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Phuvah , Pua (pyōō´ə), variant of Phuvah.
Phuvah (fyōō´və), in the Bible, son of Issachar; the ancestor of the Punites. Tamah , Thamah (thā´mə), variant of Tamah.
Tamah (tā´mə), in the Bible, family returned from exile. It is also spelled Thamah. Sibbecai , Sibbecai or Sibbechai (both: sĬb´əkī, –kā´ī), in the Bible, one of David's guard, noted for his fight with the Philistine giant. He is also called Me… Anak, sons of , Anak, sons of in the Bible (Numbers ch. 13), a race of giants living in the land of Canaan. Shechem , Shechem (shē´kəm), town, central ancient Palestine, the modern Tell Balatan, between Mts. Gerizim and Ebal, near Nablus. Excavations in the 20th cent… Polyglot Bible , Polyglot Bible edited in 1653–7 by Brian Walton (?1600–61), bishop of Chester, with the help of many scholars. It contains various oriental texts of…
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