Misrephothmaim
(the flew of waters), a place in northern Palestine. Dr. Thomson treats Misrephoth-maim as
identical with a collection of springs called Ain-Musheirifeh, on the seashore close under the Ras
en-Nakhura ; but this has the disadvantage of being very far from Sidon. May it not rather be the
place with which we are familiar in the later history as Zarephat, near Sidon?
Mite
a coin current in Palestine in the time of our Lord. (Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4) It seems in
Palestine to have been the smallest piece of money (worth about one-fifth of a cent), being the half
of the farthing, which was a coin of very low value. From St. Mark’s explanation, “two mites,
which make a farthing,” ver. 42, it may perhaps be inferred that the farthing was the commoner
coin.
Mithcah
(sweetness), the name of an unknown desert encampment of the Israelites. (Numbers 33:28,29)
Mithnite, The
the designation of Joshaphat, one of David’s guard in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:43)
Mithredath
(given by Mithra).
•The treasurer of Cyrus king of Persia, to whom the king gave the vessels of the temple. (Ezra 1:8)
•A Persian officer stationed at Samaria. (Ezra 4:7)
Mitre
(something rolled around the head), the turban or headdress of the high priest, made of fine
linen cloth, eight yards long, folded around the head. On the front was a gold plate on which was
inscribed Holiness to the Lord. (Exodus 28:4,37,39; 39:28,30; Leviticus 8:9)
Mitylene
(mutilated), the chief town of Lesbos, an island of the AEgean Sea, 7 1/2 miles from the opposite
point of Asia Minor. The city is situated on the east coast of the island. Mitylene is the intermediate
place where St. Paul stopped for the night between Assos and Chios. (Acts 20:14,15) The town
itself was celebrated in Roman times for the beauty of its buildings. In St. Paul’s day it had the
privileges of a free city. (It is now a place of no importance, called Mitelin. It contains about 1100
houses, Greek and Turkish, with narrow and filthy streets.—ED.)
Mixed Multitude
When the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, the first stage of the exodus from
Egypt, there were up with them “a mixed multitude.” (Exodus 12:38; Numbers 11:4) They were
probably the offspring of marriages contracted between the Israelites and the Egyptians; and the
term may also include all those who were not of pure Israelite blood. In Exodus and Numbers it
probably denoted the miscellaneous hangers-on of the Hebrew camp, whether they were the issue
of spurious marriages with Egyptians or were themselves Egyptians, or belonging to other nations.
The same happened on the return from Babylon, and in (Nehemiah 13:3) (comp. vs Nehe 13:23-30)
a slight clue is given by which the meaning of the “mixed multitude” may be more definitely
ascertained.
Mizar
(small), The hill, a mountain apparently in the northern part of transjordanic Palestine, from
which the author of Psalm 42 utters his pathetic appeal. ver. 6. (It is probably a summit of the
frankie
(Frankie)
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