Sirach

See also: sírách

English

Ben Sira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sirach on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

Alternative forms

• Si., Sir. (abbreviations)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪɹæk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɪɹak/

Proper noun

Sirach

1. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.

Synonyms

• Ben Sira
• Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach

Translations

Ecclesiasticus — see Ecclesiasticus

Anagrams

• Charis, chairs, rachis

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Σειράχ (Seirákh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.rakʰ/, [ˈs̠iːräkʰ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.rak/, [ˈsiːräk]

Proper noun

Sīrach m (indeclinable)

1. Sirach (Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira)
   • 1526, Erasmus, Lingua‎^[1], page 194:

     Hinc Sirach ille ſapiẽs.

     Hence, Sirach is that sage.

See also

• Ecclesiasticus