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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. ...

Aeolis

(Encyclopedia)Aeolis ēōˈlēə [key], ancient region of the west coast of Asia Minor (in present-day Turkey). Aeolis was not a geographic term but a collective term for the cities founded there by the Aeolians, a...

Great Mother Goddess

(Encyclopedia)Great Mother Goddess, in ancient Middle Eastern religions, mother goddess, the great symbol of the earth's fertility. She was worshiped under many names and attributes. Similar figures have been known...

Philistines

(Encyclopedia)Philistines fĭlˈĭstēnz, fĭlĭsˈ– [key], inhabitants of Philistia, a non-Semitic people who came to Palestine from a region in the Mediterranean in the 12th cent. b.c. Genetic studies in the 21...

Champagne, historic region and former province, France

(Encyclopedia)Champagne shäNpäˈnyə [key], historic region and former province, NE France, consisting mainly of Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne, and Ardennes depts., which formed the modern administrative region of Cha...

Ashan

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

Madmannah

(Encyclopedia)Madmannah mădmănˈə [key], in the Bible, place, SW ancient Palestine, perhaps the same as Beth-marcaboth. ...

Abel-maim

(Encyclopedia)Abel-maim āˈbəl-māˈĭm [key], in the Bible, a town, ancient Palestine, the same as Abel-beth-maachah. ...