Samuel D'Oyly, An Historical, Critical, Geographical, Chronological, and Etymological Dictionary of the Holy Bible (1732)
Date
1732
Lexicographer
Translator
Book title
An Historical, Critical, Geographical, Chronological, and Etymological Dictionary Of The Holy Bible, In Three Volumes Wherein are Explained all the Proper Names mentioned in the Old or New Testament, whether of Men, Women, Cities, Countries, Rivers, Monuments, &c. As Also Most of the Significant and Remarkable Appellatives that any where occur therein. With Accounts of All the Natural Productions, as Animals, Vegetables, Minerals, Stones, Gems, &c. The Whole digested into Alphabetical Order, and Illustrated with above One Hundred And Sixty Copper-Plates. Representing the Antiquities, Habits, Buildings, Sepulchres, and other Curiosities of the Jews. To which is annexed, Bibliotheca Sacra, or a Copious Catalogue of the Best Editions and Versions of the Bible; With a large account of the most Valuable Commentaries, Expositions, and Paraphrases upon the Whole, or any Part thereof, and the Authors of the same. And An Ample Chronological Table of the History of the Bible, a Jewish Calendar, Tables of all the Hebrew Coins, Weights, and Measures, reduced to our own. A Dissertation upon Jewish Coins and Medals; another upon the Tacticks of the ancient Hebrews, by the Chevalier Folard: concluding with a Literal Translation of all the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, and Greek Names in the Bible.
Publication place
London
Publisher
J. J. and P. Knapton, D. Midwinter and A. Ward, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, J. Pemberton, J. Osborn and T. Longman, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, R. Hett, amd T. Hatchett
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
Bible
Extent
3 vols.
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Elishah, the son of Javan. Elishah is believed to have peopled Elis in the Peloponnesus. We find there the Province of Elis, and a Country called Alisium by Homer. Ezekiel speaks of the purple of Elishah, which was brought to Tyre, and sold there. Now there was abundance of that sort of fish, which is used in dying purple, caught at the mouth of the Eurotas, and the Ancients speak frequently of the purple of Laconia. This kind of fish was caught likewise in the gulf of Corinth.
sample: Elishah, the son of Javan. Elishah is believed to have peopled Elis in the Peloponnesus. We find there the Province of Elis, and a Country called Alisium by Homer. Ezekiel speaks of the purple of Elishah, which was brought to Tyre, and sold there. Now there was abundance of that sort of fish, which is used in dying purple, caught at the mouth of the Eurotas, and the Ancients speak frequently of the purple of Laconia. This kind of fish was caught likewise in the gulf of Corinth.
STC
T112779
Influences
- Albertan-Coppola, Sylviane. "De l'air au Ciel dans l'Encyclopédie: Enjeux théologiques de l'article 'AIR'." Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie 44.1 (2009): 73-83. view record
