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Jehoiada

(Encyclopedia)Jehoiada jēhoiˈədə [key], in the Bible. 1 High priest. He married Jehosheba, a princess of Judah, and together they saved the infant Jehoash. They led the conspiracy against Athaliah that put Jeho...

wave, in the earth sciences

(Encyclopedia)CE5 A. Diagram of wave: Wave travels one wavelength during one period B. Diagram of wave: Phase relationships wave, in oceanography, an oscillating movement up and down, of a body of water caused ...

Hirah

(Encyclopedia)Hirah hīˈrə [key], in the Bible, Judah's father-in-law. ...

Laadah

(Encyclopedia)Laadah lāˈədə [key], in the Bible, Judah's grandson. ...

Amam

(Encyclopedia)Amam āˈmăm [key], in the Bible, city of Judah. ...

Hamul

(Encyclopedia)Hamul hāˈməl [key], in the Bible, grandson of Judah. ...

Amos

(Encyclopedia)Amos āˈməs [key], prophetic book of the Bible. The majority of its oracles are chronologically earlier than those of the Bible's other prophetic books. His activity is dated c.760 b.c. The prophet ...

Adadah

(Encyclopedia)Adadah ădˈədə [key], in the Bible, town of Judah in the southernmost part of ancient Palestine. ...

Jedidah

(Encyclopedia)Jedidah jēdīˈdə [key], in the Bible, wife of Amon of Judah. ...

Jeuel

(Encyclopedia)Jeuel jo͞oˈĕl [key], in the Bible, chief of Judah. ...