Babylon
Babylon, The Word Is Used In The Hebrew Scriptures To Express The City Known By That Name, And Also The Country Of Baby Lonia, As, E.g., In Ps. Cxxxvii., By The Rivers Of Babylon We Sat Down And Wept ;' 2 Kings Xxiv. 1, Etc., Etc. Cyrus Also Is Termed ...
Bacchus
Bacchus. This Name Appears In The A. V. As The Equivalent Of The Greek Aibpuo-os, 2 Macc. Vi. Ry ; Xiv. 33. The Latter Occurs Also In (the So Called) 3 Macc. Ii. 29. In All These Instances This Mythic Deity Is Named In Connection With Circum Stances Which Would ...
Badger
Badger. [tachasx.] Bag, A Purse Or Pouch (deut. Xxv. 13 ; Job Xiv. 17 ; I Sam. Xvii. 4o ; Luke Xii. 33). The Money Deposited In The Treasuries Of Eastern Princes, Or Intended For Large Payments, Or To Be Sent To A Government As Taxes Or Tribute, Is Collected ...
Bahurim
Bahurim, A Place Not Far From Jerusalem, Beyond The Mount Of Olives, On The Road To The Jordan, Where Shimei Cursed And Threw Stones At David (2 Sam. Xvi. 5 ; Joseph. Antig. Vii. 9. 4). [here Also Was The House In The Court Of Which Was The Well Where ...
Balance
Balance. The Hebrew Word Usually Ren Dered Balance' In The A. V. Is (moznaim, And Chald. Ntim Dan. V. 27, Lxx. Crae,u.6s, O-rabvia, Vulg. Thilances'), A Word Derived From Tv 'be Weighed.' The Dual Form Spews That The Ordinary Balance With Scales Is Intended. Another Word Translated 'balance' Is Lxx. ...
Banquets
Banquets. The Entertainments Spoken Of In Scripture, On However Large A Scale, And Of How Ever Sumptuous A Character, Were All Provided At The Expense Of One Individual ; The Epapor Of The Greeks, To Which Every Guest Present Contributed His Proportion, Being Apparently Unknown To The Tews, Or At ...
Barbarian
Barbarian (ficipi3apos). This Term Is Used In The New Testament, As In Classical Writers, To Denote Other Nations Of The Earth In Distinction From The Greeks. I Am Debtor Both To The Greeks And Barbarians' —"ex)vvrf Te !cal Pap Pcipoa (rom. I. 14); Der Griechen And Der Un Griechen'—luther ; ...
Barnabas
Barnabas (rintia) 11 ; Bapvcif3as). His Name Was Originally 'icoo-ijs, Yeses, Or 'itoa110, Yoseph (acts Iv. 36); But He Received From The Apostles The Surname Of Barnabas, Which Signifies The Son Of Prophecy. Luke Interprets It By Slam Rapaalio-cces, I. E., Son Of Exhortation. The He Brew Terns And Its ...
Barrenness
Barrenness Is, In The East, The Hardest Lot That Can Befall A Woman, And Was Considered Among The Israelites As The Heaviest Punishment With Which The Lord Could Visit A Female (gen. Xvi. 2 ; Xxx. 1-23 ; Sam. I. 6, 29 ; Is. Xlvii. 9; Xlix. 21 ; Luke ...
Barrington
Barrington, Jotin Shute, First Viscount Barrington ; Born 1678, Died 1734 ; Was The Youngest Son Of Benjamin Shute, His Mother Being A Daughter Of Caryl, Author Of The Commentary On Job. He Wrote And Published Various Religious Treatises, The Principal Of Which Was His Miscellanea Sacra, Or A New ...
Bartholomew
Bartholomew (bapeoxogalos +nt?71 E., The Son Of Tolmai : 4ra1) Is A Name That Occurs In The Old Testament (josh. Xv. 14, Sept. Ecaagi, Etaxgat; Auth. Vers., Talmai ; 2 Sam. Xiii. 37, Sept. Oonpl, Goxqual). In Josephus, We Find 0oxonaios(antig. Xx. I, Sec. I). The Ooxqucaos In Antig. Xiv. ...
Baruch Ibn Baruch
Ibn Baruch, Baruch, A Distinguished Jewish Philosopher And Commentator, Flourished In The R6th Century At Venice. He Published A Twofold Commentary On Ecclesiastes, Called By The Double Name Of Zpr, .1171p, The Congregation Of Yacob, And Rip, Holy Israel (venice 1599), The First Of Which Is Discursive And Diffuse, And ...
