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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37724" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37724" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Covenant]] ; | <p> (See [[Covenant]] ; [[Heir; Wills]] ) </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68999" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68999" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See [[Covenant, The New]] </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57621" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_57621" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63117" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63117" /> == | ||
<p> is the frequent rendering, in the New Test., of the Greek | <p> is the frequent rendering, in the New Test., of the Greek '''''Διαθήκη''''' (literally a ''Disposal),'' and both are used in two distinct senses (see Cremer, ''Lex. Of N.T. Greek,'' p. 576 sq.). </p> <p> '''1.''' The natural, and in classical Greek, as in ordinary English, the only, signification is a devisement by will or legacy (Plutarch, ''De A Dulat.'' 28; Plato, ''Legg.'' 922; Demosth. 1136, 12), and in this sense the word occurs in Hebrews 9:16-17. (See [[Inheritance]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' But the more common signification in the New Test. is one that has come over from the Sept., which often uses '''''Διαθήκη''''' . as a rendering of the Heb. '''''בַּרַית''''' , or ''Covenant;'' and in this sense "testament" is the rendering in the A.V. of the Greek word in Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 9:20; Revelation 11:19; and especially in the phrase the new testament ( Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 9:15 [i.e. "new covenant," as ill Hebrews 8:8; Hebrews 12:24]), which has gained currency as the title of the [[Christian]] Scriptures as a whole. See ''New- Englander;'' May, 1857, ''Lond.'' (Wesleyan) ''Quar. Rev.'' July, 1857. (See Covenant). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9086" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9086" /> == | ||
