Tophel — Lime, a place in the wilderness of Sinai (Deut. 1:1), now identified with Tafyleh or Tufileh, on the west side of the Edomitish mountains … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Dizahab — (meaning region of gold or abundant in gold ) was one of the places bounding the arabah. It is mentioned in Deuteronomy 1:1: These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the Arabah facing Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and… … Wikipedia
Mephistopheles — 1590s, the evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul in the German legend, from German (1587), of unknown origin. According to the speculation of eminent Göthe scholar K.J. Schröer (1886) it is a compound of Hebrew mephitz destroyer + tophel liar… … Etymology dictionary
Sela — (from Se lah, rock ) was the capital of Edom, situated in the great valley extending from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea (2 Kings 14:7). It was near Mount Hor, close by the desert of Zin. It is called the rock (Judg. 1:36). When Amaziah took it he… … Wikipedia
Mephistopheles — For other uses, see Mephistopheles (disambiguation). Mephistopheles flying over Wittenberg, in a lithograph by Eugène Delacroix. Mephistopheles (also Mephistophilus, Mephistophilis, Mephostopheles, Mephisto, Mephastophilis and variants) is a… … Wikipedia
Bozrah — For the town in Syria, see Bosra. For the town in Connecticut, see Bozrah, Connecticut. Botsra, Botzrah, Bozrah ( he. בצרה) is an ancient biblical city in southern modern day Jordan, now Bouseira between Tafilah (Tophel) and Shobak. History… … Wikipedia
Hormah — (meaning broken rock , banned , or devoted to destruction ), also known by its Canaanite name Zephath (Tsfat צפת) in an unidentified city in the Hebrew Bible, mentioned as one of the cities captured by Joshua. Its location is unknown; some place… … Wikipedia
Desert of Paran — Abraham Sends Hagar and Ishmael into the Desert (woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld from the 1860 Bible in Pictures) The Desert of Paran or Wilderness of Paran (Hebrew מדבר פארן Midbar Par an; Douay Rheims: Pharan), is the place in which… … Wikipedia
Мефистофель — (Mephistophěles, Mephisto) взятое из народных сказаний название дьявола или злого, всеотрицающего начала. Старые формы этого имени неустойчивы. Шекспир в Виндзорских кумушках говорит о Mephostophilus, а Марло в Фаусте о Mephistophilis. Форма… … Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона
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