Barzel
Barzel 6nz ; Sept. Cianpos; Vulg. Ferrnm, Except Where It Gives An Explanatory Translation, As Falcatos Currus' (judg. Iv. 3), Though It Some Times Gives The Literal Translation Of The Same Term, As Ferreos Currus' (josh. Xvii. 18)). In The A. V. It Is Always Translated Iron. The Use Of ...
Barzillai
Barzillai ; Sept. Bei*xx1), A Wealthy Old Gileadite Of Rogelim, Who Distinguished Him Self By His Loyalty When David Fled Beyond The Jordan From His Son Absalom. He Sent In A Liberal Supply Of Provisions, Beds, And Other Conveniences For The Use Of The King's Followers (2 Sam. Xvii. 27 ...
Bashan
Bashan, If:)b And Jtjb71; Samaritan Vers. ; Targ. Pml, Ps. Lxviii. 15, Also /inn ; The Latter Buxtorf Suggests May Have Originated In The Mistake Of A Transcriber, Yet Both Are Found In Targ. Jon. ; Dent. Xxxiii. 22 ; V. Lex. Talm. Col. 370; Sept. Bacrdv And Baccukris ; ...
Basket
Basket. There Are Several Words In The Hebrew Scriptures By Which Different Kinds Of Bas Kets Appear To Be Indicated : I. In Died, Which Occurs In 2 Kings X. 7, Where The Heads Of Ahab's Sons Are Sent From Samaria To Jezreel In Baskets ; Jer. Xxiv. 2, As ...
Bason
Bason. This Appears As The Rendering In The A. V. Of—i, The Heb. Id (exod. Xii. 22 ; 2 Sam. Xvii. 28; I Kings Vii. 50; Jer. Ili. 19), Elsewhere Rendered Cup (zech. Xii. 2); 2, Nit] (i Chron. Xxviii. 17; Ezra I. To ; Viii. 27) ; 3, (exod. ...
Bath Kol
Bath Kol (sip Re Daughter Of The Voice). Under This Name The Talmud, The Later Targums, And The Rabbinical Writers, Make Frequent Mention Of A Kind Of Oracular Voice, Constituting The Fourth Grade Of Revelation, Which, Although It Was An In Strument Of Divine Communication Throughout The Early History Of ...
Bathing Bath
Bath, Bathing The Numerous Cere Monial Washings Required By The Mosaic Law, To Secure The Proper Cleanliness Of The Priests (lev. Viii. 6 ; Exod. Xxviii. 4), And To Serve As A Purifica Tion From The Various Kinds Of Levitical Or Actual Defilement (lev. Xii.-xx), Or As A Symbolical Re ...
Bc Alexander Ii
Alexander Ii., B.c. 65-49.—it Has Been Gene Rally Supposed That There Were No Coins Of Alex Ander Ii., The Son Of Aristobulus Ii. The Internal Struggles Of The Brothers Hyrcanus And Aristobulus, Who, Not Choosing To Abide By The Decision Of Pompey In Favour Of Hyrcanus, Was Sent Captive To ...
Bc Antigonus
Antigonus, B.c. 4o-37. Obv. Bamiae112 Antiponot, Round A Wreath. Rev. Inm Yin Rrnnn, Mattathias The High-priest, And The Confederation Of The Jews.' Two Cornua-copim. Ye 5. This Legend Is Made Up From The Specimens En Graved In De Saulcy (pl. V. R-s), By M. De Vogiie ,(rev. Num., 1860, P. ...
Beard
Beard. With The Jews, As With All Oriental Nations, The Heard Was An Object Of Care And Im Portance. They Viewed It As The Special Mark Of Manly Dignity, And The Loss Of It As A Disgrace Or Degrading Punishment (2 Sam. X. 4 ; Is. Vii. 20 ; Ezra ...
Bec Haim
Bec Haim ( [the Name Of A Tree Which • Has Not Been Satisfactorily Identified. It Occurs Only In The Plural, The Sing. Being Tcz] 2 Sam. V. 23, 24, And I Chron. Xiv. 14, 15, And Let It Be, When Thou Hearest The Sound Of A Going In The ...
