Easton’s dictionary

Nearly 4,000 clear, readable entries on the people, places, words and ideas of the Bible, by a Scottish minister. A good first place to look.

• MaachahOppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of...
• Maaleh-AcrabbimAscent of the scorpions; i.e., “scorpion-hill”, a pass on the south-eastern border of...
• MaarathDesolation, a place in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:59), probably the modern...
• MaaseiahThe work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the...
• MaasiaiWork of Jehovah, one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at the Captivity (1 Chr. 9:12).
• MaathSmall, a person named in our Lord’s ancestry (Luke 3:26).
• MaaziahStrength or consolation of Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-fourth priestly course...
• MaccabeesThis word does not occur in Scripture. It was the name given to the leaders of the...
• Maccabees, Books of theThere were originally five books of the Maccabees. The first contains a history of the...
• MacedoniaIn New Testament times, was a Roman province lying north of Greece. It was governed by...
• MachaerusThe Black Fortress, was built by Herod the Great in the gorge of Callirhoe, one of the...
• MachbanaiClad with a mantle, or bond of the Lord, one of the Gadite heroes who joined David in...
• MachirSold. (1.) Manasseh’s oldest son (Josh. 17:1), or probably his only son (see 1 Chr....
• MachpelahPortion; double cave, the cave which Abraham bought, together with the field in which...
• MadaiMiddle land, the third “son” of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), the name by which the Medes are...
• MadmannahDunghill, the modern el-Minyay, 15 miles south-south-west of Gaza (Josh. 15:31; 1 Chr....
• MadmenIbid., a Moabite town threatened with the sword of the Babylonians (Jer. 48:2).
• MadmenahIbid., a town in Benjamin, not far from Jerusalem, towards the north (Isa. 10:31). The...
• MadnessThis word is used in its proper sense in Deut. 28:34, John 10:20, 1 Cor. 14:23. It...
• MadonStrife, a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine (Josh. 11:1; 12:19), whose king...
• MagdalaA tower, a town in Galilee, mentioned only in Matt. 15:39. In the parallel passage in...
• MagdaleneA surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys...
• MagicThe Jews seem early to have consulted the teraphim (q.v.) for oracular answers (Judg....
• MagiciansHeb. hartumim, (dan. 1:20) were sacred scribes who acted as interpreters of omens, or...
• MagistrateA public civil officer invested with authority. The Hebrew shophetim, or judges, were...
• MagogRegion of Gog, the second of the “sons” of Japheth (Gen. 10:2; 1 Chr. 1:5). In Ezekiel...
• Magor-MissabibFear on every side, (Jer. 20:3), a symbolical name given to the priest Pashur,...
• MahalaleelPraise of God. (1.) The son of Cainan, of the line of Seth (Gen. 5:12-17); called...
• MahalathA lute; lyre. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, and third wife of Esau (Gen. 28:9); called...
• Mahalath Leannoth MaschilThis word leannoth seems to point to some kind of instrument unknown (Ps. 88, title)....
• Mahalath MaschilIn the title of Ps. 53, denoting that this was a didactic psalm, to be sung to the...
• MahanaimTwo camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels...
• Mahaneh-DanJudg. 18:12 = “camp of Dan” 13:25 (R.V., “Mahaneh-dan”), a place behind (i.e., west...
• MahathGrasping. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, father of Elkanah (1 Chr. 6:35). (2.) Another...
• MahaziothVisions, a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third course of musicians (1 Chr. 25:4, 30).
• Maher-Shalal-Hash-BazPlunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isa. 8:1-3; comp. Zeph. 1:14), a name Isaiah was...
• MahlahDisease, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Num. 27:1-11) who had their father’s...
• MahlonSickly, the elder of Elimelech the Bethlehemite’s two sons by Naomi. He married Ruth...
• MaholDance, the father of four sons (1 Kings 4:31) who were inferior in wisdom only to Solomon.
• Mail, Coat of“a corselet of scales,” a cuirass formed of pieces of metal overlapping each other,...
• Main-Sail(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern “mizzen-sail,” as some suppose. Others...
• MakhelothAssemblies, a station of the Israelites in the desert (Num. 33:25, 26).
• MakkedahHerdsman’s place, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:16), near which...
• MakteshMortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zeph. 1:11). It...
• MalachiMessenger or angel, the last of the minor prophets, and the writer of the last book of...
• Malachi, Prophecies ofThe contents of the book are comprised in four chapters. In the Hebrew text the third...
