McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Mizzah

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Mizzah


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(Heb. Mizzah', îַæָּä , despair; Sept. ÌïæÝ , in Chronicles Ìï÷Ý ), the last named of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau by Bashemath (Gen_36:13; 1Ch_1:37), and a petty chieftain of the Edomites (Gen_36:17). B.C. considerably post 1927. The settlements of his descendants are believed by Mr. Forster (Hist. Geog. of Arab. 2:55) to be indicated in the ìåóáíßôçò êüëðïò , or Phrat-Misan, at the head of the Persian Gulf.