Bible History
Bible History
Choose a Category

Bible Names H-M

Maoch in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ma'-ok (ma`okh, "oppressed," "bruised"): The same as Maacah (1 Ki 2:39). The father of that Achish, king of Gath, with whom David and his 600 sojourned under fear of Saul's treachery (1 Sam 27:2)....

Read More

Mareshah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ma-re'-sha (mareshah; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Bathesar; Codex Alexandrinus Maresa): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named with Keilah and Achzib (Josh 15:44). It occupied such a position that Rehoboam thought well to fortify it for the protection of Jerusalem (2 Ch 11:8). In the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah, Asa overwhelmed Zerah the E...

Read More

Manaen in Naves Topical Bible

-An associate of Herod in his youth, and a Christian teacher Ac 13:1...

Read More

Manasseh in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("causing to forget".) Joseph's firstborn by Asenath, whose birth "made him forget all his toil and all (the sorrow he endured through) his father's house" (Genesis 41:51). Jacob adopted them as his own, though "horn in Egypt" and by an alien to Israel (Genesis 48:5; Genesis 48:9); "as Reuben and Simeon they shall be mine," i.e. patriarchal he...

Read More

Maoch in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(oppression) the father of Achish king of Gath, with whom David took refuge. 1Sa 27:2...

Read More

Mareshah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A city of the tribe of Judah Jos 15:44; 2Ch 11:8; 14:9,10 Birthplace of Eliezer the prophet 2Ch 20:37 Prophecy concerning Mic 1:15 -2. Father of Hebron 1Ch 2:42 -3. A son of (or possibly a city) founded by, Laadah 1Ch 4:21...

Read More

Manaen in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(comforter) is mentioned in Ac 13:1 as one of the teachers and prophets in the church at Antioch at the time of the appointment of Saul and Barnabas as missionaries to the heathen. He is said to have been brought up with Herod Antipas. He was probably his foster-brother....

Read More

Manasseh in Hitchcock's Bible Names

forgetfulness; he that is forgotten...

Read More

Mark in Smiths Bible Dictionary

one of the evangelists, and probable author of the Gospel bearing his name. (Marcus was his Latin surname. His Jewish name was John, which is the same as Johanan (the grace of God). We can almost trace the steps whereby the former became his prevalent name in the Church. "John, whose surname was Mark" in Ac 12:12,25; 15:37 becomes "John" alone...

Read More

Mark in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the evangelist; "John whose surname was Mark" (Acts 12:12, 25). Mark (Marcus, Col. 4:10, etc.) was his Roman name, which gradually came to supersede his Jewish name John. He is called John in Acts 13:5, 13, and Mark in 15:39, 2 Tim. 4:11, etc. He was the son of Mary, a woman apparently of some means and influence, and was probably born in...

Read More

61 Bible Translations

Popular Articles

Explore the Bible Like Never Before!

Bible History Online

Bible Study Tools

Top Tags