Medicine Or Physic
Medicine Or Physic (m6d'i-sin), (heb. Il;-.1,:,geh-/hrw'), Is Ascribed By Jesus, Son Of Sirach, To God Himself (eccles. Xxxviii:i, Etc.). Scripture Makes No Mention Of Physicians Be Fore The Time Of Joseph, Who Commanded His Serv Ants, The Physicians Of Egypt, To Embalm The Body Of Jacob (gen. 1:2). The Art ...
Meditation
Meditation (tned't-ta'shiln), Is An Act By Which We Consider Anything Closely, Or Wherein The Soul Is Employed In The Search Or Consideration Of Any Truth. In Religion It Is Used To Signify The Serious Exercise Of The Understanding, Whereby Our Thoughts Are Fixed On The Observation Of Spirit Ual Things. ...
Medla
Medla. (me'df-a), (heb."..r.p, Rendered "madai," Gen. X:2; Chron. I:5; "media," Esth. I:3, 14, 18; X:2; Is. Xxi:2; Dan. Viii:2o; "median," Dan. V:31; Nm, "media," R. V. Ezra Vi:2). (1) Location. Media Lay Directly South Of Armenia And Was Bounded On The Northeast By The Mountains Beside The Caspian Sea. To ...
Meekness
Meekness (mek'nes), (heb. From 714, Aw Naw', To Be Depressed; Gr. Irpcarrns, Prah-orace, Gentleness). A State Of Mind Not Easily Provoked To Resent Ment. In The Greek Language The Word Signifies Also Easiness Of Spirit, And Thus It May Be Justly Called; For It Accommodates The Soul To Every Occurrence, ...
Megiddo
Megiddo (me-gyd'do), (heb.171,?, Meg-id-do'; In Zech. Xii:11, 111:1'?, Meg•-id-donc', Place Of Troops). A Town Belonging To Manasseh,although Within The Boundaries Of Issachar (josh. Xvii:t T). It Had Been Originally One Of The Royal Cities Of The Canaanites (josh. Xii:2i), And Was One Of Those Of Which The Israelites Were Unable ...
Melchizedek
Melchizedek (mel-lciz'e-dok), (heb. "072 P-p), Mal-kee-tseh'dek, King Of Righteousness). A 'priest Of The Most High God,' And King Of Salem, Who Went Forth To Meet Abraham On His Return From The Pursuit Of Chedorlaomer And His Allies, Who Had Carried Lot Away Captive. He Brought Refreshment, Described In The General ...
Memphis
Memphis (mem'phis), (heb. R1n, Mole), A Very Ancient City, The Capital Of Lower Egypt, Standing At The Apex Of The Delta, Ruins Of Which Are Still Found Not Far From Its Successor And Modern Representative, Cairo. (1) Name. Its Egyptian Name, In The Hiero Glyphics, Is Menofri; In Coptic. Memfi. ...
Mene Nene
Nene, Mene, Ter_el, Upharsin (me' Ne, Mene, Te'ker, (chald. 8:;'?, Men Ay', Tek-al% R;71, U-phar' Sin). The Inscription Supernaturally Written 'upon The Plaster Of The Wall' In Belshazzar's Palace At Babylon (dan. V :5-25) ; Which 'the Astrologers, The Chaldmans, And The Soothsayers' Could Neither Read Nor Interpret, But Which ...
Menes Recent Discoveries Concerning
Menes Recent Discoveries Concerning. In Tgoi Dr. W. M. Flinders Petrie, Of The Uni Versity Of London, Wrote A Most Interesting Ac Count Of His Recent Work. In A Letter From Arabah, Baliana, Upper Egypt, To The London Times He Says: "the Continuation Of The Work Of The Egypt Exploration ...
Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth (me- Phib'o - Sh'eth), (heb. 11;:1711, Mefee-bo'sheth, Extermination Of Idols); Also In Chron. Ix:4o, 1\1e11113-baal. /. Son Of Jonathan And Grandson Of Saul (2 Sam. Iv :4)• (1) Early Life. He Was Only Five Years Of Age When His Father And Grandfather Were Slain In Mount Gilboa ; And ...
