The Holy Bible NIV

douglas J. (United States of America)
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  1. Magi
    (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
  2. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  3. repent
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  4. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  5. winnowing
    the act of separating grain from chaff
  6. pharisee
    a self-righteous or sanctimonious person
  7. Sadducee
    a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
  8. Pharisee
    a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions
  9. lighting
    apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
  10. tunic
    loose fitting cloak or blouse extending to the hips or knees
  11. reap
    gather, as of natural products
  12. centurion
    leader of soldiers in ancient Rome
  13. Elijah
    a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
  14. parable
    a short moral story
  15. Tyre
    a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea
  16. Sidon
    the main city of ancient Phoenicia
  17. Sodom
    (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants
  18. Dead Sea scrolls
    (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s
  19. yoke
    a wooden frame across the shoulders for carrying buckets
  20. consecrated
    made, declared, or believed to be holy
  21. desecrated
    treated with contempt
  22. Beelzebub
    chief spirit of evil and adversary of God
  23. Jonah
    (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land
  24. jonah
    a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
  25. sow
    place seeds in or on the ground for future growth
  26. buffeted
    pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities
  27. colt
    a young male horse under the age of four
  28. Sadducee
    a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
  29. resurrection
    a revival from inactivity and disuse
  30. phylactery
    (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer
  31. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
  32. alabaster
    a fine-textured white gypsum used for carving
  33. covenant
    an agreement between a god and the people
  34. Galilee
    an area of northern Israel
  35. Galileo
    Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries (1564-1642)
  36. Jeremiah
    (Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)
  37. jeremiad
    a long and mournful complaint
Created on Sun Sep 06 10:36:59 EDT 2015 (updated Sun Sep 20 11:53:37 EDT 2015)

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