Onkelos

American  

[ong-kuh-los] / ˈɒŋ kəˌlɒs /

noun

1. flourished 2nd century a.d., author of a Targum of the Pentateuch known as the Targum of Onkelos.

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Example Sentences

So likewise Onkelos: ‘And the Word of the Lord returned.’

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

Of the Targums, those of Onkelos and Jonathan alone are capable of rendering any service in the line of sacred criticism, and this is not of much account.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

In the same manner the passage was understood by Aquila, the Chaldee Paraphrasts, the Targum of Onkelos, of Jonathan, and of Jerusalem, the Talmud, the Sohar, and the ancient book of Breshith Rabba.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

The first place in worth, and probably in time also, belongs to the Targum on the Pentateuch which bears the name of Onkelos.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

Targum of Onkelos, 206;    of Jonathan, 207;    of Pseudo-Jonathan, 207;    Jerusalem Targum, 207;    Targums on the Hagiographa, 208.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)