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Farragut, David Glasgow
(Encyclopedia) Farragut, David GlasgowFarragut, David Glasgowfărˈəgət [key], 1801–70, American admiral, b. near Knoxville, Tenn. Appointed a midshipman in 1810, he first served on the frigate Essex,…Gath
(Encyclopedia) GathGathgăth [key], unidentified royal city of the Philistines, on the borders of Judah. In the Bible, it was the birthplace of Goliath, and it was a place of refuge for David in the…List, Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) List, Benjamin, 1968–, b. Frankfurt, Germany. German chemist, Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and…Jozabad
(Encyclopedia) JozabadJozabadjōˈzəbăd [key], in the Bible. 1, 2 Two of David's captains. 3, 4 Important Levites. 5 Man who had married a foreigner. 6, 7, 8, 9 Levites in the return from the Exile.…Eznite
(Encyclopedia) EzniteEzniteĕzˈnīt [key], ostensibly an epithet of Adino (one of David's men) in Second Samuel. The name with its qualifier is translated in the parallel passage in First Chronicles as…belief
(Encyclopedia) belief, in philosophy, commitment to something, involving intellectual assent. Philosophers have disagreed as to whether belief is active or passive; René Descartes held that it is a…Ziph
(Encyclopedia) ZiphZiphzĭf [key], in the Bible. 1 Judahite. 1 Chron. 4.16. 2 Unidentified city, S ancient Palestine. 3 City, S ancient Palestine, the modern Khirbat Zif, West Bank, SSE of Hebron.…Zoba
(Encyclopedia) Zoba or ZobahZobaboth: zōˈbə [key], in the Bible, Aramaean state, NE of ancient Palestine, at the time of Saul, David, and Solomon. It waged war on Israel. An alternate form is is…Shimei
(Encyclopedia) ShimeiShimeishĭmˈēī [key], in the Bible. 1 Benjamite who cursed David. 2 Royal official. 3 Ancestor of Mordecai. 4 Gershonite family. An alternate form is Shimi. 5 Brother of…Bealiah
(Encyclopedia) BealiahBealiahbēəlīˈə [key], in the Bible, warrior who joined David at Ziklag.