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BILL.—1. In the parable of the Unjust Steward (Luk_16:6 f.) ‘bill,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] better bond, renders the Gr. grammata, the equivalent of the contemporary Heb. legal term shetâr (lit. ‘writing’), an acknowledgment of goods or money received written and signed by the debtor himself (Baba bathra X. 8). Edersheim’s statement (Life and Times of Jesus, ii. 272) that the Gr. word was adopted into Hebrew is based on a false reading. See, further, Debt. 2. Bill of divorce; see Marriage.
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