MARRIAGE to MELCHESEDEC

MARRIAGE

• Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah Genesis 11:29; 12:13; 20:3, 9-16

• Isaac and Rebekah Genesis 24:3, 4, 67; 28:2

• Jacob and his wives Genesis 29:15-30

• -See below, in the elaborated text -Levirate the brother required to marry a brother's widow Genesis 38:8, 11; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Ruth 4:5; Matthew 22:24; Mark 12:19-23; Luke 20:28

• Parents contract for their children

• Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael Genesis 21:21

• Abraham for Isaac Genesis 24

• Laban arranges for his daughters' marriage Genesis 29

• Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife Judges 14:2

• Parents' consent requires in the Mosaic law Exodus 22:17

• Presents given to parents to secure their favor Genesis 24:53; 34:12; Deuteronomy 22:29; 1Samuel 18:25; Hosea 3:2

• Nuptial feasts Genesis 29:22; Judges 14:12; Esther 2:18; Matthew 22:11, 12

• Jesus present at John 2:1-5

• Ceremony attested by witnesses Ruth 4:1-11; Isaiah 8:1-3

• The groom exempt one year from military duty Deuteronomy 24:5

• Bridal ornaments Isaiah 49:18; Jeremiah 2:32

• Bridal presents Genesis 24:53; Psalm 45:12

• A herald preceded the bridegroom Matthew 25:6

• Wedding robes adorned with jewels Isaiah 61:10

• Wives obtained

• By purchase Genesis 29:20; Ruth 4:10; Hosea 3:2; 12:12

• By kidnapping Judges 21:21-23

• Given by Kings 1Samuel 17:25; 18:17, 21

• Daughters given in, as rewards of valor Judges 1:12; 1Samuel 17:25; 18:27

• Wives taken by edict Esther 2:2-4, 8-14

• David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife 2Samuel 3:14

• Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3, 4; Ezra 9:1, 1Chronicles 23:22; 2, 12; Nehemiah 10:30; 13:26, 27; Malachi 2:11; 1Corinthians 7:39; 2Corinthians 6:14

• Betrothal a quasi-marriage Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27

• Betrothal made with the spirit Ezekiel 16:8

• Celibacy deplored Judges 11:38; Isaiah 4:1; Jeremiah 16:9

• Advised 1Corinthians 7:7, 8, 24-40

• Obligations under, inferior to duty to God Deuteronomy 13:6-10; Matthew 19:29; Luke 14:26

• Not binding after death Matthew 22:29, 30; Mark 12:24, 25

• See BRIDE

• See BRIDEGROOM

• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Genesis 2:23, 24; Exodus 22:16, 17; 20:14, Leviticus 18:6-18; 17, 19-21; 21:1, 7, 13-15; Numbers 36:8; Deuteronomy 21:10-14; 24:1-5; Proverbs 18:22; 21:9, 19; Jeremiah 29:6; Hosea 2:19, 20; Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 5:31, 32; Mark 6:17, 18; 10:2-12; Matthew 19:2-9; Luke 16:18; Romans 7:1-3; 1Corinthians 6:16; 7:1-40; 9:5; 11:11, 12; 1Timothy 3:2, 12; 4:1, 3; 5:14; Hebrews 13:4

• Figurative Isaiah 54:5; 62:4, 5; Jeremiah 3:14; 31:32; Hosea 1:2; 2:19, 20; Ephesians 5:30-32; Revelation 19:7-9

• Parables from Matthew 22:2; 25:1-10
  

• See DIVORCE
  

• See HUSBAND
  

• See WIFE

MARS' HILL

• The same as Areopagus -A hill in Athens Acts 17:19-34

MARTHA

• Sister of Mary and Lazarus John 11:1

• Ministers to Jesus Luke 10:38-42; John 12:2

• Beloved by Jesus John 11:5

• See LAZARUS

• See MARY

MARTYRDOM

• General scriptures concerning Matthew 10:21, Psalm 44:22; 22, 39; 16:25; 23:34, 35; 24:9; Mark 13:12; Luke 9:24; 11:50; 21:16, 17; John 12:25; Romans 8:36; 1Corinthians 13:3; Revelation 6:9-11; 11:7-12; 12:11; 16:6; 17:6