Merodach
Merodach (me-ro'dak), (heb. Mer-o Dawk', Death, Slaughter). In Conformity With The General Character Of Babylonian Idolatrk, Merodach Is Supposed To Be The Name Of A Planet ; And, As The Tsabian And Arabic Names For Mars Are Nerig And Mirrich, 'arrow' (the Latter Of Which Gesenius Thinks May Be For ...
Merodach Baladan
Merodach-baladan (me -ro'clak Bard Dan), (heb. 71:*1/?, Mer-o-dak' Merodach Has Given A Son). Son Of Baladan And King Of Babylon. He Is Mentioned Also With The Name Berodach-baladan (2 Kings Xx :12), Which Form Is Due To A Confu Sion Of Two Hebrew Characters Which Are Much Alike In Their ...
Merorim
Merorim (me-rd'efm), (heb. :".1n/p, Me-ro Rim.), Occurs In Two Places In Scripture, And Is In Both Translated Bitter Herbs In Our Authorized Version, As Well As In Several Others. In Exod. Xii:8, Nioses Commanded The Jews To Cat The Lamb Of The Passover 'with Unleavened Bread, And With Bitter Herbs ...
Meshulladi
Meshulladi (lieb. C1p.pi Mesh-ool-lawm' , Allied). 1. A Chief Gadite, Resident At Jerusalem In The Reign Of Jotham Chron. V:r3), B. C. 781. 2. Grandfather Of Shaphan, The Scribe (2 Kings Xxii :3), B. C. About 623. 3. A Priest. Son Of Zadok, And Father Of Hilkiah (i Chron. Ix ...
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia (gr. Me(ro Roragla, Mes-op-ot-am-ee'ah, The Country Between The Two Rivers), The Ordinary Grcek Rendering Of The Heb. Am Nah-har-ah'yim, The Greek Name Given After The Conquests Of Alex Ander To The Region Between The Euphrates And The Tigris, Excluding The Northern Part Which Continued To Be Known As Babylonia. ...
Messiah
Messiah (mes-si'ah), (heb. Maw-shee Akh; Sept. Xptomr6s, Anointed). (1) The Anointed. In Both Languages This Word Signifies The Same Thing, Viz., Anointed. Hence Gr. Khris-tos', Xparr6s, The Anointed Priest, For The Hebrew, The High Priest (lev. Iv : 3, 5, 16). In Order To Have An Accurate Idea Of The ...
Metals
Metals (met'als). The Principal Metals Are In This Work Considered Separately Under Their Several Names; And A Few General Observations Alone Are Necessary In This Place. (1) Native Minerals. The Mountains Of Pales Tine Contained Metals, Nor Were The Hebrt.ws Ignorant Of The Fact (deut. Viii :9) ; But They ...
Mezuzoth
Mezuzoth (mez-n-zoth'), (heb. R'77."71, Mez-zu R.oth'). This Word Is Found In Exod. Xii :7, 22 ; Deut. Vi :9; And In Other Places, In All Of Which It Signifies 'doorposts.' It Has No Other Meaning In Scripture. In The Texts Now Referred To, The Word Occurs In The Injunction, 'thou ...
Michael
Michael (mirka-e1), (heb. Mee-kaw Ale', Who Is Like God ?). 1. The Name Given To One Oi The Chief Angels, Who, In Dan. X :13-21, Is Described As Having Special Charge Of The Israelites As A Nation ; And In Jude 9, As Disputing With Satan About The Body Of ...
Michal
Michal (mi'kal), (heb.1,r,?, Me-kawf , Brook), Youngest Daughter Of King Saul (i Sam. Xiv:49). (1) Marriage. She Became Attached To David, And Made No Secret Of Her Love, So That Saul, After He Had Disappointed David Of The Elder Daughter (see Merab), Deemed It Prudent To Be Stow Michal In ...
Michmash Michmas
Michmas, Michmash (rnik'mas, Mash), (heb.1:";f?, Mik-mash', Something Hidden; V;;‘2, Mik-maws'), A Town Of Benjamin (ezra Ii:27; Nell. Xi:31; Comp. Vii:it), East Of Beth-aven (i Sam. Xiii:5), And South From Migron, On The Road To Jerusalem (is. X:28). The Words Of I Sam. Xiii :2 ; Xiv :4, And Is. X ...
Mildew
Mildew (roll'dri), (heb. Yay-raw-kone', Pale), Is Properly A Species Of Fungus Or Parasite Which, Settling Oil Plants, Destroys Their Leaves, And Causes Them To Wither. Lts Origin Is Uncertain. God Threatens And Sends Mildew As A Judgment (deut. Xxviii:22; Amos Iv:9; Hag. Ii:t7). Mile (mil), (gr. Taxiov, Mitee-on, The Greek ...
Miletits
Miletits (roi-le'tus), (gr. :worm Mitay-tos), A City And Seaport Of Ionia In Asia Minor, About Thirty-six Miles South Of Ephesus. St. Paul Touched At This Port On His Voyage From Greece To Syria, And Delivered To The Elders Of Ephesus, Who Had Come To Meet Him There, A Remarkable And ...
Millennium
Millennium (mil-l'en'nf-um), (lat. Mille, A Thousand, And Annus, A Year). This Word Is Not Found In Scripture; But As It Refers To Ideas Founded On Scripture. A Treat Ment Of The Doctrine Is Required. The Word Denotes The Term Of A Thousand Years, And, In A Theological Sense, That Thousand ...
Minter Hunt
Hunt, Minter, Hunting (hi:hieing), (heb. 1".g,isale-yief, To Lie In Wait; 977 Raw-clat: To Run After). The Pursuit And Capture Of Beasts Of The Field Was The First Means Of Sustenance Which The Human Race Had Recourse To, This Mode Of Gaining A Livelihood Having Naturally Preceded The Engage Ments Of ...
Miracles
Miracles (mir'i-lels), (lat. Miraculum, Frorn Nurari, To Wonder). God Sees Fit To Carry On His Common Operations On Established And Uniform Principles. (1) The Laws Of Nature. These Principles, Whether Relating To The Physical Or Moral World, Are Called The Laws Of Nature. And By The Laws Of Nature The ...
Mirage
Mirage (me'razh'), An Optical Illusion Fre Quently Witnessed In The East (heb. Shaw Rawb', "parched Ground," Is. Xxxv:7 ; "heat," Xlix:to). (see Parched Ground.) (heb.171;', Meer-yawm', Bitterness; Sept. Maptda, Alariam ; Josephus, Main Dihrm, Alariamne). 1. Sister Of Moses And Aaron, And Supposed To Be The Same That Watched Her ...
Mizpah
Mizpah (rntz'pah), (ho). 71v.p.2, Mits-fiazu', Watch-tower), Is The Name Of Several Towns And Places In Lofty Situations Whether Furnished With A Watch-tower Or Not. 1. A Town Or City In Gilead (judg. X:17; Xi: It, 34; Hos. V It). The Place Originated In The Heap Of Stones Set. Up By ...
Moabite Stone
Moabite Stone (ma-ab-ite Ston). (1) How. Discovered. This Wonderful Monu Ment Of The Times Of The Events Recorded In The Book Of Kings Was Discovered By A Missionary By The Name Of F. Klein, In August, 1868. When On His Way To The Bekka, A Friendly Sheik Drew His Attention ...
Moabites
Moabites (mo'ab-ites), (heb. Mo-aw Bee' A Tribe Descended From Moab, The Son Of Lot, And Consequently Related To The Hebrms (gen. Xix:37). (1) Territory. Previous To The Exodus Of The Latter From Egypt, The Former, After Expelling The Original Inhabitants, Called Entims (gen. Xiv :5; Deut. :it), Had Possessed Themselves ...
Moladah
Moladah (rool'a-dah), (heb. Mo-law Daw', Birth). A City First Given To Judah, And Afterward To Simeon (josh. Xix :2 ; I Chron. Iv:28). It Was In The Southerly Part Of Judah. The Place Was Re Occupied After The Exile (nell. Xi:26). It Is Iden Tified With Millz (robinson, Ii:621), Seven ...
Molech
Molech (no'lek), (heb. Vv-1, Ha-mo'lek, The Ruler), Always With The Article, Except In Kings Xi :7. Molech Is Chiefly Found In The Old Testament As The National God Of The Ammonites, To Whom Children Were Sacrificed By Fire. There Is Some Difficulty In Ascertaining At What Period The Israel Ites ...
Money
Money (miin'n (hcb. '1;3, Keh-sef', Silver). This Term Is Used To Denote Whatever Com Modity The Inhabitants Of Any Country May Have Agreed. Or Are Compelled To Receive As An Equiva Lent For Their Labor And In Exchange For Other Commodities. Etymologists Differ Respecting Its Derivation. Bouterour Contends That It ...
Money Changer
Money Changer (rniin' Chan'jer), Gr. Ko7augurr4s, Kol-loo-bis-tace', Dealer In Coin; Ken/ar T.7to, Ker-mat-is-tace', Money Broker, From Kepica, 1‘•er'inali, A Small Coin. It Is Mentioned By Volney That In Syria, Egypt And Turkey, When Any Considerable Payments Are To Be Made, An Agent Of Exchange Is Sent For, Who Counts Paras ...
Monotheism
Monotheism (mon'6-tht-iz'm). (1) The Worship Of.the One God Was A Primeval Principle Beginning With The Very Dawn Of Human History. As Surely As God Was First, So Surely Must The Pure Worship Have Prcceded The Various Forms Of Idolatry. It Was Man's Recognition Of A Higher Power When Dominion Was ...
Month
Month (iniinth), (heb..z:7r, Kho'desh, The New Moon). It Is Expedient To Distinguish Three Periods In The Jewish Mode Of Denoting Dates By Months; The In The Same Manner As The Old Testament Con Tains No Indication Of The Mode Of Intercalation, When Yet It Is Certain That Some Mode Must ...
Moravian Church In The
Moravian Church In The United States. (1) Founding And Characteristics. This Church Was Known As The United Brcthren Before The Term Moravian Church Came Into Vogue. The Latter Appellation Is Derived From The Land In Which The Church In Question Was Formerly The Chief Representative Of The Evangelical Faith, And ...
Mordecai
Mordecai (mtiede-kai), (heb. %zit?. Mor Dek-alece, Supposed To Come From The Persian Word, Meaning Little Man, Mannikin ; Or, Accord Ing To Others, From The Idol Merodach, Thus Signi Fying A Votary Of Merodach, Or A Worshiper Of Mars. The Last Supposition Is Not Unlikely, See Ing That Daniel Had ...
Morning
Morning (morn'tng), (heb. 75, Bo' Ker, Gen. I;5, Sq., Gr. Rpcuta, Pro-ee'ah, Matt. Xxio8), The Early Part Of The Day Immediately Following Sunrise. (see Dior.) Figurative. (t) The Morning Is Represented As Having Eyelids, To Represent The First Appearance Of The Rising Light In The Reddish Sky (job Xli: 18) ...
Mortality Gaal
Mortality. Gaal (ga'al), (heb. 17r4 Gah'al, Miscarriage, Loathing), Son Of Ebed. He Went To Shcchem With His Brothers When The Inhabitants Became Discontented With Abim Elech, And So Engaged Their Confidence That They Placed Him At Their Head. At The Festival At Which The Shechemites Offered The First-fruits Of Their ...
Moses M Arriage
M Arriage, Moses, Murder, Pentateuch, Rob Bery, Sabbath, Slave, T Heft, Et C. I T Is, In Deed, Both Unnecessary And Impracticable To Exhaust In This Place All That Might With Propriety Be Brought Under The Head Of Law. We Therefore Make No Such Attempt, But Refer Our Readers To ...
Most Holy
Most Holy (most Holy). See Holiness. Mote (mot), A Particle Of Dust, Or Other Matter. Small Sins Are Likened To "motes In The Eye"; They Arc Very Troublesome To An Awakened And Tender Conscience, And Greatly Mar Our Looking On God As Our Sun And Shield (matt. Vii:3). Moth (tnoth), ...
Mount
Mount (mount), (heb. Moots-tsawb', A Station, Is. Xxix:3; Jer. Vi:6), A Mound Or Rampart Thrown Up For A Siege. Mountain (moun't1n). (1) Dean Stanley Gives (sinai And Palestine) The Following List, Quoted In Ayre's Treasury Of Bible Knowledge, Of Hebrew Words Used In Refer Ence To Mountains Or Hills. It ...
Mount Hor
Hor, Mount (htn-1, (hcb. ",hore Haw Hawr', "mountain, The Mountain," I. C. The Moun Tain Of Mountains), The Name Of Two Mountains. Ing That The Whole Range Of Scir Was Ancient:v Called By That Name ; Yet From Its Height And The Conspicuous Manner In Which It Rises Among The. ...
