body, Mat. 4.23, et al.; from Μαλᾰκός, ή, όν, soft, soft to the touch, delicate, Mat. 11.8. Lu. 7.25; met. cinædus, an instrument of unnatural lust, effeminate, 1 Co. 6.9. Μάλιστα, (superlat. of μάλα, very, much) adv. most, most of all, chiefly, especially, Ac. 20.38; 25.26, et al. Μᾶλλον, (comparat. of μάλα) adv. more, to a greater extent, in a higher degree, Mat. 18.13; 27.24. Jno. 5.18. 1 Co. 14.18, et al.; rather, in preference, Mat. 10.6. Eph. 4.28, et al.; used in a periphrasis for the comparative, Ac. 20.35, et al.; as an intensive with a comparative term, Mat. 6.26. Mar. 7.36. 2 Co. 7.13. Phi. 1.23; μᾶλλον δέ, yea rather, Ro. 8.34. Ga. 4.9. Eph. 5.11. Μάμμη, & μάμμα, ης, ἡ, a mother; later, a grandmother, 2 Ti. 1.5. Μαμμωνᾶς, v. Μαμωνᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ, (Aram. ממון) wealth, riches, Lu. 16.9, 11; personified, like the Greek Πλοῦτος, Mammon, Mat. 6.24. Lu. 16.13. Μανθάνω, f. μαθήσομαι, a.2. ἔμᾰθον, p. μεμάθηκα, to learn, be taught, Mat. 9.13; 11.29; 24.32; to learn by practice or experience, acquire a custom or habit, Phi. 4.11. 1 Ti. 5.4, 13; to ascertain, be informed, Ac. 23.27, et al.; to understand, comprehend, Re. 14.3. Μανία, ας, ἡ, (μαίνομαι) madness, insanity, Ac. 26.24. Μάννα, τό, (Heb. מן, Exod. 16.15.) manna, the miraculous food of the Israelites while in the desert, Jno. 6.31, 49, 58, et al. Μαντεύομαι, (μάντις, a soothsayer, diviner) f. εύσομαι, to utter oracles, to divine, Ac. 16.16 Μαραίνω, f. ανῶ, a.1. pass. ἐμαράνθην, to quench, cause to decay, fade, or wither; pass. to wither, waste away; met. to fade away, disappear, perish, Ja. 1.11. Μαρὰν ἀθά, (Aram. מרן אתא) i.q. κύριος ἔρχεται, the Lord cometh, or will come to judgment, 1 Co. 16.22. Μαργαρίτης, ου, ὁ, (μάργαρος) a pearl, Mat. 7.6; 13.45, 46, et al. (ῑ). Μάρμᾰρος, ου, ὁ, (μαρμαίρω, to glisten, shine) a white glistening stone, marble, Re. 18.12. Μαρτῠρέω, ῶ, f. ήσω, p. μεμαρτύρηκα, a.1. ἐμαρτύρησα, trans. to testify, depose, Jno. 3.11, 32. 1 Jno. 1.2. Re. 1.2; 22.20; absol. to give evidence, Jno. 18.23; to bear testimony, testify, Lu. 4.22. Jno. 1.7, 8, et al.; to bear testimony in confirmation, Ac. 14.3; to declare distinctly and formally, Jno. 4.44; pass. to be the subject of testimony, to obtain attestation to character, Ac. 6.3; 10.22. 1 Ti. 5.10. He. 11.2, 4; mid., equivalent to μαρτύρομαι, to make a solemn appeal, Ac. 26.22. 1 Th. 2.12. Μαρτυρία, ας, ἡ, judicial evidence, Mar. 14.55, 56, 59. Lu. 22.71; testimony in general, Tit. 1.13. 1 Jno. 5.9; testimony, declaration in a matter of fact or doctrine, Jno. 1.19; 3.11. Ac. 22.18, et al.; attestation to character, Jno. 5.34, 36, et al.; reputation, 1 Ti. 3.7. Μαρτύριον, ίον, τό, testimony, evidence, 2 Co. 1.12. Ja. 5.3; testification, Ac. 4.33; in N.T., testimony, mode of solemn declaration or testification, Mat. 8.4. Lu. 9.5, et al.; testimony, matter of solemn declaration, 1 Co. 1.6; 2.1. 1 Ti. 2.6;