Search for: Joseph

10181 Etymology dictionary, p. Pulitzer (n.).2

… . journalist Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), publisher of the New York Globe, who established the awards in 1917 through an endowment to Columbia University.

10182 Etymology dictionary, p. rickey (n.).2

… "Colonel" Joseph K. Rickey (1842-1903) of Callaway County, Missouri, Democratic lobbyist and wire-puller, who is said to have concocted it to entertain political …

10183 Etymology dictionary, p. sack (n.1).3

… of Joseph in which a sack of corn figures (Genesis xliv). In English, the meaning "a sack or sack material used as an article of clothing" as a token of penitence …

10184 Etymology dictionary, p. Salmonella (n.).2

1913, the genus name, coined 1900 in Modern Latin by Joseph Lignières, French-born Argentine bacteriologist, in reference to U.S. veterinary surgeon Daniel E. Salmon (1850-1914), who isolated a type of the bacteria in 1885.

10185 Etymology dictionary, p. saxophone (n.).2

… Antoine Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (1814-1894), Belgian instrument maker who devised it c. 1840, + musical-instrument ending ultimately from Greek phōnē "voiced, sounding …

10186 Etymology dictionary, p. saxophone (n.).3

His father, Charles Joseph (1791-1865) invented the less popular saxhorn (1844) in the trumpet family, also meant for military bands. The surname is a spelling variant of Sachs, Sacks, literally "Saxon." Related: Saxophonist .

10187 Etymology dictionary, p. Stalinism (n.).2

"policies pursued by the Soviet dictator Joseph " Stalin " 1927; see Stalin + -ism. Related: Stalinist; Stalinite; Stalinize .

10188 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abel-mizraim.2

… , because Joseph and his funeral party from Egypt there held their mourning over Jacob ( Genesis 50:11 ). The name is a pun. The Canaanite residents saw the ’ebhel …

10189 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abiezer.3

… of Joseph the son of Jacob, and head of one of the families of Manasseh that settled West of the Jordan ( Numbers 26:30; Joshua 17:1 - 6; 1 Chronicles 7:14 - 19 ). As he was …

10190 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.58

… the Joseph-narratives, grew through a long and complex literary history. Gressmann (op. cit, 9-34) amends Gunkel’s results, in applying to them the principles …

10191 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abrech.2

… to Joseph, when he was made second to Pharaoh, and appeared in his official chariot.

10192 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Addi.2

Addi - ad’-i (Addi; Addei): An ancestor of Joseph, the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus; fourth from Zerubbabel in the ascending genealogical series ( Luke 3:28 ).

10193 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrarian Laws.16

… that Joseph’s measures had affected only those who gained their living by agriculture, i.e. the dwellers in the country. Thirdly, the system shows the enormous …

10194 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Almond.9

… to Joseph in Egypt. Palestine is a land where the almond flourishes, whereas in Egypt it would appear to have been uncommon. Almonds are today esteemed a delicacy …

10195 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).46

… of Joseph ( Amos 5:6 ) and in another to the enmity between Jacob and Esau ( Amos 1:11 ), we cannot take these as detached notices, but must supply the links which the …

10196 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (2).2

Amos (2) - a’-mos (Amos): An ancestor of Jesus in Luke’s genealogy, the eighth before Joseph, the husband of Mary ( Luke 3:25 ).

10198 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.23

… to Joseph ( Matthew 1:20; 13, 19 ). The angel Gabriel appears to Zacharias, and then to Mary in the annunciation ( Luke 1:1 - 80 ). An angel announces to the shepherds the …

10199 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Antichrist.30

… of Joseph, and slays him, but is in turn destroyed by Messiah, Son of David.

10200 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature Introduction.32

… ; (k) Joseph; (l) Benjamin; (2) Structure; (3) Language; (4) Date and Authorship; (5) Relation to Other Books