Muth-labben Occurring only in the title of Psalm 9, title. Some
interpret the words as meaning "on the death of Labben," some
unknown person. Others render the word, "on the death of the
son;" i.e., of Absalom (Sa2 18:33). Others again have taken the
word as the name of a musical instrument, or as the name of an
air to which the psalm was sung. Muzzle Grain in the East is
usually thrashed by the sheaves being spread out on a floor,
over which oxen and cattle are driven to and fro, till the grain
is trodden out. Moses ordained that the ox was not to be muzzled
while thrashing. It was to be allowed to eat both the grain and
the straw (Deu 25:4). (See AGRICULTURE.) Myra One of the chief
towns of Lycia, in Asia Minor, about 2 1/2 miles from the coast
(Act 27:5). Here Paul removed from the Adramyttian ship in which
he had sailed from Caesarea, and entered into the Alexandrian
ship, which was afterwards wrecked at Melita (Act 27:39). Myrrh
Heb. mor . (1.) First mentioned as a principal ingredient in the
holy anoint