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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Title


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tı̄´t'l: , for τίτλος, tı́tlos.

The following arrangement of the title on the cross has been suggested:



ΟΨΤΟΞ ΕΞΤΙΝ ΙΗΞΟΨΞ Ο ΒΑΞΙΛΕΨΞ

ΤΩΝ ΙΟΨΛΑΙΩΝ

REX JUDAEORUM

See Geikie, Life and Words of Christ, chapter lxiii, note e; Seymour, The Cross in Tradition, History and Art (New York, 1898), pp. 115, 116, 136, 138.

In , the King James Version has “title” for ציּוּן, ciyyūn. The word is connected with cāwāh, “to command,” and King James Version seems to have understood ciyyūn as “that giving directions,” “sign-posts” (compare ). The word, however, means “grave-stone,” “monument.” See SUPERSCRIPTION.