“Sampsæan”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Sampsæan

释义

Sampsæan Eccl. Hist.|sæmpˈsiːən|
[f. Gr. σαµψαῖ-οι pl. + -an.
Epiphanius renders the name by Ἡλιακοί ‘solar’, regarding it as f. Heb. shemesh, Syriac shemshå the sun. He does not, however, accuse the Sampsæans of sun-worship, though he says they venerated water almost as a deity. Perhaps the word is from the Heb.-Aram. root sh-m-sh to minister.]
An adherent of a heretical sect that existed in Persia, identified by Epiphanius with the Elcesaites.
1613Purchas Pilgr. (1614) 148 And in worshipping of the Sunne, whereof they were called the Sampsæans, or Sunner, Sunmen, as Epiphanius interpreteth that name.1875Lightfoot Comm. Col. 88 note, The historical connexion of the Sampsæans with the Essenes is evident.

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