< Previous | Contents | Next >

•METHEG-AMMAH bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Samuel 8:1, “David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines” (R.V., “took the bridle of the mother-city”); i.e., subdued their capital or strongest city, viz., Gath (1 Chronicles 18:1).‌‌‌‌

•METHUSAEL champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Genesis 4:18), so called, perhaps, to denote that even among the descendants of Cain God had not left himself without a witness.

•METHUSELAH man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood (Genesis 5:21-27; 1 Chronicles 1:3).

•MEZAHAB water of gold, the father of Matred (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50), and grandfather of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, the last king of Edom.

•MIAMIN =Mijamin, from the right hand. (1.) The head of one of the divisions of the priests (1 Chronicles 24:9).

(2.) A chief priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:5), called Mijamin (10:7) and Miniamin (12:17).

•MIBHAR choice, a Hagarene, one of David’s warriors (1 Chronicles 11:38); called also Bani the Gadite (2 Samuel 23:36).

•MIBSAM fragrance. (1.) One of Ishmael’s twelve sons, and head of an Arab tribe (Genesis 25:13).

(2.) A son of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:25).

< Previous | Contents | Next >