Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Maliseet Indians Also MALECITE, MALESCHITE and AMALECITE, the last being the official Canadian form. A tribe of Algonquian stock, occupying territory upon the lower St. John River, St. Croix River, and Passamaquody Bay, in western New Brunswick and northeastern Maine, and closely connected linguistically and historically with the Abnaki (Penobscot, etc.) of Maine. Their chief … Continue reading “Maliseet Indians”

Malingering Instance of: David feigning madness 1Sa 21:13-15 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

MALIGNITY A disposition abstinately bad or malicious. Malignancy and malignity are words nearly synonymous. In some connections, malignity seems rather more pertinently applied to a radical depravity of nature; and malignancy to indications of this depravity in temper and conduct in particular instances. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Malignity a disposition obstinately, bad or malicious. Malignancy and … Continue reading “Malignity”

Malice, Malignity malis, ma-ligni-ti (, kaka, , poneros, , kakoetheia): Malice, now used in the sense of deliberate ill-will, by its derivation means badness, or wickedness generally, and was so used in Older English. In the Apocrypha it is the translation of kakia, evil, badness (The Wisdom of Solomon 12:10, 20; 16:14; 2 Macc 4:50, … Continue reading “Malice, Malignity”

Malice, Maliciousness, Malicious “badness in quality” (the opposite of arete, “excellence”), “the vicious character generally” (Lightfoot), is translated “malice” in 1Co 5:8; 1Co 14:20; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; Tit 3:3; 1Pe 2:1, AV (RV, “wickedness;” marg., “malice”); “maliciousness” in Rom 1:29; in 1Pe 2:16, AV (RV, “wickedness;” marg., “malice”). Elsewhere, Mat 6:34; Act 8:22; Jam … Continue reading “Malice, Maliciousness, Malicious”

Malice () Malice is the propensity to inflict injury upon another, or to take pleasure in his misfortunes. In early English it denoted wickedness in general (Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols) iii. 223), but the modern meaning is found in Shakespeare, e.g. in Othellos words: Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, … Continue reading “Malice”

Malherbe, Franccedil;ois French poet, b. at Caen, Normandy, in 1555; d. at Paris, 16 October, 1628. He was the eldest son of François Malherbe, councillor of the inferior court of judicature at Caen, and of Louise de Valois. It was the elder Malherbe’s wish that François should follow his profession and succeed him in his … Continue reading “Malherbe, Franccedil;ois”

Malgrin, John SEE ALGRIN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Malfeasance in Office The lessees of the vineyard, in one of the parables of Jesus Mar 12:1-8; Luk 20:9-15 The steward mentioned in one of the parables of Jesus Luk 16:1-7 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible

Maley, George W an American Methodist minister, was born in western Pennsylvania in 1799; was educated at an academy in Butler, Pennsylvania; was converted in 1819; was licensed to preach and recommended to the Ohio Conference in 1821, and was appollsted to the Mad River Circuit; in 1822, to London; in 1823, to Piqua; in … Continue reading “Maley, George W”