• See PERSECUTION

• Instances of

• Abel Genesis 4:3-8

• Prophets killed by Jezebel 1Kings 18:4, 13

• Zechariah 2Chronicles 24:21, 22

• John the Baptist Mark 6:18-28

• Jesus

• See JESUS

• Stephen Acts 7:58-60

• James the apostle Acts 12:2

• The prophets Matthew 22:6; 23:35; Romans 11:3; 1Thessalonians 2:15; Hebrews 11:32-37

MARY

• The mother of Jesus Matthew 1:16; Luke 1:26-38; 2:5-19

• Visits her cousin, Elisabeth Luke 1:39-56

• Attends the feast at Jerusalem with her husband and her son, starts back on the return, misses Jesus, seeks and finds him in the temple area Luke 2:48-51

• Is present with Jesus at a marriage feast in Cana of Galilee John 2:1-10

• Seeks Jesus when he is teaching in a house Matthew 12:46, 47; Mark 3:31; Luke 8:19

• Present at the cross John 19:25-27

• Is committed to the care of John John 19:27

• Lives with the disciples in Jerusalem Acts 1:14

• Prophecies concerning Isaiah 7:14; Luke 2:35

• - Magdalene

• Possessed of devils, delivered by Jesus Mark 16:9; Luke 8:2, 3

• Present at the crucifixion Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; John 20:1, 11-13

• Recognizes Jesus after the resurrection Matthew 28:8-10; Mark 16:9; John 20:14-18

• Sister of Mary the mother of Jesus, and wife of Cleophas John 19:25

• Mother of James and Joses Matthew 27:56; Mark 15:40; John 19:25

• At the gravesite of Jesus Matthew 27:61; Mark 15:47

• Assists in preparing the corpse of Jesus for burial Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1

• A witness of the resurrection Luke 24:10

• Sister of Lazarus

• Sits at Jesus' feet for instruction Luke 10:38-42

• Beloved of Jesus John 11:1, 5

• Anoints Jesus Matthew 26:7-13; Mark 14:3-9; John 11:2; 12:3

• Mother of Mark and sister of Barnabas Acts 12:12; Colossians 4:10

• A Christian woman in Rome Romans 16:6

MASCHIL

• See MUSIC

MASH

• Son of Aram Genesis 10:23

MASHAL

• Also called MISHAL and MISHEAL -A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Asher Joshua 19:26; 21:30; 1Chronicles 6:74

MASKING

• By Tamar Genesis 38:14

MASON

• A trade

• In the time of David 2Samuel 5:11

• Of later times 2Kings 12:12; 22:6; 1Chronicles 14:1; Ezra 3:7

MASREKAH

• A place in Edom Genesis 36:36; 1Chronicles 1:47

MASSA

• Son of Ishmael Genesis 25:14; 1Chronicles 1:30

MASSACRE

• Authorized by Moses Deuteronomy 20:13, 16

• Decree to destroy the Jews Esther 3

• Instances of

• Inhabitants

• Of Heshbon Deuteronomy 2:34

• Of Bashan Deuteronomy 3:6

• Of Ai Joshua 8:24-26

• Of Hazor Joshua 11:11, 12

• Of the cities of the seven kings Joshua 10:28-40

• Midianites Numbers 31:7, 8

• Prophets of Baal 1Kings 18:40

• Worshipers of Baal 2Kings 10:18-28

• Sons of Ahab 2Kings 10:1-8

• Royal seed of Athaliah 2Kings 11:1

• Inhabitants of Tiphsah 2Kings 15:16

• Edomites 2Kings 14:7
  

• See CAPTIVE

MASSAH

• An encampment of the Israelites Exodus 17:7

• See MERIBAH

MASTER

• Jesus called Matthew 8:19; 10:25; 26:18, 23:8; 25, 49; Mark 14:45; Luke 8:24; John 13:13, 14

• Jesus prohibited the appellation Matthew 23:8

• SCRIPTURES RELATING TO MASTERS OF SERVANTS Exodus 21:20, 21, 26, 27; Leviticus 19:13; 25:43; Deuteronomy 5:14; 24:14, 15; Job 31:13-15; Proverbs 22:16; 29:12, 21; Jeremiah 22:13; Malachi 3:5; Romans 4:4; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 4:1; 1Timothy 5:18; Philemon 1:10-16; James 5:4
  

• See SERVANT

• GOOD MASTER, Instances of

• Abraham Genesis 18:19

• Job Job 31:13-15

• The centurion Luke 7:2

• UNJUST MASTER, Instances of

• Sarah to Hagar Genesis 16:6

• Laban to Jacob Genesis 31:7

• Potiphar's wife to Joseph Genesis 39:7-20

MASTER WORKMAN

• General scriptures concerning Proverbs 8:30; 1Corinthians 3:10

• Instances of

• Tubal-cain Genesis 4:22

• Bezaleel Exodus 31:2-11; 35:30-35

• Hiram 1Kings 7:13-50; 2Chronicles 2:13, 14; 4:11-18
  

• See ART

MATERIALISM

• General scriptures concerning Acts 23:8

• See INFIDELITY

MATRED

• Mother of Mehetabel Genesis 36:39; 1Chronicles 1:50

MATRI

• A Benjamite 1Samuel 10:21

MATTAN

• A priest of Baal killed in the idol's temple at Jerusalem 2Kings 11:18; 2Chronicles 23:17

• Father of Shephatiah Jeremiah 38:1

MATTANAH

• A station of Israel Numbers 21:18, 19

MATTANIAH

• Original name of Zedekiah, king of Judah 2Kings 24:17
  

• See ZEDEKIAH

• A Levite of the sons of Asaph 2Chronicles 20:14; Nehemiah 12:8

• Son of Heman, who had charge of the ninth division of musicians 1Chronicles 25:4, 16

• Descendant of Asaph, who assisted in purifying the temple 2Chronicles 29:13

• Four Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the captivity Ezra 10:26, 27, 30, 37

• A Levite, father of Zaccur Nehemiah 13:13

MATTATHA

• An ancestor of Jesus Luke 3:31

MATTATHAH

• One of the family of Hashum Ezra 10:33

MATTATHIAS

• An ancestor of Jesus Luke 3:25, 26

MATTENAI

• Two Israelites who put away divorced their Gentile wives after the captivity Ezra 10:33, 37

• A priest in the time of Joiakim Nehemiah 12:19

MATTHAN

• An ancestor of Jesus Matthew 1:15

MATTHAT

• Father of Heli, and ancestor of Joseph Luke 3:24

• Father of Jorim, and ancestor of Joseph Luke 3:29

MATTHEW

• Also called LEVI -A receiver of customs taxes for the Romans -Becomes a disciple of Jesus Matthew 9:9, 10; 10:3; Mark 2:14, 15; 3:18; Luke 5:27-29; 6:15; Acts 1:13

MATTHIAS

• Surnamed JUSTUS -Chosen as an apostle in the place of Judas Acts 1:15-26

MATTITHIAH

• 1, A Levite who had charge of the baked offerings 1Chronicles 9:31

• A Levite musician 1Chronicles 15:18, 21; 16:5

• A chief of the fourteenth division shift of temple musicians 1Chronicles 25:3, 21

• An Israelite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity Ezra 10:43

• A prince who stood beside Ezra when he read the law aloud to the people Nehemiah 8:4

MATTOCK

• General scriptures concerning 1Samuel 13:20, 21; Isaiah 7:25

MAUL

• General scriptures concerning Proverbs 25:18

MAZZAROTH

• Probably signs of the zodiac, see Job 38:32

• See MUSIC

MEAH

• A tower in Jerusalem Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39

MEAL

• See EATING

• See FOOD

MEASURE

• The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest research, and are as correct as is possible at this time

• -DRY - A bushel, about a peck Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33

• A cab, or kab, about two quarts 2Kings 6:25

• A cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels 1Kings 4:22; 5:11; 2Chronicles 2:10; 27:5; Ezra 7:22

