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(Encyclopedia) Barzillai bärzĭlˈāī [key], in the Bible. 1 Chief in Gilead who was friendly to David. 2 The father-in-law of Saul's daughter Merab. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bethuel bĕthyo͞oˈəl [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Laban and Rebecca. 2 The same as Bethel (2.) ...

(Encyclopedia) Barabbas bərăbˈəs [key] [Aram.,=son of the father], bandit held in jail at the time of Jesus' arrest. Pontius Pilate, who, according to the Gospels, annually released a prisoner at Passover, offer...

(Encyclopedia) Raguel rāgyo͞oˈəl [key]. 1 Same as Jethro. 2 Father-in-law of Tobias in the book of Tobit. ...

(Encyclopedia) Rehob rēˈhŏb [key], in the Bible. 1 Hadadezer's father. 2 Sealer of the Covenant. 3 See Beth-rehob. 4 Town of Asher. ...

(Encyclopedia) Thersander thərsănˈdər [key], in Greek legend, son of Polynices. He avenged his father's death in the expedition of the Epigoni and was made king of Thebes. ...

(Encyclopedia) Salmon sălˈmŏn [key], in the Bible. 1 Father of Boaz. An alternate form is Salma. 2 Place, probably the same as Zalmon. ...

(Encyclopedia) Amminadab əmĭnˈədăb [key], in the Bible. 1 Aaron's father-in-law. 2 Head of a Levitical family. 3 The same as Izehar. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis V (Louis the Sluggard), c.967–987, last French king of the Carolingian dynasty; son of King Lothair. His father had him crowned in 979, but he did not become king until Lothair's death in 986....

(Encyclopedia) Brain, Dennis, 1921–57, British horn player. Brain studied with his father, Aubrey, at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He played principal horn with first the Royal Philharmonic and then the P...