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Moab in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of Lot (Gen. 19:37), of incestuous birth. (2.) Used to denote the people of Moab (Num. 22:3- 14; Judg. 3:30; 2 Sam. 8:2; Jer. 48:11, 13). (3.) The land of Moab (Jer. 48:24), called also the "country of Moab" (Ruth 1:2, 6; 2:6), on the east of Jordan and the...

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Mordecai in Hitchcock's Bible Names

contrition; bitter; bruising...

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Mizpar in Easton's Bible Dictionary

number, one of the Jews who accompanied Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezra 2:2); called also Mispereth (Neh. 7:7)....

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Mnason in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(remembering) is honorably mentioned in Scripture. Ac 21:16 It is most likely that his residence at this time was not Caesarea, but Jerusalem. He was a Cyprian by birth, and may have been a friend of Barnabas. Ac 4:36...

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Moab in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("from father"), i.e. the incestuous offspring of Lot's older daughter, near Zoar, S.E. of the Dead Sea (Genesis 19:37). Originally the Moabites dwelt due E. of the Dead Sea, from whence they expelled the Emims. Their territory was 40 miles long, 12 wide, the modern Belka or Kerak (Deuteronomy 2:10- 11). Afterward, Sihon king of the Amorites dr...

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Hill of Moreh in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mo'-re (gibh`ath ha-moreh, "hill of the teacher"; Codex Vaticanus Gabaathamora; Codex Alexandrinus, tou bomou tou Abor): The Hebrew moreh is derived from the verb yarah, "to teach," "to direct," and indicates one who directs, or gives oracular answers. We might therefore read "hill of the teacher," the height being associated with such a perso...

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Mizzah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

miz'-a (mizzah, "strong," "firm"): Grandson of Esau, one of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen 36:13,17; 1 Ch 1:37)....

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Mnason in Easton's Bible Dictionary

reminding, or remembrancer, a Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged (Acts 21:16). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas (11:19, 20), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea (4:36). He was an "old disciple" (R.V., "early disciple"), i.e., he had become a Christian in the beginning of the formation of the Churc...

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Moab in Hitchcock's Bible Names

of his father...

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Moreh in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A plain near Shechem and Gilgal Ge 12:6; De 11:30 -2. A hill on the plain of Jezreel where the Midianites encamped Jud 7:1,12...

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