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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
lachash
. This is joined with “
eloquent
” in
Isaiah 3:3
3
The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. (Isaiah 3:3)
, AV, but signifies “a whisper,” “incantation,” and may be translated “one versed in
enchantments
.” The RV has “skilful enchanter.” See
DIVINATION
.
2.
ρήτωρ
, “a speaker.” At the trial of
Paul
before
Felix
,
Tertullus
was hired to argue their case, and plead for Paul’s condemnation (
Acts 24:1
1
And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. (Acts 24:1)
).