Smith's Bible Dictionary
Scythianoccurs in (Colossians 3:11) as a generalized term for rude, ignorant, degraded. The name often included all the nomadic tribes, who dwelt mostly on the north of the Black and the Caspian Sea, stretching thence indefinitely into inner Asia, and were regarded by the ancients as standing extremely low In point of intelligence and civilization.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The Scythians consisted of "all the pastoral tribes who dwelt to the north of the Black Sea and the Caspian, and were scattered far away toward the east. Of this vast country but little was anciently known. Its modern representative is Russia, which, to a great extent, includes the same territories." They were the descendants of Japheth (
Genesis 9:27). It appears that in apostolic times there were some of this people that embraced Christianity (
Colossians 3:11).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Of or pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part Of Asia, and Europe adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.
2. (n.) A native or inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in early times occupied Eastern Europe.
3. (n.) The language of the Scythians.
Greek
4658. Skuthes -- a Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia (considered ... ... a
Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia (considered the wildest of barbarians). Part
of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Skuthes Phonetic Spelling: (skoo
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Of Isaac the Monk of Constantinople and Bretanio the Scythian ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXXI."Of Isaac the monk of Constantinople and Bretanio
the Scythian Bishop. It is related that Isaac, who lived ...
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Appendix I.
... in touch with the Ashguzai for over a century and for a shorter time probably in
alliance with them; which alliance was the cause of the Scythian advance to ...
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Manes, the Founder of the Manich??an Heresy, and on his Origin.
... the nature of his presumptuous daring. A Saracen named Scythian married
a captive from the Upper Thebes. On her account he dwelt ...
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The Retreat from Scythia.
... embassy to the neighboring tribes."Habits of the Scythians."Their mode of
warfare."Message to Indathyrsus."His reply."The Scythian cavalry."Their ...
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Oracles on the Scythians. (With Some Others: iv. 5-vi. 29. )
... 1. As it has reached us, the First Scythian Song, Ch. IV.5-8, opens with the general
formula". ... 3. The Third of the Scythian Songs is without introduction. ...
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That the Inventors of Other Arts were Mostly Barbarians.
... Kelmis and Damnaneus, Id??an Dactyli, first discovered iron in Cyprus. Another Id??an
discovered the tempering of brass; according to Hesiod, a Scythian. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xvi that the inventors of.htm
The Life of Cassian.
... however, of the precision of this statement, considerable doubt hangs over Cassian's
nationality, and it is hard to believe that he was in reality a Scythian. ...
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The First Point which Celsus Brings Forward, in his Desire to ...
... like-minded with himself; so, if truth is to decide, the laws of the heathens which
relate to images, and an atheistical polytheism, are "Scythian" laws, or ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter i the first point.htm
He Thus Proceeds to a Magnificent Discourse of the Interpretation ...
... is one father among the Ethiopians, and another among the Scythians, and each of
these has a son, the Ethiopian's son black, but the Scythian white-skinned and ...
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Against Men who Embellish Themselves.
... Both these barbarian races hate luxury. As clear witnesses will be produced by
the German, the Rhine; [1614] and by the Scythian, the waggon. ...
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Thesaurus
Scythian (1 Occurrence)... Eastern Europe. 3. (n.) The language of the Scythians. Multi-Version Concordance
Scythian (1 Occurrence). Colossians 3:11 where there
.../s/scythian.htm - 7kMagog (5 Occurrences)
... Gog, the second of the "sons" of Japheth (Genesis 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5). In Ezekiel
(38:2; 39:6) it is the name of a nation, probably some Scythian or Tartar ...
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Barbarian (2 Occurrences)
... In Colossians 3:11, "barbarian, Scythian" is not a classification or antithesis
but a "climax" (Abbott) = "barbarians, even Scythians, the lowest type of ...
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Scyth'ian (1 Occurrence)
Scyth'ian. Scythian, Scyth'ian. Scythians . Multi-Version Concordance
Scyth'ian (1 Occurrence). ... (See RSV). Scythian, Scyth'ian. Scythians . Reference
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Scurvy (3 Occurrences)
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Uncircumcised (48 Occurrences)
... Colossians 3:11 where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,
foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman -- but the all and in all -- Christ. ...
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Freeman (9 Occurrences)
... Colossians 3:11 where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,
barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all. ...
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Foreigner (99 Occurrences)
... Colossians 3:11 where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,
foreigner, Scythian, servant, freeman -- but the all and in all -- Christ. ...
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Togarmah (4 Occurrences)
... (2.) A nation which traded in horses and mules at the fairs of Tyre (Ezek. 27:14;
38:6); probably an Armenian or a Scythian race; descendants of (1). Int. ...
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Renewal (6 Occurrences)
... Colossians 3:11 where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision,
barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all. ...
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