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Murez or purpura, a species of shell - fish, from which the Tyrian purple is supposed to have been obtained, Exodus 25:4; Deuteronomy 33:19.

Muscarum abactor, why this epithet was given to Hercules, Exodus 8:24.

Music, Treatise on, by Philodemus, where discovered, 2 Chronicles 34:12.

Music, strange effects of, 2 Kings 3:15.

Musical instruments, observations on the use of, in the house of God, 1 Chronicles 6:39; 16:42; 2 Chronicles 29:35; Amos 6:5. Condemned, see Psalm 62:1. Reasons for believing that musical instruments were employed to encourage and enliven the workmen when engaged in the repairs of the temple in the reign of Josiah, 2 Chronicles 34:12.

Musive or Mosaic work, origin of, Esther 1:6.

Myses, a name of Bacchus in the hymns of Orpheus, evidently borrowed from the name of the great Jewish legislator, Exodus 4:17. Mystical or spiritual sense, very often the most literal of all, Isaiah 52:13.

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Nabatheans, their origin, Genesis 25:13.

Nabi, aybn, rendered prophet in our version; its precise import, Numbers 11:25.

Nachash, vjn, commonly translated serpent, has several meanings in the Old Testament, Genesis 3:1. A variety of reasons produced to show that the animal instrumental in deceiving our first parents was probably of the simia genus, ibid. Objection against this hypothesis, that the Septuagint version and the New Testament vjn nachash is translated by ofiv, answered, ibid.

Naharaga, see Pallacopas.

Naharmalca or the Royal River, a canal constructed by Nebuchadnezzar to let the abundant waters of the Euphrates into the Tigris, Isaiah 44:27.

Nahum, some account of this prophet, Introduction to Nahum. {Nahum 1:1}

Nails, staining of the, practised by the ancient Egyptians and modern Indians, Deuteronomy 21:12.

Nails, spikes, or pegs of the ancients, some account of the, Psalm 22:23.

Naksi Rustam, description of the, Isaiah 22:16. Names of the ancient generals and princes frequently taken from those of birds and beasts, Judges 7:25.

Names, changing of, frequent among the ancients, 2 Kings 23:34. A mark of supremacy, in those who changed them, ibid.

Napeir, (John) account of his commentary on the revelation of St. John, General Preface, p. 22.

Naphtali, why so named, Genesis 30:8.

Napkin or kerchief, by which a Jewish criminal was strangled, why buried with him in the same grave, Isaiah 14:19.

Napoleon, reflections on the singular fortune and sudden reverses of this late emperor of the French, Psalm 107:40.

Narwall, or monodon, a species of whale, with a very fine curled ivory horn, Psalm 22:21. Length of a horn of this animal in the author’s possession, ibid.

Nathan the prophet, author of a history of the reign of Solomon, long since lost, 1 Kings 11:41.

Natron of the ancients, some account of the, Proverbs 25:20. Used in the East, according to Dr. Shaw, for the purposes of washing, ibid.; Jeremiah 2:22.

Nature, observations on this divinity of the modern infidel, Job 5:5. Nature, divine and human, in Christ. See on Psalm 22:20. Navel - string, the medium by which the fetus receives nourishment while in the womb of its mother, Proverbs 3:8; Song of Solomon 7:2. Nausicaa, daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phoeneians, anecdote concerning, Exodus 2:4.

Nazarite, enumeration of the particulars in which the vow of a, consisted, Numbers 6:5.

Nebel, lbn, probably a musical instrument similar to the bagpipe, 1 Samuel 10:5; Psalm 81:2.

Nebuchadnezzar, in what the malady of this Babylonish monarch probably consisted, Daniel 4:32.

Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the metalic image, discourse on Daniel 2:49, in fine.

Necoth, takn, rendered spices, what it imports, Genesis 43:11. Necromancy, pretenders to the art of, among the ancients, chiefly women, Isaiah 29:4.

Neder, rdn, account of this species of Jewish vow, Leviticus 27:29. In what it differed from the cherem, µrj, ibid.

Negonoth, probable import of this term, Psalm 5:1, in principio; Habakkuk 3:19.

