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Books (16 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ADAM, BOOKS OF. Books pretending ... II, 83). See
APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE; APOCRYPHA. MO Evans. BOOKS OF ADAM. ...
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Deutero-canonical
Deutero-canonical. << Deuterocanonical, Deutero-canonical. Deuteronomy >>.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia DEUTERO-CANONICAL, BOOKS. ...
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Deuterocanonical
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DEUTERO-CANONICAL, BOOKS. du-ter-o-ka-non'-
i-kal: A term sometimes used to designate certain books...
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Parchments (1 Occurrence)
... Paul directs Timothy that, when he comes from Ephesus to Rome, he is to bring "the
books, especially the parchments." These, as well as the "cloak," which is ...
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History (57 Occurrences)
... The origins of Israel are narrated in Genesis; the establishment of theocracy, in
the other books of the Pentateuch; the entrance into Canaan, in the Book of ...
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Jude (4 Occurrences)
... Clement of Alexandria "gave concise expositions of all the canonical Scriptures,
not omitting the disputed books-the Epistle of Jude and the other Catholic epp ...
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Ethiopic
... The different books of the Scriptures were translated by different men, some of
whom rendered literally, some more according to the sense, some having a good ...
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Kings (350 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Kings, The Books of. The two books of Kings formed
originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The ...
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Ezranehemiah
... 6. Literary Character 7. Languages 8. Historicity 9. Text
LITERATURE ===== 1. Name: The books of Ezra ...
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Ezra-nehemiah
... 6. Literary Character 7. Languages 8. Historicity 9. Text
LITERATURE ===== 1. Name: The books of Ezra ...
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Library
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A considerable collection of books kept for use,
and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library. ...
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Quotations
... to a degree the very distinction implied in the terms Old and New Testaments, and
would involve a definite and organic relationship of all the books to each ...
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I-iii
... 2. The Septuagint The Apocrypha 3. The Vulgate (Old Testament) 4. The New
Testament (1) Acknowledged Books (2) Disputed Books IV. ...
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Introduction (3 Occurrences)
... 2. The Septuagint The Apocrypha 3. The Vulgate (Old Testament) 4. The New
Testament (1) Acknowledged Books (2) Disputed Books IV. ...
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Deuteronomy (1 Occurrence)
... It is not easy to say when it was divided into five books. This was probably first
done by the Greek translators of the book, whom the Vulgate follows. ...
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Canonicity
... Thus far the books of the Old Testament and New Testament have been taken simply
as given, and no attempt has been made to inquire how or when they were ...
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Kirjathsepher (4 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary City of books, Joshua 15:15; same as Kirjath-sannah (qv),
now represented by the valley of ed-Dhaberiyeh, south-west of Hebron. ...
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Kirjath-sepher (4 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary City of books, Joshua 15:15; same as Kirjath-sannah (qv),
now represented by the valley of ed-Dhaberiyeh, south-west of Hebron. ...
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Judith (1 Occurrence)
... The Books of Ruth, Esther, Judith and Susannah are the only ones in the Bible
(including the Apocrypha) called by the names of women, these women being the ...
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Writing (194 Occurrences)
... The inspired books of Moses are the most ancient extant writings, although
there are written monuments as old as about BC 2000. ...
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Recorded (141 Occurrences)
... did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion
that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be ...
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Debir (12 Occurrences)
... Kings 6:5). According to Sayce (HDB), "the city must have been a sacred one with
a well-known temple." Kiriath-sepher is translated "town of books," and Sayce ...
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Chapter
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The several books of the Old and New Testaments were
from an early time divided into chapters. The Pentateuch ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/chapter.htm - 8k

Carpus (1 Occurrence)
... considerable confidence in him, since he committed to his care not only the
comparatively valueless "cloak," but especially the priceless "books and parchments ...
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Curious (18 Occurrences)
... The more important and powerful of these charms were written out in books which
circulated among the exorcists, and were sold at a great price. ...
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Scripture (51 Occurrences)
... Invariably in the New Testament denotes that definite collection of sacred books,
regarded as given by inspiration of God, which we usually call the Old ...
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Scroll (70 Occurrences)
... It had been in use in Egypt for perhaps 2,000 years at the time when, according
to the Pentateuch, the earliest Biblical books were written in this form. ...
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Study (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of
mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of ...
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Print (3 Occurrences)
... plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of
(a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/print.htm - 15k

