Search

Search results

Displaying 151 - 160

Jaare-oregim

(Encyclopedia) Jaare-oregimJaare-oregimjāărˈē-ŏrˈēgĭm [key], in the Bible, father of David's man Elhanan. He also appears as Jair.

Writing Well: Get Cookin'!

Get Cookin'!Writing WellTell Me a Story: NarrationNarrative Building BlocksGet Cookin'!Life Line: Personal Narratives When you write a short story or other narrative, you can rework an incident from…

Magor-missabib

(Encyclopedia) Magor-missabibMagor-missabibmāˈgôr-mĭsˈəbĭb [key], in the Bible, name given by Jeremiah to the man who put him in the stocks.

Dives

(Encyclopedia) DivesDivesdīˈvēz [key] [Lat.,=rich], traditional name of the unnamed rich man of the parable in the Gospel of St. Luke.

elf

(Encyclopedia) elf, in Germanic mythology, a type of fairy. Usually represented as tiny people, elves are said to dwell in forests, in the sea, and in the air. Although they can be friendly to man,…

Heleb

(Encyclopedia) HelebHelebhēˈlĕb [key], in the Bible, mighty man. An alternate form is Heled. He may be the captain Heldai in First Chronicles.

Balthus

(Encyclopedia) BalthusBalthusbôlˈthəs, bălˈ– [key], 1908–2001, Polish-French painter, b. Paris as Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola. Balthus is sometimes regarded as one of the most important…

conscience

(Encyclopedia) conscience, sense of moral awareness or of right and wrong. The concept has been variously explained by moralists and philosophers. In the history of ethics, the conscience has been…

Coon, Carleton Stevens

(Encyclopedia) Coon, Carleton Stevens, 1904–81, American anthropologist, archaeologist, and educator, b. Wakefield, Mass., grad. Harvard 1925, Ph.D. 1928. From 1925 to 1939 he was engaged in…

Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl of

(Encyclopedia) Derby, James Stanley, 7th earl ofDerby, James Stanley, 7th earl ofdärˈbē [key], 1607–51, English nobleman. He sat in the House of Commons (1625–28), took his seat in the House of Lords…