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Meanings of sirach in English

Portuguese
eclesiástico
Spanish
eclesiástico

An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)

        eclesiástico
        Usage of sirach in English
        1
        Josephus, and Philo, and Sirach extolled him in their writings.
        New Tabernacle Sermons
        2
        Jesus the son of Sirach prefigures the Messiah as a Prophet and a Doctor.
        The Cathedral
        3
        In the Greek version, however, he is known simply as Jesus, the son of Sirach.
        The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
        4
        Date and Character of Jesus the Son of Sirach.-II
        The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
        5
        All except David and Hezekiah and Josiah, were defective, says Jesus Sirach (xlix.
        Prolegomena to the History of Israel
        6
        Date and Character of Jesus, the Son of Sirach.
        The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
        7
        A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
        8
        Jesus, son of Sirach, and Hillel, had uttered aphorisms almost as exalted as those of Jesus.
        The Life of Jesus
        9
        On the one side, Sirach, the author of this Apocryphal work, does not hesitate (ch.
        The Book of Delight and Other Papers
        10
        Then, another Scripture, "As moths from a garment, so from a woman wickedness" (Sirach xlii.)
        Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Rei...
        11
        The author was Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem, who flourished about two hundred years before Christ.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
        12
        Says the son of Sirach:
        On The Art of Reading
        13
        One sees clearly from Sirach l., and from more than one statement of Josephus (e.g., Ant., xviii.
        Prolegomena to the History of Israel
        14
        Ben Sira, or Sirach, was apparently his family name, while Jesus is the Greek equivalent of Jeshua or Joshua.
        The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
        15
        Preston quotes Jesus ben Sirach, {mи йmpipte hнna mи epoorthкs, kaм mи makrаn aphнstoo hнna mи epilesthкs}.
        The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09
        16
        Sirach v. 11; iv.
        Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People
        Translations for sirach
        Portuguese
        eclesiástico