(Encyclopedia) MahanaimMahanaimmāˌhənāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, unidentified city E of the Jordan River near the Jabbok. There Jacob met angels; there, also, David took refuge from Absalom.
(Encyclopedia) New England Conservatory of Music, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; est. 1867, chartered and opened 1870. It is closely associated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire…
(Encyclopedia) Ashteroth KarnaimAshteroth Karnaimăshˈtērŏth kärnāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place, E of the Jordan. It is possibly the same as Carnaim in First Maccabees and Carnion in Second Maccabees.
(Encyclopedia) EphronEphronēˈfrŏn [key], in the Bible. 1 Owner of the cave of Machpelah. 2 City, E of the Jordan, captured by Judas Maccabeus. 3 Mount, near Kiryat-jearim.
(Encyclopedia) Beth-hogla or Beth-hoglahBeth-hoglahboth: bĕth-hŏgˈlə [key], in the Bible, a town, the modern Ayn Hajalah in the West Bank, W of the Jordan, SE of Jericho.
(Encyclopedia) Salcah or SalchahSalcahboth: sălˈkə [key], ancient fortress, SE Syria, E of the Jordan and on the boundary of Bashan; it is mentioned several times in the Bible.
(Encyclopedia) Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by…
(Encyclopedia) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Amman, Jordan and Gaza City, Gaza Strip.…
