Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Nourishment ministered * For NOURISHMENT MINISTERED, Col 2:19, see SUPPLY Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Nourish, Nourishment “to rear, feed, nourish,” is translated by the verb “to nourish” in Jam 5:5 (of luxurious living); Rev 12:14 (of God’s care of Israel against its enemies); so Rev 12:6, RV (AV, “feed”); in Act 12:20, RV, “was fed” (AV, “was nourished”). See FEED. “to nurse, bring up” (ana, “up,” and No. 1), … Continue reading “Nourish, Nourishment”

Nourish (And Forms) Gen 45:11 (b) This expression is used to indicate the helpful care of the Lord in providing for His people, caring for their needs, and supplying all their wants. (See Gen 50:21; Isa 1:2; Isa 23:4; Eze 19:2). Fuente: Wilson’s Dictionary of Bible Types

Nourish nurish (, giddel, , hiyyah, , kilkel, , ribbah; , trepho, , anatrepho, , ektrepho, , entrepho): While the word nourish was ordinarily an appropriate rendering in the time of the King James Version, the word has since become much less frequent, and some senses have largely passed out of ordinary use, so that … Continue reading “Nourish”

Noureddin Mahmud, Malek-Al-Adel one of the most illustrious men of his time, and the scourge of the Christians who had settled in Syria and Palestine, was born at Damascus Feb. 21, 1116. His father, Omad-ed-din Zengui, originally governor of Mosul and Diarbekir on behalf of the Seljuk sultans, had established his independence, and extended his … Continue reading “Noureddin Mahmud, Malek-Al-Adel”

Noun In English and other natural languages, a word serving as a proper or common name (q.v.). — A.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Noumenon (Gr. noumenon) In KantAn object or power transcending experience whose existence is theoretically problematic but must be postulated by practical reason. In theoretical terms Kant defined the noumenon positively as “the object of a non-sensuous intuition,” negatively as “not an object of the sensuous intuition;” but since he denied the existence of any but … Continue reading “Noumenon”

Noumenal World The real world as opposed to the appearance world. Kant said of the noumenal realm that it cannot be known. — V.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Noumena (Gr. ) is a philosophical term used, by Kant in his Kritik to express the objects of the understanding, in distinction from the phenomena, which he understands to designate simply objects of the senses. The use of the term has been necessitated by the desire to give a strict metaphysical distinction of sensual and … Continue reading “Noumena”

Noulleau, Jean-Baptiste a French ascetic writer. was born June 24, 1605, in Saint-Brieuc. Descended from a religious family, he was educated at Rennes and Nantes, and at the age of twenty entered into the Congregation of the Oratory. In 1639 he took possession of the archdeaconry of Saint Brieuc, and in 1640 of the prebend, … Continue reading “Noulleau, Jean-Baptiste”