Mount Of Olivet Olwes
Olwes, Mount Of; Olivet (ortvs, Mount Ov; Oti-vet), A Noted Mountain Or Range Of Hills East Of Jerusalem. (1) Name. Its Descriptive Appellation Is "the Mount Of Olives" (heb. Harhas-zay Them', Only In Zech. Xiv:4; Gr. R6 6pos Tejv Incw:u.) The Mountain Derives Its Name From The Olive Trees Which ...
Mouse
Mouse (mous), (heb. Ak-bawr', The Corn Eater), Perhaps Generically Including Aliarbai Or Jerboa, Or Parah Of The Arabs. The Word Occurs Where, It Seems, The Nomencla Ture In Modern Zoology Would Point Out Two Spe Cies Of Distinct Genera (lev. Xi :29; I Sam. Vi :4, 5, Ii, 18; Is. ...
Mouth
Mouth (mouth), (heb. Fieh). The Ordinary Applications Of This Word, Com Mon To All Languages, Require No Explanation ; But The Following Somewhat Peculiar Uses Mav Be Noted: 'heavy-mouthed,' That Is, Slow Of Specch, And So Translated In Exod. Iv :to; 'smooth Mouth' (ps. Lv :20, That Is, A Flattering ...
Mtbzar
Mtbzar (mib'zar), (heb. Mib-tsawr', Fortress), One Of The Petty Chiefs Of Edom, A De Scendant Of Esau (gen. Xxxvi:42; Citron. I:53), B. C. After 1905. (mrkah),(heb.77;'', Mee-kaw', Who Is Like Jehovah). 1. One Of The Twelve Minor Prophets Who, According To The Inscription Of The Book, Prophe Sied During The ...
Murder
Murder (mtledgr), (heb. Raw-tsakh', To Kill). 1. The Unlawful Taking Away Of A Person's Life (mark Xv :7). 2. Hatred Of, And Cruelty To Our Neighbor, In Thought, Word, Or Deed (matt Xix :18 ; John Iii :15). The Voluntary Killing Of Any Person, Ex Cept In Lawful War, Execution ...
Music
Music (rna'zik), (heb. Zeh-mawr'). Lt Seems Probable That Music Is The Oldest Of All The Fine Arts. It Is More Than Any Other An Im Mediate Work Of Nature. Hence We Find It Among All Nations, Even Those Which Are Totally Ignorant Of Every Other Art. (1) Early In.ventions. Some ...
Mystery
Mystery (mts'ter-d, (gr. Uucrrilinov,moos-tay' Ree-on, Secret Doctrine). The Etymology Of This Greek Word, Which Seems To Be The Simplest And Most Illustrative Of Its Meaning, Is That From The Hebrew To 'hide ' Or 'conceal,' Whence A Covert Or Secret Place, A Secret. (1) A Revela Tion. A Most Tinscriptural ...
Naaman
Naaman (na'a-man), (heb. Nah-am Awn', Pleasantness; Sept. Natithp, Naiman). I. (1) Commander Of Syrian.armies. He Was The Commander Of The Armies Of Damascene Syria, In The Time Of Joram, King Of Israel. Through His Valor And Abilities Naaman Held A High Place In The Esteem Of His King Benhadad. (2) ...
Naaman 3
Naaman.) (3) Ecazael. After The Death Of Benhadad, Jo Ram Found A New And Active Enemy In His Mur Derer And Successor Hazael. During The Illness Of Benhadad, The King Of Israel Seems To Have Em Ployed Himself In Strengthening His Eastern Fron Tier Against The Syrians, And In Fortifying ...
Nab Al
Nab Al (na'bal), (heb. Naw-bawt , Stupid, Foolish; Sept. Nagd,x, Nabat). A Descendant Of Caleb, Dwelling At Maon, And Having Large Possessions Near Carmel Of Judah, In The Same Neighborhood. He Had Abundant Wealth, Being The Possessor Of 3,000 Sheep And L000 Goats, But His Churlish And Harsh Character Had ...
