Bible Names H-M

Luke in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(light-giving), or Lu'cas, is an abbreviated form of Lucanus. It is not to be confounded with Lucius, Ac 13:1; Ro 16:21 which belongs to a different person. The name Luke occurs three times in the New Testament-- Col 4:14; 2Ti 4:11; Phle 1:24 --and probably in all three the third evangelist is the person spoken of. Combining the traditional e...

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Lemuel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

dedicated to God, a king whom his mother instructed (Prov. 31:1-9). Nothing is certainly known concerning him. The rabbis identified him with Solomon....

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Leummim in Hitchcock's Bible Names

countries; without water...

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Libni in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Gershon Ex 6:17; Nu 3:18; 1Ch 6:17,20 Descendants called LIBNITES Nu 3:21; 26:58 -2. Grandson of Merari 1Ch 6:29...

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Lo-ammi in Easton's Bible Dictionary

not my people, a symbolical name given by God's command to Hosea's second son in token of Jehovah's rejection of his people (Hos. 1:9, 10), his treatment of them as a foreign people. This Hebrew word is rendered by "not my people" in ver. 10; 2:23....

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Lemuel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

"devoted to God", or "created by God" (the long form of Loci, Numbers 3:24). Instead of "Lemuel .... the prophecy," some less probably translated "Lemuel, king of Massa" (Proverbs 31:1-9). An ideal model king. Not, as Hitzig guessed, elder brother to Agur, king of an Arab tribe in Massa, on the borders of Israel, and both sprung from the Simeo...

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Levi in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

le'-vi (Lewi; Leui; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Leuei): (1) The 3rd son of Jacob by Leah. See separate article. (2) (3) Two ancestors of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Lk 3:24,29). (4) The apostle Matthew. See MATTHEW....

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Libni in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(white). 1. The eldest son of Gershon the son of Levi, Ex 6:17; Nu 3:18; 1Ch 6:17,20 and ancestor of the family of the Libnites. (B.C. after 1700.) 2. The son of Mahli or Mahali, son of Merari, 1Ch 6:29 as the text at present stands. It is probable, however, that he is the same with the preceding, and that something has been omitted. Comp. v...

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Lo-ammi in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

LizardLoan Additional Resources Concordances&149; Nave's Topical Bible» Lo-ammiDictionaries&149; Easton's Bible Dictionary» Lo-ammi&149; Hitchcock's Bible Names» Lo- ammiEncyclopedias&149; International Standard Bible Encyclopedia» Lo-AmmiLexicons&149; Hebrew - Lo-ammi Lo-Ammi ("not My people".) Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah ("not love...

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