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MEASURING ROD OR LINE
@ kjv@Jeremiah:31:39; kjv@Ezekiel:40:3; kjv@Ezekiel:42:16; kjv@Zechariah:2:1
MEDIA @ kjv@2Kings:17:6; kjv@2Kings:18:11
MEDIATOR @
(1) Christ as.
See SAVIOUR
(2) Man as- kjv@Exodus:20:19; kjv@Numbers:16:48; kjv@Deuteronomy:5:5,27; kjv@Deuteronomy:9:18 Intercession
(3), INTERCESSION Inquiring of God, GUIDANCE & GUIDANCE
MEEKNESS
- RETALIATION @ (A) MEEKNESS
(1) General References to To be Sought- kjv@Zephaniah:2:3 Non-resistance a Mark of- kjv@Luke:6:29 A Fruit of the "Spirit"- Galatians:5:22-23; target="48;5;22-23">Galatians:6:1; kjv@Ephesians:4:2 Essential in Teaching- kjv@2Timothy:2:25; kjv@Titus:3:2 Essential in Hearing- kjv@James:1:21; kjv@James:3:13 Precious in God's Sight- kjv@1Peter:3:4 Good for Evil
(2), GOOD FOR EVIL Patience, PATIENCE & PATIENCE
(2) Promises to the Meek- kjv@Psalms:22:26; kjv@Psalms:37:11; kjv@Psalms:147:6; kjv@Psalms:149:4; kjv@Isaiah:11:4; kjv@Isaiah:29:19; kjv@Matthew:5:5
(3) Examples of - Moses- kjv@Numbers:12:3 - David- kjv@2Samuel:16:11 - Jeremiah- kjv@Jeremiah:26:14 - Stephen- kjv@Acts:7:60 - Paul- kjv@2Timothy:4:16 Good for Evil, GOOD FOR EVIL (B) MEEKNESS, CHRIST'S- kjv@Isaiah:53:7; kjv@Matthew:11:29; kjv@Matthew:21:5; kjv@Matthew:26:52; kjv@2Corinthians:10:1; kjv@1Peter:2:23 (C) FORBEARANCE
(1) Divine- kjv@Genesis:18:32; kjv@Nehemiah:9:30; kjv@Jonah:4:11; kjv@Acts:17:30; kjv@Romans:2:4; kjv@Romans:3:25; kjv@Romans:10:21 Mercy
(1), MERCIFULNESS Divine Compassion, SYMPATHY
(2) Enjoined- kjv@1Corinthians:13:7; kjv@Ephesians:4:2; kjv@Ephesians:6:9; kjv@Colossians:3:13 Good for Evil, GOOD FOR EVIL Mercy
(2), MERCIFULNESS Patience
(1), PATIENCE (D) GENTLENESS, General References to- kjv@1Thessalonians:2:7; kjv@1Timothy:3:3; kjv@2Timothy:2:24; kjv@Titus:3:2; kjv@James:3:17 Kindness, KINDNESS & KINDNESS (E) LONGSUFFERING
(1) Of God- kjv@Numbers:14:18; kjv@Isaiah:48:9; kjv@Ezekiel:20:17; kjv@Romans:9:22; kjv@1Peter:3:20; kjv@2Peter:3:9 Forgiveness, FORGIVENESS Mercy
(1), MERCIFULNESS Compassion, SYMPATHY Penalty Delayed, SIN
(2) Enjoined- kjv@1Corinthians:13:4; kjv@2Corinthians:6:6; kjv@Galatians:5:22; kjv@Colossians:1:11; kjv@2Timothy:4:2 Mercy, MERCIFULNESS Forgiveness, FORGIVENESS (F) RETALIATION
(1) Forbidden- kjv@Leviticus:19:18; kjv@Proverbs:20:22; kjv@Proverbs:24:29; kjv@Matthew:5:39; kjv@Romans:12:17; kjv@1Thessalonians:5:15 kjv@1Peter:3:9 Hatred
(1), HATRED Mercy
(2), MERCIFULNESS Enemies, SOCIAL LIFE Good for Evil, GOOD FOR EVIL Meekness, MEEKNESS
(2) Examples of- kjv@Judges:8:7; kjv@Judges:15:7; kjv@2Samuel:3:27; kjv@1Kings:2:9; kjv@Esther:9:5; kjv@Luke:9:54 (G) REVENGE, the Spirit of, Manifested Jezebel, toward Elijah- kjv@1Kings:19:2 Ahab, toward Micaiah- kjv@1Kings:22:27 Haman, toward the Jews- kjv@Esther:3:6 Philistines, toward Israel- kjv@Ezekiel:25:15 Herodias, toward John the Baptist- kjv@Matthew:14:8 Nazarenes, toward Christ- kjv@Luke:4:29 Sanhedrin, toward the Apostles- kjv@Acts:5:33 Jews, toward Paul- kjv@Acts:23:12 Avenger, AVENGER Persecution, SUFFERING (H) VINDICTIVENESS, examples of- kjv@2Kings:6:21; kjv@2Chronicles:16:10; kjv@2Chronicles:18:26; kjv@Esther:3:6; kjv@Psalms:137:9; kjv@Mark:6:19 kjv@Luke:9:54; kjv@John:18:10; kjv@Acts:23:12 Persecution, SUFFERING
MEGIDDO @ a town and valley- kjv@Joshua:17:11; kjv@Judges:1:27; kjv@Judges:5:19; kjv@Zechariah:12:11
MELCHIZEDEK @ king of Salem- kjv@Genesis:14:18; kjv@Psalms:110:4; kjv@Hebrews:5:6; kjv@Hebrews:6:20; kjv@Hebrews:7:1
MEMORIES, PAINFUL @ kjv@Genesis:41:9; kjv@Deuteronomy:9:7; kjv@Psalms:51:3; kjv@Psalms:137:1; kjv@Mark:14:72; kjv@Luke:16:25; kjv@1Corinthians:15:9 Remorse, GUILT
MEMORY
- OBLIVION @ (A) MEMORY OF THE JUST- kjv@Psalms:112:6; kjv@Proverbs:10:7; kjv@Matthew:26:13; kjv@2Timothy:1:5 (B) REMEMBRANCE, DIVINE
(1) Prayer for- kjv@Nehemiah:13:14; kjv@Psalms:25:7; kjv@Psalms:106:4; kjv@Jeremiah:15:15; kjv@Luke:23:42
(2) General References to- kjv@Genesis:8:1; kjv@Genesis:19:29; kjv@Numbers:10:9; kjv@Psalms:98:3; kjv@Psalms:136:23; Isaiah:49:14-16 Providence, PROVIDENCE DIVINE Divine Care, PROVIDENCE DIVINE (C) OBLIVION
(1) The Wicked Doomed to- kjv@Deuteronomy:32:26; kjv@Job:18:17; kjv@Psalms:34:16; kjv@Psalms:109:15; kjv@Ecclesiastes:6:4; kjv@Ecclesiastes:8:10
(2) The Name of the Wicked to be Blotted out- kjv@Deuteronomy:9:14; kjv@Deuteronomy:29:20; kjv@Psalms:9:5; kjv@Psalms:109:13; kjv@Proverbs:10:7; kjv@Isaiah:14:22
MENAHEM @ king of Israel- kjv@2Kings:15:14,17,21
MEPHIBOSHETH @ son of Jonathan
(1) General References to- kjv@2Samuel:4:4; kjv@2Samuel:9:6; kjv@2Samuel:16:4
(2) A Type of the Redeemed Sinner Belonged to a royal line, but made a cripple by a fall- kjv@2Samuel:4:4 Living in exile from the King, remembered because of a covenant- kjv@2Samuel:9:3,4; kjv@1Samuel:20:14,15 Called into the King's presence and exalted because of the merits of another- kjv@2Samuel:9:5,7 Given a glorious inheritance- kjv@2Samuel:9:9 During the King's absence lived a life of self-denial- kjv@2Samuel:19:24 Subject to persecution and slander- kjv@2Samuel:16:3; kjv@2Samuel:19:27 Rejoiced at the return of his Lord - cared little for material things- kjv@2Samuel:19:30
MERAIOTH @ son of Zerahiah- kjv@1Chronicles:6:6; kjv@Ezra:7:3
MERARI @ son of Levi- kjv@Genesis:46:11; kjv@Exodus:6:16; kjv@Numbers:3:17,35; kjv@1Chronicles:6:1,19
MERARITES @ descendants of Merari- kjv@Numbers:3:36; kjv@Numbers:4:29,42; kjv@Numbers:7:8
MERCIFULNESS
- UNMERCIFULNESS @ (A) MERCIFULNESS, examples of - Of Saul- kjv@1Samuel:11:13 - Of David- kjv@1Samuel:26:9; kjv@2Samuel:19:22 - Solomon- kjv@1Kings:1:52 - Of Elisha- kjv@2Kings:6:22 - Of Christ- kjv@Luke:9:55; kjv@John:8:7 Human Compassion, SYMPATHY Kindness
(2), KINDNESS (B) MERCY
(1) General References to Divine- kjv@Deuteronomy:4:31; kjv@2Samuel:24:14; kjv@Psalms:86:5 Eternal- kjv@Psalms:103:17; kjv@Psalms:106:1 Boundless- kjv@Psalms:108:4; kjv@Psalms:119:64 Prolongs Life- Lamentations:3:22-23 Encourages to Penitence- kjv@Joel:2:13 Forgives Sin- kjv@Micah:7:18; kjv@Luke:1:50; kjv@Ephesians:2:4 Makes Salvation Possible- kjv@Titus:3:5 Divine Compassion, SYMPATHY Divine Forbearance, MEEKNESS Forgiveness
(1), FORGIVENESS Sin Forgiven, SIN God's Grace, GRACE, DIVINE Penalty Delayed, SIN
(2) Man Commanded to Exercise- kjv@Proverbs:3:3; kjv@Proverbs:11:17; kjv@Hosea:12:6; kjv@Micah:6:8; kjv@Matthew:5:7; kjv@Luke:6:36; kjv@James:2:13 Judgment Forbidden, CHARITABLENESS Uncharitableness, UNCHARITABLENESS Brotherly Love, LOVE Forbearance, MEEKNESS Retaliation Forbidden, RETALIATION
(3) Promises of Divine- kjv@Exodus:34:7; kjv@2Samuel:22:26; kjv@2Chronicles:30:9; kjv@Psalms:89:28; kjv@Psalms:103:8; kjv@Isaiah:54:7 kjv@Isaiah:55:7; kjv@Jeremiah:3:12 Pardon Promised, SALVATION Forgiveness, FORGIVENESS Restoration
(1), RESTORATION
(4) Examples of Divine- kjv@Genesis:18:26; kjv@Genesis:19:16; kjv@Ezra:9:13; kjv@Nehemiah:9:17,31; kjv@Psalms:103:11 Forbearance, MEEKNESS Penalty Delayed, SIN Sin Forgiven, SIN
(5) Supplications for- kjv@Deuteronomy:21:8; kjv@1Kings:8:30; kjv@Psalms:6:2; kjv@Psalms:27:7; kjv@Psalms:51:1; kjv@Psalms:85:7; kjv@Psalms:119:77 kjv@Psalms:123:3; kjv@Daniel:9:16; kjv@Habbakkuk:3:2; kjv@Luke:18:13 Crying to God, EARNESTNESS & EARNESTNESS Repentance
(3), PENITENCE Pardon Sought, SALVATION (C) UNMERCIFULNESS In forgiving injuries- kjv@Matthew:6:15 In business dealing- kjv@Matthew:18:28,35 In spirit- kjv@Romans:1:31 In exercising judgment- kjv@James:2:13
MERCY
- SEAT @ kjv@Exodus:25:17,22; kjv@Exodus:26:34; kjv@Exodus:30:6; kjv@Leviticus:16:2; kjv@Numbers:7:89 Holy of Holies, HOLY OF HOLIES
MEROZ @ a place north of Palestine- kjv@Judges:5:23
MESHACH @ one of the Hebrew captives- kjv@Daniel:1:7; kjv@Daniel:2:49; kjv@Daniel:3:12,23,30
MESOPOTAMIA @ (between the rivers) a country between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers- kjv@Genesis:24:10; kjv@Deuteronomy:23:4; kjv@1Chronicles:19:6; kjv@Acts:2:9
METEOROLOGY @ (A) THE WEATHER
(1) Forecast of- kjv@Matthew:16:2,3; kjv@Luke:12:54,55; kjv@Acts:27:10
(2) Affected by Prayer- 1Samuel:12:16-18; 1Kings:18:41-45; James:5:17-18 (B) CLOUDS- kjv@Judges:5:4; kjv@Job:26:8; kjv@Job:37:16; kjv@Psalms:77:17; kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:3,4; kjv@Ecclesiastes:12:2 kjv@2Peter:2:17 (C) DEW AND FROST
(1) Dew- kjv@Genesis:27:28; kjv@Exodus:16:13; kjv@Deuteronomy:33:28; kjv@1Kings:17:1; kjv@Proverbs:3:20
(2) Frost- kjv@Genesis:31:40; kjv@Job:37:10; kjv@Psalms:78:47; kjv@Psalms:147:16 (D) DROUGHT, General References to- kjv@Deuteronomy:8:15; kjv@Deuteronomy:11:17; kjv@Deuteronomy:28:24; kjv@1Kings:8:35; kjv@Isaiah:5:6; kjv@Jeremiah:2:6; kjv@Hosea:13:5 (E) HEAT AND COLD
(1) Heat- kjv@Genesis:8:22; kjv@Genesis:18:1; kjv@Luke:12:55; kjv@James:1:11
(2) Cold- kjv@Job:37:9; kjv@Psalms:147:17; kjv@Proverbs:20:4; kjv@Acts:28:2 (F) MIST AND VAPOUR
(1) Mist- kjv@Genesis:2:6; kjv@2Peter:2:17
(2) Vapour- kjv@Psalms:135:7; kjv@Psalms:148:8; kjv@Jeremiah:10:13; kjv@James:4:14 (G) STORMS
(1) Allusions to Remarkable- kjv@Genesis:7:11; kjv@Genesis:19:24; kjv@Exodus:9:23; kjv@Joshua:10:11; kjv@1Samuel:7:10; kjv@Acts:27:18
(2) Hail-storms- kjv@Exodus:9:23; kjv@Joshua:10:11; kjv@Psalms:18:13; kjv@Isaiah:28:2; kjv@Ezekiel:13:11; kjv@Revelation:8:7
(3) Rain- kjv@Genesis:7:12; kjv@1Samuel:12:18; kjv@1Kings:18:41; kjv@Ezra:10:9; kjv@Ecclesiastes:11:3 kjv@Isaiah:55:10; kjv@Joel:2:23; kjv@Matthew:5:45; kjv@Matthew:7:25; kjv@Acts:14:17; kjv@Acts:28:2
(4) Tempests- kjv@1Kings:19:11; kjv@Job:1:19; kjv@Jonah:1:4; kjv@Mark:4:37; kjv@Acts:27:14 Wind Ruled, POWER
(5) Water Spouts- kjv@Psalms:42:7 (H) THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
(1) Sent as Punishment- kjv@Exodus:9:23; kjv@1Samuel:7:10; kjv@Psalms:78:48
(2) Sent as a Sign- kjv@1Samuel:12:18; kjv@Revelation:4:5; kjv@Revelation:16:18
(3) Lightning- kjv@Exodus:19:16; kjv@Exodus:20:18; kjv@2Samuel:22:15; kjv@Job:37:3; kjv@Job:38:35; kjv@Psalms:18:14 kjv@Nahum:2:4; kjv@Matthew:24:27; kjv@Revelation:4:5 (I) WIND
(1) Wonderful Effects of- kjv@Genesis:8:1; kjv@Exodus:15:10; kjv@Numbers:11:31; kjv@Ezekiel:37:9; kjv@Jonah:1:4
(2) East Wind- kjv@Job:27:21; kjv@Ezekiel:17:10; kjv@Hosea:13:15
North- kjv@Songs:4:16
South- kjv@Job:37:17; kjv@Luke:12:55; kjv@Acts:27:13
West- kjv@Exodus:10:19 (J) WHIRLWIND
(1) General References to- kjv@2Kings:2:1; kjv@Job:37:9; kjv@Job:38:1; kjv@Psalms:58:9; kjv@Ezekiel:1:4
(2) Symbol of the Sudden Destruction of the Wicked- kjv@Proverbs:1:27; kjv@Proverbs:10:25; kjv@Isaiah:17:13; kjv@Isaiah:40:24; kjv@Jeremiah:23:19; kjv@Jeremiah:25:32; kjv@Jeremiah:30:23 Chaff, WICKED Sudden Destruction, INSECURITY
METHUSELAH @ son of Enoch- kjv@Genesis:5:21,27; kjv@1Chronicles:1:3
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MERARATH
- M>@ - (bareness), one of the towns of Judah, in the district of the mountains. kjv@Joshua:15:59) The places which occur in company with have been identified at a few miles to the north of Hebron, but Maarath has hitherto eluded observation.