Naciier113
Naciier113.) Expressions That Are Employed Tend To Give A High Idea Of The Size And Splendor Of The Place; It Had Many Strongholds, And Many Gates With Bars, Probably Of Brass; Its Inhabitants Were 'many As The Locusts ;' It Had Multiplied Its Merchants Above The Stars Of Heaven ; ...
Naked
Naked (na'ked), (heb. Er-vaw', Nudity: Gr. -y6iivos,gootenos), 'naked' In Our Bibles, Does Not In Many Places Mean Absolute Nakedness. (1) Nudity. It Has This Meaning In Such Pas Sages As Job I :21 ; Eccles. V :15; Mic. I :8; Amos Ii :16). (2) Ragged Or Poorly Clad. But In ...
Names
Names (rams), (heb. , Shame; Gr. 6vop.a, On-om-ah). It Is So Interesting, As Well As Useful, To Know The Original Signification Of Proper Names, That A Careful Investigation Of Their Nature Has Many Advantages. The Chief Use, However, Which Ac Crues From An Accurate Knowledge Of Them Is, That We ...
Naphtali
Naphtali (naph'ta-li), .7%-711?;, Naf-taw Lee', My Wrestling). 1. The Sixth Son Of Jacob, And His Second By Bilhah, Rachel's Handmaid, Born B. C. 1747, In Padan-aram ; Also The Tribe Of Israel Descended From Him. Nothing Of His Personal History Is Recorded. In The Testamentary Blessing Of Jacob Naphtali Is ...
Napkin Handkerchief
Handkerchief, Napkin (banlar-chtf, Nap'kin), (gr. Aousciptov, Soo-dar'ee-on, Sweat Cloth; Vulg. Sudarium), Occurs In Luke Xix:2o; John Xi: -14; Xx:7; Acts Xix:i2. The Greek Word Is Adopted From The Latin, And Probably At First Had The Same Meaning; And, Being Derived From Suck), To Perspire, Corresponds To Our Word Handkerchief. In ...
Nathan
Nathan (nathan), (heb. Naw-thawn', Given). 1. A Prophet Of The Time Of David. When That Monarch Conceived The Idea Of Building A Temple To Jehovah, The Design And Motives Seemed To Nathan So Good That He Ventured To Approve Of It Without The Divine Authority; But The Night Fol Lowing ...
Nathanael
Nathanael (na-than'a-e1), (gr. Ncieavco)x, Nath-avt-ah-ale', Given Of God), A Person Of Cana In Galilee, Who, When Informed By Philip That The Messiah Had Appeared In The Person Of Jesus Of Nazareth, Asked, 'can Any Good Thing Come Out Of Nazareth?' But He Nevertheless Accepted Philip's Laconic Invitation, 'come And See!' ...
Natttice
Natttice (nattire), (gr. Ylveals, Ghen'es- Is ; Cpocris,foo'sis, Genus; Lat. Nascor, To Be Born). 1. Philosophical View. According To Its Derivation, Nature Should Mean That Which Is Pro Duced Or Born; But It Also Means That Which Pro Duces Or Causes To Be Born. The Word Has Been Used With ...
Nazarene
Nazarene (naz-a-rene'), (gr. Narapnvos, Nad Zar-ay-nos'). An Epithet Constituting A Part Of One Of The Names Given To Our Lord. From The Number Of Times That The Epithet Is Employed, It Appears That It Became At The Very First An Appellation Of Our Lord, And Was Hence Applied To Designate ...
Nazareth
Nazareth (naz'a-reth), (gr. Naraple,nad-zar Eth'). A Town In Galilee, In Which The Parents Of Jesus Were Resident, And Where In Consequence He Lived Till The Commencement Of His Ministry. It Derives All Its Historical Importance Front This Circumstance, For It Is Not Even Named In The Old Testament Or By ...
Nazarite
Nazarite (n5z'a-rite). (1) Name. Aleb. Naw-zeer', And -11;, 1:1"2,t;:,fleh-zeer. El-o-heenz% Nazarite Of God). The Term Conics From The Verb Nalv-zar', To Separate; And As Such Separation From Ordinary Life To Religious Purposes Must Be By Abstinence Of Some Kind, So It Denotes 'to Refrain From Any Thing.' Hence The Import ...
