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Pension <ref name="term_7241" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_155149" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; - sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53312" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> [[Pension]] </strong> Only AV [Note: Authorized Version.] of 1Es 4:56 (AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] ‘portions of land,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘lands’). This archaism is first found in the [[Geneva]] version, and is used in the original sense of ‘payment’ (Lat. <em> pensio </em> ). </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7241" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' pen´shun ''''' (1 [[Esdras]] 4:56, the King James Version "and he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages"; κλῆρος , <i> ''''' klḗros ''''' </i> , "allotted portion," usually (here certainly) of lands (the Revised Version (British and American) "lands")): Literally it means simply "payment," and the King James Version seems to have used the word in order to avoid any specialization of <i> ''''' klēros ''''' </i> . There is no reference to payment for past services. See [[Lot]] . </p> | <p> ''''' pen´shun ''''' (1 [[Esdras]] 4:56, the King James Version "and he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages"; κλῆρος , <i> ''''' klḗros ''''' </i> , "allotted portion," usually (here certainly) of lands (the Revised Version (British and American) "lands")): Literally it means simply "payment," and the King James Version seems to have used the word in order to avoid any specialization of <i> ''''' klēros ''''' </i> . There is no reference to payment for past services. See [[Lot]] . </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_155149"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/pension Pension from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_53312"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/pension Pension from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_7241"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/pension Pension from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_7241"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/pension Pension from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 07:13, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; - sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.
(2): ( n.) A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes.
(3): ( n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.
(4): ( n.) A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.
(5): ( n.) A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Pension Only AV [Note: Authorized Version.] of 1Es 4:56 (AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] ‘portions of land,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘lands’). This archaism is first found in the Geneva version, and is used in the original sense of ‘payment’ (Lat. pensio ).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
pen´shun (1 Esdras 4:56, the King James Version "and he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages"; κλῆρος , klḗros , "allotted portion," usually (here certainly) of lands (the Revised Version (British and American) "lands")): Literally it means simply "payment," and the King James Version seems to have used the word in order to avoid any specialization of klēros . There is no reference to payment for past services. See Lot .
