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• Hebrews
  ...ent people defined as descendants of biblical Patriarch '''[[Abraham]]''' (Hebrew אברהם), a descendent of [[Noah]]. ...over on the other side of the Jordan river.[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hebrew] They lived in the Land of [[Canaan]] (the [[Levant]]).
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• Jargon
  *1a : [[confused]] unintelligible [[language]] :b : a [[strange]], outlandish, or barbarous language or [[dialect]]
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• Semitic
  ...ian Semites, it was proposed at first to refer to the languages related to Hebrew by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Ludwig_von_Schl%C3%B6zer Ludwig Sc ....wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenicians], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew Hebrews], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic Arabs]
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• Shalom
  ...n many other expressions and names. Its equivalent [[cognate]] in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] is ''[[salaam]]'' and ''sälam'' in [[Ethiopian Semitic languages] ...lment'', ''wellbeing'' and ''harmony''. Hence usage of ''shalom'' in the [[Hebrew Bible]] often refers to conditions related to well-being: safety, health an
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• Samaritans
  The '''Samaritans''' ([[Hebrew]]: שומרונים‎ Shomronim, Arabic: السامريون‎ as-Sāmariy ...eir [[name]] not from this geographical designation, but rather from the [[Hebrew]] term Shamerim שַמֶרִים, "Keepers [of the Law]".
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• Seth
  ...Shith or Shiyth; "Placed; appointed"), in the [[Book of Genesis]] of the [[Hebrew Bible]], is the third listed son of [[Adam and Eve]] and brother of [[Cain] ...ms]], [[Darkness]], and [[Chaos]]. Because of developments in the Egyptian language over the 3,000 years that Set was [[worshipped]], it was spelled in Greek a
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• 121:6 The Hebrew Religion
  ...n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic_Judaism Eastern and Western schools] of [[Hebrew]] thought, [[Jerusalem]] and the rest of the [[Occident]] and the [[Levant] ...renaissance]] of Judaism dates from the [[Greek]] [[translation]] of the [[Hebrew scriptures]]. This was a [[vital]] [[influence]] which later determined the
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• King James Bible
  ...ention was to provide a single English language Bible founded on Greek and Hebrew originals which would be used throughout the whole Church. It is arguably t
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• Hebrew Prophets
  In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], the word traditionally translated as ''prophet'' is נְבִיא (''navi <center>'''For texts attributed to The Hebrew Prophets''', see: [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:
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• Greek
  ...f Greek race; the Greek language. Also, a particular form or period of the language, as late Greek, Ionic Greek, modern Greek. ...ech or language, gibberish. Also heathen Greek (rarely Hebrew-Greek). (Cf. Hebrew.) St. Giles's Greek: slang.
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• Hebrew Bible
  [[Image:Targum2.jpg|right|frame|<center>265px|11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with [[Targum]]</center>]] ...is a generic reference to books of the [[Bible]], originally written in [[Hebrew]], and of uncontroversial [[canon|canonicity]]. The term closely correspond
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• Scripture
  ...scriptures. (G. A. Gaskell. ''Egyptian Scriptures Interpreted Through the Language of Symbolism Present in All Inspired Writings.'' Kessinger Publishing Compa # G. A. Gaskell. Egyptian Scriptures Interpreted Through the Language of Symbolism Present in All Inspired Writings. Kessinger Publishing Company
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• 121:1 The Occident of the First Century After Christ
  ...Greek culture] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language Greek language] had spread over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece#Hellenistic_ ...s]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], who, being in [[religious]] culture a [[Hebrew]] of the Hebrews, proclaimed the [[gospel]] of a Jewish [[Messiah]] in the
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• Spirit
  ...the [[Vulgate]], the Latin word translates Greek (πνευμα), ''[[pneuma]]'' (Hebrew (רוח) ''ruah''), as opposed to ''[[anima]]'', translating ''[[Psyche (ps ...ma'' vs. ''spiritus'', Hebrew ''ruach'' vs. ''neshama'' or [[nephesh]]; in Hebrew ''neshama'' from the root ''NSHM'' or breath.)