Nego, one of the Babylonish divinities, Daniel 1:7. Nehemiah, biography of this eminent reformer of Israel, Introduction to Nehemiah, {Nehemiah 1:1} and Nehemiah 13:31, in fine. Eminent men who were contemporary with Nehemiah, Chronological notes at the commencement of Nehemiah.

Nehiloth, probable import of this term, Psalm 5:1, in principio. Nehushtan, the name given by Hezekiah to the brazen serpent of Moses, conjectures why so denominated, 2 Kings 18:4.

Neith, a name of Diana, Exodus 10:9.

Nephalim, µylpn, rendered giants, much more probable meaning of the original word, Genesis 6:4.

Neptune, remarkable speech of, to the winds, contained in the Aneid, Psalm 27:13.

Nergal, an idol of the Cutheans, supposed to have been the sun, and why, 2 Kings 17:41, in fine. How represented, according to the rabbins, ibid.

Nesek, Ëcn, why usury was so named by the Jews, Ezekiel 18:8. Ness’s observations on the marriage of Orpah and Ruth. Ruth 1:22, in fine.

Net, description of that species of combat among the Romans, in which one of the combatants was armed with a sword and shield, and the other with a trident and net, Job 19:6.

Newcome, (Dr.) translator of the minor prophets, with critical notes, General Preface, p. 10.

New moon, feast of the, when celebrated, Exodus 23:14; Psalm 81:3. Method adopted by the ancient Jews of ascertaining the day of the new moon, Psalm 81:3.

New song, meaning of this phrase illustrated by two quotations from Virgil, Psalm 149:1.

New - year’s - day, a time of festivity in all civilized nations, Numbers 29:1.

Nibhaz, an object of idolatrous worship among the Avites, 2 Kings 17:41, in fine. According to the rabbins, was in the shape of a dog, much like the Anubis of the Egyptians, ibid. Conjecture respecting the derivation of the name, ibid. Jurieu’s ingenious idea upon this subject, ibid. Night, very philosophical saying of Servius respecting, in his comment upon a passage in the fourth Aneid, Job 7:2.

Nile, overflowing of the, of essential service in the fertilization of Egypt, Genesis 41:25, 31; Isaiah 18:2. Pliny’s scale of the different heights to which the waters of the Nile ascend, with the consequent degrees of plenty and dearth, ibid. The Nile an object of religious worship among the ancient Egyptians, Exodus 7:15; 8:26. Great salubrity and peculiar pleasantness of its waters, Exodus 7:18. Abounds with incredible numbers of all sorts of fish, according to Diodorus, Isaiah 19:8.

Nilus, a name given to Bacchus, by Diodorus and Macrobius, on account of his being said to have been exposed on the Nile, Exodus 4:17. Nimbus. A practice among many nations to represent those men to whom they attributed extraordinary sanctity, and whom they supposed to have had familiar intercourse with the Deity, with a lucid nimbus or glory round their heads, Exodus 34:29.

Nimrod, probably the same with Ninus, Genesis 10:11. Nineveh, some account of this very celebrated city of antiquity, Jonah 1:2; 3:3. Bishop Newton’s remarks upon the fall and irretrievable ruin of Nineveh, Nahum 3:19, in fine.

Ninyas, son of Ninus and Semiramis, supposed by Dr. Shuckford to be the same with Chedorlaomer, Genesis 14:1.

Nissah, hsn, rendered tempt, what it properly imports, Genesis 22:1. Noah, whence this name is probably derived, Genesis 5:29. No - Ammon, the Diospolis of the Greeks, Nahum 3:8. Nominative case often used for the vocative by the ancient Greeks, especially in the Attic dialect of their language, Psalm 45:6. nomov, its derivation and import, Exodus 12:49. Nonnus the poet, quoted Zechariah 9:14. See notes. Noonday, the time allotted by the heathens for the worshipping of demons, Psalm 91:6.

Noph, the same which was afterwards named Memphis, and now Cairo, Ezekiel 30:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 46:14.

Northern army, why this name is given to immense swarms of locusts, Joel 2:20.