OLD TESTAMENT Definition & Meaning

Old Testament

[ohld tes-tuh-muhnt]

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noun

Chiefly Christianity.

1. the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, including the Mosaic Law, the history of the people of Israel, the wisdom writings, and the major and minor prophets: in the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
2. this part of the Bible thought of as the complete Scripture of the Jews.
the covenant between God and Israel on Mount Sinai, seen as the basis of the Jewish religion.

Old Testament

noun

the collection of books comprising the sacred Scriptures of the Hebrews and essentially recording the history of the Hebrew people as the chosen people of God; the first part of the Christian Bible

Old Testament

The first part of the Bible (see also Bible), so called by Christians (see also Christian), who believe that its laws and prophecies are fulfilled in the person of Jesus, whose mission is described in the New Testament.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Old Testament¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; translation of Late Latin Vetus Testamentum, translation of Greek Palaià Diathḗkē; paleo- ( def. ), dia- ( def. ), tick ³ ( def. )

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It is as if Trump is channeling God’s Old Testament announcement, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," with Harvard being one of the president’s most prominent targets.

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It is as if Trump is channeling God’s Old Testament announcement, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” with Harvard being one of the president’s most prominent targets.

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He says he no longer believes that Karen’s death was some kind of eye-for-an-eye “Old Testament nonsense.”

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Chiang’s storytelling is rooted in age-old tropes and references — the Old Testament, golems, Victoriana, high school algebra.

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"At that time, I was too ignorant to know how wrong that was. Why? Because we no longer live under the Old Testament law but now live under the New Testament."

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