MEBUNNAI

• One of David's guards 2 Sam. 23:27

MECHANIC

• General scriptures concerning Pr. 8:30; 1 Cor. 3:10
• INSTANCES OF
  • Tubal-cain Gen. 4:22
  • Bezaleel Ex. 31:2-11; 35:30-35
  • Hiram 1 Ki. 7:13-50; 2 Chr. 2:13,14; 4:11-18
• See ART

MEDAD

• One of the seventy elders who did not go to the tabernacle with Moses, but prophesied in the camp Num. 11:26-29

MEDAN

• Son of Abraham and Keturah Gen. 25:2; 1 Chr. 1:32

MEDDLING

• See BUSYBODY
• See TALE-BEARER

MEDEBA

• A city of Moab Num. 21:30
• An idolatrous "high place," Isa. 15:2
• Allotted to Reuben Josh. 13:9, 16
• David defeats an army and the Ammonites at 1 Chr. 19:7-15

MEDES

• Inhabitants of Media
  • Israelites distributed among, when carried to Assyria 2 Ki. 17:6; 18:11
  • Palace in the Bablonian province of Ezra 6:2
  • An essential part of the Medo-Persian Empire Esther 1:1, 19
  • Supremacy of, in the Chaldean Empire Dan. 5:28, 31; 9:1; 11:1

MEDIA

• See MEDES

MEDIATION

• See INTERCESSION
• See JESUS, MEDIATOR

MEDICINE

• General scriptures concerning Pr. 17:22; Isa. 1:6; 38:21; Jer. 8:22; 30:13; 46:11; 51:8,9; Ezek. 47:12; Lk. 10:34; Rev. 22:2
• See DISEASES
• See PHYSICIAN

MEDITATION

• General scriptures concerning Josh. 1:8; Ps. 1:2; 4:4; 19:14; 39:3; 49:3; 63:5,6; 73:12-22; 77:10-12; 104:34; 119:11, 15,16, 23, 48, 55, 59, 78, 97-99, 148; 139:17,18; 143:5; 1 Tim. 4:13-15
• INSTANCE OF
  • Isaac Gen. 24:63

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

• Mentioned in Scripture as "the Great Sea," Num. 34:6,7; Josh. 1:4; 9:1; 15:12, 47; 23:4; Ezek. 47:10, 15, 20; 48:28
• Sea of the Philistines Ex. 23:31
• Sea of Joppa Ezra 3:7
• The hinder sea Zech. 14:8
• The uttermost sea Dt. 11:24
• The utmost sea Joel 2:20

MEEKNESS

• General scriptures concerning Ps. 22:26; 25:9; 37:11; 76:8,9; 147:6; 149:4; Pr. 14:29; 15:1, 18; 16:32; 17:1; 19:11; 20:3; 25:15; 29:8; Eccl. 7:8; 10:4; Isa. 11:4; 29:19; Lam. 3:28-30; Amos 3:3; Zeph. 2:3; Mt. 5:5, 9, 38-42; 11:29; 27:13,14; Mk. 9:50; Lk. 6:29; Rom. 12:14, 18; 14:19; 1 Cor. 6:7; 7:15; 10:32; 13:4,5, 7; 2 Cor. 10:1; 13:11; Gal. 5:22,23, 26; 6:1; Eph. 4:1,2; Phil. 2:14,15; Col. 3:12,13; 1 Th. 5:14,15; 2 Th. 3:5; 1 Tim. 3:2,3; 6:11,12; 2 Tim. 2:24,25; Tit. 2:2, 9; 3:2; Heb. 10:36; 12:14; Jas. 1:4, 19, 21; 3:13, 17,18; 1 Pet. 2:18-23; 3:4, 11, 15; 2 Pet. 1:5-7; Jude 1:9
• INSTANCES OF
  • Abraham Gen. 13:8
  • Isaac Gen. 26:20-22
  • Moses Ex. 2:13; 14:13,14; 15:24; 16:7,8; 17:2; Num. 12:3; 16:4-11
  • Gideon Judg. 8:2,3
  • Hannah 1 Sam. 1:13-16
  • Saul 1 Sam. 10:27
  • David 1 Sam. 17:29; 2 Sam. 16:9-14; Ps. 38:13,14; 120:5-7
  • Paul Acts 21:20-26; 1 Th. 2:7; 2 Tim. 4:16
  • The Thessalonians 2 Th. 1:4
  • Job Jas. 5:11
  • The angel Jude 1:9
• OF JESUS Isa. 42:1-4; 53:7; Mt. 12:19,20; 26:47-54
  • See JESUS, HUMILITY OF
• See HUMILITY
• See KINDNESS
• See PATIENCE

MEGIDDO

• Also called MEGIDDON, and probably ARMAGEDDON
  • A city in the territory of Issachar situated on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon Josh. 17:11; 1 Chr. 7:29
  • Conquest of, by Joshua Josh. 12:21
  • Walled by Solomon 1 Ki. 9:15
  • Included in one or Solomon's commissary districts 1 Ki. 4:12
  • Ahaziah dies at 2 Ki. 9:27
  • Valley of, Deborah defeats Sisera in Judg. 5:19
  • Josiah killed at, by Pharaoh-nechoh 2 Ki. 23:29,30; 2 Chr. 35:22-24
  • Prophecy concerning Zech. 12:11