• An ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half Exodus 16:36; Leviticus 5:11; 6:20; 19:36; Numbers 5:15; 28:5; Judges 6:19; Ruth 2:17; 1Samuel 1:24; 17:17; Ezekiel 45:10, 11, Isaiah 5:10; 13, 24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14; Amos 8:5; Zechariah 5:6-10

• A half-homer, about five and a half bushels Hosea 3:2

• A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs Leviticus 27:16; Numbers 11:32; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:11-14; Hosea 3:2

• An omer, about one bushel Exodus 16:16, 18

• A seah, about a peck and a half Genesis 18:6; 1Samuel 25:18; 2Kings 7:1, 1Kings 18:32; 16, 18

• A tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 14:10, 21; 23:13, 17; Numbers 15:4, 24:5; 6, 9; 28:9, 12, 13, 20, 29:3, 4, 9, 10, 21, 29; 14, 15

• LIQUID - A bath, about eight gallons and a half 1Kings 7:26, 38; 2Chronicles 2:10; 4:5; Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:10, 11, 14; Luke 16:6

• A firkin, nearly nine gallons John 2:6

• A hin, about a gallon and a half Exodus 29:40; 30:24; Leviticus 19:36; 23:13; 28:5, Numbers 15:4-10; 7, 14; Ezekiel 4:11

• A log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin Leviticus 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24
  

• See WEIGHTS

• LINEAR - A finger Jeremiah 52:21

• A handbreadth Exodus 25:25; 37:12; 1Kings 7:26; 2Chronicles 4:5; Psalm 39:5; Ezekiel 40:5, 43; 43:13

• A span Exodus 28:16; 1Samuel 17:4; Isaiah 40:12; 48:13; Lamentations 2:20; Ezekiel 43:13

• A cubit, the length of a man's forearm
  

• See CUBIT

• A reed, probably six cubits Ezekiel 40:5

• A fathom Acts 27:28

• A pace 2Samuel 6:13

• A furlong Luke 24:13

• A mile, probably nine-tenths of an English mile Matthew 5:41

• A Sabbath day's journey, two thousand paces Acts 1:12

• MUST BE JUST Leviticus 19:35, 36; Deuteronomy 25:13-16; Proverbs 11:1; 16:11; 20:10, 23; Hosea 12:7-9; Micah 6:10-12
  

• See DISHONESTY
  

• See INTEGRITY

MEAT OFFERING

• See OFFERINGS, MEAT

MEBUNNAI

• One of David's guards 2Samuel 23:27

MECHANIC

• General scriptures concerning Proverbs 8:30; 1Corinthians 3:10

• Instances of

• Tubal-cain Genesis 4:22

• Bezaleel Exodus 31:2-11; 35:30-35

• Hiram 1Kings 7:13-50; 2Chronicles 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 Numbers 11:26-29

MEDAN

• Son of Abraham and Keturah Genesis 25:2; 1Chronicles 1:32

MEDDLING

• See BUSYBODY

• See TALEBEARER

MEDEBA

• A city of Moab Numbers 21:30

• An idolatrous "high place," Isaiah 15:2

• Allotted to Reuben Joshua 13:9, 16

• David defeats an army and the Ammonites at 1Chronicles 19:7-15

MEDES

• Inhabitants of Media -Israelites distributed among, when carried to Assyria 2Kings 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 Daniel 5:28, 31; 9:1; 11:1

MEDIA

• See MEDES

MEDIATION

• See INTERCESSION

• See JESUS, MEDIATOR

MEDICINE

• General scriptures concerning Proverbs 17:22; Isaiah 1:6; 38:21; Jeremiah 8:22; 30:13; 46:11; 51:8, 9; Ezekiel 47:12; Luke 10:34; Revelation 22:2

• See DISEASES

• See PHYSICIAN

MEDITATION

• General scriptures concerning Joshua 1:8; Psalm 1:2; 4:4; 19:14; 39:3; 49:3; 63:5, 6; 73:12-22; 77:10-12; 119:11, 15, 16, 23, 48, 55, 59, 78, 104:34; 97-99, 148; 139:17, 18; 143:5; 1Timothy 4:13-15