• Malcam(2 Sam. 12:30, Heb., R.V., “their king;” Jer. 49:1, 3, R.V.; Zeph. 1:5), the national...
• Malchi-ShuaKing of help, one of the four sons of Saul (1 Chr. 8:33). He perished along with his...
• MalchiahJehovah’s king. (1.) The head of the fifth division of the priests in the time of...
• MalchusReigning, the personal servant or slave of the high priest Caiaphas. He is mentioned...
• MallothiMy fulness, a Kohathite Levite, one of the sons of Heman the Levite (1 Chr. 25:4), and...
• MallowsOccurs only in Job 30:4 (R.V., “saltwort”). The word so rendered (malluah, from melah,...
• MalluchReigned over, or reigning. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:44). (2.) A...
• MammonA Chaldee or Syriac word meaning “wealth” or “riches” (Luke 16:9-11); also, by...
• MamreManliness. (1.) An Amoritish chief in alliance with Abraham (Gen. 14:13, 24). (2.) The...
• Man(1.) Heb. ‘Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The name is derived from a...
• Man of SinA designation of Antichrist given in 2 Thess. 2:3-10, usually regarded as descriptive...
• ManaenConsoler, a Christian teacher at Antioch. Nothing else is known of him beyond what is...
• ManassehWho makes to forget. “God hath made me forget” (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The...
• MandrakesHebrew dudaim; i.e., “love-plants”, occurs only in Gen. 30:14-16 and Cant. 7:13. Many...
• ManehPortion (Ezek. 45:12), rendered “pound” (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71, 72), a...
• Manger(Luke 2:7, 12, 16), the name (Gr. phatne, rendered “stall” in Luke 13:15) given to the...
• MannaHeb. man-hu, “What is that?” the name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously...
• ManoahRest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judg. 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).
• ManslayerOne who was guilty of accidental homicide, and was entitled to flee to a city of...
• Mantle(1.) Heb. ‘addereth, a large over-garment. This word is used of Elijah’s mantle (1...
• MaochCompressed, the father of Achish, king of Gath (1 Sam. 27:2). Called also Maachah (1...
• MaonHabitation, a town in the tribe of Judah, about 7 miles south of Hebron, which gave...
• MaraBitter; sad, a symbolical name which Naomi gave to herself because of her misfortunes...
• MarahBitterness, a fountain at the sixth station of the Israelites (Ex. 15:23, 24; Num....
• MaralahTrembling, a place on the southern boundary of Zebulun (Josh. 19:11). It has been...
• Maranatha(1 Cor. 16:22) consists of two Aramean words, Maran’athah, meaning, “our Lord comes,”...
• MarbleAs a mineral, consists of carbonate of lime, its texture varying from the highly...
• MarcheshvanThe post-biblical name of the month which was the eighth of the sacred and the second...
• MarcusCol. 4:10; Philemon 1:24; 1 Pet. 5:13; R.V., “Mark” (q.v.).
• MareshahPossession, a city in the plain of Judah (John. 15:44). Here Asa defeated Zerah the...
• MarkThe evangelist; “John whose surname was Mark” (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col....
• Mark, Gospel According toIt is the current and apparently well-founded tradition that Mark derived his...
• Market-PlaceAny place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt. 11:16;...
• MarothBitterness; i.e., “perfect grief”, a place not far from Jerusalem; mentioned in...
• MarriageWas instituted in Paradise when man was in innocence (Gen. 2:18-24). Here we have its...
• Marriage-Feasts(John 2:1-11) “lasted usually for a whole week; but the cost of such prolonged...
• Mars HillThe Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian...
• MarthaBitterness, the sister of Lazarus and Mary, and probably the eldest of the family, who...
• MartyrOne who bears witness of the truth, and suffers death in the cause of Christ (Acts...
• MaryHebrew Miriam. (1.) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the “Virgin Mary,”...
• MaschilInstructing, occurs in the title of thirteen Psalms (32, 42, 44, etc.). It denotes a...
• Mash(= Meshech 1 Chr. 1:17), one of the four sons of Aram, and the name of a tribe...
• MashalEntreaty, a levitical town in the tribe of Asher (1 Chr. 6:74); called Mishal (Josh. 21:30).
• MasonAn artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture...
• MasrekahVineyard of noble vines, a place in Idumea, the native place of Samlah, one of the...
• MassaA lifting up, gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen....
• MassahTrial, temptation, a name given to the place where the Israelites, by their murmuring...
