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Meanings of sirach in English
Portuguese
eclesiástico Spanish
eclesiástico An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
Synonyms
Examples for "Ben Sira"
Examples for "Ben Sira"
1
In general Ben Sira voices the wholesome Jewish attitude toward labor:
2
The book containing the writings of Ben Sira was known under a variety of titles.
3
Apparently the first half of the book consists of notes based on Ben Sira's early teachings.
4
The writings of Ben Sira reveal the close connection between the earlier wise and the later scribes.
5
The Teachings of Ben Sira.
1
At length his eye fell upon them in the Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.
2
The Latin Church followed the Greek in calling it Ecclesiasticus.
3
Title: The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision
4
When he woke, Lenny knew exactly the passage they had been hunting for: Ecclesiasticus 2.
5
Project Gutenberg EBook The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus
Usage of sirach in English
1
Josephus, and Philo, and Sirach extolled him in their writings.
2
Jesus the son of Sirach prefigures the Messiah as a Prophet and a Doctor.
3
In the Greek version, however, he is known simply as Jesus, the son of Sirach.
4
Date and Character of Jesus the Son of Sirach.-II
5
All except David and Hezekiah and Josiah, were defective, says Jesus Sirach (xlix.
6
Date and Character of Jesus, the Son of Sirach.
7
A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach.
8
Jesus, son of Sirach, and Hillel, had uttered aphorisms almost as exalted as those of Jesus.
9
On the one side, Sirach, the author of this Apocryphal work, does not hesitate (ch.
10
Then, another Scripture, "As moths from a garment, so from a woman wickedness" (Sirach xlii.)
11
The author was Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem, who flourished about two hundred years before Christ.
12
Says the son of Sirach:
13
One sees clearly from Sirach l., and from more than one statement of Josephus (e.g., Ant., xviii.
14
Ben Sira, or Sirach, was apparently his family name, while Jesus is the Greek equivalent of Jeshua or Joshua.
15
Preston quotes Jesus ben Sirach, {mи йmpipte hнna mи epoorthкs, kaм mи makrаn aphнstoo hнna mи epilesthкs}.
16
Sirach v. 11; iv.