Mizzah

From BiblePortal Wikipedia
Revision as of 08:23, 12 October 2021 by BiblePortalWiki (talk | contribs)

Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]

Genesis 36:13,17

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]

Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17. The Phrat-Misan at the head of the Persian gulf probably retains the name.

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

Genesis 36:1336:171 Chronicles 1:37

Hitchcock's Bible Names [4]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]

MIZZAH. A ‘duke’ of Edom ( Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17 = 1 Chronicles 1:37 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [6]

Son of Reuel and a duke of Edom. Genesis 36:13,17; 1 Chronicles 1:37 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary [7]

Miz'zah. (fear). Son of Reuel, and grandson of Esau. Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:37.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

miz´a ( מזּה , mizzāh , "strong," "firm"): Grandson of Esau, one of the "dukes" of Edom ( Genesis 36:13 , Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:37 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]

(Heb. Mizzah', מַזָּה , despair; Sept. Μοζέ, in Chronicles Μοχέ ), the last named of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau by Bashemath (Genesis 36:13; 1 Chronicles 1:37), and a petty chieftain of the Edomites (Genesis 36:17). B.C. considerably post 1927. The settlements of his descendants are believed by Mr. Forster (Hist. Geog. of Arab. 2:55) to be indicated in the μεσανίτης κόλπος, or Phrat-Misan, at the head of the Persian Gulf.

References