Becher
Becher Sept. Boxbp And Baxtp) ; Ge Senius (thes. P. 206) Connects This Word With 5t, And Arabic A Young Camel. In Older Onomastica (e. In Walton, Polyglot, Vol. Vi., Sub. Fin.), It Is Referred To The Root And Con Nected With Njzz Pm/loge/w.2/s, First-born.' The Same Origin Of This ...
Beelzebul
Beelzebul (beene(3oia). Of This Word, Which Is The True Reading Of The Name Given In The N. T. To The Prince Of The Demons (matt. X. 25; Xii. 27 ; Mark. Iii. 22, 27 ; Luke Xi. 15, Is, 19), Dif Ferent Explanations Have Been Offered. I. It Has Been ...
Beeroth
Beeroth Bit Sept. Bripdiv, Bnp(1)0), One Of The Cities Of The Hivites Who Made A League With Joshua, And So Were Not Destroyed By The Israel Ites (josh. Ix. I-is). Beeroth Was Allotted To The Tribe Of Benjamin (2 Sam. Iv. 2); It Is Mentioned Along With Other Benjamite Cities ...
Beersheba
Beersheba 1/3•:..) "nz, Well Of The Oath; Sept. Bthocrage€),* A Place In The Southernmost Part Of Canaan, Celebrated For The Sojourn Of The Patri Archs. It Seems To Have Been A Favourite Station Of Abraham, And Here He Planted One Of Those Groves' Which Formed The Temples Of Those Re ...
Behemoth
Behemoth, The Designation Of An Animal, A Description Of Which Is Given, Job. Xl. 15-24. Opinions Are Divided Between The Hippopotamus And The Elephant As The Animal Intended In This Passage. We Shall Consider—i. The Word Itself: If =in (behemoth) Is To Be Taken As A Pure Hebrew Word, It ...
Bekah
Bekah Half A Shekel. [weights.] Bel (93, Contracted From 1,/3, The Aramaic Form Of 912: ; Sept. Bi7x And Bijxos) Is The Name Under Which The National God Of The Babylonians Is Cursorily Mentioned In Is. Xlvi. I ; Jer. 1. 2 ; Li. 44. Besides These Passages In The ...
Bell
Bell. Bells Of Gold (ant Sept. Rocoves) Were Attached To The Lower Part Of The Blue Robe (the Robe Of The Ephod) Which Formed Part Of The Dress Of The High-priest In His Sacerdotal Ministrations (exod. Xxviii. 33, 34 : Comp. Ecclus. Xlv. 9). They Were There Placed Alternately With ...
Belshazzar
Belshazzar (-iyntv?;, Dan. V. X ; N4vn, Vii. 1, Bax7-dcap), The Last King Of The Chaldees, Under Whose Rule Babylon Was Taken By Cyrus, According To Daniel. The Narrative Of This Event Given By Daniel Tallies In Its Main Points With That Given By Profane Historians (see Hengstem Berg, Beitnige, ...
Ben Eldad
Eldad, Ben Malchr, Of Southern Arabia, Or As Some Will Have It, Of Media, Also Called Eldad Ha-dani, Abu-dani, And Daud Ha-dani, That Is, Of The Tribe Of Dan, A Very Celebrated Jewish Tra Veller And Philologian Who Flourished About 830 890 A.d. For The Sake Of Those Biblical Students ...
Ben Hadad 17114
Ben-hadad (17114, Son Of Hadad; Sept. Ulbs "..i8ep), The Name Of Three Kings Of Damascene Syria. As To The Latter Part Of This Name, Hadad, There Is Little Doubt That It Is The Name Of The Syrian God Adad. The Expression Son Of Hadad, Which Denotes Dependence And Obedience, Not ...
Benei Kedem
Benei-kedem (n-12 B'ney-kedem)., This Hebrew Appellation (with Its English, Lxx.„ And Vulgate Versions) Occurs In The Passages Fol Lowing :—(x.) Genesis Xxix. I, The People Of The East, Baronal (terra), Orientalis ; (2.) Judges Vi. 3, The Children Of The East, Of Viol Dvaroxi3v, (alai Orientalium Nationum ; (3.) Judg. ...
Benito Arias Montano
Arias Montano, Benito, Or Arias Montanus, Benedictus, A Learned Spaniard, Was Born At Frexenal In 1527, And Died At Seville In 1598. After Pursuing His Linguistic Studies In Various Parts Of Europe, He Settled Down To His Literary Labours In The Mountains Of Andalusia. He Edited The Antwerp Polyglot Bible, ...
