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(Encyclopedia) Shebam shēˈbăm [key], in the Bible, town in the pasture land E of the Jordan. Alternate forms are Shibmah and Sibmah. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zarqawi, Abu Musab al- äˈbo͞o mo͞osäb äl-zärkäˈwē [key], nom de guerre of Ahmad Fadhil Nazzar al-Khalaylah, 1966–2006, Islamic terrorist leader, b. Jordan. Becoming a militant Islamist in ...

(Encyclopedia) Beth-haran bĕth-hāˈrən [key], in the Bible, a town, E of the Jordan, not far northeast of its mouth into the Dead Sea. ...

(Encyclopedia) Mahanaim māˌhənāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, unidentified city E of the Jordan River near the Jabbok. There Jacob met angels; there, also, David took refuge from Absalom. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ives, Charles īvz [key], 1874–1954, American composer and organist, b. Danbury, Conn., grad. Yale, 1898; pupil of Dudley Buck and Horatio Parker. He was an organist (1893–1904) in churches in Con...

(Encyclopedia) Buffett, Warren Edward bŭfˈət [key], 1930–, American financial executive, b. Omaha, Nebr., ...

(Encyclopedia) New England Conservatory of Music, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; est. 1867, chartered and opened 1870. It is closely associated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center at ...

(Encyclopedia) Ashteroth Karnaim ăshˈtērŏth kärnāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place, E of the Jordan. It is possibly the same as Carnaim in First Maccabees and Carnion in Second Maccabees. ...

(Encyclopedia) Beth-hogla or Beth-hoglah both: bĕth-hŏgˈlə [key], in the Bible, a town, the modern Ayn Hajalah in the West Bank, W of the Jordan, SE of Jericho. ...

(Encyclopedia) Salcah or Salchah both: sălˈkə [key], ancient fortress, SE Syria, E of the Jordan and on the boundary of Bashan; it is mentioned several times in the Bible. ...