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• Apocrypha
  ...ainst some of the texts. Some were not accepted by the Jews as part of the Hebrew Bible canon. Over several centuries of consideration, the books of the Sept ...books, what is thought of as the "Protestant canon" is actually the final Hebrew canon. The [[differences]] can be found by looking here or by comparing the
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• Sumer
  ...ological development leading to the Akkadian term ''šumerû'' is uncertain. Hebrew ''Shinar'', Egyptian Sngr, and Hittite Šanhar(a), all referring to souther ...le who spoke the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_language Sumerian language] (pointing to the names of cities, rivers, basic occupations, etc., as evid
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• Ethnic
  ...of "[[pagan]], heathen", as ethnikos was used as the LXX translation of [[Hebrew]] goyim "the nations, non-Hebrews, non-Jews". ...] with each other, through a common [[heritage]], consisting of a common [[language]], a common [[culture]] (often including a shared [[religion]]) and a [[tra
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• 123:5 School Days at Nazareth
  ...ite]], and speak the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language Hebrew language]. And he was truly eager for the new school life which was ahead of him. ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah Book of the Law] as it was recorded in the [[Hebrew]] tongue. For the following three years he studied in the advanced school a
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• Classics
  ...lassical Studies''' is the branch of the [[Humanities]] dealing with the [[language]]s, [[literature]], [[history]], [[art]], and other aspects of the ancient ...'[[Literae Humaniores]]'', comprising the study of Ancient Greek and Latin language and literature, Greek and Roman art and archaeology, history and philosophy
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• Mary (Jesus' mother)
  .... In Islam she is the mother of the Prophet Jesus, Issa عيسى in the Arabic language.
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• Philistine
  ...s been suggested for a handful of known Philistine words (See [[Philistine language]]). from Hebrew ''P'lishtim'', (See, e.g., 1 Samuel 17:26, 17:36; 2 Samuel 1:20; Judges 14:
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• Amen
  ...f affirmation [https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01407b.htm] found in the [[Hebrew Bible]] and [[New Testament]]. Its use in [[Judaism]] dates back to its ear ''Amen,'' meaning ''so be it,'' is of [[Hebrew]] origin [https://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/strongs.pl?strongs=281] T
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• Diaspora
  ...m this original sense when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible Hebrew Bible] was translated into Greek; the first mention of a diaspora created a ...]], the first known recorded usage of the word diaspora in the [[English]] language was in 1876 referring "extensive diaspora work (as it is termed) of evangel
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• Kenite
  The '''Kenites''' or '''Kainites''' (in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], '''''Kainim'''''), the children of [[Cain]], were a tribe of the ancient
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• Parable
  ...stions for proper action in life, parables frequently use [[metaphor]]ical language which allows people to more easily discuss difficult or complex ideas. In [ ...Fables'', George Fyler Townsend defined "parable" as "the designed use of language purposely intended to convey a hidden and secret meaning other than that co
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• 97:7 The Second Isaiah
  ...fables and the multiplication of [[miraculous]] appearing [[events]] in [[Hebrew]] [[history]] in an [[effort]] to restore the [[Jews]] as the [[chosen peop ...iki/Judaea_%28Roman_province%29 Jewish nation], the [[glorification]] of [[Hebrew]] [[traditions]], and the exaltation of their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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• Nevi'im
  ...ets''') is the second of the three major sections in the ''[[Tanakh]]'' ([[Hebrew Bible]]), following the [[Torah]] and preceding ''[[Ketuvim]]'' (writings). ...very complex prophecy about this servant, that is written in a very poetic language. Although there is still the mention of judgment of false worshippers and i
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• Names
  ...kespeare]] as "The Bard", recognizing him as a [[paragon]] writer of the [[language]]. Finally, claims to preference or [[authority]] can be refuted: the Briti ...atin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα (onoma), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE): *nomn-.[2]
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• 121:2 The Jewish People
  121:2.4 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece] provided a [[language]] and a [[culture]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Rome] buil ...elf with the Roman rulers. And though Herod professed [[loyalty]] to the [[Hebrew]] [[ceremonial]] observances, he proceeded to build [[temples]] for many st
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• Yahweh
  ...ulgate [[translation]] of Exodus vi. 3, and hence by Wyclif. Students of [[Hebrew]] at the Revival of Letters took these vowels as those of the word Yhwh (IH ...of_genesis#Chapter_.49 Genesis. 49:25]). Israelite religion, like Israel's language and culture, is a child of the Canaanite or West Semitic world.
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• Biblical Apocrypha
  ...section called ''Apocrypha''. Books and portions of books not found in the Hebrew [[Tanakh]] were moved out of the body of the [[Old Testament]] to this sect The English-language [[King James Version]] of 1611 followed the lead of the Luther Bible in usi
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• Jeremiah, OT Prophet
  '''Jeremiah''' is regarded as a "major prophet" in the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilkiah Hilkiah], a ...f Judah: Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. The Hebrew-language chronology ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seder_HaDoroth Seder HaDoroth]'
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• Urantia Book Etymology & Human Languages
  ...sillusionment]] from a [[linguistic]] inquiry of its pages. Names, and all language are [[metaphors]] -- symbolic designations of realities, couched in greater ...[[translations]] of the [[Bible]]. But the term is nowhere in the actual [[Hebrew]] text of the [[Old Testament]] at all, nor could it have been, being purel
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• 195:2 The Roman Influence
  ...by [[translation]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_scriptures Hebrew scriptures] into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language Greek] and b ...consolidated]] the [[Mediterranean]] lands into one [[empire]], with one [[language]] and one [[culture]], and had made the [[Western world]] ready for [[Monot
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• 1993-09-12-Picturing Growth In Another Person
  ===='''''[[Language]]'''''==== ..._Greek_language Greek], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Hebrew Hebrew].
