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  2. List of modern names for biblical place names - Wikipedia

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    While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1][2][3] or later Aramaic ...

  3. Proskynesis - Wikipedia

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    Proskynesis (/ ˌprɒskɪˈniːsɪs /), also called proscynesis (/ ˌprɒsɪˈniːsɪs /) or proskinesis (/ ˌprɒskɪˈniːsɪs /; Greek: προσκύνησις proskýnēsis; Latin: adoratio), was a solemn gesture of respect towards gods and people in many societies. Among the Persians, it referred to a man prostrating himself and kissing the ...

  4. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    Possible Meanings: House of God, House of (the Canaanite god of) El. Bethlehem / Ephrata. (Beth Lehem) (This is the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ. However some scholars believe he was born in Nazareth. See the main article for more information.)

  5. Bible translations into Persian - Wikipedia

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    Bible translations into Persian. Bible translations into Persian have been made since the fourth or fifth century, although few early manuscripts survive. There are both Jewish and Christian translations from the Middle Ages. Complete translations of the Hebrew Bible and Greek New Testament from original languages were first made in the 19th ...

  6. Tarshish - Wikipedia

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    Tarshish. Tarshish (Phoenician: 𐤕𐤓𐤔𐤔 ‎ TRŠŠ; Hebrew: תַּרְשִׁישׁ Taršīš; Greek: Θαρσεῖς, Tharseis) occurs in the Hebrew Bible with several uncertain meanings, most frequently as a place (probably a large city or region) far across the sea from Phoenicia (modern Lebanon) and the Land of Israel. Tarshish was ...

  7. Bauer's Lexicon - Wikipedia

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    Bauer's Lexicon (also Bauer Lexicon, Bauer's Greek Lexicon, and Bauer, Arndt and Gingrich) is among the most highly respected dictionaries of Biblical Greek. [1] The producers of the German forerunner are Erwin Preuschen and Walter Bauer. The English edition is A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature.

  8. Perichoresis - Wikipedia

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    Perichoresis (from Greek: περιχώρησις perikhōrēsis, "rotation") [1] is a term referring to the relationship of the three persons of the triune God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) to one another. It was first used as a term in Christian theology, by the Church Fathers.

  9. Abraxas - Wikipedia

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    Abraxas (Biblical Greek: ἀβραξάς, romanized: abraxas, variant form ἀβράναξ romanized: abranax) is a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (megas archōn), the princeps of the 365 spheres (ouranoi).