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Vates-is; vaticinium-i; vaticinus-a, etc., their meanings (Adam, A compendious dictionary of the Latin tongue, 2nd ed., 1814)

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Text:  none Quote:    V ates , is, m. & f. ( q. à fari) one who foretold future events , a prophet or prophetess , a diviner or soothsayer . [...] "Vates," Adam, Alexander, A compendious dictionary of the Latin tongue: for the use of schools , 2nd ed., Edinburgh: Printed by C. Stewart; Sold by T. Cadell and W. Davies, London; and Dickinson & Co., Edinburgh, 1814 (, p. 774 ).    V aticĭnium , i, n. a prediction , an oracle or prophecy , [...] "Vaticĭnium," " " (, p. 774 ).    V aticĭnus , a. prophetic . [...] "Vaticĭnus," " " (, p. 774 ).    V ātĭcĭnāri , (fatum & cano,) to prophecy , to foretell , to divine . [...] "Vātĭcĭnāri," " " (, p. 775 ).    V aticinātio , ōnis, f. a prophecying , divination; a prophecy , a prediction . [...] "Vaticinātio," " " (, p. 775 ).    V aticinātor , ōris, ...

Vatican, the word's source (Massi, Compendious description of the museums of ancient sculpture, Greek and Roman, in the Vatican Palace, 2nd ed., 1882)

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Text: "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." Revelation 17:3-6 Quote:    The Vatican Hill takes its name from the Latin word Vaticanus, a vaticiniis ferendis , in allusion to the oracles or Vaticinia which were anciently delivered here. Massi, Ercole G., Compendious description of the museums of ancient sculpture, Greek and Roman, ...

Vatican, the word's source (Gellius; Beloe, tr., The Attic nights of Aulus Gellius, 3 vols., 1795, vol. 3)

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Text: "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." Revelation 17:3-6 Quote: We have been told that the word Vatican is applied to the hill, and the deity who prefides over it, from the vaticinia , or prophecies, which took place there by the power and inspiration of the god; [...] Gellius, Aulus; Beloe, William, tr., The Attic nights of Aulus ...

Armageddon, its meaning (The Oxford cyclopedic concordance, 1900)

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Text: And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon . Rev. 16:13-16 Quote: Megiddo , mĕ-gĭd'-dō, 'place of troops' (?). Jos. 12. 21; 17. 11; Jud. 1. 27; 5. 19.    Ahaziah and Josiah slain there. 2 Kn. 9. 27; 23. 29; Zec. 12. 11. Megiddon , mĕ-gĭd'-d o n, same as preceding. Zec. 12. 11. The Oxford cyclopedic concordance: containing new and selected helps to the study of the Bible, arranged in one alphabetical order, with illustration...

Michael, meaning of name (Strong, The exhaustive concordance of the Bible, 1890)

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Text:  "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael , one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia." Daniel 10:13 ; "But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince." Daniel 10:21 ; "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book." Daniel 12:1 Quote: 4317.  מִיכָאֵל Mîykâʼêl , me-kaw-ale';  from 4310 and (the pref. der. from) 3588 and 410; who (is) like God?; Mikael , the name of an archangel and of nine Isr.:—Michael. 4310.  מִי mîy , me;  an interrog. pron. ...

Marduk in cuneiform (Rawlinson, The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia, 1861, vol. 1)

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Text: "And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him ." Daniel 2:1 ; " Thou , O king, sawest , and behold a great image . This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. ... Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together ,..." Daniel 2:31,34,35 ; "Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken , Bel is confounded, Merodach [ Marduk ] is broken in pieces ; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces." Jeremiah 50:2   Quote: Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western...

Marduk, meaning of name (The Encyclopedia Britannica, The Encyclopedia Britannica Company, Ltd, 1929, vol. 14)

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Text: "And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him ." Daniel 2:1 ; " Thou , O king, sawest , and behold a great image . This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. ... Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together ,..." Daniel 2:31,34,35 ; "Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken , Bel is confounded, Merodach [ Marduk ] is broken in pieces ; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces." Jeremiah 50:2   Quote: [...] The name itself was introduced at this time, amar-udu, amar...

Marduk, meaning of name (Farbridge, Studies in Biblical and Semitic symbolism, 1923)

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Text: "And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him ." Daniel 2:1 ; " Thou , O king, sawest , and behold a great image . This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. ... Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together ,..." Daniel 2:31,34,35 ; "Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken , Bel is confounded, Merodach [ Marduk ] is broken in pieces ; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces." Jeremiah 50:2   Quote: M arduk    The ideographs “bur umu” which compose the name...

Marduk, meaning of name (Ringgren, Religions of the Ancient Near East, S. P. C. K., 1973)

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Text: "And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him ." Daniel 2:1 ; " Thou , O king, sawest , and behold a great image . This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. ... Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together ,..." Daniel 2:31,34,35 ; "Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken , Bel is confounded, Merodach [ Marduk ] is broken in pieces ; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces." Jeremiah 50:2   Quote:    Marduk's origin is completely obscure. His name appears to...