Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

QUIVERS Gen 27:3; Job 39:23; Psa 127:5; Isa 49:2 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Quiver is the rendering in the A. V. of two very different Hebrew words. The English word quiver is a variation of cover (from the French couvrir), and therefore answers to the second of the two Hebrew words. SEE ARMOR . 1. , tell. This occurs only in Gen 27:3 take thy weapons (literally thy … Continue reading “Quiver”

Quito, Ecuador, city of Capital of the Republic of Ecuador. In 1565 it was the headquarters of a Franciscan province. It contained a seminary in charge of the Jesuits, which was the center of ecclesiastical studies for all middle, and northern South America, and high schools run by the Dominicans and Augustinians. It was ruined … Continue reading “Quito, Ecuador, city of”

Quito, Ecuador, archdiocese of Founded on 8 January 1546 by order of Pope Paul III. Elevated to an archdiocese on 13 January 1848 by Pope Pius IX. The seminary is in the care of the Vincentians. Suffragen dioceses include Ambato Guaranda Ibarra Latacunga Riobamba Tulcn See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Quito, Archdiocese of (QUITENSIS) The city of Quito, formerly known as San Francisco de Quito, capital of the Republic of Ecuador, is situated 14′ south of the Equator, and 114 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. It stands at an elevation of about 9300 feet, and has a population of some 70,000, mostly mestizos. It … Continue reading “Quito, Archdiocese of”

Quitman, Frederick Henry, D.D an eminent American divine of the Lutheran Church, was born in 1760, and after studying theology at home and abroad became pastor at Rhinebeck, on the Hudson, and greatly distinguished himself in the pulpit and the press. He died in 1832. Among his noteworthy publications are a Treatise on Magic (1810): … Continue reading “Quitman, Frederick Henry, D.D”

Quitaztli is, according to Mexican mythology, the serpent woman who, at the begiining of the fourth age of the world, populated the earth by the successive birth of a number of twins. The latter are represented on monuments holding in their hands the shells of the eggs from which they have crept. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Quitaztli”

Quit QUIT.The adj. quit (from Lat. quietus) means free from obligation, as Exo 21:19 Then shall he that smote him be quit. The vb. to quit (from Lat. quietare) is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] reflexivelyquit oneself, i.e. discharge ones obligations, as 1Co 16:13 Quit you like men. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible … Continue reading “Quit”

Quistorp, Johann Jacob a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Rostock, March 19, 1717. He pursued his theological studies at the university of his native place, was in 1743 professor at Kiel, in 1747 court-preacher at Euitin, in 1754 professor at Rostock, and died December 26, 1766. Besides several. volumes of sermons, Quistorp published, … Continue reading “Quistorp, Johann Jacob”

Quistorp a family of Christian theologians, of whom we mention the following: 1. BERNHARD FR., was born at Rostock, April 11, 1718. In 1753 he was made superintendent, in 1766 doctor and professor of theology, in 1779 general superintendent, and afterwards chancellor and curator of the University of Greifswalde, where he died, Jan. 4, 1788. … Continue reading “Quistorp”