Michmash
Something hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron, on the road to Jerusalem (Isa. 10:28). It lay on the line of march of an invading army from the north, on the nor…
Michmethah
Hiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west of Jordan (Josh. 16:6; 17:7).
Michri
Prize of Jehovah, a Benjamite, the father of Uzzi (1 Chr. 9:8).
Michtam
Writing; i.e., a poem or song found in the titles of Ps. 16; 56-60. Some translate the word “golden”, i.e., precious. It is rendered in the LXX. by a word meaning “tablet inscription” or a “stelograp…
Middin
Measures, one of the six cities “in the wilderness,” on the west of the Dead Sea, mentioned along with En-gedi (Josh. 15:61).
Midian
Strife, the fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, the father of the Midianites (Gen. 25:2; 1 Chr. 1:32).
Midianite
An Arabian tribe descended from Midian. They inhabited principally the desert north of the peninsula of Arabia. The peninsula of Sinai was the pasture-ground for their flocks. They were virtually the…
Midwife.
MID'WIFE. The two midwives mentioned in Ex 1:15 are probably representatives or superintendents of a whole class, as such a number seems to stand in a decided disproportion to the needs of the Jewish…
Migdal-edar
Tower of the flock, a place 2 miles south of Jerusalem, near the Bethlehem road (Gen. 35:21). (See EDAR.)
Migdal-el
Tower of God, a fortified city of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38), supposed by some to be identical with Magdala (q.v.).
Migdal-gad
Tower of fortune, a town in the plains of Judah, probably the modern el-Mejdel, a little to the north-east of Ascalon (Josh. 15:37).
Migdalel
(tower of God), one of the fortified towns of the possession of Naphtali, (Joshua 19:38) only, possibly deriving its name from some ancient tower—the “tower of El,” or God.
Migdalgad
(tower of Gad), a city of Judah, (Joshua 15:37) in the district of the Shefelah, or maritime lowland.
Migdol
Tower. (1.) A strongly-fortified place 12 miles from Pelusium, in the north of Egypt (Jer. 44:1; 46:14). This word is rendered “tower” in Ezek. 29:10, but the margin correctly retains the name Migdol…
Migron
Precipice or landslip, a place between Aiath and Michmash (Isa. 10:28). The town of the same name mentioned in 1 Sam. 14:2 was to the south of this.
Mijamin
(from the right hand).
Mikloth
Staves. (1.) An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:4). (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:32; 9:37, 38).
Mikneiah
(possession of Jehovah), one of the Levites of the second rank, gatekeepers of the ark, appointed by David to play in the temple band “with harps upon Sheminith.” (1 Chronicles 15:18,21)
Milaiai
Eloquent, a Levitical musician (Neh. 12:36) who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.
Milalai
(eloquent), probably a Gershonite Levite of the sons of Asaph, who assisted at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:36)
Milcah
(queen or counsel).
Milcom.
MIL'COM. See Moloch.
Mildew
(the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning “to be yellow,” yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blighting and thus rendering the grain unproductive (Deut. 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28).
Mile.
MILE. See Measures.
Miletum
red; scarlet
Miletus
(Miletum, 2 Tim. 4:20), a seaport town and the ancient capital of Ionia, about 36 miles south of Ephesus. On his voyage from Greece to Syria, Paul touched at this port, and delivered that noble and p…
Milk,
MILK, not only of cows, but also of camels, sheep, and goats, was used in Palestine, and is often spoken of in the O.T. Gen 32:15; Deut 32:14; Prov 27:27; Isa 7:21-22. The simplest spiritual food or …
Mill.
MILL. The simplest mill for bruising grains was nothing more than two stones, between which they were broken. If one of the stones be hollowed out, so as to contain the corn to be pounded by another …
Millennium
A thousand years; the name given to the era mentioned in Rev. 20:1-7. Some maintain that Christ will personally appear on earth for the purpose of establishing his kingdom at the beginning of this mi…
Millet,
MIL'LET, the grain of the cultivated panic-grass (Panicum miliaceum) or of du-rah (variously spelled, but thus pronounced). Eze 4:9. Both these large grasses are often sown in the Levant, and perhaps…