Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A British and American revision of the King James Version of the Bible, completed in 1885.
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- noun a British revision of the Authorized Version
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The Revised Version is an improved translation made by a body of learned men in England and America and published in 1881-1885.
An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism Joseph Stump
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The Revised Version sets this right in the phrase, "_They prophesied, but they did so no more_."
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters George Milligan
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The Revised Version has never received any definite ecclesiastical sanction, nor has it been officially introduced into church use.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Wesley removed the futile circumlocution of the Authorized Version and gave the only possible rendering, as the Revised Version did later.
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Concerning the objection to the Bible's teaching of eternal punishment in Hell, a mistranslation has misled many, and before the correct translation, as given by the Revised Version, all objections fall to the ground.
God's Plan with Men 1900
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But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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A text of Scripture as rendered by the Revised Version is very appropriate here: "Like as he which has called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living."
How to Live a Holy Life Charles Ebert Orr 1897
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Authorized Version and Revised Version, "as a tale" that is told.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Vulgate and Revised Version, or as some prefer interpreting the phrase, "girdle and robe are torn [i.e., are ` a rent '] by the hand of violence."
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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In our Revised Version, _Kīmah_ is rendered "Pleiades" in all three instances, and of course the translators of the Authorized Version meant the same group by the "seven stars" in their free rendering of the passage from Amos.
The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889
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