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The names of the books of the Bible can be abbreviated. Most Bibles give preferred abbreviation guides in their tables of contents, or at the front of the book. [3] Abbreviations may be used when the citation is a reference that follows a block quotation of text. [4]
There are considerable differences between the Lithuanian, Polish (also known as Galician), Hungarian, and German pronunciations. These are most obvious in the treatment of cholam: the northern German pronunciation is [au], the southern German pronunciation is [o], the Galician/Polish pronunciation is [oi], the Hungarian is [øi], and the Lithuanian pronunciation is [ei].
cancer: Greek καρκίνος (karkínos), crab carcinoma: cardi-of or pertaining to the heart: Greek καρδία (kardía), heart cardiology: carp-of or pertaining to the wrist: Latin carpus < Greek καρπός (karpós), wrist; NOTE: This root should not be confused with the mirror root carp(o)- meaning fruit. carpal, carpopedal spasm ...
Rechab (Hebrew: רֵכָב Rēḵāḇ) is the name of three men in the Bible: . Rechab the father of Jonadab by Hartmann Schedel's book called Nuremberg Chronicles. One of the two "captains of bands" whom Saul's son Ish-bosheth took into his service, and who conspired to kill him.
Emerods is an archaic term for hemorrhoids.Derived from the Old French word emoroyde, it was used as the common English term until the nineteenth century, after which it was replaced in medicine by a direct transliteration of the Ancient Greek etymon, αἱμορροΐς, haimorrhoḯs.
The text (verse 1) seems to say that he was a "Massaite," the gentilic termination not being indicated in the traditional writing "Ha-Massa." [1] This place has been identified by some Assyriologists with the land of Mash, a district between Judea and Babylonia, and the traces of nomadic or semi-nomadic life and thought found in Gen. 31 and 32 give some support to the hypothesis.
Sosipater was born in Achaea.According to legend, he was Bishop in Iconium (modern-day Konya, Turkey) [1] (prior to the Apostle Tertius) by his relative the Apostle Paul. ...
In the Hebrew Bible, Oholah (אהלה) and Oholibah (אהליבה) (or Aholah and Aholibah in the King James Version and Young's Literal Translation) are pejorative personifications given by the prophet Ezekiel to the cities of Samaria in the Kingdom of Israel and Jerusalem in the kingdom of Judah, respectively.