Metaphysical Bible Dictionary - Unity of Citrus County

ABEL-MIZRAIM 13
harmonious thoughts of substance activity, or of the activity of substance.
MD 13/1.1 Abel - mizraim, a'-bel - miz'-ra-im (Heb.)--mourning of Egypt or Egyptians;
mourning or meadow of distress.
MD 13/1.2 The name was given by the Canaanites to the threshing floor of Atad, because it
was there that Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians who were with them mourned seven
days for Jacob, while they were on their way to bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah,
where Abraham and Isaac were buried (Gen. 50: 11).
MD 13/1.3 Meta. The feeling of sorrow and loss, in the sense man, that often accompanies
the letting go of some good idea in consciousness after it has finished its work. Man's
tendency is to cling to the old ideas that have been helpful to him. But when their work is done
in the individual for the time being, these old ideas, no matter how well they have served, must
be released from consciousness, that other and higher ideas may take their place. In the Bible
a threshing floor always typifies a process of judgment, a sifting of ideas and thoughts in
consciousness, a letting go of the chaff and a laying hold of the wheat.
MD 13/1.4 Abel-shittim, a'-bel-shit'-tlm (Heb.)--meadow of the acacias; place of acacias.
MD 13/1.5 A town "in the plains of Moab" (Num. 33:49). It is more often called Shittim. (See
SHITTIM.)
MD 13/1.6 Meta. A perception, or conception, of the substance, reality, and resurrecting
power of the inner spiritual life. (Acacias refer to resurrection, life, and a meadow refers to
substance).
MD 13/1.7 Abi, a'-bl (Heb.)--Jah is father; founder; an old form of father of, which forms the
first part of several Hebrew proper names; progenitor.
MD 13/1.8 Daughter of Zechariah, and mother of Hezekiah, king of Judah (II Kings 18:2). In II
Chronicles 29:1 she is called Abijah.
MD 13/1.9 Meta. The inner conception, in the soul, of Jehovah as Father, or source of being
(Jah is father). This comprehension of Truth, held in mind (see AHAZ--meaning to lay hold of-husband
of Abi), is the mother of, or brings to pass in consciousness, that which Hezekiah,
king
ABIB
of Judah, represents--faith in God, or the expression of spiritual strength.
MD 13/2.1 Abi-albon, a'-bl-al'-bon (Heb.)--Jather of strength; father of valiance; father of
prevailing.
MD 13/2.2 One of David's mighty men (II Sam. 23:31); he is called Abiel in I Chronicles 11:32.
MD 13/2.3 Meta. A mighty thought of conquest.
MD 13/2.4 Abiasaph, a-bl'-a-saph (Heb.)--father of gathering.
MD 13/2.5 A descendant of Levi (Exod. 6:24). He is called Ebiasaph in I Chronicles 6: 37.
MD 13/2.6 Meta. A thought in consciousness, of a kind that gathers together, or draws
together (father of gathering). Such thoughts belong to the love (Levi) nature in man. They are
of a harmonizing character and they help to hold the organism together.
MD 13/2.7 Abiathar, a-bl'-a-thär (Heb.)--the great one is father; father of abundance.
MD 13/2.8 Fourth high priest in descent from Eli. He was high priest during David's reign and
at the beginning of Solomon's reign (I Kings 2:26).
MD 13/2.9 Meta. A ruling religious belief that abundant good comes from recognition of God
as Father (the great one is father, father of abundance) and of David (love) as king (the
directive or guiding quality of the will). Though excellent, the intellectual thought represented
by Abiathar has in the end to take a lowly position, and his place is taken by Zadok, the true
high priest, who represents a spiritual quality. Zadok was a descendant of Aaron, through
Aaron's eldest son, Eleazar.