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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter M, section Miracle to Myths. (The other sections under M are Maamar to Mary, Mashiyach to Matthew and Maze to Minors.)

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Miracle, miracles, miraculous, miraculously

• The English word "miracle" comes from the Latin noun miraculum which meant "a marvellous thing", "a wonder"; compare with the Latin verb miror, "to wonder", "to marvel", "to be astonished", "to be amazed", "to admire", and the adjective mirus, "wonderful", "marvellous", "astonishing", "extraordinary", "amazing". Regarding the relevant Hebrew and Greek words in the Bible, see below.
• The Hebrew words behind the translation "miracle" in the KJV-1769 OT:
  • Exodus 7:9 and Deuteronomy 29:3, mowpheth ("a wonder", "a sign").
  • Numbers 14:22 and Deuteronomy 11:3, owth ("a sign", "a token").
  • Judges 6:13, pala (a verb, meaning "to be wonderful, "to be extraordinary").
• The Greek words behind the translation "miracle" in the KJV-1769 NT:
  • Mark 6:52 – an added word, not found in the Greek text.
  • Mark 9:39 – the Greek text has dunamis, "power". Same in Acts 2:22, 8:13 and 19:11, 1 Corinthians 12:10, 12:28-29, Galatians 3:5 and Hebrews 2:4.
  • Luke 23:8 – the Greek text has sêmeion, "sign". Same in John 2:23, 3:2, 4:54, 6:2, 6:14, 6:26, 7:31, 9:16, 10:41, 11:47, 12:18 and 12:37, Acts 4:16, 4:22 6:8, 8:6 and 15:12, and Revelation 13:14, 16:14 and 19:20.
• Jesus gave his disciples power (dunamis) to perform miracles (mighty works). → ea09b.htm
• The Red Sea miracle, when the waters parted and Israel crossed over – exactly where did it happen? → eo06f.htm
• Look also under the headings "Sign, signs" and "Wonder".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mirror

• The Greek text of 1 Corinthians 13:12 and James 1:23 contains the word esoptron, "mirror". Some translations render that as "glass", but in those days, mirrors were probably made of polished metal and not of glass.
• As to the origin of the English word "mirror", look above, under the heading "Miracle, miracles, miraculous".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mishmereth → ec03d.htm

Mishpat → ec03d.htm

Missing

• The symbolism of the missing capstone on the pyramid on the dollar bill. → ea05c.htm – (ew04d.htm)
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mistake, mistaken, mistakes

• How to avoid some common mistakes in bible study. Easy keys to understanding the Bible in a better way. → eg02c.htm
• Regarding mistaken identities for the tribes of Israel. – Look under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mister

• The title "Mister" (a variation of Master), if used in a religious context. → ea08b.htm
• Look also under the heading "Assembly".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Misunderstand, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, misunderstood

• How to avoid some common misunderstandings regarding the Bible. → eg02c.htm
• Look also under the heading "Understand, understanding, understood".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mithra, Mithraism, Mithras, Mitra, Mitras (the sun-god)

• Mithraism is a mystery-religion that was spread by the Roman empire, as it expanded. Mithra is a "sun-god", Sol Mithras Deus Invictus. By time, Mithraism was re-shaped into "Christianity" (the Catholic Church and her protesting daughters). – Look also under the heading "Constantine".
• Various things in connection with the sun-god Mithra. → ew05c.htm – ew04d.htm – Look also under the heading "Constantine".
• In ancient Roman worship of the sun-god Mithra, people were "initiated" into different "ranks". That is where the concept "ordination" comes from. The Greek text of the New Testament gives no support for the concept of "ordaining". → ee02b.htm
• It is said that the word "church" comes via the Middle English chirche and the Old English cirice from the Greek phrase kyriake oikia (kuriakê oikia). It is further said that that phrase, kuriakê oikia, has been in consistent use within the Catholic Church, ever since it was de facto founded by emperor Constantine. But, seeing that Constantine, to the day of his death, served the lord Mithra, and that one of his last acts was to uphold the rights of the priests of Mithra – to which "lord" does that phrase kuriakê oikia and the later forms "cirice", "chirche" and "church", then refer to? → eg06b.htm
• Look also under the heading "Baal" (Baal was another name for the "sun-god"; literally, the word baal meant "lord").
• Look further under the headings "Constantine", Kuriakê oikia", "Church, churches", "Pontifex Maximus", "Pope" and "Catholic".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mitsvah → ec03d.htm

MKJV (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

Moab (the land of Moab, Hebrew Mowab) → eo06f.htm (See the map in that essay.)

Mochorath – Look below, under the heading "Mohorat".

Model, models

• The apostle Paul made himself a model – an example – and told others to copy or imitate his example. It is important to know what that example really was. → em03c.htm – em02c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mohorat (The word mohorat, "morrow", in the Old Testament.) → ex09c.htm

Moises – Look below, under the heading "Moses".

