Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Modad, Book of Eldad and See ELDAD AND MODAD, BOOK OF. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Mocoviacute; Indians The name is also written Macobio, Mbocobi, Mocobio. They are a warlike and predatory tribe of the Guaycuran stock, and are closely related linguistically to the Toba, Mbaya, and Abipon, their usual allies, settled principally along the middle and upper Vermejo River, in the Chaco region of northern Argentina, although the formerly extended … Continue reading “Mocoviacute; Indians”

Mocking Instances of: – Ishmael mocks Sarah Gen 21:9 – Elijah mocks the priests of Baal 1Ki 18:27 – Zedekiah mocks Micaiah 1Ki 22:24 – Children mock Elisha 2Ki 2:23 – The tormentors of Job mock Job 15:12; Job 30:1 – The persecutors of Jesus mock Him Mat 26:67-68; Mat 27:28-31; Mat 27:39-44; Mar 10:34; … Continue reading “MOCKING”

Mockery MOCKERY.The Evangelists relate in the Passion history a series of narratives describing the brutal mockery of Jesus by the authorities and by their soldiers and servants. The passages are the following: (a) Mar 14:65 = Mat 26:67-68 = Luk 22:63-64; (b) Luk 23:11; (c) Mar 15:18-20 = Mat 27:27-31 = Joh 19:2-3. There is … Continue reading “Mockery”

Mock, Mocker, Mocking mok, mok’er, moking (, hathal, , laagh, , empazo): To mock is the translation of hathal, to play upon, mock, deride (Jdg 16:10, Jdg 16:13, Jdg 16:15; 1Ki 18:27, Elijah mocked them; Job 13:9 twice, the Revised Version (British and American) deceiveth, deceive, margin mocketh, mock); of laagh, to stammer or babble … Continue reading “Mock, Mocker, Mocking”

Mock Pro 1:26 (a) We can hardly understand GOD mocking the sinner when the anguish and pain of GOD’s wrath overtakes him. It has the thought of mimicking as GOD sees the suffering of those who rebel against Him. Fuente: Wilson’s Dictionary of Bible Types

Mocissus A titular metropolitan see of Cappadocia. Procopius (De ædif., V, iv) informs us that this fortified site, in north-western Cappadocia, was constituted metropolis of Cappadocia Tertia by Justinian, when he divided that province into three parts. The emperor gave it the name of Justinianopolis. Nothing is known of its history, and its name should … Continue reading “Mocissus”

Mochumna, Saint (c.540) Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland. He accompanied Saint Columba to Iona, and after being consecrated bishop went as a missionary among the Picts . Patron of Aberdeen Cathedral. Feast , 12 November . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Mochuda, Saint Abbot , born County Kerry, Ireland , 555 ; died Lismore, 637 . He spent his youth as a swineherd near Castlemaine, entered a neighboring monastery , studied under Saint Carthage the Elder, and was ordained. In 580 he built a cell at Kiltallagh where he lived as a hermit . He founded … Continue reading “Mochuda, Saint”

Mochonna, Saint Missionary, born Ireland ; died 648 on the Isle of Man. He was a monk at Iona and tutor to the sons of King Eugene IV of Scotland. In 600 he became Bishop of the Southern Hebrides and the Isle of Man. Feast , 13 and 26 January. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary