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Attharias ATTHARIAS (1Es 5:40).A corruption of the title tirshatha; cf. Ezr 2:63 and art. Attharates. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible

Attharates (), given (1Es 9:49) as a person’s name; evidently by a mistake of the translator, SEE ATHARIAS for the title TIRSHATHA SEE TIRSHATHA (q.v.) of the original text (Neh 8:9). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Attharates ATTHARATES (1Es 9:49).A corruption of the title tirshatha; cf. Neh 8:9 and art. Attharias. Fuente: … Continue reading “Attharates”

Atthakathd is the title of a commentary on the sacred books of the Buddhists among the Singhalese, which, until recently, was regarded as of equal authority with the text. The text was orally preserved until the reign of the Singhalese monarch Wattagamani, who reigned from B.C. 104 to B.C. 76, when it was committed to … Continue reading “Atthakathd”

Attersoll, William a clergyman of the Church of England, rector of East Hoadley, was ejected for non-conformity in 1662, and was subsequently minister at Isfield, Sussex. His writings include A Commentary on the Epistle to Philemon (London, 1612 and 1633, fol.): A Commentary on the History of Balaam and Balac (4to): A Commentarie upon the … Continue reading “Attersoll, William”

Atterbury, Lewis father of Bishop Atterbury, was born about the year 1681. He was the son of Francis Atterbury, rector, of Milton, Northamptonshire, who, among other ministers, subscribed the Solemn League and Covenant in 1648. Lewis was entered a student of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1647, took the degree of bachelor of arts February 23, … Continue reading “Atterbury, Lewis”

Atterbury, Francis bishop of Rochester, was born March 6th, 1662, at Milton-Keynes, Bucks, where his father was rector. SEE ATTERBURY, LEWIS, below. He began his studies at Westminster, and finished his course at Christ Church, Oxford. He first distinguished himself by the publication, at Oxford, in 1687, of a Reply to some Considerations on the … Continue reading “Atterbury, Francis”

Attentive * For ATTENTIVE, in the AV of Luk 19:48, see HANG, No. 2 Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Attention, Span of The number of simultaneous or successive items or groups of items which can be attended to by a single act of thought; the number varies from individual to individual and for the same individual at different times. — L.W. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

attention (Latin: ad, to; tendere, to stretch) Earnest direction of the senses and mind to some occupation or duty, as prayer and administration of the sacraments. In vocal prayer it implies mindfulness of the words or purpose of the prayer; in mental, attention to the matter of meditation and to the spiritual affections aroused. In … Continue reading “Attention”

Attent, Attentive a-tent (archaic; 2Ch 6:40); a-tentiv: Expresses the direction of thought and interest toward some one point. Same Hebrew word as attend, and is used particularly in prayers (Psa 130:2; Neh 1:6). Very attentive (Luk 19:48) is a paraphrase for what is literally rendered in the Revised Version (British and American), the people all … Continue reading “Attent, Attentive”