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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Penknife
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(תִּעִר הִסֹּפֶר , tdar has-sopher, Jeremiah 36:23). The translation of this phrase by "penknife," is substantially correct, but a more literal rendering, "the scrivener's knife," would have been preferable; this was used to sharpen the point of the writing-reed. (See KNIFE); (See WRITING).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Penknife'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/penknife.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Penknife'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/penknife.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
