Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Mallus A titular see of Cilicia Prima, suffragan of Tarsus. According to legend, Mallus founded by the soothsayers Amphilochus and Mopsus, sons of Apollo. It was situated at the mouth of the Pyramus, on a hill opposite Magarsus which served as its port. It is to-day the place known as Kara Tash, in the vilayet … Continue reading “Mallus”

Malluchi MALLUCHI.The eponym of a priestly family who returned with Zerub. (Neh 12:14); probably the same as Malluch of Neh 10:4; Neh 12:2. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Malluchi malu-k (, mallukh, my counselor): A family of priests that came over with Zerubbabel (Neh 10:4; Neh 12:14). May be the patronymic MALLUCH, (4) (which … Continue reading “Malluchi”

Malluch (Heb. MaIlluk’, , reigned over, or from the Syr. a counsellor), the name of several men. 1. (Sept. , Vulg. Maloch.) A Levite of the family of Merari, son of Hashabiah and father of Abdi (1Ch 6:44). B.C. much ante 1014. 2. (Sept. ,Vulg. Melluch.) An Israelite of the descendants (or residents) of Bani … Continue reading “Malluch”

Malluach SEE MALLOWS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

MALLOWS Job 30:4, supposed by Bochart to signify the plant called Orach, the Atriplex Halimus of Linnaeus. It somewhat resembles lettuce, and its young leaves are used in the East, either green or boiled, as food, by the poor. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Mallows ( , mallu’ach, salted; Sept. , Vulg. herba) occurs … Continue reading “Mallows”

Mallow Mallow. A shrub growing one and one-half to three meters (five to ten feet) high and having thick succulent leaves and small purple flowers. The Hebrew word for mallow means “salt plant.” It thrived in dry, salty regions especially around the Dead Sea. Although the leaves were sour and had little nutritive value, they … Continue reading “Mallow”

Mallothi (Hebrew Mallo’thi, , perhaps for , my fullness; Septuag. v. r. , , ; Vulg. Mellothi), one of the fourteen sons of Heman the Levite (1Ch 25:4), and head of the nineteenth division of Temple musicians as arranged by David (1Ch 25:26). B.C. 1014. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Mallothi my … Continue reading “Mallothi”

Mallos a town of Asia Minor, whose inhabitants (,Vulg. lallotce, A. V. they of Mallos), with the people of Tarsus, revolted from Antiochus Epiphanes because he had bestowed them on one of his concubines (2Ma 4:30). The absence of the king from Antioch to put down the insurrection gave the infamous Menelaus, the high-priest, an … Continue reading “Mallos”

Mallory, Stephen Russell Lawyer and statesman, born Trinidad, West Indies, 1813; died Pensacola, Florida, 1873. He took part in the Seminole War and later represented Florida in the United States Senate. In the Civil War he joined the Confederates, distinguishing himself as Secretary of the Navy by building the entire Confederate navy. Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Mallory, Stephen Russell”

Malling Abbey An abbey of Benedictine nuns, at West Malling in the County of Kent, England. The earliest mention of the nunnery occurs in Doomsday book (1080). The church land of Malling having fallen to the share of Bishop Odo of Bayeux at the time of the Norman Conquest, Lanfranc, then Archbishop of Canterbury, succeeded … Continue reading “Malling Abbey”