International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Machi

ma'-ki (makhi; Peshitta and some manuscripts of Septuagint read "Machir"): A Gadite, father of Geuel, one of the 12 spies (Nu 13:15).

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Machir; Machirite

ma'-kir (makhir; Macheir), ma'-kir-it:(1) The eldest son of Manasseh (Ge 50:23). InNu 26:29it is recorded that Machir begat Gilead, but another narrative informs us that the chi...

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Machmas

mak'-mas.SeeMICHMASH.

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Machnadebai

mak-nad'-e-bi, mak-na-de'-bi (makhnaddebhay): Son of Bani, one of those who married foreign wives (Ezr 10:40).

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Machpelah

mak-pe'-la (ha-makhpelah, "the Machpelah"; to diploun, "the double"): The name of a piece of ground and of a cave purchased by Abraham as a place of sepulcher. The word is suppo...

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Maconah

ma-ko'-na: the King James Version Mekonah (which see).

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Macron

ma'-kron (Makron>): Ptolemy Macron who had been appointed by Ptolemy Philmetor VI governor of Cyprus and deserted to Antiochus Epiphanes, king of Syria (2 Macc 10:12 ff). Under ...

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Mad; Madness

halal, shagha`; mania):1. In the Old Testament:These words, and derivatives from the same roots are used to express various conditions of mental derangement. Though usually tran...

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Madai

mad'-a-i, ma'-di (madhay).SeeMEDES.

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Madiabun

ma-di'-a-bun (Madiaboun, the King James Version).SeeEMADABUN.

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Madian

ma'-i-an (the King James Version Judith 2:26;Ac 7:29the King James Version).SeeMIDIAN.

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Madmannah

mad-man'-a (madhmannah; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Macharim; Codex Alexandrinus Bedebena (Jos 15:31); Codex Vaticanus Marmena; Codex Alexandrinus Madmena (1Ch 2:49)): This town...

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Madmen

mad'-men (madhmen; kai pausin pausetai): An unidentified town in Moab against which Jeremiah prophesied (48:2). The play upon the words here suggests a possible error in transcr...

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Madmenah

mad-me'-na (madhmenah; Madebena): A place mentioned only in Isaiah's description of the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem (Isa 10:31). It is not identified.

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Madness

mad'-nes.See MAD, MADNESS.

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Madon

ma'-don (madhon; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Marrhon; Codex Alexandrinus Madon (Jos 11:1); Codex Vaticanus Marmoth; Codex Alexandrinus Maron (Jos 12:19)): A royal city of the Ca...

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Maelus

ma-e'-lus (LXX: Codex Alexandrinus Maelos; Codex Vaticanus Milelos): One of those who at Esdras' request put away his foreign wife (1 Esdras 9:26 equals "Mijamin" in the paralle...

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Magadan

mag'-a-dan, ma-ga'-dan (Magadan; the reading of the Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Magdala (the King James Version), but Magdala is unsupported): This name appears only i...

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Magbish

mag'-bish (maghbish; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Magebos; Codex Alexandrinus Maabeis): An unidentified town in Benjamin, 156 of the inhabitants of which are said to have returne...

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Magdala

mag'-da-la.SeeMAGADAN.

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Magdalene

mag'-da-len, mag-da-le'-ne.See MARY, III.

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Magdiel

mag'-di-el (maghdi'el;Ge 36:43, Septuagint: Codex Alexandrinus Metoduel;1Ch 1:54; Codex Alexandrinus Mageduel; Codex Vaticanus Meduel): One of the "dukes" of Edom.

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Maged

ma'-ged.SeeMAKED.

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Magi, Star Of

SeeSTAR OF THE MAGI.

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Magi, The

ma'-ji, (Magoi (Mt 2:1,7,16, "Wise-men," the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version, "Magi" the Revised Version margin)):1. Originally a Median Tribe:...

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Magic; Magician

maj'-ik, ma-jish'-an:I. DEFINITIONII. DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT1. Magic as Impersonal2. Margic as PersonalIII. MAGIC AND RELIGIONIV. MAGIC IN THE BIBLE1. Hostility to Magic2. Pote...

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Magistrate

maj'-is-trat (shephaT, corresponding to shaphaT, "to judge," "to pronounce sentence" (Jud 18:7)): Among the ancients, the terms corresponding to our "magistrate" had a much wide...