MEADOW
- M>@ - In kjv@Genesis:41:2 kjv@Genesis:41:18) meadow appears to be an Egyptian term meaning some kind of flag or waterplant, as its use in kjv@Job:8:11) (Authorized Version "flag") seems to show. In kjv@Judges:20:33) the sense of the Hebrew word translated meadow is doubly uncertain. The most plausible interpretation is that of the Peshito
- Syriac, which by a slight difference in the vowel-points makes the word mearah , "the cave."
MEAH
- M>@ - (a hundred), The tower of, one of the towers of the wall of Jerusalem when rebuilt by Nehemiah, kjv@Nehemiah:3:1 kjv@Nehemiah:12:39) appears to have been situated somewhere at the northeast part of the city, outside of the walls of Zion.
MEALS
- M>@ - Our information on the subject of meals is but scanty. The early Hebrews do not seem to have given special names to their several meals, for the terms rendered "dine" and "dinner" in the Authorized Version ( kjv@Genesis:43:16; kjv@Proverbs:15:17)) are in reality general expressions, which might more correctly be rendered "eat" and "portion of food." In the New Testament "dinner" and "supper," kjv@Luke:14:12; kjv@John:21:12) are more properly "breakfast" and "dinner." There is some uncertainty as to the hours at which meals were taken; the Egyptians undoubtedly took their principal mean at noon, kjv@Genesis:43:16) laborers took a light meal at that time. kjv@Ruth:2:14) comp. ver. kjv@Ruth:2:17 The Jews rather followed the custom that prevails among the Bedouins, and made their principal meal after sunset, and a lighter meal at about 9 or 10 A.M. The old Hebrews were in the habit of sitting . kjv@Genesis:27:19; kjv@Judges:19:6; kjv@1Samuel:20:5 kjv@1Samuel:20:24 kjv@Kings:13:20) The table was in this case but slightly elevated above the ground, as is still the case in Egypt. As luxury increased, the practice of sitting was exchanged for that of reclining was the universal custom. As several guests reclined on the same couch, each overlapped his neighbor, as it were, and rested his head on or near the breast of the one who lay behind him; he was then said to "lean on the bosom" of his neighbor. kjv@John:13:23 kjv@John:21:20) The ordinary arrangement of the couches was in three sides of a square, the fourth being left open for the servants to bring up the dishes. Some doubt attends the question whether the females took their meals along with the males. Before commencing the meal the guests washed their hands. This custom was founded on natural decorum: not only was the hand the substitute for our knife and for, but the hands of all the guests were dipped into one and the same dish. Another preliminary step was the grace or blessing, of which we have but one instance in the Old Testament
( kjv@1Samuel:9:13)
and more than one pronounced by our Lord himself in the new Testament
- Matthew:15:36; kjv@Luke:9:16; kjv@John:6:11 The mode of taking the food differed in no material point from the modern usages of the East. Generally there was a single dish, into which each guest dipped his hand. kjv@Matthew:26:23) Occasionally separate portions were served out to each. kjv@Genesis:43:34; kjv@Ruth:2:14; kjv@1Samuel:1:4) A piece of bread was held between the thumb and two fingers of the right hand, and was dipped either into a bowl of melted grease (in which case it was termed "a sop,") kjv@John:13:26) or into the dish of meat, whence a piece was conveyed to the mouth between the layers of bread. At the conclusion of the meal, grace was again said in conformity with (8:10) and the hands were again washed. On state occasions more ceremony was used, and the meal was enlivened in various ways. A sumptuous repast was prepared; the guests were previously invited, kjv@Esther:5:8; kjv@Matthew:22:3) and on the day of the feast a second invitation was issued to those that were bidden. kjv@Esther:6:14; kjv@Proverbs:9:3; kjv@Matthew:22:4) The visitors were received with a kiss, kjv@Luke:7:45) water was furnished for them to wash their feet with, kjv@Luke:7:44) the head, the beard, the feet, and sometimes the clothes, were perfumed with ointment, kjv@Psalms:23:5; kjv@John:12:3) on special occasions robes were provided, kjv@Matthew:22:11) and the head was decorated with wreaths. kjv@Isaiah:28:1) The regulation of the feast was under the superintendence of a special officer, kjv@John:2:8) (Authorized Version "governor of the feast"), whose business it was to taste the food and the liquors before they were placed on the table, and to settle about the toasts and amusements; he was generally one of the guests, Ecclus. 32:1-2, and might therefore take part in the conversation. The places of the guests were settled according to their respective rand, kjv@Genesis:43:33; kjv@Mark:12:39) portions of food were placed before each, ( kjv@1Samuel:1:4) the most honored guests receiving either larger, kjv@Genesis:43:34) or more choice, ( kjv@1Samuel:9:24) portions than the rest. The meal was enlivened with music, singing and dancing, (2 Samuel 19:35) or with riddles, kjv@Judges:14:12) and amid these entertainments the festival was prolonged for several days. kjv@Esther:1:3-4)
MEARAH
- M>@ - (a cave), a place named in kjv@Joshua:13:4) only. The word means in Hebrew a cave, and it is commonly assumed that the reference is to some remarkable cavern in the neighborhood of Zidon.
MEASURES
- M>@ - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES
MEAT
- M>@ - It does not appear that the word "meat" is used in any one instance in the Authorized Version of either the Old or New Testament in the sense which it now almost exclusively bears of animal food. The latter is denoted uniformly by "flesh." The word "meat," when our English version was made, meant food in general; or if any particular kind was designated, it referred to meal, flour or grain. The only real and inconvenient ambiguity caused by the change which has taken place in the meaning of the word is in the case of the "meat offering." MEAT OFFERING OFFERING
MEAT OFFERING
- M>@ - The law or ceremonial of the meat offering is described in kjv@Leviticus:2:1) ... and Levi 6:14-23 It was to be composed of fine flour, seasoned with salt and mixed with oil and frankincense, but without leaven; and it was generally accompanied by a drink offering of wine. A portion of it, including all the frankincense, was to be burnt on the altar as "a memorial;" the rest belonged to the priest; but the meat offerings offered by the priests themselves were to be wholly burnt. Its meaning appears to be exactly expressed in the words of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:29:10-14) It will be seen that this meaning involves neither of the main ideas of sacrifices
the atonement for sin and self-dedication to God. It takes them for granted, and is based on them. Rather it expresses gratitude and love to God as the giver of all. Accordingly the meat offering, properly so called, seems always to have been a subsidiary offering, needing to be introduced by the sin offering which represented the one idea, and to have formed an appendage to the burnt offering, which represented the other. The unbloody offerings offered alone did not properly belong to the regular meat offerings; they were usually substitutes for other offerings. Comp. kjv@Leviticus:5:11; kjv@Numbers:5:15) MEAT
MEBUNNAI
- M>@ - (building of Jehovah). In this form appears, In one passage only
2Sam 23:27
The name of one of David’s guard, who is elsewhere called SIBBECHAI, (2 Samuel 21:18; kjv@1Chronicles:20:4) or SIBBECAI, ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:29 kjv@1Chronicles:27:11) in the Authorized Version.
MECHERATHITE, THE
- M>@ - that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:36) In the parallel list of (2 Samuel 23:1) ... the name appears, with other variations, as "the Maachathite." ver. (2 Samuel 23:34)
MEDAD
- M>@ - (love). ELDAD AND MEDAD
MEDAN
- M>@ - (contention), a son of Abraham and Keturah. kjv@Genesis:23:5; kjv@1Chronicles:1:42)
MEDEBA
- M>@ - (water of rest), a town on the eastern side of Jordan, first alluded to in kjv@Numbers:21:30) Here it seems to denote the limit of the territory of Heshbon. It next occurs in the enumeration of the country divided among the transjordanic tribes, kjv@Joshua:13:9) as giving its name to a district of level downs called "the Mishor of Medeba" or "the Mishor on Medeba." At the time of the conquest Medeba belonged to the Amorites, apparently one of the towns taken from Moab by them. In the time of Ahaz Medeba was a sanctuary of Moab. kjv@Isaiah:15:2) It has retained its name down, our own times, and lies four miles southeast of Heshbon, on it rounded but rocky hill.
MEDES, MEDIA
- M>@ - (middle land). Media lay northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iran. Its greatest length was from north to south, and in this direction it extended from the 32d to the 40th parallel, a distance of 550 miles. In width it reached front about long. 45 degrees to 53 degrees; but its average breadth was not more than from 250 to 300 miles. The division of Media commonly recognized by the Greeks and Romans was that into Media Magna and Media Atropatene. Media Atropatene corresponded nearly to the modern Azerbijan , being the tract situated between the Caspian and the mountains which run north from Zagros. Media Magna lay south and east of Atropatene. It contained great part of Kurdistan and Luristan , with all Ardelan and Arak Ajemi . It is indicative of the division that there were two Ecbatanas, respectively the capitals of the two districts. The Medes were a nation of very high antiquity; we find a notice of them in the primitive Babylonian history of Berosus, who says that the Medes conquered Babylon at a very remote period (cir. B.C. 2458), and that eight Median monarchs reigned there consecutively, over a space of 224 years. The deepest obscurity hangs, however, over the whole history of the Medes from the time of their bearing sway in Babylonia, B.C. 2458-2234, to their first appearance in the cuneiform inscriptions among the enemies of Assyria, about B.C. 880. Near the middle of the seventh century B.C. the Median kingdom was consolidated, and became formidable to its neighbors; but previous to this time it was not under the dominion of a single powerful monarch, but was ruled by a vast number of petty chieftains. Cyaxares, the third Median monarch, took Nineveh and conquered Assyria B.C. 625. The limits of the Median empire cannot be definitely fixed. From north to south it was certainly confined between the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates on the one side, the Black and Caspian Seas on the other. From east to west it had, however, a wide expansion, since it reached from the Halys at least as far as the Caspian Gates, and possible farther. It was separated from Babylonia either by the Tigris or more probably by a line running about halfway between that river and the Euphrates. Its greatest length may be reckoned at 1500 miles from northwest to southeast, and its average breadth at 400 or 450 miles. Its area would thus be about 600,000 square miles, or somewhat greater than that of modern Persia. Of all the ancient Oriental monarchies the Median was the shortest in duration. It was overthrown by the Persians under Cyrus, B.C. 558, who captured its king, Astyages. The treatment of the Medes by the victorious Persians was not that of an ordinary conquered nation. Medes were appointed to stations of high honor and importance under Cyrus and his successors. The two nations seem blended into one, and we often find reference to this kingdom as that of the "Medes and Persians." kjv@Daniel:5:28 kjv@Daniel:6:8 kjv@Daniel:6:12,15) The references to the Medes in the canonical Scriptures are not very numerous, but they are striking. We first hear of certain "cities of the Medes," in which the captive Israelites were placed by "the king of Assyria" on the destruction of Samaria, B.C. 721 ( kjv@2Kings:17:6 kjv@2Kings:18:12) Soon afterward Isaiah prophesies the part which the Medes shall take in the destruction of Babylon, kjv@Isaiah:13:17 kjv@Isaiah:21:2) which is again still more distinctly declared by Jeremiah, kjv@Jeremiah:51:11-28) who sufficiently indicates the independence of Media in his day. ch. kjv@Jeremiah:25:25) Daniel relates the fact of the Medo
- Persia conquest, kjv@Daniel:5:25 kjv@Daniel:5:31) giving an account of the reign of Darius the Mede, who appears to have been made viceroy by Cyrus. kjv@Daniel:6:1-58) In Ezra we have a mention of Achmetha (Ecbatana), "the palace in the province of the Medes," where the decree of Cyrus was found, kjv@Ezra:6:2-5)
a notice which accords with the known facts that the Median capital was the seat of government under Cyrus, but a royal residence only, and not the seat of government, under Darius Hystaspis. Finally, in Esther the high rank of Media under the Persian kings, yet at the same time its subordinate position, is marked by the frequent composition of the two names in phrases of honor, the precedence being in every ease assigned to the Persians.
MEDIAN, THE
- M>@ - Darius, "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes," kjv@Daniel:9:1) or "the Mede," ch. kjv@Daniel:11:1) is thus denoted in kjv@Daniel:5:31)
MEDICINE
- M>@ - Egypt was the earliest home of medical and other skill for the region of the Mediterranean basin, and every Egyptian mummy of the more expensive and elaborate sort involved a process of anatomy. Still we have no trace of any philosophical or rational system of Egyptian origin; still medicine in Egypt was a mere art or profession. Compared with the wild countries around them, however, the Egyptians must have seemed incalculably advanced. Representations of early Egyptian surgery apparently occur on some of the monuments of Beni
- Hassan. Those who have assisted at the opening of a mummy have noticed that the teeth exhibited a dentistry not inferior in execution to the work of the best modern experts. This confirms the statement of Herodotus that every part of the body was studied by a distinct practitioner. The reputation of Egypt’s practitioners in historical times was such that both Cyrus and Darius sent to that country for physicians or surgeons. Of midwifery we have a distinct notice, kjv@Exodus:1:1) and of women as its Practitioners, which fact may also be verified from the scriptures. The scrupulous attention paid to the dead was favorable to the health of the living. The practice of physic was not among the Jews a privilege of the priesthood. Any one might practice it, and this publicity must have kept it pure. Rank and honor are said to be the portion of the physician, and his office to be from the Lord. Ecclus. 38:1-3,12. To bring down the subject to the period of the New Testament, St. Luke, "the beloved physician," who practiced at Antioch whilst the body was his care, could hardly have failed to be convenient with all the leading opinions current down to his own time. Among special diseases named in the Old Testament is ophthalmia, kjv@Genesis:29:17) which is perhaps more common in Syria and Egypt than anywhere else in the world; especially in the fig season, the juice of the newly-ripe fruit having the power of giving it. It may occasion partial or total blindness. ( kjv@2Kings:6:18) The "burning boil," kjv@Leviticus:13:23) is merely marked by the notion of an effect resembling that of fire, like our "carbuncle." The diseases rendered "scab" and "scurvy" in kjv@Leviticus:21:20 kjv@Leviticus:22:22 kjv@Leviticus:28:27 ) may be almost any skin disease. Some of these may be said to approach the type of leprosy. The "botch (shechin) of Egypt," (28:27) is so vague a term as to yield a most uncertain sense. In (28:35) is mentioned a disease attacking the "knees and legs," consisting in a "sore botch which cannot be healed," but extended, in the sequel of the verse, from the "sole of the foot to the top of the head." The Elephantiasis gracorum is what now passes under the name of "leprosy;" the lepers, e.g., of the: huts near the Zion gate of modern Jerusalem are elephantissiacs. LEPER, LEPROSY The disease of King Antiochus, 2 Macc. kjv@9:5-10, etc., was that of a boil breeding worms. The case of the widow’s son restored by Elisha, ( kjv@2Kings:4:19) was probably one of sunstroke. The palsy meets us in the New Testament only, and in features too familiar to need special remark. palsy, gangrene and cancer were common in all the countries familiar to the scriptural writers, and neither differs from the modern disease of the same name. Mention is also made of the bites and stings of poisonous reptiles. kjv@Numbers:21:6) Among surgical instruments or pieces of apparatus the following only are alluded to in Scripture: A cutting instrument, supposed a "sharp stone," kjv@Exodus:4:25) the "knife" of kjv@Joshua:5:2) The "awl" of kjv@Exodus:21:6) was probably a surgical instrument. The "roller to bind" of kjv@Ezekiel:30:21) was for a broken limb, and is still used. A scraper, for which the "potsherd" of Job was a substitute. kjv@Job:2:8; kjv@Exodus:30:23-25) is a prescription in form. An occasional trace occurs of some chemical knowledge, e.g. the calcination of the gold by Moses, kjv@Exodus:32:20) the effect of "vinegar upon natron," kjv@Proverbs:25:20); comp. Jere 2:22 The mention of "the apothecary," kjv@Exodus:30:35; kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:1) and of the merchant in "powders," (Solomon kjv@3:6) shows that a distinct and important branch of trade was set up in these wares, in which, as at a modern druggist’s, articles of luxury, etc., are combined with the remedies of sickness. Among the most favorite of external remedies has always been the bath. There were special occasions on which the bath was ceremonially enjoined. The Pharisees and Essenes aimed at scrupulous strictness in all such rules. kjv@Matthew:15:2; kjv@Mark:7:5; kjv@Luke:11:38) River-bathing was common but houses soon began to include a bathroom. kjv@Leviticus:15:13; 2 Samuel 11:2; kjv@2Kings:5:10)
MEGIDDO
- M>@ - (place of crowns) was in a very marked position on the southern rim of the plain of Esdraelon, on the frontier line of the territories of the tribes of Issachar and Manasseh, 6 miles from Mount Carmel and 11 from Nazareth. It commanded one of those passes from the north into the hill country which were of such critical importance on various occasions in the history of Judea. Judith kjv@4:7. The first mention occurs in kjv@Joshua:12:21) where Megiddo appears as the city of one of the kings whom Joshua defeated on the west of the Jordan. The song of Deborah brings the place vividly before us, as the scene of the great conflict between Sisera and Barak. When Pharaoh-necho came from Egypt against the king of Assyria, Josiah joined the latter, and was slain at Megiddo. ( kjv@2Kings:23:29; kjv@2Chronicles:35:22-24) Megiddo is the modern el
- Lejjun , which is undoubtedly the Legio of Eusebius and Jerome. There is a copious stream flowing down the gorge, and turning some mills before joining the Kishon. Here are probably the "waters of Megiddo" of kjv@Judges:5:19)
MEHETABLEEL
- M>@ - (favored of God), another and less correct form of Mehetabel. The ancestor of Shemaiah the prophet who was hired against Nehemiah by Tobiah and Sanballat. kjv@Nehemiah:6:10)
MEHETABEL
- M>@ - (favored of God), the daughter of Matred, and wife of Hadad king of Edom. kjv@Genesis:36:39)
MEHIDA
- M>@ - (famous, noble), a family of Nethinim, the descendants of Mehida. returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:52; kjv@Nehemiah:7:54)
MEHIR
- M>@ - (price), the son of Chelub the brother of Shuah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:11)
MEHOLATHITE, THE
- M>@ - a word occurring once only
( kjv@1Samuel:18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place celled Meholah.
