Onias, Ham-Magal (), an ancient rabbi, who was a contemporary of Simon ben- Shetach (q.v.) under the reign of Aristobulus II (B.C. 69-63), is especially reputed for his piety and the power of his prayers. When an unusual drought threatened the land with famine, a deputation of the Sanhedrim came to Onias to bespeak his … Continue reading “Onias, Ham-Magal”
Onias, City Or Region Of
Onias, City Or Region Of the city in which stood the temple built by Onias, and the region of the Jewish settlements in Egypt. Ptolemy mentions the city as the capital of the Heliopolitic Nome: (4:5, 53); where the reading is not admissible, since Heliopolis is afterwards mentioned, and its different position distinctly laid down … Continue reading “Onias, City Or Region Of”
Onias
Onias (Hebrew: strength of the Lord) Name of four Jewish High Priests of the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. Three are mentioned in the Bible: Onias I (321-310), mentioned in 1 Machabees 12, as having received a friendly letter from Arius, the Spartan ruler, who claimed kinship and suggested an alliance. Onias III (199-175); in … Continue reading “Onias”
Oniares
Oniares (), a name that appears in 1Ma 12:20 as the author or director of the letter of the Lacedaemonians to Onias; but it is evidently a corruption for Onias ( , the latter name repeated from the following verse). See Josephus, Ant. 12:4, 10. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Oniares o-na-rez, … Continue reading “Oniares”
Onesiphorus
ONESIPHORUS A Christian friend of Paul at Ephesus, who came to Rome while the apostle was imprisoned there for the faith, and at a time when almost every one had forsaken him. This is supposed to have occurred during Paul’s last imprisonment, not long before his death. Having found Paul in bonds, after long seeking … Continue reading “Onesiphorus”
Onesimus St.
Onesimus St. an early Christian bishop, who succeeded Caius in the chair at Ephesus, and was the third bishop of that city. He governed that Church in 107. His festival is celebrated Feb. 16 in the Latin Church. See, Acta Sanctorum, February and March; Dom Calmet, Dict, de la Bible, s.v.; Baillet. Vies des Saints, … Continue reading “Onesimus St.”
Onesimus
ONESIMUS Had been a slave to Philemon of Colosse, and had run away from him, and fled to Rome; but being converted to Christianity through preaching of Paul, he was the occasion of Paul’s writing the epistle to Philemon, Col 4:9 Phm 1:10 . Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Onesimus () Onesimus was a … Continue reading “Onesimus”
Oneness
Oneness ONENESS.The term oneness (, translation unity) occurs only in the Epistle to the Ephesians, where it is twice used (Eph 4:3; Eph 4:13) in what may be called a moral sense, i.e. to express not a physical but a mental or spiritual idea. In that Epistle, where the writer has in view the Gentile … Continue reading “Oneness”
Oneiromancy
Oneiromancy (from , a dream, and , divination), divination by means of dreams, or the interpretation of dreams in reference to future events. SEE DREAMS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Oneirocritica
Oneirocritica (from , a dream, and , to judge), the art of interpreting dreams, which among the ancient Egyptians was the duty of the hierogrammateis, or sacred scribes. SEE DREAMS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature