me•no•rah*—lamp; the menorah in the Temple had seven branches. MJ 9:2; Rv 1:12+.

mentsh [Y]—a good, reliable person; a real human being, energetic, moral and compassionate. 1C 16:13.

Me•ra•ta•yim (Merathaim)

Me•rav (Merab)

Me•red

Me•res

Me•rom

Me•ro•no•ti (Meronothite)

Me•roz

Me•sha

Me•shei•zav•’el (Meshezabeel)

Me•shekh (Meshech)

Me•she•lem•yah, -ya•hu (Meshelemiah)

Me•shil•le•mot (Meshillemoth)

Me•shil•mit (Meshillemith)

Me•sho•vav (Meshobab)

me•shug•ga*—crazy. Yn 10:20.

me•shug•ga•‘im—crazy people

Me•shu•lam (Meshullam)

Me•shu•le•met (Meshullemeth)

Me•teg-A•mah (Metheg-ammah)

Me•tu•sha•’el (Methusael)

Me•tu•she•lach (Methuselah, Mathusala)—grandfather of Noach, in Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:37.

Me•‘u•nim

M’•fi•vo•shet (Mephibosheth)

M’•hei•tav•’el (Mehetabel)

Mid•din

mid•rash—allegorical interpretation or homiletical application of a text. The hearer is expected to understand that the maker of the midrash is not expounding the plain meaning of the text but introducing his own ideas. Ga 4:24.

Mid•yan (Midian, Madian)—desert region including parts of the Sinai Peninsula and what is now southern Jordan. Ac 7:29.

Mid•ya•ni, -nim (Midianite, -s)

Mig•dal-‘E•der (tower of Edar)

Mig•dal-El

Mig•dal-Gad

Mig•dol

Mig•ron

Mi•kha (Micha)

Mi•kha•’el (Michael)—a ruling angel ("archangel") described at Daniel 10:21 and 12:1 as watching out for the interests of the nation of Israel, and in the New Testament as the commander of the angels contending with the Adversary, Satan. Yd 9; Rv 12:7.

Mi•khah (Micah)

Mi•khal (Michal)

Mi•kha•yah, -ya•hu (Michaiah)

Mi•khay’•hu (Micaiah)

Mikh•mas (Michmas)

Mikh•m’•tat (Michmethath)

Mikh•ri (Michri)

mikh•tam—poem

Mik•ketz—Parashah 10; Genesis 41:1–44:17

Mik•lot (Mikloth)

Mik•ne•ya•hu (Mikneiah)

mik•veh—bath or pool with a flow of fresh water; used in Orthodox Judaism to this day for ritual purification. Ep 5:26, Ti 3:5.

Mi•la•lai

Mil•kah (Milcah)

Mil•kom (Milcom)

Mil•lo

min•chah—the afternoon Temple sacrifice, which was accompanied by prayers. In today’s Judaism the afternoon synagogue service is called minchah by way of commemoration. Ac 3:1; 10:30.

Min•ni

Min•nit (Minnith)

Min•ya•min (Miniamin)

min•yan—quorum needed for certain public prayers; Orthodox Judaism sets it at ten men, while Conservative Judaism includes women. Ac 16:13.

Mir•mah (Mirma)

Mir•yam (Mary, Miriam)—(1) The original Miryam was the sister of Moshe, but she does not appear in the New Testament. (2) Mother of Yeshua the Messiah. Mt 1:16+. (3) Miryam from Magdala (see below). (4) Mother of Ya‘akov #7 and Yosef #8 (Yosi #2). Mt 27:56+. (5) Wife of Klofah. Yn 19:25. (6) Sister of Marta and El‘azar in Beit-Anyah. Lk 10:39+. (7) Mother of Yochanan Mark. Ac 12:12. (8) A believer in Rome. Ro 16:6.

Mir•yam from Mag•da•la; Mir•yam, called Mag•da•lit (Mary Magdalene)—talmidah of Yeshua from the town of Magdala (see glossary entry). Mt 27:56+.

Mis•gav (Misgab)

Mi•sha•’el

Mi•shal

Mish•‘am

Mish•ma

Mish•ma•nah (Mishmannah)

Mish•pa•tim—Parashah 18; Exodus 21:1–24:18

Mish•ra•‘i (Mishraite)

Mis•par

Mis•pe•ret (Mispereth)

Mis•re•fot-Ma•yim (Misrephoth-maim)

Mit•kah (Mithcah)

Mit•ni (Mithnite)

Mit•r’•dat (Mithredath)

Mitz•pah (Mizpah)

Mitz•peh (Mizpeh)

Mitz•ra•yim (Mizraim)—Egypt.

mitz •vah*, pl. mitz•vot—literally: "command," "commandment"; more broadly: general principle for living, good deed. Mt 5:19+.

Miv•char (Mibhar)

Miv•sam (Mibsam)

Miv•tzar (Mibsar)

Mi•ya•min (Mijamin)

Miz•zah

Mi•zar

M’•khe•ra•ti (Mecherathite)

M’•kho•nah (Mekonah)

M’•lat•yah (Melatiah)

M’•li•khu (Melicu)

M’na•sheh (Manasseh, Manasses)—(1) Son of Yosef #1 and grandson of Ya‘akov #1. He does not appear in the New Testament, but the half-tribe of Israel named for him does. Rv 7:6. (2) A king of Y’hudah; in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:10.

M’•na•shi (Manassite)

M’•ne! M’•ne! T’•kel u•far•sin—see Dani’el 5:25–28 and footnote.

M’•nu•chot (Menuhoth)

Mo•‘ad•yah (Moadiah)

Mo•’av (Moab)

Mo•’a•vi, -vim (Moabite, -s)

Mo•’a•vit (Moabite woman)

Mo•la•dah

Mo•lekh (Moloch)—false god worshipped in the ancient Near East. Ac 7:43.

Mo•lid

M•‘o•no•tai (Meonothai)

Mo•rash•ti (Morasthite)

Mor•de•khai (Mordecai)

Mo•reh

Mo•re•shet (Moresheth)

Mo•re•shet-Gat (Moresheth-gath)

Mo•ri•yah (Moriah)

Mo•se•rah (Mosera)

Mo•se•rot (Moseroth)

Mo•she* (Moses)—(1) Deliverer of Israel from Egypt, agent through whom Israel received the Torah. Mt 8:4+. (2) In the time of Yeshua and after, the "seat of Moshe" was not only a metaphor for the authority of the Torah-teachers, but an actual chair on which they sat when they taught. An example, from the third century c.e., discovered in the ruins of Korazin (see glossary entry), is on display at the Israel Museum in Yerushalayim. Mt 23:2.

Mo•tza (Moza)

Mo•tza•’ei-Shab•bat—literally, the "going-out of the Sabbath," i.e., Saturday night. By biblical and Jewish reckoning days begin at sunset; so where the text tells us that the believers met on "the first day of the week." it means Saturday night, not Sunday. Ac 20:7; 1C 16:2.

Mo•tzah (Mozah)

M’•ra•ri (Merari)

M’•ra•yah (Meraiah)

M’•ra•yot (Meraioth)

M’•re•mot (Meremoth)

M’•ri•vat-Ka•desh (Meribah in Kadesh)

M’•riv-Ba•‘al (Merib-baal)

M’•ri•vot-Ka•desh (Meriboth-kadesh)

M’ro•dakh-Bal•’a•dan (Merodach-baladan)

M’•tzo•ra—Parashah 28; Leviticus 14:1–15:33

M’•tzo•va•yah (Mesobaite)

Mu•pim (Muppim)

Mu•shi

M’•vu•nai (Mebunnai)

Na•‘am

Na•‘a•mah

Na•‘a•man (Naaman)—Syrian general healed of serious skin disease by God through the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 5). Lk 4:27.

Na•‘a•ma•ti (Naamathite)

Na•‘a•mi (Naamite)

Na•‘a•rah

Na•‘a•rai

Na•‘a•ran

Na•cha•li•’el (Nahaliel)

Na•cham (Naham)

Na•chash (Nahash)

Na•chat (Nahath)

Nach•bi (Nahbi)

Nach•ma•ni (Nahamani)

Na•chor (Nahor)—grandfather of Avraham; in Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:34.

Nach•rai (Nahari)

Nach•shon (Nahshon, Naasson)—ancestor of King David; in Messianic genealogy. Mt 1:4; Lk 3:32.

Na•chum (Nahum, Naum)—in Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:25.

Na•dav (Nadab)

Na•fish (Naphish)

Naf•ta•li (Naphtali, Nephthalim)—(1) Tribe of Israel descended from a son of the Patriarch Ya‘akov. Rv 7:6. (2) The territory in Eretz-Yisra’el assigned to that tribe (Joshua 19–21). Mt 4:13ff.

Naf•tu•chim (Naphtuhim)

Nag•gai (Nagge)—in Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:25.

Na•ha•lal

Na•ha•lol

Na•‘im (Nain)—town in the Galil where Yeshua raised a widow’s son from the dead. The name means "pleasant." Lk 7:11.

Nak•di•mon (Nicodemus)—Parush, member of the Sanhedrin and "teacher in Israel." Though the name Nicodemus is Greek, it was hebraized to Nakdimon, and a well-known 1st-century Jerusalemite was named Nakdimon Ben-Gurion (Ta‘anit 19b, Genesis Rabbah 42, etc.) Yn 3:1+.

Na•khon (Nachon)

Na•‘o•mi

Na•so—Parashah 35; Numbers 4:21–7:89

Na•tan (Nathan)—son of King David; in Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:31.

Na•tan•’el (Nathanael)—talmid of Yeshua. Yn 1:45+.

Na•tze•ret (Nazareth)—town in the Galil where Yeshua grew up and lived most of his life. Mt 2:23+.

Natz•ra•ti (Nazarene), pl. Natz•ra•tim—In regard to Mattityahu, the Tanakh nowhere says that the Messiah is to be called a Natzrati, but Isaiah 11:1 refers to him as a netzer ("branch, shoot"). Since Natzrati means "resident of Natzeret," the name Natzratim (followers of the man from Natzeret) is given to the Jewish followers of Yeshua. Thus Mattityahu’s "fulfillment" apparently involves a word play, although other explanations have been offered. The modern Hebrew word for "Christian" is Notzri, a variant of Natzrati. Mt 2:23; Ac 24:5.

Na•val (Nabal)

Na•vot (Naboth)

na•zir, n’zi•rim (nazirite, -s)

N’•chum (Nehum)

N’•chush•ta (Nehushta)

N’•chush•tan (Nehushtan)

N’•dav•yah (Nedabiah)

Ne•‘ah

Ne•‘ar•yah (Neariah)

Ne•che•la•mi (Nehelamite)

Ne•chem•yah (Nehemiah)

Ne•feg (Nepheg)

Nef•to•ach (Nephtoah)

Ne•gev— the south, the southern desert of Isra’el.

Ne•‘i•’el

Nei•vai (Nebai)

Ner

Ner•gal

Ner•gal-Sar•’e•tzer (Nergal-sharezer)

Ne•ri—in Messianic genealogy. Lk 3:27.

Ne•ri•yah (Neriah)

Ne•vi•’im—Prophets, the second of the three parts of the Tanakh (see glossary entry), including the Early Prophets (the historical books), namely, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings; and the Later Prophets, namely, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve "minor prophets."

N’•fi•lim (Nephilim)

N’•fish’•sim (Nephushesim)

N’•fu•sim (Nephusim)

nid •dah*—(1) menstrual uncleanness, (2) the time of same.

Nim•rah

Nim•rim

Nim•rod

Nim•shi

Nin•veh (Nineveh, Nineve)—capital of ancient Assyria where the prophet Yonah preached. Mt 12:41+.

