Maon, Maonites MAON, MAONITES.1. In Jdg 10:12 the Maonites are mentioned together with the Zidonians and Amalekites as having oppressed Israel. They dwelt in Mt. Seir, south of the Dead Sea. According to 1Ch 4:41 f., the Maonites (called Meunim in this passage) were, in the reign of Hezekiah, driven out of their pasture land … Continue reading “Maon, Maonites”
Maon
MAON A town in the edge of the hill-country of Judah, Jos 15:55, near which Nabal lived and David took refuge from Saul, 1Sa 23:24- 25; 25:2. Dr Robinson finds it the ruinous place called Main, seven miles south by east from Hebron. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Maon (Heb. Maon’, , habitation, as … Continue reading “Maon”
Maoch
Maoch (Heb. Maok’, , compressed; Sept. ,Vulg. Maoch), the father of the Achish king of Gath to whom David repaired for safety (1Sa 27:2). B.C. ante 1054. By many he has been confounded with the MAACAH of 1Ki 2:39. SEE ACHISH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Maoch compressed, the father of Achish, … Continue reading “Maoch”
Manzoni, Alessandro
Manzoni, Alessandro Poet and novelist, born Milan, 1785; died Brusoglio, near Milan, 1873. Most of his creative work was done before the age of forty-two. His early poems belong to the classlcal school of Vincenzo Monti, but from 1810, when he returned to the Church on the conversion of his wife, he consecrated himself to … Continue reading “Manzoni, Alessandro”
Many-valued logic
Many-valued logic See propositional calculus, many-valued. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy
Many questions
Many questions The name given to the fallacy — or, rather, misleading device of disputation — which consists in requiring a single answer to a question which either involves several questions that ought to be answered separately or contains an implicit assertion to which any unqualified answer would give assent. — A. C. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Many questions”
Many explanations of this abrupt fragment have been suggested The
Many explanations of this abrupt fragment have been suggested The most satisfactory, perhaps, is that Lamech had accidentally or inself-defense killed a man, and was exposed to the vengeance of “theavenger of blood;” but quiets the fears of his wives by saying ofCain under heavy penalties, Gen 4:15, much more would he guardthe life of … Continue reading “Many explanations of this abrupt fragment have been suggested The”
Many
Many “much, many, great,” is used especially of number when its significance is “many,” e.g., Mat 8:30; Mat 9:10; Mat 13:17; so the RV of Mat 12:15, where some mss. follow the word by ochloi, “multitudes;” 1Co 12:12; Rev 1:15; it is more frequently used as a noun, “many (persons),” e.g., Mat 3:7; Mat 7:22; … Continue reading “Many”
Manx Version
Manx Version SEE MANKS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Manwantara
Manwantara a grand period of time in Hindu chronology, including seventy-one maha- yugs, or divine ages, being the reign of one Manu (q.v.), with his posterity of sons and grandsons. The reigns of the fourteen Manus who reigned in succession extended to one thousand maha-yugs, or one kalpa. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Manwantara”