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Almug Trees Almug Trees. See Algum. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Almug Tree a certain kind of wood, mentioned 1Ki 10:11; 2Ch 2:8; 2Ch 9:10-11. Jerom and the Vulgate render it, ligna thyina, and the Septuagint , wrought wood. Several critics understand it to mean gummy wood; but a wood abounding in resin must be very unfit for the uses to which this is said to … Continue reading “Almug Tree”

ALMUG A kind of tree or wood, which Hiram brought from Ophir for the use of Solomon in making pillars for the temple and his own house, and also musical instruments, 1Ki 10:11 2Ch 2:8 . The rabbins call it coral; but it could not be this. It was more probably the tree, which furnishes … Continue reading “Almug”

Almsgiving ALMSGIVING ().[For the history of the word, and Jewish teaching, see Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible i. 67]. Only on three occasions does our Lord in the NT employ the word (Mat 6:1-4, Luk 11:41; Luk 12:33). But these texts by no means exhaust His teaching on the subject. All the Gospels witness to … Continue reading “Almsgiving”

Almsgiver, John the Saint Saint John the Almsgiver; Saint Joannes Eleemosynasius; Saint Joannes Misebicors Patriarch of Alexandria (606-616), born Amathus, Cyprus, c.550; died there, 616. The son of the governor of Cyprus, he entered the religious life at the death of his wife. During his patriarchate at Alexandria, he became widely known throughout the east … Continue reading “Almsgiver, John the Saint”

alms-Saturday In Passion Week, when alms collected during Lent are sometimes given to the poor, so as not to interfere with the Holy-Week ceremonies. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

alms-plate Dish on which alms-bags are deposited before being placed solemnly on an altar; also, plate carried by beggars. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Alms-men a name for male inmates of an almshouse, or house of charity. Some of the 16th-century almshouses were erected out of the spoils of the suppressed monastic institutions. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

alms-house Home for the needy, erected by private individuals; occasionally used in speaking of a poor-house. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

alms-folk Persons supported by alms. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary