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Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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(1) Isaiah 3:3, "the eloquent orator"; rather as Vulgate, "skilled in whispering," i.e. incantation (Psalms 58:5), lachash .

(2) Tertullus, the Jewish accusers' advocate against Paul (Acts 24:1). Paul as a Roman citizen was tried with Roman judicial forms (Acts 25:9-10), the Roman lawyer pleading in Latin, as Norman French was formerly the language of law proceedings in England in Norman times.

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Orator'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​o/orator.html. 1949.
 
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