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Dor

(Encyclopedia)Dor or Dora, Canaanite seaport, ancient Palestine (modern Israel), N of Caesarea Palestinae. It was never a Jewish city but rather a Phoenician outpost. It was rebuilt by the Romans; still visible are...

Dumah

(Encyclopedia)Dumah do͞oˈmə [key], in the Bible. 1 Descendants of Ishmael, an Arabic tribe in the desert of N Arabia. 2 Town, S ancient Palestine. 3 Apparently a symbolic name for Edom. ...

Kedar

(Encyclopedia)Kedar kēˈdər [key], powerful nomadic tribe, who lived in N Arabia, E of Palestine. Their name appears often in the Bible, where it is identified as meaning the descendants of the second son of Ishm...

Caleb

(Encyclopedia)Caleb kāˈlĕb [key], in the Bible, principal spy sent into Canaan, noted for his faithfulness to God. The name is mentioned elsewhere, apparently in connection with a clan inhabiting S ancient Pales...

Pirathon

(Encyclopedia)Pirathon pĭrˈəthŏn [key], in the Bible, unidentified place, central ancient Palestine, the native town of one of David's captains, Benaiah, and of one of the judges, Abdon. It is probably identica...

Ain, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Ain āˈĭn [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, N ancient Palestine. 2 See En-rimmon. ...

Beth-marcaboth

(Encyclopedia)Beth-marcaboth bĕth-märˈkəbŏth [key], in the Bible, town in ancient Palestine, perhaps the same as Madmannah. ...

Students for a Democratic Society

(Encyclopedia)Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in U.S. history, a radical student organization of the 1960s. In the influential Port Huron (Mich.) Statement (1962), the organization, founded in 1960, presen...

Migdal-el

(Encyclopedia)Migdal-el mĭgˈdəl-ĕl [key], fortified town, N ancient Palestine. It is believed to be identical with the biblical Magdala. ...

Malchiah

(Encyclopedia)Malchiah mălkīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Priest. 2, 3, 4, 5 Israelites in the return to Palestine. 6 Israelite in the return. It is also spelled Malchijah. 7 Owner of Jeremiah's prison. ...