King James Version en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɜː.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɜː.ʒən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɝː.ʃən/ (US)
- /ˌkɪŋ ˈdʒeɪmz ˌvɝː.ʒən/ (US)
Etymology
Named for James I of England (James VI of Scotland), who authorized the production of a new English translation of the Bible.
Meanings
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An English translation, published in 1611, of the Bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) commissioned for the Church of England, which is the version most quoted and influential in English literature and English Protestant religious culture.
a. 1998, Jeffrey M. Perl, Common Knowledge, quoted in front material, Homer, Robert Fagles (translator), The Iliad, page i "Fagles' Homer, Sophocles, and especially Aeschylus may one day stand relation to their originals as the King James Version to Greek and Hebrew Scripture."
[...], and of course the Bible, the men who wrote it and especially the men who made the King James version, for it was the language of the Bible rather than its "message" which I got first and which I will never shake off.
a. 1964, Henry Miller, “The Books in My Life”, in Henry Miller on Writing, page 125:A Bible, King James Version. (This he stuck in his bag, because anybody who knows anything about English literature knows you can't ger away from the Bible.)
2005, Catherine Landis, Harvest, page 54:She thought for a moment, trying to remember; then she told him, "twenty-third Psalm, King James version," as best she recalled.
2004, R. Garcia y Robertson, Lady Robyn, page 320:The Catholic priest would have been surprised that the old shaman had memorized the King James version of this song.
1999, James D. Doss, The Shaman's Game, page 119:It pained him to tell the story, yet tell it he did, over and over, in the unabridged, King James version.
2005, Michael Kun, You Poor Monster, page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the King James Version | canonical | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Authorized Version · King James Bible
Translations (24)
yue 英王詹姆士譯本 /英王詹姆士译本 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · it Bibbia di re Giacomo (1611 English translation of the Bible) · hi राजा जेम्स संस्करण (1611 English translation of the Bible) · cmn 英王詹姆士譯本 /英王詹姆士译本 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · cmn 詹姆士王譯本 /詹姆士王译本 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · fr Bible du roi Jacques (1611 English translation of the Bible) · cmn 詹姆士王聖經 /詹姆士王圣经 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · cmn 欽定版聖經 /钦定版圣经 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · fi Kuningas Jaakon Raamattu (1611 English translation of the Bible) · gl versión do rei Xaime (1611 English translation of the Bible) · yue 詹姆士王聖經 /詹姆士王圣经 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · ru Библия короля Якова (1611 English translation of the Bible) · de King-James-Bibel (1611 English translation of the Bible) · yue 欽定版聖經 /钦定版圣经 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · de King James Version f) (1611 English translation of the Bible) · yue 英王欽定本 /英王钦定本 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · th ฉบับพระเจ้าเจมส์ (1611 English translation of the Bible) · ko 킹 제임스 성서 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · pt versão do rei James (1611 English translation of the Bible) · ko 흠정역 성서 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · ja 欽定訳聖書 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · yue 詹姆士王譯本 /詹姆士王译本 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · cmn 英王欽定本 /英王钦定本 (1611 English translation of the Bible) · fa ترجمهٔ کینگ جیمز (1611 English translation of the Bible)