American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

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Maneh

A Hebrew weight of sixty shekels, Eze 45:12.

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Manna

The miraculous food given by God to the Israelites during their wanderings in the desert. It was a small grain, white like hoarfrost, round, and of the size of coriander-seed, E...

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Manoah

A native of Zorah, in the tribe of Dan, and the father of Samson, Jud 13:14; 16:31. In the prediction of his son’s birth and achievements, we see the Angel of the covenant, who ...

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Manslayer

SeeREFUGE, CITIES OF.

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Mantle

SeeGARMENTS.

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Maon

A town in the edge of the hill-country of Judah, Jos 15:55, near which Nabal lived and David took refuge from Saul, 1Sa 23:24- 25; 25:2. Dr Robinson finds it the ruinous place c...

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Maonites

CalledMEHUNIMin 2Ch 26:7, an Arabian tribe, named with the Amalekintes and other foes of Israel. Their abode may have been near the place now called Maan, nearly east of Petra, ...

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Marah

Bitterness, a well near the Red Sea, three days’ journey from the point where the Israelites crossed it. The well was sweetened for the use of the distressed Hebrews by the mira...

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Maranatha

Composed of two Syriac words, signifying "the Lord cometh." SeeANATHEMA.

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Mareshah

A town in Judah, Jos 15:44, fortified by Rehobaoam, 2Ch 11:8, and the birthplace of Micah. In a valley near by, Asa defeated Zerah with an immense host of Ethiopians, 2Ch 14:9-1...

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Mark Or Marcus

The writer of one of the four gospels. SeeGOSPELS. There can be little doubt of the correctness of the general opinion of learned men, that he is the same person who is mentione...

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Market

In GreekAGORA, in LatinFORUM, a large open area in many ancient cities, especially of Greece and Rome, having the public market on one side only, the other sides of the are bein...

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Marriage

The union for life of one man and one woman, is an ordinance of the Creator for the perpetuity and happiness of the human race; instituted in Paradise, Ge 1:27-28 2:18-24, and t...

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Marshill

SeeAREOPAGUS.

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Martha

Sister of Lazarus and Mary, at Bethany. Though different from Mary in temperament, she was no less truly a devoted friend of Christ and beloved by him, Joh 11:5. His gentle repr...

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Martyr

A witness, Mt 18:16Lu 24:48; in ecclesiastical history, "a witness, by the shedding of his blood, in testifying to the truth." Thus martyrs are distinguished from "confessors," ...

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Mary

In HebrewMIRIAM,1. "The Mother of Jesus," Ac 1:14. Her amiable and lovely character, and her remarkable history in connection with the wonders relating to the birth of Christ, a...

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Maschil

Is a term found as a title of thirteen Psalms, and imports one that instructs or makes to understand. Some interpreters think it means an instrument of music; but it more probab...

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Matrix

The womb. To "open the matrix," Ex 13:12,15, means, to be the firstborn.

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Matthew

An apostle and evangelist, was son of Alpheus, a Galilean by birth, a Jew by religion, and a publican by profession, Mt 9:9 10:3 Lu 6:15. The other evangelists call him onlyLEVI...

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Matthias

One of the disciples who continued with our Savior from his baptism to his ascension, Ac 1:21-26, and was after the ascension associated with the eleven apostles. We know nothin...

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Mazzaroth

Job 38:32. Our translators properly suppose this word to denote the twelve signs of the zodiac, a broad circle in the heavens, comprehending all such stars as lie in the path of...

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Meals

SeeEATING.

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Measure

SeeSHEKELS,TALENT,BATH, or Ephah,EPHAH, etc.

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Meats

"Meat" in the English Bible usually signifies "food," and not merely "flesh," Ge 1:29,30Mt 15:37. So in Lu 24:41; "Have ye here any meat?" literally, anything to eat? The "meat-...

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Medad

SeeELDAD.

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Medan

A son of Abraham and Keturah, Ge 25:2. He is supposed to have settled in Arabia, near Midian his brother.