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Toi

(Encyclopedia)Toi tōˈī [key], in the Bible, king of Hamath, father of Joram (3.) ...

Adlai

(Encyclopedia)Adlai ădˈlāī [key], in the Bible, the father of Shaphat (4.) ...

Besodeiah

(Encyclopedia)Besodeiah bĕsōdēˈyə, bēsōdēīˈə [key], in the Bible, the father of Meshullam (6.) ...

Salu

(Encyclopedia)Salu sāˈlyo͞o [key], in the Bible, father of Zimri (2.) ...

Sirach, person in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Sirach sīˈrək [key], the father of the author of the book of Sirach. ...

Shimri

(Encyclopedia)Shimri shĭmˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Descendant of Simeon. 2 Father of one of David's guard. 3 One who helped clean the Temple in Hezekiah's reign. ...

Aliyev, Ilham

(Encyclopedia)Aliyev, Ilham älēˈyĕf [key], 1961–, Azerbaijani political leader, president of Azerbaijan (2003–), b. Baku; son of President Heydar Aliyev. He earned a degree in history from Moscow State Uni...

Hull, Brett Andrew

(Encyclopedia)Hull, Brett Andrew, 1956–, Canadian-American hockey player, son of Bobby Hull. Brett, an outstanding scoring right wing and a dual Canadian-U.S. citizen, played for the Univ. of Minnesota–Duluth (...

infanticide

(Encyclopedia)infanticide ĭnfănˈtəsīd [key] [Lat.,=child murder], the putting to death of the newborn with the consent of the parent, family, or community. Infanticide often occurs among peoples whose food sup...

Maxentius

(Encyclopedia)Maxentius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius) măksĕnˈshəs [key], d. 312, Roman emperor (306–12), son of Maximian. After Diocletian and Maximian had retired, the successor to Maximian, Constanti...