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Azubah
(Encyclopedia)Azubah əzyo͞oˈbə [key], in the Bible. 1 Wife of Caleb. 2 Mother of Jehoshaphat. ...Zebudah
(Encyclopedia)Zebudah zēbyo͞oˈdə, zĕbˈyo͞o– [key], in the Bible, wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoiakim. ...Hannah
(Encyclopedia)Hannah, in the Bible, Samuel's mother. Her song is recalled in the Magnificat. The names Anna and Ann are variants of Hannah. ...Ishtar
(Encyclopedia)Ishtar ĭshˈtär [key], ancient fertility deity, the most widely worshiped goddess in Babylonian and Assyrian religion. She was worshiped under various names and forms. Most important as a mother god...birth
(Encyclopedia)birth or labor, delivery of the fetus by the viviparous mammal. Birth is also known as parturition. Human birth normally occurs about 280 days after onset of the last menstrual period before conceptio...marsupial
(Encyclopedia)marsupial märso͞oˈpēəl [key], member of the order Marsupialia, or pouched mammals. With the exception of the New World opossums and an obscure S American family (Caenolestidae), marsupials are no...Amphitrite
(Encyclopedia)Amphitrite ămfĭtrīˈtē [key], in Greek mythology, queen of the sea; daughter of Nereus. She was the wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton. ...Leo IV, Byzantine emperor
(Encyclopedia)Leo IV (Leo the Khazar), d. 780, Byzantine emperor (775–80), son and successor of Constantine V. He owed his nickname to his mother, a Khazar princess. Leo tempered the iconoclastic excesses of his ...Haggith
(Encyclopedia)Haggith hăgˈĭth [key], in the Bible, mother of Adonijah (1.) ...Abi
(Encyclopedia)Abi āˈbī [key] [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. ...Browse by Subject
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