Whence-A-Word?: Apple of His Eye

We’ve all heard the expression "apple of his eye," but few people know that the phrase is actually from the Bible. Well, sort of. The idiom comes from the 1611 King James translation of the Hebrew Bible, where it appears four times. The problem is that in none of these four instances in th...

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Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2020
In: The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2020, Volume: 46, Issue: 2
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)