Monai, monê – Some anti-Heaven preachers have claimed that in John 14:2, the translation of the Greek word monai (monê) should be "in my Father's house are many offices". But, monai (monê) always referred to habitations, and not to any "spiritual offices". → eb04c.htm – eb05b.htm

Monetary, money, monies

• Some preachers have claimed that giving money to the preacher or his church is an "act of worship". Is that true? What does the Bible say about such things? → ea04c.htm
• 1 Timothy 6:10 – many translate "the love of money is the root of all evil" or "the love money is a root of all kinds of evils". But, the meaning really is "for the love of money is a root of all these evils". And, the context shows what particular evils Paul referred to. → em08c.htm – (ea15c.htm) – Look also under the heading "Philarguria, philarguros".
• Does the Bible mention "tithes on money"? No. The concept of making people pay a tithe on money (such as wages) was invented in the Middle Ages, by the Catholic Church. The Old Covenant had a tithe system, but that tithe was only on the agricultural produce of the land of Israel. Craftsmen and wage workers did not tithe. → em01d.htm
• The pyramid on the dollar bill. → ea05c.htm – ew04d.htm
• If one loves God, does mean that one gives a lot of money to some church or preacher? – Look under the heading "Silver and gold", and see also the essay ea04c.htm which is about the word and concept "worship".
• On the eventual significance of money (bills and coins) as a carrier of the "mark of the beast". → ew03b.htm
• When Jesus sent out the 12 and the 70, they were not allowed to take with them a bag for money. → em05e.htm
• Does the Bible command believers to give money to churches or preachers? → em05e.htm – em02c.htm – em03c.htm – em04c.htm – em01d.htm – em06d.htm – em07b.htm – em08c.htm – em09c.htm – em10b.htm – ee05b.htm
• "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also". What does that mean? What was Jesus talking about? → eb13e.htm
• Titus 1:15 is not about "clean and unclean foods". It is about elders, moral purity and money. This essay explain what Paul meant and referred to when he wrote, "with the pure all things are pure". → ee05b.htm
• Regarding Haggai 2:8-9 and the words "the silver is mine, and the gold is mine" – the context shows that that passage does not refer to money, or even to silver and gold in general, but only to the temple silver and temple gold which had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon (and then returned). The essay em01d.htm (which is about the "tithe question") has more on this.
• For more on monetary things in connection with religion, look under the heading "Silver and gold". Look also under the headings "Materialism", "Mammon", "Silver and gold", "Philarguria, philarguros", "Good works" and "Righteous, righteousness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Month, months, moon, moons

• The new moon was a factor in the timing of the Old Covenant's high days. → ex09c.htm
• The Exodus began on a full moon day. → eo06f.htm
• It was only 45 days after their departure from Goshen that the Israelites reached the wilderness of Sinai, on a new moon day. Consequently – where was Sinai located? → eo06f.htm
• The Old Covenant's high day Feast of Trumpets was on a new moon day. → ex04c.htm
• On the forty-two months or three and a half years when the two witnesses will be active. → et01e.htm
• On the forty-two months or three and a half years of the coming time of tribulation. → et04c.htm
• Paul to the saints in Colosse: "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days" (Colossians 2:16). What did he mean? → eo07d.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

MontNT (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

Moon, moons – Look above, under the heading "Month, months".

Moral, morality, morally, morals

• The words "moral" and "morality" are not found in the 1769 KJ version. But the concepts ethics and moral (good character, justness) and immorality (wickedness, sinfulness), are of course found ion the Bible. → eg08b.htm – Look also under the heading "Righteous, righteousness".
• Titus 1:15 is not about "clean and unclean foods". It is about inner, moral purity – and elders. This essay explain what Paul meant and referred to when he wrote, "with the pure all things are pure". → ee05b.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Moriah, Hebrew Mowriyah – the land of Moriah, Genesis 22:2, and Mount Moriah, 2 Chronicles 3:1 – Look under the heading "Jebus".

Morning, mornings

• The word "morning" in the Old Testament. → ex09c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Morrow

• The word "morrow" in the Old Testament. → ex09c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mortal, mortality, mortally, mortals

• Etymology: The word "mortal" comes from the Latin adjective mortalis, "subject to death" (from the noun mors, mortis, "death").
  • The Greek word behind the translations "mortal" and "mortality" in the 1769 KJ version New Testament is thnêtos (Romans 6:12 and 8:11, 1 Corinthians 15:53-54, 2 Corinthians 4:11 and 5:4). (The adjective thnêtos was related to the verb thneskô, "to die", "to be dead".)
  • Look also under the heading "Immortal".
• Humans are mortal. They do not have everlasting life in themselves; that is something they must be given by God. In other words: Humans do not have an "immortal soul". → eb09c.htm – Look also under the heading "Soul".
• The New Covenant has no mortal priests or priesthood. The saints had only one priest – Jesus. → (es06d.htm) – (es07c.htm) – (ea08b.htm) – (ea12c.htm, footnote) – (ee01c.htm) – (ee02b.htm) – (ee04c.htm) – (ee05b.htm) – (em01d.htm) – (em08c.htm) – (eo03d.htm) – (eo08c.htm)
• Look also under the headings "Immortal" and "Soul".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Moses

