ANCIENTS

an-shents: This word (except in one instance) renders the Hebrew word zeqenim, (pl of zaqen), which should always be translated "old men" or "elders." The Hebrew word never has the connotation which "ancients" has in modern English. The words "I understand more than the ancients" (Psalm 119:100 the King James Version) do not mean that the Psalmist claims greater wisdom than his distant forbears but than his contemporaries with all their age and experience. In the parallel clause "teachers" is the corresponding word. In such phrases as "ancients of the people" (Jeremiah 19:1 the King James Version), "ancients of the house of Israel" (Ezekiel 8:12), "elders" would obviously be the correct rendering, as in the Revised Version (British and American). Even in Isaiah 24:23 ("before his ancients gloriously" the English Revised Version) "elders" is the right translation (American Revised Version). The writer probably alludes to the Sinaitic; theophany witnessed by the "seventy. elders" (Exodus 24:9-18) Generally speaking the word suggests the experience, insight and practical acquaintance with life which age ought to bring with it (Psalm 119:100 Ezekiel 7:26). In one instance (1 Samuel 24:13) "ancients" is the right rendering for the Hebrew word qadhmonim, which means "men of former times."

Thomas Lewis

744. archaios -- original, ancient
... Word Origin from arche Definition original, ancient NASB Word Usage ancient (2),
ancients (2), early (1), long standing (1), old (4), old things (1). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/744.htm - 6k6931. qadmoni -- former, eastern
... Word Origin from the same as qedem Definition former, eastern NASB Word Usage ancients
(1), east (3), eastern (3), eastward (1), former (2), things of the past ...
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Testimonies of the Ancients against Eusebius.
... Chapter III Eusebius' Church History. Testimonies of the Ancients Against
Eusebius. From the Epistle of Arius to Eusebius ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/testimonies of the ancients against.htm

Testimonies of the Ancients in Favor of Eusebius.
... Chapter III Eusebius' Church History. Testimonies of the Ancients in
Favor of Eusebius. From Constantine's Letter to ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/testimonies of the ancients in.htm

The virgins, the Righteous Ancients; the Church, the one Only ...
... Discourse VII."Procilla. Chapter VII."The Virgins, the Righteous Ancients; The
Church, the One Only Spouse, More Excellent Than the Others. ...
/.../chapter vii the virgins the righteous.htm

The Testimonies of the Ancients against the Pelagians.
... Book IV. Chapter 20 [VIII.]"The Testimonies of the Ancients Against the
Pelagians. But since they say "that their enemies have ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 20 viii the testimonies of.htm

The Ancients Assumed Original Sin.
... Book III. Chapter 11."The Ancients Assumed Original Sin. You see with what
confidence this great man expresses himself after the ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 11 the ancients assumed original.htm

The Prolonged Life of the Ancients, the Translation of Elijah and ...
... Against Heresies: Book V Chapter V."The prolonged life of the ancients, the translation
of Elijah and of Enoch in their own bodies, as well as the ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter v the prolonged life of.htm

Hyle, which was Called by the Ancients the Formless Material of ...
... Concerning the Nature of Good, Against the Manich??ans. Chapter 18. "Hyle, Which
Was Called by the Ancients the Formless Material of Things, is Not an Evil. ...
/.../chapter 18 hyle which was.htm

Ye have Heard Also that it was Said unto the Ancients...
... The Text of the Diatessaron. Section IX. Ye have heard also that it was
said unto the ancients? [1] [686] Ye have heard also that ...
/.../hogg/the diatessaron of tatian/section ix ye have heard.htm

In How Many Ways Things Future are Foreknown. Neither Philosophers ...
... Neither Philosophers, Nor Those Who Were Distinguished Among the Ancients,
are to Be Consulted Concerning the Resurrection of the Dead. ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 17 in how many ways.htm

The Emperor Orders a Convention Composed of all the Various Sects. ...
... healing divisions usually create heresies of a more inveterate character, gave the
following advice to Nectarius, knowing well that the ancients have nowhere ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of scholasticus/chapter x the emperor orders a.htm

Ancients (17 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ANCIENTS. an-shents: This word (except
in one instance) renders the Hebrew word zeqenim, (pl of ...
/a/ancients.htm - 13k

Metals (1 Occurrence)
... METALS. met'-alz (Latin metallum, "metal," "mine"; Greek metallon, "mine"): The
metals known by the ancients were copper, gold, iron, lead, silver and tin. ...
/m/metals.htm - 10k

Delivered (427 Occurrences)
... him. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). Matthew 15:2 Why do thy disciples
transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they ...
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Infernal (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according
to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the ...
/i/infernal.htm - 7k

Eli'jah (93 Occurrences)
... RSV). Luke 9:8 and by certain, that Elijah did appear, and by others, that
a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen; (See RSV). Luke ...
/e/eli'jah.htm - 31k

Magistrate (9 Occurrences)
... maj'-is-trat (shephaT, corresponding to shaphaT, "to judge," "to pronounce sentence"
(Judges 18:7)): Among the ancients, the terms corresponding to our ...
/m/magistrate.htm - 15k

Barefoot (7 Occurrences)
... 2. An Ancient Oriental Custom: The "shoes" of the ancients, as we know from many
sources, were "sandals," ie simply soles, for the most part of rawhide, tied ...
/b/barefoot.htm - 13k

Lead (192 Occurrences)
... Since lead was the heaviest metal known to the ancients, gold excepted, it was
generally used for fish-lines and sounding lines (compare Acts 27:28 ...
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Age (404 Occurrences)
... Revised Version has "old" for "the age of" (1 Chronicles 23:3), "own age" for "sort"
(Daniel 1:10); "aged" for "ancients" (Psalm 119:100), for "ancient ...
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Phoenicians
... coast, none in the modern sense, since what few bays and inlets there are afford
but slight shelter to modern ships, but those of the ancients found sufficient ...
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