Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
the Sixth Week after Epiphany
the Sixth Week after Epiphany
There are 57 days til Easter!
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Bible Dictionaries
Shambles
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
a term of late Greek borrowed from the Latin macellum, denotes a "meat market," translated "shambles" in 1 Corinthians 10:25 . The word is found in the koine, or vernacular Greek covering the time of the NT, illustrating this passage (see Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East, 274). A plan, drawn by Lietzmann, of a forum in Pompeii, shows both the slaughterhouse and the meat shop next to the chapel of Caesar. Some of the meat which had been used for sacrifical purposes was afterwards sold in the markets. The Apostle enjoins upon the believer to enter into no inquiry, so as to avoid the troubling of conscience (contrast 1 Corinthians 10:28 ).
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Shambles'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/shambles.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Shambles'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/s/shambles.html. 1940.
