Levitation is the process by which an object is suspended against gravity, in a stable position, by a force without physical contact. This can be achieved through jets of gas pushing upwards against the object (as in air hockey), or pushing downwards from the object (as in helicopters, VTOL aircraft, and hovercraft). A sphere can be stably levitated in a stream of air without any type of control system, if conditions are right. These effects are due to Bernoulli's principle. This was merchandised as a toy, circa 1960. Objects with the right properties can be levitated without even indirect contac ...

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After rumours that the band had asked Juliane Regan from All ABout Eve to take over the front spot, Steve Ludwin, from the band Some Have Fins, was finally recruited in August 1993. The new line-up was aired for the first time at a series of gigs at the Splash Club, at the Water Rats in King's Cross in May and June 1994. A letter to the fanclub "The storm has passed and the voyage may begin again." The reception was mixed, but most fans were glad to have Levitation back and playing. However, the new line-up did not find its feet, and to the dismay of their devout fans, Levitation finally split for good in ...

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Amaziah ("strengthened by God") was the name of several individuals in the Hebrew Bible. Amaziah of Judah, the king of Judah. A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite (1 Chronicles 6:45). A priest of the golden calves at Bethel (Amos 7:10-17). The father of Joshah, one of the leaders of the tribe of Simeon in the time of Hezekiah (1 Chr. 4:34). Category: Tanakh people Other relat

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Zadok ("righteous") was the name of several individuals. An Israelite High Priest from the time of Kings David and Solomon - See Zadok (High Priest). The father of Jerusha, who was wife of King Uzziah, and mother of King Jotham (2 Kings 15:33; 2 Chr. 27:1). "The scribe" set over the treasuries of the temple by Nehemiah along with a priest and a Levite (Nehemiah 13:13). The sons of Baana, one of those who assisted in rebuild ...

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Asaph (God has gathered), is the name of five men from the Old Testament. 1. The father of Joah (2 Kin. 18:18, 37). 2. A Levite and the son of Berachiah the Gershonite (2 Chr. 20:14). Asaph sounded cymbals before the Ark of the Covenant when it was moved from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:16, 19). Asaph's family became one of the three families given responsibility for music and song in the Temple (1 Chr. 25:1-9). Following the Captivity, 128 singers from this family returned from Babylon and conducted t ...

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Adonijah is a Hebrew name, meaning "Yahweh is my lord". A number of characters in the Bible bear this name. The fourth son of David (2 Sam. 3:4). After the death of his elder brothers, Amnon and Absalom, he became heir-apparent to the throne. But Solomon, a younger brother, was preferred to him. Adonijah, however, when his father was dying, caused himself to be proclaimed king. But Nathan and Bathsheba induced David to give orders that Solomon should immediately be proclaimed and admitted to the throne. Adonijah fle ...

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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Abinadab is the name of several people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The name means father of nobleness; i.e., noble. A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David (1 Sam. 7:1,2; 1 Chr. 13:7). The ...

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This entry incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. Ahijah - brother (i.e., "friend") of God. (1) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 8:7, R.V.). In A.V. called "Ahiah." (2) One of the five sons of Jerahmeel, who was great-grandson of Judah (1 Chr. 2:25). (3) Son of Ahitub (1 Sam. 14:3, 18), Ichabod's brother; the same probably as Ahimelech, who was high priest at Nob in the reign of Saul (1 Sam. 22:11). Some, however, suppose that Ahimelech was the brother of Ahijah, and that they both officiated as high priests, Ahijah at Gi ...

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The Book of Numbers is the fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew ba-midbar במדבר, i.e., "in the desert." In the Septuagint version it is called Arithmoi ("Numbers"), and this name is now the usual title of the book. It is so called because it contains a record of the numbering of the people in the wilderness of Sinai (1-4), and of their numbering afterwards on the plain of Moab (26). This book is of special historical interest as furnishing us with details as to the route of the Israelit ...