Benjamin
Benjamin. This Occurs Both As A Proper Name And As A Gentile ; In The Former Case It Is Always Written As One Word, )iv:: (sept. Beptaislp, Bernauelv). The First Who Bore This Name Was The Youngest Son Of Jacob, By His Beloved Rachel. The Mother, Dying In Giving Birth ...
Benjamin B Moses Nahavendi
Nahavendi, Benjamin B. Moses (rna '17171) Inn P.), A Celebrated Karaite Commen Tator Who Flourished About A. D. Soo, And Derived His Name From His Native Place Nahavend, In Ancient Media. He Not Only Immortalised His Name By Effecting A Reformation And Consolidation In The Opinions Of The Jewish Sect ...
Benjamin Blayney
Blayney, Benjamin, D.d., Regius Professor Of Hebrew At Oxford, And Rector Of Polshot. He Was Educated At Oxford; Was Installed To The For Mer Of These Offices In 1787; And Died 20th Septem Ber Is01. As A Hebrew Scholar And Critic Blayney Had Few Equals In His Day. He Took ...
Benjamin Boothroyd
Boothroyd, Benjamin, D.d., A Laborious And Learned Minister Of The Independent Body, And An Eminent Hebrew Scholar, Was Born In 1768 Of The Humblest Origin. Having Come Under Religious Convictions, He Forthwith Applied Himself With Heroic Energy And Perseverance To Studies Designed To Fit For The Christian Ministry, And After ...
Benjamin Keach
Keach, Benjamin, A Distinguished Divine Of The Baptist Denomination, Was Born In Bucking Hamshire, Feb. 29, 164o, And Died In Southwark, Tuly 18, 1704. His Parents, Too Poor To Give Him A Liberal Education, Intended Him For Business, But His Aspirations Were After Literature, And Ile Eagerly Devoted Himself To ...
Benjamin Kennicott
Kennicott, Benjamin, D.d., One Of The Most Eminent Biblical Scholars, English Or Foreign, Was Born At Totness In Devonshire, April 4, 1718. His Father Was Parish Clerk, And Master Of A Charity School, In Which Latter Situation Benjamin Succeeded Him At An Early Period, Continuing To Discharge The Duties Of ...
Berosii
Berosii (ern) Occurs In Several Passages Of Scripture, As In 2 Sam. Vi. 5; R Kings V. 8; Vi. R5, 34 ; Ix. Ii ; 2 Kings Ix. 23 ; 2 Chron. Ii. 8 ; Iii. 5 ; Ps. Civ. 17; Is. Xiv. 8; Xxxvii. 24; Xli. 19; Lv. 13 ...
Beth Abara
Beth-abara (boapapci). In The Text. Rec. This Is The Name Given To The Place Where John Was Baptizing When Jesus Came To Him (john I. 28). In All The Ancient Mss., However, And Versions, The Reading Is Bneculg, And This Has Accordingly Been Placed In The Critical Editions. The Substitution ...
Beth Aram
Beth-aram House Of The Lofty; Sept. Bat.v0avappci). In Describing The Allotted Ter Ritory Of The Tribe Of Gad (josh. Xiii. 24-25), Moses First Mentions Those Towns Which Lay On The High Plateau' East Of The Jordan Valley, And Afterwards Those Situated In The `valley' Itself (ptnr), Beginning At The Southern ...
Beth Arbel
Beth-arbel 6t,i11tst 'z), A Place Mentioned Only In Hos. X. 14 ; And Supposed With Some Proba Bility To Be The Same As The Arbela Of Josephus. This Was A Village In Galilee, Near Which Were Cer Tain Fortified Caverns. They Are First Mentioned In Connection With The March Of ...
Beth Aven
Beth-aven ( House Of Vanity, Or Falsehood; Sept. Bac837x And Batocap6p, Etc.), A Town In The Mountains Of Benjamin, Near Ai, And A Short Distance East Of Bethel (josh. Vii. 2). It Gave Its Name To A Section Of That Rocky Wilder Ness Which Extends From The Summit Of The ...
Beth Dagon
Beth-dagon Orrrq, House Of Dagon, The God Of The Philistines, Mentioned In Judg. Xvi. 23, And Other Places. See This Etymology Defended Against The Older One (which Fiirst Retains Heb. It. Chalet. H Ivb., P. 286) In Gesenius, Lifetztment. Phan., P. 387, And Thes., P. 294). This Collo Cation Of ...