MEHUJAEL
- M>@ - (smitten by God), the son of Irad, and fourth in descent from Cain. kjv@Genesis:4:18)
MEHUMAN
- M>@ - (faithful), one of the seven eunuchs of Ahasuerus. kjv@Esther:1:10)
MEHUNIM
- M>@ - (habitations). kjv@Ezra:2:50) Elsewhere called Mehunims and Meunim.
MEHUNIMS, THE
- M>@ - a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. ( kjv@2Chronicles:26:7) The name is the plural of Maon MAON. Another notice of the Mehunims in the reign of Hezekiah (cir. B.C. 726-697) is found in ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:41) Here they are spoken of as it pastoral people, either themselves Hamites or in alliance with Hamites quiet and peaceable, dwelling in tents. Here, however, the Authorized Version treats the word as an ordinary noun and renders it "habitations." The latest appearance of the name Mehunims in the Bible is in the lists of those who returned front the captivity with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:50) Authorized Version "Mehunim;" kjv@Nehemiah:7:52) Authorized Version "Meunim."
MEJARKON
- M>@ - (hunters of yellowness) a town in the territory of Dan. kjv@Joshua:19:46) only in the neighborhood of Joppa or Japho.
MEKONAH
- M>@ - (foundation), one of the towns which were reinhabited after the captivity by the men of Judah. kjv@Nehemiah:11:28)
MELATIAH
- M>@ - (Jehovah delivers), a Gibeonite who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:7)
MELCHI
- M>@ - (my king, my counsel). The son of Janna, and ancestor of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. kjv@Luke:3:24)
MELCHIAH
- M>@ - (Jehovah’s king), a priest, the father of Pashur. kjv@Jeremiah:21:1)
MELCHISEDEC
- M>@ - (king of righteousness). kjv@Hebrews:5:1; kjv@Hebrews:6:1; kjv@Hebrews:7:1) ... MELCHIZEDEK
MELCHISHUA
- M>@ - A son of Saul. ( kjv@1Samuel:14:49 kjv@1Samuel:31:2) Elsewhere correctly given Malchishua.
MELCHIZEDEK
- M>@ - (king of righteousness), king of Salem and priest of the most high God, who met Abram in the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s valley, bought out bread and wine, blessed him, and received tithes from him. kjv@Genesis:14:18-20) The other places in which Melchizedek is mentioned are kjv@Psalms:110:4) where Messiah is described as a priest forever, "after the order of Melchizedek," and kjv@Hebrews:5:1; kjv@Hebrews:6:1; kjv@Hebrews:7:1) ... where these two passages of the Old Testament are quoted, and the typical relation of Melchizedek to our Lord is stated at great length. There is something surprising and mysterious in the first appearance of Melchizedek, and in the subsequent reference to him. Bearing a title which Jews in after ages would recognize as designating their own sovereign, bearing gifts which recall to Christians the Lord’s Supper, this Canaanite crosses for a moment the path of Abram, and is unhesitatingly recognized as a person of higher spiritual rank than the friend of God. Disappearing as suddenly as he came, he is lost to the sacred writings for a thousand years. Jewish tradition pronounces Melchizedek to be a survivor of the deluge, the patriarch Shem. The way in which he is mentioned in Genesis would rather lead to the inference that Melchizedek was of one blood with the children of Ham, among whom he lived, chief (like the king od Sodom) of a settled Canaanitish tribe. The "order of Melchizedek," in kjv@Psalms:110:4) is explained to mean "manner" = likeness in official dignity = a king and priest. The relation between Melchizedek and Christ as type and antitype is made in the Epistle to the Hebrews to consist in the following particulars: Each was a priest,
(1) not of the Levitical tribe;
(2) superior to Abraham;
(3) whose beginning and end are unknown;
(4) who is not only a priest, but also a king of righteousness and peace. A fruitful source of discussion has been found in the site of Salem. SALEM
MELEA
- M>@ - the son of Menan, and ancestor of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. kjv@Luke:3:31)
MELECH
- M>@ - the second son of Micah, the son of Merib-baal or Mephibosheth. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:35 kjv@1Chronicles:9:41)
MELICU
- M>@ - the same as MALLUCH 6. kjv@Nehemiah:12:14) comp. ver. Nehe 12:2
MELITA
- M>@ - (honey), the modern Malta. This island lies in the Mediterranean 60 miles south of Cape Passaro in Sicily, 900 miles from Gibraltar and about 1200 from Jerusalem. It Isaiah:17 miles long. by 13 or 10 broad. It is naturally a barren rock, with no high mountains, but has been rendered fertile by industry and toil. It is famous for its honey and fruits. It is now in the hands of the English.
McClintock and Strong. This island has an illustrious place in Scripture as the scene of that shipwreck of St. Paul which is described in such minute detail in the Acts of the Apostle. kjv@Acts:27:1) ... The wreck probably happened at the place traditionally known as St.Paul’s day, an inlet with a creek two miles deep and one broad. The question has been set at rest forever by Mr. Smith of Jordan Hill, in his "Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul," the first published work in which it was thoroughly investigated from a sailor’s point of view. The objection that there are no vipers in Malta is overruled by the fact that Mr. Lewin saw such a serpent there and that there may have been vipers in the wilder ancient times, even were none found there now. As regards the condition of the island of Melitu, when St. Paul was there it was a dependency of the Roman province of Sicily. Its chief officer (under the governor of Sicily) appears from inscriptions to have had the title of protos Melitaion , or Primus Melitensium and this is the very phrase which Luke uses. kjv@Acts:28:7) Melita, from its position in the Mediterranean and the excellence of its harbors, has always been important in both commerce and war. It was a settlement of the Phoenicians at an early period, and their language in a corrupted form, was still spoken there in St. Paul’s day.
MELONS
- M>@ - (Heb. abattichim) are mentioned only in kjv@Numbers:11:5) By the Hebrew word we are probably to understand both the melon (Cumcumis melo) and the watermelon (Cucurbita citrullus). The watermelon, which is now extensively cultivated in all hot countries, is a fruit not unlike the common melon, but the leaves are deeply lobed and gashed; the flesh is pink or white, and contains a large quantity of cold watery juice with out much flavor; the seeds are black.
MELZAR
- M>@ - (steward). The Authorized Version is wrong in regarding melzar as a proper name; it is rather an official title, kjv@Daniel:1:11 kjv@Daniel:1:16) the marginal reading, "the steward," is therefore more correct.
MEMPHIS
- M>@ - (haven, of the good), a city of ancient Egypt, situated on that western bank of the Nile, about nine miles south of Cairo and five from the great pyramids and the sphinx. It is mentioned by kjv@Isaiah:40:14 kjv@Isaiah:40:19) and Ezekiel, kjv@Ezekiel:30:13 kjv@Ezekiel:30:16) under the name of Noph. Though some regard Thebes as the more ancient city, the monuments of Memphis are of higher antiquity than those of Thebus. The city is said to have had a circumference of about 10 miles. The temple of Apis was one of the most noted structures of Memphis. It stood opposite the southern portico of the temple of Ptah; and Psammetichus, who built that gateway, also erected in front of the sanctuary of Apis a magnificent colonnade, supported by colossal statues or Osiride pillars, such as may still be seen at the temple of Medeenet Habou at Thebes. Herod. ii, 153. Through this colonnade the Apis was led with great pomp upon state occasions. At Memphis was the reputed burial-place of Isis; it has also a temple to that "myriad-named" divinity. Memphis had also its Serapeium, which probably stood in the western quarter of the city. The sacred cubit until other symbols used in measuring the rise of the Nile were deposited in the temple of Serapis. The Necropolis, adjacent to Memphis, was on a scale of grandeur corresponding with the city itself. The "city of the pyramids" is a title of Memphis in the hieroglyphics upon the monuments. Memphis long held its place as a capital; and for centuries a Memphite dynasty ruled over all Egypt. Lepsius, Bunsen and Brugsch agree in regarding the third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth dynasties of the old empire as Memphite, reaching through a period of about 1000 years. The city’s overthrow was distinctly predicted by the Hebrew prophets. kjv@Isaiah:19:13; kjv@Jeremiah:46:19) The latest of these predictions was uttered nearly 600 years before Christ, and a half a century before the invasion of Egypt by Cambyses (cir, B.C. 525). Herodotus informs us that Cambyses, engaged at the opposition he encountered at Memphis, committed many outrages upon the city. The city never recovered from the blow inflicted by Cambyses. The rise of Alexandria hastened its decline. The caliph conquerors founded Fostat (old Cairo) upon the opposite bank of the Nile, a few miles north of Memphis, and brought materials from the old city to build their new capital, A.D. 638. At length so complete was the ruin of Memphis that for a long time its very site was lost. Recent explorations have brought to light many of its antiquities.
MEMUCAN
- M>@ - (dignified), one of the seven princes of Persia in the reign of Ahasuerus, who "saw the king’s face," and sat first in the kingdom. kjv@Esther:1:14-16 kjv@Esther:1:21)
MENAHEM
- M>@ - (comforter), son of Gadi, who slew the usurper Shallum, and seized the vacant throne of Israel. B.C. 772. His reign, which lasted ten years, is briefly recorded in ( kjv@2Kings:15:14-22) He maintained the calf-worship of Jeroboam. The contemporary prophets Hosea and Amos have left a melancholy picture of the ungodliness, demoralization and feebleness of Israel. Menahem reigned B.C. 771-760.
MENAN
- M>@ - (called Menna in the Revised Version), one of the ancestors of Joseph in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. kjv@Luke:3:31)
MENE
- M>@ - (numbered), the first word of the mysterious inscription written upon the wall of Belshazzar’s palace, in which Daniel read the doom of the king and his dynasty. kjv@Daniel:5:25-26)
MENI
- M>@ - (fate, fortune). kjv@Isaiah:65:11) This word is a proper name, and is also the proper name of an object of idolatrous worship cultivated by the Jews in Babylon.
MENNA
- M>@ - In the Revised Version of kjv@Luke:3:31) for Menan.
MEONENIM
- M>@ - (enchanters), The plain of, an oak or terebinth. or other great tree. kjv@Judges:9:37) The meaning of Meonenim if interpreted as a Hebrew word, is enchanters or "observers of times," as it is elsewhere rendered (18:10,14) in kjv@Micah:5:12) it is soothsayers.
MEONOTHAI
- M>@ - (my habitations), one of the sons of Othniel, the younger brother of Caleb. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:14)
MEPHAATH
- M>@ - (splendor height), city of the Reubenites, one of the towns independently an Heshhon, kjv@Joshua:13:18) lying in the district of the Mishor comp. ver. kjv@Joshua:13:17) and Jere 48:21 Authorized Version "plain," which probably answered to the modern Belka . It was one of the cities allotted with their suburbs to the Merarite Levites. kjv@Joshua:21:37; kjv@1Chronicles:6:79) Its site is uncertain.
MEPHIBOSHETH
- M>@ - (exterminating the idol), the name borne by two members of the family of Saul
his son and his grandson. Saul’s son by Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, his concubine. (2 Samuel 21:8) He and his brother Armoni were among the seven victims who were surrendered by David to the Gibeonites, and by them crucified to avert a famine from which the country was suffering. The son of Jonathan, grandson of Saul and nephew of the preceding; called also Merib-baal. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:34) His life seems to have been, from beginning to end, one of trial and discomfort. When his father and grandfather were slain on Gilboa he was an infant but five years old. At this age he met with an accident which deprived him for life of the use of both feet. (2 Samuel kjv@4:4) After this he is found a home with Machir ben
- Ammiel a powerful Gadite, who brought him up, and while here was married. Later on David invited him to Jerusalem, and there treated him and his son Micha with the greatest kindness. From this time forward he resided at Jerusalem, of Mephibosheth’s behavior during the rebellion of Absalom we possess two accounts
his own, (2 Samuel 13:24-30) and that of Ziba, (2 Samuel 16:1-4) They are naturally at variance with each other. In consequence of the story of Ziba, he was rewarded by the possessions of his master. Mephibosheth’s story
which however, he had not the opportunity of telling until several days later, when he met David returning to his kingdom at the western bank of Jordan
was very different from Ziba’s. That David did not disbelieve it is shown by his revoking the judgment he had previously given. That he did not entirely reverse his decision, but allowed Ziba to retain possession of half the lands of Mephibosheth, is probably due partly to weariness at the whole transaction, but mainly to the conciliatory frame of mind in which he was at that moment. "Shall there any man be put to death this day?" is the keynote of the whole proceeding.
MERAB
- M>@ - (increase), eldest daughter of King Saul. ( kjv@1Samuel:14:49) In accordance with the promise which he made before the engagement with Goliath, ch. ( kjv@1Samuel:17:25) Saul betrothed Merab to David. ch. ( kjv@1Samuel:18:17) Before the marriage Merab’s younger sister Michal had displayed her attachment for David, and Merab was then married to Adriel the Meholathite to whom she bore five sons. (2 Samuel 21:8)
MERAIAH
- M>@ - (rebellion), a priest in the day of Joiakim. kjv@Nehemiah:12:13)
MERAIOTH
- M>@ - (rebellious). A descendant of Eleazar the son of Aaron and head of a priestly house. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:61 kjv@1Chronicles:7:62) It is apparently another Meraioth who comes in between Zadok and Ahitub in the genealogy of Azariah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:11; kjv@Nehemiah:11:11) The head of one of the houses of priests, which in the time of Joiakim the son of Jeshua was represented by helkai. kjv@Nehemiah:12:15)
MERARI, MERARITES
- M>@ - (bitter, unhappy), third son of Levi and head of the third great division of the Levites, the Merarites. kjv@Genesis:46:8 kjv@Genesis:46:11) At the time of the exodus and the numbering in the wilderness, the Merarites consisted of two families, the Mahlites and the Mushites, Mahli and Mushi being either the two sons of the son and grandson of Merari. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:19 kjv@1Chronicles:6:47) Their chief at that time was Zuriel. Their charge was the cords of the tabernacle and the court, and all the tools connected with setting them up. In the division of the land by Joshua, the merarites had twelve cities assigned to them, out of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun. kjv@Joshua:21:7; 34-40; kjv@1Chronicles:6:63; 77-81) In the days of Hezekiah the Merarites were still flourishing. ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:12 kjv@2Chronicles:29:15)
MERATHAIM
- M>@ - (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. kjv@Jeremiah:50:21)
MERCURIUS
- M>@ - (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 Maia the daughter of Atals, and is constantly represented as the companion of his father in his wandering upon earth. The episode of Baucis and Philemon, Ovid, Metam . kjv@8:620-724, appears to have formed part of the folk-lore of Asia Minor, and strikingly illustrates the readiness with which the simple people of Lystra recognized in Barnabas and Paul the gods who, according to their wont, had come down in the likeness of men. kjv@Acts:14:11)
MERCURY
- M>@ - kjv@Acts:14:12) the translation of the above in the Revised Version.
MERCYSEAT
- M>@ - kjv@Exodus:25:17 kjv@Exodus:37:6; kjv@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 cubits (6 1/3 feet) long by 1 1/2 cubits (2 2/3 feet) wide, representing a kind of throne of God, where he would hear prayer and from which he spoke words of comfort.
ED.) It was that whereon the blood of the yearly atonement was sprinkled by the high priest; and in this relation it is doubtful whether the sense of the word in the Hebrew is based on the material fact of its "covering" the ark, or derived from this notion of its reference to the "covering" (i.e. atonement) of sin.
MERED
- M>@ - (rebellion). This name occurs in a fragmentary genealogy in ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:17-18) as that of one of the sons of Ezra. Tradition identifies him with Caleb and Moses.
MEREMOTH
- M>@ - (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 kjv@Ezra:8:33) Meremoth is appointed to weigh and register the gold and silver vessels belonging to the temple. In the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah we find Meremoth taking an active part. kjv@Nehemiah:3:4) A layman of the sons of Bani, who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:36) A priest, or more probably a family of priests, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:5)
MERES
- M>@ - (lofty), one of the seven counsellors of Ahasuerus. kjv@Esther:1:14)
MERIBAH
- M>@ - (strife, contention). In kjv@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 REPHIDIM The name is also given to Kadesh, kjv@Numbers:20:13 kjv@Numbers:20:24 kjv@Numbers:27:14 kjv@Numbers:32:51 ) (Meribah-kadesh), because there also the people, when in want of water, strove with God.
