Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Mingrelia an Asiatic province of Russia, situated between the Black and Caspian seas, in the country formerly called Colchis. It covers a territory of 2600 square miles, inhabited by nearly 250,000 people. The country is mountainous, but is largely cultivated. Tobacco, rice, and millet are raised, and a great deal of silk, honey, and wine … Continue reading “Mingrelia”

Mingled People (Mixed Multitude) ming’ld pep’l: (1) Mixed multitude occurs in Num 11:4 as a translation of , ‘asaphsuph, collection, rabble. The same phrase in Exo 12:38; Neh 13:3 is the rendition of , erebh. Mingled people is used also to translate erebh, and is found in Jer 15:20, 24; Jer 50:37; Eze 30:5, and … Continue reading “Mingled People (Mixed Multitude)”

Mingled People (, e’reb, a mixture), spoken of a mixed multitude, such as accompanied the Israelites from Egypt (Exo 12:38), and joined them after their return from Babylon (Neh 13:3); but specifically (with the def. article) of the promiscuous mass of foreign auxiliaries, e.g. of Solomon (1Ki 10:15), of Egypt (Eze 30:5; Jer 25:20; Jer … Continue reading “Mingled People”

Mingle “to mix, mingle” (from a root mik—; Eng., “mix” is akin), is always in the NT translated “to mingle,” Mat 27:34; Luk 13:1; Rev 8:7; Rev 15:2. “to mix, to mingle,” chiefly of the diluting of wine, implies “a mixing of two things, so that they are blended and form a compound, as in … Continue reading “Mingle”

Mingarelli, Giovanni Lodovico an eminent Italian bibliographer, the elder brother of the preceding, was born at Bologna February 27, 1722. He held successively the principal offices of the congregation of the regular canons of San Salvatore. Afterwards he was a professor of Greek literature at the College della Sapienza, at Rome. Mingarelli employed his hours … Continue reading “Mingarelli, Giovanni Lodovico”

Mingarelli, Fernando an eminent Italian theologian, was born at Bologna in 1724. He flourished as professor of theology at the University of Malta for several years. Impaired health finally obliged his return to France. He died at Faenza December 21, 1777. He was a member of the Academy of the Arcadians. Mingarelli wrote several works; … Continue reading “Mingarelli, Fernando”

Ming te (a) Illustrious virtue; perfect virtue. (Early Confucianism.) (b) Man’s clear character; the virtuous nature which man derives from Heaven. (Neo-Confucianism.) — W.T.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Ming, John A philosopher and writer, born at Gyswyl, Unterwalden, Switzerland, 20 Sept., 1838; died at Brooklyn, Ohio, U. S. A., 17 June, 1910. He was educated at the Benedictine College, Engelburg, Switzerland, and entered the German Jesuit novitiate in 1856. He studied philosophy at Aachen (1861-64), and theology at Maria-Laach (1865-69). After a year’s … Continue reading “Ming, John”

Ming chia Sophists or Dialecticians, also called hsing-ming chia, including Teng Hsi Tzu (545-501 B.C.?), Hui Shih (390-305 B.C.?), and Kung-sun Lung (between 400 and 250 B.C.), at first insisted on the correspondence between name and reality. The school later became a school of pure sophistry which Chuang Tzu and the Neo-Mohists strongly attacked. See … Continue reading “Ming chia”

Ming (dynasty) philosophy See Li hsueh and Chinese philosophy. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy