. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . lained. According to Keil, Elisha calls for aminstrel, in order to gather in his thoughts by thesoft tones of music from the impression of the outerworld and by repressing the life of self and of theworld to be transferred into the state of internalvision, by which his spirit would be prepared to re-ceive the Divine revelation. This, in effect, is theview taken by Josephus, Maimonides, &c. The minstrels in Mat. ix. 23 (Gr. pi. of aulctes, trans-lated pipers in Rev. xviii. 22), were the flute-players who were employed as professional mourn-ers to whom
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . lained. According to Keil, Elisha calls for aminstrel, in order to gather in his thoughts by thesoft tones of music from the impression of the outerworld and by repressing the life of self and of theworld to be transferred into the state of internalvision, by which his spirit would be prepared to re-ceive the Divine revelation. This, in effect, is theview taken by Josephus, Maimonides, &c. The minstrels in Mat. ix. 23 (Gr. pi. of aulctes, trans-lated pipers in Rev. xviii. 22), were the flute-players who were employed as professional mourn-ers to whom frequent allusion is made (Eccl. xii. 5;2 Chr. xxxv. 25 ; Jer. ix. 17-20). Mourning ; Music. Mint (Gr. heduosmon) occurs only in Mat. , and Lk. xi. 42, as one of those herbs, the titheof which the Jews were most scrupulously exact inj paying. The A. V. is undoubtedly correct in thetranslation of the Greek word, and all the old ver-sions are agreed in understanding some species ofmint {Mentha) by it. Mint was used by the Greeks. Horse-mint (Mentha eylvestfie). and Romans both as a carminative in medicine anda condiment in cookery. The woodcut represents MIP MIR 655 the horse-mint (Mentha sylvestris) which is commonin Syria, and, according to Russell, found in thegardens at Aleppo; Mentha sativa is generally sup-posed to be only a variety of Mentha arvensis, an-other widely-diffused species (popularly called field-mint or corn-mint); perhaps all these were knownto the ancients. There are numerous species ofthis genus, having similar properties, usually grow-ing in moist situations, and yielding a powerfulodor, especially when bruised. Spearmint (Menthaviridis) and peppermint (Mentha piperita) are wellknown in the United States. Miphkad (Heb. review, appointment, appointedplace, Ges.), the Gate, one of the gates of Jerusalemat the time of the rebuilding of the wall after theCaptivity (Neh. iii. 31). It was probably not inthe wall of Jerusalem proper, but in that enclosing
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