Beth Gamul
Beth-gamul (srn House Of The Weaned [camel-house, Furst] ; Sept. Obcos L'aiitc.6x). This Place Is Only Once Mentioned In The Bible (jer. Xlviii. 23). It Is Said To Be In The Plain Country' Of Moab, Or More Literally `in The Land Of Lifishor.' Along The Eastern Side Of The Jordan ...
Beth Haccerem
Beth- Haccerem (a-qn House Of The Vineyard). This Name Occurs Twice, Jer. Vi. T And Neh. Iii. Hi; From The Former Passage We Have Some Evidence Of The Situation Of Beth Haccerem, While The Latter Drops A Hint Of Its Importance. • 0 Ye Children Of Benjamin,' Says Jeremiah, 'gather ...
Beth Horon
Beth-horon ()rnh '3 The House Of Tht Hollow ; Sept. '12pwriv, And Bilocepthr, And Bat Owpcbp). There Are Two Towns Of This Name, Dis Tinguished On Account Of Their Situation As • Beth Boron The Upper,' And ' Beth-boron The Nether.' They Both Lay On The Southern Border Of Ephraim ...
Beth Palet
Beth-palet (ths ; Sept. Bempancl0), A Town In The South Of Judah ( Josh. Xv. 27). It Is The Same Place As Beth-phclet, Mentioned Neb. Xi. 26, As One Of The Places Inhabited By The Jews After The Captivity. From This Comes The Gentile +unn, The Paltite, 2 Sam. Xxiii. ...
Beth Rehob
Beth-rehob (31r1 ; Sept. Oricos 'pad(3, And 'poo5(3). A Town Beside The Valley Of The Upper Jordan, Not Far Distant From Laish (judg. Xviii. 28). It Was An Ancient Stronghold Of The Syrians, And Apparently The Capital Of One Of Their Little Princi Palities (2 Sam. X. 6). It Is ...
Bethany
Bethany (boavia). 1. Lightfoot (opp. Ii. 202) Derives This Name From The Aramaic Compound House Of Dates ;' Others Affirm That It Is From 71.)3/713, House Of Sorrow' (simon. Onom. S. V.). T The Former Is The More Probable Deriva Tion. Bethany Is Mentioned In Connection With Beth-phage, House Of ...
Bethesda
Bethesda (bnoeizsci, ; From [syr. .tb.-r—` = Win" Roz, House Of Mercy, According To Some, While Others Derive It From Heb. Wiz:7n 'n, House Or Place Of Effusion, I. E., Of Waters] A Pool (koxvp.pijo Pa) At The Sheep-gate Of Jerusalem, Built Round With Porches For The Accommodation Of The ...
Bethlehem
Bethlehem (nil Ip, House Of Breadf Sept. And N. T. Boxeep. ; Arabic ' House Offiesh'). R. Bethlehem And Its Eventful History Have Been Before The World For Nearly 2000 2a Years. In Sacred Interest It Is Only Second To Jerusalem. Yet There Is Nothing In The Village Itself, Or ...
Bethsaida
Bethsaida (i3nbeat'8ri ; Aram. ;etv `house Of Fishing.') The Various Notices Of Beth Saida In The New Testament And In Josephus, Once Formed A Subject Of Great Difficulty To Geographers. They Were Thought To Be, And In One Sense They Actually Were, Irreconcilable. Reland Was The First To Suggest A ...
Bethshemesh
Bethshemesh (t,,tpty Flu, Of The Sun;' Sept. 77-6n.cs Inlou, And Balocanes). There Are Four Places Of This Name Mentioned In Ture. Z. A Very Ancient Canaanitish Town Situated On The Eastern Side Of The Shepheleh, Or Plain Of Philistia, And Close To The Foot Of The Mountains. It Lay On ...
Betzal
Betzal (5n, In The Plural Letaalim) • "." Occurs In Numb. Xi. 5, Where The Israelites Mur Mur For The Leeks, And The Onions (betzalinz), And The Garlick ' Of Egypt. There Can Be No Doubt That Betzal Means The Common Onion, The Allium Cepa Of Botanists. This Is Proved ...
Bible
Bible, Pcpxia, Libelli (the Small Books), A Name To Denote The Collective Volume Of The Sacred Writ Ings, The Use Of Which Cannot Be Traced Above The 4th Century. The Word Occurs In The Prologue To Ecclesiasticus, ' The Law, The Prophets, And The Rest Of The Books' (13/px/a), And ...
