apocrypha
pronunciation
How to pronounce apocrypha in British English:
UK [əˈpɒkrɪfə]
How to pronounce apocrypha in American English:
US [əˈpɑkrɪfə]
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- Noun:
- 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox chur
Word Origin
- apocrypha
- apocrypha: see crypt
- Apocrypha
- late 14c., neuter plural of Late Latin apocryphus "secret, not approved for public reading," from Greek apokryphos "hidden; obscure," thus "(books) of unknown authorship" (especially those included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but not originally written in Hebrew and not counted as genuine by the Jews), from apo- "away" (see apo-) + kryptein "to hide" (see crypt). Properly plural (the single would be Apocryphon or apocryphum), but commonly treated as a collective singular.
Example
- 1. The canon of scripture and apocrypha .
- 2. Evidently the nt apocrypha arose primarily for two reasons .
- 3. How did the apocrypha secure a place in some of our english bibles ?
- 4. Pilate literature and other apocrypha concerning christ .
- 5. Mary magdalene , which probably means " mary of magdala " , a town on the western shore of the lake of tiberias , is described in the new testament as a follower of jesus both in the canon and in the apocrypha .