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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_87270" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_87270" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from [[Jewish]] authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future. </p> <p> (2): (n.) [[Anything]] viewed as a revelation; a disclosure. </p> <p> (3): (n.) The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament. </p> | <p> (1): (n.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from [[Jewish]] authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future. </p> <p> (2): (n.) [[Anything]] viewed as a revelation; a disclosure. </p> <p> (3): (n.) The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71367" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71367" /> == | ||
<p> Apoc'alypse. A Greek word meaning revelation, applied chiefly to the book of Revelation by John. See Revelation Of St. John. </p> | <p> Apoc'alypse. A Greek word meaning revelation, applied chiefly to the book of Revelation by John. See Revelation Of St. John . </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55142" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55142" /> == | ||
<p> Bibliography InformationHastings, James. Entry for 'Apocalypse'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/a/apocalypse.html. 1906-1918. </p> | <p> Bibliography InformationHastings, James. Entry for 'Apocalypse'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdn/a/apocalypse.html. 1906-1918. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64682" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64682" /> == | ||
<p> Another name for the REVELATION, <i> q.v., </i> being its Greek title ἀποκάλυψις. </p> | <p> Another name for the REVELATION , <i> q.v., </i> being its Greek title ἀποκάλυψις. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49431" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49431" /> == | ||
