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Binnui
(Encyclopedia)Binnui bĭnˈyo͞oī [key], in the Bible, Levitical name common in Ezra and Nehemiah. The following can probably be distinguished. 1 Levite with Zerubbabel. 2, 3 Men married to foreign wives. See also...Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 2d Viscount
(Encyclopedia)Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 2d Viscount bālˈyəl, ēˈshər [key], 1852–1930, English historian and government official. After sitting in Parliament (1880–85) as a Liberal, he thereafter prefe...Shecaniah
(Encyclopedia)Shecaniah or Shechaniah both: shĕkˌənīˈə [key], in the Bible. 1, 2 Two chief priests. 3 Father-in-law of Tobiah. 4 See Shebaniah (3.) Additional mention of this name is in the books of Chronicle...Jeiel
(Encyclopedia)Jeiel jēīˈĕl [key], in the Bible. 1 Levite under David. 2 Musician of David. 3 Ancestor of Jahaziel (2.) 4 Scribe of Uzziah. 5 Levite of Hezekiah. 6 Levite of Josiah. 7 Companion of Ezra. ...Van Devanter, Willis
(Encyclopedia)Van Devanter, Willis văn dēvănˈtər [key], 1859–1941, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910–37), b. Marion, Ind. He practiced law (1881–84) in Indiana and, after...National Labor Relations Board
(Encyclopedia)National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labo...Hanan
(Encyclopedia)Hanan hāˈnən [key], in the Bible. 1 Reader with Ezra in explaining the law. 2 Sealer of the covenant, probably the same as the preceding. 3 Descendant of Saul. 4 One of David's guard. 5 One of Nehe...Toledo, University of
(Encyclopedia)Toledo, University of, at Toledo, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1872, opened 1875, and received its first municipal support in 1884. Its present name was adopted in 1940, and in 1967 the university w...Wilson, James, American agriculturist and cabinet officer
(Encyclopedia)Wilson, James, 1836–1920, American agriculturist and cabinet officer, b. Ayrshire, Scotland. He emigrated to the United States and settled (1851) in Connecticut, later moving (1855) to Tama co., Iow...Pound, Ezra Loomis
(Encyclopedia)Pound, Ezra Loomis, 1885–1972, American poet, critic, and translator, b. Hailey, Idaho, grad. Hamilton College, 1905, M.A. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1906. An extremely important influence in the shapin...Browse by Subject
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