• MattanGift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under...
• MattanahA gift, a station of the Israelites (Num. 21:18, 19) between the desert and the...
• MattaniahGift of Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Heman, the chief of the ninth class of temple...
• MattathiasIbid. (1.) The son of Amos, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:25). (2.) The son of...
• MatthanGift, one of our Lord’s ancestry (Matt. 1:15).
• MatthatGift of God. (1.) The son of Levi, and father of Heli (Luke 3:24). (2.) Son of another...
• MatthewGift of God, a common Jewish name after the Exile. He was the son of Alphaeus, and was...
• Matthew, Gospel According toThe author of this book was beyond a doubt the Matthew, an apostle of our Lord, whose...
• MatthiasGift of God. Acts 1:23.
• MattithiahGift of Jehovah. (1.) One of the sons of Jeduthun (1 Chr. 25:3, 21). (2.) The eldest...
• Mattock(1.) Heb. ma’eder, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard (Isa. 7:25); a...
• MaulAn old name for a mallet, the rendering of the Hebrew mephits (Prov. 25:18), properly...
• MazzarothPrognostications, found only Job 38:32, probably meaning “the twelve signs” (of the...
• Me-JarkonWaters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:46). It...
• Meadow(1.) Heb. ha’ahu (Gen. 41:2, 18), probably an Egyptain word transferred to the Hebrew;...
• MeahAn hundred, a tower in Jersalem on the east wall (Neh. 3:1) in the time of Nehemiah.
• MealsAre at the present day “eaten from a round table little higher than a stool, guests...
• MearahA cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine (Josh. 13:4). This may be the...
• MeasureSeveral words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are...
• Meat-Offering(Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote...
• MebunnaiConstruction, building of Jehovah, one of David’s bodyguard (2 Sam. 23:27; comp....
• MedadLove, one of the elders nominated to assist Moses in the government of the people. He...
• MedanContention, the third son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:2).
• Mede(Heb. Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media (Dan. 11:1). In Gen. 10:2 the Hebrew...
• MedebaWaters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town (Num. 21:30). It was assigned to the tribe of...
• MediaHeb. Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1) “Madai,” Gen. 10:2; (2)...
• MediatorOne who intervenes between two persons who are at variance, with a view to reconcile...
• MeeknessA calm temper of mind, not easily provoked (James 3:13). Peculiar promises are made to...
• MegiddoPlace of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:21),...
• MehetabeelWhose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who...
• MehetabelWife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom (Gen. 36:39).
• MehujaelSmitten by God, the son of Irad, and father of Methusael (Gen. 4:18).
• MehumanFaithful, one of the eunchs whom Ahasuerus (Xerxes) commanded to bring in Vashti (Esther 1:10).
• MehunimsHabitations, (2 Chr. 26:7; R.V. “Meunim,” Vulg. Ammonitae), a people against whom...
• MekonahA base or foundation, a town in the south of Judah (Neh. 11:28), near Ziklag.
• MelchiMy king. (1.) The son of Addi, and father of Neri (Luke 3:28). (2.) Luke 3:24.
• MelchizedekKing of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in...
• MeleaFulness, the son of Menan and father of Eliakim, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:31).
• MelechKing, the second of Micah’s four sons (1 Chr. 8:35), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth.
• Melita(Acts 27:28), an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta. Here the ship in which...
• MelonsOnly in Num. 11:5, the translation of the Hebrew abattihim, the LXX. and Vulgate...
• MelzarProbably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an...
• MemphisOnly in Hos. 9:6, Hebrew Moph. In Isa. 19:13; Jer. 2:16; 46:14, 19; Ezek. 30:13, 16,...
• MemucanDignified, one of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion...
• MenahemConforting, the son of Gadi, and successor of Shallum, king of Israel, whom he slew....
• Mene(Dan. 5:25, 26), numbered, one of the words of the mysterious inscription written...
• MeniIsa. 65:11, marg. (A.V., “that number;” R.V., “destiny”), probably an idol which the...
• Meonenim(Judg. 9:37; A.V., “the plain of Meonenim;” R.V., “the oak of Meonenim”) means...
• MephaathSplendour, a Levitical city (Josh. 21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).
• MephiboshethExterminator of shame; i.e., of idols. (1.) The name of Saul’s son by the concubine...
• MerabIncrease, the eldest of Saul’s two daughters (1 Sam. 14:49). She was betrothed to...
• MeraiahResistance, a chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim (Neh. 12:12).
