Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Necessary Doctrine and Erudition (for any Christian man) is the title of a book which the English people received from their sovereign, Henry VIII, in the year 1543, in connection with the legal prohibition of reading the Scriptures. In contradistinction to the Institution of a Christian Man (q.v.), which was called the “Bishops’ Book,” the … Continue reading “Necessary Doctrine and Erudition”

Necessary condition F is a necessary condition of G if G(x) ?x F(x). F is a necessary and sufficient condition of G if G(x) = F(x). — A.C. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Necessary According to distinctions of modality (q. v.), a proposition is necessary if its truth is certifiable on a priori grounds, or on purely logical grounds. Necessity is thus, as it were a stronger kind of truth, to be distinguished from the contingent truth of a proposition which might have been otherwise. (As thus described, … Continue reading “Necessary”

NECESSARIANS An appellation which may be given to all who maintain that moral agents act from necessity. See next article, and MATERIALISTS. Fuente: Theological Dictionary Necessarians SEE NECESSITARIANS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Neceres is the name which the Turks give to a clan of people inhabiting the mountains about Jebily, in Syria, who are of a very strange and singular character. It is the principle of the Neceres to adhere to no certain religion; chameleon like, they put on the color of religion, whatever it be, which … Continue reading “Neceres”

Nec NEC(H)O.2Ki 23:29; 2Ki 23:33, 2Ch 35:20 to 2Ch 36:4, Jer 46:2, Egyp. Neko or Nekoou, son of Psammetichus i. and second king of the 26th Dyn. (b.c. 610594). Continuing the development of Egypt that had gone on in his fathers long reign, Necho commenced a canal joining the Nile and the Red Sea, but … Continue reading “Nec”

NEBUZARADAN A general of king Nebuchadnezzar, and his agent in the sacking and destruction of Jerusalem, 1Ki 22:53 ; Jer 39:9 ; 40:1; 52:12-30. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Nebuzaradan (Heb. Nebuzaradan’, , for signif. see below; Sept. v.r. ; Josephus, , Ant. 10:9, 1 and 2; Vulg. Nebuzardan), the Rab-tabbachim, i.e., chief of … Continue reading “Nebuzaradan”

Nebuzar-Adan H5018 Captain of the guard of King Nebuchadnezzar. Commands the Assyrian army which besieged Jerusalem and carried the inhabitants to Babylon 2Ki 25:8-21; Jer 39:9-10; Jer 43:6; Jer 52:12-30 Protects Jeremiah Jer 39:11-14; Jer 40:1-5 Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible Nebuzar-adan Nebuzar-a’dan. (chief whom Nebo favors). The Rab-tabbachim, that is, chief of the slaughterers (Authorized … Continue reading “Nebuzar-Adan”

Nebushazban NEBUSHAZBAN (Jer 39:13).The Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] Nab-shezib-anni, Nabu save me, was Rab-saris (wh. see) at the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadrezzar. C. H. W. Johns. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Nebushazban neb-u-shazban (, nebhushazebhan = Assyrian Nabusezib-anni, Nebo delivers me; the King James Version Nebushasban): An important officer (the Rab-saris, chief captain or … Continue reading “Nebushazban”

Nebushasban (Heb. Nebushazban’, [written in the text with a small final n, for which some copies have, perhaps by error, a z], from Nebo, and Persian chesban, ” votary,” i.e., adorer of Nebo; Sept. omits, but some copies have or; Vulg. Nabusezban), the Rabsaris (q.v.) or chief chamberlain of the Babylonian court, sent by Nebuchadnezzar, … Continue reading “Nebushasban”