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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58701" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58701" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> BURN'ING, ppr. [[Consuming]] with fire flaming scorching hardening by fire calcining charring raging as fire glowing. </p> <p> BURN'ING, n. Combustion the act of expelling volatile matter and reducing to ashes, or to a calx a fire inflammation the heat or raging of passion. In surgery, actual cautery cauterization. </p> <p> BURN'ING, a. [[Powerful]] vehement as a burning shame a burning scent. </p> 1. Much heated very hot scorching. <p> The burning plains of India. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50045" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50045" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Burning]] </strong> . See Crimes and Punishments, | <p> <strong> [[Burning]] </strong> . See Crimes and Punishments, § <strong> 11 </strong> . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_28539" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_28539" /> == | ||
<p> (the representative of many [[Hebrew]] words). Burning alive is a punishment of ancient date, which was not originated, though retained by Moses. Thus, when Judah was informed that his daughter-in-law [[Tamar]] was pregnant, he condemned her to be burnt ( Genesis 38:24), although the sentence was not executed. Burning was commanded to be inflicted on the daughters of priests who should prove unchaste ( Leviticus 21:9). and upon a man who should marry both the mother and the daughter ( Leviticus 20:14). The rabbins suppose that this burning consisted in pouring melted lead down the throat, a notion which may be considered as merely one of their dreams. Many ages afterward we find the [[Babylonians]] or Chaldaeans burning certain offenders alive ( Jeremiah 29:22; Daniel 3:6), and this mode of punishment was not uncommon in the East, even in the seventeenth century. Sir | <p> (the representative of many [[Hebrew]] words). Burning alive is a punishment of ancient date, which was not originated, though retained by Moses. Thus, when Judah was informed that his daughter-in-law [[Tamar]] was pregnant, he condemned her to be burnt ( Genesis 38:24), although the sentence was not executed. Burning was commanded to be inflicted on the daughters of priests who should prove unchaste ( Leviticus 21:9). and upon a man who should marry both the mother and the daughter ( Leviticus 20:14). The rabbins suppose that this burning consisted in pouring melted lead down the throat, a notion which may be considered as merely one of their dreams. Many ages afterward we find the [[Babylonians]] or Chaldaeans burning certain offenders alive ( Jeremiah 29:22; Daniel 3:6), and this mode of punishment was not uncommon in the East, even in the seventeenth century. Sir J. Chardin says, "During the dearth in 1688, I saw ovens heated on the royal square in Ispahan to terrify the bakers, and deter them from deriving advantage from the general distress." (See [[Punishment]]). </p> <p> Burning at the stake has in all ages been the frequent fate of [[Christian]] martyrs (q.v.). (See Auto-Da-Fe). </p> | ||
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