• MeraiothRebellions. (1.) Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar (1 Chr. 6:6,...
• MerariSad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt,...
• MeraritesThe descendants of Merari (Num. 26:57). They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites...
• MerathaimDouble rebellion, probably a symbolical name given to Babylon (Jer. 50:21), denoting...
• MerchantThe Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning “to travel about,” “to migrate,”...
• MercuriusThe Hermes (i.e., “the speaker”) of the Greeks (Acts 14:12), a heathen God represented...
• MercyCompassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ...
• Mercy-Seat(Heb. kapporeth, a “covering;” LXX. and N.T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the...
• MeredRebellion, one of the sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:17).
• MeremothExaltations, heights, a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:3),...
• Merib-BaalContender with Baal, (1 Chr. 8:34; 9:40), elsewhere called Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 4:4),...
• MeribahQuarrel or strife. (1.) One of the names given by Moses to the fountain in the desert...
• MerodachDeath; slaughter, the name of a Babylonian god, probably the planet Mars (Jer. 50:2),...
• Merodach-BaladanMerodach has given a son, (Isa. 39:1), “the hereditary chief of the Chaldeans, a small...
• MeromHeight, a lake in Northern Palestine through which the Jordan flows. It was the scene...
• MeronothiteA name given to Jehdeiah, the herdsman of the royal asses in the time of David and...
• MerozA plain in the north of Palestine, the inhabitants of which were severely condemned...
• MeshaMiddle district, Vulgate, Messa. (1.) A plain in that part of the boundaries of Arabia...
• MeshachThe title given to Mishael, one of the three Hebrew youths who were under training at...
• MeshechDrawing out, the sixth son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), the founder of a tribe (1 Chr. 1:5;...
• MeshelemiahFriendship of Jehovah, a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah...
• MeshillemothRequitals. (1.) The father of Berechiah (2 Chr. 28:12). (2.) A priest, the son of...
• MeshullamBefriended. (1.) One of the chief Gadites in Bashan in the time of Jotham (1 Chr....
• MeshullemethFriend, the wife of Manasseh, and the mother of Amon (2 Kings 21:19), Kings of Judah.
• MesopotamiaThe country between the two rivers (Heb. Aram-naharaim; i.e., “Syria of the two...
• MessA portion of food given to a guest (Gen. 43:34; 2 Sam. 11:8).
• Messenger(Heb. mal’ak, Gr. angelos), an angel, a messenger who runs on foot, the bearer of...
• Messiah(Heb. mashiah), in all the thirty-nine instances of its occurring in the Old...
• Metheg-AmmahBridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Sam. 8:1, “David...
• MethusaelChampion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Gen. 4:18), so called, perhaps, to...
• MethuselahMan of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of...
• MezahabWater of gold, the father of Matred (Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:50), and grandfather of...
• Miamin=Mijamin, from the right hand. (1.) The head of one of the divisions of the priests (1...
• MibharChoice, a Hagarene, one of David’s warriors (1 Chr. 11:38); called also Bani the...
• MibsamFragrance. (1.) One of Ishmael’s twelve sons, and head of an Arab tribe (Gen. 25:13)....
• MibzarFortress, one of the Edomitish “dukes” descended from Esau (Gen. 36:42; 1 Chr. 1:53).
• MicahA shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose...
• Micah, Book ofThe sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book...
• MicaiahWho is like Jehovah?, the son of Imlah, a faithful prophet of Samaria (1 Kings...
• Micha(1.) 2 Sam. 9:12 =MICAH (2). (2.) The son of Zabdi, a Levite of the family of Asaph...
• MichaelWho is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels (Dan. 10:13, 21;...
• Michaiah(1.) The queen-mother of King Abijah (2 Chr. 13:2). (See MAACAH [4]). (2.) One of...
• MichalRivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1...
• MichmashSomething hidden, a town of Benjamin (Ezra 2:27), east of Bethel and south of Migron,...
• MichmethahHiding-place, a town in the northern border of Ephraim and Manasseh, and not far west...
• MichriPrize of Jehovah, a Benjamite, the father of Uzzi (1 Chr. 9:8).
• MichtamWriting; i.e., a poem or song found in the titles of Ps. 16; 56-60. Some translate the...
• MiddinMeasures, one of the six cities “in the wilderness,” on the west of the Dead Sea,...
• MidianStrife, the fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, the father of the Midianites (Gen. 25:2;...
