Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5393 literacy
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5393 literacy

5393 literacy

Literacy in the OT

2Ki 19:14 See also 2Ki 5:7; 2Ki 23:2; Ne 8:2; Jer 29:29; Jer 51:61

Literacy in the NT

Lk 4:16; Ac 8:28; Rev 1:3 See also Ac 13:15; 2Co 1:13; Eph 3:4; Col 4:16; 1Th 5:27; 1Ti 4:13

The use of secretaries for reading and writing

2Ki 22:8-10; Ezr 4:18,23; Est 6:1; Jer 36:4; Ro 16:22

Examples of literacy in Scripture

Ne 9:38; Jn 8:8; Phm 19 See also Dt 31:24-26; Jos 18:9; 1Ch 28:19; Lk 1:63; Jn 19:20; Ac 15:27

Examples of illiteracy in Scripture

Isa 29:12

See also

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5232book
5439pen
5514scribes
5515scroll
5519secretary
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