Mastic, Mastick
mas'-tik (schinos): A tree mentioned only in Susanna verse 54 (compareGe 37:25margin). It is the Pistacia lentiscus (Arabic, Mistaki), a shrub which attains a height of 10 to 12...
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Mathanias
math-a-ni'-as: the King James Version in 1 Esdras 9:31.SeeMATTHANIAS.
Mathelas
ma-the'-las (Codex Alexandrinus, Mathelas; Codex Vaticanus, Maeelas; the King James Version Matthelas): One of the priests who had married "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:19) = "Maa...
Mathusala
ma-thu'-sa-la (Mathousala): Greek form of "Methuselah," the Revised Version (British and American) (Lu 3:37the King James Version).
Matred
ma'-tred (maTredh, "expulsion"): The mother of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, one of the kings of Edom (Ge 36:39;1Ch 1:50, "Hadad"). The Septuagint and Peshitta designate Matred as m...
Matri
ma'-tri (maTri, "rainy"): A family of the tribe of Benjamin to which King Saul belonged (1Sa 10:21the King James Version).
Matrites
ma'-trits (ha-maTri): The Revised Version (British and American) translation of maTri with the definite article, "the Matrites" (1Sa 10:21).
Mattan
mat'-an (mattan, "a gift"):(1) A priest in the house of Baal, slain by Jehoiada before Baal's altar (2Ki 11:18;2Ch 23:17).(2) The father of Shephatiah a contemporary and persecu...
Mattanah
mat'-a-na (mattanah; Codex Vaticanus, Manthanaein; Codex Alexandrinus, Manthanein): A station of the Israelites which seems to have lain between Beer and Nahaliel (Nu 21:18f). T...
Mattaniah
mat-a-ni'-a (mattanyaha, "gift of Yah"):(1) King Zedekiah's original name, but changed by Nebuchadnezzar when he made him king over Judah instead of his nephew Jehoiachin (2Ki 2...
Mattatha
mat'-a-tha (Mattatha): Son of Nathan the son of David in the genealogy of Jesus (Lu 3:31).
Mattathah
mat'-a-tha: the Revised Version (British and American).SeeMATTATTAH.
Mattathias
mat-a-thi'-as (Mattathias). The persons of this name in the Apocrypha are:(1) Mattathias the father of the Maccabees.SeeASMONEANS;MACCABEES.(2) One of the 7 who stood on Ezra's ...
Mattattah
mat'-a-ta (mattattah): the Revised Version (British and American) for "Mattathah" in the King James Version (Ezr 10:33). The same as "Mattathias" of 1 Esdras 9:33, the King Jame...
Mattenai
mat-e-na'-i, mat'-e-ni (mattenay, "liberal"):(1) (2) Two who married foreign wives, one a son of Hashum (Ezr 10:33; in /RAPC 1Es 9:33 "Altanneus"); the other a son of Bani (Ezr ...
Matter
mat'-er: This word being a very general term may express various ideas. the Revised Version (British and American) therefore frequently changes the reading of the King James Ver...
Matthan
mat'-than (Textus Receptus Matthan, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Maththan): An ancestor of Jesus, grandfather of Joseph the husband of Mary (Mt 1:15).SeeMATTHAT.
Matthanias
mat-tha-ni'-as (Codex Alexandrinus, Matthanias, Codex Vaticanus, Matan):(1) One of those who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:27) equals "Mattaniah" ofEzr 10:26.(2) th...
Matthat
mat'-that (Matthat, Maththat): The name of two ancestors of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Lu 3:24,29), one being the grandfather of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Matthew
math'-u: Matthew the apostle and evangelist is mentioned in the 4 catalogues of the apostles inMt 10:3;Mr 3:18;Lu 6:15;Ac 1:13, though his place is not constant in this list, va...
Matthew, The Gospel Of
(euaggelion kata Maththaion (or Matthaion)):1. Name of Gospel--Unity and Integrity2. Canonicity and Authorship3. Relation of Greek and Aramaic Gospels4. Contents, Character, and...
Matthias
ma-thi'-as (Matthias, or Maththias; Mattithyah, "given of Yah"): Matthias was the one upon whom the lot fell when he, along with Joseph Barsabbas, was put forward to fill up the...
Mattithiah
mat-i-thi'-a (mattithyah, or mattithyahu, "gift of Yah"):(1) The Mattithiah ofNe 8:4(1st spelling) was one of those who stood at Ezra's right hand while he read the law (compare...
Mattock
mat'-ok: The translation of 3 Hebrew words:(1) machereshah, probably "a pick-axe" (1Sa 13:20,21; compare1Sa 13:21margin);(2) cherebh, "sword," "ax," "tool" (2Ch 34:6the King Jam...
Maul
mol (mephits, literally, "a breaker," "a club," "mace," "mattock"): A smashing weapon like the oriental war-club or the clubs always carried by the shepherds of Lebanon (Pr 25:1...
Mauzzim
moz'-em, mots'-em (ma`uzzim, "places of strength," "fortress"): Many conjectures as to the meaning of this word and its context (Da 11:38; compareDa 11:19,39) have been made. Th...
Maw
mo (qebhah (compare qobhah,Nu 25:8), keres; Septuagint enustron): The first word means the maw or stomach of ruminants. It is derived from a root designating "hollowed out." It ...