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Madonna

Madonna (Latin: mea domina, my mistress) A name given to representations of the Blessed Virgin in art and occasionally used as an invocation in devotions to her. In painting and sculpture she is invariably represented with the Christ Child in her arms, alone or surrounded by an adoring group. In early Christian times, there were … Continue reading “Madonna”

Madon

Madon (Heb. hadon’, , strife, as in Pro 15:18, etc.; Sept. v. r. ), a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine, ruled over by a king named Jobab in the time of Joshua, who captured it (Jos 11:1; Jos 12:19). Calmet (Dict. s.v.), arbitrarily conjecturing that Maron is the true reading, refers to Maronia, … Continue reading “Madon”

MADNESS

Madness The words rendered by mad, madman, madness, etc., in the A. Vers., vary considerably in the Hebrew of the O.T. In Deu 28:28; Deu 28:34; 1Sa 21:13-15, etc. (, etc., in the Sept.), they are derivatives of the root , shaga’, to be stirred or excited; in Jer 25:16; Jeremiah 1, 38; Jer 51:7; … Continue reading “MADNESS”

Madmenah

MADMENAH A town not far from Jerusalem, site not known, Isa 10:31 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Madmenah (Heb. Madmenah’, , dunghill; Sept. , Vulg. Medemena), a town named in Isa 10:31, where it is placed on the route of the Assyrian invaders, in the northern vicinity of Jerusalem, between Nob and Gibeah. … Continue reading “Madmenah”

Madmen

MADMEN An unknown place in Moab, Jer 48:2 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Madmen (Heb. Madmen’, , dunghill; Sept. v. r. , , and ; Vulg. silens), a Moabitish town, threatened with destruction by the sword from the Babylonian invasion in connection with the neighboring Heshbon (Jer 48:2). Some (as Hitzig, after the … Continue reading “Madmen”

Madmannnah

Madmannnah (Hebrew Madmannah’, , dunghill; Sept. and , v. r. and ; Vulg. Medemena and hadnmena), a town in the extreme south of Judah (Jos 15:31, where it is mentioned between Ziklag and Sansannah), hence included in the territory afterwards assigned to Simeon. From 1Ch 2:49, it appears to have been founded or, rather, occupied … Continue reading “Madmannnah”

Madmannah

MADMANNAH A city near Gaza, first assigned to Judah, and afterwards to Simeon, Jos 15:31 1Ch 2:49 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Madmannah For this site Lieut. Conder suggests (Tent Work, 2:338) Um Deimneh, twelve miles north-east of Beersheba, consisting of “heaps of stones, foundations, and two or three caves” (Memoirs to Ordnance … Continue reading “Madmannah”