Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Provençal
- abbreviation Bible Proverbs
- abbreviation province
- abbreviation provost
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- proper noun Abbreviation of
Proverbs .
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Examples
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Again, this was not inappropriate because as God's Wisdom he the Son was instrumental as a “master-worker” Prov. 8:30 in bringing forth the heavens and the earth.
HANDS Across the Godhead? James F. McGrath 2010
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The praise of the strong woman in Prov., xxxi, 10-31, and the first four chapters of Lamentations exhibit a similar regular formation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Thus the inverted Nun points to the uncertainly of the respective passages: in Prov., xvi, 28, for instance, the small Nun, as Blau rightly conjectures, might owe its origin to a textual emendation suggested by the feeling prevalent later on.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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+ Qesem or Miqsam designated divination in general and is always used in the Scripture in a bad sense except in Prov., xvi, 10.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Scriptures declare Him to have been begotten passages in the Bible, such as Deut., xxxii, 6, Prov., viii, 22, cannot be cited in support of false doctrines such as these.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Moses (Deut., xxxii); 1 in Prov., 1 in Is.; 1 in Par.; 1 in Neh.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Version, Prov., xxxi 1, margin) render the first passage thus: "The words of Lemuel, king of Massa, which his mother taught him."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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