NAARAH (2) na`arah; Codex Vaticanus hai komai auton; Codex Alexandrinus Naaratha; the King James Version Naarath): A town in the territory of Ephraim (Joshua 16:7). It appears as "Naaran" in 1 Chronicles 7:28 (Codex Vaticanus Naarnan; Codex Alexandrinus Naaran). Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. "Noorath") places it 5 Roman miles from Jericho. The name

NAAMITE na'-a-mit (ha-na`ami, "the Naamite"): A family which traced its descent from Naaman (Numbers 26:40). See NAAMAN, (2). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NAAMITE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NAARAH (1) na'-a-ra (na`arah, "a girl"): One of the two wives of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1 Chronicles 4:5). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NAARAH (1)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NAAMAN na'-a-man (na`aman, "pleasantness"; Septuagint; Codices Vaticanus and Alexandrinus Naiman; so Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek in the New Testament; Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Neeman) : (1) A successful Syrian general, high in the confidence and esteem of the king of Syria, and honored by his fellow-countrymen as the

NAAMATHITE na'-a-ma-thit, na-am'-a-thit (na`amdthi, "a dweller in Naaman"; ho M(e)inaion basileus): The description of Zophar, one of Job's friends (Job 2:11; 11:1; 20:1, etc.). Naamah is too common a place-name to permit of the identification of Zophar's home; the Septuagint renders it as "king of the Minaeans." Copyright Statement These files ar

NAAMAH (1) na'-a-ma. (na`amah, "pleasant"; Noema): (1) Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, and sister of Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:22; compare Josephus, Ant, I, ii, 2). (2) An Ammonitish woman whom Solomon married, and who became the mother of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chronicles 12:13). According to an addition in the Septuagint following 1 Kings 12:24,

NAAMAH (2) (1) One of a group of 16 lowland (Shephelah) cities forming part of Judah's inheritance (Joshua 15:41). (2) The home of Zophar, one of Job's friends (Job 2:11, etc.). See NAAMATHITE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NAAMAH (2)'". "Internationa

MYTHOLOGY mi-thol'-o-ji. See FABLE; BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF; GREECE, RELIGION IN ANCIENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MYTHOLOGY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NAAM na'-am (na`am): A son of Caleb (1 Chronicles 4:15) Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NAAM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MYSIA mish'-i-a (Musia): A country in the northwestern part of Asia Minor, which formed an important part of the Roman province of Asia. Though its boundaries were always vague, it may be said to have extended on the North to the Sea of Marmora on the East to Bithynia and Phrygia, on the South to Lydia, and on the West to Hellespont. According to

MYSTERY mis'-ter-i (musterion; from mustes, "one initiated into mysteries"; mueo "to initiate," muo, "to close" the lips or the eyes; stem mu-, a sound produced with closed lips; compare Latin mutus, "dumb"): Its usual modern meaning (equals something in itself obscure or incomprehensible, difficult or impossible to understand) does not convey the

MYRRH mur: (1) (mor or mowr; Arabic murr]): This substance is mentioned as valuable for its perfume (Psalms 45:8; Proverbs 7:17; Song of Solomon 3:6; 4:14), and as one of the constituents of the holy incense (Exodus 30:23; see also Song of Solomon 4:6; 5:1,5,13). Mor is generally identified with the "myrrh" of commerce, the dried gum of a species

MYRTLE mur'-t'-l (hadhac; mursine (Isaiah 41:19; 55:13; Nehemiah 8:15; Zechariah 1:8,10); also as a name in Hadassah in Esther 2:7, the Jewish form of ESTHER (which see)): The myrtle, Myrtus communis (Natural Order Myrtaceae), is a very common indigenous shrub all over Palestine. On the bare hillsides it is a low bush, but under favorable conditio

MUZZLE muz'l (chacam; phimoo) According to the Deuteronomic injunction (Deuteronomy 25:4), the ox was not to be muzzled while treading the grain, i.e. threshing. The muzzle was a guard placed on the mouth of the oxen to prevent them from biting or eating. The threshing ox would have ample opportunity of feeding (compare Hosea 10:11). The Deuteronom

MYNDUS min'-dus (Mundos): A city of Asia Minor, situated at the extreme western end of a peninsula jutting into the sea (see CARIA). It seems that the city was independent at an early date and that many Jews lived there, for according to 1 Macc 15:23, it was one of the several places to which the Roman senate, in the year 139 BC, sent a letter in

MYRA mi'-ra (Mura): A city of the ancient country of Lycia about 2 1/2 miles from the coast. Here, according to Acts 27:6, Paul found a grain ship from Alexandria. The city stood upon a hill formed by the openings of two valleys. At an early period Myra was of less importance than was the neighboring city Patara, yet later it became a prominent po

MUTILATION mu-ti-la'-shun. See PUNISHMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MUTILATION'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MUTTER mut'-er (haghah (Isaiah 8:19; 59:3)): An onomatopoetic word, used of the growling of a lion (Isaiah 31:4), of the "mourning" of a dove (Isaiah 38:14), or of the human voice, whether speaking inarticulately (Isaiah 16:7) or articulately (Psalms 37:30, "The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom" compare Job 27:4; Proverbs 8:7, etc.). Hence

MUTH-LABBEN muth-lab'-en (muth labben, "death of Ben," or "of the son"; Psalms 9, title). See PSALMS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MUTH-LABBEN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MUSICIAN; CHIEF mu-zish'-an. See ASAPH; MUSIC; PSALMS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MUSICIAN; CHIEF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.