Bible Names H-M

Maath in Naves Topical Bible

-An ancestor of Jesus Lu 3:26...

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Machbanai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mak'-ba-ni, -ba-na'-i (makhbannay; the King James Version Machbanai): A Gadite who attached himself to David in Ziklag (1 Ch 12:13)....

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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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Maacah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Abel-beth-Maacah was not in it, but in Israel; in the direction of Maacah, and somehow connected with it (2 Samuel 20:14-16). A small kingdom outside Argob (Deuteronomy 3:14), and Bashan (Joshua 12:5). Between Bashan and the kingdom of Damascus, on the skirts of Mount Hermon, E. of the Lejah. The mention of Maacah with the Geshurites points to...

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Maath in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(small), son of Mattathias in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Lu 3:26...

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Machbanai in Naves Topical Bible

-A Gadite warrior 1Ch 12:13...

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Lysias in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the Roman troops in Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator Felix at Caesarea (Acts 21:31-38; 22:24-30). His letter to his superior officer is an interesting specimen of Roman military correspondence (23:26-30). He obtained his Roman citizenship by purchase, and was therefore proba...

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Maachah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

pressed down; worn; fastened...

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