"Old Testament" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: en-us-Old Testament.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: the Old Testament [canonical]
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], calqued from Latin Vetus Testāmentum. Old refers to ancientness, not to obsolescence. Equivalent to a retronym, by comparison with the New Testament. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|}} Middle English [Term?], {{der|en|la|Vetus Testāmentum}} Latin Vetus Testāmentum, {{m|en|New Testament}} New Testament Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Old Testament}} the Old Testament
  1. (religion, chiefly Christianity) The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ, corresponding roughly to the Jewish Tanakh. Usually subdivided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books), and prophecy. Wikipedia link: Old Testament Categories (topical): Bible, Christianity, Religion Derived forms: Old Testamental Related terms: Hebrew Scriptures, Tanakh, Final Testament Translations (first half of the Christian Bible): Ou Testament (Afrikaans), Besëlidhja e Vjetër (Albanian), Παλαιὰ Διαθήκη (Palaià Diathḗkē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), اَلْعَهْد اَلْقَدِيم (al-ʕahd al-qadīm) [masculine] (Arabic), Հին կտակարան (Hin ktakaran) (Armenian), Vieyu Testamentu [masculine] (Asturian), Antiguu Testamentu [masculine] (Asturian), Стары Запавет (Stary Zapavjet) [masculine] (Belarusian), ဓမ္မဟောင်းကျမ်း (dhamma.haung:kyam:) (Burmese), Antic Testament [masculine] (Catalan), Daang Tugon (Cebuano), Daang Saad (Cebuano), 舊約聖經 (Chinese Cantonese), 旧约圣经 (gau⁶ joek³ sing³ ging¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 舊約全書 (Chinese Cantonese), 旧约全书 (gau⁶ joek³ cyun⁴ syu¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 舊約 (Chinese Cantonese), 旧约 (gau⁶ joek³) (Chinese Cantonese), 舊約聖經 (Chinese Mandarin), 旧约圣经 (Jiùyuē Shèngjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 舊約全書 (Chinese Mandarin), 旧约全书 (Jiùyuē Quánshū) (Chinese Mandarin), 舊約 (Chinese Mandarin), 旧约 (Jiùyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), Testament Koth [masculine] (Cornish), Starý zákon [masculine] (Czech), Oude Testament [neuter] (Dutch), Malnova Testamento (Esperanto), Vanha testamentti (Finnish), Ancien Testament [masculine] (French), Antigo Testamento [masculine] (Galician), ძველი აღთქმა (ʒveli aɣtkma) (Georgian), Altes Testament [neuter] (German), Παλαιά Διαθήκη (Palaiá Diathíki) [feminine] (Greek), Attaura (Hausa), पुराना नियम (purānā niyam) [masculine] (Hindi), Ószövetség (Hungarian), Ótestamentum (Hungarian), Gamla testamentið [neuter] (Icelandic), Anciena Testamento (Ido), Perjanjian Lama (Indonesian), An Sean-Tiomna [masculine] (Irish), Antico Testamento [masculine] (Italian), 旧約聖書 (Kyūyaku Seisho) (alt: きゅうやくせいしょ) (Japanese), 구약 성서 (Guyak Seongseo) (alt: 舊約聖書) (Korean), Vetus Testāmentum [neuter] (Latin), Vecā Derība [feminine] (Latvian), Stary Testament [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), Стар за́вет (Star závet) [masculine] (Macedonian), Perjanjian Lama (Malay), It-Testment il-Qadim (Maltese), Kawenata Tawhito (Maori), fetarlicc [feminine] (Old Irish), عهد عتیق ('ahd-e 'atiq) (Persian), Stary Testament [masculine] (Polish), Antigo Testamento [masculine] (Portuguese), Vechiul Testament (english: The Old Testament) [neuter] (Romanian), Ве́тхий Заве́т (Vétxij Zavét) [masculine] (Russian), an Seann Tiomnadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Ста̑ри за́вет [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ста̑ри за́вјет [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Stȃri závet [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Stȃri závjet [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ၵျၢမ်းၵဝ်ႇ (kjáam kào) (Shan), Stara Zaveza [feminine] (Slovene), Antiguo Testamento [masculine] (Spanish), veterotestamentario [attributive, masculine] (Spanish), Agano la Kale (Swahili), Gamla testamentet (Swedish), Lumang Tipan (Tagalog), పాత నిబంధన (pāta nibandhana) (Telugu), Старий Завіт (Staryj Zavit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Старий Заповіт (Staryj Zapovit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), عَہَد نامَہ قَدِیم (ʻahad nāma qadīm) [masculine] (Urdu), Cựu Ước (Vietnamese), Diatek Vönik (Volapük), Hen Destament [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Besëlidhja e Vjetër"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-ʕahd al-qadīm",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَلْعَهْد اَلْقَدِيم"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Hin ktakaran",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Հին կտակարան"
    },
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vieyu Testamentu"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Antiguu Testamentu"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Stary Zapavjet",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Стары Запавет"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "dhamma.haung:kyam:",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "ဓမ္မဟောင်းကျမ်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Antic Testament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Daang Tugon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Daang Saad"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "舊約聖經"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gau⁶ joek³ sing³ ging¹",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "旧约圣经"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "舊約全書"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gau⁶ joek³ cyun⁴ syu¹",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "旧约全书"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "舊約"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gau⁶ joek³",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "旧约"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "舊約聖經"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Jiùyuē Shèngjīng",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "旧约圣经"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "舊約全書"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Jiùyuē Quánshū",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "旧约全书"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Jiùyuē",
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Testament Koth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Starý zákon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Oude Testament"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Malnova Testamento"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Vanha testamentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ancien Testament"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Antigo Testamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒveli aɣtkma",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "ძველი აღთქმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Altes Testament"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Palaiá Diathíki",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Παλαιά Διαθήκη"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "Palaià Diathḗkē",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Attaura"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "purānā niyam",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पुराना नियम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Ószövetség"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Ótestamentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gamla testamentið"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Anciena Testamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Perjanjian Lama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "An Sean-Tiomna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fetarlicc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Antico Testamento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きゅうやくせいしょ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kyūyaku Seisho",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "旧約聖書"
    },
    {
      "alt": "舊約聖書",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Guyak Seongseo",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "구약 성서"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vetus Testāmentum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vecā Derība"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Star závet",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Стар за́вет"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Perjanjian Lama"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "It-Testment il-Qadim"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Kawenata Tawhito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'ahd-e 'atiq",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "عهد عتیق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stary Testament"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Antigo Testamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "english": "The Old Testament",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vechiul Testament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vétxij Zavét",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ве́тхий Заве́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an Seann Tiomnadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Ста̑ри за́вет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Ста̑ри за́вјет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stȃri závet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stȃri závjet"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "kjáam kào",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "ၵျၢမ်းၵဝ်ႇ"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stara Zaveza"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stary Testament"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Antiguo Testamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "veterotestamentario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Agano la Kale"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Gamla testamentet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Lumang Tipan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pāta nibandhana",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "పాత నిబంధన"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Staryj Zavit",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Старий Завіт"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Staryj Zapovit",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Старий Заповіт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ʻahad nāma qadīm",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَہَد نامَہ قَدِیم"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Cựu Ước"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "word": "Diatek Vönik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "first half of the Christian Bible",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Destament"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Old Testament"
}

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