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Apocryphal vs Baruch - What's the difference?

apocryphal | baruch |

As an adjective apocryphal

is of or relating to the apocrypha.

As a proper noun baruch is

baruch (qualifier).

apocryphal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or pertaining to, the .
  • Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.
    • Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphal .
  • Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.
    • There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.
    {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , Charles, already dispos'd by the evidence of his senses to think my pretences to virginity not entirely apocryphal , smothers me with kisses, begs me, in the name of love, to have a little patience, and that he will be as tender of hurting me as he would be of himself.}}

    Related terms

    () * Apocrypha * apocryphalist * apocryphally * apocryphalness

    baruch

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the scribe and companion of Jeremiah.
  • * :
    • Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
  • An Apocryphal Book of the Old Testament.
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