McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Mishraite

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Mishraite


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(Heb. Mishrat', îַùְׁøָòַé , gentile, used collectively, from some noun Mishra', îַùְׁøָò , perhaps slippery; Sept. ῾Çìáóáñáåßí v.r. ῾Çìáóáñáú v ì , Vulg. Maserei, Auth.Vers. “Mishraites”), an inhabitant of a place called MISHRA, alluded to only in 1Ch_2:53, as founded by the descendants of Caleb, and associated with the Ithrites and others, who were in some way connected with Kirjath-jearim; probably therefore a village in the vicinity of this last town.