Bible Names H-M

Mahaleleel in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Also called MALELEEL Son of Cainan Ge 5:12-17; 1Ch 1:2; Lu 3:37 -2. A man of Judah Ne 11:4...

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Mahath in Easton's Bible Dictionary

grasping. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, father of Elkanah (1 Chr. 6:35). (2.) Another Kohathite Levite, of the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12)....

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Mahazioth in Hitchcock's Bible Names

seeing a sign; seeing a letter...

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Machir in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Manasseh's oldest son by a Syrian or Aramite concubine (1 Chronicles 7:14). Joseph had Machir's children upon his knees (Genesis 50:23), i.e. they were adopted by Joseph from their birth. Gilead was his son, and Abiah his daughter. A large part of the country E. of Jordan was subdued by his powerful family (Numbers 32:39; Deuteronomy 3:15)....

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Magog in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ma'-gog (maghogh; Magog): Named among the sons of Japheth (Gen 10:2; 1 Ch 1:5). Ezekiel uses the word as equivalent to "land of Gog" (Ezek 38:2; 39:6). Josephus identifies the Magogites with the Scythians (Ant., I, vi, 1). From a resemblance between the names Gog and Gyges (Gugu), king of Lydia, some have suggested that Magog is Lydia; others,...

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Mahalaleel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(praise of God). 1. The fourth in descent from Adam, according to the Sethite genealogy, and son of Cainan. Ge 6:12,13,15-17; 1Ch 1:2; Lu 3:37 Revised Version. 2. A descendant of Perez or Pharez the son of Judah. Ne 11:4...

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Mahath in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 6:35. 2. 2 Chronicles 31:13....

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Mahlon in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ma'-lon (machlon, "invalid"): Ruth's first husband (Ruth 12,5; 4:9,10). In the latter passage is further evidence of the unwillingness to allow a family connection or inheritance to drop (see MAHLAH; MAHLI). Note that David's descent and that of his "Greater Son" come through Ruth and Boaz (Ruth 4:22)....

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Magog in Naves Topical Bible

-Son of Japheth Ge 10:2; 1Ch 1:5 -Prophecy concerning Eze 38:2; 39:6 -Symbolical of the enemies of God Re 20:8...

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