Ni•san—1st month of the biblical year, 7th month of the modern Jewish year (in March-April)

Nis•rokh (Nisroch)

Ni•tza•vim—Parashah 51; Deuteronomy 29:9(10)–30:20

Niv•chaz (Nibhaz)

Niv•shan (Nibshan)

N’•kho (Necho)

N’•ko•da (Nekoda)

N’•mu•’el (Nemuel)

N’•mu•’e•li (Nemuelite)

No

No•ach (Noah)—builder of the ark, survivor of the Flood and ancestor of all mankind since then (Genesis 5–11); in Messianic genealogy. Mt 24:37+.

No •ach—Parashah 2; Genesis 6:9–11:32

No•‘ad•yah (Noadiah)

No•‘ah

No•‘am

No-A•mon

No•chah (Nohah)

Nod

No•dav (Nodab)

Nof (Noph)

No•fach (Nophah)

No•gah

Nov (Nob)

No•vach (Nobah)

N’•ta•‘im (Netaim)

N’•tan•’el (Nethaneel)

N’•tan-Me•lekh

N’•tan•yah, •ya•hu

n’ti•lat-ya•da•yim—ceremonial hand-washing prescribed by the Oral Torah to be done before meals and at other times in order to be ritually pure; it continues to be a norm in Orthodox Judaism. Mt 15:2+.

N’•ti•nim (Nethinim)—Temple servants

N’•to•fah (Netophah)

N’•to•fa•ti (Netophathite)

N’•tzi•ach (Neziah)

N’•tziv (Nezib)

nu [Y]—a general-purpose word meaning variously, "Well?" "So?" "Indeed!" "I challenge you," or "If not that, then what?"—with many possible inflections and overtones. Mt 11:9+.

nud •nik [Y]—(1) a bore, (2) a pest, (3) both. Lk 18:5.

Nun—14th letter of Hebrew alphabet

N’•va•lat (Neballat)

N’•vat (Nebat)

N’•va•yot (Nebaioth)

N’•vo (Nebo)

N’•vu•khad•ne•tzar (Nebuchadnezzar)

N’•vu•khad•re•tzar (Nebuchadrezzar)

N’•vu•shaz•ban (Nebushasban)

N’•vu•zar•’a•dan (Nebuzaradan)

n’zi•rim (nazirites)

O•fir (Ophir)

O•had

O•hel

O•ho•lah (Oholah)

O•ho•li•’av (Oholiab)

O•ho•li•vah (Oholibah)

O•ho•li•va•mah (Oholibamah)

Okh•ran (Ochran)

O•mar

On

O•nam

O•nan

O•no

O•ren

Or•nan

Os•nat

O•tzem (Ozem)

O•vil (Obil)

O•vot (Oboth)

Oz•ni

Pa•‘a•rai

Pa•chat-Mo•’av (Pahath-moab)

Pad•dan (Padan)

Pad•dan-A•ram (Padan-aram)

Pa•don

Pag•‘i•’el

Pa•‘i

Pa•lal

Pal•lu

Pal•lu•’i (Palluite)

Pal•ti

Pal•ti•’el

Pa•rah

Pa’•ran

Pa•ras (Persia)

pa•ra•shah—Torah "portion" read in the synagogue on Shabbat or on a festival or fast day.

Par•mash•ta

Par•nakh (Parnach)

pa•ro•khet—curtain, specifically the one dividing the Especially Holy Place from the rest of the temple or tabernacle. There were actually two such p’rokhot (see MJ 9:3). The first separated the Holy Place from the outer court (Exodus 26:36–37; 36:37–38), whereas the second separated the Especially Holy Place from the Holy Place (Exodus 26:31–33; 36:35–36). The curtain covering the ark of the Torah in a modern synagogue is also called a parokhet. Mt 27:51+.

Par•‘osh

Par•par (Pharpar)

Par•shan•da•ta (Parshandatha)

Par•tzi (Pharzite)

Pa•ru•ach (Paruah)

Pa•rush (Pharisee)—see P’rushim, below.