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Madai in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 10:2, sons, i.e. descendants, of Japheth, an ethnic designation. The Medes, who called themselves Made, S.W. of the Caspian. Some came with the Scythians to Europe, the mixed race formed the Sarmatians. Modern ethnology has found that in physical type and language the Medes belong to the Indo Germanic family of mankind, comprising the ...

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Mahalalel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ma-ha'-la-lel (mahalal'el; the King James Version Mahalaleel, ma-ha'la-le-el, ma-hal'a-lel): (1) Son of Cainan, the grandson of Seth (Gen 5:12 ff; 1 Ch 1:2). (2) The ancestor of Athaiah, one of the children of Judah who dwelt in Jerusalem after the return from exile (Neh 11:4)....

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Mahath in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(grabbing). 1. A Zohathite of the house of Korah. 1Ch 6:35 2. Also a Kohathite, in the reign of Hezekiah. 2Ch 29:12; 31:13...

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Mahazioth in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:30....

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Machir in Easton's Bible Dictionary

sold. (1.) Manasseh's oldest son (Josh. 17:1), or probably his only son (see 1 Chr. 7:14, 15; comp. Num. 26:29-33; Josh. 13:31). His descendants are referred to under the name of Machirites, being the offspring of Gilead (Num. 26:29). They settled in land taken from the Amorites (Num. 32:39, 40; Deut. 3:15) by a special enactment (Num. 36...

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Madai in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a measure; judging; a garment...

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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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Lysias in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(dissolving), a nobleman of the blood-royal, 1Macc 3:32; 2Macc 11:1, who was entrusted he Antiochus Epiphanes (cir. B.C. 166) with the government of southern Syria and the guardianship of his son Antiochus Eupator. 1Macc 3:32; 2Macc. 10:11. After the death of Antiochus Epiphanes, B.C. 184, Lysias assumed the government as guardian of his son, ...

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