Mochmur, The Brook
mok'-mur, ho cheimarrhos Mochmour): The torrent bed in a valley on which stood Chusi, not far from Ekrebel (Judith 7:18). The latter may be identified with `Aqrabeh, East of Nab...
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Mock; Mocker; Mocking
mok, mok'er, mok'-ing (hathal, la`agh, empaizo): To mock is the translation of hathal, "to play upon," "mock," "deride" (Jud 16:10,13,15;1Ki 18:27, "Elijah mocked them";Job 13:9...
Modad, Book Of Eldad And
See ELDAD AND MODAD, BOOK OF.
Moderately
mod'-er-at-li (litsedhaqah): "Moderately" is the King James Version translation of litsedhaqah, "righteousness" (Joe 2:23, "for he hath given you the former rain moderately," ma...
Moderation
mod-er-a'-shun (to epieikes): The word occurs once in the King James Version,Php 4:5.
Modin
mo'-din (Modeein, Modein, Modeeim, and other forms; in the Talmud it is called modhi`im, and modhi`ith (Neubauer, Geographie du Talmud, 99)): This place owes its interest to the...
Moeth
mo'-eth (Moeth): Called "son of Sabannus," one of the Levites to whom, with the priest Mermoth, the silver and gold brought by Ezra from Babylon were committed (1 Esdras 8:63) =...
Moladah
mol'-a-da, mo-la'-da (moladhah; Molada): A place in the far south (Negebh) of Judah, toward Edom (Jos 15:26), reckoned to Simeon (Jos 19:2;1Ch 4:28). It was repopulated after th...
Mole
mol:(1) tinshemeth, the King James Version "mole," the Revised Version (British and American) "chameleon"; Septuagint aspalax = spalax, "mole," Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 39...
Molech; Moloch
mo'-lek, mo'-lok (ha-molekh, always with the article, except in1Ki 11:7; Septuagint ho Moloch, sometimes also Molchom, Melchol; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Molo...
Moli
mo'-li.SeeMOOLI.
Molid
mo'-lid (molidh): A Judahite (1Ch 2:29).
Mollify
mol'-i-fi (from rakhakh, "to be soft"): "To make soft," used in modern English only figuratively, as "His anger was mollified." English Versions of the Bible, however, uses the ...
Moloch
mo'-lok: A deity of the Ammonites, like the planet Saturn, a representative of the sun-god in the particular aspect of a god of time.See ASTROLOGY, 8; MOLECH.
Molten Sea
SeeLAVER.
Molten, Image
mol'-t'-n.SeeIMAGES.
Momdis
mom'-dis (Codex Alexandrinus Momdeis; Codex Vaticanus Momdeios): One of those who had taken "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:34) equals "Maadai" inEzr 10:34.
Moment
mo'-ment (regha`, "a wink"; atomos, "an atom," stigme, "a point," parautika, immediately," "forthwith"): "Moment" is not used in Scripture for a division of time, but for an ins...
Money
mun'-i: Various terms are used for money in the Bible, but the most common are the Hebrew keceph, and Greek argurion, both meaning silver. We find also qesiTah, rendered by Sept...
Money-Changers
chan'-jers (kollubistes, from kollubos, "a small coin," so "a money-changer," or "banker" (Mt 21:12;Mr 11:15; "changers" inJoh 2:15; compareJoh 2:14, where kermatistes, "a deale...
Money, Current
kur'-ent (`obher, "passing,"Ge 28:16;2Ki 12:4(Hebrew 5)): The text and translation in2Ki 12:4are uncertain and difficult. See the Revised Version margin. The reference is probab...
Money, Love Of
(philarguria,1Ti 6:10, literally, "love of silver"; compare corresponding "lovers of money" (Lu 16:14;2Ti 3:2), equivalent to "avarice"): The vice that seeks to retain and hoard...
Money, Sin
SeeSIN MONEY;SIN OFFERING.
Monster
mon'-ster.See DRAGON; SEA-MONSTER.
Month
munth (chodhesh, yerach; men): Chodhesh is strictly the "new moon," the appearance of which marked the beginning of the month, commonly indicated by ro'sh ha-chodhesh. Yerach is...
Monthly; Prognosticators
munth'-li, prog-nos'-ti-ka-terz.See ASTROLOGY, sec. I, 6.
Monument
mon'-u-ment (Isa 65:4the King James Version).SeeVAULT.