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The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (/tɑːˈnɑːx/; Hebrew: תַּנַ״ךְ Tānāḵ), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (/miːˈkrɑː/; Hebrew: מִקְרָא Mīqrāʾ), is the canonical...
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are...- intoxicating or hallucinogenic properties" - in 1848. The OED traces the etymology to the Neo-Latin botanical term cannabis – proposed in 1728 and standardized...
Tribe of Ephraim (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Easton's Bible Dictionary)Joseph. It is one of the ten lost tribes. The etymology of the name is disputed. According to the Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim is descended from a man...
Naomi (biblical figure) (redirect from Naomi (Bible))Tiberian: Nā‘omī) is Ruth's mother-in-law in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Ruth. The etymology of her name is not certain, but it is possible that it...
Jacob (redirect from Israel (Bible))(Strong's Concordance h8280) "The Jewish Study Bible" of Oxford University Press (p. 68=) "The scientific etymology of Israel is uncertain, a good guess being...
Mercy seat (category Hebrew Bible objects)According to the Hebrew Bible, the kaporet (Hebrew: כַּפֹּרֶת kapōreṯ) or mercy seat was the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant, with two cherubim...- Jesus (name) (section Etymology)its roots lie in the name Isho in Aramaic and Yeshua in Hebrew, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua. The vocative form Jesu, from...
- in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the...
Magog (/ˈmeɪɡɒɡ/; Hebrew: מָגוֹג, romanized: Māgōg, Tiberian: [mɔˈɣoɣ]; Ancient Greek: Μαγώγ, romanized: Magṓg) is the second of the seven sons of Japheth...- Compendium (section Meaning, etymology and definitions)poise, weigh, offset. The entry on the word 'compendious' in the Online Etymology Dictionary says "concise, abridged but comprehensive", "concise compilation...
- of names in the Bible in their native languages. This table is only in its beginning stages. There are thousands of names in the Bible. It will take the...
Nephilim (redirect from Nephilim (Bible))Hebrew: נְפִילִים Nəfīlīm) are mysterious beings or people in the Hebrew Bible who are described as being large and strong. The Hebrew word Nephilim means...
Teraphim (category Hebrew words and phrases in the Hebrew Bible)romanized: tərāfim) is a word from the Hebrew Bible found only in the plural of uncertain etymology. Despite being plural, teraphim may refer to singular...
Zion (redirect from Sion (Bible))transliterated Sion, Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon) is a placename in the Hebrew Bible, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel...- classical texts which do not necessarily have the same meaning or origin. The etymology of the term is closely linked to that of the place name Arabia. The root...
- speculated about the origins of words. There are many examples of etymology in the Bible, for example, and in the works of classical writers. In cases where...
Gideon (redirect from Gideon (Bible))the folk etymology, given in Judges 6:32. According to biblical scholar Lester Grabbe (2007), "[Judges] 6.32 gives a nonsensical etymology of his name;...
Ham (son of Noah) (redirect from Ham (Bible))and others as having populated Africa and adjoining parts of Asia. The Bible refers to Egypt as "the land of Ham" in Psalm 78:51; 105:23, 27; 106:22;...- The historicity of the Bible is the question of the Bible's relationship to history—covering not just the Bible's acceptability as history but also the...
- An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis Bibel 2632767An Etymological Dictionary of the
- Tetragrammaton is the four-letter Hebrew theonym יהוה, the name of God in the Hebrew Bible. It is usually transliterated as YHWH. The four letters, written and read
- English name of the cluster itself is of Greek origin, though of uncertain etymology. Suggested derivations include: from πλεîν plein, to sail, making the