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Massa
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
A lifting up, gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14); a nomad tribe inhabiting the Arabian desert toward Babylonia.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(burden), a son of Ishmael. (Genesis 26:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30) His descendants were not improbably the Masani, placed by Ptolemy in the east of Arabia, near the borders of Babylonia.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
MAS'SA (gift, tribute), a son of Ishmael, Gen 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30, and probably the ancestor of the Masani, settled in the north-eastern part of Arabia, near the Babylonian frontier.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
a burden; prophecy
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
MAS'SA (gift, tribute), a son of Ishmael, Gen 25:14; 1 Chr 1:30, and probably the ancestor of the Masani, settled in the north-eastern part of Arabia, near the Babylonian frontier.