Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Methegammah [Meth’eg-am’mah] Place taken from the Philistines. 2Sa 8:1. The corresponding account in 1Ch 18:1 has ‘Gath and her towns’ (lit. daughters). The signification of the name in Samuel is much disputed. Gesenius and Frst interpret it ‘bridle of the mother-city.’ This would well agree with ‘Gath and her daughter towns.’ Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary … Continue reading “Methegammah”

METHEG-AMMAH 2Sa 8:1 ; 1Ch 18:1 . See GATH. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Metheg-Ammah (Heb me’theg ha-anmmah’, , bridle [as in 2Ki 19:28, etc.] of the mother [i.e. mother-city = , in 2Sa 20:19]; Sept. ,Vulg. frenum tributi), a figurative term for a chief city, occurring in the statement (2Sa 8:1), David took … Continue reading “Metheg-Ammah”

Metheg SEE METHEG-AMMAH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Metham, Thomas A knight, confessor of the Faith; died in York Castle, 1573. He was eldest son of Thomas Metham, of Metham, Yorkshire, and Grace, daughter of Thomas Pudsey, of Barford, and was twice married; first, to Dorothy, daughter of George, Lord Darcy and Meinill, and then to Edith, daughter of Nicholas Palmes of Naburn. … Continue reading “Metham, Thomas”

Meth, Ezeghiel a noted leader of a mystic sect who at the beginning of the 17th century created great excitement in Thuringia. Meth was practicing medicine in the city of Langensalza, Thuringia, when his uncle, a merchant in the same town, who had become an enthusiastic mystic, presented him with his peculiar conceptions of Christian … Continue reading “Meth, Ezeghiel”

Meteyard metyard (, middah, a measure, Lev 19:35): Has this meaning in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), but in the American Standard Revised Version, measures of length. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Meteyard A rod or line by which lengths could be ascertained: the same word is often translated … Continue reading “Meteyard”

Meterus ( v. r. ,Vulg. omits), given (1Es 5:17) among those whose sons returned from the captivity with Zerubbabel; but the Hebrews lists (Ezra 2; Nehemiah 7) have no corresponding name. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Meterus me-terus. See BAITERUS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena General references Gen 2:5-6; Gen 27:39; Job 9:7; Job 26:7-8; Job 26:11; Job 27:20-21; Job 28:24-27; Job 29:19; Job 36:27-33; Job 37:6-22; Job 38:8-11; Job 38:22; Job 38:24-29; Job 38:31-35; Job 38:37; Psa 18:8-15; Psa 19:2-6; Psa 29:3-10; Psa 65:8-12; Psa 104:2-3; Psa 104:7; Psa 104:13; Psa 104:19-20; Psa 147:7-8; Psa … Continue reading “Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena”

METEOROLOGY (A) THE WEATHER(1) Forecast of Mat 16:2; Mat 16:3; Luk 12:54; Luk 12:55; Act 27:10 (2) Affected by Prayer 1Sa 12:16-18; 1Ki 18:41-45; Jam 5:17-18 (B) CLOUDS Jdg 5:4; Job 26:8; Job 37:16; Psa 77:17; Ecc 11:3; Ecc 11:4; Ecc 12:2 2Pe 2:17 (C) DEW AND FROST(1) Dew Gen 27:28; Exo 16:13; Deu 33:28; … Continue reading “METEOROLOGY”

metempsychosis (Greek: meta, over; en, in; psyche, soul) The doctrine of the transmigration or transition of souls, i.e., that the same soul inhabits in succession the bodies of different beings, both men and brute animals. Taught by Pythagoreans, Plato, and many Oriental religions. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary Metempsychosis (Gr. meta empsychos, Lat. metempsychosis: Fr. metempsychose: … Continue reading “Metempsychosis”