Dictionaries :: Meek, MeeknessVine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament WordsA-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g4239Greek: praus | praosMeek, Meekness:denotes "gentle, mild, meek;" for its significance see the corresponding noun, below, B. Christ uses it of His own disposition, Mat 11:29; He gives it in the third of His Beatitudes, Mat 5:5; it is sa

Dictionaries :: MoteEaston's Bible DictionaryMote: (Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral defect is likened to a mote (Mat 7:3-5; Luk 6:41,42).International Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMote: mot (karphos): A minute piece of anything dry or light, as straw, chaff, a splinter of wood, that might en

Dictionaries :: MeshezabeelNave's Topical BibleMeshezabeel: 1. Ancestor of Meshullam Neh 3:4Meshezabeel: 2. A Person Who Sealed the Covenant Neh 10:21; 11:24Smith's Bible DictionaryMeshezabeel: (delivered by God). (1.) Ancestor of Meshullam, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:4). (2.) One of the "he

Dictionaries :: MercenariesNave's Topical BibleMercenaries: See SOLDIERS

Dictionaries :: Morrow, TomorrowInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMorrow, Tomorrow: mor'-o, too-mor'-o: Two words are used in the Old Testament in this meaning: boqer, which properly means "dawn," or "morning," and machar, properly the same, but used for the next morning and hence, "tomorrow," like the German morgen. The derivative mo-ch

Dictionaries :: MishaelEaston's Bible DictionaryMishael: who is like God! (1.) A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (Exd 6:22). (2.) One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon (Dan 1:11,19), and promoted to the rank of Magi. He and his companions were afterwards cast into the burning fiery furnace for r

Dictionaries :: MeeknessEaston's Bible DictionaryMeekness: a calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (Jam 3:7,8). Peculiar promises are made to the meek (Mat 5:5; Isa 66:2). The cultivation of this spirit is enjoined (Col 3:12; 1Ti 6:11; Zep 2:3), and exemplified in Christ (Mat 11:29), Abraham (Gen 13; 16:5,8) Moses (Num 12:3), David (Zec 12:8;

Dictionaries :: Mill; MillstoneInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMill; Millstone: mil, mil'-ston (recheh; mulos, mulon): The two most primitive methods of grinding grain were (1) by pounding it in a mortar, and (2) by rubbing it between two stones. In Nu 11:8 both methods are mentioned as used for rendering the manna more fit

Dictionaries :: Michmas or MichmashSmith's Bible DictionaryMichmas or Michmash: (hidden) a town which is known to us almost solely by its connection with the Philistine war of Saul and Jonathan (1 Samuel 13:1; 1 Samuel 14:1). … It has been identified with great probability in a village which still bears the name of Mukhmas, about seven mil

Dictionaries :: MeonenimEaston's Bible DictionaryMeonenim: (Jdg 9:37; A.V., "the plain of Meonenim; " R.V., "the oak of Meonenim") means properly "soothsayers" or "sorcerers," "wizards" (Deu 18:10,14; 2Ki 21:6; Mic 5:12). This may be the oak at Shechem under which Abram pitched his tent (See SHECHEM), the "enchanter's oak," so called, perhaps, f

Dictionaries :: MiphkadSmith's Bible DictionaryMiphkad: (appointed place) The gate, one of the gates of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:31). It was probably not in the wall of Jerusalem proper, but in that of the city of David, or Zion, and somewhere near to the junction of the two on the north side.

Dictionaries :: Mercy; MercifulInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMercy; Merciful: mur'-si, mur'-si-fool (checedh, racham, chanan; eleos, eleeo, oiktirmos): "Mercy" is a distinctive Bible word characterizing God as revealed to men. In the Old Testament it is most often the translation of checedh, "kindness," "loving-kindness" (see LOVINGK

Dictionaries :: MoleEaston's Bible DictionaryMole: Heb. tinshameth (Lev 11:30), probably signifies some species of lizard (rendered in R.V., "chameleon"). In Lev 11:18, Deut. 14:16, it is rendered, in Authorized Version, "swan" (R.V., "horned owl"). The Heb. holed (Lev 11:29), rendered "weasel," was probably the mole-rat. The true mole (Talpa

Dictionaries :: MizpehSmith's Bible DictionaryMizpeh: SEE [MIZPAH].

Dictionaries :: MithkahInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMithkah: mith'-ka (mithqah "sweetness"; the King James Version Mithcah): Name given owing to sweetness of pasture or water. A desert camp of the Israelites between Terah and Hashmonah (Nu 33:28 f).

Dictionaries :: MelchiahHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryMelchiah:God is my kingInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMelchiah: mel-ki'-a (malkhiyah, "Yah's king"): A priest and father of Pashur (Jer 21:1 the King James Version); elsewhere and in the Revised Version (British and American) called MALCHIAH and MALCHIJAH (which see). Smit

Dictionaries :: MinnithEaston's Bible DictionaryMinnith: distribution, an Ammonitish town (Jdg 11:33) from which wheat was exported to Tyre (Eze 27:17). It was probably somewhere in the Mishor or table-land on the east of Jordan. There is a gentle valley running for about 4 miles east of Dhiban called Kurm Dhiban, "the vineyards of Dibon." Trist

Dictionaries :: Mixed, MultitudeInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMixed, Multitude: mikst, mul'-ti-tud.

Dictionaries :: Micheas; MichaeasInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMicheas; Michaeas: mi-ke'-as: In 2 Esdras 1:39 equals the prophet Micah.

Dictionaries :: MehirHitchcock's Bible Names DictionaryMehir:a rewardInternational Standard Bible EncyclopaediaMehir: me'-her (mechir, "price," "hire"): A descendant of Judah, son of Chelub, nephew of Shuah (1Ch 4:11). Perug, a Chaldee name of equivalent meaning, is given for this person in the Targum of Rabbi Joseph. Nave's Topical BibleMehir: