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Dives

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Dives Unnamed rich man. Luke 16: 19–31 is the only parable of Jesus in which a character is given a name (Lazarus) and it has become usual also to attach the name Dives to the other actor in the story. It is from the Latin Vulgate (dives = wealthy).

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Dives

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Dives a poetic or literary term for a rich man, deriving (in late Middle English) from late Latin, used in the Vulgate translation of the Bible, in the story in Luke ch. 16 of the rich man and the beggar Lazarus (see Lazarus).

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dives." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dives." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Dives.html

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Dives

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Dives (Lat., ‘rich’). A word which has become a convenient, almost a proper, name for the unnamed rich man in the parable, Lk. 16: 19–31.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Dives." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Dives." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Dives.html

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Dives

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Dives [Lat.,=rich], traditional name of the unnamed rich man of the parable in the Gospel of St. Luke.

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Dives

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Dives •atlantes, Cervantes •Ecclesiastes • penates • gentes •Orestes, testes, Thyestes •Achates, Euphrates •diabetes • striptease •pyrites, Stylites, troglodytes •Orontes • Boötes • Procrustes •Harpocrates, Hippocrates, Isocrates, Socrates •litotes • Surtees • Dives

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