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Xenophon uses the verb δειπνέω 'make a meal', the noun δεῖπνον means meal. Daniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast MT בלשאצר מלכא עבד לחם רב LXX Βαλτασαρ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐποίησεν δεῗπνον μέγα δεῗπνον לחם Homer uses specific words for meals at particular times. ἄριστον morning meal δεῖπνον noond...

The verb ἐκοιμήθησαν is וישכבו in Hebrew. Genesis 31:54 καὶ ἔθυσεν Ιακωβ θυσίαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει ויזבח יעקב זבח בהר ויקרא לאחיו לאכל־לחם ויאכלו לחם וישכבו בהר ἐκοιμήθησαν is used 11 times in Xenophon, Cyropedia. Xenophon, Cyr...

Genesis 31:54 Septuagint And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank , and slept in the mountain καὶ ἔθυσεν Ιακωβ θυσίαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει MT And Jacob offered sacrifice upon th...

Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4 To this city also the king of the Persians laid siege, but he was unable to capture it either by length of siege or by storm; Zeus , however, terrified the inhabitants with thunder, and thus the city ( Mespila ) was taken. Zepheniah 2:13 And he will stretch out his hand again...

1 Samuel 1:9 Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord . עלי הכהן ישב על־הכסא על־מזוזת היכל יהוה This the first time "temple" appears in the King James, but this is before "THE temple" was apparently built. So what is this temple? the 0th temple? 1 Samue...

Plutarch, Artaxerxes 27.3 That is, he appointed her (Aspasia) a priestess of the Artemis of Ecbatana, who bears the name of Anaïtis τῆς γὰρ Ἀρτέμιδος τῆς ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις, ἣν Ἀναῗτιν καλοῦσιν, ἱέρειαν ἀνέδειξεν αὐτήν Strabo 12.3 In the district Zelitis is the city Zela, built upon the mound of Semiram...

Xenophon, Cyropedia 8.6.22 Cyrus himself made his home in the centre of his domain, and in the winter season he spent seven months in Babylon , for there the climate is warm; in the spring he spent three months in Susa , and in the height of summer two months in Ecbatana . By so doing, they say, he...

Josephus - The Antiquities of the Jews 10.264 Now when Daniel was become so illustrious and famous, on account of the opinion men had that he was beloved of God, he built a tower at Ecbatana, in Media : it was a most elegant building, and wonderfully made, and it is still remaining, and preserved t...

The word tent or tents does not appear in the King James translation of the New Testament, but tabernacle does. Revelation 15:5 the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened ἠνοίγη ὁ ναὸς τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ Leviticus 10:7 from the door of the tabernacle of the...

Various words in the Tanakh receive the same translation, אהל משכן סכה are all translated tabernacle, the fault is with the Septuagint, that translates them into σκήνη . Exodus 27:21 In the tabernacle of the congregation (KJV) ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου (LXX)[ באהל מועד (MT) באהל מועד → ἐν αὐλίδι ἀντ...