Vi fant 1 definisjoner av old testament på engelsk.
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| Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible | ||
| will, testament a fixed and persistent intent or purpose; "where there's a will there's a way" | ||
| christian bible, good book, holy scripture, holy writ, bible, scripture, word of god, word, book a book regarded as authoritative in its field | ||
| book of genesis, genesis the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers | ||
| book of exodus, exodus a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment | ||
| book of leviticus, leviticus the third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents | ||
| book of numbers, numbers the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt | ||
| book of joshua, josue, joshua a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses | ||
| book of judges, judges a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges | ||
| book of ruth, ruth a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died | ||
| 1 samuel, i samuel the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David | ||
| 2 samuel, ii samuel the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David | ||
| 1 kings, i kings the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel | ||
| 2 kings, ii kings the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel | ||
| 1 chronicles i chronicles | ||
| 2 chronicles ii chronicles | ||
| book of ezra, ezra an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity | ||
| book of nehemiah nehemiah | ||
| book of esther, esther an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre | ||
| book of job, job a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair" | ||
| psalms book of psalms | ||
| book of proverbs, proverbs an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon) | ||
| book of ecclesiastes ecclesiastes | ||
| canticle of canticles, canticles, song of solomon, song of songs an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later | ||
| book of isaiah, isaiah an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies | ||
| book of jeremiah, jeremiah a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah | ||
| book of lamentations lamentations | ||
| book of ezekiel, ezechiel, ezekiel an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration | ||
| book of daniel, book of the prophet daniel, daniel an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar | ||
| book of hosea, hosea an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies | ||
| book of joel, joel an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies | ||
| book of amos, amos an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies | ||
| book of obadiah, abdias, obadiah an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible | ||
| book of jonah, jonah a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale | ||
| book of micah, micah, micheas an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem | ||
| book of nahum, nahum an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh | ||
| book of habakkuk, habacuc, habakkuk an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies | ||
| book of zephaniah, sophonias, zephaniah an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah | ||
| book of haggai, aggeus, haggai an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity | ||
| book of zachariah, zacharias, zechariah an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity | ||
| laws, pentateuch, torah (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services | ||
| apocrypha 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status | ||
| psalm any sacred song used to praise the deity | ||