Multitude; Mixed
mul'-ti-tud, mikst.SeeMINGLED PEOPLE.
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Munition
mu-nish'-un.See SIEGE, 4, (b).
Muppim
mup'-im (muppim): A son of Benjamin (Ge 46:21), elsewhere called "Shuppim" (1Ch 7:12,15;26:16), "Shephupham" (Nu 26:39), and "Shephuphan". (1Ch 8:5); compare separate articles o...
Murder
1. Terms:mur'-der (haragh, "to smite," "destroy," "kill," "slay" (Ps 10:8;Ho 9:13AV]), ratsach, "to dash to pieces," "kill," especially with premeditation (Nu 35:16and frequentl...
Murderers
mur'-der-erz (Ac 21:38the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "assassins"): Represents a word only once mentioned in the New Testament, the Greek word...
Murmur; Murmurings
mur'-mur, mur'-mur-ingz: The Hebrew word (lun) denotes the semi-articulated mutterings of disaffected persons. It is used in connection with the complaints of the Israelites in ...
Murrain
mur'-in, mur'-en, mur'-an] (debher): This name is given to a fatal cattle-disease, which was the fifth of the plagues of Egypt (Ex 9:3), and which affected not only the flocks a...
Muse; Musing
muz, muz'-ing: The word occurs twice in the Old Testament, in the sense of "meditate" (Ps 39:3, chaghigh;Ps 143:5, siach); in the New Testament once (Lu 3:15, dialogizomai, wher...
Mushi
mu'-shi (mushi): Son of Merari (Ex 6:19;Nu 3:20;1Ch 6:19(Hebrew 4); 23:21; 24:26). There is found also the patronymic "Mushites" (Nu 3:33;26:58).
Music
mu'-zik:I. IMPORTANCE1. The Sole Art Cultivated2. A Wide Vocabulary of Musical Terms3. Place in Social and Personal Life4. Universal Language of Emotions5. Use in Divine Service...
Musical Instruments
mu'-zi-kal in'-stroo-ments (shiddah we-shiddoth): "I gat me.... musical instruments, and that of all sorts" (Ec 2:8). Thus the King James Version and the American Standard Revis...
Musician; Chief
mu-zish'-an.SeeASAPH;MUSIC;PSALMS.
Mustard
mus'-tard (sinapi (Mt 13:31;Mr 4:31;Lu 13:19;Mt 17:20;Lu 17:6)): The minuteness of the seed is referred to in all these passages, while in the first three the large size of the ...
Muth-Labben
muth-lab'-en (muth labben, "death of Ben," or "of the son";Ps 9, title).SeePSALMS.
Mutilation
mu-ti-la'-shun.SeePUNISHMENTS.
Mutter
mut'-er (haghah (Isa 8:19;59:3)): An onomatopoetic word, used of the growling of a lion (Isa 31:4), of the "mourning" of a dove (Isa 38:14), or of the human voice, whether speak...
Muzzle
muz'l (chacam; phimoo) According to the Deuteronomic injunction (De 25:4), the ox was not to be muzzled while treading the grain, i.e. threshing. The muzzle was a guard placed o...
Myndus
min'-dus (Mundos): A city of Asia Minor, situated at the extreme western end of a peninsula jutting into the sea (see CARIA). It seems that the city was independent at an early ...
Myra
mi'-ra (Mura): A city of the ancient country of Lycia about 2 1/2 miles from the coast. Here, according toAc 27:6, Paul found a grain ship from Alexandria. The city stood upon a...
Myrrh
mur:(1) (mor or mowr; Arabic murr]): This substance is mentioned as valuable for its perfume (Ps 45:8;Pr 7:17;So 3:6;4:14), and as one of the constituents of the holy incense (E...
Myrtle
mur'-t'-l (hadhac; mursine (Isa 41:19;55:13;Ne 8:15;Zec 1:8,10 f); also as a name in Hadassah inEs 2:7, the Jewish form ofESTHER(which see)): The myrtle, Myrtus communis (Natura...
Mysia
mish'-i-a (Musia): A country in the northwestern part of Asia Minor, which formed an important part of the Roman province of Asia. Though its boundaries were always vague, it ma...
Mystery
mis'-ter-i (musterion; from mustes, "one initiated into mysteries"; mueo "to initiate," muo, "to close" the lips or the eyes; stem mu-, a sound produced with closed lips; compar...
Mythology
mi-thol'-o-ji.See FABLE; BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF; GREECE, RELIGION IN ANCIENT.