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Mnason in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Of Cyprus; possibly converted through Barnabas a Cypriote, and one of those Cypriotes scattered abroad after Stephen's martyrdom who preached to the Greeks at Antioch (Acts 4:36; Acts 11:15; Acts 11:19-20). "An old disciple," perhaps one from "the beginning" (as archaios in derivation means), i.e. from the day of Pentecost. Translated Acts 21:...

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Mordecai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mor'-de-ki, mor-de-ka'-i (mordekhay; Mardochaios): An Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, whose fate it has been to occupy a distinguished place in the annals of his people. His great-grandfather, Kish, had been carried to Babylon along with Jeconiah, king of Judah (Est 2:5-6). For nearly 60 years before the scenes narrated in Esther, in which...

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Mizzah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

despair, one of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau (Gen. 36:13, 17)....

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Mnason in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a diligent seeker; an exhorter...

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Mordecai in Naves Topical Bible

-A Jewish captive in Persia Es 2:5,6 -Foster father of Esther Es 2:7 -Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life and is rewarded Es 2:21-23; 6:1-11 -Promoted in Haman's place Es 8:1,2,15; 10:1-3 -Intercedes with Ahasuerus for the Jews; establishes the festival of Purim in commemoration of their deliverance Es 8; 9...

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Mizzah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The Phrat-Misan at the head of the Persian gulf probably retains the name....

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Mordecai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(little man, or worshipper or Mars), the deliverer, under divine Providence, of the Jews from the destruction plotted against them by Haman the chief minister of Xerxes; the institutor of the feast of Purim. The incidents of his history are too well known to need to be dwelt upon. [ESTHER] Three things are predicated of Mordecai in the book of...

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Mizzah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

defluxion from the head...

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Moab in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Lot Ge 19:37 -2. Plains of Israelites come in De 2:17,18 Military forces numbered in Nu 26:3,63 The law rehearsed in, by Moses Nu 35; 36; De 29; 30; 31; 32; 33 The Israelites renew their covenant in De 29:1 The land of promise allotted in Jos 13:32...

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Moab in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mo'-ab, mo'-ab-its (Moab, mo'abh, Moabite Stone, M-'-B; Greek (Septuagint) Moab, he Moabeitis, Moabitis; Moabite, mo'abhi; Moabites, bene mo'abh): 1. The Land: Moab was the district East of the Dead Sea, extending from a point some distance North of it to its southern end. The eastern boundary was indefinite, being the border of the desert whi...

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