MICHAEL mi'-ka-el, mi'-kel (mikha'el, "who is like God?" Michael): (1) The father of Sethur the Asherite spy (Numbers 13:13). (2) (3) Two Gadites (1 Chronicles 5:13,14). (4) A name in the genealogy of Asaph (1 Chronicles 6:40 (Hebrew 25)). (5) A son of Izrahiah of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:3). (6) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:16). (7) A Manassi

MICE mis. See MOUSE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MICE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MICHA; MICHAH mi'-ka, mi'-ka. See MICA; MICAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MICHA; MICHAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MICAH (2) (mikhah; Meichaias; an abbreviation for Micaiah (Jeremiah 26:18), and this again of the longer form of the word in 2 Chronicles 17:7; compare 1 Kings 22:8): 1. Name and Person: The name signifies "who is like Yah?"; compare Michael, equal to "who is like El?" (i.e. God). As this name occurs not infrequently, he is called the "Morashtite

MICAIAH mi-ka'-ya, mi-ki'-a (mikhayahu, "who is like Yah?"; Meichaias): A frequently occurring Old Testament name occasionally contracted to MICA or MICAH (which see). In the King James Version it is usually spelled "Michaiah." (1) The mother of Abijah (2 Chronicles 13:2, the King James Version "Michaiah"). The parallel passage (1 Kings 15:2; com

MICA mi'-ka (mikha'): A variant of the name Micah, and probably like it a contracted form of MICAIAH (which see). In the King James Version it is sometimes spelled "Micha." (1) A son of Merib-baal or Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 9:12, the King James Version "Micha"). In 1 Chronicles 8:34, he is called "Micah." (2) The son of Zichri (1 Chronicles 9:15)

MICAH (1) mi'-ka (mikhah, contracted from mikhayahu, "who is like Yah?"; Codex Vaticanus, Meichaias; Codex Alexandrinus, Micha; sometimes in the King James Version spelled Michah): (1) The chief character of an episode given as an appendix to the Book of Judges (Judges 1748/A>; 1848/A>). Micah, a dweller in Mt. Ephraim, was the founder and owner o

MIBSAM mib'-sam (mibhsam, "perfume"(?)): (1) A son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29). (2) A Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:25). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MIBSAM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MIBZAR mib'-zar (mibhtsar, "a fortress"): An Edomite chief, the King James Version "duke" (Genesis 36:42; 1 Chronicles 1:53). According to Eusebius, Mibzar is connected with Mibsara, a considerable village subject to Petra and still existing in his time. Compare Holzinger and Skinner in respective commentaries on Genesis. Copyright Statement These

MIBHAR mib'-har (mibhchar, "choice"(?)): According to 1 Chronicles 11:38, the name of one of David's heroes. No such name, however, occurs in the parallel passage (2 Samuel 23:36). A comparison of the two records makes it probable that mibhchar is a corruption of mitstsbhah = "from Zobah," which completes the designation of the former name, Nathan

MEZOBAITE me-zo'-ba-it (ha-metsbhayah): The designation of Jaasiel, one of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 11:47). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MEZOBAITE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MIAMIN mi'-a-min. See MIJAMIN; MINIAMIN. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MIAMIN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MEZARIM mez'-a-rim (NORTH). See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 13, (1). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MEZARIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MEUNIM me-u'-nim (the King James Version Mehunim). See MAON. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MEUNIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MEUZAL me-u'-zal (me'uzal, or me'uzal): A word which occurs only in the King James Version margin of Ezekiel 27:19. The rendering in the King James Version text is "going to and fro," in the Revised Version (British and American) text "with yarn," but in Revised Version, margin, in agreement with BDB and most modern authorities, Meuzal is regarded

METHUSHAEL me-thu'-sha-el (methusha'el): A descendant of Cain, and father of Lamech in the Cainite genealogy (Genesis 4:18). The meaning of the name is doubtful. Dillmann suggested "suppliant or man of God." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'METHUSHAEL'".

METHUSELAH me-thu'-se-la, me-thu'-se-la (methushelach, "man of the javelin"): A descendant of Seth, the son of Enoch, and father of Lamech (Genesis 5:21; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:37). Methuselah is said to have lived 969 years; he is therefore the oldest of the patriarchs and the oldest man. It is doubtful whether these long years do not include t

METHEG-AMMAH me-theg-am'-a, meth-eg-am'-a (mathegh ha-'ammah, "bridle of the metropolis"; Septuagint ten aphorismenen): It is probable that the place-name Metheg-Ammah in 2 Samuel 8:1 the King James Version should be rendered as in the Revised Version (British and American), "the bridle of the mother city," i.e. Gath, since we find in the parallel

METHUSAEL me-thu'-sa-el. See METHUSHAEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'METHUSAEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

METERUS me-te'-rus. See BAITERUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'METERUS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.