Boyle, The Hon. Robert

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  (1834-1894) Poet, s., of the 1st Earl of Gainsborough, was ed. at Camb. He wrote Behind the Veil (1...

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• Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of

  (1621-1679) Statesman and dramatist, third s. of the Earl of Cork, was ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin...

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• Bage, Robert

  (1728-1801) Novelist, b. in Derbyshire, was the s. of a paper-maker. It was not until he was 53 tha...

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• Baillie, Robert

  (1599-1662) Historical writer, s. of B. of Jerviston, ed. at Glasgow, he entered the Church of Scot...

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• Barclay, Robert

  (1648-1690) Apologist of the Quakers, s. of Col. David B. of Ury, ed. at the Scots Coll. in Paris, ...

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• Blair, Robert

  (1699-1746) Poet, b. at Edin., where his f. was a clergyman, became minister of Athelstaneford, Had...

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• Bloomfield, Robert

  (1766-1823) Poet, b. at Honington in Suffolk, lost his f. when he was a year old, and received the ...

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• Browning, Robert

  (1812-1889) Poet, only s. of Robert B., a man of fine intellect and equally fine character, who hel...

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• Buchanan, Robert

  (1841-1901) Poet and novelist, b. at Caverswall, Staffordshire, the s. of a Scottish schoolmaster a...

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• Burns, Robert

  (1759-1796) Poet, was b. near Ayr, the s. of William Burness or Burns, a small farmer, and a man of...

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• Burton, Robert

  (1577-1640) Miscellaneous writer, b. at Lindley, Leicestershire, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, and ...

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• Carruthers, Robert

  (1799-1878) Journalist and miscellaneous writer, b. in Dumfriesshire, was for a time a teacher in H...

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• Chambers, Robert

  (1802-1871) Historical and scientific writer, was b. at Peebles. Early dependent on his own exertio...

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• Dodsley, Robert

  (1703-1764) Poet, dramatist, and bookseller, b. near Mansfield, and apprenticed to a stocking-weave...

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• Fabyan, Robert

  (d. 1513) Chronicler, was b. in London, of which he became an Alderman and Sheriff. He kept a diary...

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• Fergusson, Robert

  (1750-1774) Scottish poet, s. of a bank clerk, was ed. at the Univ. of St. Andrews. His f. dying, h...

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• Gilfillan, Robert

  (1798-1850) Poet, b. at Dunfermline, was latterly Collector of Police Rates in Leith. He wrote a nu...

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• Greene, Robert

  (1560?-1592) Poet, dramatist, and pamphleteer, was b. at Norwich, and studied at Camb., where he gr...

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• Grosseteste, Robert

  (d. 1253) Theologian and scholar, was b. of poor parents at Stradbrook, Suffolk, and studied at Oxf...

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• Hall, Robert

  (1764-1831) Divine, b. at Arnsby, Leicestershire, the s. of a Baptist minister of some note, was ed...

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• Henry, Robert

  (1718-1790) Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...

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• Henryson, Robert

  (1430?-1506?) Scottish poet. Few details of his life are known, even the dates of his birth and dea...

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• Herrick, Robert

  (1591-1674) Poet, b. in London, was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his uncle, Sir William H., with w...

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• Keith, Robert

  (1681-1757) Historian, b. in Kincardineshire, belonged to the family of the Earls Marischal, and wa...

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• Leighton, Robert

  (1611-1684) Divine, was the s. of Alexander L., physician, and writer on theology, who, on account ...

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• Lindsay, or Lindesay, Robert

  (1500?-1565?) Historian, Laird or tenant of Pitscottie, Fife, wrote a history entitled The Chronicl...

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• Lloyd, Robert

  (1733-1764) Poet, ed. at Westminster and Camb., pub. The Actor (1760), a poem which had considerabl...

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• Lowth, Robert

  (1710-1787) Theologian and scholar, s. of William L., Prebendary of Winchester, and author of a Com...

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• Mannyng, Robert, or Robert de Brunne

  (fl. 1288-1338) Was a Canon of the Gilbertine Order. His work, Handlynge Sinne (c. 1300), translate...

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• Montgomery, Robert

  (1807-1855) Poet, a minister of the Scottish Episcopal Church, wrote some ambitious religious poems...

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• Orme, Robert

  (1728-1801) Historian, s. of an Indian army doctor, b. at Travancore, and after being at Harrow, en...

