. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ce of vines, Fii.), an ancient place, the nativespot of Samlah, king of the Edomites (Gen. ; 1 Chr. i. 47); site unknown. Massa (Heb. a lifting up, utterance, burden, Ges.),a son of Ishmael (Gen. xxv. 14; 1 Chr. i. 30). Hisdescendants were not improbably the Masani, whoare placed by Ptolemy in the east of Arabia, nearthe borders of Babylonia. Massail (Heb. temptation), a name given to thespot, also called Meribah, where the Israelitestempted Jehovah (Ex. xvii. 7 ; Ps. xcv. 8, 9; 8). Mas-sias (Gr.) = Maaseiah 3 (1 Esd. ix. 22). * Mas
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ce of vines, Fii.), an ancient place, the nativespot of Samlah, king of the Edomites (Gen. ; 1 Chr. i. 47); site unknown. Massa (Heb. a lifting up, utterance, burden, Ges.),a son of Ishmael (Gen. xxv. 14; 1 Chr. i. 30). Hisdescendants were not improbably the Masani, whoare placed by Ptolemy in the east of Arabia, nearthe borders of Babylonia. Massail (Heb. temptation), a name given to thespot, also called Meribah, where the Israelitestempted Jehovah (Ex. xvii. 7 ; Ps. xcv. 8, 9; 8). Mas-sias (Gr.) = Maaseiah 3 (1 Esd. ix. 22). * Mast. Ship. * Mas ter. Lord ; Rabbi ; Servant ; [-tik] (fr. Gr.) tree occurs only in the Apocrypha (Sus. 54), where the margin of the A. lentisk. There is no doubt that the Greekword is correctly rendered, as is evident from thedescription of it by Theophrastus, Pliny, Dioscorides,and other writers. The fragrant resin known inthe arts as mastich, and obtained by incisionsmade in the trunk in August, is the produce of this. Mastich (Pisiacia Lentiecus). tree, whose scientific name is Pisiacia Lentiscus. Itis used with us to strengthen the teeth and gums,and was so applied by the ancients, by whom it wasmuch prized on this account, and for its many sup-posed medical virtues. It is extensively used in thepreparation of spirits, as a sweetmeat, as an an-tispasmodic in medicine, and as an ingredient invarnishes. Both Pliny and Dioscorides state thatthe best mastich comes from Chios (Scio). Tourne-fort says these trees are very wide-spread and cir-cular, ten or twelve feet tall. They are common onthe shores of the Mediterranean. Math-a-nias (fr. Gr.) = Mattaniah, a descendantof Pahath-moab (1 Esd. ix. 31; compare Ezr. ). Ma-thnsa-la (fr. Gr. form of Heb.) = Methuse-lah, the son of Enoch (Lk. iii. 37). Matred (Heb. propelling, Ges.), a daughter of Me-zahab, and mother of Mehetabel, who was wife ofHadar (or Hadad) of Pau, king of Edom (Gen. ; 1 Chr. i. 50
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