The Busy Man's Hand-Book

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The Bible

18 pages in this part of The Busy Man's Hand-Book.

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…

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