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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ECCLESIASTICUS

e-kle-zi-as'-ti-kus.

See SIRACH.

Library

Reference Table
... Wisdom Series: four volumes The Proverbs Ecclesiasticus Ecclesiastes and The
Wisdom of Solomon The Book of Job. Deuteronomy. Biblical Idyls. ...
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But it Should be Known that There are Also Other Books which Our ...
... and another Wisdom, called the Wisdom of the Son of Syrach, which last-mentioned
the Latins called by the general title Ecclesiasticus, designating not the ...
/.../38 but it should be.htm

Whether Fear is the Beginning of Wisdom
... As it is said in Ecclesiasticus 1:21: "The fear of the Lord driveth out sin." Chaste
or filial fear, on the other hand, is the beginning of wisdom as the first ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article seven whether fear is.htm

The Boasted Merit of Works Subversive Both of the Glory of God, in ...
... This shown by a double similitude. 4. First objection taken from Ecclesiasticus.
Second objection from the Epistle to the Hebrews. ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 15 the boasted merit.htm

Use of the Old Testament by the First Christian Writers, and by ...
... Judith he cites with other books of the Old Testament(101); and the Song of the
three children in the furnace is used as Scripture.(102) Ecclesiasticus also is ...
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The Psalter of Solomon.
... [42] In the Stichometria of Nicephorus, and in the Synopsis Athanasii, they are
classed with the Books of Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Maccabees, and other Apocrypha ...
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Whether Another Doctrine is Necessary, Besides the Philosophical ...
... Man should not strive to know what is above reason, since it is said in Ecclesiasticus
3:22: "seek not to know what is higher than thyself." Now what is within ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article one whether another doctrine.htm

The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus' System of ...
... these they bestow these following names: [680] Paracletus and Pistis, Patricus and
Elpis, Metricus and Agape, Æinous and Synesis, Ecclesiasticus and Macariotes ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxv the tenet of the.htm

Of David's Reign and Merit; and of his Son Solomon, and that ...
... But it has been customary to ascribe to Solomon other two, of which one is called
Wisdom, the other Ecclesiasticus, on account of some resemblance of style ...
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The Letter of the Same Holy Synod of Ephesus, to the Sacred Synod ...
... Footnotes: [272] Ecclesiasticus, xxxii., 19--"Do nothing without advice" (sine consilio
nihil facias): The deutero-canonical book of Ecclesiasticus is here by ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/the letter of the same.htm

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ecclesiasticus

one of the books of the Apocrypha. This title is given in the Latin version to the book which is called in the Septuagint THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH. The word designates the character of the writing, as publicly used in the services of the Church.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A book of the Apocrypha.

Thesaurus

Ecclesiasticus
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A book of the Apocrypha. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. ECCLESIASTICUS. e-kle-zi-as'-ti-kus. See SIRACH. ...
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Volition
... In Apocrypha, for "will" we have thelema (1 Esdras 9:9 (of God); Ecclesiasticus
43:16; 1 Maccabees 3:60; Ecclesiasticus 8:15, "his own will"); boule (The ...
/v/volition.htm - 11k

Succeed (47 Occurrences)
... English Revised Version "possessest"); of qum, "to rise up" (Deuteronomy 25:6,
"shall succeed in the name of his brother"); of diadechomai (Ecclesiasticus 48:8 ...
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Success (29 Occurrences)
... English Revised Version "possessest"); of qum, "to rise up" (Deuteronomy 25:6,
"shall succeed in the name of his brother"); of diadechomai (Ecclesiasticus 48:8 ...
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Will (64996 Occurrences)
... In Apocrypha, for "will" we have thelema (1 Esdras 9:9 (of God); Ecclesiasticus
43:16; 1 Maccabees 3:60; Ecclesiasticus 8:15, "his own will"); boule (The ...
/w/will.htm - 13k

Terebinth (15 Occurrences)
... (6) In Ecclesiasticus 24:16 terem (b)inthos, the King James Version turpentine tree,"
the Revised Version (British and American) "terebinth." It is clear that ...
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Personality
... In the Apocrypha we have prosopon translated "person" (Judith 7:15, the Revised
Version (British and American) "face"; Ecclesiasticus 10:5, etc.); the ...
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Compasses (1 Occurrence)
... In Apocrypha we have "compassed about with yawning darkness" (The Wisdom of Solomon
19:17); "compassed the circuit of heaven" (Ecclesiasticus 24:5); "compassed ...
/c/compasses.htm - 10k

Compass (51 Occurrences)
... In Apocrypha we have "compassed about with yawning darkness" (The Wisdom of Solomon
19:17); "compassed the circuit of heaven" (Ecclesiasticus 24:5); "compassed ...
/c/compass.htm - 26k

Heaviness (14 Occurrences)
... leave off my heaviness," the Revised Version (British and American) "(sad) countenance";
compare 2 Esdras 5:16; The Wisdom of Solomon 17:4; Ecclesiasticus 25:23 ...
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Subtopics

Ecclesiasticus

Related Terms

Volition

Succeed (47 Occurrences)

Success (29 Occurrences)

Will (64996 Occurrences)

Terebinth (15 Occurrences)

Personality

Compasses (1 Occurrence)

Compass (51 Occurrences)

Heaviness (14 Occurrences)