tree of knowledge

en-noun

tree of knowledge (plural trees of knowledge)

Meronym: forbidden fruit

Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most / Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, / The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.

She asked her wise rebbe how God came to be in His place, and where He found the stuff to make the world of[…]. Finding from his unsatisfying replies that the rebbe was but a barren branch on the tree of knowledge, the good little girl never betrayed to the world, by look or word, her discovery of his limitations, but continued to accord him, outwardly, all the courtesy due to his calling.

(biblical) One of the trees in the Garden of Eden. In Christian tradition, Adam and Eve eating its forbidden fruit was the original sin that led to the fall of man in Genesis 3.


Ismahel

(biblical, Douay bible) Obsolete form of Ishmael.


Jairus

From Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Jair.

der

(biblical) The father of a young girl resurrected by Jesus Christ.


Belteshazzar

From Hebrew בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר (bēletešaṣṣar), from Akkadian 𒊩𒆪𒈗𒋀 (beltu-šar-uṣur).

בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר

Hebrew בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר (bēletešaṣṣar)

(biblical) Babylonian name of the biblical prophet Daniel (cf. Daniel 1:7)


Catholic Epistle

en-noun

Catholic Epistle (plural Catholic Epistles)

Catholic Epistles (plural)
Catholic epistle (alternative)
catholic epistle (alternative)

(biblical) Any one of the New Testament Epistles of James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1 John, Jude, and sometimes 2 and 3 John, which are not addressed to specific individuals or Churches.


Pastoral Epistle

Pastoral Epistle (plural Pastoral Epistles)

Pastoral Epistles (plural)
pastoral epistle (alternative)

(biblical) One of three Epistles of the New Testament including 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus which contain instructions for church officers and organization.


NLT

New Living Translation
w:New Living Translation

(biblical) Initialism of New Living Translation.


Horeb

(biblical) The mountain where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by Yahweh, according to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible.


Orpah

And they tooke them wiues of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten yeeres.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 1:4:

(biblical) A Biblical figure, daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Chilion.


Gabbatha

From Ancient Greek Γαββαθᾶ (Gabbathâ), from Aramaic [Term?].

When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 19:13:

(biblical) The Aramaic name of a place in Jerusalem, thought to be the place of the trial of Jesus before his crucifixion


Shinar

And it came to passe as they iourneyed from the East, that they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 11:2:

In the Book of Genesis, we are told that the descendants of Noah built a great city in the land of Shinar.

2022 April 11, Jonathan Haidt, “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid”, in The Atlantic:

(biblical) The southern region of Mesopotamia.


tamid

Borrowed from Hebrew תָמִיד (“always, regularly”).

bor+

The tamid offering is to be financed by all the people, not merely by the leaders or by the rich.

2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 930:

(biblical) The twice-daily sacrifice of two male lambs by the priesthood.


Nebaioth

bor

Hebrew נְבָיוֹת

(biblical) The first son of Ishmael, according to the Hebrew Bible.


Elkoshite

(biblical) A member of a minor biblical tribe mentioned in Nahum 1:1.


Bethzatha

From Ancient Greek Βηθζαθά (Bēthzathá), a variation appearing in some manuscripts of the Gospel of John.

This article undertakes a study of two Johannine stories – John 5:1-47 (of the healing of the man at the pool of Bethzatha) and John 9:1-41 (the healing of the man born blind) – to discover the meaning and purpose of the evangelist's use of these narratives, and their implications for understanding sickness and healing from faith perspective.

2012, G. N. Uzukwu, “The Disabled in the Gospel of John”, in Sapientia Logos, volume 5, number 1, Jos: Hokma House, →ISSN, page 39:

Bethzatha (v. 2) is where people with illnesses and/or disabilities lie and wait in hope of obtaining healing and relief, which is evidently thought to be obtained by the first person who enters the pool when its waters are mysteriously "troubled."

2021, M. E. Sousa, Sin, the Human Predicament, and Salvation in the Gospel of John, London: T&T Clark, →ISBN, page 54:

(biblical) Alternative form of Bethesda.


Palluite

(biblical) A member of the tribe descended from Pallu, a son of Reuben.


Gamaliel

/ɡæməˈliːəl/

From Middle English Gamaliel, from Late Latin Gamaliēl, from Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl), from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).

der

Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl)

cog

ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ

I am verely a man which am a iewe / boꝛne in Tharſus / a cite in Cicill / nevertheleſſe yet bꝛoght vppe in this cite / at the fete off Gamaliel / and infoꝛmed diligẽtly in the lawe off the fathers / and was fervẽt mynded to God warde / as ye all are this ſame daye / […]

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xxij:[3], folio clxxxviij, recto:

(biblical, Judaism, Christianity) Gamaliel the Elder, a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE.


Beloved Disciple

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin discipulus dīlēctus, applied as an epithet of John the Evangelist. The term is a summary of the expressions found in the Gospel itself, such as ὁ μαθητὴς ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς (ho mathētḕs hòn ēgápa ho Iēsoûs, “the disciple whom Jesus loved”).

calque

And the beloved''' Disciple fell down as dead at the appearance of Christ in his Glory.

1674, William Bates, The Harmony of the Divine Attributes […], page 90:

The idea of the almost immediate return of Christ to judgment still so far retains its force that the Beloved Disciple is represented as probably living to see it […]

1872, Thomas Scott, The English Life of Jesus, page 328:

The question of the identification of the Beloved Disciple and that of the discovery of the author of the Gospel are not necessarily identical, for it is quite possible to argue, as we found Schmiedel doing just now, that the two were separate and distinct persons.

1949, Harold Holloway, The Twilight of the Critics: Being Studies and Reflections on the Fourth Gospel, page 76:

(biblical) A figure in the Gospel of John whose identity is left implicit within the text; traditionally, John the Evangelist himself.


Shushan

13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, Let it bee granted to the Iewes which are in Shushan, to doe to morow also, according vnto this dayes decree, and let Hamans ten sonnes be hanged vpon the gallous.
14 And the king commanded it so to be done; and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.
15 For the Iewes that were in Shushan, gathered themselues together on the fourteenth day also of the moneth Adar, and slewe three hundred men at Shushan: but on the pray they laid not their hand.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 9:13–15:

(biblical) Susa, Shush (the ancient capital of Elam, in modern Iran).


parochet

parocheth (alternative)
paroket (alternative)

(biblical) The curtain that covered the Ark of the Covenant.


Revised Version

(biblical) A late 19th-century British revision of the King James Version of the Bible.


Amaziah

From Hebrew אֲמַצְיָהוּ.

der

Hebrew אֲמַצְיָהוּ

(biblical) A male given name from Hebrew.


Joktan

en-proper noun

Joktan (countable and uncountable, plural Joktans)


NASB

New American Standard Bible
w:New American Standard Bible

(biblical) Initialism of New American Standard Bible.


Micaiah

From מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”). The name Micah is a shortened form, such as in the book of the Bible (Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)) or the Ephraimite mentioned in Judges 17-18.

(biblical) A prophet in the court of King Ahab and possibly a disciple of Elijah in the Old Testament of the Bible in 1 Kings 22.


mizpah

(biblical) The pile of stones erected by Jacob and Laban as a figurative watchtower to mark their separation.


eat the bread of idleness

en-verb

eat the bread of idleness (third-person singular simple present eat the bread of idleness, present participle eating the bread of idleness, simple past ate the bread of idleness, past participle eaten the bread of idleness)

eat the bread of idleness (present singular third-person)
eating the bread of idleness (participle present)
ate the bread of idleness (past)
eaten the bread of idleness (participle past)

(archaic, obsolete, biblical) To eat or consume food that one has not worked for or personally earned.


Kidron

(biblical) A Hellenistic city mentioned in the first Book of the Maccabees, tentatively identified with Qatra.


many-eyed

(biblical) Having many eyes, especially in reference to the angels in the Biblical book of Ezekiel.


Nadab

(biblical) The first-born son of Aaron and Elisheba.


guilt offering

(biblical, historical) A kind of biblical sacrifice made as a compensation payment for certain transgressions.


sin offering

(biblical, historical) A sacrificial offering of flour or an animal, commanded in the Torah (Leviticus 4.1-35), serving to atone for the unintentional transgression of a prohibition.


Othniel

From Biblical Hebrew עָתְנִיאֵל (ʿOṯnīʾēl), of uncertain meaning but at any rate ending in אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).

(biblical) Othniel, the first of the biblical judges.


Keturah

From Hebrew קְטוּרָה (Qəṭūrā, “Keturah”).

(biblical) Keturah, the second wife of Abraham.


Symeon

Borrowed from Latin Symeon, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sŭmeṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, “hearkening, listening”), originally referring to Simeon, a son of Jacob. Doublet of Simon.

der

(biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

(biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Symeon.


vintage shout

en-noun

vintage shout (usually uncountable, plural vintage shouts)

Where aforetime was the vintage-shout in thankfulness for the ingathering, and anticipating gladness to come, there, in the source of their luxury, should be wailing, the forerunner of sorrow to come.

1860, Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets - With a Commentary, Explanatory and Practical, and Introductions to the Several Books · Volume 3, page 197:

and "The vintage shout," words long since set to express the simple music that accompanies life and labor in the field, are typical of its quiet, peaceful, cheerful, and innocent character.

1862, California State Board of Agriculture, Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, page 216:

literally, a vintage shout, derived from a root meaning to tramp, and alluding to the cry with which the treaders of the grapes used to animate their toil.

1903, Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, Frederic Henry Chase, John James Stewart Perowne, Reginald St. John Parry (contributors), The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Book of the prophet Jeremiah, together with the Lamentations, page 177:

so that where the vintage shout is not heard one assumes the occasion to be one of solitude and sorrow.

1925, Charles William Budden, Edward Hastings, 1 Kings - Malachi, page 30:

(biblical, dated, literary) A type of work song sung by grape-treaders.


Jeshurun

Borrowed from Hebrew יְשֻׁרוּן (yeshurún).

bor+

Iesurun (alternative archaic)
Ieshurun (alternative archaic)
Jesurun (alternative)

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:15:

There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 33:26:

(biblical, poetic) The Israelites, taken collectively.

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 33:5:

Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 44:2:

(biblical, poetic) Jacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca).


Zuzim

(biblical) A tribe who lived in Ham, a land east of the Jordan River between Bashan and Moab, and were conquered by an invading coalition of kings.


Sepharvite

(biblical) An inhabitant of Sepharvaim, a city mentioned in the Bible as being captured by the Assyrians.


Girgashite

Girgashites (plural)
Girgasite (alternative)

(biblical) A member of a certain group of descendants of Canaan who inhabited the land of Canaan.


Bezalel

Bezaleel (alternative)
Betzalel (alternative)

(biblical) The chief artisan of the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant.


Caesarea Philippi

(biblical, historical) An ancient city and archaeological site in the Golan Heights, contested between Israel and Syria, also known as Banias; mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark as the place where Jesus confirmed Peter's confession that Jesus was the Messiah.