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Malchus in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mal'-kus (Malchos, from melekh, i.e. "counselor" or "king"): The name of the servant of the high priest Caiaphas whose right ear was smitten off by Simon Peter at the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (compare Mt 26:51; Mk 14:47; Lk 22:50; Jn 18:10). It is noteworthy that Luke "the physician" alone gives an account of the healing of ...

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Malluch in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(counsellor). 1. A Levite of the family of Merari, and ancestor of Ethan the singer 1Ch 6:44 2. One of the sons of Bani. Ezr 10:29 and 3. One of the descendants of Harim, Ezr 10:32 who had married foreign wives. 4. A priest or family of priests. Ne 10:4 and 5. One of the heads of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Ne 10:27 6...

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Mamre in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

An ancient Amorite. Genesis 13:18, "the plain (rather the oaks or terebinths) of Mamre"; Genesis 14:13; Genesis 14:24, brother of Eshcol, friend and ally of Abraham. The chieftain had planted the terebinths, or was associated with them as his tenting place; so "the oak of Deborah" (Judges 4:5). Mamre was less than a mile from Hebron (Josephus,...

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Mahol in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Father of Ethan the Ezrahite,. Heman, Chalcol, and Darda (1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chronicles 2:6). Some interpret "sons of song" or rather "dance" (machol), dancing often accompanying hymns (Exodus 15:20; 2 Samuel 6:14)....

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Malchi-shua in Easton's Bible Dictionary

king of help, one of the four sons of Saul (1 Chr. 8:33). He perished along with his father in the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam. 31:2)....

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Malchus in Naves Topical Bible

-Servant of the high priest -Peter assaults in Gethsemane -Healed by Jesus Mt 26:51; Mr 14:47; Lu 22:50,51; Joh 18:10...

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Malluch in Easton's Bible Dictionary

reigned over, or reigning. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:44). (2.) A priest who returned from Babylon (Neh. 12:2). (3.) Ezra 10:29. (4.) Ezra 10:32...

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Mamre in Hitchcock's Bible Names

rebellious; bitter; set with trees...

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Madai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mad'-a-i, ma'-di (madhay). See MEDES....

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Magog in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(region of Gog). In Ge 10:2 Magog appears as the second son of Japheth; in Eze 38:2; 39:1,6 it appears as a country or people of which Gog was the prince. The notices of Magog would lead us to fix a northern locality: it is expressly stated by Ezekiel that "he was to come up from the sides of the north," Eze 39:2 from a country adjacent to tha...

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