Moadiah.
MOADI'AH. See Maadiah.
Modern Jerusalem.
VI. Modern Jerusalem.— The present city is built upon the ruins of the ancient Holy City. The buildings, walls, towers, and bridges of the city of David and Solomon, of Hezekiah, of Nehemiah and Ezra…
Modin
a place not mentioned in either the Old or the New Testament, though rendered immortal by its connection with the history of the Jews in the interval between the two. It was the native city of the Ma…
Moladah
Birth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Josh. 15:21-26; 19:2). It has been identified with the modern el-Milh, 10 miles east of Beersheba.
Mole.
MOLE. In Lev 11:30 the Hebrew word is believed to denote the chameleon, already described. The most recent criticism would have this vexed verse read thus: "And the gecko and the monitor and the true…
Molech
(king). The fire-god Molech was the tutelary deity of the children of Ammon, and essentially identical with the Moabitish Chemosh. Fire-gods appear to have been common to all the Canaanite, Syrian an…
Moli
Mahli, the son of Merari. 1 Esdr. 8:47; comp (Ezra 8:18)
Molid
(begetter), the son of Abishur by his wife Abihail, and descendant of Jerahmeel. (1 Chronicles 2:29)
Moloch
King, the name of the national god of the Ammonites, to whom children were sacrificed by fire. He was the consuming and destroying and also at the same time the purifying fire. In Amos 5:26, “your Mo…
Money-changer
(Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards had to pay (Ex. 30:13-15) into the sacred treasury half a shekel every year as an offering to Jehovah, and that in …
Money-changers
MONEY-CHANGERS. Every Israelite who had reached the age of twenty was required by the Law, Ex 30:13-15, to pay one half-shekel, as an offering to Jehovah, into the sacred treasury whenever the nation…
Money.
MON'EY. Commerce, in its most primitive state, is a mere bartering, one kind of goods being exchanged for another. The next stage in commercial development is the invention of a common means of excha…
Moneychangers
(Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15) According to (Exodus 30:13-15) every Israelite who had reached or passed the age of twenty must pay into the sacred treasury, whenever the nation was numbered, …
Month.
MONTH. The ancient Hebrews called the months by their numbers - first month, second month, third month, etc. - though at the same time they also applied a special name to each month. This double nome…
Moon,
MOON, Deut 33:14, or LES'SER LIGHT. Gen 1:16. The Hebrew year was a lunar year, and the new moon regulated many of the feasts and sacred services of the Jews. It was always the beginning of the month…
Moon, New
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Morasthite
MO'RASTHITE, the designation of the prophet Micah, as a native of Moresheth-gath. Jer 26:18; Mic 1:1.
Morasthite, The
that is, the native of a place named Moresheth. It occurs twice— (Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1)—each time as the description of the prophet Micah.
Mordecai
The son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at least one hundred and twenty-nine years old in the…
Moreh, The Hill Of
Probably identical with “little Hermon,” the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the lower spurs of this mountain. It is a gray ridge parallel to Gilboa on the north; and between the two lay the …
Moreh.
MO'REH. The Plain, Plains, or Oaks of Moreh. It is twice noticed in Scripture; first as the halting-place of Abram after his entrance into the land of Canaan. Gen 12:6. It was near Shechem, Gen 12:6,…
Moresheth-gath
Possession of the wine-press, the birthplace of the prophet Micah (1:14), who is called the “Morasthite” (Jer. 26:18). This place was probably a suburb of Gath.
Moreshethgath
(possession of Gath), a place named by the prophet Micah. (Micah 1:14) The prophet was himself a native of a place called Moresheth.
Moriah
The chosen of Jehovah. Some contend that Mount Gerizim is meant, but most probably we are to regard this as one of the hills of Jerusalem. Here Solomon’s temple was built, on the spot that had been t…
Morning
MORN'ING. See Day, Watch. Morning Watch. See Watch. Morning Star. See Stars.
Mortar.
MOR'TAR. See Lime.
Mosera,
MOSE'RA, and MOSE'ROTH (bond, bonds), a station in the journey of the Israelites through the wilderness, and near Mount Hor. Deut 10:6; Num 33:30-31.
Moserah
(bonds), (10:6) apparently the same as Moseroth, (Numbers 33:30) its plural form, the name of a place near Mount Hor.
Moseroth
Bonds, one of the stations in the wilderness (Num. 33:30, 31), probably the same as Mosera.
Moses
Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years be…