Bible Lexicons

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Pragmatographia; or Description of Actions

Prag´-mat-o-graph´-i-a, from πρᾶγμα (pragma), an action or event, and γράφειν (graphein), to write: i.e., a description of an action or event. Hence, called by the Latins, REI AUT ACTIONIS DESCRIPTIO.

See Joel 2:1-11, where the description of the actions connected with the great people and strong which should come upon Zion is minutely and graphically given.

Matthew 24:1-51 and Mark 13:1-37 describe the events of the Great Tribulation; and Luke 21:12, etc., the events which should long precede it.

When the description is confined to places, it is called