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Baalath
(Encyclopedia)Baalath bāˈəlăth [key] [Heb., fem. of Baal], in the Bible. 1 Town of Dan. Joshua 19.44 2 Unidentified city. 1 Kings 9.18; 2 Chron. 8.6. ...Kerioth
(Encyclopedia)Kerioth kĕrˈēŏth [key]. 1 Unidentified town, E of the Jordan in Moab. Called Kirioth in Amos 2.2. 2 Unidentifed town, S ancient Palestine. In AV what had been one name is given as two: Kerioth and...Beth-baal-meon
(Encyclopedia)Beth-baal-meon bĕth-bāˈəl-mēˈən [key], town of Moab, E of the Jordan, now called Main (Jordan), 12 mi (19 km) SW of Hisban. It also appears as Baal-meon and Beth-meon. Beon in the Book of Numbe...Beth-shemesh
(Encyclopedia)Beth-shemesh bĕth-shēˈmĕsh [key], in the Bible. 1 The Egyptian Heliopolis. 2 Town of ancient Palestine, the modern Tel Bet Shemesh (Israel), W of Jerusalem. Excavations there have revealed traces ...Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de
(Encyclopedia)Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de älônˈsō fārnänˈdāth dā ävĕlyänāˈᵺä [key], pen name used by the unknown Spanish writer who published a spurious second part of Don Quixote in 1614, bef...Tappuah
(Encyclopedia)Tappuah tăpyo͞oˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Hebron and eponym of Beth-tappuah. 2 Border town of Manasseh, probably c.5 mi (8.1 km) NW of Shiloh. An alternate form is En-tappuah. 3 Unidentified...Aphek
(Encyclopedia)Aphek āˈfĕk [key], in the Bible. 1 Canaanite royal town, the modern Ras el-Ain or Rosh Hayim (Israel). Herod called it Antipatris. It is mentioned in Egyptian documents dating from the 19th cent. b...Jahaz
(Encyclopedia)Jahaz jäˈzə [key], in the Bible, unidentified town, E of the Dead Sea. Israel's defeat there of the Amorites is recorded on the Moabite stone. ...colugo
(Encyclopedia)colugo kəlo͞oˈgō [key]: see flying lemur. ...Fossett, Steve
(Encyclopedia)Fossett, Steve (James Stephen Fossett), 1944–2007, American investment banker and adventurer, b. California. After becoming a multimillionaire as a stockbroker and investment consultant, he began a ...Browse by Subject
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