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Libnah

(Encyclopedia)Libnah lĭbˈnə [key], in the Bible. 1 Unidentified place in the desert wanderings. 2 Canaanite city, SW ancient Palestine, N of Lachish. It was captured by Joshua. ...

Javan

(Encyclopedia)Javan jāˈvăn [key], in the Bible. 1 Japheth's son, eponymous ancestor of the Greeks. 2 Unidentified place engaged in trade with Tyre, perhaps a Greek colony. ...

Horeb

(Encyclopedia)Horeb hōˈrĕb [key], in the Bible, mountain, another name for Mt. Sinai. It is mentioned in Psalm 106 as the place of the making of the golden calf. Elijah fled to Horeb. ...

Bavarian Succession, War of the

(Encyclopedia)Bavarian Succession, War of the, between Austria and Prussia, 1778–79. With the extinction of the Bavarian line of the house of Wittelsbach on the death of Elector Maximilian Joseph in 1777, the duc...

Nobah

(Encyclopedia)Nobah nōˈbə [key], in the Bible. 1 Hebrew warrior who conquered Kenath. 2 Unidentified desert place, E of ancient Palestine, associated with Gideon. ...

Columbine, in the commedia dell'arte

(Encyclopedia)Columbine: see commedia dell'arte. ...

Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Christmas Island, atoll: see Kiritimati. ...

Baal-gad

(Encyclopedia)Baal-gad bāˈəl-gădˈ [key], in the Bible, place at the foot of Mt. Hermon. It represented the northern limit of Joshua's conquest. Gad apparently refers to a god of fortune. ...

Baal-shalisha

(Encyclopedia)Baal-shalisha bāəl-shălˈĭshə [key], in the Bible, place, perhaps in Shalisha. ...

family, in sociology

(Encyclopedia)family, a basic unit of social structure, the exact definition of which can vary greatly from time to time and from culture to culture. How a society defines family as a primary group, and the functio...