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Maha [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of baboon; the wanderoo.

Mahabarata [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Mahabharatam

Mahabharata Encyclopedia Britannica

MAHABHARATA. See Sanskrit Literature.

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Mahabharatam [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A celebrated epic poem of the Hindoos. It is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient India.

Mahaled [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.

Mahanaim Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

a city of the Levites, of the family of Merari, in the tribe of Gad, upon the brook Jabbok, Joshua xxi, 38; xiii, 26. The name _Mahanaim_ signifies two hosts,” or two fields.” The patriarch gave it this name because in this place he had a vision of angels coming to meet him, Genesis xxxii, 2. Mahanaim was the seat of the kingdom of Ishbosheth, after the death of Saul, 2 Sam. ii, 9, 12. It was also to this place that David retired during the usurpation of Absalom, 2 Sam. xvii, 24; and this rebellious son was subdued, and suffered death, not far from this city.

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Mahanoy city Encyclopedia Britannica

MAHANOY CITY, a post borough of the United States, in Mahanoy township, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, lies at a height of 1211 feet above the sea, 56 miles fiorth-east of Harrisburg, with a station both on the Lehigh Valley and on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. It was founded in 1859, and owes its existence to the great anthracite mines in the neighbourhood. Two public halls, a public library, two weekly newspapers, and the increase of its population from 5533 in 1870 to 7181 in 1880, betoken its prosperity.

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Maharajah [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A sovereign prince in India; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.

Maharif [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white.

Maharmah [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by Turkish and Armenian women when they go abroad.

Mahaseer Encyclopedia Britannica

MAHASEER, or Mahseer(Barbus mosaι), a kind of barbel, abundant in the rivers of India, especially in pools of the upper and more rapid streams where they issue from the mountainous part of the country. It is one of the largest species of the family of carps, attaining to a length of from 3 to 5 feet, and exceeding sometimes a weight of 70 B⅛. Its body is well-proportioned, rather elongate, and somewhat like that of the European barbel, but covered with very large scates, of which there are only twenty-five or twenty-seven placed along the lateral line; the dorsal fin is armed with a long and strong spine, and the mouth provided with four slender and short barbels. The lips are sometimes produced into fleshy lobes. To the fisherman in India the mahaseer affords the same kind of sport as the salmon in the British Isles, and it rivals that fish as regards size, strength, and activity. Its flesh is likewise much esteemed.

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MahÁbaleshwar Encyclopedia Britannica

MAHÁBALESHWAR, a hill station in Satâra district, and the principal sanatarium in the Bombay presidency, India (17° 58' N. lat., 73° 42' E. long.), occupies the summit of a range of the Western Ghâts, with a general elevation of 4500 feet above sea-level. It was established by Sir John Malcolm, the governor in Bombay in 1828, who obtained the site from the râjâ of Satâra in exchange for another patch of territory. The superior elevation of Mahâbaleshwar renders it much cooler than Mâtherân (2460 feet), but its heavy rainfall (about 240 inches) makes it almost uninhabitable during the rainy season. It forms the retreat usually during spring, and occasionally in autumn, of the governor of Bombay, the commander-in-chief of the Bombay army, and the chief officers of their establishments, and has the usual public buildings of a first-class sanatarium. The population was returned in 1872 at 2759.

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MahÁnadi Encyclopedia Britannica

MAHÁNADI, or Mahanuddy (“The Great River”), a river of India, rising in 20° 10' N. lat., 82° E. long., 25 miles south of Râipur town, in a wild mountainous region of the Central Provinces. At first an insignificant stream, it flows in a tortuous easterly course through the hills in a rocky bed until it reaches Dholpur in Orissa. From this point it rolls its unrestrained waters straight for the outermost line of the Eastern Ghâts. This mountain line it pierces by a gorge about 40 miles in length, overlooked by hills, shaded by forests, deep and tranquil, and navigable at all seasons. It pours down upon the Orissa delta at Narâj, about 7 miles west of.Cuttack town; and after traversing Cuttack district from west to east, and throwing off numerous branches (the Kâtjuri, Paika, Birùpâ, Chitartalâ, &c.), it falls into the Bay of Bengal at False Point by several channels....

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34 KJV and 35 BSB verses contain “Maha” — showing the first 20. Show all 37 verses (searchable)

Genesis 5:12

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

Genesis 5:13

And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:15

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

Genesis 5:16

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:17

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

Genesis 28:9

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

Genesis 32:2

And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

Exodus 6:19

And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.

Joshua 13:26

And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

Joshua 13:30

And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;

Joshua 21:38

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,

Judges 13:25

And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Judges 18:12

And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.

2 Samuel 2:8

But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

2 Samuel 2:12

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:29

And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

And all that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 17:24

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:27

And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.

2 Samuel 19:32

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 23:28

Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,