Maimed
mam'-d (charuts; kullos, anaperos): The condition of being mutilated or rendered imperfect as the result of accident, in contrast to congenital malformation. An animal thus affe...
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Mainsall
man'-sal.SeeSHIPS AND BOATS.
Makaz
ma'-kaz (maqats): One of the cities of the 2nd of the 12 districts or prefectures which supplied victuals for Solomon (1Ki 4:9). It is associated with Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh and...
Make, Maker
mak, mak'-er (`asah, nathan, sum; poieo, tithemi, kathistemi):1. As Used in the Old Testament:"Make" is a frequently used word, meaning "to create," "construct," "cause," "const...
Makebates
mik'-bats: This is the plural of the word makebate, which means "one who stirs up strife." It occurs only in the King James Version margin of2Ti 3:3andTit 2:3as an alternative t...
Maked
ma'-ked (Maked, Makeb): A strong city East of the Jordan, not yet identified. It is named along with Bosor, Alema and Casphor (1 Macc 5:26). In 1 Macc 5:36, the King James Versi...
Maker
ma'-ker.SeeMAKE.
Makheloth
mak-he'-loth, mak-he'-loth (maqheloth, "assemblies"): A desert camp of the Israelites between Haradah and Tahath (Nu 33:25,26).SeeWANDERINGS OF ISRAEL.
Makkedah
ma-ke'-da (maqqedhah; Makeda): A Canaanite royal city which Joshua captured, utterly destroying the inhabitants, and doing to the king as he had done unto the king of Jericho (J...
Maktesh, The
mak'-tesh, (ha-makhtesh, "the mortar"; compareJud 15:19, "the mortar," English Versions of the Bible "hollow place that is in Lehi"): A quarter of Jerusalem so named, it is supp...
Malachi
mal'-a-ki:1. Name of the Prophet2. The Prophet's Times3. Contents4. Style5. MessageLITERATURE1. Name of the Prophet:The last book of the Old Testament. Nothing is known of the p...
Malachy
mal'-a-ki: Another form of the name of the prophet "Malachi" (which see), found in the Revised Version (British and American) and the King James Version of 2 Esdras 1:40.
Malcam
mal'-kam (malkam, "their king"; the King James Version Maleham):(1) A chief of the Benjamites, son of Shaharaim (1Ch 8:9).(2) The name of an idol as well as the possessive prono...
Malchi-Shua
mal-ki-shoo'-a (malkishua`, "my king saves"): One of the sons of Saul (1Sa 14:49;31:2, the King James Version "Melchishua";1Ch 8:33;9:39). He was slain by the Philistines with h...
Malchiah
mal-ki'-a.SeeMALCHIJAH.
Malchiel
mal'-ki-el (malki'el, "God is king"): Grandson of Asher (Ge 46:17;Nu 26:45;1Ch 7:31).
Malchielites
mal'-ki-el-its (malki'eli): Descendants of Malchiel (Nu 26:45).
Malchijah
mal-ki'-ja (malkiyah, "Yah is king"; Melcheias, with variants):(1) A Levite, descendant of Gershom, of those whom David set over the "service of sting" in the worship (1Ch 6:40)...
Malchiram
mal-ki'-ram (malkiram, "uplifted king"): Son of Jeconiah, descendant of David (1Ch 3:18).
Malchus
mal'-kus (Malchos, from melekh, i.e. "counselor" or "king"): The name of the servant of the high priest Caiaphas whose right ear was smitten off by Simon Peter at the arrest of ...
Male
mal(1) zakhar, zakhar, zakhur (the root means "to stand out," "to be prominent," here a physiological differentiation of the sex, as neqebhah, "female," which see);(2) 'ish lite...
Malefactor
mal-e-fak'-ter (kakopoios, "a bad doer," i.e. "evildoer," "criminal"; kakourgos, "a wrongdoer"): The former occurs inJoh 18:30the King James Version, the latter, which is the st...
Maleleel
ma-le'-le-el, mal'-e-lel (Maleleel, the King James Version): Greek form of "Mahalalel" (Lu 3:37); the Revised Version (British and American) "Mahalaleel."
Malice, Malignity
mal'-is, ma-lig'-ni-ti (kakia, poneros, kakoetheia): "Malice," now used in the sense of deliberate ill-will, by its derivation means badness, or wickedness generally, and was so...
Mallos
mal'-os,SeeMALLUS.
Mallothi
mal'-o-thi, ma-lo'-thi (mallothi, "my discourse"): Son of Heman, a Kohathite singer (1Ch 6:33;25:4). The song service in the house of the Lord was apportioned by David and the c...
Mallows
mal'-oz.See SALT-WORT.