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Peshitta

American  
[puh-shee-tuh] / pəˈʃi tə /
Also Peshito

noun

  1. the principal Syriac version of the Bible.


Peshitta British  
/ pəˈʃiːtə, pəˈʃiːtəʊ /

noun

  1. the principal Syriac version of the Bible

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Peshitta

C18 Peshito, from Syriac

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But we find that he only uses the three Catholic Epistles contained in the Peshitta Syriac version of the New Testament, probably completed soon after A.D.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

It is included in Marcion's canon and in the Muratorian Fragment, as well as in the Old Latin and Peshitta Syriac versions.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

It is in Marcion's canon, in the Muratorian Fragment, the Peshitta Syriac and Old Latin versions.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

In particular he exerted himself to stamp out the use of the Diatessaron in favour of the four Gospels, the Syriac version of which probably now took the form known as the Peshitta.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

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