• In Hebrew, the name was Mosheh
  • In the NT Greek, it was spelled Môseus.
  • In the LXX, the spelling was Môusês, whence the spelling "Moyses" or "Moises" that some use.
  • The English spelling "Moses" is copied from the Latin text of the Catholic Vulgate version.
• Moses was a Levite, born in Egypt, son of Amram and Jochebed and brother of Aaron and Miriam. Because of the event at Meribah (Numbers 20), he and Aaron were not allowed to enter the Promised Land. Moses died, and the Lord buried him in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 34).
• Various things regarding the man Moses. → eo08c.htm
• Similarities between Moses and Jesus. → eo08c.htm
• Jesus is the "second Moses" (Deuteronomy 18:15, Acts 3:22 and 7:37, et cetera). → eo08c.htm
• "Moses' seat" (Matthew 23:2) – Did Jesus mean that the Pharisees really had a right to such a seat? → eo12c.htm – eo08c.htm
• Moses was at one time assisted by 70 elders who had the Holy Spirit (Numbers 11). → eo08c.htm
• Who is "Moses" for today? → eo08c.htm
• Where did Moses see the burning bush? Where was Mount Sinai really located? → eo06f.htm
• The Exodus and the 40 years in the wilderness. → eo06f.htm
• The Decalogue. → ec06f.htm
• Regarding the five books of Moses, look under the headings "Genesis", "Exodus", "Leviticus", "Numbers", "Deuteronomy", "Pentateuch" and "Torah".
• Look also under the headings "Egypt", "Midian", "Exodus", "Zin", "Sinai" and "Decalogue".
• For those who are interested – free, printable bible-based word-search puzzles:
  • On Moses. → puzzle05-p.pdf
  • On the Exodus. → puzzle06-p.pdf
  • On events at Mount Sinai. → puzzle07-p.pdf
  • On the Tent (the Tabernacle, the portable sanctuary). → puzzle08-p.pdf
  • Large print versions, and many more bible-based puzzles. → ep01.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Moth and rust

• Matthew 6:19-21, "Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." → eb13e.htm – eb04c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mother, mothers

• Galatians 4:26 – is some church "the mother of all saints", as some preachers have claimed? → ea02d.htm
• Look also under the headings "Widows", "Elderly", "Children", "Parent, parents", "Father", "Daughters", "Son, sons" and "Seed, seeds".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mount, mounts, mountain, mountains

• Mount Horeb – the same as Mount Sinai – and its actual location. Look under the heading "Sinai".
• Mount Moriah – Look under the heading "Moriah".
• Mount of Olives
  • When will Jesus descend on the Mount of Olives? → et06d.htm
• Mount Seir – Look under the heading "Seir".
• Mount Sinai and its actual location. – Look under the heading "Sinai".
• Mount Zion – Look under the heading "Zion".
• The temple mount in Jerusalem – how it got its location. – Look under the heading "Jebus".
• Mountain cliff: The goat for Azazel (Leviticus 16:8, 10 and 26) was not let escape alive as many bible-translations make it seem, but was in fact thrust down from a cliff, so that it died. During temple times that was done at a mountain cliff called Beth-Hadudu or Beth-chadedun. → ex05b.htm – (ec05c.htm)
• The Sermon on the Mount. → ec05c.htm
• Mountains of Israel, mentioned in the book of Ezekiel. → ey09c.htm
• Revelation 8:8, "And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea". → et06d.htm
• "Then every island fled, and the mountains were not found" (Revelation 16:20). → et06d.htm – et07e.htm
• Ezekiel 17:22, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "I will take also one of the highest branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and prominent mountain." → ey13b.htm
• "Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains" (Luke 21:21) – when did that happen? → eg04b.htm
• "The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; also, they are seven kings" (Revelation 17:9). → ew03b.htm
• "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea" (Isaiah 11:9). When will that happen? → (et10b.htm)
• For those who are interested: A free, printable bible-based word-search puzzle on mountains and hills in the Bible. → puzzle44-p.pdf (More bible-based puzzles. → ep01.htm)
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mouse, mice (Isaiah 66:17 et cetera) – Look under the heading "Mice".

Mouses, Moyses – Look above, under the heading "Moses".

Mouth

• Revelation 3:16, "So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth". → ea03d.htm
• Paul to the saints in Colosse: "But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth". → eb06b.htm
• Luke 6:45, "For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of". → em08c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Mowed (Hebrew for "times", et cetera) → (ey05c.htm)

Moyses, Mouses – Look above, under the heading "Moses".

MSG (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

Multitude, multitudes

• The great multitude and their relation to the 144,000. → et03c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

MUR (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

Mustêrion → ed06c.htm – ew03b.htm – Look also below, under the heading "Mystery".

Mystery, mysteries, mysterious

• The English word "mystery" comes from the Greek noun mustêrion which simply meant "a secret".
• For more on "secret-" or "mystery"-related matters in the Bible, look under the heading "Secret", secrets".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Myth, mythology, myths – Browse the other parts of this index, or use the search function.

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