MERIBBAA
- M>@ - (contender against Baal). ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:34 kjv@1Chronicles:9:40)
See MEPHIBOSHETH.
MERODACH
- M>@ - (death), kjv@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 appellation.
MERODACHBALADAN
- M>@ - (worshipper of Baal) is mentioned as king of Babylon in the days of Hezekiah both in the second hook of Kings, ch. ( kjv@2Kings:20:12) and in Isaiah. ch. kjv@Isaiah:39:1) In the former place he is called Berodach-baladan. The name of Merodach-baladan has been recognized in the Assyrian inscriptions. It appears there were two reigns of this king, the first from B.C. 721 to B.C. 709, when he was deposed; and the second after his recovery of the throne in B.C. 702, which lasted only half a year. There is some doubt as to the time at which he went his ambassadors to Hezekiah, for the purpose of inquiring as to the astronomical marvel of which Judea had been the scene, ( kjv@2Chronicles:32:31) but it appears to have been B.C. 713.
MEROM
- M>@ - (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. Here Joshua completely routed the confederacy of the northern chiefs under Jabin. kjv@Joshua:11:5-7) It is a remarkable fact that though by common consent "the waters of Merom" are identified with the lake thorough which the Jordan runs between Banias and the Sea of Galilee
the Bahr el
- Huleh of the modern Arabs
Yet that identity cannot be proved by any ancient record. In form the lake is not far from a triangle, base being at the north and the apex at the south. It measures about three miles in each direction, and eleven feet deep. The water is clear and sweet; it is covered in parts by a broad-leaved plant, and abounds in water-fowl. (The northern part is a dense swamp of papyrus reeds, as large as the lake itself.
See "Rob Roy on the Jordan."
ED.)
MERONOTHITHE, THE
- M>@ - 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, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:30) Jadon, kjv@Nehemiah:3:7)
MEROZ
- M>@ - (refuge), a place, kjv@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 Kishon, but its real position is not known. Possibly it was destroyed in the obedience to the curse.
MESECH, MESHECH
- M>@ - (drawing out), a son of Japhet, kjv@Genesis:10:2; kjv@1Chronicles:1:5) and the progenitor of a race frequently noticed in Scripture in connection with Tubal, Magog and other northern nations. They appear as allies of God, kjv@Ezekiel:38:2-3 kjv@Ezekiel:39:1) and as supplying the Tyrians with copper and slaves. kjv@Ezekiel:27:13) In kjv@Psalms:120:5) they are noticed as one of the remotest and at the same time rudest nations of the world. Both the name and the associations are in favor of the identification of Meshech with the Moschi , a people on the borders of Colchis and Armenia.
MESHA
- M>@ - (freedom). The name of one of the geographical limits of the Joktanites when they first settled in Arabia. kjv@Genesis:10:30) The king of Moab who was tributary to Ahab, ( kjv@2Kings:3:4) but when Ahab fell at Ramoth-gilead, Mesha refused to pay tribute to his successor, Jehoram. When Jehoram succeeded to the throne of Israel, one of his first acts was to secure the assistance of Jehoshaphat, his father’s ally, in reducing the Moabites to their former condition of tributaries. The Moabites were defeated, and the king took refuge in his last stronghold, and defended himself with the energy of despair. With 700 fighting men he made a vigorous attempt to cut his way through the beleaguering army, and when beaten back, he withdrew to the wall of his city, and there, in sight of the allied host, offered his first-born son, his successor in the kingdom, as a burnt offering to Chemosh, the ruthless fire-god of Moab. His bloody sacrifice had so far the desired effect that the besiegers retired from him to their own land. (At Dibon in Moab has lately been discovered the famous Moabite Stone, which contains inscriptions concerning King Mesha and his wars, and which confirms the Bible account.
ED.) The eldest son of Caleb the son of Hezron by his wife Azubah, as Kimchi conjectures. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:42) A Benjamite, son of Shabaraim by his wife Hodesh, who bore him in the land of Moab. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:9)
MESHACH
- M>@ - (guest of a king), the name given to Mishael, one of the companions of Daniel, who with three others was taught, kjv@Daniel:1:4) and qualified to "stand before" King Nebuchadnezzar, kjv@Daniel:1:5) as his personal attendants and advisers. kjv@Daniel:1:20) But notwithstanding their Chaldeans education, these three young Hebrews were strongly attached to the religion of their fathers; and their refusal to join in the worship of the image on the plain of Dura gave a handle of accusation to the Chaldeans. The rage of the king, the swift sentence of condemnation passed upon the three offenders, their miraculous preservation from the fiery furnace heated seven times hotter than usual, the king’s acknowledgement of the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, with their restoration to office, are written in the third chapter of Daniel, and there the history leaves them.
MESHELEMIAH
- M>@ - (whom Jehovah repays), a Korhite porter or gate-keeper of the house of Jehovah in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:21 kjv@1Chronicles:26:1-2 kjv@1Chronicles:26:9)
MESHEZABEEL
- M>@ - (delivered by God). Ancestor of Meshullam, who assisted Nehemiah in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:4) One of the "heads of the people," probably a family, who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:21) The father of Pethahiah, and descendant of Zerah the son of Judah. kjv@Nehemiah:11:24)
MESHILLEMITH
- M>@ - (recompense), the son of Immer, a priest. kjv@Nehemiah:11:13; kjv@1Chronicles:9:12)
MESHILLEMOTH
- M>@ - (recompense). An Ephraimite, one of the chiefs of the tribe in the reign of Pekah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:28:12) The same as MESHILLEMITH. kjv@Nehemiah:11:13)
MESHULLAM
- M>@ - (friend). Ancestor of Shaphan the scribe. ( kjv@2Kings:22:3) The son of Zerubbabel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:19) A Gadite in the reign of Jotham king of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:13) A Benjamite, of the sons of Elpaal. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:17) A Benjamite, father of Sallu. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:7; kjv@Nehemiah:11:7) A Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:8) The same as Shallum, who was high priest probably in the reign of Amon, and father of Hilkiah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:11; kjv@Nehemiah:11:11) A priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth the son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:12) comp. Nehe 11:13 A Kohathite or a family of Kohathite Levites, in the reign of Josiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:34:12) One of the "heads" sent by Ezra to Iddo, "the head," to gather together the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem. kjv@Ezra:8:16) A chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had contracted with foreign wives. kjv@Ezra:10:15) One of the descendants of Bani, who had married a foreign wife and put her away. kjv@Ezra:10:29) kjv@Nehemiah:3:30 kjv@Nehemiah:6:18) The son of Berechiah, who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:4) The son of Besodeiah: he assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:6) One of those who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people. kjv@Nehemiah:8:4) A priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:7) One of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:20) A priest in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, and representative of the house of Ezra. kjv@Nehemiah:12:13) Also a priest at the same time as the preceding, and head of the priestly family of Ginnethon. kjv@Nehemiah:12:16) A family of porters, descendants of Meshullam, kjv@Nehemiah:12:25) who is also called Meshelemiah, ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:1) Shelemiah, ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:14) and Shallum. kjv@Nehemiah:7:45) One of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:12:33)
MESHULLEMETH
- M>@ - (friend), the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, wife of Manasseh king of Judah, and mother of his successor, Amon. ( kjv@2Kings:21:19)
MESOBAITE, THE
- M>@ - a title attached to the name of Jasiel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:47) It is impossible to pronounce with any certainty to what it refers.
MESOPOTAMIA
- M>@ - (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 a southeasterly direction from Telek to Kurnah . The Arabian geographers term it "the Island," a name which is almost literally correct, since a few miles only intervene between the source of the Tigris and the Euphrates at Telek . But the region which bears the name of Mesopotamia, par excellence , both in Scripture and in the classical writers, is the northwestern portion of this tract, or the country between the great bend of the Euphrates, lat. 35 degrees to 37 degrees 30’, and the upper Tigris. We first hear of Mesopotamia in Scripture as the country where Nahor and his family settled after quitting Ur of the Chaldees. kjv@Genesis:24:10) Here lived Bethuel and Laban; and hither Abraham sent his servants to fetch Isaac a wife. Ibid. ver. 38. Hither too, a century later, came Jacob on the same errand; and hence he returned with his two wives after an absence of twenty-one years. After this we have no mention of Mesopotamia till the close of the wanderings int he wilderness. (23:4) About half a century later we find, for the first and last time, Mesopotamia the seat of a powerful monarchy. kjv@Judges:3:1) ... Finally, the children of Ammon, having provoked a war with David, "sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah." ( kjv@1Chronicles:19:6) According to the Assyrian inscriptions Mesopotamia was inhabited in the early times of the empire, B.C. 1200-1100, by a vast number of petty tribes, each under its own prince, and all quite independent of one another. The Assyrian monarchs contended with these chiefs at great advantage, and by the time of Jehu, B.C. 880, had fully established their dominion over them. On the destruction of the Assyrian empire, Mesopotamia seems to have been divided between the Medes and the Babylonians. The conquests of Cyrus brought it wholly under the Persian yoke; and thus it continued to the time of Alexander. Since 1516 it has formed a part of the Turkish empire. It is full of ruins and mounds of ancient cities, some of which are now throwing much light on the Scripture.
MESSIAH
- M>@ - (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 kings of Israel were called anointed , from the mode of their consecration. ( kjv@1Samuel:2:10 kjv@1Samuel:2:35 kjv@1Samuel:12:3-5) etc. This word also refers to the expected Prince of the chosen people who was to complete God’s purposes for them and to redeem them, and of whose coming the prophets of the old covenant in all time spoke. He was the Messiah, the Anointed, i.e. consecrated as the king and prophet by God’s appointment. The word is twice used in the New Testament of Jesus. kjv@John:1:41 kjv@John:4:25) Authorized Version "Messias." The earliest gleam of the gospel is found in the account of the fall. kjv@Genesis:3:15) the blessings in store for the children of Shem are remarkable indicated int he words of Noah. kjv@Genesis:9:26) Next follows the promise to Abraham. kjv@Genesis:12:2-3) A great step is made in kjv@Genesis:49:10) This is the first case in which the promises distinctly centre in one person. The next passage usually quoted is the prophecy of Balaam. kjv@Numbers:24:17-19) The prophecy of Moses, (18:18) claims attention. Passages in the Psalms are numerous which are applied to the Messiah in the New Testament; such as Psal 2,16,22-40,110. The advance in clearness in this period is great. The name of Anointed, i.e. King, comes in, and the Messiah is to come of the Lineage of David. He is described in his exaltation, with his great kingdom that shall be spiritual rather than temporal. Psal 2,21,40,110. In other places he is seen in suffering and humiliation. Psal 16,22-40. Later on the prophets show the Messiah as a king and ruler of David’s house, who should come to reform and restore the Jewish nation and purify the Church, as in Isai 11,40-66 The blessings of the restoration, however, will not be confined to Jews; the heathen are made to share them fully. kjv@Isaiah:2:66) The passage of kjv@Micah:5:2) (comp. kjv@Matthew:2:6) left no doubt in the mind of the Sanhedrin as to the birthplace of the Messiah. The lineage of David is again alluded to in kjv@Zechariah:12:1-14) The coming of the Forerunner and of the Anointed is clearly revealed in kjv@Malachi:3:1 kjv@Malachi:4:5-6) The Pharisees and those of the Jews who expected Messiah at all looked for a temporal prince only. The apostles themselves were infected with this opinion till after the resurrection. kjv@Matthew:20:20-21; kjv@Luke:24:21; kjv@Acts:1:6) Gleams of a purer faith appear in kjv@Luke:2:30 kjv@Luke:23:42; kjv@John:4:25)
MESSIAS
- M>@ - (anointed), the Greek form of Messiah. kjv@John:1:41 kjv@John:4:25)
METALS
- M>@ - The Hebrews, in common with other ancient nations, were acquainted with nearly all the metals known to modern metallurgy, whether as the products of their own soil or the results of intercourse with foreigners. One of the earliest geographical definitions is that which describes the country of Havilah as the land which abounded in gold , and the gold of which was good. kjv@Genesis:2:11-12) "Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold," kjv@Genesis:13:2) silver, as will be shown hereafter, being the medium of commerce, while gold existed in the shape of ornaments, during the patriarchal ages. Tin is first mentioned kjv@Numbers:31:22) and lead is used to heighten the imagery of Moses’ triumphal song. kjv@Exodus:15:10) Whether the ancient Hebrews were acquainted with steel , properly so called, is uncertain; the words so rendered in the Authorized Version, (2 Samuel 22:35; kjv@Job:20:24; kjv@Psalms:18:34; kjv@Jeremiah:15:12) are in all others passages translated brass , and would be more correctly copper . The "northern iron" of kjv@Jeremiah:15:12) is believed more nearly to correspond to what we call steel STEEL It is supposed that the Hebrews used the mixture of copper and tin known as bronze. The Hebrews obtained their principal supply from the south of Arabia and the commerce of the Persian Gulf. kjv@Joshua:7:21) The great abundance of gold in early times is indicated by its entering into the composition of all articles of ornament and almost all of domestic use. Among the spoils of the Midianites taken by the Israelites in their bloodless victory when Balaam was slain were earrings and jewels to the amount of 16-750 shekels of gold, kjv@Numbers:31:48-54) equal in value to more than ,000. Seventeen hundred shekels of gold (worth more than ,000) in nose jewels (Authorized Version "ear-rings") alone were taken by Gideon’s army from the slaughtered Midianites. kjv@Judges:8:26) But the amount of treasure accumulated by David from spoils taken in war is so enormous that we are tempted to conclude the numbers exaggerated. Though gold was thus common, silver appears to have been the ordinary medium of commerce. The first commercial transaction of which we possess the details was the purchase of Ephron’s field by Abraham for 400 shekels of silver . kjv@Genesis:23:16) The accumulation of wealth in the reign of Solomon was so great that silver was but little esteemed. (Kings:10:21-27) Brass, or more properly copper, was a native product of Palestine. (8:9; kjv@Job:28:2) It was plentiful in the days of Solomon, and the quantity employed in the temple could not be estimated, it was so great. (Kings:7:47) No allusion is found to zinc; but tin was well known. Arms, (2 Samuel 21:16; kjv@Job:20:24; kjv@Psalms:18:34) and armor, ( kjv@1Samuel:17:5-6 kjv@1Samuel:17:38) were made of copper, which was capable of being so wrought as to admit of a keen and hard edge. Iron, like copper, was found in the hills of Palestine. Iron-mines are still worked by the inhabitants of Kefr Hunch , in the sought of the valley of Zaharani .
METHEGAMMAH
- M>@ - (bridle of the metropolis), a place which David took from the Philistines, apparently in his last war with them. (2 Samuel kjv@8:1) Ammah may be taken as meaning "mother-city" or "metropolis," comp. (2 Samuel 20:19) and Metheg-he
- Ammah "the bridle of the mother-city"
viz. of Gath, the chief town of the Philistines.
METHUSAEL
- M>@ - (man of God), the son of Mehujael, fourth in descent from Cain, and father of Lamech. kjv@Genesis:4:18)
METHUSELAH
- M>@ - (man of the dart), the son of Enoch, sixth in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech. kjv@Genesis:5:25-27)
MEUNIM
- M>@ - (habitations). kjv@Nehemiah:7:52) Elsewhere given in Authorized Version as Mehunim and Mehunims.
MEUZAI
- M>@ - kjv@Ezekiel:27:19) marg. UZAL
MEZAHAB
- M>@ - (waters of gold), the father of Matred and grandfather of Mehetabel, who was wife of Hadar or Hadad, the last-named king of Edom. kjv@Genesis:36:39; kjv@1Chronicles:1:50)
easton:
Me-jarkon @ waters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of Dan kjv@Joshua:19:46). It has been identified with the river 'Aujeh, which rises at Antipatris.
Meadow @
(1.) Heb. ha'ahu kjv@Genesis:41:2 kjv@Genesis:41:18), probably an Egyptain word transferred to the Hebrew; some kind of reed or water-plant. In the Revised Version it is rendered "reed-grass", i.e., the sedge or rank grass by the river side.
(2.) Heb. ma'areh kjv@Judges:20:33), pl., "meadows of Gibeah" (R.V., after the LXX., "Maareh-geba"). Some have adopted the rendering "after Gibeah had been left open." The Vulgate translates the word "from the west."
Meah @ an hundred, a tower in Jersalem on the east wall kjv@Nehemiah:3:1) in the time of Nehemiah.
Meals @ are at the present day "eaten from a round table little higher than a stool, guests sitting cross-legged on mats or small carpets in a circle, and dipping their fingers into one large dish heaped with a mixture of boiled rice and other grain and meat. But in the time of our Lord, and perhaps even from the days of Amos (6:4,7), the foreign custom had been largely introduced of having broad couches, forming three sides of a small square, the guests reclining at ease on their elbows during meals, with their faces to the space within, up and down which servants passed offering various dishes, or in the absence of servants, helping themselves from dishes laid on a table set between the couches." Geikie's Life of Christ. (Comp. kjv@Luke:7:36-50.) (
See ABRAHAM'S BOSOM; BANQUET; FEAST.)