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• Owen, Robert

  (1771-1858) Socialist and philanthropist, b. at Newton, Montgomeryshire, had for his object the reg...

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• Paltock, Robert

  (1697-1767) Novelist, was an attorney, and wrote The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornis...

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• Pollok, Robert

  (1789-1827) Poet, b. in Refrewshire, studied for the ministry of one of the Scottish Dissenting com...

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• Rollock, Robert

  (1555?-1599) Theologian and scholar, b. in Stirlingshire, was first a Prof. in St. Andrews, and the...

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• Sanderson, Robert

  (1587-1663) Theologian and casuist, b. of good family at Rotherham in Yorkshire, was at Oxf. Enteri...

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• Sempill, Robert

  (1530?-1595), Sempill, Robert (1595?-1659?), Sempill, Francis (1616?-1682) Scottish poets, all belo...

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• South, Robert

  (1634-1716) Divine, s. of a London merchant, was b. at Hackney, and ed. at Westminster School and O...

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• Southey, Robert

  (1774-1843) Poet, biographer, etc., s. of an unsuccessful linen-draper in Bristol, where he was b.,...

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• Southwell, Robert

  (1561?-1595) Poet, b. at Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk, of good Roman Catholic family, and ed. at Do...

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• Tannahill, Robert

  (1774-1810) Poet, b. in Paisley where he was a weaver. In 1807 he pub. a small vol. of poems and so...

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• Vaughan, Robert

  (1795-1868) A minister of the Congregationalist communion, Prof. of History in London Univ., 1830-4...

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• Watson, Robert

  (1730-1781) Historian, s. of an apothecary in St. Andrews, where and at Edin. and Glasgow, he was e...

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• Wodrow, Robert

  (1679-1734) Church historian, s. of James W., Prof. of Divinity in Glasgow. Having completed his li...

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• Bridges, Robert

  (b. 1844) Poet. Essay on Milton's Prosody, Critical Essay on Keats. Poems, The Growth of Love, Prom...

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• Flint, Robert

  D.D., LL.D. (b. 1838) Writer on philosophy, sociology, and theology. Philosophy of History in Euro...

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• The

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• Oakey's Yard in Boyle

  Not named in the maps. Named after the owner or builder. ...

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• Ayton, Sir Robert

  (1570-1638) Poet, s. of A. of Kinaldie in Fife. After grad. at St. Andrews, he studied law at Paris...

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• Ballantyne, Robert Michael

  (1825-1894) Writer of tales for boys, b. in Edinburgh, was a connection of the well-known printers....

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• Bird, Robert Montgomery

  (1803-1854) Novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and Th...

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• Filmer, Sir Robert

  (d. 1653?) Political writer, s. of Sir Edward F., of East Sutton, Kent, was ed. at Camb. He was an ...

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• Gleig, George Robert

  (1796-1888) S. of George G., Bishop of Brechin, entered the army, and served in the Peninsula and A...

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• Hawker, Robert Stephen

  (1804-1875) Poet and antiquary, ed. at Cheltenham and Oxf., became parson of Morwenstow, a smugglin...

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• Howard, Sir Robert

  (1626-1698) Dramatist, s. of the Earl of Berkshire, and brother-in-law of Dryden. On the outbreak o...

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• Malthus, Thomas Robert

  (1766-1834) Economist, s. of a landed proprietor, was b. near Dorking, and ed.. at Jesus Coll., Cam...

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• Robert de Brunne

  See Mannyng, Robert ...

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• Maturin, Charles Robert

  (1782-1824) Novelist, b. in Dublin of Huguenot ancestry, was ed. at Trinity Coll. there, and taking...

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• Sands, Robert Charles

  (1799-1832) Miscellaneous writer, b. at New York, was a scholarly and versatile writer, but without...

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• Spencer, William Robert

  (1769-1834) Poet, ed. at Harrow and Oxf., belonged to the Whig set of Fox and Sheridan. He wrote gr...

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• Stevenson, Robert Louis

  (1850-1894) Novelist and essayist, was b. at Edin., the s. of Thomas S., a distinguished civil engi...

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• Surtees, Robert Smith

  (1802-1864) Sporting novelist, a country gentleman of Durham, who was in business as a solicitor, b...

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• Ward, Robert Plumer

  (1765-1846) Novelist and politician, b. in London, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar 1790, held va...

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• Chambers, Robert William

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• Hichens, Robert Smythe

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• Sims, George Robert

  (b. 1847) Novelist and dramatist, etc. The Dagonet Ballads, Memoirs of Mary Jane, Ten Commandments,...

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• Tyrrell, Robert Yelverton

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• Jukes, The

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• Hermonites, the

  (Ps. 42:6, 7) = "the Hermons", i.e., the three peaks or summits of Hermon, which are about a quarter...

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• Sea, The

  (Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river...

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• Transfiguration, the

  Of our Lord on a "high mountain apart," is described by each of the three evangelists (Matt. 17:1-8;...

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• Word, The

  (Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...

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• go, the

  The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonim...

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• bag, the

  Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-toke...

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• Archite, The

  (as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David's frie...

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• Arkite, The

  from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the co...

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• Ashurites, The

  Only in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; ...

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• Bachrites, The

  the family of Becher, son of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35) ...

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• Baharumite, The

  [Bahurim] ...

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• Barhumite, The

  [Bahurim] ...

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• Belaites, The

  (Numbers 26:38) [Bela, 3] ...

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• Beriites, The

  A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situate...

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• Berothite, The

  (1 Chronicles 11:39) [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan] ...

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• Canaanite, The

  the designation of the apostle Simon, otherwise known as "Simon Zelotes." It occurs in (Matthew 10:4...

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• Canaanites, The

  a word used in two senses: • A tribe which inhabited a particular locality of the land west of the ...

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• Chemarim, The

  (those who go about in black, i.e. ascetics). In the Hebrew applied to the priests of the worship of...

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• College, The

  In (2 Kings 22:14) it is probable that the word translated "college" represents here not an institut...

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• Danites, The

  The descendants of Dan and the members of his tribe. (Judges 13:2; 18:1,11; 1 Chronicles 12:35) ...

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• Elonites, The

  (Numbers 26:26) [Elon, 2] ...

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• Epicureans, The

  derived their name from Epicurus (342-271 B.C.), a philosopher of Attic descent, whose "Garden" at A...

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• Eranites, The

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• Eshkalonites, The

  (Joshua 13:3) [Ashkelon, Askelon] ...

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• Eshtaulites, The

  with the Zareathites, were among the families of Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53) ...

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• Exodus, The

  of the Israelites from Egypt. the common chronology places the date of this event at B.C. 1491, deri...

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• Eznite, The

  According to the statement of (2 Samuel 23:8) Adino the Eznite was another name for Jashobeam, a Tac...

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• Ezrahite, The

  (son of Zerah), a title attached to two persons-Ethan, (1 Kings 4:31; Psalms 89:1) title, and Heman,...

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• Gadites, The

  the descendants of Gad, and members of his tribe. ...

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• Garmite, The

  Keilah the Garmite, i.e. the descendant of Gerem, is mentioned in the obscure genealogical lists of ...

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• Gazathites, The

  (Joshua 13:3) the inhabitants of Gaza. ...

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• Gazites, The

  Inhabitants of Gaza. (Judges 16:2) ...

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• Gederathite, The

  the native of a place called Gederah, apparently in Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 12:4) ...

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• Gederite, The

  the native of some place named Geder or Gederah. (1 Chronicles 27:28) ...

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• Gershonites, The

  the family descended from Gershon or Gershom, the son of Levi. "THE GERSH0NITE," as applied to indiv...

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• Gezrites The

  The word which the Jewish critics have substituted in the margin of the Bible for the ancient readin...

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• Gibeonites, The

  the people of Gibeon, and perhaps also of the three cities associated with Gibeon, (Joshua 9:17)-Hiv...

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• Giblites, The

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• Gileadites, The

  (Numbers 26:29; Judges 10:3; 12:4,5), a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead. ...

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• Gilonite, The

  native of Giloh. (2 Samuel 15:12; 23:34) ...

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• Girgasite, The

  (Genesis 10:16) or NEXT ENTRY ... ...

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• Gizonites, The

  (inhabitant of Gizoh). "The sons of Hashem the Gizonite "are named amongst the warriors of David's g...

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• Gunites, The

  the descendants of Guni, son of Naphtali. (Numbers 26:48) ...

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• Hagerite, The

  Jaziz the Hagerite, i.e. the descendant of Hagar, had the charge of David's sheep. (1 Chronicles 27:...

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• Haggites, The

  a Gadite family sprung from Haggi. (Numbers 26:15) ...

