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Miphkad

(Encyclopedia)Miphkad mĭfˈkăd [key], [Heb.,=muster gate], in the Bible, gate in the postexilic wall of Jerusalem. It was east of the Temple. ...

Mattithiah

(Encyclopedia)Mattithiah mătˌĭthīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Overseer in the temple. 2 Musician of David. 3 Assistant of Ezra. ...

Kore, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Kore kōˈrē [key], in the Bible. 1 Family of temple doorkeepers. 2 Levite under Hezekiah. ...

Kharga

(Encyclopedia)Kharga äl khärˈēnjä [key], large oasis (1986 pop. 38,544), S central Egypt, in the Libyan (Western) Desert. Populated chiefly by Arab Bedouins and Arab-speaking Berbers, the irrigated oasis produ...

Tatnai

(Encyclopedia)Tatnai tătˈnāī [key], in the Bible, Persian governor of the province W of the Euphrates at the time of Zerubbabel. He opposed the rebuilding of the Temple. ...

Hera

(Encyclopedia)Hera hĭrˈə, hērˈə [key], in Greek religion and mythology, queen of the Olympian gods, daughter of Kronos and Rhea. She was the wife and sister of Zeus and the mother of Ares and Hephaestus. A je...

Hen

(Encyclopedia)Hen, in the Bible, man who was to have a memorial in the temple.

Pollonarrua

(Encyclopedia)Pollonarrua or Polonnaruwa both: pŏlˌənəro͞oˈə [key], ruined ancient city, NE Sri Lanka. Pollonarrua, beautifully situated on a lake, was once the most splendid city of Sri Lanka. It became a r...

Texas A&M University

(Encyclopedia)Texas A&M University, main campus at College Station; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1871 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, opened 1876. The school gai...

Shethar-Boznai

(Encyclopedia)Shethar-Boznai shēˈthər-bŏzˈnāī [key], in the Bible, Persian who tried to obstruct the building of the second Temple. ...