Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Theban .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the
Sahidic version .
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- adjective
Theban ; Of or pertaining toThebes , especially in the context of the Coptic scriptures. - adjective Of or pertaining to
opium . - proper noun The
Sahidic dialect of the Coptic language. - noun archaic An
opium -basedmedication ortincture such aslaudanum .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although you may see there the Thebaic stone set up by the Emperor Theodosius, and the bronze column of serpents which
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He will also recall the description given by the same gossipy writer of the Temple of Perseus in the Thebaic district of Egypt, in which a sandal worn by the god, two cubits in length, occasionally made its appearance as a token of the visit of Perseus to the earth, and a sign of prosperity to the land.
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan
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They are of Thebaic stone, and covered with hieroglyphics; one is overturned, broken, and lying under the sand; the other is on its pedestal.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 Various
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Memphitic, circulated in Lower Egypt, and the Thebaic, designed for Upper Egypt, both from the Greek; the Gothic, written in the
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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S: 8, and the versions of Upper and Lower Egypt, the Thebaic, known as the Sahidic, and the Memphitic, or Coptic, both ascribed to the 3rd century.
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Theodotion's version of the Old Testament the Hexapla the Saidic or Thebaic version of Job examples of interpolations reconstructive changes do not affect inspiration
The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur Emile Joseph Dillon 1894
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Thebaic was the earliest, and belongs to the third century.
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Egypt, and the Thebaic, with some fragments of another.
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Peschito -- dating probably as early as the second century -- although this version lacks the "Amen," which the doxology, if genuine, could hardly have wanted; it is found in the Sahidic or Thebaic version made for the
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The two old versions, Memphitic and Thebaic, read from Luke, "given."
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