-33). In the dist…
Merarites, The
MERARITES, THE, one of the three great families, of the tribe of Levi, numbering, when the census was taken in the wilderness, 6200 males above one month old, of whom 3200 were between thirty and fif…
Merathaim
Double rebellion, probably a symbolical name given to Babylon (Jer. 50:21), denoting rebellion exceeding that of other nations.
Merchant
The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning “to travel about,” “to migrate,” and hence “a traveller.” In the East, in ancient times, merchants travelled about with their merchandise from place…
Merchants
MER'CHANTS. The earliest mode of commerce was by caravans. The commerce with India was carried on in this way by the merchants of Arabia and Egypt, and it was to the merchants of an Egyptian caravan …
Mercurius,
MERCU'RIUS, a character of the Latin mythology, identical with the Greek Hermes, the god of eloquence and lying, of commerce and cheating. An old myth told a story of Jupiter and Mercurius once wande…
Mercury
(Acts 14:12) the translation of the above in the Revised Version.
Mercy
Compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for the exercise of mercy towards the sons of men, in harmony with the demands of truth and righte…
Mercy-seat
(Heb. kapporeth, a “covering;” LXX. and N.T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the covenant (q.v.). It was of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, or perhaps rather …
Mercyseat
(Exodus 25:17; 37:6; Hebrews 9:5) This appears to have been merely the lid of the ark of the covenant, not another surface affixed thereto. (It was a solid plate of gold, 2 1/2 cubits (6 1/3 feet) lo…
Mered
Rebellion, one of the sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:17).
Meremoth
Exaltations, heights, a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:3), to whom were sent the sacred vessels (Ezra 8:33) belonging to the temple. He took part in rebuilding the walls of…