• MidianiteAn Arabian tribe descended from Midian. They inhabited principally the desert north of...
• MidwifeThe two midwives mentioned in Ex. 1:15 were probably the superintendents of the whole class.
• Migdal-EdarTower of the flock, a place 2 miles south of Jerusalem, near the Bethlehem road (Gen....
• Migdal-ElTower of God, a fortified city of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38), supposed by some to be...
• Migdal-GadTower of fortune, a town in the plains of Judah, probably the modern el-Mejdel, a...
• MigdolTower. (1.) A strongly-fortified place 12 miles from Pelusium, in the north of Egypt...
• MigronPrecipice or landslip, a place between Aiath and Michmash (Isa. 10:28). The town of...
• MiklothStaves. (1.) An officer under Dodai, in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chr. 27:4)....
• MilaiaiEloquent, a Levitical musician (Neh. 12:36) who took part in the dedication of the...
• Mildew(the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning “to be yellow,” yellowness), the result of...
• Mile(from Lat. mille, “a thousand;” Matt. 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet...
• Miletus(Miletum, 2 Tim. 4:20), a seaport town and the ancient capital of Ionia, about 36...
• Milk(1.) Hebrew halabh, “new milk”, milk in its fresh state (Judg. 4:19). It is frequently...
• MillFor grinding corn, mentioned as used in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). That used by...
• MillenniumA thousand years; the name given to the era mentioned in Rev. 20:1-7. Some maintain...
• Millet(Heb. dohan; only in Ezek. 4:9), a small grain, the produce of the Panicum miliaceum...
• Millo(Heb. always with the article, “the” Millo). (1.) Probably the Canaanite name of some...
• Mincing(Heb. taphoph, Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick steps. Luther renders the...
• MineThe process of mining is described in Job 28:1-11. Moses speaks of the mineral wealth...
• MinisterOne who serves, as distinguished from the master. (1.) Heb. meshereth, applied to an...
• MinniOnly in Jer. 51:27, as the name of a province in Armenia, which was at this time under...
• MinnithDistribution, an Ammonitish town (Judg. 11:33) from which wheat was exported to Tyre...
• Minstrel(Matt. 9:23), a flute-player. Such music was a usual accompaniment of funerals. In 2...
• Mint(Gr. heduosmon, i.e., “having a sweet smell”), one of the garden herbs of which the...
• MiracleAn event in the external world brought about by the immediate agency or the simple...
• MiriamTheir rebellion. (1.) The sister of Moses and Aaron (Ex. 2:4-10; 1 Chr. 6:3). Her name...
• Misdeem(Deut. 32:27, R.V.). The Authorized Version reads, “should behave themselves...
• MisgabHeight, a town of Moab, or simply, the height=the citadel, some fortress so called; or...
• MishaelWho is like God! (1.) A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (Ex. 6:22)....
• MishalA city of the tribe of Asher (Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74). It is probably the modern...
• MishamTheir cleansing or their beholding, a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal (1 Chr. 8:12).
• Misheal(Josh. 19:26), a town of Asher, probably the same as Mishal.
• MishmaHearing. (1.) One of the sons of Ishmael (Gen. 25:14), and founder of an Arab tribe....
• MishmannahFatness, one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:10).
• Misrephoth-MaimBurning of waters, supposed to be salt-pans, or lime-kilns, or glass-factories, a...
• MiteContraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation of the Greek word...
• MithcahSweetness, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 33:28, 29).
• MithredathGiven by Mithra, or dedicated to Mithra, i.e., the sun, the Hebrew form of the Greek...
• Mitre(Heb. mitsnepheth), something rolled round the head; the turban or head-dress of the...
• MityleneThe chief city of the island of Lesbos, on its east coast, in the AEgean Sea. Paul,...
• Mixed Multitude(Ex. 12:38), a class who accompanied the Israelites as they journeyed from Rameses to...
• MizarSmallness, a summit on the eastern ridge of Lebanon, near which David lay after...
• MizpahOr Miz’peh, watch-tower; the look-out. (1.) A place in Gilead, so named by Laban, who...
• MizparNumber, one of the Jews who accompanied Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezra 2:2); called...
• MizraimThe dual form of matzor, meaning a “mound” or “fortress,” the name of a people...
• MizzahDespair, one of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau (Gen. 36:13, 17).
• MnasonReminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts...
• MoabThe seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of...
• MoabiteThe designation of a tribe descended from Moab, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:37). From...
• Moabite StoneA basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was discovered at Dibon by...
