list of minor biblical figures - M
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- list of minor biblical figures - M - Maaseiah
- * One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark ,
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Maasiai
- Hebrew for "Worker of Jehovah", one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at the Captivity
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Maaziah
- Head of the twenty-fourth priestly course in David's reign.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Machbanai
- Hebrew for "Clad with a mantle, or bond of the Lord", one of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the wilderness
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Machi
- Machi of the house of Gad was the father of Geuel, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to .
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mahali
- Mahali (also Mahli ) was a son of Merari of the house of Levi according to , born in Egypt.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mahath
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mahazioth
- Heb. "Visions", a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third course of musicians ,
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mahol
- Heb. "Dance", the father of four sons who were inferior in wisdom only to Solomon.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Malchiel
- Malchiel was a son of Asher according to and . He was one of the 70 souls to migrate to Egypt with Jacob.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Malchi-shua
- Heb. "King of help", one of the four sons of Saul . He perished along with his father in the battle of Gilboa .
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mallothi
- Heb. "My fulness", a Kohathite Levite, one of the sons of Heman the Levite (), and chief of the nineteenth division of the temple musicians
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Malluch
- Heb. "Reigned over, or reigning."
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Massa
- Hebrew for a type of gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (); a nomad tribe inhabiting the Arabian desert toward Babylonia.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Matthat
- "Gift of God", possibly also translated as Matthan.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Medad
- Hebrew "Love", one of the elders nominated to assist Moses in the government of the people. He and Eldad "prophesied in the camp" ().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mehetabeel
- "Whom God benefits" or "God causes good"
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mehetabel
- "Whom God benefits" or "God causes good"
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mehujael
- In Mehujael is a descendant of Cain, the son of Irad and the father of Methusael.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mehuman
- Faithful, one of the eunuchs whom Ahasuerus (Xerxes) commanded to bring in Vashti ().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Melchi
- "My king" The son of Addi, and father of Neri (), ().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Melech
- King, the second of Micah's four sons ), and thus grandson of Mephibosheth. Also related to a southwest Asian god, see Melech
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Melea
- Fullness, the son of Menan and father of Eliakim, in the genealogy of our Lord ().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Melzar
- Probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at the Babylonian court , who had charge of the diet of the Hebrew youths.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Merab
- "Increase", or "Majority", the eldest of Saul's two daughters (. She was betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement (). She was at length, however, married to Adriel of Abel-Meholah, a town in the Jordan valley, about 10 miles south of Bethshean, with whom the house of Saul maintained alliance. She had five sons, who were all put to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah ()
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Meraiah
- "Resistance", a chief priest, a contemporary of the high priest Joiakim (Neh 12:12).
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Meraioth
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Merari
- Merari "sad"; "bitter" in Hebrew. According to the Hebrew Bible he was the youngest son of Levi, born before the descent of Jacob to Egypt, and one of the seventy who accompanied him thither. He became the head of one of the great divisions of the Levites. ( and
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Meremoth
- "Exaltations, heights", a priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (), to whom were sent the sacred vessels () belonging to the temple. He took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Neh 3:4).
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Merib-baal
- Meaning "Contender with Baal," (),(), elsewhere called Mephibosheth (), the son of Jonathan.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Meshelemiah
- "Friendship of Jehovah", a Levite of the family of the Korhites, called also Shelemiah (),() He was a temple gate-keeper in the time of David.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Meshillemoth
- "Requitals". (1.) The father of Berechiah (). (2.) A priest, the son of Immer ().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Meshullam
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Meshullemeth
- "Friend", the wife of King Manasseh of Judah, and the mother of King Amon of Judah (().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Methusael
- In Methusael is a descendant of Cain, the son of Mehujael and the father of Lamech.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mezahab
- "Water of gold", the father of Matred (),(), and grandfather of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, the last king of Edom.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Miamin
- Or, Mijamin, "from the right hand".
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mibhar
- "Choice", a Hagarene, one of David's warriors (); called also Bani the Gadite ().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mibsam
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Michael
- Michael of the house of Asher was the father of Sethur, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to .
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Michri
- "Prize of Jehovah" or "Selling", a Benjamite, the father of Uzzi ().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mikloth
- "Staves" or "Looking Down".
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Milaiai
- "Eloquent", a Levitical musician () who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mishael
- Mishael was a son of Uzziel of the house of Levi according to , born in Egypt. He was a nephew of Amram and a cousin of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Misham
- "Their cleansing" or "their beholding", a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal (().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mishmannah
- "Fatness", one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag (().
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mithredath
- Meaning given by Mithra , or dedicated to Mithra , i.e., the sun, the Hebrew form of the Greek name Mithridates.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mnason
- "Reminding, or remembrancer". A Christian of Jerusalem with whom Paul lodged ((). He was apparently a native of Cyprus, like Barnabas ((), and was well known to the Christians of Caesarea ((). He was an "old disciple" (R.V., "early disciple"), i.e., he had become a Christian in the beginning of the formation of the Church in Jerusalem.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Moza
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Muppim
- Muppim or Shuphim was the eighth son of Benjamin in Genesis 46:21 and Numbers 26:39.
- list of minor biblical figures - M - Mushi
- Mushi was a son of Merari of the house of Levi according to , born in Egypt.