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Bethuel

(Encyclopedia)Bethuel bĕthyo͞oˈəl [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Laban and Rebecca. 2 The same as Bethel (2.) ...

Rehob

(Encyclopedia)Rehob rēˈhŏb [key], in the Bible. 1 Hadadezer's father. 2 Sealer of the Covenant. 3 See Beth-rehob. 4 Town of Asher. ...

Thersander

(Encyclopedia)Thersander thərsănˈdər [key], in Greek legend, son of Polynices. He avenged his father's death in the expedition of the Epigoni and was made king of Thebes. ...

Barzillai

(Encyclopedia)Barzillai bärzĭlˈāī [key], in the Bible. 1 Chief in Gilead who was friendly to David. 2 The father-in-law of Saul's daughter Merab. ...

Barabbas

(Encyclopedia)Barabbas bərăbˈəs [key] [Aram.,=son of the father], bandit held in jail at the time of Jesus' arrest. Pontius Pilate, who, according to the Gospels, annually released a prisoner at Passover, offer...

Salmon, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia)Salmon sălˈmŏn [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Boaz. An alternate form is Salma. 2 Place, probably the same as Zalmon. ...

Raguel

(Encyclopedia)Raguel rāgyo͞oˈəl [key]. 1 Same as Jethro. 2 Father-in-law of Tobias in the book of Tobit. ...

Pachmann, Vladimir de

(Encyclopedia)Pachmann, Vladimir de vlədyēˈmĭr də päkhˈmän [key], 1848–1933, Russian pianist, studied with his father, a violinist, and at the Vienna Conservatory. He devoted himself almost exclusively to...

Humbert II

(Encyclopedia)Humbert II, 1904–83, last king of Italy (1946), son and successor of Victor Emmanuel III. On the abdication (May, 1946) of his father, who was tainted by his long acquiescence (1922–43) to Fascist...

Antipatris

(Encyclopedia)Antipatris ăntĭpˈətrĭs [key], city of Roman Palestine, founded by Herod the Great and named after his father. It was c.10 mi (16.1 km) NE of Joppa, on the north-south road. According to the Acts ...