noun
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 (Freq. 5)
• Members of this Topic:
↑golden calf, ↑laver, ↑Dead Sea scrolls, ↑Paralipomenon, ↑Fall of Man, ↑miraculous food, ↑manna, ↑manna from heaven, ↑Hebrews, ↑Israelites, ↑Sodom, ↑Gomorrah, ↑Gomorrha, ↑Michael, ↑Adam, ↑Eve, ↑Cain, ↑Abel, ↑Seth, ↑Ham, ↑Haman, ↑Jacob, ↑Japheth, ↑Lot, ↑Lot's wife, ↑Shem, ↑Simeon, ↑Aaron, ↑Bathsheba, ↑Belshazzar, ↑Benjamin, ↑Daniel, ↑David, ↑Delilah, ↑Esau, ↑Esther, ↑Goliath, ↑Hezekiah, ↑Ezekias, ↑Isaac, ↑Isaiah, ↑Ishmael, ↑Issachar, ↑Jeroboam, ↑Jeroboam I, ↑Jeremiah, ↑Jonah, ↑Joseph, ↑Joshua, ↑Judah, ↑Methuselah, ↑Moses, ↑Nebuchadnezzar, ↑Nebuchadnezzar II, ↑Nebuchadrezzar, ↑Nebuchadrezzar II, ↑Nimrod, ↑Rachel, ↑Rebecca, ↑Rebekah, ↑Reuben, ↑Samson, ↑Samuel, ↑Sarah, ↑Saul, ↑Solomon, ↑Uriah, ↑burning bush, ↑fire and brimstone, ↑stacte
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Septuagint
• Part Holonyms:
↑Bible, ↑Christian Bible, ↑Book, ↑Good Book, ↑Holy Scripture, ↑Holy Writ, ↑Scripture, ↑Word of God, ↑Word
• Part Meronyms:
↑Genesis, ↑Book of Genesis, ↑Exodus, ↑Book of Exodus, ↑Leviticus, ↑Book of Leviticus, ↑Numbers, ↑Book of Numbers, ↑Joshua, ↑Josue, ↑Book of Joshua, ↑Judges, ↑Book of Judges, ↑Ruth, ↑Book of Ruth, ↑I Samuel, ↑1 Samuel, ↑II Samuel, ↑2 Samuel, ↑I Kings, ↑1 Kings, ↑II Kings, ↑2 Kings, ↑I Chronicles, ↑1 Chronicles, ↑II Chronicles, ↑2 Chronicles, ↑Ezra, ↑Book of Ezra, ↑Nehemiah, ↑Book of Nehemiah, ↑Esther, ↑Book of Esther, ↑Job, ↑Book of Job, ↑Psalms, ↑Book of Psalms, ↑Proverbs, ↑Book of Proverbs, ↑Ecclesiastes, ↑Book of Ecclesiastes, ↑Song of Songs, ↑Song of Solomon, ↑Canticle of Canticles, ↑Canticles, ↑Isaiah, ↑Book of Isaiah, ↑Jeremiah, ↑Book of Jeremiah, ↑Lamentations, ↑Book of Lamentations, ↑Ezekiel, ↑Ezechiel, ↑Book of Ezekiel, ↑Daniel, ↑Book of Daniel, ↑Book of the Prophet Daniel, ↑Hosea, ↑Book of Hosea, ↑Joel, ↑Book of Joel, ↑Amos, ↑Book of Amos, ↑Obadiah, ↑Abdias, ↑Book of Obadiah, ↑Jonah, ↑Book of Jonah, ↑Micah, ↑Micheas, ↑Book of Micah, ↑Nahum, ↑Book of Nahum, ↑Habakkuk, ↑Habacuc, ↑Book of Habakkuk, ↑Zephaniah, ↑Sophonias, ↑Book of Zephaniah, ↑Haggai, ↑Aggeus, ↑Book of Haggai, ↑Zechariah, ↑Zacharias, ↑Book of Zachariah, ↑Torah, ↑Pentateuch, ↑Laws, ↑Apocrypha, ↑Psalm
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noun
the Old Testament
: the first part of the Christian Bible that tells about the Jews, their history, and God's words to them in the time before Jesus Christ was born — compare
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the first part of the Bible, that tells the history of the Jews, their beliefs and their relationship with God before the birth of Christ
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