Sanhedrim

  • 41Gamaliel —    Reward of God.    1) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai (Num. 1:10; 2:20; 7:54, 59).    2) The son of rabbi Simeon, and grandson of the famous rabbi Hillel. He was a Pharisse, and therefore the opponent of the party of the …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 42Joseph —    Remover or increaser.    1) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, God hath taken away [Heb. asaph] my reproach. The Lord shall add [Heb. yoseph] to me another son (Gen. 30:24).… …

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  • 43SANHÉDRIN — SANHÉDRI Terme venant du grec sunedrion (conseil, tribunal, école) et adopté par les Juifs à l’époque du second Temple pour désigner l’institution suprême, politique, religieuse et judiciaire du peuple d’Israël, à savoir une assemblée de soixante …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 44DECIMAE — I. DECIMAE Saladinae, al. Saladinides dicuntur, quae in Concilio Basil. A. C. 1188. Philippo Francorum Regi in oppugnationem Saladini, Mahometani Principis, fuêrunt concessae. Huiusmodi etiam obtinuit Rex Angliae Richardus I. teste Mathaeo Paris …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 45IDUME — et IDUMAEA, regio Syriae ab Edom, fil. Esau, sic dicta. Hîc, praeter aliasurbes, Gaza nobilis, ubi Cambyses in Aegyptum properans thesauros suos reposuit Lucan. Civ. Bell. l., 3. v. 216. Gazaque et arbusto palmarum dives Idume. Idumaei, ab Idume… …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 46MAGNES — I. MAGNES Atheniensis Comicus antiquae Comaediae, tempore Epicharmi, docuit fabulas 9. vicit bis. Vide Scholiast. in Equit. Aristoph. II. MAGNES Smyrnaeus puer prae ceteris mortalibus formosus, poeticâ insu per et Musicâ ornatus, coronâ insignis… …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 47SYNEDRIUM — nomen domus Iudicii, apud Hebraeos. Ordinariae enim Praefecturae Iuridicae, quibus suberant Iudaei tum Originarii, tum Proselyti Iustitiae, Domus judiciorum, dictae sunt, quarum eminentiores nomine plur. Sanhedrim: singulare etiam Sanhedrin et… …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • 48SHAMMAI —    an eminent Jewish rabbi of the time of Herod, who held the position of supreme judge in the Sanhedrim under the presidency of HILLEL (q.v.), and whose narrow, rigid orthodoxy and repressive policy became the leading principles of his school,… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 49sinedrio — si·nè·drio s.m. 1. TS stor. nell antica Grecia, assemblea politica o religiosa dei rappresentanti delle città | in Atene, collegio formato da un alto magistrato e dai suoi coadiutori 2. TS stor. presso gli Ebrei nel periodo compreso fra la fine… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 50Council — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Council >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 council council committee subcommittee comitia court chamber cabinet board bench staff GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 senate senate …

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