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<p> ''''' or´a ''''' - ''''' tẽr ''''' , ''''' ṓ ''''' - ''''' rā´shun ''''' : The word "orator" occurs twice: (1) As the King James Version rendering of להשׁ , <i> ''''' laḥash ''''' </i> ; only &nbsp; Isaiah 3:3 , "the eloquent orator," the King James Version margin "skilful of speech," where the Revised Version (British and American) rightly substitutes "the skillful enchanter." The word <i> ''''' laḥash ''''' </i> is probably a mimetic word meaning "a hiss," "a whisper" and is used in the sense of "incantation" "charm." Hence, <i> ''''' nebhōn ''''' </i> <i> ''''' laḥash ''''' </i> means "skillful in incantation," "expert in magic." See [[Divination]]; [[Enchantment]] . (2) As the rendering of ῥήτωρ , <i> ''''' rhḗtōr ''''' </i> , the title applied to Tertullus, who appeared as the advocate of the [[Jewish]] accusers of Paul before [[Felix]] (&nbsp;Acts 24:1 ). The proceedings, as was generally the case in the provincial Roman courts, would probably be conducted in Latin, and under Roman modes of procedure, in which the parties would not be well versed; hence, the need of a professional advocate. <i> ''''' Rhētōr ''''' </i> is here the equivalent of the older Greek <i> ''''' sunḗgoros ''''' </i> , "the prosecuting counsel," as opposed to the <i> ''''' súndikos ''''' </i> , "the defendant's advocate." </p> <p> [[Oration]] occurs only in &nbsp; Acts 12:21 : "Herod ... made an oration unto them" ( ἐδημηγόρει πρὸς αὐτούς , <i> ''''' edēmēgórei ''''' </i> <i> ''''' prós ''''' </i> <i> ''''' autoús ''''' </i> ). The verb <i> ''''' dēmēgoréō ''''' </i> , "to speak in an assembly" (from <i> ''''' dḗmos ''''' </i> , "people," <i> ''''' agoreúō ''''' </i> , "to harangue"), is often found in classical Greek, generally in a bad sense (Latin <i> concionari </i> ); here only in the New Testament. </p>

 

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