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Tirzah

(Encyclopedia)Tirzah tûrˈzə [key], in the Bible. 1 Daughter and coheiress of Zelophehad. 2 City, ancient Palestine, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel from the reign of Jeroboam I to Omri. ...

Rabbith

(Encyclopedia)Rabbith răbˈĭth [key], in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, probably identical with Daberath. ...

Avites

(Encyclopedia)Avites āˈvīts [key], in the Bible. 1 People of SW ancient Palestine, probably assimilated by the Philistines. They appear as Avims in Deuteronomy. 2 People of Ava. ...

Zenan

(Encyclopedia)Zenan zēˈnən [key], in the Bible, town, SW Palestine. See Zaanan. ...

Eban, Abba

(Encyclopedia)Eban, Abba äbˈə ēˈbən [key], 1915–2002, Israeli statesman, b. Cape Town, South Africa. He was educated at Cambridge, where upon graduation he became (1938) a lecturer in Middle Eastern languag...

World Wildlife Fund

(Encyclopedia)World Wildlife Fund (WWF), international organization formed to raise money for conservation projects, est. 1961. The international organization, believing that its name no longer reflected the scope ...

Herod

(Encyclopedia)Herod, dynasty reigning in Palestine at the time of Jesus. As a dynasty the Herods depended largely on the power of Rome. They are usually blamed for the state of virtual anarchy in Palestine at the b...

Students for a Democratic Society

(Encyclopedia)Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), in U.S. history, a radical student organization of the 1960s. In the influential Port Huron (Mich.) Statement (1962), the organization, founded in 1960, presen...

Kedar

(Encyclopedia)Kedar kēˈdər [key], powerful nomadic tribe, who lived in N Arabia, E of Palestine. Their name appears often in the Bible, where it is identified as meaning the descendants of the second son of Ishm...

Ashan

(Encyclopedia)Ashan āˈshăn [key], in the Bible, unidentified town of S ancient Palestine, perhaps the same as Chor-ashan. ...