Bible dictionaries
Magdalene
What Bible dictionaries say about “Magdalene”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Magdalene - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
A surname derived from Magdala, the place of her nativity, given to one of the Marys of the Gospels to distinguish her from the other Marys (Matt. 27:56, 61; 28:1, etc.). A mistaken notion has prevailed that this Mary was a woman of bad character, that she was the woman who is emphatically called "a sinner" (Luke 7:36-50). (See [372]MARY.)
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
mag'-da-len, mag-da-le'-ne.
See MARY, III.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915