Thebaic
Britishadjective
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of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Thebes or its inhabitants
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of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes or its inhabitants
Example Sentences
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Amen.”319—Another apocryphal termination is found in certain copies of the Thebaic version.
From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William
Luke and John, with a Thebaic or Sahidic version at their side, but on the opposite and left page.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
Thebaic fragments of various ages, some very old.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
These are written in the Thebaic or Sahidic dialect, of which as we may infer from his language, he did not even know the existence.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
Sahidic or Thebaic dialect and version, II. 119-39.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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