MEHETABEEL

• A person whose grandson tried to intimidate Nehemiah Neh. 6:10

MEHETABEL

• Wife of Hadar Gen. 36:39; 1 Chr. 1:50

MEHIDA

• A person whose descendants returned from Babylon Ezra 2:52; Neh. 7:54

MEHIR

• Son of Chelub 1 Chr. 4:11

MEHOLATHITE

• An inhabitant of a city in the territory of Issachar 1 Sam. 18:19; 2 Sam. 21:8

MEHUJAEL

• Son of Irad Gen. 4:18

MEHUMAN

• A chamberlain of Ahasuerus Esther 1:10

MEHUNIM

• Also called MEUNIM
  • A person whose descendants returned from exile Ezra 2:50; Neh. 7:52

ME-JARKON

• A city in the territory of the tribe of Dan Josh. 19:46

MEKONAH

• A city in the territory of the tribe of Judah Neh. 11:28

MELATIAH

• A Gibeonite who assisted in repairing the wall of Jerusalem Neh. 3:7

MELCHI

1. Ancestor of Jesus Lk. 3:24
2. Remote ancestor of Jesus Lk. 3:28

MELCHESEDEC

• See MELCHIZEDEK

MELCHISHUA

• Also called MALCHISHUA
  • Son of King Saul 1 Sam. 14:49; 31:2; 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39; 10:2

MELCHIZEDEK

• King of Salem Gen. 14:18-20; Ps. 110:4
• A priest and type of Christ Heb. 5:6, 10; 6:20; 7:1-21

MELECH

• Son of Micah 1 Chr. 8:35; 9:41

MELICU

• A priest Neh. 12:14

MELITA (MALTA)

• (An important island in the Mediterranean Sea)
  • Paul shipwrecked on the coast of Acts 28:1-10

MELON

• General scriptures concerning Num. 11:5

MELZAR

• The steward whom the prince of the eunuchs set over Daniel and the three Hebrew young men Dan. 1:11-16

MEMORIAL

• The Passover Ex. 12:14
  • See PASSOVER
• Firstborn set apart as a Ex. 13:12-16
• The pot of manna Ex. 16:32-34
• The Feast of Tabernacles Lev. 23:43
• Shoulder stones of the ephod Ex. 28:12
• The Lord's Supper Lk. 22:19; 1 Cor. 11:24-26
• See PILLAR

MEMPHIS

• Also called NOPH
  • A celebrated city of Egypt Hos. 9:6
  • Prophecies concerning Isa. 19:13; Jer. 2:16; 46:14, 19; Ezek. 30:16

MEMUCAN

• One of the seven princes of Ahasuerus who counsels the king to divorce Queen Vashti Esther 1:14-21

MENAHEM

• King of Israel 2 Ki. 15:13-22

MENAN

• An ancestor of Jesus Lk. 3:31

MENE

• General scriptures concerning Dan. 5:25,26

MENSES

• See MENSTRUATION

MENSTRUATION

• Law relating to Lev. 15:19-30; 20:18; Ezek. 18:6
• Cessation of, in old age Gen. 18:11
• Immunities of women during Gen. 31:35
• Of animals Jer. 2:24
• Uncleanness of Isa. 30:22
• FIGURATIVE Isa. 30:22; Lam. 1:17; Ezek. 36:17

MEONENIM

• A place in Ephraim Judg. 9:37

MEONOTHAI

• Father of Ophrah 1 Chr. 4:14

MEPHAATH

• A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Reuben Josh. 13:18; 21:37; 1 Chr. 6:79; Jer. 48:21

MEPHIBOSHETH

1. Son of Saul by Rizpah, whom David surrendered to the Gibeonites to be killed 2 Sam. 21:8,9
2. Son of Jonathan 2 Sam. 4:4
   • Called MERIB-BAAL 1 Chr. 8:34; 9:40
   • Was lame 2 Sam. 4:4
   • David entertains him at his table 2 Sam. 9:1-7; 21:7
   • Property restored to 2 Sam. 9:9,10
   • His ingratitude to David at the time of Absolom's usurpation 2 Sam. 16:1-4; 19:24-30
   • Property of, confiscated 2 Sam. 16:4; 19:29,30

MERAB

• Daughter of King Saul 1 Sam. 14:49
• Betrothed to David by Saul 1 Sam. 18:17,18
• But given to Adriel for a wife 1 Sam. 18:19

MERAIAH

• A priest Neh. 12:12

MERAIOTH

1. A high priest of the line of Eleazar 1 Chr. 6:6,7, 52; Ezra 7:3
   • Probably identical with the priest of same name in 1 Chr. 9:11; Neh. 11:11
2. A priest in the time of Joiakim Neh. 12:15

MERARI

• Son of Levi Gen. 46:11
• Head the Merarite Levites Num. 3:17, 33-35
• See LEVITES