Mearah @ a cave, a place in the northern boundary of Palestine kjv@Joshua:13:4). This may be the cave of Jezzin in Lebanon, 10 miles east of Sidon, on the Damascus road; or probably, as others think, Mogheirizeh, north-east of Sidon.
Measure @ Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version.
(1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, kjv@Isaiah:5:14, elsewhere "statute." (b) Mad, kjv@Job:11:9; kjv@Jeremiah:13:25, elsewhere "garment." (c) Middah, the word most frequently thus translated, kjv@Exodus:26:2 kjv@Exodus:26:8, etc. (d) Mesurah, kjv@Leviticus:19:35; kjv@1Chronicles:23:29. (e) Mishpat, kjv@Jeremiah:30:11, elsewhere "judgment." (f) Mithkoneth and token, kjv@Ezekiel:45:11. (g) In New Testament metron, the usual Greek word thus rendered kjv@Matthew:7:2 kjv@Matthew:23:32; kjv@Mark:4:24).
(2.) Those which are definite. (a) 'Eyphah, kjv@Deuteronomy:25:14-15, usually "ephah." (b) Ammah, kjv@Jeremiah:51:13, usually "cubit." (c) Kor, kjvKings:4:22, elsewhere "cor;" Greek koros, kjv@Luke:16:7. (d) Seah, kjv@Genesis:18:6; kjv@1Samuel:25:18, a seah; Greek saton, kjv@Matthew:13:33; kjv@Luke:13:21. (e) Shalish, "a great measure," kjv@Isaiah:40:12; literally a third, i.e., of an ephah. (f) In New Testament batos, kjv@Luke:16:6, the Hebrew "bath;" and choinix, kjv@Revelation:6:6, the choenix, equal in dry commodities to one-eighth of a modius.
Meat-offering @ (Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote an "unbloody" sacrifice, as opposed to a "bloody" sacrifice. A "drink-offering" generally accompanied it. The law regarding it is given in kjv@Leviticus:2, and kjv@6:14-23. It was a recognition of the sovereignty of God and of his bounty in giving all earthly blessings ( kjv@1Chronicles:29:10-14; kjv@Deuteronomy:26:5-11). It was an offering which took for granted and was based on the offering for sin. It followed the sacrifice of blood. It was presented every day with the burnt-offering kjv@Exodus:29:40-41), and consisted of flour or of cakes prepared in a special way with oil and frankincense.
Mebunnai @ construction, building of Jehovah, one of David's bodyguard ( kjv@2Samuel:23:27; comp. 21:18); called Sibbechai and Sibbecai ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:29 kjv@1Chronicles:27:11).
Medad @ love, one of the elders nominated to assist Moses in the government of the people. He and Eldad "prophesied in the camp" kjv@Numbers:11:24-29).
Medan @ contention, the third son of Abraham by Keturah kjv@Genesis:25:2).
Mede @ (Heb. Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media kjv@Daniel:11:1). In kjv@Genesis:10:2 the Hebrew word occurs in the list of the sons of Japheth. But probably this is an ethnic and not a personal name, and denotes simply the Medes as descended from Japheth.
Medeba @ waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town kjv@Numbers:21:30). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben kjv@Joshua:13:16). Here was fought the great battle in which Joab defeated the Ammonites and their allies ( kjv@1Chronicles:19:7-15; comp. kjv@2Samuel:10:6-14). In the time of Isaiah (15:2) the Moabites regained possession of it from the Ammonites. (
See HANUN.) The ruins of this important city, now Madeba or Madiyabah, are seen about 8 miles south-west of Heshbon, and 14 east of the Dead Sea. Among these are the ruins of what must have been a large temple, and of three cisterns of considerable extent, which are now dry. These cisterns may have originated the name Medeba, "waters of quiet." (
See OMRI.)
Media @ Heb. Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version
(1) "Madai," kjv@Genesis:10:2;
(2) "Medes," kjv@2Kings:17:6 kjv@2Kings:18:11;
(3) "Media," kjv@Esther:1:3 kjv@Esther:10:2; kjv@Isaiah:21:2; kjv@Daniel:8:20;
(4) "Mede," only in kjv@Daniel:11:1. We first hear of this people in the Assyrian cuneiform records, under the name of Amada, about B.C. 840. They appear to have been a branch of the Aryans, who came from the east bank of the Indus, and were probably the predominant race for a while in the Mesopotamian valley. They consisted for three or four centuries of a number of tribes, each ruled by its own chief, who at length were brought under the Assyrian yoke ( kjv@2Kings:17:6). From this subjection they achieved deliverance, and formed themselves into an empire under Cyaxares (B.C. 633). This monarch entered into an alliance with the king of Babylon, and invaded Assyria, capturing and destroying the city of Nineveh (B.C. 625), thus putting an end to the Assyrian monarchy kjv@Nahum:1:8 kjv@Nahum:2:5-6 kjv@Nahum:3:13 -14). Media now rose to a place of great power, vastly extending its boundaries. But it did not long exist as an independent kingdom. It rose with Cyaxares, its first king, and it passed away with him; for during the reign of his son and successor Astyages, the Persians waged war against the Medes and conquered them, the two nations being united under one monarch, Cyrus the Persian (B.C. 558). The "cities of the Medes" are first mentioned in connection with the deportation of the Israelites on the destruction of Samaria ( kjv@2Kings:17:6 kjv@2Kings:18:11). Soon afterwards Isaiah (13:17; 21:2) speaks of the part taken by the Medes in the destruction of Babylon (comp. kjv@Jeremiah:51:11-28). Daniel gives an account of the reign of Darius the Mede, who was made viceroy by Cyrus kjv@Daniel:6:1-28). The decree of Cyrus, Ezra informs us (6:2-5), was found in "the palace that is in the province of the Medes," Achmetha or Ecbatana of the Greeks, which is the only Median city mentioned in Scripture.
Mediator @ one who intervenes between two persons who are at variance, with a view to reconcile them. This word is not found in the Old Testament; but the idea it expresses is found in kjv@Job:9:33, in the word "daysman" (q.v.), marg., "umpire." This word is used in the New Testament to denote simply an internuncius, an ambassador, one who acts as a medium of communication between two contracting parties. In this sense Moses is called a mediator in kjv@Galatians:3:19. Christ is the one and only mediator between God and man ( kjv@1Timothy:2:5; kjv@Hebrews:8:6 kjv@Hebrews:9:15 kjv@Hebrews:12:24 ). He makes reconciliation between God and man by his all-perfect atoning sacrifice. Such a mediator must be at once divine and human, divine, that his obedience and his sufferings might possess infinite worth, and that he might possess infinite wisdom and knowlege and power to direct all things in the kingdoms of providence and grace which are committed to his hands kjv@Matthew:28:18; kjv@John:5:22 kjv@John:5:25, 26, 27); and human, that in his work he might represent man, and be capable of rendering obedience to the law and satisfying the claims of justice kjv@Hebrews:2:17-18 kjv@Hebrews:4:15-16), and that in his glorified humanity he might be the head of a glorified Church kjv@Romans:8:29). This office involves the three functions of prophet, priest, and king, all of which are discharged by Christ both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation. These functions are so inherent in the one office that the quality appertaining to each gives character to every mediatorial act. They are never separated in the exercise of the office of mediator.
Meekness @ a calm temper of mind, not easily provoked kjv@James:3:13). Peculiar promises are made to the meek kjv@Matthew:5:5; kjv@Isaiah:66:2). The cultivation of this spirit is enjoined kjv@Colossians:3:12; kjv@1Timothy:6:11; kjv@Zephaniah:2:3), and is exemplified in Christ kjv@Matthew:11:29), Abraham kjv@Genesis:13; 16:5-6) Moses kjv@Numbers:12:3), David kjv@Zechariah:12:8; kjv@2Samuel:16:10-12), and Paul ( kjv@1Corinthians:9:19).
Megiddo @ place of troops, originally one of the royal cities of the Canaanites kjv@Joshua:12:21), belonged to the tribe of Manasseh kjv@Judges:1:27), but does not seem to have been fully occupied by the Israelites till the time of Solomon (kjvKings:4:12; 9:15). The valley or plain of Megiddo was part of the plain of Esdraelon, the great battle-field of Palestine. It was here Barak gained a notable victory over Jabin, the king of Hazor, whose general, Sisera, led on the hostile army. Barak rallied the warriors of the northern tribes, and under the encouragement of Deborah (q.v.), the prophetess, attacked the Canaanites in the great plain. The army of Sisera was thrown into complete confusion, and was engulfed in the waters of the Kishon, which had risen and overflowed its banks kjv@Judges:4:5). Many years after this (B.C. 610), Pharaohnecho II., on his march against the king of Assyria, passed through the plains of Philistia and Sharon; and King Josiah, attempting to bar his progress in the plain of Megiddo, was defeated by the Egyptians. He was wounded in battle, and died as they bore him away in his chariot towards Jerusalem ( kjv@2Kings:23:29; kjv@2Chronicals:35:22-24), and all Israel mourned for him. So general and bitter was this mourning that it became a proverb, to which Zechariah (12:11-12) alludes. Megiddo has been identified with the modern el
- Lejjun, at the head of the Kishon, under the north-eastern brow of Carmel, on the south-western edge of the plain of Esdraelon, and 9 miles west of Jezreel. Others identify it with Mujedd'a, 4 miles south-west of Bethshean, but the question of its site is still undetermined.
Mehetabeel @ whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah kjv@Nehemiah:6:10).
Mehetabel @ wife of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom kjv@Genesis:36:39).
Mehujael @ smitten by God, the son of Irad, and father of Methusael kjv@Genesis:4:18).
Mehuman @ faithful, one of the eunchs whom Ahasuerus (Xerxes) commanded to bring in Vashti kjv@Esther:1:10).
Mehunims @ habitations, ( kjv@2Chronicals:26:7; R.V. "Meunim," Vulg. Ammonitae), a people against whom Uzziah waged a successful war. This word is in Hebrew the plural of Ma'on, and thus denotes the Maonites who inhabited the country on the eastern side of the Wady el
- Arabah. They are again mentioned in kjv@1Chronicles:4:41 (R.V.), in the reign of King Hezekiah, as a Hamite people, settled in the eastern end of the valley of Gedor, in the wilderness south of Palestine. In this passage the Authorized Version has "habitation," erroneously following the translation of Luther. They are mentioned in the list of those from whom the Nethinim were made up kjv@Ezra:2:50; kjv@Nehemiah:7:52).
Mekonah @ a base or foundation, a town in the south of Judah kjv@Nehemiah:11:28), near Ziklag.
Melchi @ my king.
(1.) The son of Addi, and father of Neri kjv@Luke:3:28).
(2.) kjv@Luke:3:24.
Melchizedek @ king of righteousness, the king of Salem (q.v.). All we know of him is recorded in kjv@Genesis:14:18-20. He is subsequently mentioned only once in the Old Testament, in kjv@Psalms:110:4. The typical significance of his history is set forth in detail in the Epistle to the Hebrews, ch. 7. The apostle there points out the superiority of his priesthood to that of Aaron in these several respects,
(1) Even Abraham paid him tithes;
(2) he blessed Abraham;
(3) he is the type of a Priest who lives for ever;
(4) Levi, yet unborn, paid him tithes in the person of Abraham;
(5) the permanence of his priesthood in Christ implied the abrogation of the Levitical system;
(6) he was made priest not without an oath; and
(7) his priesthood can neither be transmitted nor interrupted by death: "this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood." The question as to who this mysterious personage was has given rise to a great deal of modern speculation. It is an old tradition among the Jews that he was Shem, the son of Noah, who may have survived to this time. Melchizedek was a Canaanitish prince, a worshipper of the true God, and in his peculiar history and character an instructive type of our Lord, the great High Priest kjv@Hebrews:5:6-7 kjv@Hebrews:6:20). One of the Amarna tablets is from Ebed
- Tob, king of Jerusalem, the successor of Melchizedek, in which he claims the very attributes and dignity given to Melchizedek in the Epistle to the Hebrews.
Melea @ fulness, the son of Menan and father of Eliakim, in the genealogy of our Lord kjv@Luke:3:31).
Melech @ king, the second of Micah's four sons ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:35), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth.
Melita @ kjv@Acts:27:28), an island in the Mediterranean, the modern Malta. Here the ship in which Paul was being conveyed a prisoner to Rome was wrecked. The bay in which it was wrecked now bears the name of "St. Paul's Bay", "a certain creek with a shore." It is about 2 miles deep and 1 broad, and the whole physical condition of the scene answers the description of the shipwreck given in kjv@Acts:28. It was originally colonized by Phoenicians ("barbarians," 28:2). It came into the possession of the Greeks (B.C. 736), from whom it was taken by the Carthaginians (B.C. 528). In B.C. 242 it was conquered by the Romans, and was governed by a Roman propraetor at the time of the shipwreck kjv@Acts:28:7). Since 1800, when the French garrison surrendered to the English force, it has been a British dependency. The island is about 17 miles long and 9 wide, and about 60 in circumference. After a stay of three months on this island, during which the "barbarians" showed them no little kindness, Julius procured for himself and his company a passage in another Alexandrian corn-ship which had wintered in the island, in which they proceeded on their voyage to Rome kjv@Acts:28:13-14).
Melons @ only in kjv@Numbers:11:5, the translation of the Hebrew abattihim, the LXX. and Vulgate pepones, Arabic britikh. Of this plant there are various kinds, the Egyptian melon, the Cucumus chate, which has been called "the queen of cucumbers;" the water melon, the Cucurbita citrullus; and the common or flesh melon, the Cucumus melo. "A traveller in the East who recollects the intense gratitude which a gift of a slice of melon inspired while journeying over the hot and dry plains, will readily comprehend the regret with which the Hebrews in the Arabian desert looked back upon the melons of Egypt" (Kitto).
Melzar @ probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court kjv@Daniel:1:11 kjv@Daniel:1:16) who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.
Memphis @ only in kjv@Hosea:9:6, Hebrew Moph. In kjv@Isaiah:19:13; kjv@Jeremiah:2:16 kjv@Jeremiah:46:14 kjv@Jeremiah:46:19; kjv@Ezekiel:30:13 kjv@Ezekiel:30:16, it is mentioned under the name Noph. It was the capital of Lower, i.e., of Northern Egypt. From certain remains found half buried in the sand, the site of this ancient city has been discovered near the modern village of Minyet Rahinch, or Mitraheny, about 16 miles above the ancient head of the Delta, and 9 miles south of Cairo, on the west bank of the Nile. It is said to have been founded by Menes, the first king of Egypt, and to have been in circumference about 19 miles. "There are few remains above ground," says Manning (The Land of the Pharaohs), "of the splendour of ancient Memphis. The city has utterly disappeared. If any traces yet exist, they are buried beneath the vast mounds of crumbling bricks and broken pottery which meet the eye in every direction. Near the village of Mitraheny is a colossal statue of Rameses the Great. It is apparently one of the two described by Herodotus and Diodorus as standing in front of the temple of Ptah. They were originally 50 feet in height. The one which remains, though mutilated, measures 48 feet. It is finely carved in limestone, which takes a high polish, and is evidently a portrait. It lies in a pit, which, during the inundation, is filled with water. As we gaze on this fallen and battered statue of the mighty conqueror who was probably contemporaneous with Moses, it is impossible not to remember the words of the prophet kjv@Isaiah:19:13 kjv@Isaiah:44:16-19, and kjv@Jeremiah:46:19."
Memucan @ dignified, one of the royal counsellors at the court of Ahasuerus, by whose suggestion Vashti was divorced kjv@Esther:1:14-16, 21).
Menahem @ conforting, the son of Gadi, and successor of Shallum, king of Israel, whom he slew. After a reign of about ten years (B.C. 771-760) he died, leaving the throne to his son Pekahiah. His reign was one of cruelty and oppression ( kjv@2Kings:15:14-22). During his reign, Pul (q.v.), king of Assyria, came with a powerful force against Israel, but was induced to retire by a gift from Menahem of 1,000 talents of silver.
Mene @ kjv@Daniel:5:25-26), numbered, one of the words of the mysterious inscription written "upon the plaister of the wall" in Belshazzar's palace at Babylon. The writing was explained by Daniel. (
See BELSHAZZAR.)
Meni @Isaiah:65:11, marg. (A.V., "that number;" R.V., "destiny"), probably an idol which the captive Israelites worshipped after the example of the Babylonians. It may have been a symbol of destiny. LXX., tuche.
Meonenim @ kjv@Judges:9:37; A.V., "the plain of Meonenim;" R.V., "the oak of Meonenim") means properly "soothsayers" or "sorcerers," "wizards" kjv@Deuteronomy:18:10 kjv@Deuteronomy:18:14 kjv@2Kings:21:6; kjv@Micah:5:12). This may be the oak at Shechem under which Abram pitched his tent (see SHECHEM), the "enchanter's oak," so called, perhaps, from Jacob's hiding the "strange gods" under it kjv@Genesis:35:4).
Mephaath @ splendour, a Levitical city kjv@Joshua:21:37) of the tribe of Reuben (13:18).
Mephibosheth @ exterminator of shame; i.e., of idols.
