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A New Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible: 1922 Selah Merrill [54] The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopaedia and Scriptural Dictionary: 1922 Samuel Fallows [55] Theological Word Book of the Bible: 1951 Alan Richardson: Harper's Bible Dictionary: 1952 Madeleine S. and J. Lane Miller The New Bible Dictionary: 1962 J. D. Douglas
An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. [1] It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" (as in weapons) and -stitium, meaning "a stopping". [2]
A hudna (from the Arabic هدنة meaning "calm" or "quiet") is a truce or armistice. [1] It is sometimes translated as "cease-fire". In his medieval dictionary of classical Arabic, the Lisan al-Arab, Ibn Manzur defined it as: "hadana: he grew quiet. hadina: he quieted (transitive or intransitive). haadana: he made peace with.
The word may be misunderstood by some as being the surname of Jesus due to the frequent juxtaposition of Jesus and Christ in the Christian Bible and other Christian writings. Often used as a more formal-sounding synonym for Jesus, the word is in fact a title, hence its common reciprocal use Christ Jesus, meaning The Anointed One, Jesus.
Young's is a complete concordance rather than an exhaustive one like Strong's in that it includes a complete list of all words with a substantive meaning leaving out the most common articles, conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns such as a, and, to, and he". [3] The exhaustive includes all of these putting them in a separate abbreviated index.
Services held every 11 November to mourn British soldiers killed in First World War and all subsequent conflicts
Smith's Bible Dictionary, originally named A Dictionary of the Bible, is a 19th-century Bible dictionary containing upwards of four thousand entries that became named after its editor, William Smith. Its popularity was such that condensed dictionaries appropriated the title, "Smith's Bible Dictionary".
The Message is a reading Bible translated from the original Greek and Hebrew scriptures and it has been reviewed and approved by 20 biblical scholars, according to The Message website ...