defluxion from the head
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
MIZZAH.A duke of Edom (Gen_36:13; Gen_36:17 = 1Ch_1:37).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Gen_36:13; Gen_36:17. The Phrat-Misan at the head of the Persian gulf probably retains the name.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Miz'zah. (fear). Son of Reuel, and grandson of Esau. Gen_36:13; Gen_36:17; 1Ch_1:37.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
miz?a (מזּה, mizzāh, ?strong,? ?firm?): Grandson of Esau, one of the ?dukes? of Edom (Gen_36:13, Gen_36:17; 1Ch_1:37).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Mizzah
(Heb. Mizzah', מַזָּה, despair; Sept. Μοζέ, in Chronicles Μοχέ), the last named of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau by Bashemath (Gen_36:13; 1Ch_1:37), and a petty chieftain of the Edomites (Gen_36:17). B.C. considerably post 1927. The settlements of his descendants are believed by Mr. Forster (Hist. Geog. of Arab. 2:55) to be indicated in the μεσανίτης κόλπος, or Phrat-Misan, at the head of the Persian Gulf.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.