This Glossary includes terms that are in the Bible itself or are used to describe certain aspects and contents of the Bible
Altar
noun
the table in a Christian church at which the bread and wine are consecrated in communion services.
Example: The high ALTAR was the most prestigious point of the church
sk: Oltár
Angel
noun
a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe.
Example: Anna saw an angel in her dream
sk: anjel
apostle
noun
each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.
Example: He became the first of 12 such apostles, who were given responsibility for the church's government.
sk: apoštol
atonement
noun
the action of making amends for a wrong or injury.
Example: It was said that the offender who was seeking for ATONEMENT
sk: zmierenie
baptism
noun
the Christian religious rite of sprinkling water on to a person's forehead or of immersing them in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church. In many denominations, baptism is performed on young children and is accompanied by name-giving.
sk: krst
Bible
Noun
the Christian scriptures, consisting of the Old and New Testaments.
Example: Both Eliot and Hardy use the BIBLE as a literary and cultural resource in their english
sk: biblia
cherub
noun
a winged angelic being described in biblical tradition as attending on God, represented in ancient Middle Eastern art as a lion or bull with eagles' wings and a human face and regarded in traditional Christian angelology as an angel of the second highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
sk: cherubín
exodus
noun
a mass departure of people.
Example: A considerable portion of the Turkish population emigrated in 1881; a further exodus took place in 1898.
sk: exodus
Genesis
noun
the origin or mode of formation of something.
Example: "this tale had its genesis in fireside stories"
sk: Genesis
gospel
noun
the teaching or revelation of Christ.
Example: they read the gospel in church
sk: evanjelium
Icon
Noun
a devotional painting of Christ or another holy figure, typically executed on wood and used ceremonially in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.
Example: This was considered to be the cause of a new ICON
sk: Ikona
leviathan
noun
(in biblical use) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1).
Example: They saw a leviathan in the ocean
sk: leviatan
messiah
noun
the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.
Example: They awaited the messiah to come
sk: mesiáš
paradise
noun
(in some religions) heaven as the ultimate abode of the just.
"martyrs who die in battle with the ungodly earn instant transmission to paradise"
Example: they were welcomed in gods paradise
sk: raj
prophecy
noun
a prediction of what will happen in the future.
Example: they heard his prophecy
sk: proroctvo
prophet
noun
a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.
Example: The prophet came and taught everyone
sk: prorok
redemption
noun
the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil.
Example: "God's plans for the redemption of his world"
sk: vykúpenie
resurrection
noun
the action or fact of resurrecting or being resurrected.
Example: the ressurection of christ is a major part of christianity
sk: vzkriesenie
revelation
noun
the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence.
Example: "an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation"
