MASPHA mas'-fa (1 Macc 3:46, the Revised Version (British and American) "Mizpeh"). See MIZPEH, 4. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MASPHA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MASMAN mas'-man. See MAASMAS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MASMAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MASON ma'-s'n: The translation of 4 Hebrew words: (1) charash 'ebhen, "graver of stone" (2 Samuel 5:11); (2) (3) gadhar (2 Kings 12:12), charash qur (1 Chronicles 14:1), "maker of a wall (or hedge)"; (4) chatsabh, "a hewer or digger (of stones)" (1 Chronicles 22:2; Ezra 3:7). Lebanon still supplies the greater number of skilled masons to Pales

MASIAS ma-si'-as (Codex Alexandrinus, Masias; Codex Vaticanus, Meisaias): The head of one of the families of Solomon's servants (1 Esdras 5:34); it has no equivalent in the parallel Ezra 2:55; the Revised Version margin "Missaias." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "E

MASH (mash): Named in Genesis 10:23 as one of the sons of Aramaic In the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 1:17 the name is given as "Meshech" (meshekh), and the Septuagint (Mosoch) supports this form in both passages. "Meshech," however, is a Japhetic name (Genesis 10:2), and "Mash" would seem to be the original reading. It is probably to be ident

MASHAL ma'-shal (mashal, 1 Chronicles 6:74). See MISHAL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MASHAL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MASCHIL mas'-kil. See PSALMS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MASCHIL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MARY, THE PASSING OF See APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MARY, THE PASSING OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MASALOTH mas'-a-loth. See MESALOTH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MASALOTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MARY ma'-ri, mar'-i (Maria, Mariam, Greek form of Hebrew miryam): I. DEFINITION AND QUESTIONS OF IDENTIFICATION The Name Mary in the New Testament II. MARY, THE VIRGIN 1. Mary in the Infancy Narratives 2. Mary at Cana 3. Mary and the Career of Jesus 4. Mary at the Cross 5. Mary in the Christian Community 6. Mary in Ecclesiastical Doctrine

MARVEL; MARVELOUS mar'-vel, mar'-vel-us (tamah, pala'; thaumazo, thaumastos): "To marvel" is the translation of tamah, "to wonder" (Genesis 43:33; Psalms 48:5, the Revised Version (British and American) "were amazed"; Ecclesiastes 5:8); of thaumazo, "to admire," "wonder" (Matthew 8:10,27; Mark 5:20; John 3:7; Acts 2:7; Revelation 17:7 the King Jam

MARTHA mar'-tha (Martha, "mistress," being a transliteration of the feminine form of mar, "Lord"): Martha belonged to Bethany, and was the sister of Lazarus and Mary (John 11:1). From the fact that the house into which Jesus was received belonged to Martha, and that she generally took the lead in action, it is inferred that she was the eider siste

MARTYR mar'-ter (martus, Aeolic martur): One who gives heed, and so, a "witness," so translated in numerous passages, both as of one bearing testimony, and also as of one who is a spectator of anything (see WITNESS). In the King James Version rendered "martyr" in Acts 22:20, "thy martyr Stephen"; and Revelation 2:13, "Antipas my faithful martyr";

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

MARSENA mar-se'-na, mar'-se-na (marcena'; derivation unknown but probably of Persian origin (Esther 1:14)): One of "the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom." Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MARSENA'".

MARSH marsh ((1) gebhe', the American Standard Revised Version "marsh," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "marish" (Ezekiel 47:11); the King James Version "pit," the Revised Version (British and American) "cistern" (Isaiah 30:14); compare Arabic jaba', "reservoir," "watering-through"; (2) bots, "mire"; bitstsah, "mire," "fen";

MARSHAL mar'-shal: Not found in the King James Version, but in the Revised Version (British and American) the word represents two Hebrew words: (1) copher (Judges 5:14), translated "they that handle the marshal's staff." A difficulty arises because the usual meaning of copher is "scribe" or "writer" (so the King James Version). The revisers follow

MARS' HILL marz hil. See AREOPAGUS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MARS' HILL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

MARROW mar'-o (moach, chelebh, shiqquy, machah, "to make fat," "to grease"; muelos): Marrow is the nourisher and strengthener of the bones; it is said to moisten the bones: "The marrow (moach) of his bones is moistened" (Job 21:24). The fear of Yahweh "will be health to thy navel, and marrow (shiqquy, margin "refreshing, Hebrew moistening") to thy

MAROTH ma'-roth, ma'-roth (maroth; (katoikousa) (odunas): An unknown town probably in the Philistine plain, named by Micah (1:12). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MAROTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.