International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Maoch

ma'-ok (ma`okh, "oppressed," "bruised"): The same as Maacah (1Ki 2:39). The father of that Achish, king of Gath, with whom David and his 600 sojourned under fear of Saul's treac...

Maon; Maonites

ma'-on, ma'-on-its, ma-o'-nits (ma`on; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maor, Maan; Codex Alexandrinus Maon):(1) A town in the mountain of Judah named along with Carmel and Ziph (Jos...

Mar

mar: "To mar" means "to destroy," "to disfigure," "to damage."Job 30:13, "They mar my path" (the Revised Version margin "they break up");Na 2:2, "and destroyed their vine" (the ...

Mara

ma'-ra, mar'-a (marah, "bitter"): The term which Naomi applies to herself on her return from Moab to her native country (Ru 1:20). Changed beyond recognition, she creates astoni...

Marah

ma'-ra, mar'-a (marah, "bitter"): The first camp of the Israelites after the passage of the Red Sea (Ex 15:23;Nu 33:8f). The name is derived from the bitterness of the brackish ...

Maralah

mar'-a-la (mar`alah; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Maragelda; Codex Alexandrinus Marila): A place on the western border of Zebulun (Jos 19:11). Peshitta renders Ramath ta`le', "he...

Maranatha

mar-a-nath'-a, mar-an-a'-tha (from Aramaic words, marana' 'athah, "Our Lord cometh, or will come"; according to some, "has come"; to others, "Come!" an invitation for his speedy...

Marble

mar'-b'-l (shayish, shesh, 'abhne shayish, "stones of marble" (1Ch 29:2); ritspath bahat wa-shesh we-dhar we-cochareth, "a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marb...

March; Marches

march, march'-iz.SeeARMY;WAR.

Marcheshvan

mar-chesh'-van.SeeTIME.

Marcion, Gospel Of

mar'-shun.SeeAPOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.

Marcus

mar'-kus.See MARK, JOHN.

Mardocheus

mar-do-ke'-us (Mardochaios):(1) One of the Jewish leaders who accompanied Zerubbabel on the return from Babylon to Judah (1 Esdras 5:8, where it stands for "Mordecai" ofEzr 2:2a...

Mare

mar(1) cucah, "steed," the King James Version "company of horses"; Septuagint he hippos, "mare" (So 1:9);(2) bene ha-rammakhim, "bred of the stud," the King James Version and th...

Mareshah

ma-re'-sha (mareshah; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Bathesar; Codex Alexandrinus Maresa): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named with Keilah and Achzib (Jos 15:44). It occupied su...

Marimoth

mar'-i-moth, mar'-i-moth: An ancestor of Esdras (Ezra) (2 Esdras 1:2), identical with Meraioth (Ezr 7:3). In 1 Esdras 8:2, it appears also as "Memeroth" (the King James Version ...

Mariner

mar'-i-ner.See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 2, (3); III, 2.

Marisa

mar'-i-sa (Marisa): The Greek form ofMARESHAH(which see) in 2 Macc 12:35.

Marish

mar'-ish (gebhe'; helos): An old form of "marsh," found in the King James Version, the English Revised VersionEze 47:11(the American Standard Revised Version "marsh"). Some (not...

Mark

mark: In the King James Version this word is used 22 times as a noun and 26 times as a predicate. In the former case it is represented by 5 Hebrew and 3 Greek words; in the latt...

Mark, John

mark, John (Ioannes) represents his Jewish, Mark (Markos) his Roman name. Why the latter was assumed we do not know.1. Name and Family: Perhaps the aorist participle inAc 12:25m...

Mark, The Gospel According To

|| I. OUR SECOND GOSPELII. CONTENTS AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS1. Scope2. Material Peculiar to Mark3. Quotations4. A Book of Mighty Works5. The Worker Is Also a Teacher6. A Book...

Market, Sheep

Market; Marketplace; Mart

mar'-ket, mar'-ketplas, mart (ma`arabh, cachar; agora):(1) Ma`arabh, from a root meaning "trading" and hence, goods exchanged, and so "merchandise" in the Revised Version (Briti...

Marmoth

mar'-moth, mar'-moth (Codex Vaticanus, Marmothi; Codex Alexandrinus, Marmathi): "The priest the son of Urias" to whom were committed the silver and gold for the temple by the re...

Maroth

ma'-roth, ma'-roth (maroth; (katoikousa) (odunas): An unknown town probably in the Philistine plain, named by Micah (1:12).

Marriage

mar'-ij:IntroductionScope and Viewpoint of the Present Article1. Marriage among the Hebrews2. Betrothal the First Formal Part3. Wedding Ceremonies4. Jesus' Sanction of the Insti...