Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) Abital ăbˈĭtăl [key], in the Bible, mother of David's son Shephatiah. ...

(Encyclopedia) Naomi nāōˈmē, –mī, nāˈō– [key], in the Bible, Ruth's mother-in-law. ...

(Encyclopedia) Jehoaddan jēhōădˈăn [key], in the Bible, mother of King Amaziah of Judah. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zeruah zēryo͞oˈə [key], in the Bible, mother of Jeroboam. ...

(Encyclopedia) Phoebe, in Greek mythology, a Titan. She was the mother of Leto and Asteria and the grandmother of Artemis. In some legends she was identified with Artemis as the goddess of the moon. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hamutal hāmyo͞oˈtəl [key], in the Bible, mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. ...

(Encyclopedia) Zilpah zĭlˈpə [key], in the Bible, Leah's maid, mother of two of Jacob's sons. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dove, Rita, 1952–, American poet, b. Akron, Ohio, studied Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.F.A., 1977). Her first poetry collection, Ten Poems, was published in 1977. Her verse is at once concise, precise,...

(Encyclopedia) Antiope ăntīˈəpē [key], in Greek mythology. 1 Theban princess, daughter of Nycteus. She was seduced by Zeus and bore him twin sons, Zethus and Amphion. Fleeing to Sicyon to escape the wrath of he...

(Encyclopedia) Taiho, 1940–2013, Japanese sumo wrestler. The son of a Japanese mother and a Ukrainian father, he was born on Sakhalin Island as Ivan Boryshko; his Japanese name Koki Naya. At the end of World War I...