Meaning of SCRIPTURE
Pronunciation: | | 'skreeptshur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group
- [n] the sacred writings of the Christian religion; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
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| Synonyms: | | Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Word, Word of God |
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| See Also: | | American Revised Version, American Standard Version, Authorized Version, canon, Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, family Bible, King James Bible, King James Version, New English Bible, New Testament, Old Testament, religious text, religious writing, Revised Standard Version, Revised Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version, sacred text, sacred writing, Testament, text, Vulgate | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Scrip"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. scriptura, fr. scribere,
scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F.
['e]criture. See {Scribe}.]
1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
I have put it in scripture and in remembrance.
--Chaucer.
Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the
tomb, the which was in Latin. --Ld. Berners.
2. The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either
of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or
distinction, and chiefly in the plural.
There is not any action a man ought to do, or to
forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear
precept or prohibition for it. --South.
Compared with the knowledge which the Scripteres
contain, every other subject of human inquiry is
vanity. --Buckminster.
3. A passage from the Bible;; a text.
The devil can eite Scripture for his purpose.
--Shak.
Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful
Scripture. --Milton.
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Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | invariably in the New Testament denotes that definite collection of sacred books, regarded as given by inspiration of God, which we usually call the Old Testament (2 Tim. 3:15, 16; John 20:9; Gal. 3:22; 2 Pet. 1:20). It was God's purpose thus to perpetuate his revealed will. From time to time he raised up men to commit to writing in an infallible record the revelation he gave. The "Scripture," or collection of sacred writings, was thus enlarged from time to time as God saw necessary. We have now a completed "Scripture," consisting of the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament canon in the time of our Lord was precisely the same as that which we now possess under that name. He placed the seal of his own authority on this collection of writings, as all equally given by inspiration (Matt. 5:17; 7:12; 22:40; Luke 16:29, 31). (See BIBLE; CANON.) |
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