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magdala

magdala


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Magdala  \Mag"da*la\,  a. 
  Designating  an  orange-red  dyestuff  obtained  from 
  naphthylamine,  and  called  magdala  red,  naphthalene  red,  etc 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Magdala 
  a  tower,  a  town  in  Galilee,  mentioned  only  in  Matt.  15:39.  In 
  the  parallel  passage  in  Mark  8:10  this  place  is  called 
  Dalmanutha.  It  was  the  birthplace  of  Mary  called  the  Magdalen, 
  or  Mary  Magdalene.  It  was  on  the  west  shore  of  the  Lake  of 
  Tiberias,  and  is  now  probably  the  small  obscure  village  called 
  el-Mejdel,  about  3  miles  north-west  of  Tiberias.  In  the  Talmud 
  this  city  is  called  "the  city  of  colour,"  and  a  particular 
  district  of  it  was  called  "the  tower  of  dyers."  The  indigo  plant 
  was  much  cultivated  here 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Magdala,  tower;  greatness