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Dermatophagia. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking. Nail biting is very common, especially amongst children. 25–35 percent of children bite ...
Caphtor ( Hebrew: כַּפְתּוֹר Kaftōr) is a locality mentioned in the Bible, in which its people are called Caphtorites or Caphtorim and are named as a division of the ancient Egyptians. [1] Caphtor is also mentioned in ancient inscriptions from Egypt, Mari, and Ugarit . According to the Bible, Caphtor is the original homeland of ...
Zaphnath-Paaneah. Zaphnath-Paaneah ( Biblical Hebrew: צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ Ṣāp̄naṯ Paʿnēaḥ, LXX: Ψονθομφανήχ Psonthomphanḗch) is the name given by Pharaoh to Joseph in the Genesis narrative ( Genesis 41:45 ). The name may be of Egyptian origins, but there is no straightforward etymology; some Egyptologists ...
The Ketuvim ( / kətuːˈviːm, kəˈtuːvɪm /; [1] Biblical Hebrew: כְּתוּבִים, Modern: Ktuvim, Tiberian: Kăṯūḇīm "writings") [2] is the third and final section of the Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ), after Torah ("instruction") and Nevi'im ("prophets"). In English translations of the Hebrew Bible, this section is usually titled ...
v. t. e. According to the Book of Judges, Deborah ( Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Dəḇōrā) was a prophetess of Judaism, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Many scholars contend that the phrase, "a woman of Lappidoth", as translated from biblical Hebrew in Judges 4:4 denotes her ...
Tiberian Hebrew is the canonical pronunciation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) committed to writing by Masoretic scholars living in the Jewish community of Tiberias in ancient Galilee c. 750–950 CE under the Abbasid Caliphate.
Benaiah, son of Jehoiada. The most famous Benaiah referenced in the Tanakh is the son of Jehoiada, who came from the southern Judean town of Kabzeel. [6] According to the text, Benaiah was one of David's Mighty Warriors, commander of the third rotational army division; ( 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 27:5 ). He helped David's son Solomon become ...
Christ Before Caiaphas, by Matthias Stom. Joseph ben Caiaphas ( / ˈkaɪ.ə.fəs /; c. 14 BC – c. 46 AD) [citation needed], known simply as Caiaphas [a] in the New Testament, was the Jewish high priest during the years of Jesus' ministry, according to Josephus. [1] The Gospels of Matthew, Luke and John indicate he was an organizer of the plot ...
Moffatt, New Translation (MNT) is an abbreviation of the title The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, a New Translation by James Moffatt. Description [ edit ] In the introduction to his 1926 edition, Moffatt wrote, "The aim I have endeavoured to keep before my mind in making this translation has been to present the books of the ...