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Headword:
*)arimatqai=os
Adler number: alpha,3883
Translated headword: Arimathaian, Arimathaean, Arimathean
Vetting Status: high
Translation: From a place [sc. of that name].
Greek Original:*)arimatqai=os: a)po\ to/pou.
Note:
Arimathea/Arimathaia, a.k.a. Ramathaiam, is in the present-day West Bank. Its ancient claim to fame rested principally on its being the home town of Joseph, the man who (in all four Gospels) begs the body of Christ from Pilate and buries it.
Keywords: biography; Christianity; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; history; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 August 2001@03:14:09.
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