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Jethro

(Encyclopedia)Jethro jĕthˈrō [key], Midianite priest of the peninsula of Sinai who was the companion and father-in-law of Moses. He is also called Reuel, Raguel, and Hobab. ...

Zibeon

(Encyclopedia)Zibeon zĭbˈēən [key], in the Bible. 1 Grandfather of Esau's wife Aholibamah. 2 Son of Seir and father of Anah. They may be the same person. ...

Ahisamach

(Encyclopedia)Ahisamach əhĭsˈəmăk [key], in the Bible, father of Aholiab. ...

(Encyclopedia)Leo IV (Leo the Khazar), d. 780, Byzantine emperor (775–80), son and successor of Constantine V. He owed his nickname to his mother, a Khazar princess. Leo tempered the iconoclastic excesses of his ...

Mathew, Theobald

(Encyclopedia)Mathew, Theobald, 1790–1856, Irish social worker and temperance leader, a Capuchin priest. Father Mathew spent many years working for the welfare and education of the poor. In 1838 he took a pledge ...

Salu

(Encyclopedia)Salu sāˈlyo͞o [key], in the Bible, father of Zimri (2.) ...

Toi

(Encyclopedia)Toi tōˈī [key], in the Bible, king of Hamath, father of Joram (3.) ...

Shimri

(Encyclopedia)Shimri shĭmˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Descendant of Simeon. 2 Father of one of David's guard. 3 One who helped clean the Temple in Hezekiah's reign. ...

Curtis Institute of Music

(Encyclopedia)Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia; coeducational; founded 1924 by Mary Louise Curtis Bok (later married to Efrem Zimbalist) and named for her father, Cyrus Curtis. The institute operates enti...

Dibri

(Encyclopedia)Dibri dĭˈbrī [key], in the Bible, father of Shelomith (1.) ...