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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_130198" /> == | |||
<p> an appeal to God, invoking his curse upon (1) either one's self or (2) another. For the former, (See [[Oath]]). The latter, which occurs frequently in the so-called "imprecatory Psalms" (see Edwards, On | <p> (n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45096" /> == | |||
<p> an appeal to God, invoking his curse upon (1) either one's self or (2) another. For the former, (See [[Oath]]). The latter, which occurs frequently in the so-called "imprecatory Psalms" (see Edwards, ''On The [[Divine]] Imprecations,'' in the ''Bibliotheca Sacra,'' 1, 97; ''Presb. Quart. Rev.'' App. 1861; British and For. Ev. Rev. July, 1864; Heine, Abus. Psalms, 109, imprec. Helmst. 1739), is justified partly by the atrocity of some of the crimes execrated (e.g. that of Doeg), and partly by the fact of special authority in the act of inspiration. (See [[Accursed]]); (See [[Destruction]] Of Canaanites); (See Psalms). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_130198"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/imprecation Imprecation from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_45096"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/imprecation Imprecation from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_45096"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/imprecation Imprecation from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:50, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
an appeal to God, invoking his curse upon (1) either one's self or (2) another. For the former, (See Oath). The latter, which occurs frequently in the so-called "imprecatory Psalms" (see Edwards, On The Divine Imprecations, in the Bibliotheca Sacra, 1, 97; Presb. Quart. Rev. App. 1861; British and For. Ev. Rev. July, 1864; Heine, Abus. Psalms, 109, imprec. Helmst. 1739), is justified partly by the atrocity of some of the crimes execrated (e.g. that of Doeg), and partly by the fact of special authority in the act of inspiration. (See Accursed); (See Destruction Of Canaanites); (See Psalms).
