Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Makemie, Francis a distinguished Presbyterian minister, was born near Rathmelton, Donegal Co., Ireland, about the middle of the 17th century. After completing his academical and theological course, he was licensed by the presbytery of Laggan in 1681. He undertook a mission to Barbadoes soon after, and was ordained sine titulo, with a view to coming … Continue reading “Makemie, Francis”

Maked ( v. r. ; Syr. Mokor; Vulg. Mageth), one of the strong and great cities of Gilead Josephus says Galilee, but this must be an error-into which the Jews were driven by the Ammonites under Timotheus, and from which they were delivered by Judas Maccabaeus (1Ma 5:26; 1Ma 5:36; in the latter passage the … Continue reading “Maked”

Makebates makbats: This is the plural of the word makebate, which means one who stirs up strife. It occurs only in the King James Version margin of 2Ti 3:3 and Tit 2:3 as an alternative translation of , diaboloi, which the King James Version renders false accusers, and the Revised Version (British and American) slanderers. … Continue reading “Makebates”

Make, Maker mak, maker (, asah, , nathan, , sum; , poieo, , tthemi, , kathstemi): 1. As Used in the Old Testament: Make is a frequently used word, meaning to create, construct, cause, constitute, etc., and represents different Hebrew words. It is very often in the King James Version (1) the translation of asah, … Continue reading “Make, Maker”

Make MAKE.In Jdg 18:3 to make means to doWhat makest thou in this place? In Joh 8:53 Whom makest thou thyself?, and Joh 19:7 He made himself the Son of God, make means pretend to be; cf. Jos 8:15 Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten. This is the meaning also in … Continue reading “Make”

Makaz (Heb. Ma’kats, , boundary; Septuag. v. r. ), a place first named among those designating the district of Ben-Dekar, one of Solomon’s purveyors (1Ki 4:9). The associated names, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan, would seem to indicate a locality in the tribe of Dan, perhaps in the plain east of Ekron. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Makaz”

Makarij a noted Russian prelate, was born in the Moscovite province near the end of the 15th century. He early entered the monastic state; became archimandrite (abbot) of the Lus-hezkian monastery at Mos-haisk; in 1526, archbishop of Novgorod Veiikiz; and in 1542, finally, metropolitan of all Russia. He died at Moscow Dec. 31, 1564. By … Continue reading “Makarij”

Majus SEE MAY Makkedah “El-Mfughar (‘the Cave’), the site which captain Warren proposes for Makkedah, is a remarkable place, and one of the most conspicuous sites in the plain. A promontory of brown sandy rock juts out southwards, and at the end is the village, climbing up the hillside. The huts are of mud, and … Continue reading “Majus”

Majunke, Paul Catholic journalist, born at Gross-Schmograu in Silesia, 14 July, 1842; died at Hochkirch near Glogau, 21 May, 1899. He entered the University of Breslau in 1861, and devoted four years to the study of civil and canon law and Catholic theology. In 1867 he was ordained priest, and from 1869 to 1870 was … Continue reading “Majunke, Paul”

Majuma a little town on the sea-shore of Palestine, seven stadia from Gaza, and considered as its seaport (Strabo, 16:759); now represented by the little village en-Nesleh (Van de Velde, Narrative, 2:186). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature