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1901 Etymology dictionary, p. yoni (n.).2
1799, from Sanskrit, "female sexual principle as an object of veneration," literally "vulva, womb."
1902 Etymology dictionary, p. zoophilia (n.).2
… of sexual energy," 1899, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing, from zoo- "animal" + -philia. "[F]ormerly not implying sexual intercourse or bestiality" [OED]. The meaning "sympathy …
1903 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abomination.7
… are sexual transgressions ( Deuteronomy 22:5; 23:18; 24:4 ), especially incest and other unnatural offenses: "For all these abominations have the men of the land …
1904 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.11
… to sexual passion or the propagation of species but as furnishing man occasion, so to say, for loving and being loved, and making this capacity essential to …
1905 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adultery.2
Adultery - a-dul'-ter-i: In Scripture designates sexual intercourse of a man, whether married or unmarried, with a married woman.
1906 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.43
… by "sexual selection," under the influence of which the best-organized males are preferred by the females, and thus as it were selected for propagation of the …
1907 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.20
… of sexual relation (XII P 8).
1908 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 3.23
… on sexual matters which is found in monkish writers. There are not a few resemblances to the language of the Gospels (compare XII P 1:6 and Matthew 25:36 ). There …
1909 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.11
3. Sexual Asceticism
1910 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.51
… from sexual relations as the chief moral requirement. This sexual asceticism is the dominant motif in all the Acts. The "contendings" of the apostles, their …
1911 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.53
… of sexual asceticism and the presence of dogmatic misconception, it is impossible not to feel in many sections of the Apocryphal Acts the rapture of a great …
1912 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, General.71
… for sexual purity, and in view of the coarseness and laxity which prevailed in sexual relations it is not surprising that the Christian protest was exaggerated …
1913 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.10
… strict sexual abstinence. Only they who are pure (i.e. who live in chastity) shall see God. "Ye have no part in the resurrection unless ye remain chaste and defile …
1914 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.24
… corrupt sexualism than in these Acts. The writing and circulation of the story of Drusiana cast a lurid light on the gross sensual elements which survived …
1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.34
… of sexual abstinence. The king incensed at this sought Thomas, but the apostle had departed. (2) Arrived in India Thomas undertook to build a palace for king …
1916 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Acts, the Separate Acts.35
… from sexual intercourse as the indispensable condition of salvation. In the addresses of Thomas, however, positive Christian virtues are emphasized; and …
1917 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Babylonia and Assyria, Religion of.52
… a sexual goddess into a goddess who severely judged the sins of men is one of the strangest phenomena in the history of this religion.
1918 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Burn; Burning.4
… with sexual desire ( 1 Corinthians 7:9 ), "For it is better to marry than to burn" and in 2 Corinthians 11:29 of the heat of the passions, here of grief, or anger, "Who is …
1919 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Caperberry.3
… of sexual desire is ancient and widespread. Various parts of this plant are still used for medical purposes by the modern peasants of Palestine.
1920 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Carnal.2
… indicates sexual intercourse shikhebhath zera`, "lying of seed," Leviticus 18:20; 19:20; Numbers 5:13 ). In the New Testament the words rendered "carnal" are derived …