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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FOREIGN DIVINITIES

for'-in di-vin'-i-tiz (Acts 17:18 margin).

See GOD, STRANGE.

Library

Ridicule of the Heathen Divinities.
... Chapter X."Ridicule of the Heathen Divinities. There are legends of the
metamorphosis of men: with you the gods also are metamorphosed. ...
/.../tatian/tatians address to the greeks/chapter x ridicule of the heathen.htm

Argument: the Object of all Nations, and Especially of the Romans ...
... Chapter VI."Argument: The Object of All Nations, and Especially of the Romans, in
Worshipping Their Divinities, Has Been to Attain for Their Worship the ...
/.../felix/the octavius of minucius felix/chapter vi argument the object of.htm

An Argument for the Exclusive Worship of this God, Who, While He ...
... for the Exclusive Worship of This God, Who, While He Prohibits Other Deities from
Being Worshipped, is Not Himself Interdicted by Other Divinities from Being ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxi an argument for the.htm

But as in the Words which I Quoted from Celsus...
... And when he had once represented (various) divinities as the creators of all the
bodies, the soul alone being the work of God, why did not he, who separated ...
//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter liv but as in.htm

As There Are, Then, Generally Two Laws Presented to Us...
... nor shall we at all reverence Ethiopian gods in the Ethiopian manner; nor, like
the Arabians, shall we regard Urania and Bacchus alone as divinities; nor in ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxvii as there are.htm

And He Produces a Second Illustration to Our Disadvantage...
... And why do I say "intoxicated?" "Insane" would be the more appropriate word for
those who hasten to temples and worship images or animals as divinities. ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxvi and he produces.htm

I Think I have Offered Sufficient Proof Upon the Question of False ...
... It belongs to others, then, to make gift of kingdoms, since there were kings
before these gods had their names on the roll of divinities. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xxv i think i.htm

From a Hindu Point of view
... little shrine. The pillar on which stands this infernal spike has three
circles scored into it, sign of the three divinities. "The ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xxvi from a hindu.htm

The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by which the Gods are ...
... With reason, therefore, have you yourselves called them shades and demons, since
Homer, paying Athene and the other divinities sinister honour, has styled them ...
/.../exhortation to the heathen/chapter iv the absurdity and shamefulness.htm

The Unclean Spirits.
... says Dr. CAMPBELL, "that from Titan and Saturn, the poetic progeny of Coelus and
Terra, down to AEsculapius, Proteus, and Minos, all their divinities were the ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the unclean spirits.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Divinity.

Thesaurus

Divinities (1 Occurrence)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FOREIGN DIVINITIES. for'-in di-vin'-i-tiz (Acts
17:18 margin). See GOD, STRANGE. Multi-Version Concordance Divinities (1 Occurrence ...
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Lystra (6 Occurrences)
... in likeness of men, and called Barnabas "Zeus" and Paul "Hermes." Commentators on
this incident usually point out that the same pair of divinities appeared to ...
/l/lystra.htm - 14k

Foreign (65 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FOREIGN DIVINITIES. for'-in di-vin'-i-tiz
(Acts 17:18 margin). See GOD, STRANGE. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/f/foreign.htm - 27k

Trinity
... Trinity. Triads of divinities, no doubt, occur in nearly all polytheistic
religions, formed under very various influences. Sometimes ...
/t/trinity.htm - 39k

Divinity (1 Occurrence)

/d/divinity.htm - 7k

Divining (3 Occurrences)

/d/divining.htm - 7k

Member (20 Occurrences)
... Heathen Semites and other neighbors of Israel often castrated for religious purposes
in the temple service of various divinities and for functions in princely ...
/m/member.htm - 17k

Palm (49 Occurrences)
... which may be inferred that this idol probably was represented with hands spread
out in blessing, as we find in numerous Babylonian representations of divinities...
/p/palm.htm - 35k

Pollux (1 Occurrence)
... They were regarded as the tutelary divinities of sailors. They appeared in the
heavens as the constellation Gemini. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
/p/pollux.htm - 7k

Baal (94 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations. 2.
(n.) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Int. ...
/b/baal.htm - 53k

Bible Concordance

Divinities (1 Occurrence)

Acts 17:18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Divinities

Related Terms

Lystra (6 Occurrences)

Foreign (65 Occurrences)

Trinity

Divinity (1 Occurrence)

Divining (3 Occurrences)

Member (20 Occurrences)

Palm (49 Occurrences)

Pollux (1 Occurrence)

Baal (94 Occurrences)