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MULE Herbivorous mammal, called “pered” in Heb. (1 Kings 18:5). It is a hybrid between a donkey and a mare or a horse and a donkey....
WOMEN Created in the image of God as the male, she is an integral part of being called “man” (cf. Gen. 1:27: “God created man in...
DEAD (Spirit of a) Those who claim to be “mediums” claim that they evoke them and consult them (Deut. 18:11); Their voice seems to come from...
DEATH In the ordinary sense: cessation of life. It did not enter into the will of God, who created man in his image, and who made...
MUSTARD His seed is mentioned as something extremely small, but to which the faith of the apostles did not even reach (Lk. 17:6). The kingdom of...
MOSQUITO (gr. «Kõnõps, «small insect»; Mt. 23:24), very widespread in lagoonal places. The Egyptians protected themselves from their exasperating bites at night by sleeping under mosquito...
FLY (a) Insect of the order Diptera; especially the house fly (“Musca domestica”). Flies of various kinds are so annoying in hot countries (Is. 7:18; Eccl....
MORIA (a) Region surrounding the mountain where Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac. This is probably the country where a hill, also called Moria, later became the...
MORE (a) Terebinth (or oak) and grove near Shechem (Gen. 12:6; Deut. 11:29, 30). Abraham, arriving from Mesopotamia, planted his royal family there when he arrived...
MOUNTAIN The land of Canaan is a country of mountains and valleys (Deut. 11:11), but it features few important peaks. Three chains follow one another, oriented...
