Meraiah
me-ra'-ya, me-ri'-a (merayah, "contumacious"): A priest in the time of Joiakim son of Jeshua, and head of the priestly house of Seraiah to which Ezra belonged (Ne 12:12; compare...
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Meraioth
me-ra'-yoth, me-ri'-oth (merayoth): The name varies much in the Greek.(1) A Levite, a descendant of Aaron (1Ch 6:6f; Ezr 7:3), called "Memeroth" in 1 Esdras 8:2; and "Marimoth" ...
Meran
me'-ran.SeeMERRAN.
Merari
me-ra'-ri (merari, "bitter"; Mararei):(1) The 3rd son of Levi, his brothers, Gershon and Kohath, being always mentioned together with him (Ge 46:11;Ex 6:16). He was among those ...
Merarites
me-ra'-rits (merari, "bitter"): The descendants ofMERARI(which see), son of Levi. The only place where this form of the word occurs isNu 26:57. Elsewhere they are always referre...
Merathaim
mer-a-tha'-im (merathayim "double rebellion"): A name used for Babylon inJer 50:21. According to Delitzsch it may be equivalent to the Babylonian Marratun, i.e. land by the nar ...
Merchandise
mur'-chan-diz(1) `amar(2) cachar,(3) cachar,(4) cechorach,(5) rekhullah,(6) ma`arabh,(7) markoleth;(8) emporia(9) emporion,(10) gomos): There seem to be 4 distinct meanings of t...
Merchant; Merchantman
mur'-chant, mur'-chant-man.SeeCOMMERCE;MERCHANDISE;TRADE.
Mercury; Mercurius
mur'-ku-ri, mer-ku'ri-us: The translation of Hermes, inAc 14:12: "They called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker." Hermes was the god of eloq...
Mercy-Seat, The
mur'-si-set (kapporeth; New Testament hilasterion,Heb 9:5): The name for the lid or covering of the ark of the covenant (Ex 25:17, etc.). The Old Testament term means "covering,...
Mercy; Merciful
mur'-si, mur'-si-fool (checedh, racham, chanan; eleos, eleeo, oiktirmos): "Mercy" is a distinctive Bible word characterizing God as revealed to men.In the Old Testament it is mo...
Mered
me'-red (meredh, "rebellion"; Septuagint has at least four variants in1Ch 4:17,18): A descendant of Judah through Caleb, and mentioned as a "son of Ezrah" (1Ch 4:17).Revised Ver...
Meremoth
mer'-e-moth, me-re'-moth (meremoth, "heights"; Mereimoth):(1) Son of Uriah (Ezr 8:33), who was head of the 7th course of priests appointed by David (1Ch 24:10, Hakkoz = Koz; com...
Merib-Baal
mer-ib-ba'-al (meribhba`al; also meri-bha`al, "Baal contends"): The spelling varies in a single verse;1Ch 9:40contains the name twice: first, in the first form above; second, in...
Meribah
mer'-i-ba, me-re'-ba.SeeMASSAH AND MERIBAH.
Meribath-Kadesh; Meriboth-Kadesh
mer'-i-bath-ka'-desh, mer'-i-both-k (Eze 48:28;47:19): The southern limit of Ezekiel's ideal land of Israel.SeeMERIBAH.
Merodach
me-ro'-dak, mer'-o-dak (merodhakh): The supreme deity of the Babylonians (Jer 50:2); the Nimrod ofGe 10:8-12; and among the constellations, Orion.See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 11; BAB...
Merodach-Baladan
me-ro'-dak-bal'-a-dan, mer'-o-dak-b. (mero'dhakh bal'adhan; Marodach Baladan): The son of Baladan, is mentioned inIsa 39:1, as a king of Babylon who sent an embassy to Hezekiah,...
Merom, Waters Of
me'-rom (me-merom; hudor Marron or hudor Merron): The place which was the scene of Joshua's victory over Jabin and his confederates (Jos 11:7), commonly identified with Lake Hul...
Meronothite
me-ron'-thit, me-ro'-no-thit (meronothi, root meaning "fertility"): The designation of two persons in the Old Testament:(1) Jehdeiah, who was in charge of the royal asses under ...
Meroz
me'-roz (meroz; Codex Vaticanus, Meroz; Codex Alexandrinus, Mazor): This name occurs only once in Scripture. The angel of the Lord is represented as invoking curses upon Meroz b...
Merran
mer'-an (Merran; the King James Version Meran): Many identifications have been suggested on the assumption that the text as it stands is correct. Some of these are the Sidonian ...
Meruth
me'-ruth.SeeEMMERUTH.
Mesaloth
mes'-a-loth (Messaloth, Maisaloth): A place mentioned in the account of the march of Bacchides and Alcimus into Judah, as "in Arbela" (1 Macc 9:2). If Arbela be identical with I...
Mesech
me'-sek.SeeMESHECH.
Mesha
me'-sha:(1) (mesha`; Codex Vaticanus, Marisa; Codex Alexandrinus, Marisas): Caleb's firstborn son, the father of Ziph, probably the ancestor of the Ziphites (1Ch 2:42).(2) (mesh...
Meshach
me'-shak (meshakh): Possibly the Sumerian form of the Babylonian Cil-Asharidu, "the shadow of the prince," just as Shadrach probably means "the servant of Sin," and Abednego the...