Owner OWNER ().The word is found only once in the Authorized Version (Luk 19:33 The owners said (to the disciples), Why loose ye the colt?). Luke alone indicates that there was any question asked when the disciples prepared to take the colt away. Probably the answer which the disciples were instructed to give (The Lord … Continue reading “Owner”
Own (Adjective)
Own (Adjective) * Notes: (1) Gnesios, primarily, “lawfully begotten,” and hence “true, genuine,” is translated “own” in the AV of 1Ti 1:2; Tit 1:4 (RV, “true”). See SINCERITY, TRUE. (2) In Act 5:4, “was it not thine own?” is, lit., “did it not remain (meno) to thee?” (3) In Jud 1:6 (1st part), AV, heauton, … Continue reading “Own (Adjective)”
Owl, Screech
Owl, Screech See NIGHT MONSTER. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Owl, Little
Owl, Little (, kos; , nuktikorax; Latin Athene meridionalis): A night bird of prey distinguished by a round head, and extremely large eyes. The little owl is left in the Revised Version (British and American) only in the lists of abominations (see Lev 11:17; Deu 14:16). See OWL. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Owl-headed Minerva
Owl-headed Minerva The idea of this goddess is due to the imaginative enthusiasm of Dr. Schliemann, who believed that he saw an owl-headed Athena in the rude attempts at the imitation of the human face on vases and other objects discovered by him at Hissarlik. The faces of certain images of Apollo, found on the … Continue reading “Owl-headed Minerva”
Owl, Great
Owl, Great (, yanshuph; Septuagint , bis, or , ebis): A member of the Palestine species of the family Strigidae. The great owl mentioned in the Bible was no doubt their largest specimen of the family, a bird fully 2 ft. in length, full feathered, with unusually large head and long ear tufts. It was … Continue reading “Owl, Great”
Owl
OWL A night bird of prey, unfit for food. Several species are found in Palestine, and are mentioned in the Bible; as in Lev 11:17 Deu 14:16 Isa 14:23 34:15 Zep 2:14 . One of the words, however, translated “owl,” probably means “OSTRICH,” (which see;) and another, Lev 11:17 Deu 14:16 Isa 34:11, the ibis … Continue reading “Owl”
Owings, Richard
Owings, Richard SEE OWEN, RICHARD. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Owensboro, Kentucky, diocese of
Owensboro, Kentucky, diocese of Founded on 9 December 1937. Suffragen of the archdiocese of Louisville. See also Catholic-Hierarchy.Org diocese of Owensboro patron saints index New Catholic Dictionary Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Owens, Thomas
Owens, Thomas a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in South Carolina Jan. 8 1787, and was the son of Thomas and Frances Owens. His parents took him to the Natchez country when young, and settled in what is now Jefferson County. Thomas was in early manhood perverted to vicious purposes. In … Continue reading “Owens, Thomas”