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Puah

(Encyclopedia)Puah pyo͞oˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Midwife ordered by Pharaoh to kill Jewish boys at birth. 2 Father of the judge Tola. 3 See Phuvah. ...

Zaccur

(Encyclopedia)Zaccur zăkˈər [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of a spy sent into Canaan. 2 Leader of temple singers. 3 Signer of the Covenant. Additional mention of this name is in First Chronicles and Nehemiah. The...

Barbara, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Barbara, Saint, fl. 3d or 4th cent., virgin martyr, whose life is shrouded in contradictory legends. Her father is said to have shut her up in a tower and then to have killed her for being a Christian...

rosary

(Encyclopedia)rosary [rose garden], prayer of Roman Catholics, in which beads are used as counters. The term, applied also to the beads, is extended to Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist prayers that use beads. The tradit...

Alphaeus

(Encyclopedia)Alphaeus ălfēˈəs [key]. 1 See Cleophas. 2 Father of the evangelist Matthew in the Bible. ...

Imnah

(Encyclopedia)Imnah ĭmˈnə [key], in the Bible. 1 The same as Jimna. 2 Father of Kore (2.) ...

Ingersoll

(Encyclopedia)Ingersoll, town, S Ont., Canada, on the Thames River, E of London. It has a large dairy-processing industry. Named for Thomas Ingersoll, father of the C...

Hector

(Encyclopedia)Hector, in Greek mythology, leader and greatest hero of the Trojan troops during the Trojan War. He was the eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, the husband of Andromache, and the father by her of Astyanax...

Jesse

(Encyclopedia)Jesse jĕsˈē [key], in the Bible, the descendant of Rahab, the grandson of Boaz and Ruth, and the father of David. Referring to the restoration of the Davidic monarchy, the Book of Isaiah speaks of ...

Muhammad III, Ottoman sultan

(Encyclopedia)Muhammad III or Mehmet III, 1567–1603, Ottoman sultan (1595–1603), son and successor of Murad III to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Muhammad, who was a provisional governor under his f...