MERARI, MERARITES
(bitter, unhappy), third son of Levi and head of the third great division of the Levites, the Merarites. (Genesis 46:8,11) At the time of the exodus and the numbering in the wil...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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MERATHAIM
(double rebellion), The land of, alluding to the country of the Chaldeans, and to the double captivity which it had inflicted on the nation of Israel. (Jeremiah 50:21)
MERCURIUS
(herald of the gods), properly Hermes, the Greek deity, whom the Romans identified with their Mercury, the god of commerce and bargains. Hermes was the son of Zeus (Jupiter) and...
MERCURY
(Acts 14:12) the translation of the above in the Revised Version.
MERCYSEAT
(Exodus 25:17; 37:6; Hebrews 9:5) This appears to have been merely the lid of the ark of the covenant, not another surface affixed thereto. (It was a solid plate of gold, 2 1/2 ...
MERED
(rebellion). This name occurs in a fragmentary genealogy in (1 Chronicles 4:17,18) as that of one of the sons of Ezra. Tradition identifies him with Caleb and Moses.
MEREMOTH
(elevations),Son of Uriah or Urijah the priest, of the family of Koz or Hakkoz, the head of the seventh course of priests as established by David. In (Ezra 8:33) Meremoth is app...
MERES
(lofty), one of the seven counsellors of Ahasuerus. (Esther 1:14)
MERIBAH
(strife, contention). In (Exodus 17:7) we read, "he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah," where the people murmured and the rock was smitten. [For the situation see ...
MERIBBAA
(contender against Baal). (1 Chronicles 8:34; 9:40) [See MEPHIBOSHETH].
MERODACH
(death), (Jeremiah 50:2) identical with the famous Babylonian Bel or Belus, the word being probably at first a mere epithet of the god, which by degrees superseded his proper ap...
MERODACHBALADAN
(worshipper of Baal) is mentioned as king of Babylon in the days of Hezekiah both in the second hook of Kings, ch. (2 Kings 20:12) and in Isaiah. ch. (Isaiah 39:1) In the former...
MEROM
(high place), The waters of, a lake formed by the river Jordan, about ten miles north of the Sea of Galilee. It is a place memorable in the history of the conquest of Palestine....
MERONOTHITHE, THE
that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further traces have yet been discovered. The Meronothites are named in the Bible--Jehdeiah, (1 C...
MEROZ
(refuge), a place, (Judges 5:23) denounced because its inhabitants had refused to take any part in the struggle with Sisera. Meroz must have been in the neighborhood of the Kish...
MESECH, MESHECH
(drawing out), a son of Japhet, (Genesis 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5) and the progenitor of a race frequently noticed in Scripture in connection with Tubal, Magog and other northern ...
MESHA
(freedom).The name of one of the geographical limits of the Joktanites when they first settled in Arabia. (Genesis 10:30)The king of Moab who was tributary to Ahab, (2 Kings 3:4...
MESHACH
(guest of a king), the name given to Mishael, one of the companions of Daniel, who with three others was taught, (Daniel 1:4) and qualified to "stand before" King Nebuchadnezzar...
MESHELEMIAH
(whom Jehovah repays), a Korhite porter or gate-keeper of the house of Jehovah in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 9:21; 26:1,2,9)
MESHEZABEEL
(delivered by God).Ancestor of Meshullam, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:4)One of the "heads of the people," probably a family, who seale...
MESHILLEMITH
(recompense), the son of Immer, a priest. (Nehemiah 11:13; 1 Chronicles 9:12)
MESHILLEMOTH
(recompense).An Ephraimite, one of the chiefs of the tribe in the reign of Pekah. (2 Chronicles 28:12)The same as MESHILLEMITH. (Nehemiah 11:13)
MESHULLAM
(friend).Ancestor of Shaphan the scribe. (2 Kings 22:3)The son of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:19)A Gadite in the reign of Jotham king of Judah. (1 Chronicles 5:13)A Benjamite, o...
MESHULLEMETH
(friend), the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, wife of Manasseh king of Judah, and mother of his successor, Amon. (2 Kings 21:19)
MESOBAITE, THE
a title attached to the name of Jasiel. (1 Chronicles 11:47) It is impossible to pronounce with any certainty to what it refers.
MESOPOTAMIA
(between the rivers), the entire country between the two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. This is a tract nearly 700 miles long and from 20 to 250 miles broad, extending in...
MESSIAH
(anointed). This word (Mashiach) answers to the word Christ (Christos) in the New Testament, and is applicable in its first sense to any one anointed with the holy oil. The king...