The Bible
English Translations of the Scriptures
Wickliffe's Bible. This was the first translation made into the English language. It was translated by John Wickliffe, about the year 1384…
English Translations of the Scriptures: Bible
The Geneva Bible. In 1557 the whole Bible in quarto was printed at Geneva by Rowland Harte. The translators were Bishop Coverdale, Anthony…
English Translations of the Scriptures: Bishops
The Bishops' Bible. Archbishop Parker engaged bishops and other learned men to bring out a new translation. They did so in 1568, in large…
The Old and New Testaments
Books in the Old Testament. 39 | Words.
The Old and New Testaments: Selah
The Word "Selah." The translators of the Bible have left the Hebrew word Selah, which occurs so often in the Psalms, as they found it. It…
Bible Terms and Customs
Altar. An erection of stones usually set square in which sacrifices were burnt. The first altar mentioned in the Bibel was erected by Abel…
Bible Terms and Customs: Greek
Anathema-Maran-atha.-Means "accursed (when) the Lord cometh." Angel. This is derived from the Greek word for a messenger. Apostle. Derived…
Bible Terms and Customs: Sanctuary
Basin. Many basins are mentioned; among them, hand basins for ablutions, a covered basin or tankard used in the Sanctuary for libations…
Bible Terms and Customs: Palestine
Bread. Mostly in the form of cakes, baked upon the hearth or in the oven; those eaten by the poor were made of barley-meal, with oil…
Bible Terms and Customs: Hebrews
Bridegroom. A preparation with fasting before marriage was required of every Jewish bridegroom. Butter. The Hebrews were ignorant of the…
Bible Terms and Customs: Cloth
Cloth. Cloth was woven, dyed, and dressed with soap by the Hebrews, and made from flax, silk, and wool.
Bible Terms and Customs: Porters
Porters. Porters were the doorkeepers and police of the Temple. They were divided into companies under the command of the captain of the…
Bible Terms and Customs: Roman
Publicans were native Jews who farmed the taxes from the Roman knights; who in turn farmed them from the Imperial Treasury. They were…
Bible Terms and Customs: Holies
Tabernacle. An oblong tent with a wooden framework covered with cloth and skins, made by God's order as a movable place of worship in the…
Bible Terms and Customs: Constantinople
Great Church Councils. That at Jerusalem, when the first controversy was discussed, in 48; at Antioch, 269; at Arles, 314, at which three…
Bible Terms and Customs: Hebrew
The Name of God. It is singular that the name of God should be spelled with four letters in almost every known language. It is in Latin…
Bible Terms and Customs: Temple
The Cost of Solomon's Temple. According to the computation of Villalpandus, the talents of gold, silver, and brass, used in the…
Bible Terms and Customs: Sabbath
The Sabbath. The word "sabbath" is from the Hebrew "shabbath," signifying rest, or day of rest. It was the name of the seventh day of the…