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testament

testament

140 5.5
One of the two main parts of the Christian Bible, Old or New
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛstəmənt/
translation icon : Testamento
  • Martin created concrete statues illustrating New Testament stories and placed them in the park.
  • Old Testament
  • New Testament
  • read the New Testament

There are two words used in the New Testament of Bible, belief and faith.

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Examples

Synonyms

New Testament
vstestament
60 2.3

Second part of the Christian Bible that tells about Jesus and the early church

refers generally to either main division rather than a single specific part
Old Testament
vstestament
27 3.3

Books written before Jesus that form the first part of the Bible and are sacred to Jews and Christians

refers generally to either main division rather than a single specific part

Idioms

52 4.6

Something that shows clearly that a fact or quality exists

Compounds

60 2.3

Second part of the Christian Bible that tells about Jesus and the early church

27 3.3

Books written before Jesus that form the first part of the Bible and are sacred to Jews and Christians

16 4.0

Books that form the first part of the Christian Bible and contain Hebrew sacred writings

A thing that shows something important happened in the past

Surface Forms

testament singular
testaments plural

Etymology

Testament comes from the Latin words testis 'witness' and testari 'to tell', and it was used to mean a 'covenant' or agreement with God, so the Old and New Testaments are the Bible's recorded agreements or promises from God.