单词 | sin-offering |
释义 | ˈsin-ˌofferingn. In the older Jewish religion, an offering (of an animal for sacrifice) made as an atonement for sin. Also transf.See especially Lev. iv and vi. The distinction between sin-offering and trespass-offering has been the subject of much controversy. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of animal sin-offering1535 trespass-offering1535 animal sacrifice1686 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. iv. 3 He shall brynge..a yonge bullocke..for a synofferynge. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxviii. 234 With what sinne offering once euery yeare they reconciled..the people vnto God. 1643 J. Caryl Expos. 3 First Chaps. Iob (i. 5–6) 61 Of other Sacrifices, as the sinne-offering.., there were parts..reserved for the Priest. 1786 A. Maclean Christ's Commission i. (1846) 39 The sin-offering or sacrifice of expiation. 1819 Scott Ivanhoe III. vi. 146 The death of a Jewess will be a sin-offering sufficient to atone for all the amorous indulgences of the Knights Templars. 1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple xvii. 187 In the sin-offering the idea of atonement was supreme. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1535 |
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