Dictionaries
... The earliest books usually quoted in the lists of Biblical dictionaries were also
in fact classified or chronological, and not alphabetical (Eusebius ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dictionaries.htm - 38k

Hexateuch
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The first six books of the Old Testament. Int. ... Many
critics hold that these six books were composed out of the sources JEP, etc. ...
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Armenian
... Hence his viceroy, the renegade Armenian Merouzhan, closed the schools, proscribed
Greek learning, and burnt all Greek books, especially the Scriptures. ...
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Roll (57 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word
rendered "roll" or "volume" is meghillah, found in Ezra ...
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Printed (2 Occurrences)
... Modern printing begins with the carving of whole pages and books on blocks of
wood (xylography), or metal plates for printing (chalcography). ...
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Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (a.) One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.
Int. ... So (he ends) my son, be warned! There are many books in this world. ...
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Printing
... Modern printing begins with the carving of whole pages and books on blocks of
wood (xylography), or metal plates for printing (chalcography). ...
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Hagiographa
... church to denote the third division of the Old Testament scriptures, called by the
Jews Kethubim, ie, "Writings." It consisted of five books, viz., Job ...
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Providence (3 Occurrences)
... OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE 1. Divine Providence in the Old Testament Scriptures
(1) Providence in the Pentateuch (2) The Historical Books of the Old ...
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Hell (53 Occurrences)
... The Revisers have retained this rendering in the historical books with the original
word in the margin, while in the poetical books they have reversed this rule ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hell.htm - 29k

Apocalyptic
... of the Sadducees 5. Nor of the Pharisees 6. Probably Written by the Essenes WORKS
ENTITLED APOCALYPTIC I. APOCALYPSES PROPER 1. Enoch Books: (1) History of the ...
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Genesis
... The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek
origin meaning "the five-fold book." The Jews called them the Torah, ie, "the ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/genesis.htm - 40k

Flavius
... They are as follows: (1) Concerning the Jewish War, written before 79; we have the
Greek translation of this history by the author; there are 7 books: I, the ...
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Mother (2641 Occurrences)
... The same high type of womanhood, the same reverence for one's mother is in evidence
in both books. ... The records of the Books of Kings prove it. ...
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Josephus
... They are as follows: (1) Concerning the Jewish War, written before 79; we have the
Greek translation of this history by the author; there are 7 books: I, the ...
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Syriac (2 Occurrences)
... A Syriac version of the Old Testament, containing all the canonical books, along
with some apocryphal books (called the Peshitto, ie, simple translation, and ...
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Sirach
... see WISDOM LITERATURE), and it has also the distinction of being the oldest book
in the Apocrypha, being indeed older than at least two books (Daniel, Esther ...
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Libraries
... Saul to the Maccabees 13. New Testament Times 14. Bookcases and Buildings LITERATURE
A library is a book or books kept for use, not for sale. ...
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Intercession (12 Occurrences)
... 5. The Rise of Official Intercession 6. Samuel as an Intercessor in His Functions
as Judge, Priest and Prophet 7. Intercession in the Poetic Books 8. The Books...
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Esdras
... 1 Esdras, respectively, and in editions of the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible,
390-405 AD) down to that of Pope Sixtus (died 1590) these three books appear in ...
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Chronicles (45 Occurrences)
... Chronicles, Books of. The two books were originally one. They ... Kings. The
contents of these books are comprehended under four heads. ...
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Job (60 Occurrences)
... In the Greek Canon (which ours follows), it is put with the poetical books,
standing at their head. It is one of 3 Scripture books...
biblethesaurus.org/j/job.htm - 62k

Vulgate
... is now called by most persons Lucian's (version); the other is the text of the
translators of the Septuagint which is found in the codices (or books) of Origen ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vulgate.htm - 38k

Apocrypha
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient
books which found a place in the LXX. and Latin Vulgate ...
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Ruth (19 Occurrences)
... Ruth The Book of. Was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms
one of the twenty-four separate books of the Hebrew Bible. ...
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Zion (169 Occurrences)
... 5:7) he built on it a citadel and a palace, and it became "the city of David" (1
Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 19:21, 31; 1 Chronicles 11:5). In the later books of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zion.htm - 49k

