Midnight
mid'-nit (chatsoth laylah, "middle of the night" (Ex 11:4;Job 34:20;Ps 119:62), chatsi ha-laylah, "the half of the night" (Ex 12:29;Jud 16:3;Ru 3:8), tokh ha-laylah, "the divisi...
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Midrash
mid'-rash (midhrash): The Hebrew word corresponding to the King James Version "story" and the Revised Version (British and American) "commentary" in2Ch 13:22;24:27. A midrash is...
Midwife
mid'-wif (meyalledheth): Those who in patriarchal times attended mothers at childbirth are so named inGe 35:17;38:28;Ex 1:15-22. Such attendants were probably then (1Sa 4:20), a...
Migdal-Eder
mig-dal-e-der.SeeEDER.
Migdal-El
mig'-dal-el (mighdal-'el; Codex Vaticanus Megalaareim; Codex Alexandrinus Magdalieoram): The name, which means "tower of God," occurs between Iron and Horem in the list of the f...
Migdal-Gad
mig'-dal-gad (mighdalgadh, "tower of Gad"): One of a group of 16 cities of Judah situated in the "lowland" (Jos 15:37). Of these, only Lachish, Eglon, Beth-dagon and Naamah have...
Migdol
mig'-dol, mig'-dol (mighdol; Magdolon): This name ("the tower") is applied to two places on the east frontier of Egypt.1. Exodus 14:2; Numbers 33:7:InEx 14:2;Nu 33:7, the Hebrew...
Mijamin
mij'-a-min (miyamin; the King James Version Miamin):(1) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:25). He is also called Maelus (1 Esdras 9:26).(2) The one to whom fell...
Mikloth
mik'-loth, mik'-loth (miqloth):(1) A Benjamite, son of Jeiel (1Ch 8:32;9:37,38). A comparison of the two passages shows that the name Mikloth has been dropped at the end of1Ch 8...
Mikneiah
mik-ne'-ya, mik-ni'-a (miqneydhu): A Levite doorkeeper (1Ch 15:18).
Milalai
mil-a-la'-i, mil'-a-li (milalay): A Levite musician (Ne 12:36).
Milcah
mil'-ka (milkah; Melcha):(1) Daughter of Haran, wife of Nahor, and grandmother of Rebekah (Ge 11:29;22:20-23;24:15,24,47).(2) Daughter of Zelophehad (Nu 26:33;27:1;36:11;Jos 17:...
Milcom
mil'-kom, mil'-kom. SeeMOLECH.
Mildew
mil'-du (yeraqon; Septuagint usually ikteros, literally, "jaundice"): In the 5 passages where it occurs it is associated with shiddaphon, "blasting" (De 28:22;1Ki 8:37;2Ch 6:28;...
Mile
mil (milion, Latin mille passus, milia passuum): A thousand paces, equal to 1,618 English yards. (Mt 5:41).SeeWEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Miletus
mi-le'-tus (Miletos): A famous early Ionian Greek city on the coast of Caria, near the mouth of the Meander River, which, according toAc 20:15-21:1, and2Ti 4:20(the King James V...
Milk
milk (chalabh; gala; Latin lac (2 Esdras 2:19; 8:10)): The fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young. The word is used in the Bib...
Mill; Millstone
mil, mil'-ston (recheh; mulos, mulon): The two most primitive methods of grinding grain were(1) by pounding it in a mortar, and(2) by rubbing it between two stones.InNu 11:8both...
Millennium, Postmillennial View
SeeESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
Millennium, Premillennial View
mi-len'-i-umDivergent Views--Scope of Article I. THE TEACHING OF JESUSThe Millennium Not before the Advent(1) Parable of the Wheat and Tares(2) Parable of the PoundsII. TEACHING...
Millet
mil'-et, mil'-it (dochan; kegchros): One of the ingredients of the prophet's bread (Eze 4:9). The Arabic equivalent is dukhn, the common millet, Panicum miliaceum, an annual gra...
Millo
mil'-o. (millo generally interpreted to mean a "filling," e.g. a solid tower or an earth embankment; inJud 9:6,20;2Ki 12:20, we get beth millo', translated in English Versions o...
Millstone
mil'-ston.SeeMILL.
Mina
mi'-na.SeeMANEH.
Mincing
min'-sing (Taphaph): "Taking short steps," "walking trippingly." Only inIsa 3:16, "walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling (a jingling of the metal anklets) with t...
Mind
mind (nous, dianoia, sunesis):1. No Precision in the Terms Used:We look in vain in the Old Testament and New Testament for anything like scientific precision in the employment o...
Mine; Mining
min, min'-ing: InJob 28:1-11we have the only Biblical reference to mines. The writer very likely derived his information either from personal observation or from a description b...