International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Event

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Event


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ē̇-vent´: In ; , , the translation of מקרה, miḳreh, “what happens,” “lot,” “fate.” The English word bore this sense at the time of the King James Version. The meaning of “result,” “outcome” (ἐκβάσεις, ekbáseis), attaches to it in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:8, “events of seasons,” the Revised Version (British and American) “issues.