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• Hamathite, The

  one of the families descended from Canaan, named last in the list. (Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16...

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• Hamulites, The

  the family of the preceding. (Numbers 26:21) ...

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• Harodite, The

  the designation of two of the thirty-seven warriors of David's guard, Shammah and Elika, (2 Samuel 2...

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• Hebronites, The

  A family of Kohathite Levites, descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath. (Numbers 3:27; 26:58; 1 Chro...

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• Hepherites, The

  the family of Hepher the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32) ...

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• Hermonites, The

  Properly "the Hermons," with reference to the three summits of Mount Hermon. (Psalms 42:6) (Psal 42:...

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• Huphamites, The

  descendants of Hupham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Numbers 26:39) ...

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• Jimnites, The

  descendants of the preceding. (Numbers 26:44) ...

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• Kenite, The

  and Ken'ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the...

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• Machirites, The

  the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. (Numbers 26:29) ...

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• Mahavite, The

  the designation of Eliel, one of the warriors of King David's guard, whose name is preserved in the ...

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• Manassites, The

  that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; Judges 12:4; 2 Kings 10:33) ...

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• Maonites, The

  a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) el...

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• Mecherathite, The

  that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel l...

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• Median, The

  Darius, "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes," (Daniel 9:1) or "the Mede," ch. (Daniel 11...

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• Meholathite, The

  a word occurring once only- (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place cel...

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• Mehunims, The

  a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. (2 Chronicles 26:7) The name is the plural...

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• Meronothithe, The

  that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further traces have...

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• Mesobaite, The

  a title attached to the name of Jasiel. (1 Chronicles 11:47) It is impossible to pronounce with any ...

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• Mishraites, The

  the fourth of the four "families of Kirjath-jearim," i.e. colonies proceeding therefrom and founding...

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• Mithnite, The

  the designation of Joshaphat, one of David's guard in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:43) ...

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• Morasthite, The

  that is, the native of a place named Moresheth. It occurs twice- (Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1)-each ti...

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• Naamites, The

  the family descended from Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin. (Numbers 28:40) only. ...

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• Nehelamite, The

  the designation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captivity to Babylon. (J...

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• Pelonite, The

  Two of David's men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites. (1 Chronicles 11:27,36) (B.C. about 1015...

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• Pentateuch, The

  is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called the "five books of Moses." This title is d...

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• Perizzite, The

  and Per'izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before a...

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• Pharzites. The

  the descendants of Parez the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:20) ...

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• Plague, The

  The plague is considered to be a severe kind of typhus, accompanied by buboes (tumors).-Like the cho...

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• Praltite, The

  Helez "the Paltite" is named in (2 Samuel 23:26) among David's mighty men. (B.C. 1015.) ...

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• Puhites, The

  According to (1 Chronicles 2:53) the "Puhites" or "Puthites" belonged to the families of Kirjath-jea...

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• Punites, The

  the descendants of Pua, or Puvah, the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23) ...

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• Quicksands, The

  more properly THE Syrtis, The, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast betwee...

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• Ramathite, The

  Shimei the Ramathite, i.e. a native of Ramah, had charge of the royal vineyards of King David. (1 Ch...

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• Sardites, The

  descendants of Sered the son of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:26) (In the Revised Version of (Revelation 4:3)...

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• Shaalbonite, The

  Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David's thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33)...

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• Shearinghouse, The

  a place on the road between Jezreel and Samaria, at which Jehu, on his way to the latter, encountere...

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• Shechemites, The

  the family of Shechem son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:31) comp. Josh 17:2 ...

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• Sheepgate, The

  one of the gates of Jerusalem as rebuilt by Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:1,32; 12:39) It stood between the ...

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• Sheepmarket, The

  (John 5:2) The world "market" is an interpolation of our translators. We ought probably to supply th...

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• Shelanites, The

  the descendants of Shelah. 1. (Numbers 26:20) ...

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• Shemidaites, The

  the descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32) ...

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• Shillemites, The

  [Shillem] ...

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• Shilonite, The

  that is, the native or resident of Shiloh; a title ascribed only to Ahijah. (1 Kings 11:29; 12:15; 1...

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• Shilonites, The

  are mentioned among the descendants of Judah dwelling in Jerusalem at a date difficult to (1 Chronic...

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• Shimites, The

  the descendants of Shimei the son of Gershon. (Numbers 3:21) ...

