Dictionaries :: MisparHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryMispar:Mispereth, numbering; showing; increase of tributeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMispar: mis'-par (micpar): An exile who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezr 2:2). the King James Version spells the name "Mizpar." In the parallel verse of Nehemiah it appears as "Mispereth" (Ne 7:7

Dictionaries :: MetalInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMetal: met'-al (chashmal; elektron; the King James Version amber; Eze 8:2, the Revised Version margin "amber"): The substance here intended is a matter of great uncertainty. In Egypt bronze was, called chesmen, which may be connected with the Hebrew chashmal; the Greek elektron too h

Dictionaries :: Mother-In-LawInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMother-In-Law:Nave's Topical BibleMother-In-Law: General Scriptures Concerning Mat 10:35Mother-In-Law: Not to Be Defiled Lev 18:17; 20:14; Deu 27:23Mother-In-Law: Beloved by Ruth Rth 1:14-17Mother-In-Law: Peter's, Healed by Jesus Mar 1:30, 31Vine's Expository Diction

Dictionaries :: Merry (To Be, to Make)Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words1Strong's Number: g2165Greek: euphrainoMerry (To Be, to Make):in the Active Voice, "to cheer, make glad," 2Cr 2:2, is used everywhere else in the Passive Voice, signifying, "to be happy, rejoice, make merry," and translated "to be merry" in Luk 12:19; 15:23, 24

Dictionaries :: MeshechEaston's Bible DictionaryMeshech: drawing out, the sixth son of Japheth (Gen 10:2), the founder of a tribe (1Ch 1:5; Eze 27:13; 38:2,3). They were in all probability the Moschi, a people inhabiting the Moschian Mountains, between the Black and the Caspian Seas. In Psa 120:5 the name occurs as simply a synonym for foreigner

Dictionaries :: MothEaston's Bible DictionaryMoth: Heb. 'ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28; Isa 50:9; 51:8; Hsa 5:12). Gr. ses, thus rendered in Mat 6:19, 20; Luk 12:33. Allusion is thus made to the destruction of clothing by the larvae of the clothes-moth. This is the only lepidop

Dictionaries :: MnasonEaston's Bible DictionaryMnason: reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Act 21:16). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas (11:19,20), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea (4:36). He was an "old disciple" (R.V., "early disciple"), i.e., he had become a Christian

Dictionaries :: ModinInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaModin: mo'-din (Modeein, Modein, Modeeim, and other forms; in the Talmud it is called modhi‘im, and modhi‘ith (Neubauer, Geographie du Talmud, 99)): This place owes its interest to the part it played in the history of the Maccabees. It was the ancestral home of their family

Dictionaries :: MizparEaston's Bible DictionaryMizpar: number, one of the Jews who accompanied Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezr 2:2); called also Mispereth (Neh 7:7).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMizpar: miz'-par. Nave's Topical BibleMizpar: See MISPERETHSmith's Bible DictionaryMizpar: (number); properly Mispar, the same as MIS

Dictionaries :: MintEaston's Bible DictionaryMint: (Gr. heduosmon, i.e., "having a sweet smell"), one of the garden herbs of which the Pharisees paid tithes (Mat 23:23; Luk 11:42). It belongs to the labiate family of plants. The species most common in Syria is the Mentha sylvestris, the wild mint, which grows much larger than the garden mint (M.

Dictionaries :: Mountain of the AmoritesSmith's Bible DictionaryMountain of the Amorites: specifically mentioned (Deuteronomy 1:19-20 compare Deuteronomy 1:44). It seems to be the range which rises abruptly from the plateau of et‐Tih, south of Judea, running from a little south of west to north of east, and of which the extremities are the

Dictionaries :: MedanEaston's Bible DictionaryMedan: contention, the third son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen 25:2).Hitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryMedan:judgment; processInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMedan: me'-dan (medhan, "strife"): One of the sons of Abraham by Keturah (Ge 25:2; 1Ch 1:32). The tribe and its place remain unidenti

Dictionaries :: MinistrationKing James DictionaryMinistration: Service.But if the MINISTRATION of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: how shall not the MINISTRATION of the spirit be rather

Dictionaries :: MelitaEaston's Bible DictionaryMelita: (Act 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 "St. Paul's Bay", "a certain creek with a shore." It is about 2 miles deep and 1 broad, and the

Dictionaries :: MilletEaston's Bible DictionaryMillet: (Heb. dohan; only in Eze 4:9), a small grain, the produce of the Panicum miliaceum of botanists. It is universally cultivated in the East as one of the smaller corn-grasses. This seed is the cenchros of the Greeks. It is called in India warree, and by the Arabs dukhan, and is extensively use

Dictionaries :: MeraritesEaston's Bible DictionaryMerarites: 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 distribution of the oxen and waggons offered by the princes (Num 7), Moses gave twice as many

Dictionaries :: MithradatesInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMithradates: mith-ra-da'-tez (Codex Alexandrinus Mithradates; Codex Vaticanus Mithridates; the King James Version Mithridates): (1) The treasurer of Cyrus to whom the king committed the vessels which had been taken from the temple and who delivered them to the governor, Sana

Dictionaries :: MorashtiteInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMorashtite: mo-rash'-tit (hamorashti; the King James Version, Morasthite, mo-ras'-thit): Gentilic designation of the prophet Micah (Jer 26:18; Mic 1:1).

Dictionaries :: MediaEaston's Bible DictionaryMedia: Heb. Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1) "Madai," Gen 10:2; (2) "Medes," 2Ki 17:6; 18:11; (3) "Media," Est 1:3; 10:2; Isa 21:2; Dan 8:20; (4) "Mede," only in Dan 11:1. We first hear of this people in the Assyrian cuneiform records, under the name of Amada, about B.C. 840.

Dictionaries :: MinorsNave's Topical BibleMinors: Legal Status Of Gal 4:1, 2Minors: References Concerning See ORPHAN; YOUNG MEN