MELATIAH
(Jehovah delivers), a Gibeonite who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:7)
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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MELCHI
(my king, my counsel).The son of Janna, and ancestor of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Luke 3:24)
MELCHIAH
(Jehovah’s king), a priest, the father of Pashur. (Jeremiah 21:1)
MELCHISEDEC
(king of righteousness). (Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 6:1; Hebrews 7:1)... [MELCHIZEDEK]
MELCHISHUA
A son of Saul. (1 Samuel 14:49; 31:2) Elsewhere correctly given Malchishua.
MELCHIZEDEK
(king of righteousness), king of Salem and priest of the most high God, who met Abram in the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s valley, bought out bread and wine, blessed him...
MELEA
the son of Menan, and ancestor of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Luke 3:31)
MELECH
the second son of Micah, the son of Merib-baal or Mephibosheth. (1 Chronicles 8:35; 9:41)
MELICU
the same as MALLUCH 6. (Nehemiah 12:14) comp. ver. Nehe 12:2
MELITA
(honey), the modern Malta. This island lies in the Mediterranean 60 miles south of Cape Passaro in Sicily, 900 miles from Gibraltar and about 1200 from Jerusalem. It is 17 miles...
MELONS
(Heb. abattichim) are mentioned only in (Numbers 11:5) By the Hebrew word we are probably to understand both the melon (Cumcumis melo) and the watermelon (Cucurbita citrullus). ...
MELZAR
(steward). The Authorized Version is wrong in regarding melzar as a proper name; it is rather an official title, (Daniel 1:11,16) the marginal reading, "the steward," is therefo...
MEMPHIS
(haven, of the good), a city of ancient Egypt, situated on that western bank of the Nile, about nine miles south of Cairo and five from the great pyramids and the sphinx. It is ...
MEMUCAN
(dignified), one of the seven princes of Persia in the reign of Ahasuerus, who "saw the king’s face," and sat first in the kingdom. (Esther 1:14,16,21)
MENAHEM
(comforter), son of Gadi, who slew the usurper Shallum, and seized the vacant throne of Israel. B.C. 772. His reign, which lasted ten years, is briefly recorded in (2 Kings 15:1...
MENAN
(called Menna in the Revised Version), one of the ancestors of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Luke 3:31)
MENE
(numbered), the first word of the mysterious inscription written upon the wall of Belshazzar’s palace, in which Daniel read the doom of the king and his dynasty. (Daniel 5:25,26)
MENI
(fate, fortune). (Isaiah 65:11) This word is a proper name, and is also the proper name of an object of idolatrous worship cultivated by the Jews in Babylon.
MENNA
In the Revised Version of (Luke 3:31) for Menan.
MEONENIM
(enchanters), The plain of, an oak or terebinth. or other great tree. (Judges 9:37) The meaning of Meonenim if interpreted as a Hebrew word, is enchanters or "observers of times...
MEONOTHAI
(my habitations), one of the sons of Othniel, the younger brother of Caleb. (1 Chronicles 4:14)
MEPHAATH
(splendor height), city of the Reubenites, one of the towns independently an Heshhon, (Joshua 13:18) lying in the district of the Mishor comp. ver. (Joshua 13:17) and Jere 48:21...
MEPHIBOSHETH
(exterminating the idol), the name borne by two members of the family of Saul --his son and his grandson.Saul’s son by Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, his concubine. (2 Samuel 21:8...
MERAB
(increase), eldest daughter of King Saul. (1 Samuel 14:49) In accordance with the promise which he made before the engagement with Goliath, ch. (1 Samuel 17:25) Saul betrothed M...
MERAIAH
(rebellion), a priest in the day of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:13)
MERAIOTH
(rebellious).A descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron and head of a priestly house. (1 Chronicles 6:61; 7:62) It is apparently another Meraioth who comes in between Zadok and Ah...
MERARATH
(bareness), one of the towns of Judah, in the district of the mountains. (Joshua 15:59) The places which occur in company with have been identified at a few miles to the north o...