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Manasseh in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(forgetting), the eldest son of Joseph, Ge 41:51; 46:20 born 1715-10 B.C. Both he and Ephraim were born before the commencement of the famine. He was placed after his younger brother, Ephraim, by his grandfather Jacob, when he adopted them into his own family, and made them heads of tribes. Whether the elder of the two sons was inferior in for...

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Manoah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

rest; a present...

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Marcus in Hitchcock's Bible Names

polite; shining...

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Mark in Naves Topical Bible

-A nephew of Barnabas Col 4:10 -A disciple of Jesus Ac 12:12,25; 13:5,13 -Paul and Barnabas contend concerning Ac 15:36-39 -A convert of Peter 1Pe 5:13 -Fellow-worker with Paul at Rome Col 4:10,11; 2Ti 4:11; Phm 1:24...

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Manaen in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

man'-a-en (Manaen, Greek form of Hebrew name "Menahem," meaning "consoler"): Manaen is mentioned, with Barnabas, Saul and others, in Acts 13:1, as one of the "prophets and teachers" in the recently rounded Gentile church at Antioch, at the time when Barnabas and Saul were "separated" by Divine call for their missionary service. He is further d...

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Manasseh in Easton's Bible Dictionary

who makes to forget. "God hath made me forget" (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1). There is an account of his marriage to a Syrian (1 Chr. 7:14); and the only thing afterwards recorded of him is, that his grandchildren w...

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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)....

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Manaen in Naves Topical Bible

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

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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...

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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...

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