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Phanuel

(Encyclopedia)Phanuel fănyo͞oˈĕl, fănˈyo͞oĕl [key], in the New Testament, father of Anna the prophetess. ...

Hashabniah

(Encyclopedia)Hashabniah hăshˌăbnīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of a repairer of the wall of Jerusalem. 2 Signer of the covenant. ...

Eliphaz

(Encyclopedia)Eliphaz ĕlˈĭfăz, ēlīˈ– [key], in the Bible. 1 Son of Esau and father of Teman. 2 Temanite, a comforter of Job. ...

Oded

(Encyclopedia)Oded ōˈdĕd [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of the prophet Azariah. 2 Prophet who interceded for captive Judahites. ...

Kemuel

(Encyclopedia)Kemuel kēmyo͞oˈĕl [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Aram. 2 Ephraimite prince. 3 Levite prince. ...

(Encyclopedia)Louis II or Louis the Stammerer, 846–79, French king. He succeeded (877) his father, Emperor of the West Charles II, as king. On Louis's death his kingdom was divided between his sons Carloman and L...

Sacar

(Encyclopedia)Sacar sāˈkər [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Ahiam. An alternate form is Sharar. 2 Son of Obed-edom. ...

Hugh the Great

(Encyclopedia)Hugh the Great, d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert I and father of Hugh Capet. Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul, he supported the candidacy of Louis ...

Ibrahim Pasha

(Encyclopedia)Ibrahim Pasha ēbrähēmˈ päˈshä [key], 1789–1848, Egyptian general. He was the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, governor of Egypt under the Ottoman Empire. Ibrahim conducted (1816–19) largely succ...

Anna Comnena

(Encyclopedia)Anna Comnena kŏmnēˈnə [key], b. 1083, d. after 1148, Byzantine princess and historian; daughter of Emperor Alexius I. She plotted, during and after her father's reign, against her brother, John II...