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• Shimronites, The

  [Shimron] ...

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• Shiphmite The

  probably, though not certainly, the native of Shepham. (1 Chronicles 27:27) ...

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• Shuhamites, The

  [Shuham] ...

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• Shulamite, The

  one of the personages in the poem of Solomon's (Song of Solomon 6:13) The name denotes a woman belon...

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• Shumathites, The

  one of the four families who sprang from Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53) ...

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• Shunammite, The

  i.e. the native of Shunem, is applied to two persons: Abishag, the nurse of King David, (1 Kings 1:3...

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• Shunites, The

  the descendants of Shuni. ...

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• Shuphamites, The

  the descendants of Shupham or Shephupham, the Benjamite. (Numbers 26:3) ...

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• Shuthalhites, The

  [Shuthelah] ...

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• Syrtis, The

  (Acts 27:17) in the Revised Version in place of "quicksands" in the Authorized Version. It was the w...

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• Tachmonite, The

  "The Tachmonite that sat in the seat," chief among David's captains, (2 Samuel 23:8) Isa in 1Chr 11:...

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• Tahanites, The

  (Numbers 26:35) [Tahan] ...

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• Tarpelites, The

  A race of Assyrian colonists who were planted int he cites of Samaria after the captivity of the nor...

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• Tekoite, The

  Ira ben-Ikkesh, one of David's warriors, is thus designated. (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 27...

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• Thresholds, The

  This word, Asuppe, appears to be inaccurately rendered in (Nehemiah 12:25) though its real force has...

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• Timnite, The

  Samson's father-in-law, a native of Timnathah. (Judges 15:6) ...

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• Tirathites, The

  one of the three families of scribes residing at Jabez, (1 Chronicles 2:55) the others being the Shi...

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• Tishbite, The

  the well-known designation of Elijah. (1 Kings 17:1; 21:17,28; 2 Kings 1:3,8; 9:36) The name natural...

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• Tizite, The

  the designation of Joha, one of the heroes of David's army. (1 Chronicles 11:45) It occurs nowhere e...

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• Tolaites, The

  the descendants of Tola the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23) ...

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• Transfiguration, The

  (The event in the earthly life of Christ which marks the culminating point in his public ministry, a...

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• Uzzielites, The

  the descendants of Uzziel, and one of the four great families of the Kohathites. (Numbers 3:27; 1 Ch...

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• Vulgate, The

  the Latin version of the Bible. The influence which it exercised upon western Christianity is scarce...

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• Zareathites, The

  the inhabitants of Zareah or Zorah. (1 Chronicles 2:53) ...

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• Zarhites, The

  a branch of the tribe of Judah, descended from Zerah the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:13,20; Joshua 7:1...

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• Zebulunites, The

  the members of the tribe of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:27) only. ...

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• Zemarite, The

  one of the Hamite tribes who in the genealogical table of (Genesis 10:18) and 1Chr 1:16 Are represen...

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• Ziphim, The

  the inhabitants of Ziph, 2. In this form the name is found in the Authorized Version only in the tit...

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• Zorathites, The

  i.e. the people of Zorah, mentioned in (1 Chronicles 4:2) as descended from Shobal. ...

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• Zorites, The

  are named in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 2:54) apparently among the descendants of Salma...

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• Zuzim, The

  An ancient people who, lying in the path of Chedorlaomer and his allies, were attacked and overthrow...

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• Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce

  (1571-1631) Antiquary, b. at Denton, Hunts, and ed. at Camb., was a great collector of charters and...

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• Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton

  (1831-1891) Poet and statesman, s. of the above, was ed. at Harrow and Bonn, and thereafter was pri...

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• Seeley, Sir John Robert

  (1834-1895) Historian and essayist, s. of a publisher in London, ed. at City of London School and C...

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• Ball, Sir Robert Stawell

  LL.D., F.R.S. (b. 1840) Scientific writer. The Story of the Heavens (1885), Starland (1889), The S...

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• Cunninghame-Graham, Robert Bontine

  (b. 1852) Traveller, essayist, etc. Father Archangel of Scotland (1896), with Mrs. C.-G. Aurora la ...

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• Sir Robert Clayton's House

  On the east side of Old Jewry. opposite Mr. Frederick's House (afterwards Frederick's Place) (O. and...

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• Sir Robert Vyner's House

  See Post Office, Lombard Street, and Post Office Court. ...

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