A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature, Volume 1John Kitto Adam and Charles Black, 1845 |
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... language has hitherto contained . The NATURAL HISTORY of Scripture has now for the first time been examined , and as far as possible settled , not by mere scholars ignorant of natural history , but by naturalists of acknowledged ...
... language has hitherto contained . The NATURAL HISTORY of Scripture has now for the first time been examined , and as far as possible settled , not by mere scholars ignorant of natural history , but by naturalists of acknowledged ...
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John Kitto. xxxviii . 28 ) ; nor that , when once the language had sanctioned the use of father as equivalent to ... languages very frequently use father in the sense of possessor ( as father of white , a name for milk ) , some have been ...
John Kitto. xxxviii . 28 ) ; nor that , when once the language had sanctioned the use of father as equivalent to ... languages very frequently use father in the sense of possessor ( as father of white , a name for milk ) , some have been ...
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... language approaching more than any living tongue to the Hebrew , a state of manners , and a peculiar character of its people , which represent in these latter days the habits and customs of the ancient Israelites in the times of Gideon ...
... language approaching more than any living tongue to the Hebrew , a state of manners , and a peculiar character of its people , which represent in these latter days the habits and customs of the ancient Israelites in the times of Gideon ...
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... language consecrated to literature and religious uses [ ETHIOPIC LANGUAGE ] , and the modern language of Tigré has been for more than five centuries merely an oral dialect . 2. The Amharas , who have been for ages the dominant people in ...
... language consecrated to literature and religious uses [ ETHIOPIC LANGUAGE ] , and the modern language of Tigré has been for more than five centuries merely an oral dialect . 2. The Amharas , who have been for ages the dominant people in ...
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... language so nearly resembling the Hebrew , are a Semitic co- lony , who imported into Abyssinia not only a Semitic language , but Semitic manners , usages , and modes of thought . Whether this may or may not be true of the Amhara also ...
... language so nearly resembling the Hebrew , are a Semitic co- lony , who imported into Abyssinia not only a Semitic language , but Semitic manners , usages , and modes of thought . Whether this may or may not be true of the Amhara also ...
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Page 62 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 22 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 144 - And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house ; and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord (even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou earnest) hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Page 270 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 96 - How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Page 274 - And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Page 218 - ... of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Page 59 - ... the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.
Page 234 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Page 387 - But I say unto you, It shall ,be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.