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• Book of Numbers - Chapters 4-6
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 7-9
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 10-12
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 13-14
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 15-17
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 18-19
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 20-21
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 22-24
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 25-27
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 28-29
• Book of Numbers - Chapters 30-32
• Book of Numbers - Chapter 33-36

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Zechariah or Zecharya (זְכַרְיָה "Renowned/Remembered of/is the LORD", Standard Hebrew Zəḫarya, Tiberian Hebrew Zəḵaryāh) was a person in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh. He was the author of the Book of Zechariah. (1) He was a prophet of the two-tribe kingdom of Judah, and the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as "the son of Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 he is called "the son of Iddo," wh ...

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Abdon ("servile") may refer to: Abdon; The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam. 12:11. The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). The son of Micah, one of those whom Josiah sent to the prophetess Huldah to ascertain from her the meaning of the recently discovered book of the law (2 Chr. 34:20). He is called Achbor in 2 Kings 22:12. One of ...

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Amram (עַמְרָם "Friend of the most high (God"), Standard Hebrew ʿAmram, Tiberian Hebrew ʿAmrām) is a Levite, a son of Kohath, the husband of Jochebed (Ex 6,20 and Num 26,59) and father of Aaron, Miriam and Moses. He is mentioned in the Book of Exodus. According to the Talmud, Amram promulgated the laws of marriage and divorce amongst the Jews in Egypt. The Arabic version refers to the father of Moses as Imran - and the Israeli/Jewish people are referred to as "Aale Imran" (Children of Imran ...

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Yogic flying is the purported ability to levitate which is a capability one gains through advanced practice of transcendental meditation (TM). While sitting cross-legged, yogic flyers can move around in a hopping kind of motion. The TM oganization claims this the earliest part of levitation, the "perfection of leaping like a frog". Proponents of yogic flying claim world peace can be brought about by thousands of simultaneous yogic flyers spread world-wide. Yogic flying - History of Yogic Flying. Yogic flyin ...

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Bethel is a Semitic word that aquired various meanings Bethel - Semitic root. A Semitic (Phoenician?) word meaning 'sacred stone/pillar" was the etymological root of the Greek Baetylus For traditions of other such stones named Bethel and a god named Bethel see also Bethel (god). Bethel - Hebrew. In this Semitic language of the Jewish people, bethel means "House of El") Bethel - Bible. B ...

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The Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion (“Igzi’itne Maryam S’iyon Yeityop'iya Ortodoks Baytekristiyan” in the languages of Ethiopia) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the most important and one of the oldest churches of Ethiopia. The original church is believed to have been built during the reign of Ezana, the first Orthodox Christian emperor of Ethiopia, during the fourth century AD. The church, in the town of Axum in Tigray Province, claims to contain the original Ark of the Covenant. According to tradition, Menelik I b ...

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This is about scribe, the profession. For the New Zealand rapper, please see Scribe (rapper). For scribing in graffiti, see scribing (graffiti). Scribe (or Scrivener) is an ancient profession, a person who could read and write. This usually indicated secretarial and administrative duties such as dictation and keeping business, judicial, and history records for rulers such as kings, nobility, temples, and cities. Later the profession developed for example in ...

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In the Hebrew Bible, the golden calf (עגל הזהב) was an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites during Moses' unexpectedly long absence. In Hebrew, the incident is known as "Chet ha'Egel" (חטא העגל) or "The Sin of the Calf". It is first mentioned in Exodus 32:4. Among the Hebrews' neighbors in the Ancient Near East and the Aegean, the Aurochs, the wild bull, was widely worshipped, often as the Lunar Bull and as El. Its Minoan manife ...

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Elijah (אֱלִיָּהוּ "Whose/my God is the Lord", Standard Hebrew Eliyyáhu, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔliyyāhû), also Elias (NT Greek Ἠλίας), is a prophet of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. His name has been variously translated as "whose God is the Lord", "God the Lord", "the strong Lord", "God of the Lord", "my God is the Lord", "the Lord is my God", and "my God is Jehovah". Elijah prophet - In the Hebrew Bible. Elijah is first introduced in 1 Kings 17:1 as d ...

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The Buile Shuibhne is the tale of Sweeney, a legendary king of Ulster in Ireland. The story is told in mixture of poetry and prose and exists in manuscripts dating from 1671 - 1674 but which was almost surely written and circulated in its modern form sometime in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. It is likely, from references in works going back to the tenth century, that some form of the ta ...

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