International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Eloquent

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Eloquent


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el´ō̇-kwent: “Moses said ... I am not eloquent” (אישׁ דּברים, 'ı̄sh debhārı̄m, “a man of words” ()); but Aaron could “speak well.” In the Revised Version (British and American) בּין, bı̄n, “intelligent,” is rendered “skilful (enchanter),” the King James Version “eloquent (orator).” Apollos was “an eloquent man” (λόγιος, lógios, “full of words” (, the King James Version margin, “a learned man”)).