- Wisdom of Solomon
- Date: 1779 a didactic book included in the Protestant Apocrypha — see bible table
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Wisdom of Solomon
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Wisdom of Solomon — or Wisdom n. a book of the Apocrypha: abbrev. Wis, Wisd of Sol, or WS … English World dictionary
Wisdom of Solomon — A Greek book composed in Alexandria in the latter part of the 1st cent. BCE or the early part of the 1st cent. CE. It contains a warning to the wicked of a future judgement [[➝ Judgement]] and an affirmation of the doctrine of immortality; it… … Dictionary of the Bible
Wisdom of Solomon — noun an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC • Syn: ↑Wisdom • Instance Hypernyms: ↑book • Part Holonyms: ↑sapiential book, ↑wisdom book, ↑w … Useful english dictionary
Wisdom of Solomon — noun The book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh, also known as Wisdom … Wiktionary
WISDOM OF SOLOMON — one of the most beautiful books in the Apocrypha, written at the close of the 2nd century B.C. by one who knew both the Greek language and Greek philosophy, to commend the superiority to this philosophy of the divine wisdom revealed to the… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Wisdom of Solomon — noun a book included in the Old Testament in some versions of the Bible, dealing with the subject of wisdom and its relation to righteousness …
Wisdom of Solomon — a book of the Apocrypha. * * * … Universalium
wisdom of Solomon — wit, extreme intelligence, cleverness … English contemporary dictionary
Wisdom of Solomon — Wis′dom of Sol′omon n. bib a book of the Apocrypha … From formal English to slang
SOLOMON — (Heb. שְׁלֹמֹה; tenth century B.C.E.), son of david , king of Israel. Born of Bath Sheba, Solomon was so named by David (II Sam. 12:24; according to the keri, Targ. Jon., and according to the Pesh., by his mother), while Nathan called him… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
