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20741 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mazzaroth.2 (William Smith)
Mazzaroth ( the twelve signs ). The margin of the DAV of Job 38:32 gives Mazzaroth as the name of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
20742 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Medicine.2 (William Smith)
… . Sirach 38:1, Sirach 38:3, Sirach 38:12. To bring down the subject to the period of the New Testament, St. Luke, “the beloved physician,” who practiced at Antioch whilst …
20743 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mesech Meshech.2 (William Smith)
… , Ezekiel 38:2, Ezekiel 38:3; Ezekiel 39:1, and as supplying the Tyrians with copper and slaves. Ezekiel 27:13. In Psalm 120:5 they are noticed as one of the remotest …
20744 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mesopotamia.2 (William Smith)
… 24:38. Hither too, a century later, came Jacob on the same errand; and hence he returned with his two wives after an absence of twenty-one years. After this we have …
20745 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Metals.2 (William Smith)
… 17:38, were made of copper, which was capable of being so wrought as to admit of a keen and hard edge. Iron, like copper, was found in the hills of Palestine. Iron-mines …
20746 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mibhar.2 (William Smith)
Mib’har ( choicest ), one of David’s heroes in the list given in 1 Chronicles 11:38 .
20747 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Migdal-el.2 (William Smith)
Mig’dal-el ( tower of God ), one of the fortified towns of the possession of Naphtali, Joshua 19:38 only, possibly deriving its name from some ancient tower—the “tower of El,” or God.
20748 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mikloth.3 (William Smith)
1. One of the sons of Jehiel, the father or prince of Gibeon, by his wife Maachah. 1 Chronicles 8:32; 1 Chronicles 9:37, 1 Chronicles 9:38 .
20749 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mirror.2 (William Smith)
… . Exodus 38:8; Job 37:18. The Hebrew women on coming out of Egypt probably brought with them mirrors like those which were used by the Egyptians, and were made of …
20750 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mixed multitude.2 (William Smith)
… 12:38; Numbers 11:4. They were probably the offspring of marriages contracted between the Israelites and the Egyptians; and the term may also include all those …
20751 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Mizpah.7 (William Smith)
5. Mizpeh, a city of Judah, Joshua 15:38, in the district of the Shefelah or maritime lowland.
20752 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Month.2 (William Smith)
… 6:38; and Ethanim, the seventh. 1 Kings 8:2. In the second place we have the names which prevailed subsequent to the Babylonish captivity; of these the following …
20753 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Nabal.2 (William Smith)
… 25:38 .
20754 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Nail.3 (William Smith)
… ; Exodus 38:20. ( b ) A nail, primarily a point. We are told that David prepared iron for the nails to be used in the temple; and as the holy of holies was plated with gold …
20755 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Nathan.5 (William Smith)
3. Son or brother of one of the members of David’s guard. 2 Samuel 23:36; 1 Chronicles 11:38 .
20756 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Nebo.3 (William Smith)
… 32:38. In the remarkable prophecy adopted by Isaiah, Isaiah 15:2, and Jeremiah, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:22, concerning Moab, Nebo is mentioned in the same connection …
20757 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Nicanor.3 (William Smith)
1. Son of Patroclus, 2 Maccabees 8:9, a general who was engaged in the Jewish wars under Antiochus Epiphanes and Demetrius I. 1 Maccabees 3:38; 1 Maccabees 4; 1 Maccabees 7:26, 1 Maccabees 7:49. (b.c. 160.)
20758 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Nisroch.2 (William Smith)
… 37:38. This idol is identified with the eagle-headed human figure, which is one of the most prominent on the earliest Assyrian monuments, and is always represented …
20759 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Obadiah.5 (William Smith)
3. One of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. 1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:44. (b.c. 720.)
20760 Smith’s Bible Dictionary, p. Obed.4 (William Smith)
2. A descendant of Jarha, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan, in the line of Jerahmeel. 1 Chronicles 2:37, 1 Chronicles 2:38. (b.c. after 1014.)