MANOAH
(rest), the father of Samson; a Danite, native of the town of Zorah. (Judges 13:2) (B.C. 1161) [SAMSON]
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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MANSLAYER
one who kills another unintentionally, and is thus distinguished from a murderer, who kills with malice aforethought. The cases of manslaughter mentioned in Scripture appear to ...
MANTLE
the word employed in the Authorized Version to translate no less than four Hebrew terms, entirely distinct and independent in both derivation and meaning.(Judges 4:18) the garme...
MAOCH
(oppression) the father of Achish king of Gath, with whom David took refuge. (1 Samuel 27:2)
MAON
(habitation), one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the district of the mountains. (Joshua 15:55) Its interest for us lies in its connection with David. (1 Samuel 23:24,25...
MAONITES, THE
a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) elsewhere in the Authorized Version called Mehunim.
MARA
(sad, bitter), the name which Naomi adopted in the exclamation forced from her by the recognition of her fellow citizens at Bethlehem. (Ruth 1:20)
MARAH
(bitterness), a place which lay in the wilderness of Shur or Etham, three days journey distant, (Exodus 15:23; Numbers 33:8) from the place at which the Israelites crossed the R...
MARALAH
(trembling) one of the land marks on the boundary of the tribe of Zebulun. (Joshua 19:11)
MARANATHA
an Aramaic or Syriac expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians, ch. (1 Corinthians 16:22) signifying "our Lord cometh."
MARBLE
The Hebrew shesh, the generic term for marble, may probably be taken to mean almost any shining stone. The so-called marble of Solomon’s architectural works may thus have been l...
MARCHESHVAN
[MONTH]
MARCUS
the evangelist Mark. (Colossians 4:10); Phle 1:24; 1Pet 5:13 [MARK]
MARESHAH, OR MARESHAH
(crest of a hill), one of the cities of Judah in the low country. (Joshua 15:44) It was one of the cities fortified and garrisoned by Rehoboam after the rupture with the norther...
MARK
one of the evangelists, and probable author of the Gospel bearing his name. (Marcus was his Latin surname. His Jewish name was John, which is the same as Johanan (the grace of G...
MARK, GOSPEL OF
By whom written. --The author of this Gospel has been universally believed to be Mark or Marcus, designated in (Acts 12:12,25; 15:37) as John Mark, and in ch. 5,13 as John.When ...
MARKET OF APPIUS
(Acts 28:15) In the Revised Version for Appii Forum of the Authorized Version, which see.
MARKETPLACES
(Matthew 20:3; Mark 12:38; Luke 7:35; Acts 16:19) (any open place of public resort in cities or towns where public trials and assemblies were held and goods were exposed for sal...
MAROTH
(bitterness), one of the towns of the western lowland of Judah. (Micah 1:12)
MARRIAGE
Its origin and history. --The institution of marriage dates from the time of man’s original creation. (Genesis 2:18-25) From (Genesis 2:24) we may evolve the following principle...
MARS HILL
the hill of Mars or Ares, better known by the name of Areopagus, of which hill of Mars or Ares is a translation. The Areopagus was a rocky height in Athens, opposite the western...
MARSENA
(worthy), one of the seven of Persia, "wise men which knew the times," which saw the king’s face and sat first in the kingdom. (Esther 1:14)
MARTHA
(a lady), the sister of Lazarus and Mary. [LAZARUS] The facts recorded in Luke 10 and John 11 indicate a character devout after the customary Jewish type of devotion, sharing in...
MARY
a Roman Christian who is greeted by St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, ch. (Romans 16:6) as having toiled hard for him.
MARY
(a tear) of Cle’ophas. So in Authorized Version, but accurately "of Clopas," i.e. the wife of Clopas (or Alphaeus). She is brought before us for the first time on the day of the...
MARY MAGDALENE
Different explanations have been given of this name; but the most natural is that she came from the town of Magdala. She appears before us for the first time in (Luke 8:2) among...
MARY THE VIRGIN
the mother of our Lord. There is no person perhaps in sacred or profane history around whom so many legends have been grouped a the Virgin Mary; and there are few whose authenti...