(1.) The name of Saul's son by the concubine Rizpah (q.v.), the daughter of Aiah. He and his brother Armoni were with five others "hanged on a hill before the Lord" by the Gibeonites, and their bodies exposed in the sun for five months ( kjv@2Samuel:21:8-10).
(2.) The son of Jonathan, and grandson of Saul ( kjv@2Samuel:4:4). He was but five years old when his father and grandfather fell on Mount Gilboa. The child's nurse hearing of this calamity, fled with him from Gibeah, the royal residence, and stumbling in her haste, the child was thrown to the ground and maimed in both his feet, and ever after was unable to walk (19:26). He was carried to the land of Gilead, where he found a refuge in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar, by whom he was brought up. Some years after this, when David had subdued all the adversaries of Israel, he began to think of the family of Jonathan, and discovered that Mephibosheth was residing in the house of Machir. Thither he sent royal messengers, and brought him and his infant son to Jerusalem, where he ever afterwards resided ( 2Samuel:9). When David was a fugitive, according to the story of Ziba ( kjv@2Samuel:16:1-4) Mephibosheth proved unfaithful to him, and was consequently deprived of half of his estates; but according to his own story, however (19:24-30), he had remained loyal to his friend. After this incident he is only mentioned as having been protected by David against the vengeance the Gibeonites were permitted to execute on the house of Saul (21:7). He is also called Merib-baal ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:34 kjv@1Chronicles:9:40). (
See ZIBA.)
Merab @ increase, the eldest of Saul's two daughters ( kjv@1Samuel:14:49). She was betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement (18:2,17, 19). She was at length, however, married to Adriel of Abel
- Meholah, a town in the Jordan valley, about 10 miles south of Bethshean, with whom the house of Saul maintained alliance. She had five sons, who were all put to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah ( kjv@2Samuel:21:8).
Meraiah @ resistance, a chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim kjv@Nehemiah:12:12).
Meraioth @ rebellions.
(1.) Father of Amariah, a high priest of the line of Eleazar ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:6-7, 52).
(2.) kjv@Nehemiah:12:15, a priest who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. He is called Meremoth in kjv@Nehemiah:12:3.
Merari @ sad; bitter, the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob into Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither kjv@Genesis:46:11; kjv@Exodus:6:16). He became the head of one of the great divisions of the Levites kjv@Exodus:6:19). (
See MERARITES
Merarites @ the descendants of Merari kjv@Numbers:26:57). They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites had charge of the tabernacle, which they had to carry from place to place kjv@Numbers:3:20 kjv@Numbers:3:33-37 kjv@Numbers:4:29-33). In the distribution of the oxen and waggons offered by the princes Numbers:7), Moses gave twice as many to the Merarites (four waggons and eight oxen) as he gave to the Gershonites, because the latter had to carry only the lighter furniture of the tabernacle, such as the curtains, hangings, etc., while the former had to carry the heavier portion, as the boards, bars, sockets, pillars, etc., and consequently needed a greater supply of oxen and waggons. This is a coincidence illustrative of the truth of the narrative. Their place in marching and in the camp was on the north of the tabernacle. The Merarites afterwards took part with the other Levitical families in the various functions of their office ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:6 kjv@1Chronicles:23:21-23 kjv@2Chronicals:29:12-13). Twelve cities with their suburbs were assigned to them kjv@Joshua:21:7 kjv@Joshua:21:34-40).
Merathaim @ double rebellion, probably a symbolical name given to Babylon kjv@Jeremiah:50:21), denoting rebellion exceeding that of other nations.
Merchant @ The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning "to travel about," "to migrate," and hence "a traveller." In the East, in ancient times, merchants travelled about with their merchandise from place to place kjv@Genesis:37:25; kjv@Job:6:18), and carried on their trade mainly by bartering kjv@Genesis:37:28 kjv@Genesis:39:1). After the Hebrews became settled in Palestine they began to engage in commercial pursuits, which gradually expanded (49:13; kjv@Deuteronomy:33:18; kjv@Judges:5:17), till in the time of Solomon they are found in the chief marts of the world (kjvKings:9:26; 10:11-26, 28; 22:48; kjv@2Chronicals:1:16 kjv@2Chronicals:9:10 kjv@2Chronicals:9:21). After Solomon's time their trade with foreign nations began to decline. After the Exile it again expanded into wider foreign relations, because now the Jews were scattered in many lands.
Mercurius @ the Hermes (i.e., "the speaker") of the Greeks kjv@Acts:14:12), a heathen God represented as the constant attendant of Jupiter, and the god of eloquence. The inhabitants of Lystra took Paul for this god because he was the "chief speaker."
Mercy @ compassion for the miserable. Its object is misery. By the atoning sacrifice of Christ a way is open for the exercise of mercy towards the sons of men, in harmony with the demands of truth and righteousness kjv@Genesis:19:19; kjv@Exodus:20:6 kjv@Exodus:34:6-7; kjv@Psalms:85:10 kjv@Psalms:86:15-16). In Christ mercy and truth meet together. Mercy is also a Christian grace kjv@Matthew:5:7 kjv@Matthew:18:33-35).
Mercy-seat @ (Heb. kapporeth, a "covering;" LXX. and N.T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the covenant (q.v.). It was of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, or perhaps rather a plate of solid gold, 2 1/2 cubits long and 1 1/2 broad kjv@Exodus:25:17 kjv@Exodus:30:6 kjv@Exodus:31:7 ). It is compared to the throne of grace kjv@Hebrews:9:5; kjv@Ephesians:2:6). The holy of holies is called the "place of the mercy-seat" ( kjv@1Chronicles:28:11: kjv@Leviticus:16:2). It has been conjectured that the censer (thumiaterion, meaning "anything having regard to or employed in the burning of incense") mentioned in kjv@Hebrews:9:4 was the "mercy-seat," at which the incense was burned by the high priest on the great day of atonement, and upon or toward which the blood of the goat was sprinkled kjv@Leviticus:16:11-16; comp. kjv@Numbers:7:89 and kjv@Exodus:25:22).
Mered @ rebellion, one of the sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:17).
Meremoth @ exaltations, heights, a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel kjv@Nehemiah:12:3), to whom were sent the sacred vessels kjv@Ezra:8:33) belonging to the temple. He took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem kjv@Nehemiah:3:4).
Merib-baal @ contender with Baal, ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:34 kjv@1Chronicles:9:40), elsewhere called Mephibosheth ( kjv@2Samuel:4:4), the son of Jonathan.
Meribah @ quarrel or strife.
(1.) One of the names given by Moses to the fountain in the desert of Sin, near Rephidim, which issued from the rock in Horeb, which he smote by the divine command, "because of the chiding of the children of Israel" kjv@Exodus:17:1-7). It was also called Massah (q.v.). It was probably in Wady Feiran, near Mount Serbal.
(2.) Another fountain having a similar origin in the desert of Zin, near to Kadesh kjv@Numbers:27:14). The two places are mentioned together in kjv@Deuteronomy:33:8. Some think the one place is called by the two names kjv@Psalms:81:7). In smiting the rock at this place Moses showed the same impatience as the people kjv@Numbers:20:10-12). This took place near the close of the wanderings in the desert kjv@Numbers:20:1-24; kjv@Deuteronomy:32:51).
Merodach @ death; slaughter, the name of a Babylonian god, probably the planet Mars kjv@Jeremiah:50:2), or it may be another name of Bel, the guardian divinity of Babylon. This name frequently occurs as a surname to the kings of Assyria and Babylon.
Merodach-baladan @ Merodach has given a son, kjv@Isaiah:39:1), "the hereditary chief of the Chaldeans, a small tribe at that time settled in the marshes at the mouth of the Euphrates, but in consequence of his conquest of Babylon afterwards, they became the dominant caste in Babylonia itself." One bearing this name sent ambassadors to Hezekiah (B.C. 721). He is also called Berodach-baladan ( kjv@2Kings:20:12; kjv@2Chronicals:20:31). (
See HEZEKIAH.)
Merom @ height, a lake in Northern Palestine through which the Jordan flows. It was the scene of the third and last great victory gained by Joshua over the Canaanites kjv@Joshua:11:5-7). It is not again mentioned in Scripture. Its modern name is Bakrat el
- Huleh. "The Ard el
- Huleh, the centre of which the lake occupies, is a nearly level plain of 16 miles in length from north to south, and its breadth from east to west is from 7 to 8 miles. On the west it is walled in by the steep and lofty range of the hills of Kedesh
- Naphtali; on the east it is bounded by the lower and more gradually ascending slopes of Bashan; on the north it is shut in by a line of hills hummocky and irregular in shape and of no great height, and stretching across from the mountains of Naphtali to the roots of Mount Hermon, which towers up at the north-eastern angle of the plain to a height of 10,000 feet. At its southern extremity the plain is similarly traversed by elevated and broken ground, through which, by deep and narrow clefts, the Jordan, after passing through Lake Huleh, makes its rapid descent to the Sea of Galilee." The lake is triangular in form, about 4 1/2 miles in length by 3 1/2 at its greatest breadth. Its surface Isaiah:7 feet above that of the Mediterranean. It is surrounded by a morass, which is thickly covered with canes and papyrus reeds, which are impenetrable. Macgregor with his canoe, the Rob Roy, was the first that ever, in modern times, sailed on its waters. (
See JORDAN.)
Meronothite @ a name given to Jehdeiah, the herdsman of the royal asses in the time of David and Solomon ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:30), probably as one being a native of some unknown town called Meronoth.
Meroz @ a plain in the north of Palestine, the inhabitants of which were severely condemned because they came not to help Barak against Sisera kjv@Judges:5:23: comp. 21:8-10; kjv@1Samuel:11:7). It has been identified with Marassus, on a knoll to the north of Wady Jalud, but nothing certainly is known of it. Like Chorazin, it is only mentioned in Scripture in connection with the curse pronounced upon it.
Mesha @ middle district, Vulgate, Messa.
(1.) A plain in that part of the boundaries of Arabia inhabited by the descendants of Joktan kjv@Genesis:10:30).
(2.) Heb. meysh'a, "deliverance," the eldest son of Caleb ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:42), and brother of Jerahmeel.
(3.) Heb. id, a king of Moab, the son of Chemosh
- Gad, a man of great wealth in flocks and herds ( kjv@2Kings:3:4). After the death of Ahab at Ramoth
- Gilead, Mesha shook off the yoke of Israel; but on the ascension of Jehoram to the throne of Israel, that king sought the help of Jehoshaphat in an attempt to reduce the Moabites again to their former condition. The united armies of the two kings came unexpectedly on the army of the Moabites, and gained over them an easy victory. The whole land was devastated by the conquering armies, and Mesha sought refuge in his last stronghold, Kir-harasheth (q.v.). Reduced to despair, he ascended the wall of the city, and there, in the sight of the allied armies, offered his first-born son a sacrifice to Chemosh, the fire-god of the Moabites. This fearful spectacle filled the beholders with horror, and they retired from before the besieged city, and recrossed the Jordan laden with spoil ( kjv@2Kings:3:25-27). The exploits of Mesha are recorded in the Phoenician inscription on a block of black basalt found at Dibon, in Moab, usually called the "Moabite stone" (q.v.).
Meshach @ the title given to Mishael, one of the three Hebrew youths who were under training at the Babylonian court for the rank of Magi kjv@Daniel:1:7 kjv@Daniel:2:49 kjv@Daniel:3:12 -30). This was probably the name of some Chaldean god.
Meshech @ drawing out, the sixth son of Japheth kjv@Genesis:10:2), the founder of a tribe ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:5; kjv@Ezekiel:27:13 kjv@Ezekiel:38:2-3). They were in all probability the Moschi, a people inhabiting the Moschian Mountains, between the Black and the Caspian Seas. In kjv@Psalms:120:5 the name occurs as simply a synonym for foreigners or barbarians. "During the ascendency of the Babylonians and Persians in Western Asia, the Moschi were subdued; but it seems probable that a large number of them crossed the Caucasus range and spread over the northern steppes, mingling with the Scythians. There they became known as Muscovs, and gave that name to the Russian nation and its ancient capital by which they are still generally known throughout the East"
Meshelemiah @ friendship of Jehovah, a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:21 kjv@1Chronicles:26:1-2, 9, 14). He was a temple gate-keeper in the time of David.
Meshillemoth @ requitals.
(1.) The father of Berechiah ( kjv@2Chronicals:28:12).
(2.) A priest, the son of Immer kjv@Nehemiah:11:13).
Meshullam @ befriended.
(1.) One of the chief Gadites in Bashan in the time of Jotham ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:13).
(2.) Grandfather of Shaphan, "the scribe," in the reign of Josiah ( kjv@2Kings:22:3).
(3.) A priest, father of Hilkiah ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:11; kjv@Nehemiah:11:11), in the reign of Ammon; called Shallum in kjv@1Chronicles:6:12.
(4.) A Levite of the family of Kohath ( kjv@2Chronicals:34:12), in the reign of Josiah.
(5.) kjv@1Chronicles:8:17.
(6.) kjv@1Chronicles:3:19.
(7.) kjv@Nehemiah:12:13.
(8.) A chief priest kjv@Nehemiah:12:16).
(9.) One of the leading Levites in the time of Ezra (8:16).
(10.) A priest ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:12).
(11.) One of the principal Israelites who supported Ezra when expounding the law to the people kjv@Nehemiah:8:4).
Meshullemeth @ friend, the wife of Manasseh, and the mother of Amon ( kjv@2Kings:21:19), Kings of Judah.
Mesopotamia @ the country between the two rivers (Heb. Aram-naharaim; i.e., "Syria of the two rivers"), the name given by the Greeks and Romans to the region between the Euphrates and the Tigris kjv@Genesis:24:10; kjv@Deuteronomy:23:4; kjv@Judges:3:8-10). In the Old Testament it is mentioned also under the name "Padan-aram;" i.e., the plain of Aram, or Syria kjv@Genesis:25:20). The northern portion of this fertile plateau was the original home of the ancestors of the Hebrews kjv@Genesis:11; Acts:7:2). From this region Isaac obtained his wife Rebecca kjv@Genesis:24:10 kjv@Genesis:24:15), and here also Jacob sojourned (28:2-7) and obtained his wives, and here most of his sons were born (35:26; 46:15). The petty, independent tribes of this region, each under its own prince, were warlike, and used chariots in battle. They maintained their independence till after the time of David, when they fell under the dominion of Assyria, and were absorbed into the empire ( kjv@2Kings:19:13).
Mess @ a portion of food given to a guest kjv@Genesis:43:34; kjv@2Samuel:11:8).
Messenger @ (Heb. mal'ak, Gr. angelos), an angel, a messenger who runs on foot, the bearer of despatches kjv@Job:1:14; kjv@1Samuel:11:7; kjv@2Chronicals:36:22); swift of foot ( kjv@2Kings:9:18).
Messiah @ (Heb. mashiah), in all the thirty-nine instances of its occurring in the Old Testament, is rendered by the LXX. "Christos." It means anointed. Thus priests kjv@Exodus:28:41 kjv@Exodus:40:15; kjv@Numbers:3:3), prophets (kjvKings:19:16), and kings ( kjv@1Samuel:9:16 kjv@1Samuel:16:3; kjv@2Samuel:12:7) were anointed with oil, and so consecrated to their respective offices. The great Messiah is anointed "above his fellows" kjv@Psalms:45:7); i.e., he embraces in himself all the three offices. The Greek form "Messias" is only twice used in the New Testament, in kjv@John:1:41 and 4:25 (R.V., "Messiah"), and in the Old Testament the word Messiah, as the rendering of the Hebrew, occurs only twice kjv@Daniel:9:25-26; R.V., "the anointed one"). The first great promise kjv@Genesis:3:15) contains in it the germ of all the prophecies recorded in the Old Testament regarding the coming of the Messiah and the great work he was to accomplish on earth. The prophecies became more definite and fuller as the ages rolled on; the light shone more and more unto the perfect day. Different periods of prophetic revelation have been pointed out,
(1) the patriarchal;
(2) the Mosaic;
(3) the period of David;
(4) the period of prophetism, i.e., of those prophets whose works form a part of the Old Testament canon. The expectations of the Jews were thus kept alive from generation to generation, till the "fulness of the times," when Messiah came, "made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law." In him all these ancient prophecies have their fulfilment. Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, the great Deliverer who was to come. (Comp. kjv@Matthew:26:54; kjv@Mark:9:12; kjv@Luke:18:31 kjv@Luke:22:37; kjv@John:5:39; kjv@Acts:2; 16:31; 26:22-23.)
Metheg-ammah @ bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in kjv@2Samuel:8:1, "David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines" (R.V., "took the bridle of the mother-city"); i.e., subdued their capital or strongest city, viz., Gath ( kjv@1Chronicles:18:1).
Methusael @ champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain kjv@Genesis:4:18), so called, perhaps, to denote that even among the descendants of Cain God had not left himself without a witness.
Methuselah @ man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood kjv@Genesis:5:21-27; kjv@1Chronicles:1:3).
Mezahab @ water of gold, the father of Matred kjv@Genesis:36:39; kjv@1Chronicles:1:50), and grandfather of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, the last king of Edom.
