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Title
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
tı̄´t ' 50 : John 19:19 , John 19:20 for τίτλος , tı́tlos .
The following arrangement of the title on the cross has been suggested:
BORDER >|
ע נ | |
ρ Ο2 ΟΨΤΟΞπ ρ Ο2 ΕΞΤΙΝπ ρ Ο2 ΙΗΞΟΨΞπ ρ Ο2 Οπ ρ Ο2 ΒΑΞΙΛΕΨΞπ | |
ρ Ο2 ΤΩΝπ ΙΟΨΛΑΙΩΝ | |
REX JUDAEORUM | |
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See Geikie, Life and Words of Christ , chapter lxiii, note e; Seymour, The Cross in Tradition, History and Art (New York, 1898), pp. 115,116, 136,138.
In 2 Kings 23:17 , the King James Version has "title" for ציּוּן , ciyyūn . The word is connected with cāwāh , "to command," and King James Version seems to have understood ciyyūn as "that giving directions," "sign-posts" (compare Ezekiel 39:15 ). The word, however, means "grave-stone," "monument." See SUPERSCRIPTION .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Title'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/t/title.html. 1915.