Book definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BOOK, n. [Like the Latin liber, book signifies primarily bark and beech, the tree being probably named ... that at his decease he left me his lamp. Without book, by memory; without reading;without notes; as, a sermon was delivered without book. This phrase is used also in the sense of without authority; as,a man asserts without book. BOOK, v.t. To enter, write or register in ...
... 3. Contents 4. Sources 5. Historicity 6. Teaching of the Book 7. Author 8. Date 9. Original Language 10. Text and ... writers call the Books of Maccabees ciphere ha-chashmonim, "The Book of the Hasmoneans" (see ASMONEANS). Origen gives to Book I (the only one he seemed to know of) the ... section 6) explains as a corruption of Aramaic words= "The Book of the House of the Hasmoneans" (compare the rabbinical name ... The aid received from God is frequently recognized in the book (2:51 ff; 3:18; 4:10 f; 9:46 ... 15; 7:46; 11:45-51, etc.). But in this book, prayers, speeches and official records abound as they do ...
SIRACH, BOOK OF definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia si'-rak, or The ... and it has also the distinction of being the oldest book in the Apocrypha, being indeed older than at least two ... and Western churches. I. Name. The Hebrew copy of the book which Jerome knew bore, according to his explicit testimony (see ... the author. But the Latin name Ecclesiasticus was given the book because it was one of the books allowed to be ... be quoted in proof or disproof of doctrine. The present book is called Ecclesiasticus by way of preeminence since the time ... Peshitta) title as given in the London Polyglot is "The Book of Jesus the son of Simon 'Acira', called also ...
Job, Book of definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book. From internal evidence, such as the similarity of sentiment and ... authorship is altogether uncertain. As to the character of the book, it is a historical poem, one of the greatest and ... It is a didactic narrative in a dramatic form. This book was apparently well known in the days of Ezekiel, B ... 12:5; 1 Cor. 3:19). The subject of the book is the trial of Job, its occasion, nature, endurance, and ... hope to tried believers of every age. It is a book of manifold instruction, and is profitable for doctrine, for ...
... 2) Summary; (3) Language; (4) Date; (5) Internal Chronology: The Book of Noah; (6) External Chronology; (7) Slavonic Enoch; (8) Secrets ... Summary; (2) Structure; (3) Language; (4) Date 5. The Fourth Book of Esdras: (1) Summary; (2) Structure; (3) Language; (4) Date II. LEGENDARY WORKS The Book of Jubilees: (1) Summary; (2) Structure; (3) Language; (4) Date ... most striking is the resemblance they all bear to the Book of Daniel. Following this model, most of them use "vision ... all pseudonymous, as Enoch and Baruch, or anonymous, as the Book of Jubilees. Many of them in addition show traces of ... have more resemblance to some of these, noticeably to the Book of Jubilees. Still, the almost total want of any ...
... Greek manuscripts (Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Sinaiticus, etc.) the book is called "The Wisdom of Solomon" Sophia Salomonos, the form ... best manuscripts). In the Syriac (Peshitta) its title is "The Book of the Great Wisdom of Solomon." Solomon was among the ... 47:12-18 (14-19)), and the whole of the Book of Proverbs is called by his name, though he is ... a part. Solomon speaks in the first person in this book (The Wisdom of Solomon 6-9), as he does in ... as he was thought to be the composer of this book it continued to be called "The Wisdom of Solomon" among ... Christians. Influenced by the Greek thought and style of the book, Jerome came to the conclusion that Solomon was not ...
Esther, Book of definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the ... with Mordecai and Esther. Hence we may conclude that the book was written probably about B.C. 444-434, and that ... author was one of the Jews of the dispersion. This book is more purely historical than any other book of Scripture; and it has this remarkable peculiarity that the ... of God be not in it, his finger is." The book wonderfully exhibits the providential government of God. International Standard ...
Daniel, Book of definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary is ranked by the ... six chapters, is chiefly prophetical. The historical part of the book treats of the period of the Captivity. Daniel is "the ... visions and one lengthened prophetical communication. The genuineness of this book has been much disputed, but the arguments in its favour ... 20; 28:3). (3.) The character and records of the book are also entirely in harmony with the times and circumstances ... which the author lived. (4.) The linguistic character of the book is, moreover, just such as might be expected. Certain portions ... of the author and of the people for whom his book was written. That Daniel is the writer of this ...
BARUCH, BOOK OF definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia One of the Apocryphal ... Biblical. personage bearing the name. Though Jewish traditions link this book with Jeremiah's amanuensis and loyal friend as author, it ... BC) that Baruch wrote down Jeremiah's words in a book and read them in the ears of the nobles (English ... king's sons are not necessarily meant; Jer 36). The Book of Baruch belongs in its present form to the latter ... work of Jeremiah's friend and secretary. II. Contents. This book and also the Epistle of Jeremy have closer affinities with the canonical Book of Jer than any other part of the Apocrypha. ...
TOBIT, BOOK OF definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia to'-bit: 1. Name ... Composition 8. Versions 9. Original Language LITERATURE 1. Name: The book is called by the name of its principal hero which ... assumes a different etymology, but what? 2. Canonicity: Though this book is excluded from Protestant Bibles (with but few exceptions), Tobit ... held by Abraham and Sarah. For the position of the book in the Septuagint, Vulgate and English Versions of the Bible, see JUDITH, 2. 3. Contents: The Book of Tobit differs in essential matters in its various versions ... the same versions (compare the Septuagint). The analysis of the book which follows is based on the Septuagint's Codex ...
book scorpion definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: minute arachnid sometimes found in old papers [syn: book scorpion, Chelifer cancroides] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Scorpion Scor"pi ... An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. Book scorpion. (Zo["o]l.) See under Book. False scorpion. (Zo["o]l.) See under False, and Book scorpion. Scorpion bug, or Water scorpion (Zo["o]l.) See ... star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. ...
... the law by Moses; the name given to the fifth book of the Pentateuch. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law [syn: Deuteronomy, Book of Deuteronomy] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English Deutronomie ... Deuteronomion, from deuter- + nomos law — more at nimble the fifth book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture containing narrative and Mosaic ... n. [Gr. ?; ? second + ? law: cf. L. Deuteronomium.] (Bibl.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law ... was probably first done by the Greek translators of the book, whom the Vulgate follows. The fifth of these books ...
Book debt definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Debt Debt, n. [OE ... sum of money alleged to be due. --Burrill. Bond debt, Book debt, etc. See under Bond, Book, etc. Debt of nature, death. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[= ...
To curse by bell book and candle definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS ... or writing. Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's ... of the Apostles," a title which was given to the book at a later date, but of "Acts of Apostles," or ... explanation of the closing words of the Gospel. In this book we have just a continuation of the history of the ... in which he had commenced it. It is only a book of beginnings, a history of the founding of churches, the ... 64, or, as some think, 66. The place where the book was written was probably Rome, to which Luke accompanied Paul. The key to the contents of the book is in 1:8, "Ye shall be witnesses unto ...