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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Miles, George Henry
• George Miles
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
• Traffic Mile
• Ton Mile
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Miles Coverdale
• Miles Joseph Berkeley
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Act, Five-Mile
• Atkinson, Miles
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Coverdale, Miles
• Standish, Miles
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• George Henry Miles
• Miles Gerard Keon
• Ven. Miles Gerard
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Miles of Marseilles
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• ܡܺܝܠܳܐ
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Mile. A Roman measure of length, equal to 1618 English yards - 4854 feet, or about nine-tenths of an English mile. It is only once noticed in the Bible, Matthew 5:41, the usual method of reckoning, both in the New Testament, and in Josephus being by the stadium. The mile of the Jews is said to have been of two kinds, long or short, dependent on the length of the pace, which varied in different parts, the long pace being double the length of the short one.