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Zedekiah

(Encyclopedia)Zedekiah zĕdˌəkīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah to occupy the throne, the others being Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. Zedekiah, whose name was originally Ma...

Gibran, Kahlil

(Encyclopedia)Gibran, Kahlil or Khalil kəlēlˈ jĭbränˈ [key], 1883–1931, Lebanese poet and novelist. His family emigrated to America in 1895 and settled in Boston; Gibran moved to New York City in 1911. In a...

Abu Hanifa

(Encyclopedia)Abu Hanifa äbo͞oˈ hänēˈfä [key], 699–767, Muslim jurist. He founded the Hanafite system of Islamic jurisprudence, which gives the judge considerable discretion when the Qur'an and the Sunna (...

Amoz

(Encyclopedia)Amoz āˈmŏz [key], in the Bible, father of the prophet Isaiah. ...

Mohammedan

(Encyclopedia)Mohammedan and Mohammedanism: see Muslim and Islam respectively. ...

Banu Musa

(Encyclopedia)Banu Musa bäno͞oˈ mo͞osäˈ [key], family of Arab mathematicians and astronomers of the 9th cent. a.d. The name means “sons of Musa” and refers to the three brothers, Muhammad, Ahmad, and al-H...

Chenaanah

(Encyclopedia)Chenaanah kēnāˈānə, –nā-āˈ– [key]. In the Hebrew Bible, father of Zedekiah, Ahab's false prophet. ...

Imla

(Encyclopedia)Imla or Imlah both: ĭmˈlə [key], in the Bible, father of Micaiah the prophet. ...

Micaiah

(Encyclopedia)Micaiah mīkāˈyə, mīˌkāīˈə [key], in the Bible, Samaritan prophet who foretold the death of Ahab. ...

Habakkuk

(Encyclopedia)Habakkuk həbakˈək [key], prophetic book of the Bible. It is a collection of oracles, perhaps three in number, delivered against the backdrop of the Babylonian threat to Judah in c.600 b.c. The firs...