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MONOTHEISM Confession and worship of one true God, to the exclusion of any other. The Bible, from beginning to end, emphasizes monotheism and shows its exclusivity...
MONOGAMY Monogamy is the ideal prescribed by Scripture (Gen. 2:18-24; Mt. 19:5; 1 Cor. 6:16). Only it allows the total unity of the two spouses, while...
CURRENCY Originally, trade was done through barter. The lat term. “pecunia” (currency) is derived from “pecus” (livestock), indicating that the value of goods was originally measured...
MUMMY In Egyptian religion, the preservation of the corpse was essential so that the deceased could enjoy the afterlife. Initially, it was believed that eternal life...
MOLOCH Divinity worshiped by the Ammonites (1 Kings 11:7). The article that precedes the term in Hebrew. indicates that it is not a proper name, but...
WINDMILL In Palestine and neighboring countries they used two round stones as grinding wheels (Deut. 24:6). In these places the grindstones, usually made of basalt, measured...
Mishael Mishael, commonly known as Meshach, was a young Jewish man who was taken captive to Babylon along with Daniel and his companions. He is best...
MOSES (Writings) Most of Moses’ writings were written during the forty years of the desert. There he recorded the stages of the journey (Num. 33), recorded...
MOSES (Life) (Heb. “Mõsheh”, “from”, but the Egyptian root is “ms'”: “son, child”). Pharaoh’s daughter gave the name “son” to the one she had taken out...
MOABITES (a) The descendants of Moab son of Lot. They were very closely related to the Ammonites (Gen. 19:37, 38). Already very numerous by the time...
