A New Testament Word Book: A GlossaryFirst published in 1940, this book provides a literary dictionary to the New Testament. The treatment of selected words and phrases is not theological, but lexicographical and etymological. Each entry is introduced by illustrative quotations from the New Testament, and the book provides an insightful exploration of these phrases. |
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Common terms and phrases
17th Century Acts Anglo-Fr Apostle Aramaic archaic archaism arose Bible brethren Christian chrysolite church cognate Colossians comes from Old common Germanic stock connotation Corinthians corresponding Gr Cruden derives disciples earliest sense English Ephesians Epistle Eric Partridge etymology evil faith fornication Galatians Gentiles Ghost gloss gospel Greek hath heaven Hebrews hence Holy ibid James Jesus Christ Jews John late literary Lord Luke Mark Matthew means modern nuance occurs Old Fr Old Norse original participle passage Paul Paul the Apostle perhaps person Peter Pharisees Philippians phrase plural preterite prophets renders Revelation Romans saints sense current Shakespeare's shew Souter spirit synonymous Test thee Thessalonians things thou Timothy Titus translation transliteration Tyndale unto verb Verdunoy verse viii Vulgate word Wright Wyclif xvii xviii xxii xxvii