Biblical vs Hephzibah - What's the difference?
biblical | hephzibah |
Of or relating to the Bible.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
of Biblical origin. Used by Puritans in the 17th and 18th century, but rare today.
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*:Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah , and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
*1861 George Eliot ( Mary Ann Evans ): Silas Marner :
*:"My mother's name was Hephzibah ," said Silas, "and my little sister was named after her."
*:"Eh, that's a hard name," said Dolly. "I partly think it isn't a christened name."
*:"It's a Bible name," said Silas, old ideas recurring.
*:"Then I've no call to speak again' it," said Dolly, rather startled by Silas's knowledge on this head; " - - - But it was awkward calling you little sister by such a hard name, when you'd got nothing big to say,like - wasn't it, Master Marner?"
*:"We called her Eppie," said Silas.
*1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna : Chapter 7:
*:"Well, anyhow," she chuckled, "you can be glad it isn't Hephzibah ."
*:"Hephzibah !"
*:"Yes. Mrs White's name is that. Her husband calls her 'Hep', and she doesn't like it. She says when he calls out 'Hep - Hep!' she feels as if the next minute he was going to yell,'Hurrah!'"
A town in Richmond County, Georgia, United States
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Alternative forms
* BiblicalAdjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
- Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
- of biblical''' proportions''; ''with '''biblical fury