compounding an offence Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)
... an offence The offence of accepting or agreeing to accept consideration for not disclosing information that might assist in convicting or prosecuting someone who has committed an indictable offence (consideration here does not include reasonable compensation for loss or injury caused by the offence: Criminal Law Act 1967 s 5). There is also a special statutory offence of advertising a reward for stolen goods on the basis that “no questions will be asked” or that the person producing the goods “will be safe from inquiry” (Theft Act 1968 s...
compounding an offence Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
... an offence The offence of accepting or agreeing to accept consideration for not disclosing information that might assist in convicting or prosecuting someone who has committed an offence for which the penalty is fixed by law or where an adult not previously convicted could be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five years or more (consideration here does not include reasonable compensation for loss or injury caused by the offence). There is also a special statutory offence of advertising a reward for stolen goods on the basis that ‘no...
compounding an offence
English, Scottish, and Anglo-Irish Family Names Reference library
Peter McClure and Patrick Hanks
Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.)
...self-explanatory compounds, like cartwright and ironmonger . Others are compounds with man , for example palfreyman ‘man responsible for the palfreys or riding horses, a groom’ and cheeseman ‘maker or seller of cheese’. Such formations are distinct from those formed with man in the sense ‘servant’, such as priestman (‘servant of the priest’). By far the most common occupational names are those in which the suffixes ‑(i)er (of either English or French origin) or ‑ our (Old French) have been added to a word denoting an object or an activity: ...
Israel among the Nations: The Persian Period Reference library
Mary Joan Winn Leith
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...people identified not geographically or politically but by ethnicity—an amorphous cluster of religious, social, historical, and cultural markers perceived differently depending on whether the eye of the beholder looks from inside or from without. The identity of this Israel could not be threatened by the Persian hegemony over the homeland or by military aggression. Rather, the danger to this new Israel lay in a different sort of boundary transgression: ethnic pollution, an offense variously defined. The pronounced Jewish sectarianism of the...
Daniel Reference library
P. R. Davies and P. R. Davies
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...(the Greek text here has an angel quenching the flames). Note that it is this fourth person (whom Nebuchadnezzar identifies as an angel), as much as the preservation of the other three, that amazes the king and prompts him to summon the youths out. ( 3:28–30 ) The king's reaction is told in as exaggerated a manner as the rest of the account. He does not yet convert to the Jewish God (see the end of ch. 4 ), but makes another royal decree, involving equally violent sanctions—for he remains a typical foreign king!—prohibiting offences against the God of the...
Proverbs Reference library
K. T. Aitken and K. T Aitken
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...accrues through ‘righteousness’, i.e. honesty and integrity, is a mark of divine blessing and provides for a long, secure, and anxiety-free life ( v. 22; cf. 11:4 ). Hatred and strife . v. 12 observes the disruptive effect of hatred on social relationships. The ‘covering’ of offences by love is commensurate with forgiveness ( cf. Jas 5:20 ). In v. 18 a the LXX reads ‘Righteous lips conceal hatred’, which gives a contrast with 18 b (cf. NEB). If the Hebrew text is retained, the thought is either that the ill-will concealed through lies is as bad as open...
Joshua Reference library
Gordon McConville and Gordon McConville
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...an uncompromising requirement is followed immediately by one that implies that Israelites and Canaanites do and will live alongside each other in Canaan. Of course, even the idea that these commands and accounts are an idealization may only compound the modern reader's problem, rather than alleviate it! It may help, however, to recall that Joshua is a conventional conquest-narrative (as we noticed above). In Old Testament times, kings went to war and wrote up their victories, attributing their success to their gods. Joshua is YHWH's victory account, an...
1 Corinthians Reference library
John Barclay and John Barclay
The Oxford Bible Commentary
... ( 5:1–7:40 ) Expulsion of an Immoral Member of the Church ( 5:1–13 ) The Absurdity of Using Corinthian Courts ( 6:1–11 ) Immorality and the Significance of the Body ( 6:12–20 ) Celibacy and Marriage ( 7:1–40 ) Sacrificial Food and the Dangers of Idolatry ( 8:1–11:1 ) Debate with the ‘Knowledgeable’ concerning their ‘Right’ to Eat ( 8:1–13 ) Paul's Example in Renouncing the ‘Right’ to Financial Support ( 9:1–23 ) The Dangers of Complacency in relation to Idolatry ( 9:24–10:22 ) Practical Guidelines on Eating and Avoiding Offence ( 10:23–11:1 ) Issues...
