Paralipomenon

Paralipomenon
Paralipomenon Par`a*li*pom"e*non, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. paraleipome`nwn of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. ? to omit.] A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles. [1913 Webster]

Note: In the Septuagint these books are called Paraleipome`nwn prw^ton and dey`teron, which is understood, after Jerome's explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings --W. Smith. [1913 Webster]


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  • Paralipomenon — [par΄ə li päm′ə nän΄] n. Douay Bible name for CHRONICLES …   English World dictionary

  • Paralipomenon — Als Paralipomenon, meist im Plural Paralipomena (altgriechisch „das Übergangene“, zu παραλείπειν paraleipein: „übergehen“), bezeichnet man Nachträge und Zusätze zu einem Text bzw. Buch. Insbesondere werden so die im Anhang anspruchsvoller… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Paralipomenon — Pa|ra|li|pọ|me|non 〈n.; , me|na; Sprachw.〉 Nachtrag, Zusatz (zu einem Schriftwerk) [<grch. paraleipein „übergehen“] * * * Pa|ra|li|po|me|non, das; s, …na <meist Pl.> [griech. paralipómenon, zu: paralei̓pein = auslassen] (Literaturwiss.) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Paralipomenon — /par euh li pom euh non , luy /, n., pl. Paralipomena / neuh/. Douay Bible. Chronicles. [1300 50; ME < LL paralipomenon, sing. of paralipomena PARALIPOMENA] * * * …   Universalium

  • Paralipomenon — Pa|ra|li|po|me|non das; s, ...mena <aus gr. paralipómenon »das Ausgelassene« zu paraleípein »auslassen; unterlassen«, Bed. 2 über gleichbed. spätlat. paralipomena (Plur.)>: 1. (meist Plur.) Randbemerkung, Ergänzung, Nachtrag zu einem… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Paralipomenon — noun (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings • Topics: ↑Old Testament • Hypernyms: ↑sacred text, ↑sacred writing, ↑religious writing, ↑religious… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Paralipomenon (Chronicles) —     The Books of Paralipomenon (Chronicles)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Books of Paralipomenon (Chronicles)     (Paraleipomenon; Libri Paralipomenon).     Two books of the Bible containing a summary of sacred history from Adam to the end of …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Paralipomenon, Books of — • Two books of the Bible containing a summary of sacred history from Adam to the end of the Captivity. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Paralipomenon — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek Paraleipomenōn, genitive of Paraleipomena, literally, things left out, from neuter plural of passive present participle of paraleipein to leave out, from para + leipein to leave; from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • paralipomenon — noun either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament …   Wiktionary

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