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Meshech in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

me'-shek, me'-sek (meshekh, "long," "tall"; Mosoch): Son of Japheth (Gen 10:2; 1 Ch 1:5; 1:17 is a scribal error for "Mash"; compare Gen 10:22,23). His descendants and their dwelling-place (probably somewhere in the neighborhood of armenia (Herodotus iii.94)) seem to be regarded in Scripture as synonyms for the barbaric and remote (Ps 120:5; c...

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Mibhar in Easton's Bible Dictionary

choice, a Hagarene, one of David's warriors (1 Chr. 11:38); called also Bani the Gadite (2 Sam. 23:36)....

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Mibsam in Hitchcock's Bible Names

smelling sweet...

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Micah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. An Ephraimite His robbery and idolatry Jud 17; 18 -2. Head of a family of Reuben 1Ch 5:5 -3. Also called MICHA Son of Mephibosheth 2Sa 9:12; 1Ch 8:34,35; 9:40,41 -4. Also called MICHAH A Kohathite 1Ch 23:20; 24:24,25 -5. Father of Abdon 2Ch 34:20 -6. One of the minor prophets Jer 26:18,19; Mic 1:1,14,15 Denounces the idolatry of ...

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Mesha in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. King of Moab. frontDIBON on his victorious campaign against Israel, and confirmation of Scripture.) Revolted at Ahab's death (2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 3:4-5). Being "sheepmasters" the Moabites had rendered tribute to Israel ever since David's days (2 Samuel 8:2) in flocks, 100,000 lambs, and 100,000 rams with the wool. Isaiah (Isaiah 16:1) cou...

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Meshech in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Also called MESECH Son of Japheth Ge 10:2; 1Ch 1:5 -2. Son of Shem 1Ch 1:17 -3. A tribe Ps 120:5 -4. The Moschi Eze 27:13; 32:26; 38:2,3...

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Mibhar in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Son of Haggert (1 Chronicles 11:38), probably a corruption for 2 Samuel 23:36, "of Zobah, Bani the Gadite." Septuagint seemingly read, "Igal the brother of Nathan, flower of the host; Bani the Gadite."...

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Mibzar in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mib'-zar (mibhtsar, "a fortress"): An Edomite chief, the King James Version "duke" (Gen 36:42; 1 Ch 1:53). According to Eusebius, Mibzar is connected with Mibsara, a considerable village subject to Petra and still existing in his time. Compare Holzinger and Skinner in respective commentaries on Genesis....

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Mesha in Hitchcock's Bible Names

burden; salvation...

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Meshech in Easton's Bible Dictionary

drawing out, the sixth son of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), the founder of a tribe (1 Chr. 1:5; Ezek. 27:13; 38:2,3). They were in all probability the Moschi, a people inhabiting the Moschian Mountains, between the Black and the Caspian Seas. In Ps. 120:5 the name occurs as simply a synonym for foreigners or barbarians. "During the ascendency of t...

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