Difference between revisions of "Inscription"
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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78153" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78153" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ἐπιγράφω''''' ''' (Strong'S #1924 — Verb — epigrapho — ep-ee-graf'-o ) </div> <p> "to write upon, inscribe" (epi, "upon," grapho, "to write"), is usually rendered by the verb "to write upon, over, or in," Mark 15:26; Hebrews 8:10; 10:16; Revelation 21:12; it is translated by a noun phrase in Acts 17:23 , "(with this) inscription," lit., "(on which) had been inscribed." Cp. the noun epigraphe, "a superscription." </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_132458" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_132458" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56227" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56227" /> == | ||
<p> <b> | <p> <b> [[Inscription]] </b> —See Title on Cross. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4919" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4919" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:52, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to write upon, inscribe" (epi, "upon," grapho, "to write"), is usually rendered by the verb "to write upon, over, or in," Mark 15:26; Hebrews 8:10; 10:16; Revelation 21:12; it is translated by a noun phrase in Acts 17:23 , "(with this) inscription," lit., "(on which) had been inscribed." Cp. the noun epigraphe, "a superscription."
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.
(2): ( n.) The act or process of inscribing.
(3): ( n.) An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.
(4): ( n.) That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.
King James Dictionary [3]
INSCRIP'TION, n.L. inscriptio. See Inscribe.
1. Something written or engraved to communicate knowledge to after ages any character, word, line or sentence written or engraved on a solid substance for duration as inscriptions on monuments, called epitaphs, on pillars, &c. We do not call by this name writings on paper or parchment. 2. A title. 3. An address or consignment of a book to a person, as a mark of respect, or an invitation of patronage. It is less formal than a dedication.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Mark 15:26 Luke 23:38 defeated John 19:21
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [5]
Inscription —See Title on Cross.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
in - skrip´shun (verb ἐπιγράφω , epigráphō , "to write upon," "inscribe"): The word occurs once in English Versions of the Bible in Acts 17:23 of the altar at Athens with the inscription "To an Unknown God." On inscriptions in archaeology, see Archaeology; Assyria; Babylonia , etc.
References
- ↑ Inscription from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
- ↑ Inscription from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Inscription from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Inscription from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Inscription from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
- ↑ Inscription from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
