International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CASTOR AND POLLUXkas'-ter, pol'-uks.
See DIOSCURI; ASTRONOMY.
Greek
1359. Dioskouroi -- the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (Castor and ... ... the Dioscuri, twin sons of Zeus (
Castor and Pollux). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Dioskouroi Phonetic Spelling: (dee-os'-koo-roy) Short
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7021. qiqayon -- (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant... 7020, 7021. qiqayon. 7022 . (a plant) perhaps
castor-oil plant. Transliteration:
qiqayon Phonetic Spelling: (kee-kaw-yone') Short Definition: plant.
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Of Æsculapius, Apollo, Mars, Castor and Pollux, and of Mercurius ...
... Addressed to His Brother Pentadius. Chap. VIII."Of Æsculapius, Apollo,
Mars, Castor and Pollux, and of Mercurius and Bacchus. ...
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Of the Life and Actions of Æsculapius, Apollo, Neptune, Mars ...
... gods. Chap. X."Of the life and actions of Æsculapius, apollo, neptune,
mars, castor and pollux, mercury and bacchus. What other ...
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How one of the Towers Erected by the Romans Fell Down of Its Own ...
... First Wall. How Also Titus Made His Assaults Upon The Second Wall; As Also
Concerning Longinus The Roman, And Castor The Jew. 1. Now ...
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Three Afternoons Off the Track
... What sort of oil do the girls use? Do you never use castor oil for the hair?
Oh, castor oil is excellent!" And they went into many details. ...
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The Persons that Became at that Time Leaders of Knowledge Falsely ...
... 6. Of these there has come down to us a most powerful refutation of Basilides by
Agrippa Castor, [1025] one of the most renowned writers of that day, which ...
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Acts XXVIII
... 11-14. (11) "Now after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria, which
had wintered in the island, whose emblem was Castor and Pollux. ...
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How they who were Men Obtained the Name of Gods.
... by their benefits. On this account Hercules, on this Castor and Pollux,
Æsculapius and Liber" were ranked with the gods. And in ...
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Fragment xiii. 1. Up to the Time of the Olympiads There is no ...
... of the Persians at the time of the 55th Olympiad, as may be ascertained from the
Bibliothecæ of Diodorus and the histories of Thallus and Castor, and also ...
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And we Affirm Indeed the Existence of Certain Spiritual Essences.. ...
... What need, then, to speak of their other artifices, or yet further of the deceptive
power which they have as spirits: of these Castor apparitions, [111] of ...
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Preface.
... all the Easterns and Egyptians, by no means disdained the advice of a poor man and
a foreigner, rightly also do you, most blessed Pope [631] Castor, taught by ...
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Castor and Pollux: The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or sculptured on the prow of the ship which Luke refers to (
Acts 28:11). They were regarded as the tutelary divinities of sailors. They appeared in the heavens as the constellation Gemini.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.
2. (n.) Castoreum. See Castoreum.
3. (n.) A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.
4. (n.) A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
5. (n.) See Caster, a small wheel.
6. (n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.
7. (n.) Alt. of Castorite
Thesaurus
Castor (1 Occurrence)... Easton's Bible Dictionary
Castor and Pollux: The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek
and Roman mythology.
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
CASTOR AND POLLUX.
.../c/castor.htm - 7kPollux (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Castor and Pollux: The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek
and Roman mythology. ... Cf. 3d Castor. 2. (n.) Same as Pollucite. Int. ...
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Gourd (4 Occurrences)
... croton. This is the castor-oil plant, a species of ricinus, the palma Christi,
so called from the palmate division of its leaves. ...
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Dioscuri (1 Occurrence)
... di-os'-ku-ri (Dioscouroi; in Acts 28:11, the King James Version Castor and Pollux,
the Revised Version (British and American) thE TWIN BROTHERS; in margin ...
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Galatia (6 Occurrences)
... succeeded in establishing himself as sole king, by murdering the two other tribal
kings; and after his death in 40 BC his power passed to Castor and then to ...
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Castles (10 Occurrences)
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Isle (15 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had
wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Cast-out (1 Occurrence)
Cast-out. Castor, Cast-out. Casts . Multi-Version Concordance Cast-out (1
Occurrence). ... (YLT). Castor, Cast-out. Casts . Reference Bible.
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Adramyttium (2 Occurrences)
... Ephesus. Upon them the effigies of Castor and Pollux appear, showing that
Adramyttium was the seat of worship of these deities. ...
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Astronomy
... Orion," "Arcturus," the "Great Bear" (Amos 5:8; Job 9:9; 38:31), "the crooked serpent,"
Draco (Job 26:13), the Dioscuri, or Gemini, "Castor and Pollux" (Acts 28 ...
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Bible Concordance
Castor (1 Occurrence)Acts 28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
(KJV WBS NIV)
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