Mazitias
maz-i-ti'-as (Codex Alexandrinus, Mazitias; Codex Vaticanus, Zeitias): One of those who had taken "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:35), identical with Mattithiah (Ezr 10:43).
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Mazzaloth
maz'-a-loth (The Planets).See ASTROLOGY, 9.
Mazzaroth
maz'-a-roth: The 12 constellations of the Zodiac.See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 12.
Mazzebah
maz-e'-ba, mats-e'-ba.SeePILLAR.
Me-Jarkon
me-jar'-kon (me ha-yarqon; thalassa Hierakon): The Hebrew may mean "yellow water." The phrase is literally, "the waters of Jarkon." Septuagint reads "and from the river, Jarkon ...
Me-Zahab
mez'-a-hab, me-za'-hab (me zahabh, "waters of gold"; Codex Vaticanus Maizoob, Codex Alexandrinus, Mezoob): Grandfather of Mehetabel, the wife of Hadar, the last-mentioned "duke"...
Meadow
med'-o:(1) `aroth, "the meadows (the King James Version "paper reeds") by the Nile" (Isa 19:7); ma`areh-gabha`, the King James Version "meadows of Gibeah," the Revised Version (...
Meah
me'-a (me'ah, "hundred").SeeHAMMEAH.
Meal
mel ('okhel): Denotes the portion of food eaten at any one time. It is found as a compound inRu 2:14, "meal-time," literally, "the time of eating."SeeFOOD.
Meal Offering
SeeSACRIFICE.
Meals, Meal-Time
melz: Bread materials, bread-making and baking in the Orient are dealt with underBREAD(which see). For food-stuffs in use among the Hebrews in Bible times more specifically seeF...
Mean
men: The noun "meaning" (Da 8:15the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "I sought to understand"; and1Co 14:11) is synonymous with "signification" but...
Meani
me-a'-ni: the King James Version = the Revised Version (British and American) "Maani" (1 Esdras 5:31).
Mearah
me-a'-ra (me`arah; omitted in the Septuagint): A town or district mentioned only inJos 13:4, as belonging to the Zidonians. The name as it stands means "cave." If that is correc...
Measure; Measures
mezh'-ur, Several different words in the Hebrew and Greek are rendered by "measure" in English Versions of the Bible. InJob 11:9andJer 13:25it stands for madh, middah, and it is...
Measuring Line
(qaw, qeweh): The usual meaning is simply line, rope or cord, inIsa 28:10,13, but the line was used for measurement, as is evident from such passages as1Ki 7:23;Job 38:5;Jer 31:...
Measuring Reed
(qeneh hamiddah; kalamos): Used inEze 40:5ff; 42:16; 45:1;Re 11:1;21:15,16. The length of the reed is given as 6 cubits, each cubit being a cubit and a palm, i.e. the large cubi...
Meat
met (broma, brosis): In the King James Version used for food in general, e.g. "I had my meat of herbs" (2 Esdras 12:51); "his disciples were gone away into the city to buy meat,...
Meat Offering
SeeSACRIFICE.
Mebunnai
me-bun'-i, me-bun'-a-i (mebhunnay, "well-built"): One of David's "braves" (2Sa 23:27). In2Sa 21:18he is named "Sibbechai" (the Revised Version (British and American) "Sibbecai")...
Mecherathite
me-ke'-rath-it (mekherathi, "dweller in Mecharah"): Possibly this is a misreading of "Maachathite" (the King James Version). It is the description of Hepher, one of David's vali...
Meconah
me-ko'-na (mekhonah; Machna): A town apparently in the neighborhood of Ziklag, named only inNe 11:28, as reoccupied by the men of Judah after the Captivity. It is not identified.
Medaba
med'-a-ba: The Greek form of "Medeba" in 1 Macc 9:36.
Medad
me'-dad (medhadh, "affectionate"): One of the 70 elders on whom the spirit of the Lord came in the days of Moses enabling them to prophesy. Medad and one other, Eldad, began to ...
Medan
me'-dan (medhan, "strife"): One of the sons of Abraham by Keturah (Ge 25:2;1Ch 1:32). The tribe and its place remain unidentified, and the conjecture that the name may be connec...
Medeba
med'-e-ba (medhebha'; Maidaba, Medaba): The name may mean "gently flowing water," but the sense is doubtful. This city is first mentioned along with Heshbon and Dibon in an acco...
Medes
medz (madhi; Assyrian Amada, Mada; Achaem. Persian Mada; Medoi (Ge 10:2;2Ki 17:6;18:11;1Ch 1:5;Ezr 6:2;Es 1:3,14,18,19;10:2;Isa 13:17;21:2;Jer 25:25;51:11,28;Da 5:28;6:1,9,13,16...