العهد القديم

Arabic

Etymology

"Old covenant," "ancient covenant," from عَهْد (ʕahd, “covenant”) and قَدِيم (qadīm, “old, ancient”), calqued from Ancient Greek παλαιὰ (palaià) διαθήκη (diathḗkē).

Proper noun

الْعَهْد الْقَدِيم • (al-ʕahd al-qadīm) m

1. (Christianity) the Old Testament

Declension

Declension of noun الْعَهْد الْقَدِيم (al-ʕahd al-qadīm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْعَهْد الْقَدِيم al-ʕahd al-qadīm	—
Nominative	—	الْعَهْدُ الْقَدِيمُ al-ʕahdu l-qadīmu	—
Accusative	—	الْعَهْدَ الْقَدِيمَ al-ʕahda l-qadīma	—
Genitive	—	الْعَهْدِ الْقَدِيمِ al-ʕahdi l-qadīmi	—

Related terms

• الْكِتَاب الْمُقَدَّس (al-kitāb al-muqaddas, “the Bible”)
  • الْعَهْد الْجَدِيد (al-ʕahd al-jadīd, “the New Testament”)
• إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl, “the Gospel”)
• تَوْرَاة (tawrāh, “the Torah”)
• زَبُور (zabūr, “the Psalms”)
• الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān, “the Qur'an”)