Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Moye, Ven. John Martin Priest of the Diocese of Metz, founder of the Sisters of Divine Providence (q. v.), missionary in China, b. at Cutting, Lorraine, 27 January, 1730; d. at Trier, 4 May, 1793. He was the sixth of the thirteen children of John Moye and Catharine Demange. His older brother, a seminarian, taught … Continue reading “Moye, Ven. John Martin”

Moya, Don Mattheo a Spanish theologian, was born in 1607 at Moral, in the diocese of Toledo. Admitted into the Society of Jesus, he taught theology in Alcala and Madrid, became confessor to the duke of Ossuna. when the same was sent to Sicily, and received a like position with queen Mary Anne of Austria, … Continue reading “Moya, Don Mattheo”

Moy De Sons, Karl Ernst, Freiherr Von A jurist, born 10 August, 1799, at Munich; died 1 August, 1867, at Innsbruck (Tyrol). He belonged to an ancient noble family of Picardy, banished from France in 1789 and settled in Munich. After completing his studies in his native city, he became auditor in the war office; … Continue reading “Moy De Sons, Karl Ernst, Freiherr Von”

Moxos Indians A group of tribes, famous in the mission annals of Bolivia, belonging to Arawakan stock. In savage state they subsisted upon hunting and fishing, living in rude huts and leading a wandering life. They excelled in boat making, pottery and music and had a method of picture writing. Polygamy was not common. They … Continue reading “Moxos Indians”

Mowing, Mown Grass moing, (, gez, a shearing, cut grass): In Psa 72:6 the good king’s rule is said to be like rain upon the mown grass, to start the new growth (compare 2Sa 23:4; Hos 6:3). The king’s mowings Amo 7:1 were the portion of the spring herbage taken as tribute by the kings … Continue reading “Mowing, Mown Grass”

Mowing (, gez, Vulg. tonsio, Amo 7:1; the Sept. reads , either from a various reading or a confusion of the letters and ), a word signifying also a shorn fleece, and rendered in Psa 72:6, “mown grass.” As the great heat of the climate in Palestine and other similarly situated countries soon dries up … Continue reading “Mowing”

Mowes, Heinrich a Lutheran clergyman who flourished in Germany in the early part of this century, was settled near Magdeburg, Prussia. His life was marked by severe afflictions, which he bore with heroic faith. He died in 1831. He will be known to the English reader principally from his triumphant hymn, “Hallelujah! I believe,” translated … Continue reading “Mowes, Heinrich”

Mow “to mow,” is translated “moved” in Jam 5:4, RV (AV, “have reaped down”). “The cognate words seem to show that the sense of cutting or mowing was original, and that of gathering-in secondary” (Liddell and Scott, Lex.). Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Movers, Franz Karl Exegete and Orientalist, b. at Koesfeld, Westphalia, 17 July, 1806; d. at Breslau, 28 Sept., 1856. He attended the gymnasium of his native town, and from 1822 to 1825 the gymnasium at Münster. The next four years he studied at the academy of Münster, taking up philosophy, theology, and especially Oriental languages … Continue reading “Movers, Franz Karl”

Move, Moved, Mover, Moving, Unmovable “to set in motion, move” (hence, e.g., Eng. “kinematics,” “kinetics,” “cinema”), is used (a) of wagging the head, Mat 27:39; Mar 15:29; (b) of the general activity of the human being, Act 17:28; (c) of the “moving” of mountains, Rev 6:14, in the sense of removing, as in Rev 2:5, … Continue reading “Move, Moved, Mover, Moving, Unmovable”