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Ebed

(Encyclopedia)Ebed ēˈbĕd [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Gaal. 2 One who returned with Ezra. ...

Hammath

(Encyclopedia)Hammath hămˈăth [key], in the Bible. 1 Fortified Naphtalite city. It is probably the Hammon mentioned in First Chronicles and Joshua. 2 Father of the founder of the house of Rechab. ...

Harumaph

(Encyclopedia)Harumaph hāryo͞oˈmăf, hāˈ– [key], in the Bible, father of Jedaiah (2.) ...

Tabeal

(Encyclopedia)Tabeal tāˈbēəl, təbēˈəl [key], in the Bible, father of the proposed usurper of Ahaz's throne. ...

Simon of Cyrene

(Encyclopedia)Simon of Cyrene sīrēˈnē [key], in the New Testament, bystander made to carry Jesus' cross. He was probably an African Jew, and is identified as the father of Alexander and Rufus. ...

Zanoah

(Encyclopedia)Zanoah zənōˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, SW ancient Palestine, W of Bethlehem. 2 Town, ancient Palestine, near Hebron. In First Chronicles, Jekuthiel is called the father (or founder) of Janoah....

Adrammelech

(Encyclopedia)Adrammelech ədrămˈəlĕk [key], in the Bible. 1 God of a Samaritan cult. 2 One of the two men named as murderers of their father, Sennacherib; Sharezer was the other. Babylonian sources mention one...

Astyanax

(Encyclopedia)Astyanax əstīˈənăks [key], in Greek mythology, son of Hector and Andromache. When the Greeks captured Troy, they killed him out of fear that he would avenge his father and his city. He was also k...

Virginia, in Roman legend

(Encyclopedia)Virginia, in Roman legend, daughter of the centurion Virginius. Her father stabbed her to save her from the lust of Appius Claudius Crassus, decemvir. This precipitated the fall of the decemvirs. The ...

Delaiah

(Encyclopedia)Delaiah dĕlāīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Chief priest. 2 Father of Shemaiah 3, 4 Prince of Jehoiakim. ...