MESHA

Meaning of MESHA in English

[Other] The King of Moab who triumphed over the Israelites (2 Kings 3:4), whereupon he erected an inscribed stone, dedicated to the god Chemosh, as a thanks-giving.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary. Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии. 2012

MESHA — (freedom). â The name of one of the geographical limits of the Joktanites when they first settled in Arabia. (Genesis …
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MESHA — burden; salvation
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MESHA — Меша
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MESHA STELE — /mee"sheuh/ . See Moabite Stone .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOAB — Kingdom, ancient Palestine. Located east of the Dead Sea in what is now southwestern Jordan, it was bounded by Edom …
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MOABITE STONE — () A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which …
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MOABITE STONE — a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, …
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MOABITE STONE — add. ·- a block of black basalt, found at dibon in moab by rev. f. a. klein, aug. 19, 1868, …
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MOABITE ALPHABET — eastern subdivision of the Canaanite branch of the early Semitic alphabet, closely related to the early Hebrew alphabet. The best-known …
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MOABITE — member of a West-Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in west-central Jordan) and …
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MEIR — (Hebrewthe Enlightener) flourished 2nd century AD rabbi who was among the greatest of the tannaim, the group of some 225 …
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MA'DABA — also spelled Medeba town, west-central Jordan. It is situated on a highland plain more than 2,500 feet (760 m) above …
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KARAK, AL- — also spelled Kerak, town, west-central Jordan. It lies along the Wadi al-Karak, 15 miles (24 km) east of the Dead …
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JORDAN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped black-white-green national flag with a red hoist triangle bearing a white star. The flag has a width-to-length ratio …
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DIBON — modern Dhiban ancient capital of Moab, located north of the Arnon River in west-central Jordan. Excavations conducted there since 1950 …
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CHEMOSH — ancient West Semitic deity, revered by the Moabites as their supreme god. Little is known about Chemosh; although King Solomon …
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AHAB — flourished 9th century BC also spelled Achab seventh king of the northern kingdom of Israel (reigned c. 874c. 853 BC), …
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MOAB — n. Kingdom, ancient Palestine. Located east of the Dead Sea in what is now southwestern Jordan, it was bounded by …
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OTHER MYTHOLOGIES
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WOOL — was an article of the highest value among the Jews, as the staple material for the manufacture of clothing. (Leviticus …
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SEPHAR — (a numbering). It is written after the enumeration of the sons of Joktan, "And their dwelling was from Mesha as …
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MOABITE STONE, THE — In the year 1868 Rev. F. Klein, of the Church Missionary Society at Jerusalem, found at Dhiban (the biblical Dibon), …
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MOAB — (of his father), Mo'abites. Moab was the son of the Lot's eldest daughter, the progenitor of the Moabites. Zoar was …
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МЕША — Mesha
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