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Amariah

(Encyclopedia)Amariah ămˌərīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 High priest, son of Meraioth. Perhaps he is the same as 2 and 3. 2 High priest, son of Azariah. Perhaps he is the same as 1, 3, and 4. 3 Ancestor of Ezra....

Ahava

(Encyclopedia)Ahava āhāˈvə [key], in the Bible, unidentified place, where Ezra collected one of his expeditions. ...

Jahaziah

(Encyclopedia)Jahaziah jāˌhəzīˈə [key], in the Bible, one associated with Ezra in the expulsion of the foreign wives. ...

Kaiser, Georg

(Encyclopedia)Kaiser, Georg gāˈôrkh kīˈzər [key], 1878–1945, German expressionist playwright. His early plays dealt with the erotic and the psychological. In maturity Kaiser turned to social themes, glorify...

Mattithiah

(Encyclopedia)Mattithiah mătˌĭthīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Overseer in the temple. 2 Musician of David. 3 Assistant of Ezra. ...

Sotai

(Encyclopedia)Sotai sōˈtāī, sōtāˈī [key], in the Bible, family that returned from the Exile. Ezra 2.55; Neh. 7.57. ...

Bazlith

(Encyclopedia)Bazlith băzˈlĭth [key], in the Bible, family in the return from exile. This is the Bazluth who appears in the Book of Ezra. ...

Wright, Willard Huntington

(Encyclopedia)Wright, Willard Huntington, pseud. S. S. Van Dine, 1888–1939, American art critic and mystery story writer, b. Charlottesville, Va. He attended college in California and later studied art in Paris a...

Talmon

(Encyclopedia)Talmon tălˈmŏn [key], in the Bible, family of temple doorkeepers. The Talmon in chapter 12 of Nehemiah is probably the same as Telem, a gatekeeper mentioned in Ezra. ...
 

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