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Libation
Libation. Ritual of pouring a liquid such as oil or wine upon the ground as a sacrifice.See Offerings and Sacrifices.
Libation
Libation[Heb neseḵ (Ex. 29:40f.; 30:9; 2 Ch. 29:35; Ps. 16:4; Jer. 44:17, 19, 25), nāsaḵ—‘pour out’ (“pour out as libation,” Ex. 37:16; Hos. 9:4), menaqqîṯ—‘offering bowl’ (Ex. 25:29; “bowl for libation,” Jer. 52:19); Gk. spéndō (“pour as a libation,” Phil. 2:17)]; AV DRINK-OFFERING, OFFERING
Libation
LIBATION* Ritual of pouring a liquid such as oil or wine upon the ground as a sacrifice. See Offerings and Sacrifices.
Libation
LIBATION. In antiquity libation referred to a liquid or a mixture of liquids poured upon a sacrificial offering as part of the sacrifice. Among the Hebrews, the amount of this libation was designated as the fourth part of a hin—a little more than two pints (Num 15:5). The libation usually consisted of
Libation
LibationA drink offering, usually of wine, poured out upon an altar or other cultic object as part of a sacrificial ceremony. Drink offerings were a common devotional practice among the peoples of the ancient Near East, and the use of libations in cultic ceremonies is well attested in the biblical literature.
Libation
Libation (Heb. neseḵ). A sacrifice of liquid, or drink offering. Libations were, along with livestock, grain, and oil, part of the regular offerings of the various classes of food products made by the Israelites every day and in larger quantities on fast days (Num. 28–29). “Strong (or intoxicating)
Libation
LIBATION. The act of pouring wine on the ground in divine worship. Sometimes other liquids have been used, such as oil, milk, water, and honey, but mostly it has been wine. Among the Greeks and Romans it was an essential part of solemn sacrifices. Libations were also in use among the Hebrews, who poured
Drink-offering
Drink-offering—consisted of wine (Num. 15:5; Hos. 9:4) poured around the altar (Ex. 30:9). Joined with meat-offerings (Num. 6:15, 17; 2 Kings 16:13; Joel 1:9, 13; 2:14), presented daily (Ex. 29:40), on the Sabbath (Num. 28:9), and on feast-days (28:14). One-fourth of an hin of wine was required for one
Libation
LIBATION Act of pouring liquid as a sacrifice to a god. See Sacrifice and Offering.
Libation
libation. The pouring of a liquid offering as a religious ritual. See sacrifice and offerings.
Libation
Libation(Gk. χοή, Lat. libamen, libatio, profusio). An offering made by pouring out a liquid (e.g., beer, blood, milk, grain, honey, oil, water, wine) as a strategy for invigorating gods and humans. L. were common in funerary contexts during the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman periods. Both inhumation