Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Naenia (i.e., a dirge or lamentation, equivalent to the Greek ) is the term used to describe the Roman funeral songs, uttered either by the relatives of the deceased or by hired persons. At Rome Naenia was personified and worshipped as a goddess, and even had a chapel, which, however, as in the case of … Continue reading “Naenia”

Nadhamians a heretical Mohammedan sect, which maintained that God could do evil, but that he never does it, lest he should appear a wicked and imperfect being. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nadasdy, Thomas a Hungarian Protestant divine of some note, flourished during the Reformation movement of the 16th century. But little is known of his personal history. He was distinguished by unusual attainments, power, wealth, zeal, and generosity in supporting the cause of the Gospel. He died in 1553. “Nadasdy had been a strong pillar in … Continue reading “Nadasdy, Thomas”

Nadal, Bernard H., D.D a distinguished minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Talbot County, Maryland, March 27, 1812. He was converted in 1832; and after the necessary preparatory studies, which he pursued in private, he was admitted as a preacher in the old Baltimore Conference in 1835. His subsequent fields of labor … Continue reading “Nadal, Bernard H., D.D”

Nadabatha ( v.r. ; Syriac, Nobot; Vulg. Madaba), “a place from which the bride was conducted by the children of Jambri (q.v.) when Jonathan and Simon attacked them (1Ma 9:37). Josephus (Ant. 13:1, 4) gives the name as Gabath (). Jerome’s conjecture (in the Vulgate) can hardly be admitted, because Medeba was the city of … Continue reading “Nadabatha”

Nadabath NADABATH.An unidentified town (?), east of the Jordan, in the neighbourhood of which a wedding party of the sons of Jambri was attacked, and many of them slain, by Jonathan and Simon (1Ma 9:37 ff.). Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Nadabath nada-bath (, Nadabath; the King James Version Nadabatha, na-daba-tha): A city East … Continue reading “Nadabath”

NADAB 1. The oldest son of Aaron, slain by the lord for presumptuously offering strange fire on the altar of burnt offering, Lev 10:1-20 . See ABIHU.2. Son of Jeroboam I. King of Israel. He succeeded his father, B. C. 954, and reigned but two years, being assassinated, while besieging Gibbethon, by Baasha, of the … Continue reading “Nadab”

Nacon, The Threshing Floor of nakon, (, nakhon; the King James Version Nachon): The place where Uzzah was smitten for putting forth his hand to steady the ark, hence, called afterward Perezuzzah 2Sa 6:8; in the parallel passage 1Ch 13:9 we have , kdhon, and in Josephus (Ant., VII, iv, 2) , Cheidon. In 1Sa … Continue reading “Nacon, The Threshing Floor of”

Nacon NACON.See Chidon. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Nacolia (Nacoleia). A titular metropolitan see in Phrygia Salutaris. This town, which took its name from the nymph Nacola, had no history in antiquity. It was there that Valens defied the usurper Procopius; under Arcadius it was occupied by a garrison of Goths who revolted against the emperor. At first dependent on Synnada, the see … Continue reading “Nacolia”