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In an Aesop fable, Boreas and his uncle Helios the sun god argued about which one between them was the strongest god. They agreed that whoever was able to make a passing traveller remove his cloak would be declared the winner.
Appearing to the right of the scripture reference is the Strong's number. This allows the user of the concordance to look up the meaning of the original language word in the associated dictionary in the back, thereby showing how the original language word was translated into the English word in the KJV Bible. Strong's Concordance includes:
A medieval silver cross pendant inscribed with the letters AG LA. AGLA (אגלא) is a magic word that appears in some charms.Its meaning is unsettled, but is widely reputed to be a noṭariqōn or kabbalistic acronym for Hebrew: אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָי, romanized: ʾAtā gībōr ləʿōlām ʾĂḏōnāy, "Thou, O Lord, art mighty forever."
Whallon, William (1965). "The Idea of God in Beowulf". PMLA. 80 (1). Modern Language Association: 19– 23. doi:10.2307/461121. JSTOR 461121. Swanton, Michael James, The Dream of the Rood. Godden, Malcolm, Michael Lapidge. The Cambridge companion to Old English literature. 2002. University of Cambridge Press. ISBN 0-521-37794-3
Hephaestus (UK: / h ɪ ˈ f iː s t ə s / hif-EE-stəs, US: / h ɪ ˈ f ɛ s t ə s / hif-EST-əs; eight spellings; Ancient Greek: Ἥφαιστος, romanized: Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes. [1]
God entered English when the language still had a system of grammatical gender.The word and its cognates were initially neutral but underwent transition when their speakers converted to Christianity, "as a means of distinguishing the personal God of the Christians from the impersonal divine powers acknowledged by pagans."
Ogma / ˈ ɒ ɡ m ə / (Modern Irish: Oghma) is a god from Irish and Scottish mythology. A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, he is often considered a deity and may be related to the Gallic god Ogmios. According to the Ogam Tract, he is the inventor of Ogham, the script in which Irish Gaelic was first written. [1]
Anu was regarded as the supreme god, [10] [16] and the major god lists, such as An = Anum, place him on top of the pantheon. [9] He could be described as the king of the gods, [ 17 ] and was believed to be the source of all legitimate power, who bestowed the right to rule upon gods and kings alike.