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Measures @ Unjust, an abomination to God kjv@Proverbs:20:10
The Jews not to be unjust in kjv@Leviticus:19:35 kjv@Deuteronomy:25:14 kjv@Deuteronomy:25:15
The Jews often used unjust kjv@Micah:6:10
Of liquids and solids
Log kjv@Leviticus:14:10 kjv@Leviticus:14:15
Cab kjv@2Kings:6:25
Omer or tenth-deal (the tenth of an ephah) kjv@Exodus:16:36 kjv@Leviticus:5:11 kjv@Leviticus:14:10
Hin kjv@Exodus:29:40
Bath or ephah kjv@Isaiah:5:10 kjv@Ezekiel:45:11
Homer or Cor kjv@Isaiah:5:10 kjv@Ezekiel:45:14
Firkin kjv@John:2:6
Of length
Handbreadth kjv@Exodus:25:25 kjv@Psalms:39:5
Span kjv@Exodus:28:16 kjv@1Samuel:17:4
Cubit kjv@Genesis:6:15 kjv@Genesis:6:16 kjv@Deuteronomy:3:11
Fathom kjv@Acts:27:28
Furlong kjv@Luke:24:13 kjv@John:11:13
Mile kjv@Matthew:5:41
Distances measured by rods and lines kjv@2Samuel:8:2 kjv@Jeremiah:31:39 kjv@Ezekiel:40:3 kjv@Revelation:21:16
Were regulated by the standard of the sanctuary kjv@1Chronicles:23:29
Illustrative
(Correcting in measure,) of mitigated afflictions kjv@Jeremiah:30:11
(Drinking tears in great measure,) of severe afflictions kjv@Psalms:80:5
(Weighing the waters in a measure,) of God's infinite wisdom kjv@Job:28:23 kjv@Job:28:25
(Measuring the dust of the earth,) of God's greatness kjv@Isaiah:40:12
(The measure of our days,) of the shortness of life kjv@Psalms:39:4
(Drinking water, by measure) of severe famine kjv@Ezekiel:4:11 kjv@Ezekiel:4:16
(The measure of the stature of Christ,) of perfection kjv@Ephesians:4:13
(Opening the mouth without measure,) of the insatiableness of hell kjv@Isaiah:5:14
Meat Offerings @ Were most holy kjv@Leviticus:6:17
Consisted of
Fine flour kjv@Leviticus:2:1
Unleavened cakes baked in the oven kjv@Leviticus:2:4
Fine flour baked in a pan kjv@Leviticus:2:5
Fine flour baked in a frying pan kjv@Leviticus:2:7
Green ears of corn parched kjv@Leviticus:2:14
Barley meal kjv@Numbers:5:15
Oil and incense used with kjv@Leviticus:2:1 kjv@Leviticus:2:4 kjv@Leviticus:2:15
Of jealousy, without oil or incense kjv@Numbers:5:15
Always seasoned with salt kjv@Leviticus:2:13
No leaven used with kjv@Leviticus:2:11 kjv@Leviticus:6:17
Not to be offered on altar of incense kjv@Exodus:30:9
Offered
On the altar of burnt offering kjv@Exodus:40:29
With the daily sacrifices kjv@Exodus:29:40-42
With all burnt offerings kjv@Numbers:15:3-12
By the poor for a trespass offering kjv@Leviticus:5:11
By the high priest every day, half in the morning and half in the evening kjv@Leviticus:6:20-22
A small part of, was consumed on the altar for a memorial kjv@Leviticus:2:2 kjv@Leviticus:2:9 kjv@Leviticus:2:16 kjv@Leviticus:6:15
When offered for a priest entirely consumed by fire kjv@Leviticus:6:23
High priest's deputy had care of kjv@Numbers:4:16
Laid up in a chamber of the temple kjv@Nehemiah:10:39 kjv@Nehemiah:13:5 kjv@Ezekiel:42:13
The priest's portion kjv@Leviticus:2:3 kjv@Leviticus:6:17
To be eaten by the males of the house of Aaron alone kjv@Leviticus:6:18
To be eaten in the holy place kjv@Leviticus:6:16
The Jews
Often not accepted in kjv@Amos:5:22
Condemned for offering, to idols kjv@Isaiah:57:6
Often prevented from offering, by judgments kjv@Joel:1:9 kjv@Joel:1:13
Materials for public, often provided by the princes kjv@Numbers:7:13 kjv@Numbers:7:19 kjv@Numbers:7:25 kjv@Ezekiel:45:16
Medo
- Persian Kingdom @ Extended from India to Ethiopia kjv@Esther:1:1
Peopled by descendants of Eliam kjv@Genesis:10:22
Illustrated by
Silver part of image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream kjv@Daniel:2:32 kjv@Daniel:2:39
A bear kjv@Daniel:7:5
A ram with two horns kjv@Daniel:8:3 kjv@Daniel:8:20
Shushan a chief city of kjv@Esther:1:2 kjv@Esther:8:15
Achmetha or Ecbatana a chief city of kjv@Ezra:6:2
Divided into many provinces kjv@Esther:1:1 kjv@Daniel:6:1
Laws of, unalterable kjv@Daniel:6:12 kjv@Daniel:6:15
Ruled by, absolute kings kjv@Esther:3:8 kjv@Esther:3:11 kjv@Esther:7:9
Kings of, mentioned in scripture
Cyrus kjv@Ezra:1:1
Ahasuerus or Cambyses kjv@Ezra:4:6
Artaxerxes Smerdis (an usurper) kjv@Ezra:4:7
Darius Hystaspes kjv@Ezra:6:1 kjv@Daniel:5:31
Xerxes kjv@Daniel:11:2
Artaxerxes Longimanus or Ahasuerus kjv@Ezra:6:14 kjv@Ezra:7:1 kjv@Esther:1:1
Kings of
Called kings of Assyria kjv@Ezra:6:22
Called kings of Babylon kjv@Nehemiah:13:6
Styled themselves king of kings kjv@Ezra:7:12
Dwelt in royal palaces kjv@Esther:1:2 kjv@Esther:8:14
Were exceeding rich kjv@Esther:1:4 kjv@Daniel:12:2
Entertained magnificently kjv@Esther:1:3 kjv@Esther:1:5 kjv@Esther:1:7
Held in their hand a golden sceptre kjv@Esther:5:2
Put to death all who approached them without permission kjv@Esther:4:11 kjv@Esther:4:16
Celebrated for wise men kjv@Esther:1:13 kjv@Matthew:2:1
People of, warlike kjv@Ezekiel:27:10 kjv@Ezekiel:38:5
Peculiar customs in kjv@Esther:1:8 kjv@Esther:2:12 kjv@Esther:2:13
Babylon taken by the king of kjv@Daniel:5:20 kjv@Daniel:5:31
The Jews delivered from captivity by means of kjv@2Chronicles:36:20 kjv@2Chronicles:36:22 kjv@2Chronicles:36:23 kjv@Ezra:1:1-4
Predictions respecting
Extensive conquest kjv@Daniel:8:4
Conquest of Babylon kjv@Isaiah:21:1 kjv@Isaiah:21:2 kjv@Daniel:5:28
Deliverance of the Jews kjv@Isaiah:44:28 kjv@Isaiah:45:1-4
Invasion of Greece under Xerxes kjv@Daniel:11:2
Downfall by Alexander kjv@Daniel:8:6 kjv@Daniel:8:7 kjv@Daniel:11:3
Meekness @ Christ set an example of kjv@Psalms:45:4 kjv@Isaiah:53:7 kjv@Matthew:11:29 kjv@Matthew:21:5 kjv@2Corinthians:10:1 kjv@1Peter:2:21-23
His teaching kjv@Matthew:5:38-45
A fruit of the Spirit kjv@Galatians:5:22 kjv@Galatians:5:23
Saints should
Seek kjv@Zephaniah:2:3
Put on kjv@Colossians:3:12-13
Receive the word of God with kjv@James:1:21
Exhibit, in conduct, &:c kjv@James:3:13
Answer for their hope with kjv@1Peter:3:15
Show to all men kjv@Titus:3:2
Restore the erring with kjv@Galatians:6:1
Precious in the sight of God kjv@1Peter:3:4
Ministers should
Follow after kjv@1Timothy:6:11
Instruct opposers with kjv@2Timothy:2:24 kjv@2Timothy:2:25
Urge, on their people kjv@Titus:3:1 kjv@Titus:3:2
A characteristic of wisdom kjv@James:3:17
Necessary to a Christian walk kjv@Ephesians:4:1 kjv@Ephesians:4:2 kjv@1Corinthians:6:7
Those who are gifted with
Are preserved kjv@Psalms:76:9
Are exalted kjv@Psalms:147:6 kjv@Matthew:23:12
Are guided and taught kjv@Psalms:25:9
Are richly provided for kjv@Psalms:22:26
Are beautified with salvation kjv@Psalms:149:4
Increase their joy kjv@Isaiah:29:19
Shall inherit the earth kjv@Psalms:37:11
The gospel to be preached to those who possess kjv@Isaiah:61:1
Blessedness of kjv@Matthew:5:5
Exemplified
Moses kjv@Numbers:12:3
David kjv@1Samuel:30:6 kjv@2Samuel:16:9-12
Paul kjv@1Corinthians:4:12 kjv@1Thessalonians:2:7
Mercy @ After the example of God kjv@Luke:6:36
Enjoined kjv@2Kings:6:21-23 kjv@Hosea:12:6 kjv@Romans:12:20 kjv@Romans:12:21 kjv@Colossians:3:12
To be engraved on the heart kjv@Proverbs:3:3
Characteristic of saints kjv@Psalms:37:26 kjv@Isaiah:57:1
Should be shown
With cheerfulness kjv@Romans:12:8
To our brethren kjv@Zechariah:7:9
to those that are in distress kjv@Luke:10:37
To the poor kjv@Proverbs:14:31 kjv@Daniel:4:27
To backsliders kjv@Luke:15:18-20 kjv@2Corinthians:2:6-8
To animals kjv@Proverbs:12:10
Upholds the throne of kings kjv@Proverbs:20:28
Beneficial to those who exercise kjv@Proverbs:11:17
Blessedness of showing kjv@Proverbs:14:21 kjv@Matthew:5:7
Hypocrites devoid of kjv@Matthew:23:23
Denunciations against those devoid of kjv@Hosea:4:1 kjv@Hosea:4:3 kjv@Matthew:18:23-25 kjv@James:2:13
Mercy of God, the @ Is part of his character kjv@Exodus:34:6 kjv@Exodus:34:7 kjv@Psalms:62:12 kjv@Nehemiah:9:17 kjv@Jonah:4:2 kjv@Jonah:4:10 kjv@Jonah:4:11 kjv@2Corinthians:1:3
Described as
Great kjv@Numbers:14:18 kjv@Isaiah:54:7
Rich kjv@Ephesians:2:4
Manifold kjv@Nehemiah:9:27 kjv@Lamentations:3:32
Plenteous kjv@Psalms:86:5 kjv@Psalms:86:15 kjv@Psalms:103:8
Abundant kjv@1Peter:1:3
Sure kjv@Isaiah:55:3 kjv@Micah:7:20
Everlasting kjv@1Chronicles:16:34 kjv@Psalms:89:28 kjv@Psalms:106:1 kjv@Psalms:107:1 kjv@Psalms:136:1-26
Tender kjv@Psalms:25:6 kjv@Psalms:103:4 kjv@Luke:1:78
New every morning kjv@Lamentations:3:23
High as heaven kjv@Psalms:36:5 kjv@Psalms:103:11
Filling the earth kjv@Psalms:119:64
Over all his works kjv@Psalms:145:9
Is his delight kjv@Micah:7:18
Manifested
In the sending of Christ kjv@Luke:1:78
In salvation kjv@Titus:3:5
In long-suffering kjv@Lamentations:3:22 kjv@Daniel:9:9
To his people kjv@Deuteronomy:32:43 kjv@1Kings:8:23
To them that fear him kjv@Psalms:103:17 kjv@Luke:1:50
To returning backsliders kjv@Jeremiah:3:12 kjv@Hosea:14:4 kjv@Joel:2:13
To repentant sinners kjv@Psalms:32:5 kjv@Proverbs:28:13 kjv@Isaiah:55:7 kjv@Luke:15:18-20
To the afflicted kjv@Isaiah:49:13 kjv@Isaiah:54:7
To the fatherless kjv@Hosea:14:3
To whom he will kjv@Hosea:2:23 kjv@Romans:9:15 kjv@Romans:9:18
With everlasting kindness kjv@Isaiah:54:8
A ground of hope kjv@Psalms:130:7 kjv@Psalms:147:11
A ground of trust kjv@Psalms:52:8
Should be
Sought for ourselves kjv@Psalms:6:2
Sought for others kjv@Galatians:6:16 kjv@1Timothy:1:2 kjv@2Timothy:1:18
Pleaded in prayer kjv@Psalms:6:4 kjv@Psalms:25:6 kjv@Psalms:51:1
Rejoiced in kjv@Psalms:31:7
Magnified kjv@1Chronicles:16:34 kjv@Psalms:115:1 kjv@Psalms:118:1-4 kjv@Psalms:118:29 kjv@Jeremiah:33:11
Typified
Mercy seat kjv@Exodus:25:17
Exemplified
Lot kjv@Genesis:19:16 kjv@Genesis:19:19
Epaphroditus kjv@Philippians:2:27
Paul kjv@1Timothy:1:13
Mercy Seat @ Moses commanded to make kjv@Exodus:25:17
Bezaleel given wisdom to make kjv@Exodus:31:2 kjv@Exodus:31:3 kjv@Exodus:31:7
Made of pure gold kjv@Exodus:25:17 kjv@Exodus:37:6
The cherubim formed out of, and at each end of it kjv@Exodus:25:18-20 kjv@Hebrews:9:5
Placed upon the ark of testimony kjv@Exodus:25:21 kjv@Exodus:26:34 kjv@Exodus:40:20
God
Appeared over in the cloud kjv@Leviticus:16:2
Dwelt over kjv@Psalms:80:1
Spoke from above kjv@Exodus:25:22 kjv@Numbers:7:89
Covered with a cloud of incense on the day of atonement kjv@Leviticus:16:13
The blood of sacrifices on the day of atonement sprinkled upon and before kjv@Leviticus:16:14 kjv@Leviticus:16:15
Illustrative of
Christ kjv@Romans:3:25 kjv@Hebrews:9:3
The throne of grace kjv@Hebrews:4:16
Metals @ Dug out of the earth kjv@Job:28:1 kjv@Job:28:2 kjv@Job:28:6
Mentioned in scripture
Gold kjv@Genesis:2:11 kjv@Genesis:2:12
Silver kjv@Genesis:44:2
Brass kjv@Exodus:27:2 kjv@Exodus:27:4 kjv@2Chronicles:12:10
Copper kjv@Ezra:8:27 kjv@2Timothy:4:14
Iron kjv@Numbers:35:16 kjv@Proverbs:27:17
Lead kjv@Exodus:15:10 kjv@Jeremiah:6:29
Tin kjv@Numbers:31:22
Comparative value of kjv@Isaiah:60:17 kjv@Daniel:2:32-45
Often mixed with dross kjv@Isaiah:1:25
The holy land abounded in kjv@Deuteronomy:8:9
Antiquity of the art of working in kjv@Genesis:4:21
Freed from dross by fire kjv@Ezekiel:22:18 kjv@Ezekiel:22:20
Ceremonially cleansed by fire kjv@Numbers:31:21-23
Cast in mould kjv@Judges:17:4 kjv@Jeremiah:6:29
Clay of Jordan used for moulding kjv@1Kings:7:46
An extensive commerce in kjv@Ezekiel:27:12
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MEAH @
- A tower in Jerusalem kjv@Nehemiah:3:1; kjv@Nehemiah:12:39
MEAL @
-
See EATING
-
See FOOD
MEASURE @ -(The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this time)
- DRY
-1. A bushel, about a peck kjv@Matthew:5:15; kjv@Mark:4:21; kjv@Luke:11:33
-2. A cab, or kab, about two quarts kjv@2Kings:6:25
-3. A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels kjv@1Kings:4:22; kjv@1Kings:5:11; kjv@2Chronicles:2:10; kjv@2Chronicles:27:5; kjv@Ezra:7:22
-4. An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half kjv@Exodus:16:36; kjv@Leviticus:5:11; kjv@Leviticus:6:20; kjv@Leviticus:19:36; kjv@Numbers:5:15; kjv@Numbers:28:5; kjv@Judges:6:19; kjv@Ruth:2:17; kjv@1Samuel:1:24; kjv@1Samuel:17:17; kjv@Ezekiel:45:10-11 kjv@Ezekiel:45:Isaiah:5:10; 13, 24; kjv@Isaiah:46:5-7 kjv@Isaiah:46:11 kjv@Isaiah:46:14; kjv@Amos:8:5; kjv@Zechariah:5:6-10
-5. A half-homer, about five and a half bushels kjv@Hosea:3:2
-6. A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs kjv@Leviticus:27:16; kjv@Numbers:11:32; kjv@Isaiah:5:10; kjv@Ezekiel:45:11-14; kjv@Hosea:3:2
-7. An omer, about one bushel kjv@Exodus:16:16-18
-8. A seah, about a peck and a half kjv@Genesis:18:6; kjv@1Samuel:25:18; kjv@2Kings:7:1 kjv@2Kings:7:1Kings:18:32; 16, 18
-9. A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah kjv@Exodus:29:40; kjv@Leviticus:14:10 kjv@Leviticus:14:21 kjv@Leviticus:23:13 kjv@Leviticus:23:17 kjv@Numbers:15:4 kjv@Numbers:15:Numbers:24:5; 6, 9; kjv@Numbers:28:9 kjv@Numbers:28:12, 13, 20, kjv@Numbers:29:3-4 kjv@Numbers:29:9 kjv@Numbers:29:10 kjv@Numbers:29:21, 29; 14, 15
- LIQUID
-1. A bath, about eight gallons and a half kjv@1Kings:7:26 kjv@1Kings:7:38 kjv@2Chronicles:2:10; kjv@2Chronicles:4:5; kjv@Ezra:7:22; kjv@Isaiah:5:10; kjv@Ezekiel:45:10-11 kjv@Ezekiel:45:14; kjv@Luke:16:6
-2. A firkin, nearly nine gallons kjv@John:2:6
-3. A hin, about a gallon and a half kjv@Exodus:29:40; kjv@Exodus:30:24; kjv@Leviticus:19:36; kjv@Leviticus:23:13; kjv@Leviticus:28:5 kjv@Leviticus:28:Numbers:15:4-10; 7, 14; kjv@Ezekiel:4:11
-4. A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin kjv@Leviticus:14:10-12 kjv@Leviticus:14:15 kjv@Leviticus:14:21 kjv@Leviticus:14:24 .