Inspiration (4 Occurrences)
... exist. Difficulties and phenomena we cannot explain are not errors. All
these books of the Old and New Testaments are inspired. We ...
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Septuagint
... VII. NUMBER, TITLES AND ORDER OF BOOKS 1. Contents 2. Titles 3. Bipartition
of Books 4. Grouping and Order of Books VIII. CHARACTERISTICS ...
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Numbers (136 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Numbers, Book of. The fourth of the books of the Pentateuch,
called in the Hebrew be-midbar, ie, "in the wilderness." In the LXX. ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/numbers.htm - 71k

Manuscripts
... In a narrower sense they are handwritten codices, rolls and folded documents, as
distinguished from printed books on the one hand and inscriptions, or engraved ...
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Valued (27 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:19 And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their
books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were ...
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Jason (5 Occurrences)
... 2 Maccabees is in fact simply an abridgment in one book of the 5 books
written by Jason on the Jewish wars of liberation. He must ...
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Foreknowledge (2 Occurrences)
... In the historical books of the Old Testament the omniscience of God is a constant
underlying presupposition when it is said that God watches men's actions ...
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Foreknow (1 Occurrence)
... In the historical books of the Old Testament the omniscience of God is a constant
underlying presupposition when it is said that God watches men's actions ...
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Troas (6 Occurrences)
... He visited this place also on other occasions, and on one of these visits he left
his cloak and some books there (2 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Timothy 4:13). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/troas.htm - 11k

Theocracy
... Upon any other view of the origin of the Old Testament books than that which has
heretofore prevailed, it is certainly a remarkable fact that whenever the ...
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Experts (10 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:19 And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their
books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/experts.htm - 9k

Ethics
... of the Old Testament (1) Religious Characteristics of Hebrew Ethics (a) The Decalogue
(b) Civil Laws (c) Ceremonial Laws (d) Prophecy (e) Books of Wisdom (f ...
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Myriads (24 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:19 and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought
the books together, were burning 'them' before all; and they reckoned together ...
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Bits (54 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:19 And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their
books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were ...
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Cloke (7 Occurrences)
... Hort, The New Testament in Greek phelones), it has been suggested, "may have been
a light mantle like a cashmere dust-cloak, in which the books and parchment ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cloke.htm - 10k

Asmoneans
... The sources of our knowledge of this period are mainly found in the Books of the
Maccabees, in the Josephus, Antiquities and Josephus, Jewish Wars of Josephus ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/asmoneans.htm - 27k

Scrolls (3 Occurrences)
... Scrolls (3 Occurrences). Acts 19:19 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought
their books together and burned them in the sight of all. ...
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Preacher (27 Occurrences)
... Such are the words of all the great masters. So (he ends) my son, be warned!
There are many books in this world. Choose good ones. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/preacher.htm - 48k

Judges (117 Occurrences)
... The book contains,. (1.) An introduction (1-3:6), connecting it with the previous
narrative in Joshua, as a "link in the chain of books.". ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/judges.htm - 81k

Number (2370 Occurrences)
... 3. By Letters: In the notation of the chapters and verses of the Hebrew Bible and
in the expression of dates in Hebrew books the consonants of the Hebrew ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/number.htm - 40k

Commentaries
... or Greek texts; some on the English or other versions Modern commentaries are usually
accompanied with some measure of introduction to the books commented upon ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/commentaries.htm - 57k

Hymn (5 Occurrences)
... The Apocalypse is studded with hymns or odes, many of them quite general in character,
and probably borrowed or adapted from Jewish books of praise. ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hymn.htm - 11k

Front (327 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:19 And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their
books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/front.htm - 37k

Amos (12 Occurrences)
... 14). There are traces in the Book of Amos of a shrewdness and mother-wit
which are not so conspicuous in other prophetical books. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/amos.htm - 44k

Queen (59 Occurrences)
... once becomes a person of great consequence. The records of the Books of
Kings prove it. The gebhirah, or queen mother, occupied ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/queen.htm - 44k




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