- Jotham parable
- allegorical story against the monarchy
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
Jotham parable
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Jotham — ( God is perfect ; also Yotam Hebrew: יותם) is the name of two people of the Hebrew Bible:1. The youngest of Gideon s seventy sons. He escaped when the rest were put to death by the order of Abimelech (Judges 9:5). When the citizens of Shechem… … Wikipedia
JOTHAM — (Heb. יוֹתָם; YHWH is perfect ), the youngest son of gideon the judge. Jotham was the only one to survive the massacre conceived by his half brother abimelech , whose hired assassins slew 70 of the 71 sons of Gideon (Jerubbaal) on one stone (Judg … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jotham — Jehovah is perfect. 1) The youngest of Gideon s seventy sons. He escaped when the rest were put to death by the order of Abimelech (Judg. 9:5). When the citizens of Shechem and the whole house of Millo were gathered together by the plain of … Easton's Bible Dictionary
biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… … Universalium
Parables — • A comparison, or a parallel, by which one thing is used to illustrate another. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Parables Parables … Catholic encyclopedia
PROVERB — (Heb. מָשָׁל, mashal; pl. מְשָׁלִים, meshalim). The term proverb as a translation of the biblical Hebrew word mashal denotes certain specific literary forms, particularly of wisdom literature. Several of these forms are also referred to by the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Apologue — An apologue (from the Greek απολογος, a statement or account ) is a brief fable or allegorical story with pointed or exaggerated details, meant to serve as a pleasant vehicle for a moral doctrine or to convey a useful lesson without stating it… … Wikipedia
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Book of Judges — (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical judges (not to be confused… … Wikipedia
bramble — Used by Jotham as a sarcastic description in a parable for Abimelech (Judg. 9:14–15). Jesus uses the word in a parable (Luke 6:44). There were many varieties of prickly thorn bushes, sometimes used as hedges … Dictionary of the Bible
