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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 7:18 (NET)
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Mahalah
[isbe] MAHALAH - ma-ha'-la, ma'-ha-la (machlah; the Revised Version (British and American) has the correct form MAHLAH): A descendant of Manasseh (1 Ch 7:18).
[smith] (disease), one of the three children of Hammoleketh the sister of Gilead. (1Â Chronicles 7:18)
[nave] MAHALAH, grandson of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 7:18.
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Hammoleketh
[ebd] the queen, the daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead (1 Chr. 7:17, 18). Abiezer was one of her three children.
[smith] (the queen), a daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead. (1Â Chronicles 7:17,18) (B.C. between 1706 and 1491.)
[nave] HAMMOLEKETH, daughter of Machir, 1 Chr. 7:17, 18.
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Ishod
[isbe] ISHOD - i'-shod, ish'-od (`ishehodh): the King James Version 1 Ch 7:18 for ISHHOD (which see).
[smith] (man of glory), one of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan, son of Hammoleketh. (1Â Chronicles 7:18) (B.C. 1491.)
[nave] ISHOD, one of the tribe of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 7:18.
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ABIEZER
[isbe] ABIEZER - ab-i-e'-zer, a-bi-e'-zer ('abhi`ezer, "father of help," or "my father is help." Iezer, Iezerite (in the King James Version Jeezer, Jeezerite), is Abiezer with the letter beth omitted): (1) A descendant of Joseph th...
[smith] (father of help, helpful). Eldest son of Gilead, and descendant of Manasseh. (Joshua 17:2; 1Â Chronicles 7:18) (B.C. 1450.) He was the ancestor of the great judge Gideon. [GIDEON] One of David?s mighty men. (2Â Samuel 23...
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Genealogy
[nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
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Israel
[nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
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Jacob
[nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
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Polygamy
[nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
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MANASSEH (2)
[isbe] MANASSEH (2) - 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Gen 41:51...
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Gideon
[ebd] called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6-8). His calling is the commencement of the second period in the history of the judges. After the victory...
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GENEALOGY, 8 part 2
[isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
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HAMMOLECHETH
[isbe] HAMMOLECHETH - ha-mol'-e-keth (hamolekheth, "the queen"; Septuagint Malecheth; the King James Version Hammoleketh): The daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead (1 Ch 7:18).
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ISHHOD
[isbe] ISHHOD - ish'-hod ('ishehodh, "man of majesty"): A man of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Ch 7:18, the King James Version "Ishod").
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Abieezer
[ebd] father of help; i.e., "helpful." (1.) The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp. Judg. 6:34; 8:2). He wa...
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MAHLAH
[isbe] MAHLAH - ma'-la (machlah "sickness" or "song," etymology doubtful): (1) Eldest of Zelophehad's 5 daughters (Nu 26:33; 27:1). As Zelophehad, grandson of Manasseh, had no sons, the daughters successfully claimed their father's...
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