Biblia

Nelaton, Auguste

Nelaton, Auguste Catholic physician and surgeon; born Paris, France , 17 June 1807; died there, 21 September 1873. Received his doctorate in 1836; wrote a these on the effects of tuberculosis on bone. Professor at the Paris Hospital Saint Louis where he suggested the ligature of both ends of the arteries in hemorrhages. Developed plastic … Continue reading “Nelaton, Auguste”

Nekodan

Nekodan NEKODAN (1Es 5:37) = Nekoda, Ezr 2:60, Neh 7:62. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Nekodan ne-kodan (, Nekodan; the Revised Version margin Nekoda; the King James Version Necodan): (1) Head of a family which returned from exile, but could not show their families nor their stock (1 Esdras 5:37) = Nekoda of Ezr … Continue reading “Nekodan”

Nekoda

Nekoda (Heb. Nekoda’, , distinguished; Sept. , v.r. and ), the head of a family of the “Temple servants” who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezr 2:48; Neh 7:50). B.C. 535. A man of the same name is mentioned in Ezr 2:60; Neh 7:62, as the progenitor of certain persons who on the return from … Continue reading “Nekoda”

Nekir

Nekir in Mohammedanism, is one of the two angels who wake up every dead body, and ask for the faith of its former possessor. If he be true, he is refreshed with the dew of paradise, and laid to rest again; but if he is not favorable to Islam, he is whipped with two iron … Continue reading “Nekir”

Nekeb

Nekeb (Heb. id., but only with the art., ; Sept. , v.r. , ; Vulg. quce est Neceb), given in our version as one of the towns on the boundary of Naphtali (Jos 19:33 only), apparently between Adam and Jabneel. A great number of commentators, from Jonathan the Targumist and Jerome (Vulgate as above) to … Continue reading “Nekeb”

Nekam

Nekam a Mohammedan martyr to the Christian cause, flourished near the middle of the 11th century. He was of an influential family, but, convinced of the errors of Mohammedanism, he embraced Christianity and became a Jacobite. His parents and friends forsook him, and he consequently retired to the church of St. Michael at Moctara, where, … Continue reading “Nekam”