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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. ...

Shear-jashub

(Encyclopedia)Shear-jashub shēˈər-jāˈshəb [key] [Heb.,=a remnant shall return], in the Bible, son of the prophet Isaiah. ...

Kolaiah

(Encyclopedia)Kolaiah kŏlāˈyə [key], in the Bible. 1 Benjamite family in Jerusalem. 2 Father of Ahab, a false prophet. ...

Moresheth-gath

(Encyclopedia)Moresheth-gath môrˈĕshĕth-găth [key], in the Bible, town, SW ancient Palestine. It was the home of the prophet Micah. ...

Beeri

(Encyclopedia)Beeri bē-ēˈrī [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Esau's wife, Judith. 2 Father of Hosea, the prophet. ...

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...

Abu Bakr

(Encyclopedia)Abu Bakr äˈbo͞o bäkˈər [key], 573–634, 1st caliph, friend, father-in-law, and successor of Muhammad. He was probably Muhammad's first convert outside the Prophet's family and alone accompanied...

Agabus

(Encyclopedia)Agabus ăgˈəbəs [key], in the New Testament, prophet who foretold the famine in the time of Claudius Caesar and the imprisonment of Paul. ...

Indian wars

(Encyclopedia)Indian wars, in American history, general term referring to the series of conflicts between Europeans and their descendants and the indigenous peoples of North America. After 1860 the wars continued...