Massa
Massa
(Heb. Massa’, , a liftiing up, as often; Sept. ), one of the sons of Ishmael (B.C. post 2061), who became the progenitor of an Arabian clan (Gen 25:14; 1Ch 1:30). The tribe is usually, and not improbably, compared with the Masani (Macavol, Ptol. v. 19, 2), inhabiting the Arabian desert towards Babylonia, doubtless the same as the lascei, a nomad tribe of Mesopotamia (Pliny, H. N. 6:30). This would confirm Forster’s theory that the twelve sons of Ishmael peopled the whole of the Arabian peninsula (Geogr. of Arabia, 1:284). As Dumah is named in connection with Seir (Isa 21:11), there is some foundation for the opinion that Massa was a kingdom of considerable size, possibly reigned over by king Lemuel (Pro 30:1, , the prophecy). SEE LEMUEL. Hitzig arbitrarily locates Dumah in wady el-Kora, about fifty miles south-east of Akabah, and then places Massa between it and Mount Seir (Zeller’s Johrbuch, 1844, p. 288). SEE DUMAH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Massa
a lifting up, gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14); a nomad tribe inhabiting the Arabian desert toward Babylonia.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Massa
Son of Ishmael (Gen 25:14). (See LEMUEL.) The Masani, placed by Ptolemy the geographer E. of Arabia, may have sprung from Massa.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Massa
MASSA.A son of Ishmael (Gen 25:14 = 1Ch 1:39), representing a North Arabian tribe. Its exact location is unknown, but it seems to be mentioned in an inscription containing a report to king Ashurbanipal of Assyria (b.c. 668626) of an attack made by the Massorites upon the people of Nebaioth (wh. see). The tribe of Massa would therefore seem to have lived not very far east of Palestine. This view is confirmed by the fact that Pro 31:1-10 is addressed to Lemuel, king of Massa (see RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ), since Pro 30:1-33; Pro 31:1-31 belong to the border-land wisdom of Israel. It is probably not to be read in Pro 30:1, where the word Massa (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ) is presumably a gloss. Cf. Mesha, p. 607a.
J. F. MCurdy.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Massa
A memorable spot in the journies of Israel, signifying temptation. See Gen 17:2, etc.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Massa
masa (, massa’, burden): Descendant of Abraham through Ishmael (Gen 25:14; 1Ch 1:30). His people may be the Masani of Ptolemy, having Eastern Arabia near Babylon as their habitat. The marginal reading of the heading to Prov 31 mentions Lemuel as king of Massa. If that reading is accepted, it would seem that a tribe and probably a place were named from Ishmael’s descendant. The reading is doubtful, however, for where the phrase recurs in Prov 30 (Revised Version (British and American)) it appears to be a gloss.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Massa
Massa, an encampment of the Israelites [WANDERING].
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Massa
[Mas’sa]
One of the sons of Ishmael. Gen 25:14; 1Ch 1:30.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Massa
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Son of Ishmael.
Gen 25:14; 1Ch 1:30
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Massa
Mas’sa. (burden). A son of Ishmael. Gen 26:14; 1Ch 1:30. His descendants were not improbably the Masani, placed by Ptolemy in the east of Arabia, near the borders of Babylonia.