Ezekiel Reference library
J. Galambush and J. Galambush
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...2 Kings 22:3; Jer 29:3; 36:12 ). YHWH now brings the prophet to ‘the entrance of the north temple gate’ ( v. 14 ), a location not otherwise known (for an attempt at reconstructing the temple layout assumed in 8:1–18 see Zimmlerli 1979: 237–43), but clearly another step closer to the temple itself. The sanctity of the location and the gravity of the abomination progress simultaneously, so that the worst offences take place in the holiest areas. The third abomination consists of women weeping for Tammuz ( ABD , ‘Tammuz’), the Sumerian god whose descent into the...
Exodus Reference library
Walter Houston and Walter Houston
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...it might be described as an epilogue. The material between is arranged as follows: 21:2–11 Release of slaves 21:12–32 Personal injury 21:33–22:17 Property damage (these two bridged by the case of the goring ox) 22:18–20 Offences against covenant holiness 22:21–7 Treatment of dependants 22:28–30 Treatment of superiors 22:31 Covenant holiness (bracketing with 22:18–20 ) 23:1–9 Judicial integrity 23:10–19 Sabbaths and festivals The speech contains material of very different types. Most of the material between 21:2 and 22:17 is in an impersonal legal style...
Jeremiah Reference library
Kathleen M. O'Connor and Kathleen M. O'Connor
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...Judah's fall as YHWH's unwillingness to hear the prophet's intercession. YHWH prohibits intercession because of the outrageous infidelities described in the sermon. ( 7:18–8:3 ) Downward Spiral YHWH accuses the community of increasingly heinous offences. Entire families worship the queen of heaven, an astral deity. ( See Ackerman 1987 ; O'Connor 1992 ; and cf. 44:15–19, 24–30 .) The passage's insistence on the involvement even of the children in the worship may simply depict the all-pervasive nature of the sin, reaching even to the offspring. But it...
Mark Reference library
C. M. Tuckett and C. M. Tuckett
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...authority. The debate in vv. 6–10 focuses on Jesus' authority ( cf. 1:22 ), an authority which is questioned by the scribes (again reminiscent of 1:22 : thus the implicit opposition between Jesus and the scribes now becomes explicit). The scribes accuse Jesus of ‘blasphemy’ ( v. 7 ), which is precisely the charge on which Jesus will be condemned to death at his trial ( 14:64 ). The historical problems are acute as Jesus has not technically committed blasphemy, an offence which involved uttering the divine name ( m. Sanh. 7.5: see mk 14:64 ). It is...
Psalms Reference library
C. S. Rodd and C. S. Rodd
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...) and attacks from enemies (e.g. Ps 3; 5; 17; 109 ) are frequently mentioned. Who the ‘enemies’ are is uncertain (see g. 2). It has been suggested that some of these laments were prayers by those who had been unjustly accused of some offence, were appealing to a higher court, perhaps the temple priesthood, or were awaiting an ordeal to test their guilt (e.g. 7; 26; 27). In some of these psalms the tone changes dramatically towards the end, and the psalmist affirms his confidence that God has heard his prayer (e.g. Ps 6:8–10; 13:5–6; 31:19–24 ). This has been...
Luke Reference library
Eric Franklin and Eric Franklin
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...of the story: ‘The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath’. David showed his superiority to the law: the son of David who is Son of Man, being greater, has an even greater superiority. A further story strengthens the point. Jesus on a sabbath teaches in the synagogue when a man with a withered hand is present. In the light of the previous story, scribes and Pharisees watch to see whether he will compound his refusal to be bound by the law's requirements. He refuses to be intimidated by them. His action raises one further dimension of his attitude to the law....
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compound Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)
... vb. 1. To make a composition with creditors. 2. See compounding an offence...
