English > Ben Sira: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect). |
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Synonyms | Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach |
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Instance of | book | A major division of a long written composition |
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Part of | Apocrypha | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible |
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sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature | Any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom |
Spanish | Ben Sira, eclesiástico |
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Catalan | Ben Sira |
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