Misheal
(Josh. 19:26), a town of Asher, probably the same as Mishal.
Mishma
Hearing. (1.) One of the sons of Ishmael (Gen. 25:14), and founder of an Arab tribe. (2.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:25, 26).
Mishmannah
Fatness, one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:10).
Mishraites
spread abroad
Mishraites, The
the fourth of the four “families of Kirjath-jearim,” i.e. colonies proceeding therefrom and founding towns. (1 Chronicles 2:53)
Mispar
Mispereth, numbering; showing; increase of tribute
Mispereth
one of those who returned with Zerubbabel and Jeshua from Babylon. (Nehemiah 7:7)
Misrephoth-maim
Burning of waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a place to which Joshua pursued a party of Canaanites after the defeat of Jabin (Josh. 11:8). It is identified with the…
Misrephothmaim
(the flew of waters), a place in northern Palestine. Dr. Thomson treats Misrephoth-maim as identical with a collection of springs called Ain-Musheirifeh, on the seashore close under the Ras en-Nakhur…
Mite,
MITE, the lowest denomination of Jewish money - two mites making a farthing - and probably of the value of two mills of our currency. Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4.
Mithcah
Sweetness, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:28, 29).
Mithnite
loin; gift; hope
Mithnite, The
the designation of Joshaphat, one of David’s guard in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:43)
Mithredath
Given by Mithra, or dedicated to Mithra, i.e., the sun, the Hebrew form of the Greek name Mithridates. (1.) The “treasurer” of King Cyrus (Ezra 1:8). (2.) Ezra 4:7, a Persian officer in Samaria.
Mitre,
MI'TRE, the head-dress of the Jewish priest, was of fine flax or linen, made with many folds, making in length eight yards, finished with elegance and taste, and wreathed round the head in the shape …
Mitylene
The chief city of the island of Lesbos, on its east coast, in the AEgean Sea. Paul, during his third missionary journey, touched at this place on his way from Corinth to Judea (Acts 20:14), and here …
Mixed
MIXED MULTITUDE, an expression occurring Ex 12:38; Num 11:4, and Neh 13:3, and denoting people who congregated with the Israelites without being of pure Israelite blood. By some it is explained as re…
Mixed Multitude
(Ex. 12:38), a class who accompanied the Israelites as they journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, the first stage of the Exodus. These were probably miscellaneous hangers-on to the Hebrews, whether Egyp…
Mizar
Smallness, a summit on the eastern ridge of Lebanon, near which David lay after escaping from Absalom (Ps. 42:6). It may, perhaps, be the present Jebel Ajlun, thus named, “the little”, in contrast wi…
Mizpah,
MIZ'PAH, and MIZ'PEH (watch-tower), the name of several places in Palestine. On Mount Gilead, also called Mizpeh of Gilead, Jud 11:29, and elsewhere probably Ramoth-mizpeh, Josh 13:26, and Ramoth-gil…
Mizpar
Number, one of the Jews who accompanied Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezra 2:2); called also Mispereth (Neh. 7:7).
Mizpeh
[Mizpah]
Mizraim
The dual form of matzor, meaning a “mound” or “fortress,” the name of a people descended from Ham (Gen. 10:6, 13; 1 Chr. 1:8, 11). It was the name generally given by the Hebrews to the land of Egypt …
Mizraim, Or Mizraim
(the two Egypts; red soil), the usual name of Egypt in the Old Testament the dual of Mazor, which is less frequently employed. Mizraim first occurs in the account of the Hamites in (Genesis 10:1) ...…
Mizzah
Despair, one of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau (Gen. 36:13, 17).
Mnason
Reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts 21:16). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas (11:19, 20), and was well known to the Christians of Caesa…
Moab
The seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of Lot (Gen. 19:37), of incestuous birth. (2.) Used to denote the people of Moab (Num. 22:3-14; Judg. 3:30; 2 Sam. …
Moabite
The designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:37). From Zoar, the cradle of this tribe, on the south-eastern border of the Dead Sea, they gradually spread over the region on…
Moabite Stone
A basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was discovered at Dibon by Klein, a German missionary at Jerusalem, in 1868. It was 3 1/2 feet high and 2 in breadth and in thickness, roun…
Moabite Stone, The
In the year 1868 Rev. F. Klein, of the Church Missionary Society at Jerusalem, found at Dhiban (the biblical Dibon), in Moab, a remarkable stone, since called the Moabite Stone. It was lying on the g…