Smith's Bible Dictionary

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MADNESS

In Scripture "madness" is recognized as a derangement proceeding either from weakness and misdirection of intellect or from ungovernable violence of passion. In one passage alon...

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MADON

(strife) one of the principal cities of Canaan before the conquest, probably in the north. Its king joined Jabin and his confederates in their attempt against Joshua at the wate...

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MAGADAN

(a tower). (The name given in the Revised Version of (Matthew 15:39) for Magdala. It is probably another name for the same place, or it was a village so near it that the shore w...

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MAGBISH

(congregating), a proper name in (Ezra 2:30) but whether of a man or of a place is doubtful; probably the latter, as all the names from (Ezra 2:20) to 34, except Elam and Harim,...

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MAGDALA

(a tower). The chief MSS. and versions exhibit the name as MAGADAN, as in the Revised Version. Into the limits of Magadan Christ came by boat, over the Lake of Gennesareth after...

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MAGDIEL

(prince of God), one of the "dukes" of Edom, descended from Esau. (Genesis 36:43; 1 Chronicles 1:54)

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MAGI

(Authorized Version wise men).In the Hebrew text of the Old Testament the word occurs but twice, and then only incidentally. (Jeremiah 29:3,13) "Originally they were a class of ...

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MAGIC, MAGICIANS

Magic is "the science or practice of evoking spirits, or educing the occult powers of nature to produce effects apparently supernatural." It formed an essential element in many ...

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MAGOG

(region of Gog). In (Genesis 10:2) Magog appears as the second son of Japheth; in (Ezekiel 38:2; 39:1,6) it appears as a country or people of which Gog was the prince. The notic...

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MAGORMISSABIB

(terror on every side), the name giver. by Jeremiah to Pashur the priest when he smote him and put him in the stocks for prophesying against the idolatry of Jerusalem. (Jeremiah...

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MAGPIASH

(moth-killer) one of the heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:20) The same as MAGBISH in (Ezra 2:30)

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MAHALAH

(disease), one of the three children of Hammoleketh the sister of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:18)

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MAHALALEEL

(praise of God).The fourth in descent from Adam, according to the Sethite genealogy, and son of Cainan. (Genesis 6:12,13,15-17; 1 Chronicles 1:2; Luke 3:37) Revised Version.A de...

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MAHALATH

the title of p, 53, and Mahalath-leannoth, the title of Ps. 88. The meaning of these words is uncertain. The conjecture is that mahalath is a guitar, and that leannoth has refer...

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MAHALATH

(stringed instrument) one of the eighteen wives of King Rehoboam, apparently his first. (2 Chronicles 11:18) only. She was her husband’s cousin, being the daughter of King David...

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MAHALATH

(stringed instrument), the daughter of Ishmael, and one of the wives of Esau. (Genesis 28:9)

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MAHALI

(sick), Mah’li, the son of Merari. (Exodus 6:19)

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MAHANAIM

a town on the east of the Jordan. The name signifies two hosts or two camps,and was given to it by Jacob, because he there met "the angels of God." (Genesis 32:1,2) We next meet...

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MAHANEHDAN

(camp of Dan), spoken of as "behind Kirjath-jearim," (Judges 18:12) and as between Zorah and Eshtaol." ch. (Judges 13:25)

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MAHARAI

(impetuous), (2 Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 11:30; 27:13) an inhabitant of Netophah in the tribe of Judah, and one of David’s captains.

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MAHATH

(grabbing).A Zohathite of the house of Korah. (1 Chronicles 6:35)Also a Kohathite, in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:12; 31:13)

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MAHAVITE, THE

the designation of Eliel, one of the warriors of King David’s guard, whose name is preserved in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:46) only.

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MAHAZIOTH

(visions). One of the fourteen sons of Heman the Kohathite. (1 Chronicles 25:4,30)

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MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ

(i.e. hasten-booty speedspoil), whose name was given by divine direction to indicate that Damascus and Samaria were soon to be plundered by the king of Assyria. (Jeremiah 8:14)

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MAHLAH

(disease), the eldest of the five daughters of Zelophehad the grandson of Manasseh. (Numbers 27:1-11)

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MAHLI

(sick).Son of Merari, the son of Levi and ancestor of the family of the Mahlites. (Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 6:19,29; 24:26)Bon of Mushi and grandson of Merari. (1 Chronicles 6...

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MAHLON

(sick) the first husband of Ruth; son of Eiimelech and Naomi. (Ruth 1:2,5; 4:9,10) comp. 1Sam 17:12