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Ericius :: Ericius (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the Authorized Version is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine..

Octapla :: Octapla (sing.) A portion of the Old Testament prepared by Origen in the 3d century, containing the Hebrew text and seven Greek versions of it, arranged in eight parallel columns..

Jonah :: "Jonah (n.) The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious..

Elohim :: Elohim (n.) One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Talent :: Talent (v. t.) Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from ?340 to ?396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels..

Masora :: Masora (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries..

Gomer :: Gomer (n.) A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

Messiah :: Messiah (n.) The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ.

Epistrophe :: Epistrophe (n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I..

Adar :: Adar (n.) The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March..

Interpret :: Interpret (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech..

Record :: Record (v. t.) A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record..

Hebrew :: Hebrew (n.) The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.

Hosanna :: Hosanna (n.) A Hebrew exclamation of praise to the Lord, or an invocation of blessings..

Lexicon :: Lexicon (n.) A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language..

Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..

Tetragrammaton :: Tetragrammaton (n.) The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc..

Passover :: Passover (n.) A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb..

Hebraism :: Hebraism (n.) A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.

Epha :: Epha (n.) A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer..

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