Not every branch of the Christian church agrees on which writings should be regarded as "canonical" and which are "apocryphal". The word "apocrypha" means "hidden writings" and comes from the Greek through Latin.Onişor, Remus
The word is translated into the Greek word as psuche (also transliterated psyche), which means “soul” or “vitality” or “life.” Nephesh originally meant “throat,” which of course is connected to life because of air, food and water come through the throat. Interestingly, nephesh is al...
A new friend is a new wine —The Holy Bible/Apocrypha Their association together possessed a curiously unrelenting quality, like the union of partners in a business rather than the intimacy of friends —Anthony Powell Went through our friendships like epsom salts, draining us, no apologies, no ...
"Because there are many ciphers which I would read as easily as I do the apocrypha of the agony column:such crude devices amuse the intelligence without fatiguing it.But this is different.It is clearly a reference to the words in a page of some book.Until I am told which page and whic...
In Hebrew it is called the kapporet (כפורת), from the word kapparah, which means atonement. The root of this term is kaphar, meaning to cover. The mercy seat was a golden cover to the Ark of the Covenant, but it represented our atonement that God gives us through His ...
Besides means 'in addition to'. What languages do you know besides Arabic and English? See beside - besides Be Careful!Unless is used to introduce the only situation in which something will take place or be true. I won't speak to you unless you apologize. See unless 2. used with a ...
In the Apocrypha, two wicked old men bore false witness against a young woman, if not for Daniel, she would have been executed. If you enjoy mysteries, “Daniel and Bel the Dragon” in the Apocrypha is the first (1st) closed room mystery. A word on the Apocrypha, this is not an ...
. . . Poetry is expressed in the free human word, which is a sound, a picture, and a clearly expressed idea. Therefore, poetry contains all the elements of the other arts and, as it were, uses simultaneously and as a whole all the means given separately to each of the other arts”...
Apocrypha – Means “things that are hidden.” Includes a collection of 15 books written between about 200 B.C. and A.D. 100. Although never part of the Hebrew Scriptures, all 15 apocryphal books except 2 Esdras appear in the Greek translation of the OT, the Septuagint. They were made...
word פָּרַשׁ֒, H7300, which means “to separate.” A Pharisee, according to this explanation, is a “separatist” or a separated person. Despite the obvious appropriateness of the designation “separated,” it is not entirely clear in what sense it is to be understood...