Men-Stealer (), one who kidnaps or decoys a free person into slavery, an act condemned by the apostle among the highest crimes (1Ti 1:10). The seizing or stealing of a free-born Israelite, either to treat him as a slave or sell him as a slave to others, was by the law of Moses punished with … Continue reading “Men-Stealer”
Men-pleasers
Men-pleasers an adjective signifying “studying to please men” (anthropos, “man,” aresko, “to please”), designates, “not simply one who is pleasing to men …, but one who endeavors to please men and not God” (Cremer). It is used in Eph 6:6; Col 3:22. In the Sept., Psa 53:5. Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words
Men Of Understanding
MEN OF UNDERSTANDING This title distinguished a denomination which appeared in Flanders and Brussels in the year 1511. they owed their origin to an illiterate man, whose name was Egidius Cantor, and to William of Hildenison, a Carmelite monk. They pretended to be honoured with celestial visions, denied that any could arrive at perfect knowledge … Continue reading “Men Of Understanding”
Men
MEN In the social and family order that God has set out for human society, men and women have complementary roles. Though equal in status before God (Gen 1:27; Gal 3:28; 1Pe 3:7), they are different in body and personality, so that each is suited in different ways to deal with different needs and responsibilities. … Continue reading “Men”
Memucan
Memucan (Hebrews Memukan’, , of unknown but prob. Persian origin; Sept. , Vulg. Mamuchan), the last named of the seven satraps or royal counsellors at the court of Xerxes, and the one at whose suggestion Vashti was divorced (Est 1:14; Est 1:16; Est 1:21). BC. 483. They were wise men who knew the times’ (skilled … Continue reading “Memucan”
Memra
Memra (the Word), a name employed in the Targum of Onkelos, and later Hebrew books, for the expression of the name of the deity in all his relations to man. SEE WORD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Memphis, Tennessee, diocese of
Memphis, Tennessee, diocese of Founded on 20 June 1970. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Louisville. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Memphis diocesan newspaper New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Memphis
MEMPHIS Hos 9:6 . See NOPH. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Memphis Ancient capital of Egypt; diocese of the province of Arcadia or Heptanomos, suffragan of Oxyrynchus. Memphis was called in Egyptian Mennophir, “the good place”. This name, at first reserved to the pyramid of Pharaoh Pepi I (sixth dynasty) afterward passed to the … Continue reading “Memphis”
MEMORY-OBLIVION
MEMORY-OBLIVION (A) MEMORY OF THE JUST Psa 112:6; Pro 10:7; Mat 26:13; 2Ti 1:5 (B) REMEMBRANCE, DIVINE(1) Prayer for Neh 13:14; Psa 25:7; Psa 106:4; Jer 15:15; Luk 23:42 (2) General References to Gen 8:1; Gen 19:29; Num 10:9; Psa 98:3; Psa 136:23; Isa 49:14-16 –SEE Providence, PROVIDENCE DIVINE Divine Care, PROVIDENCE DIVINE (C) OBLIVION(1) … Continue reading “MEMORY-OBLIVION”
Memory (keep in)
Memory (keep in) * For MEMORY (keep in) see KEEP, Note (8) Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words