קָד֔וֹשׁ qadosh .6918 Adjective Word Origin: from קֹדֶשׁ qodesh (Noun Masculine; Definition: apartness, sacredness) Definition: sacred, holy 464 Occurrences in the Hebrew Bible Exodus 3:5 HEB: עָלָ֔יו אַדְמַת־ קֹ֖דֶשׁ הֽוּא׃ NAS:…
נָזִ֔יר nazir .5139 Word Origin: from נָזַר nazar (Verb; Definition: to dedicate, to consecrate) Definition: consecrated, separated, devoted 10 Occurrences in the Hebrew Bible Leviticus 15:31 HEB: וְהִזַּרְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־ בְּנֵי־…
Canonical adjective [noun] (from the Greek κανών, kanón, “rule”) belonging to a particular canon of reference. 1 Conforms to the rule, to tradition. Synonyms: authorized, accepted, approved, recognized. For example:…
In Latin Plural Maiestatis or majestic plural, pluralis maiestatis is also known in English as Royal We. Is the use of a plural pronoun (or corresponding plural-inflected verb forms) to…
רֵאשִׁ֖ית reshith .7225 Origin: רֹאשׁ rosh=head Definition: beginning, chief 51 Occurrences in the Hebrew Bible Genesis 1:1 HEB: בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים NAS: In the beginning GOD created KJV: In the…
Secular: Not connected with religious or spiritual matters. Generally used as opposite of sacred, describe things that have no connection with religion. Example: He spoke about preserving the country as…
Numinous (/ˈnjuːmɪnəs/) is an English adjective, derived from the Latin numen, meaning “arousing spiritual or religious emotion; mysterious or awe-inspiring”. Origin: Numinous is an English adjective, derived in the 17th…
Atonement (also atoning, to atone) is the concept of a person taking action to correct previous sins or wrongdoing on their part, either through direct action to undo the consequences…
Avenger of blood (Hebrew “go’el”): The Hebrew name for the clansman, “next of kin,” upon whom devolved the duties: (1) of avenging, on the person of the murderer, the blood…
Ilm (Arabic: علم “knowledge”) is the Arabic term for knowledge. However central the idea of ‘ilm to Islamic intellectual culture, it was an essentialist concept, assumed to be a fixed…
Aliyat haNefesh is a sort of pilmigrage made usually on Shabbat day and Holy Days, when devotes marched with Torah Jewish people sing a verse from Tanach: “Ki mitziyon tetzei…
In the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, a Plenary indulgence is “a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins”. It may reduce the…
Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature. A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. The word’s origin…
Table of Contents The Book of Psalms (Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים or תהילים, Tehillim, “praises”), commonly referred to simply as Psalms or “the Psalms”, is the first Book of the Ketuvim (“Writings”),…
conj. Consequently; therefore. adv. Consequently; hence. ergo: a Latin word meaning therefore or hence. Cartesio: “Cogito ergo sum” is a Latin philosophical proposition by René Descartes usually translated into English…
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