• INSTANCE OF

• Isaac Genesis 24:63

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

• Mentioned in Scripture as "the Great Sea," Numbers 34:6, 7; Joshua 1:4; 9:1; 15:12, 47; Ezekiel 47:10, 23:4; 15, 20; 48:28

• Sea of the Philistines Exodus 23:31

• Sea of Joppa Ezra 3:7

• The hinder sea Zechariah 14:8

• The uttermost sea Deuteronomy 11:24

• The utmost sea Joel 2:20

MEEKNESS

• General scriptures concerning Psalm 22:26; 25:9; 37:11; 76:8, 9; 147:6; 149:4; Proverbs 14:29; 15:1, 18; 16:32; 17:1; 19:11; 20:3; 25:15; 29:8; Ecclesiastes 7:8; 10:4; Isaiah 11:4; 29:19; Lamentations 3:28-30; Amos 3:3; Zephaniah 2:3; Matthew 5:5, 9, 38-42; 11:29; 27:13, 14; Mark 9:50; Luke 6:29; Romans 12:14, 18; 14:19; 1Corinthians 6:7; 7:15; 13:4, 10:32; 5, 7; 2Corinthians 10:1; 13:11; Galatians 5:22, 23, 26; 6:1; Ephesians 4:1, 2; Philippians 2:14, 15; Colossians 3:12, 13; 1Thessalonians 5:14, 15; 2Thessalonians 3:5; 1Timothy 3:2, 3; 6:11, 12; 2Timothy 2:24, 25; Titus 2:2, 9; 3:2; Hebrews 10:36; James 1:4, 12:14; 3:13, 19, 21; 17, 18; 3:4, 1Peter 2:18-23; 11, 15; 2Peter 1:5-7; Jude 1:9

• Instances of

• Abraham Genesis 13:8

• Isaac Genesis 26:20-22

• Moses Exodus 2:13; 14:13, 14; 15:24; 16:7, 8; 17:2; Numbers 12:3; 16:4-11

• Gideon Judges 8:2, 3

• Hannah 1Samuel 1:13-16

• Saul 1Samuel 10:27

• David 1Samuel 17:29; 2Samuel 16:9-14; Psalm 38:13, 14; 120:5-7

• Paul Acts 21:20-26; 1Thessalonians 2:7; 2Timothy 4:16

• The Thessalonians 2Thessalonians 1:4

• Job James 5:11

• The angel Jude 1:9

• For the meekness of Jesus, see below
  

• See HUMILITY
  

• See KINDNESS
  

• See PATIENCE

• OF JESUS Isaiah 42:1-4; 53:7; Matthew 12:19, 20; 26:47-54
  

• See JESUS, HUMILITY OF

MEGIDDO

• Also called MEGIDDON, and probably ARMAGEDDON -A city in the territory of Issachar situated on the southern edge of the plain of Esdraelon Joshua 17:11; 1Chronicles 7:29

• Conquest of, by Joshua Joshua 12:21

• Walled by Solomon 1Kings 9:15

• Included in one or Solomon's commissary districts 1Kings 4:12

• Ahaziah dies at 2Kings 9:27

• Valley of, Deborah defeats Sisera in Judges 5:19

• Josiah killed at, by Pharaoh-nechoh 2Kings 23:29, 30; 2Chronicles 35:22-24

• Prophecy concerning Zechariah 12:11

MEHETABEEL

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

MEHETABEL

• Wife of Hadar Genesis 36:39; 1Chronicles 1:50

MEHIDA

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

MEHIR

• Son of Chelub 1Chronicles 4:11

MEHOLATHITE

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

MEHUJAEL

• Son of Irad Genesis 4:18

MEHUMAN

• A chamberlain of Ahasuerus Esther 1:10

MEHUNIM

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

ME-JARKON

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

MEKONAH

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

MELATIAH

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

MELCHI

• Ancestor of Jesus Luke 3:24

• Remote ancestor of Jesus Luke 3:28

MELCHESEDEC

• See MELCHIZEDEK

MELCHISHUA

• Also called MALCHISHUA -Son of King Saul 1Samuel 14:49; 31:2; 1Chronicles 8:33; 9:39; 10:2