Nebaioth Or Nebajoth
Nebaioth Or Nebajoth (ne - Ba'yoth), (heb.:11';:;, Neb-aw-yolle, Fruitfulness). 1. The Firstborn Son Of Ishmael (gen. Xxv: 13; Citron. P2o) And The Prince Or Sheik (rendered By Jerome Olinapxos) Of One Of The Twelve Ishma Elitish Tribes, Which, As Well As The Territory They Occupied, Continued To Bear His Name ...
Nebat
Nebat (ne'b1t), (heb. Neb-awf, Regard), A Descendant Of Ephraim, Of The Race Of Joshua, And Father Of Jeroboam, The First King Of The Ten Tribes (1 Kings Xi:26; 2 Chron. Ix:29), B. C. About 000. Nebo (ne'bo), (hcb. Neb-o', Height; Sept. Nagd,, Nalt-bah' ; Nabium, Contracted 'tabu 'the Prophet'). 1. ...
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar ( Neb-u-kad-nez'zar), (help. Neb-oo-kad-nets-esar' And Also Neb-oo-kad-rets-tsar'. Gr. Nafiouxo3v6eop, Naboztehodnosor; And Also Nagotwooplxropos, Nabou Korlrosoros,. Kings, Chronicles, And Daniel; Jer. Xxvii; Xxviii; Xxxiv:i; Xxxix:i; Ezek. Xxvi:7; And Ezra V:t2; Written Also "4877.1:.,:, Neb-oo-kad-re Bar', Nehuchathezzar, Generally In Jeremiah, And In Ezek. Xxx3o). (1) Xing Of Babylon. The Name Of ...
Necho
Necho (ne'ko), (heb..0%, Nek-o' ), An Egyptian King, Son And Successor (according To Herodotus, Ii:t5.8) Of Psammetichus, And Contemporary Of The Jewish King, Josiah (b. C. 61o). (1) Army And Fleet. The Wars And Success Of Necho, In Syria, Are Recorded By Sacred As Well As Profane Writers. Studious Of ...
Necoth
Necoth (nek-oth'), (heb 71`2=, Nek-oa), This Word Occurs Twice In The Book Of Genesis. (1) A Syrian Product. It Indicates A Product Of Syria, For In One Case We Find It Carried Into Egypt As An Article Of Commerce, And In Another Sent As A Present Into The Same Country. ...
Nehemiah
Nehemiah (ne-he-mi'ah), (heb. Nekh Em-yaw', Comforted Of Jehovah). 3. The Jewish Patriot, Whose Genealop-,y Is Unknown, Except That He Was The Son Of Hachaliah (neh. I :r), And Brother Of Hanani (neh. Vii Some Think He Was Of Priestly Descent, Because His Name Appears At The Head Of A List ...
Nelnister
Nelnister (mtn'is-tr), One Who Acts As A Lesser (from Minus Or Minor) Or Inferior Agent, In Obe Dience Or Subservience To Another, Or Who Serves, Officiates, Etc., As Distinguished From The Master, Magister (from Magis), Or Superior. 1. The Words So Translated In The, Old Testa Ment Are Rv:i.f;), Mesh-aw-rayth', ...
Nerd Or Nard Or
Nerd Or Nard Or Nard), (heb. Nayrd), Is Mentioned In Three Places In The Song ,)f Solomon, And By Mark And John In The New Restament,under The Name Of Ydpaos,nardos,sfiike Nardor Nerd. (1) Spikenard. Both Are Translated In The Authorized Version By The Word Spikenard, Which Indicates A Far-famed Perfume ...
Nergal
Nergal (ngegal),(heb. Nare-gal',a Great Hero), A Deity Of The Cuthites (2 Kings Xvii:3o). The Rabbinical Commentators Believe That This Idol Was In The Form Of A Cock; Founding Their Not Very Happy Conjecture Apparently Upon The Fact That In The Talmud The Similar Word Tarnegol Means A Cock. The More ...
Neser
Neser (ne'ser). See Eagle. Nest (nest), (heb. Kane, From R, Kaw Nam', To Build; Gr. Raraornvwcres,,kat-as-kay'no-sis, Encampment, A Perch). 1. A Small Lodgment, Where Fowls Hatch Their Young (dent. Xxii :6). 2. The Eggs Or Young Birds In A Nest (dent. Xxxii :it ; Is. X:14). Figurative. (t) A Habitation ...