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(Encyclopedia) Timaeus tĭmēˈəs [key], in the Bible, father of Bartimaeus. ...

(Encyclopedia) Barachel bărˈəkĕl, bərāˈkəl [key], in the Bible, father of Elihu. ...

(Encyclopedia) Pontus pŏnˈtəs [key], in Greek religion and mythology, sea god. He was the son of Gaea and by her the father of Ceto, Nereus, Thaumus, Phorcus, and Eurybia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Rechab rēˈkăb [key], in the Bible. 1 Eponym of the Rechabites. 2 Murderer of Ish-bo-sheth. 3 Father of a worker on the wall. ...

(Encyclopedia) Anath āˈnăth [key], in the Bible, father of Shamgar. ...

(Encyclopedia) Leo IV (Leo the Khazar), d. 780, Byzantine emperor (775–80), son and successor of Constantine V. He owed his nickname to his mother, a Khazar princess. Leo tempered the iconoclastic excesses of his ...

(Encyclopedia) Hillel hĭlˈĕl [key], in the Bible, father of Abdon (1.) ...

(Encyclopedia) Kent, Edward Augustus, duke of, 1767–1820, fourth son of George III of Great Britain and father of Queen Victoria. Most of his mature life was spent in military service at Gibraltar, in Canada, and ...

(Encyclopedia) Azaliah ăzəlīˈə [key], in the Bible, father of Shaphan (1.) ...

(Encyclopedia) Azriel ăzˈrēĕl [key]. In the Bible, he is the father of Seraiah (9.) ...