See WEIGHTS
- LINEAR
-1. A finger kjv@Jeremiah:52:21
-2. A handbreadth kjv@Exodus:25:25; kjv@Exodus:37:12; kjv@1Kings:7:26; kjv@2Chronicles:4:5; kjv@Psalms:39:5; kjv@Ezekiel:40:5 kjv@Ezekiel:40:43 kjv@Ezekiel:43:13
-3. A span kjv@Exodus:28:16; kjv@1Samuel:17:4; kjv@Isaiah:40:12; kjv@Isaiah:48:13; kjv@Lamentations:2:20; kjv@Ezekiel:43:13
-4. A cubit, the length of a man's forearm .
See CUBIT
-5. A reed, probably six cubits kjv@Ezekiel:40:5
-6. A fathom kjv@Acts:27:28
-7. A pace kjv@2Samuel:6:13
-8. A furlong kjv@Luke:24:13
-9. A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile kjv@Matthew:5:41
-10. A Sabbath day's journey, two thousand paces kjv@Acts:1:12
- MUST BE JUST kjv@Leviticus:19:35-36; kjv@Deuteronomy:25:13-16; kjv@Proverbs:11:1; kjv@Proverbs:16:11; kjv@Proverbs:20:10 kjv@Proverbs:20:23 kjv@Hosea:12:7-9; kjv@Micah:6:10-12 .
See DISHONESTY .
See INTEGRITY
MEAT OFFERING @
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See OFFERINGS,_MEAT
MEBUNNAI @
- One of David's guards kjv@2Samuel:23:27
MECHANIC @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Proverbs:8:30; kjv@1Corinthians:3:10
- INSTANCES OF .Tubal-cain kjv@Genesis:4:22 .Bezaleel kjv@Exodus:31:2-11; kjv@Exodus:35:30-35 .Hiram kjv@1Kings:7:13-50; kjv@2Chronicles:2:13-14; kjv@2Chronicles:4:11-18 .
See ART
MEDAD @
- One of the seventy elders who did not go to the tabernacle with Moses, but prophesied in the camp kjv@Numbers:11:26-29
MEDAN @
- Son of Abraham and Keturah kjv@Genesis:25:2; kjv@1Chronicles:1:32
MEDDLING @
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See BUSYBODY
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See TALEBEARER
MEDEBA @
- A city of Moab kjv@Numbers:21:30
- Allotted to Reuben kjv@Joshua:13:9 kjv@Joshua:13:16
- David defeats an army and the Ammonites at kjv@1Chronicles:19:7-15
MEDES @
- Inhabitants of Media
- Israelites distributed among, when carried to Assyria kjv@2Kings:17:6; kjv@2Kings:18:11
- Palace in the Bablonian province of kjv@Ezra:6:2
- An essential part of the Medo
- Persian Empire kjv@Esther:1:1 kjv@Esther:1:19
- Supremacy of, in the Chaldean Empire kjv@Daniel:5:28 kjv@Daniel:5:31 kjv@Daniel:9:1; kjv@Daniel:11:1
MEDIA @
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See MEDES
MEDIATION @
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See INTERCESSION
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See JESUS,_MEDIATOR
MEDICINE @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Proverbs:17:22; kjv@Isaiah:1:6; kjv@Isaiah:38:21; kjv@Jeremiah:8:22; kjv@Jeremiah:30:13; kjv@Jeremiah:46:11; kjv@Jeremiah:51:8-9; kjv@Ezekiel:47:12; kjv@Luke:10:34; kjv@Revelation:22:2
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See DISEASES
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See PHYSICIAN
MEDITATION @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Joshua:1:8; kjv@Psalms:1:2; kjv@Psalms:4:4; kjv@Psalms:19:14; kjv@Psalms:39:3; kjv@Psalms:49:3; kjv@Psalms:63:5-6; kjv@Psalms:73:12-22; kjv@Psalms:77:10-12; kjv@Psalms:119:11 kjv@Psalms:119:15, 16, 23, 48, 55, 59, 78, kjv@Psalms:104:34; 97-99, 148; kjv@Psalms:139:17-18; kjv@Psalms:143:5; kjv@1Timothy:4:13-15
- INSTANCE OF .Isaac kjv@Genesis:24:63
MEDITERRANEAN SEA @
- Sea of the Philistines kjv@Exodus:23:31
- Sea of Joppa kjv@Ezra:3:7
- The hinder sea kjv@Zechariah:14:8
- The uttermost sea kjv@Deuteronomy:11:24
- The utmost sea kjv@Joel:2:20
MEEKNESS @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Psalms:22:26; kjv@Psalms:25:9; kjv@Psalms:37:11; kjv@Psalms:76:8-9; kjv@Psalms:147:6; kjv@Psalms:149:4; kjv@Proverbs:14:29; kjv@Proverbs:15:1 kjv@Proverbs:15:18 kjv@Proverbs:16:32; kjv@Proverbs:17:1; kjv@Proverbs:19:11; kjv@Proverbs:20:3; kjv@Proverbs:25:15; kjv@Proverbs:29:8; kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:8; kjv@Ecclesiastes:10:4; kjv@Isaiah:11:4; kjv@Isaiah:29:19; kjv@Lamentations:3:28-30; kjv@Amos:3:3; kjv@Zephaniah:2:3; kjv@Matthew:5:5 kjv@Matthew:5:9, 38-42; kjv@Matthew:11:29; kjv@Matthew:27:13-14; kjv@Mark:9:50; kjv@Luke:6:29; kjv@Romans:12:14 kjv@Romans:12:18 kjv@Romans:14:19; kjv@1Corinthians:6:7; kjv@1Corinthians:7:15; kjv@1Corinthians:13:4 kjv@1Corinthians:13:1Corinthians:10:32; 5, 7; kjv@2Corinthians:10:1; kjv@2Corinthians:13:11; kjv@Galatians:5:22-23 kjv@Galatians:5:26; kjv@Galatians:6:1; kjv@Ephesians:4:1-2; kjv@Philippians:2:14-15; kjv@Colossians:3:12-13; kjv@1Thessalonians:5:14-15; kjv@2Thessalonians:3:5; kjv@1Timothy:3:2-3; kjv@1Timothy:6:11-12; kjv@2Timothy:2:24-25; kjv@Titus:2:2 kjv@Titus:2:9 kjv@Titus:3:2; kjv@Hebrews:10:36; kjv@James:1:4 kjv@James:1:James:12:14; kjv@James:3:13 kjv@James:3:19, 21; 17, 18; kjv@James:3:4 kjv@James:3:1Peter:2:18-23; 11, 15; kjv@2Peter:1:5-7; kjv@Jude:1:9
- INSTANCES OF .Abraham kjv@Genesis:13:8 .Isaac kjv@Genesis:26:20-22 .Moses kjv@Exodus:2:13; kjv@Exodus:14:13-14; kjv@Exodus:15:24; kjv@Exodus:16:7-8; kjv@Exodus:17:2; kjv@Numbers:12:3; kjv@Numbers:16:4-11 .Gideon kjv@Judges:8:2-3 .Hannah kjv@1Samuel:1:13-16 .Saul kjv@1Samuel:10:27 .David kjv@1Samuel:17:29; kjv@2Samuel:16:9-14; kjv@Psalms:38:13-14; kjv@Psalms:120:5-7 .Paul kjv@Acts:21:20-26; kjv@1Thessalonians:2:7; kjv@2Timothy:4:16 .The Thessalonians kjv@2Thessalonians:1:4 .Job kjv@James:5:11 .The angel kjv@Jude:1:9 .For the meekness of Jesus, see below .
See HUMILITY .
See KINDNESS .
See PATIENCE
- OF JESUS kjv@Isaiah:42:1-4; kjv@Isaiah:53:7; kjv@Matthew:12:19-20; kjv@Matthew:26:47-54 .
See JESUS,_HUMILITY_OF
MEGIDDO @
- Also called MEGIDDON, and probably ARMAGEDDON
- A city in the territory of Issachar situated on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon kjv@Joshua:17:11; kjv@1Chronicles:7:29
- Conquest of, by Joshua kjv@Joshua:12:21
- Walled by Solomon kjv@1Kings:9:15
- Included in one or Solomon's commissary districts kjv@1Kings:4:12
- Ahaziah dies at kjv@2Kings:9:27
- Valley of, Deborah defeats Sisera in kjv@Judges:5:19
- Josiah killed at, by Pharaoh-nechoh kjv@2Kings:23:29-30; kjv@2Chronicles:35:22-24
- Prophecy concerning kjv@Zechariah:12:11
MEHETABEEL @
- A person whose grandson tried to intimidate Nehemiah kjv@Nehemiah:6:10
MEHETABEL @
- Wife of Hadar kjv@Genesis:36:39; kjv@1Chronicles:1:50
MEHIDA @
- A person whose descendants returned from Babylon kjv@Ezra:2:52; kjv@Nehemiah:7:54
MEHIR @
- Son of Chelub kjv@1Chronicles:4:11
MEHOLATHITE @
- An inhabitant of a city in the territory of Issachar kjv@1Samuel:18:19; kjv@2Samuel:21:8
MEHUJAEL @
- Son of Irad kjv@Genesis:4:18
MEHUMAN @
- A chamberlain of Ahasuerus kjv@Esther:1:10
MEHUNIM @
- Also called MEUNIM
- A person whose descendants returned from exile kjv@Ezra:2:50; kjv@Nehemiah:7:52
ME
- JARKON @
- A city in the territory of the tribe of Dan kjv@Joshua:19:46
MEKONAH @
- A city in the territory of the tribe of Judah kjv@Nehemiah:11:28
MELATIAH @
- A Gibeonite who assisted in repairing the wall of Jerusalem kjv@Nehemiah:3:7
MELCHI @
-1. Ancestor of Jesus kjv@Luke:3:24 .2. Remote ancestor of Jesus kjv@Luke:3:28
MELCHESEDEC @
-
See MELCHIZEDEK
MELCHISHUA @
- Also called MALCHISHUA
- Son of King Saul kjv@1Samuel:14:49; kjv@1Samuel:31:2; kjv@1Chronicles:8:33; kjv@1Chronicles:9:39; kjv@1Chronicles:10:2
MELCHIZEDEK @
- King of Salem kjv@Genesis:14:18-20; kjv@Psalms:110:4
- A priest and type of Christ kjv@Hebrews:5:6 kjv@Hebrews:5:10 kjv@Hebrews:6:20; kjv@Hebrews:7:1-21
MELECH @
- Son of Micah:1Chronicles:8:35; kjv@1Chronicles:9:41
MELICU @
- A priest kjv@Nehemiah:12:14
MELITA (MALTA) @ -(An important island in the Mediterranean Sea)
- Paul shipwrecked on the coast of kjv@Acts:28:1-10
MELON @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Numbers:11:5
MELZAR @
- The steward whom the prince of the eunuchs set over Daniel and the three Hebrew young men kjv@Daniel:1:11-16
MEMORIAL @
- The Passover kjv@Exodus:12:14
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See PASSOVER
- Firstborn set apart as a kjv@Exodus:13:12-16
- The pot of manna kjv@Exodus:16:32-34
- The Feast of Tabernacles kjv@Leviticus:23:43
- Shoulder stones of the ephod kjv@Exodus:28:12
- The Lord's Supper kjv@Luke:22:19; kjv@1Corinthians:11:24-26
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See PILLAR
MEMPHIS @
- Also called NOPH
- A celebrated city of Egypt kjv@Hosea:9:6
- Prophecies concerning kjv@Isaiah:19:13; kjv@Jeremiah:2:16; kjv@Jeremiah:46:14 kjv@Jeremiah:46:19 kjv@Ezekiel:30:16
MEMUCAN @
- One of the seven princes of Ahasuerus who counsels the king to divorce Queen Vashti kjv@Esther:1:14-21
MENAHEM @
- King of Israel kjv@2Kings:15:13-22
MENAN @
- An ancestor of Jesus kjv@Luke:3:31
MENE @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Daniel:5:25-26
MENSES @
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See MENSTRUATION
MENSTRUATION @
- Law relating to kjv@Leviticus:15:19-30; kjv@Leviticus:20:18; kjv@Ezekiel:18:6
- Cessation of, in old age kjv@Genesis:18:11
- Immunities of women during kjv@Genesis:31:35
- Of animals kjv@Jeremiah:2:24
- Uncleanness of kjv@Isaiah:30:22
- FIGURATIVE kjv@Isaiah:30:22; kjv@Lamentations:1:17; kjv@Ezekiel:36:17
MEONENIM @
- A place in Ephraim kjv@Judges:9:37
MEONOTHAI @
- Father of Ophrah kjv@1Chronicles:4:14
MEPHAATH @
- A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Reuben kjv@Joshua:13:18; kjv@Joshua:21:37; kjv@1Chronicles:6:79; kjv@Jeremiah:48:21
MEPHIBOSHETH @
-1. Son of Saul by Rizpah, whom David surrendered to the Gibeonites to be killed kjv@2Samuel:21:8-9
-2. Son of Jonathan kjv@2Samuel:4:4 .Called MERIB
- BAAL kjv@1Chronicles:8:34; kjv@1Chronicles:9:40 .Was lame kjv@2Samuel:4:4 .David entertains him at his table kjv@2Samuel:9:1-7; kjv@2Samuel:21:7 .Property restored to kjv@2Samuel:9:9-10 .His ingratitude to David at the time of Absolom's usurpation kjv@2Samuel:16:1-4; kjv@2Samuel:19:24-30 .Property of, confiscated kjv@2Samuel:16:4; kjv@2Samuel:19:29-30
MERAB @
- Daughter of King Saul kjv@1Samuel:14:49
- Betrothed to David by Saul kjv@1Samuel:18:17-18
- But given to Adriel for a wife kjv@1Samuel:18:19
MERAIAH @
- A priest kjv@Nehemiah:12:12
MERAIOTH @
-1. A high priest of the line of Eleazar kjv@1Chronicles:6:6-7 kjv@1Chronicles:6:52; kjv@Ezra:7:3 .Probably identical with the priest of same name in kjv@1Chronicles:9:11; kjv@Nehemiah:11:11
-2. A priest in the time of Joiakim kjv@Nehemiah:12:15
MERARI @
- Son of Levi kjv@Genesis:46:11
- Head the Merarite Levites kjv@Numbers:3:17 kjv@Numbers:3:33-35
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See LEVITES
MERATHAIM @
- Probably a poetical name for Chaldea kjv@Jeremiah:50:21
MERCENARIES @
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See SOLDIERS
MERCHANDISE @
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See COMMERCE
MERCHANT @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Genesis:23:16; kjv@Genesis:37:28; kjv@1Kings:10:15 kjv@1Kings:10:28 kjv@2Chronicles:9:14; kjv@Nehemiah:3:32; kjv@Nehemiah:13:20; kjv@Job:41:6; kjv@Songs:3:6; kjv@Isaiah:23:2; kjv@Isaiah:47:15; kjv@Isaiah:27:13 kjv@Isaiah:27:Ezekiel:17:4; 17, 21-36; kjv@Ezekiel:38:13; kjv@Hosea:12:7; kjv@Nahum:3:16; kjv@Revelation:18:3 kjv@Revelation:18:Matthew:13:45; 11, 23
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See COMMERCE
MERCURIUS @ -(A pagan god; Mercury (to the Romans); Hermes (to the Greeks))
- Paul taken for, in Lycaonia kjv@Acts:14:11-12
MERCY @