Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

MESHECH OR MESECH Psa 120:5, the sixth son of Japheth, Gen 10:2, located near Tubal at the northeast corner of Asia Minor, in Iberia, and supposed by many to have been the father of the Muscovites. Meshech traded with Tyre in “the persons of men, and in vessels of brass,” Eze 27:13 ; 32:26; 38:2. … Continue reading “MESHECH OR MESECH”

Meshech, Mesech meshek, mesek (, meshekh, long, tall; , Mosoch): Son of Japheth (Gen 10:2; 1Ch 1:5; 1Ch 1:17 is a scribal error for Mash; compare Gen 10:22, Gen 10:23). His descendants and their dwelling-place (probably somewhere in the neighborhood of armenia (Herodotus iii. 94)) seem to be regarded in Scripture as synonyms for the … Continue reading “Meshech, Mesech”

Meshech (Hebrews Me’shek, , a drawing out, as in Psa 136:6; or possession, as in Job 28:18; Sept. , Vulg. Mosoch; a pronunciation which the Samaritan codex also exhibits, ; but in Eze 38:2-3; Eze 39:1, Sept. v. r. and ; in Eze 27:1, ; in Psa 120:5, Sept. , Vulg. polongatus est, AuthVers. Mesech), … Continue reading “Meshech”

MESHACH See ABED-NEGO. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Meshach (Hebrews or Chald. Meyshak’, , of foreign etymology; Sept. v. r. ,Vulg. Misach), the title given by the Babylonian court to MICHAEL SEE MICHAEL (q.v.), one of the Hebrew youths in training for the rank of magi (Dan 1:7; Dan 2:49; Dan 3:12-30). Gesenius resolves … Continue reading “MESHACH”

MESHA 1. A place on the eastern frontier of the territory of Joktan, Gen 10:30, supposed to have been in the region of Bassora, at the northwest end of the Persian Gulf.2. A king of Moab, who paid an enormous tribute to Ahab king of Israel, but revolted at his death, 2Ki 1:1 ; 3:4-27. … Continue reading “Mesha”

Mesenguy, Francois Philippe an ascetic writer of France, was born at Beauvais, August 22, 1677. He was educated at Paris, and when the famous Rollin (q.v.) had charge of the college at Beauvais, Mesenguy was tutor there. Under Rollin’s successor he became subprincipal of the college, but being opposed to the bull Unigenitus, had to … Continue reading “Mesenguy, Francois Philippe”

Mesengui, Francois Phillippe a French ecclesiastic, celebrated for his connection with Jansenism, was born at Beauvais, in August, 1677. His parents being poor, friends defrayed the expenses of his education in the College of Beauvais and at the Seminary of Trente-Trois in Paris. After having been invested with the first minor orders, he became a … Continue reading “Mesengui, Francois Phillippe”

Mesech (Psa 120:5). SEE MESHECH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Mesech Japheth’s sixth son. The Moschi, a warlike race in the mountainous region between Armenia, Iberia, and Colchis. Associated with Tubal, the Tibareni of Pontus. Psa 120:5, I dwell among people lawless and fierce as “Mesech” at one extremity of the world … Continue reading “Mesech”

Mesarchia; or, Beginning and Middle Repetition The Repetition of the same Word or Words at the beginning and middle of successive Sentences Mes-ar-chi-a, from the Greek (mesos), middle, and (archee), beginning, because the same word or words are repeated at the beginning and middle of successive sentences. It differs little from Anaphora, where the sentences … Continue reading “Mesarchia; or, Beginning and Middle Repetition”

Mesaloth MESALOTH.See Arbela. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Mesaloth mesa-loth (, Messaloth, , Maisaloth): A place mentioned in the account of the march of Bacchides and Alcimus into Judah, as in Arbela (1 Macc 9:2). If Arbela be identical with Irbil or Irbid on the southern lip of Wady el-Hamam, West of the Sea … Continue reading “Mesaloth”