Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Seeing SEEING.In the Gospels there are three Greek words (, , ) used for see, sometimes rendered in the Authorized and Revised Versions by behold, take heed, beware, regard. The most ordinary significance of the word see is, of course, the natural oneto recognize by the act of vision ordinary external objects, as when the … Continue reading “Seeing”

Seehuana Version The Sechuana occupies a prominent place in the great Caffre family of languages, and is the most important of all languages of Southern Africa. The first portion of the Seehuana version- committed to the press was the Gospel of St. Luke, printed at Cape Town in 1831, under the personal superintendence of Mr. … Continue reading “Seehuana Version”

Seeded a phrase indicating that tapestry, hangings, or church vestments were, for their greater ornamentation, sprinkled over at regular intervals with pearls, anciently called seeds. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Seed, The One (Gal 3:16). The logic of this passage has eluded the search of our best critics, and yet it is worth pursuing, even against hope. The question involved is one purely of grammar, and particularly of Hebrew grammar namely, How may we determine the number of , when it is plural and when … Continue reading “Seed, The One”

Seed, Seedtime SEED, SEEDTIME (Heb. zera; Gr. sperma, sporos, spora).1. Literal.(a) Vegetable (Gen 1:11; Gen 8:22 etc.). See Agriculture, 1. (b) Animal (Lev 15:16-18 etc.). 2. Metaphorical.(a) Offspring, race, family (Gen 3:15; Gen 9:9; Gen 12:7 etc.; Mar 12:19 ff., Luk 1:55, Joh 7:42 etc.). In NT it is especially frequent in the phrase the … Continue reading “Seed, Seedtime”

seed, mustard Subject of a parable of Our Lord (Matthew 13). It takes only two texts, less than 70 words, to tell how the seed, least of all seeds, “becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air corne, and dwell in the branches thereof.” This is a prophecy as well as a parable … Continue reading “seed, mustard”

Seed Growing Secretly, Parable of the A natural fact in the vegetable world to which Christ, in a short four verse parable, likens the Kingdom of Heaven. When a man has sown his seed whether he is asleep or awake, night or day, germination will go on without his knowing how, and the earth will … Continue reading “Seed Growing Secretly, Parable of the”

SEED Gen 1:11 ; often used figuratively in Scripture, Dan 9:1 1Pe 1:23 1Jo 3:9 . There was an injunction in the Mosaic Law against sowing a field with mingled seed of diverse kinds, Lev 19:19 . The “precious seed” is often committed to the ground with many fears; but the harvest, at least in … Continue reading “Seed”

SEE, To To See is in several places a prophetical expression, shewing the proper work of the prophets. For in 1Sa 9:9, he that was in those days called a prophet, was before time called a seer; and therefore their inspiration, when it was given them by symbols, comes under the name of seeing or … Continue reading “SEE, To”

See the Golden Sun Arise! Hymn for Lauds on Thursday. It was written by Prudentius (348-413). Of the 17 translations, the English title given is by W. Courthope. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary