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Definition of Bel and the dragon
1. Noun. An Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel.
Definition of Bel and the dragon
1. Proper noun. (biblical) A deuterocanonical, apocryphal book of the Bible. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bel And The Dragon
Literary usage of Bel and the dragon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Bible by William Ernest Henley (1903)
"THE HISTORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF bel and the dragon, cut off from the end of
Daniel. ND King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia ..."
2. A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Canonical Scriptures of the by Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette (1843)
"The stories of Susannah, of Bel and the Dragon at Babylon, were added in the
Septuagint, and later legends have been written respecting him." §254. ..."
3. Burnet's History of My Own Time by Gilbert Burnet (1897)
"VI. sion of St. Paul, so they took in more lessons out of the Apocrypha, in
particular the Bel and the Dragon. New offices were also drawn for two new days, ..."
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