• MoladahBirth, a city in the south of Judah which fell to Simeon (Josh. 15:21-26; 19:2). It...
• MoleHeb. tinshameth (Lev. 11:30), probably signifies some species of lizard (rendered in...
• MolochKing, the name of the national god of the Ammonites, to whom children were sacrificed...
• MoneyOf uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen. 13:2;...
• Money-Changer(Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards...
• MonthAmong the Egyptians the month of thirty days each was in use long before the time of...
• MoonHeb. yareah, from its paleness (Ezra 6:15), and lebanah, the “white” (Cant. 6:10; Isa....
• MordecaiThe son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried...
• MorehAn archer, teacher; fruitful. (1.) A Canaanite probably who inhabited the district...
• Moreh, the Hill ofProbably identical with “little Hermon,” the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of...
• Moresheth-GathPossession of the wine-press, the birthplace of the prophet Micah (1:14), who is...
• MoriahThe chosen of Jehovah. Some contend that Mount Gerizim is meant, but most probably we...
• Mortar(Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14); also potter’s clay (Isa....
• MoseraA bond, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Deut. 10:6), at the...
• MoserothBonds, one of the stations in the wilderness (Num. 33:30, 31), probably the same as Mosera.
• MosesDrawn (or Egypt. mesu, “son;” hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh...
• Mote(Gr. karphos, something dry, hence a particle of wood or chaff, etc.). A slight moral...
• MothHeb. ‘ash, from a root meaning “to fall away,” as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces...
• MouldyOf the Gibeonites it is said that “all the bread of their provision was dry and...
• MountPalestine is a hilly country (Deut. 3:25; 11:11; Ezek. 34:13). West of Jordan the...
• Mount of BeatitudesSee SERMON.
• Mount of Corruption(2 Kings 23:13; Vulg., “mount of offence”), the name given to a part of the Mount of...
• Mount of the AmalekitesA place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 12:15).
• Mount of the AmoritesThe range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et-Tih (“the wandering”),...
• Mount of the CongregationOnly in Isa. 14:13, a mythic mountain of the Babylonians, regarded by them as the seat...
• Mount of the Valley(Josh. 13:19), a district in the east of Jordan, in the territory of Reuben. The...
• MournFrequent references are found in Scripture to, (1.) Mourning for the dead. Abraham...
• MouseHeb. ‘akhbar, “swift digger”), properly the dormouse, the field-mouse (1 Sam. 6:4). In...
• Mowing(Heb. gez), rendered in Ps. 72:6 “mown grass.” The expression “king’s mowings” (Amos...
• MozaA going forth. (1.) One of the sons of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:46). (2.) The son of Zimri, of...
• MozahAn issuing of water, a city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:26).
• Mufflers(Isa. 3:19), veils, light and tremulous. Margin, “spangled ornaments.”
• MulberryHeb. bakah, “to weep;” rendered “Baca” (R.V., “weeping”) in Ps. 84:6. The plural form...
• Mule(Heb. pered), so called from the quick step of the animal or its power of carrying...
• MurderWilful murder was distinguished from accidental homicide, and was invariably visited...
• MurmuringOf the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure of God, which was only...
• MurrainHeb. deber, “destruction,” a “great mortality”, the fifth plague that fell upon the...
• MushiReceding, the second of the two sons of Merari (Ex. 6:19; Num. 3:20). His sons were...
• MusicJubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given...
• Music, InstrumentalAmong instruments of music used by the Hebrews a principal place is given to stringed...
• Musician, Chief(Heb. menatstseah), the precentor of the Levitical choir or orchestra in the temple,...
• MustardA plant of the genus sinapis, a pod-bearing, shrub-like plant, growing wild, and also...
• Muth-LabbenOccurring only in the title of Psalm 9. Some interpret the words as meaning “on the...
• MuzzleGrain in the East is usually thrashed by the sheaves being spread out on a floor, over...
• MyraOne of the chief towns of Lycia, in Asia Minor, about 2 1/2 miles from the coast (Acts...
• MyrrhHeb. mor. (1.) First mentioned as a principal ingredient in the holy anointing oil...
• Myrtle(Isa. 41:19; Neh. 8:15; Zech. 1:8), Hebrew hadas, known in the East by the name as,...
• MysiaA province in the north-west of Asia Minor. On his first voyage to Europe (Acts 16:7,...
• MysteryThe calling of the Gentiles into the Christian Church, so designated (Eph. 1:9, 10;...