Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Above * The following adverbs have this meaning (prepositions are omitted here):– denotes “above, in a higher place,” Act 2:19 (the opposite to kato, “below”). With the article it means “that which is above,” Gal 4:26; Phi 3:14, “the high calling” (RV marg., “upward”); with the plural article, the things above,” Joh 8:23, lit., “from … Continue reading “Above”

About a-bout: The use of this word as a preposition, in the sense of around, is confined to the Old Testament. In the New Testament, generally an adverb, for Greek , hos or hose. The Revised Version (British and American) adopts it in several idiomatic translations of , mello, referring to what is about to … Continue reading “About”

Abounding The English word abound in the Epistles of the NT is the translation of the Gr. words and . There is nothing of special interest in these terms; perhaps the former has the less lofty sense, its primary connotation being that of superfluity. As used by St. Paul, however, there seems little to choose … Continue reading “Abounding”

Abound, Abundance, Abundant, Abundantly a-bound, a-bundans, a-bundant, a-bundant-li: These words represent in the English Versions of the Bible a considerable variety of different words in the Hebrew and Greek original. In the Old Testament they most frequently stand for some form of the stem rabh, signifying to cast together, to increase. In Pro 8:24 the … Continue reading “Abound, Abundance, Abundant, Abundantly”

Abound * For ABOUND see ABUNDANCE Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

Aboudad SEE ABUDAD Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aboth SEE MISHNA. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Abortion, Physical Effects of Definition. The expulsion of the human ovum occurring during the first three months of pregnancy, and occurring from any cause whatsoever, is called abortion. In the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh months — i.e., from the formation of the placenta to the period of viability — the occurrence is called immature … Continue reading “Abortion, Physical Effects of”

abortion (Latin: aboriri, to miscarry) In its widest sense, the ejection (by natural cause) or extraction (by artificial means) of a human fetus from the womb of the mother before it has come to its full development. A distinction is made between a viable fetus, one that is able to sustain life outside of its … Continue reading “Abortion”

Aboresi Giacomo a Bolognese painter, was born in 1632, and became a scholar of Agostino Metelli. He worked mostly in fresco, and he also painted history, but was more distinguished for views of architecture. He painted some perspective- pieces in the Church of San Giacomo Maggiore in his native city. He died in 1667. Fuente: … Continue reading “Aboresi Giacomo”