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beginning with letter E
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Ecclesiastes
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proper noun
  1. (biblical) A book in the Old Testament of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as Eccl. or Eccles.
Eden
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proper noun
  1. (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia
  2. (context, by extension) A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence
  3. Various place names
  4. An English surname, probably derived from a placename.
  5. (given name, female)
Edom
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proper noun
  1. (biblical) The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.
  2. The nation that purpotedly traced their ancestry to Esau.
Elias
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proper noun
  1. A male given name
Elijah
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male, from Hebrew, )
    1. An Israelite prophet from the Old Testament
Elisabeth
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, from Hebrew, ), a less common form of Elizabeth in English.
Elizabeth
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, from Hebrew, )
  2. (context, Biblical character) The mother of John the Baptist.
Emmanuel
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male) of Biblical origin.
  2. The prophesized name of the Messiah in the Old Testament.
Eph.
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abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation)
  1. (biblical) An abbreviation for the epistle to the Ephesians, a book in the New Testament of the Bible.
Ephesians
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proper noun
  1. (biblical) A book in the New Testament of the Bible, an epistle to the people of w:Ephesus, Ephesus which is attributed to w:Paul the Apostle, Paul the Apostle.
Ephraim
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proper noun
  1. (Old Testament) younger son of Joseph, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel
  2. a male given name
epistle
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noun
  1. A letter, or a literary composition in the form of a letter.
    • 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 5.
    • : he may be hurried from this plan by the vehemence of thought, as in an ode, or drop it carlessly, as in an or essay
      1. (Christianity) One of the letters included as a book of the New Testament.
Esau
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proper noun
  1. (biblical) The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
Esdras
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proper noun
  1. (biblical) any of four books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as Esd..
Evangelist
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noun
  1. A writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), (also evangelist.)
Exodus
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proper noun
  1. (the Exodus) The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.
  2. The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.
Ezek.
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abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation)
  1. (biblical) An abbreviation used for the Book of Ezekiel, an Old Testament book of the Bible.
Ezekiel
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proper noun
  1. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
  2. (given name, male, ) A male first name.
Ezr.
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abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation)
  1. (biblical) Book of Ezra
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