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Webster 1913 Edition


Paralipomenon


Parˊa-li-pom′e-non

,
Noun.
pl.
[L., fr. Gr.
παραλειπομένων
of things omitted, pass. p. pr. (neuter genitive plural) fr. [GREEK] to omit.]
A title given in the Douay Bible to the Books of Chronicles.
☞ In the Septuagint these books are called
Παραλειπομένων πρῶτον
and
δεύτερον
, which is understood, after Jerome’s explanation, as meaning that they are supplementary to the Books of Kings
W. Smith.

Definition 2024


paralipomenon

paralipomenon

English

Noun

paralipomenon (plural paralipomena)

  1. Either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament.
  2. An omission, especially one of a book, added later as a supplement.