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Definition of Paralipomenon

1. Noun. (Old Testament) an obsolete name for the Old Testament books of I Chronicles and II Chronicles which were regarded as supplementary to Kings.

Definition of Paralipomenon

1. n. pl. A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.

Definition of Paralipomenon

1. Noun. either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament ¹

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Literary usage of Paralipomenon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The title paralipomenon, books "of things passed over", which, from the Septuagint, passed into the old Latin Bible and thence into the Vulgate, ..."

2. Special Introduction to the Study of the Old Testament by Francis Ernest Gigot (1901)
"CHAPTER X. THE BOOKS OF paralipomenon, OR CHRONICLES. § i. Name and Position in the Canon. I. Name. In his " Prologus Galeatus," ' St. Jerome writes as ..."

3. Remarks on Ecclesiastical History by John Jortin (1805)
"... and paralipomenon were accounted two eminent saints of the church ; and he who could read Greek, passed for a sorcerer. Notwithstanding this general ..."

4. Discourses Concerning the Truth of the Christian Religion and Remarks on by John Jortin (1805)
"... and paralipomenon were accounted two eminent saints of the church ; and he who could read Greek passed for a sorcerer. Notwithstanding this general ..."

5. History: Chronology 1: Second Edition by Anatoly Fomenko (2007)
"This period of Otto III can be identified with that of Joram King of Judah: a) Not described in 1 and 2 Kings, + 20 cm = 2 paralipomenon 21:1-20. ..."

6. The Critical Handbook of the Greek New Testament by Edward Cushing Mitchell (1896)
"After paralipomenon 2 come the books of Esdras 1, ... paralipomenon 2 is followed by Tobias, while the books of ..."

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