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Rehob

(Encyclopedia)Rehob rēˈhŏb [key], in the Bible. 1 Hadadezer's father. 2 Sealer of the Covenant. 3 See Beth-rehob. 4 Town of Asher. ...

Imri

(Encyclopedia)Imri ĭmˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Judahite. Probably the same as Amariah (8.) 2 Father of a builder of the walls. ...

Thersander

(Encyclopedia)Thersander thərsănˈdər [key], in Greek legend, son of Polynices. He avenged his father's death in the expedition of the Epigoni and was made king of Thebes. ...

Feodor II

(Encyclopedia)Feodor II, 1589–1605, czar of Russia (1605). He succeeded his father, Boris Godunov, but was assassinated when the first false Dmitri was proclaimed czar. ...

Pachmann, Vladimir de

(Encyclopedia)Pachmann, Vladimir de vlədyēˈmĭr də päkhˈmän [key], 1848–1933, Russian pianist, studied with his father, a violinist, and at the Vienna Conservatory. He devoted himself almost exclusively to...

Amminadab

(Encyclopedia)Amminadab əmĭnˈədăb [key], in the Bible. 1 Aaron's father-in-law. 2 Head of a Levitical family. 3 The same as Izehar. ...

Henri

(Encyclopedia)Henri, 1955–, grand duke of Luxembourg (2000–), the oldest son of Jean, grand duke of Luxembourg, and Joséphine Charlotte, princess of Belgium. In 1981 Henri married María Teresa Mestre y Batist...

Barzillai

(Encyclopedia)Barzillai bärzĭlˈāī [key], in the Bible. 1 Chief in Gilead who was friendly to David. 2 The father-in-law of Saul's daughter Merab. ...

Calchas

(Encyclopedia)Calchas kălˈkăs [key], in Greek legend, seer whose prophecies aided the Greeks in the Trojan War. In medieval romances, he is the father of Cressida. ...

Bethuel

(Encyclopedia)Bethuel bĕthyo͞oˈəl [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Laban and Rebecca. 2 The same as Bethel (2.) ...