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• Literature
  ...le, comprises the collection of texts which make it a whole nation. The [[Hebrew Bible]], Persian ''[[Shahnama]]'', the Indian ''[[Mahabharata]]'', ''[[Rama ...n only [[text]] composed of letters, or other examples of symbolic written language ([[Egyptian hieroglyphs]], for example). An even more narrow interpretation
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• Mesopotamia
  ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] (ca. 250 BC) to translate the Hebrew equivalent ''Naharaim''. ...dopted the peculiar writing system originating in [[Dilmun]]. The Sumerian language, though virtually lost to the world, was not Semitic; it had much in common
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• Salem
  ...uage|Akkadian]] name of the city appears as ''Urušalim'', a cognate of the Hebrew ''Ir Shalem''. Some believe there is a connection to ''[[Shalim]]'', the be ...tled ''Jerusalem the Holy''. A similar view was held by those who give the Hebrew dual to the word (see: ''Jerusalem: The Topography, Economics and History f
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• Hermeneutics
  ...resuppositions, preunderstandings, the [[meaning]] and [[philosophy]] of [[language]], and [[semiotics]].[1] ...tain origin[8], but may be cognate to a corrupted composite borrowing from Hebrew Har [ha]Emet (Emes) referring to the Biblical [[Mount Sinai]] where Moses i
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• 74:8 The Legend of Creation
  ...s://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/900_B.C. 900 B.C]., and having no [[written]] [[language]] until such a late date, they had several [[different]] stories of [[creat ...part of the later collections of the "[[sacred]] [[scriptures]]" of the [[Hebrew]] and [[Christian]] [[religions]]. And through identification with these [[
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• 96:5 The Teachings of Moses
  ...n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] because the [[Hebrews]] had no written [[language]] at the time of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus the exodus]. The ...with the [[traditions]] of the [[Melchizedek]] teachings, organized the [[Hebrew]] [[ceremonial]] [[system]] of [[worship]].
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• Messiah
  '''Messiah''' (Hebrew מָשִׁיח Mašíaḥ or Māšîªḥ; in modern Jewish texts in Englis ...bes of Israel, and herald the "Messianic Age" of global peace. In Standard Hebrew, The Messiah is often referred to as מלך המשיח, Méleḫ ha-Mašía
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• Revised Standard Version
  The '''Revised Standard Version''' (RSV) is an [[English language|English]] [[Bible translation|translation]] of the [[Bible]] published in t ...]] [[Masoretic Text]] for the [[Old Testament]]. However, they amended the Hebrew in a number of places. In the [[Book of Isaiah]], they sometimes followed r
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• Allah
  ...differences between the concept of God as portrayed in the Qur'an and the Hebrew Bible.[7] ...Cognates of the name "Allāh" exist in other Semitic languages, including [[Hebrew]] and Aramaic.[3] The corresponding Aramaic form is אֱלָהָא ʼĔlāh
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• 159:5 The Positive Nature of Jesus' Religion
  ...y day, appropriated the cream of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh Hebrew scriptures] for the instruction of his followers and for inclusion in the t ...ng [[Jesus]] unfailingly avoided distracting details. He shunned flowery [[language]] and avoided the mere [[poetic]] imagery of a play upon [[words]]. He [[ha
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• Motherhood
  ...in nearly every language on earth, countering the natural localization of language. * ma, mama or Ibu in Indonesian language
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• 123:3 Events of the Sixth Year (1 B.C.)
  ...anguage] was the [[copy]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Hebrew scriptures]—a complete version of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.p
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• El
  ...itic languages. They include Ugaritic ʾil, pl. ʾlm; Phoenician ʾl pl. ʾlm; Hebrew ʾēl, pl. ʾēlîm; Aramaic ʾl; Akkadian ilu, pl. ilānu. ...form meaning "gods" is ʾilhm, equivalent to Hebrew ʾelōhîm "gods". But in Hebrew this word is also regularly used for semantically singular "God" or "god".
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• Genesis
  ...ית (''B'reshit'' or ''Bərêšîth''), after the first word of the [[text]] in Hebrew (meaning ''"in the beginning"''). This is in line with the pattern of namin ...s: Noah, [[Abraham]], Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and others. It establishes the Hebrew God, YHWH or Elohim, as the creator of the [[universe]] who has formed a sp
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• Humanities
  ...tudy of important works of the literature in that language, as well as the language itself (grammar, vocabulary, etc.). ...stribution of wealth. The noun ''law'' derives from the late [[Old English language|Old English]] ''lagu'', meaning something laid down or fixed. see [https://
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