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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_27196" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_27196" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> ( '''''Πίτυρα''''' '')'' occurs only in the account of the [[Babylonian]] women in the apocryphal [[Epistle]] of Jeremiah ( Baruch 6:43), with reference to some idolatrous custom not elsewhere distinctly mentioned (see Fritzsche, ''Handb.'' in loc.): "The women also, with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn bran for perfume," etc., referring to the infamous practice of prostitution mentioned by [[Herodotus]] (i, 199). (See [[Babylon]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1857" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1857" /> == | ||
<p> (τὰ πίτυρα , <i> '''''tá pı́tura''''' </i> ): The women of Babylon are described as burning "bran for incense" in their unchaste idolatrous worship (Baruch 6:43). </p> | <p> (τὰ πίτυρα , <i> ''''' tá pı́tura ''''' </i> ): The women of Babylon are described as burning "bran for incense" in their unchaste idolatrous worship (Baruch 6:43). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69737" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69737" /> == | ||