Biblical Archaeology
Archaeology, Biblical. —archzeology, Or, As It Has Been Called By Some Writers, Archzeo Graphy, Has Been Defined To Be An Explanation Of Those Ancient Monuments In Which Former Nations Have Left Us The Traces Or Records Of Their Religion, History, Politics, Arts And Sciences' (miscellanea Antiq. Erred.) It May Perhaps ...
Biblical Criticism
Criticism, Biblical. This Phrase Is Employed In Two Senses. Some Take It To Signify Not Only The Restoration Of The Text Of Scripture To Its Original State, But The Principles Of Inter Pretation. This Is An Extensive Application. It Is Better, Perhaps, To Confine It To The Text Of The ...
Biblical Introduction
Introduction, Biblical. The Greek Word Elaa-perpj, In The Sense Of An Introduction To A Science, Occurs Only In Later Greek, And Was First Used To Denote An Introduction To The Right Under Standing Of The Bible, By A Greek Called Adrian, Who Lived In The Fifth Century After Christ. ' ...
Biblical Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Biblical. These Are Either Hebrew Or Greek ; We Shall Treat Of Them Separately. 1. Jewish Mss. Are Divided Into (a.) Synagogue Rolls Or Sacred Copies; And (b.) Private Or Common Copies. (a.) The Synagogue Rolls Contain The Penta Teuch, The Appointed Sections Of The Prophets, Or The Book ...
Biblical Zoology
Zoology, Biblical. [beasis.1 Zophar Sparrow ? Sept. Zcoocep), One Of Job's Three Friends And Opponents In Argument (job Ii. 1r ; Xi. ; Xx. ; Xlii. 9). He Is Called A Naamathite, Or Inhabitant Of Naamah, A Place Whose Situation Is Unknown, As It Could Not Be The Naamah Mentioned ...
Birth
Birth. In Eastern Countries Child-birth Is Usually Attended With Much Less Pain And Difficulty Than In Our Northern Regions ; Although Oriental Females Are Not To Be Regarded As Exempt From The Common Doom Of Woman, `in Sorrow Shalt Thou Bring Forth Children' (gen. Iii. 16). It Is However Uncertain ...
Birth Right
Birth-right (rint2 ; Sept. Rpco-rot6k(a). This Term Denotes The Rights Or Privileges Ing To The First-born Among The Hebrews. The Particular Advantages Which These Conferred Were The Following : I. A Right To The Priesthood. The First-born Became The Priest In Virtue Of His Priority Of Descent, Provided No Blemish ...
Bishop
Bishop. The Active Controversy In Which The Subject Of Episcopacy Has Been Involved, Although It Has Not Reconciled Conflicting Opinions, Has Brought Out The Historical Facts In Their Fullest Clearness. The Able And Candid On Opposite Sides Can Scarcely Be Said To Differ As To The Facts Them Selves ; ...
Bishop Cyril
Cyril, Bishop, Or, As Subsequently Styled, Patriarch Of Alexandria, From A.d. 312 To A.d. 344 (socrates H E. Vii. 7 ; Cone. Chalc. Act. Iii. ; Harduin Ada. Cone., Vol. Ii. P. 331). During The Greater Part Of This Period He Was Engaged In A Stormy Controversy With Nestorius Of ...
Bitter Herbs
Bitter Herbs ; Literally Bitters; Sept. Rfxpises ; Vulg. Lactuca' Ad Rester). There Has Been Much Difference Of Opinion Respecting The Kind Of Herbs Denoted By This Word. On This Subject The Reader May Consult Carpzov, A Pparat. P. 404, Sq. It, However, Seems Very Doubtful Whether Any Particular Herbs ...
Blasphemy
Blasphemy Mpl; Sept. 13xampthata). The Greek Word Is Generic, Denoting Verbal Abuse Proceeding From An Evil Disposition. It Is Equivalent To Defamation Or Slander, Involving An Attempt To Lessen The Character Of Others, With The Intention Of Doing Them Injury. All Kinds Of Abusive Language, Whether Called Imprecation, Calumny, Or ...
Blessing Gift Present
Gift (present, Blessing). One Of The Most Ancient And Most Widely Prevalent Customs Is That Of Bestowing On Certain Occasions Some Object Of Real Or Imaginary Value Upon Superiors, Equals, Or Infer:ors : As A Tolcen Of Respect Or Gratitude; As A Propitiatory Or Conciliatory Offering ; As A Sign ...