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Krak
(Encyclopedia)Krak: see Al Karak, Jordan.Jabbok
(Encyclopedia)Jabbok, river, Jordan: see Zarqa.Zerka
(Encyclopedia)Zerka, river, Jordan: see Zarqa.Rabbah
(Encyclopedia)Rabbah or Rabbath: see Amman, Jordan. ...Abarim
(Encyclopedia)Abarim ăbˈərĭm [key], in the Bible, general term for the country E of the Jordan. ...Cherith
(Encyclopedia)Cherith kērˈĭth [key], in the Bible, brook flowing into the Jordan opposite Samaria. ...Glueck, Nelson
(Encyclopedia)Glueck, Nelson glo͝ok, glĭk [key], 1900–1971, American archaeologist and educator, b. Cincinnati, grad. Univ. of Cincinnati, 1920, Ph.D. Univ. of Jena, Germany, 1926. Among the more than 1,000 sit...Zuckerberg, Mark Elliot
(Encyclopedia)Zuckerberg, Mark Elliot, 1984–, American computer programmer and business executive, b. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. A computer prodigy as a child, he entered Harvard in 2002 and two years later co-founded The...Abel-mizraim
(Encyclopedia)Abel-mizraim āˈbəl-mĭzrāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place “beyond Jordan” where Jacob was mourned. ...Beth-arabah
(Encyclopedia)Beth-arabah bĕth-ărˈəbə [key], in the Bible, town, in the Jordan valley near Jericho. ...Browse by Subject
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