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

Onkelos in the same passage has Kardu in place of Ararat.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Onkelos, who thus translates the passage in Gen. xlix.,

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

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)

The Targums of Jonathan and the Yerushalmi have, "He will make atonement for His land and for His people;" and Onkelos puts it thus, "He will show mercy unto His land and His people."

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Who was the real author cannot be determined with certainty, only that he lived after the so-called Onkelos.

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