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Definition of Rejoicing in the Law
1. Noun. (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah.
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Jewish Holy Day
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rejoicing In The Law
Literary usage of Rejoicing in the Law
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bible for Young People by Henricus Oort, Isaäc Hooykaas, Abraham Kuenen (1877)
"Rejoicing in the Law OF YAHWEH. 2 CHRONICLES XXIX. 25-30, XXX. 18-20; PSALMS
LXXXIV., ' CXX.-CXXXIV., CXIX., XIX. 7—14. WHEN we remember what difficulty ..."
2. The Acts of the Apostles by Joseph Rawson Lumby (1891)
"... Feast of Tabernacles, and concluding on the so-called last day of that Feast
in the next year, the day really being the day of "rejoicing in the Law" ..."
3. A Commentary on the Authorized English Version of the Gospel According to St by Francis Henry Dunwell (1872)
"... which the Messiah will dispense to those that believe in Him: and do you expect
the Holy Spirit from the Law, and from your rejoicing in the Law ? ..."
4. A Commentary on the New Testament by Lucius Robinson Paige (1894)
"And do you expect the Holy Spirit from the law, or from your rejoicing in the law ?
the Holy Spirit is of faith, and not of the law. Gal. iii.2. ..."