Definition of apocryphae Apocryphae
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What does apocryphae mean?
Part of speech
🔤- apocryphae, noun, plural of apocrypha.
WordNet
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| apocrypha - 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status | ||
| religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity | ||
| old testament the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible | ||
| additions to esther an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther | ||
| prayer of azariah and song of the three children | ||
| book of susanna, susanna an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel | ||
| bel and the dragon an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel | ||
| book of baruch, baruch an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch | ||
| epistle of jeremiah, letter of jeremiah an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry | ||
| book of tobit, tobit an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries | ||
| book of judith, judith an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people | ||
| 1 esdras, i esdra an Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah | ||
| 2 esdras, ii esdras an Apocryphal book of angelic revelations | ||
| ben sira, ecclesiasticus, sirach, wisdom of jesus the son of sirach an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) | ||
| wisdom of solomon, wisdom an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC | ||
| 1 maccabees, i maccabees an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus | ||
| 2 maccabees, ii maccabees an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus | ||
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Wiktionary 
- apocrypha (Noun)
Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others. - apocrypha (Noun)
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. - John Locke .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- apocrypha (n. pl.)
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. - apocrypha (n. pl.)
Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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apocrypha
Various religious writings of uncertain origin regarded by some as inspired, but rejected by most authorities.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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apocrypha
a-pok′rif-a, n. as applied to religious writings = (1) those suitable for the initiated only; (2) those of unknown date and origin; (3) those which are spurious—the term generally means the fourteen books or parts of books known as the Apocrypha of the Old Testament—found in the Septuagint but not the Hebrew or Palestinian canon:—(1) First, or Third, Esdras; (2) Second, or Fourth, Esdras; (3) Tobit; (4) Judith; (5) the parts of Esther not found in Hebrew or Chaldee; (6) The Wisdom of Solomon; (7) The Wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus; (8) Baruch; (9) The Song of the Three Holy Children; (10) The History of Susannah; (11) Bel and the Dragon; (12) The Prayer of Manasses, king of Judah; (13) First Maccabees; (14) Second Maccabees. The Apocryphal books of the New Testament, as the Protevangelium of James, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gesta Pilati, &c., stand on quite a different footing, never having been accepted by any as canonical, or in any way authoritative: hidden or secret things.—adj. Apoc′ryphal, of doubtful authority. [Gr., 'things hidden'—apo, from, krypt-ein, to hide.]
Wikipedia 
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The Apocrypha are religious texts that are in some versions of the Bible. Other versions omit them. The word comes from Ancient Greek "ἀπόκρυφα"(apokypha). Apocrypha means "those that were hidden". Generally, the term is applied to writings that were not part of the canon. There are several reasons why these texts were not included in the canon. The texts might only have been known to few people, or they might have been left out because their content does not fit well into that of the other books of the Bible. Some of the apocrypha were written at a later date, and where therefore not included.
The Authorized King James Version called these books ‘Apocrypha’. It separated them, because the Bible said so in 2 Esdras 14:46, "But keep the seventy last, that thou mayest deliver them only to such as be wise among the people: For in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the stream of knowledge."
Roman Catholic Bibles have these books in the Old Testament. They do not call them Apocrypha. They call them deuterocanonical, which means that they belong to the second canon. Canon just means a list. The first list is of books first written in Hebrew. This second list is of books first written in Greek.
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These books were kept in Catholic Bibles because it is believed that the Bible Jesus read was a Bible that included the books of the "Apocrypha," the deuterocanonical books. It is known that the most popular Bible at the time of Jesus was the Greek Sept
Part of speech
🔤- apocrypha, noun, singular of apocryphas / apocryphae.
