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Prayer beads, Beade, and year dates
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1. Prayer beads, Beade, and year dates
Verse routeMatthew 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. [kjv]
Verse routebiddað … [wes]
Verse routebidjith … [got]



The Old English word "biddan""ask, demand" and is the source of English words such as "bid", "bidding", "bead" an it prayer beads, etc. This word was combined/conflated with the Old English word "beodan""offer, announce".
The monk Beade, whose name meant "prayer", starting dating events using the (incorrect dating system for the) birth of Christ. This calendar dating system is still used today. Beade used the term "Easter" and it appears to have been used ever since.

Verse route5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. [kjv]
Verse routebidde… [wes]
Verse routebidjandin … [got]


2. Matthew 5:42
   Matthew 5:42 
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KJV: Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Greek: τω αιτουντι σε διδου δος και τον θελοντα απο σου δανεισασθαι δανισασθαι μη αποστραφης
Wessex: Syle þam þe þe bidde. & þan þe aet þe wile borgian ne wern þu hym.
Wycliffe: Yyue thou to hym that axith of thee, and turne not awey fro hym that wole borewe of thee.
Tyndale: Geve to him that axeth and fro him that wolde borowe tourne not awaye.
Gothic: thamma bidjandin thuk gibais, jah thamma wiljandin af thus leihvan sis ni uswandjais.
Luther: Gib dem, der dich bittet, und wende dich nicht von dem, der dir abborgen will.

3. Matthew 9:38
   Matthew 9:38 
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KJV: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Greek: δεηθητε ουν του κυριου του θερισμου οπως εκβαλη εργατας εις τον θερισμον αυτου
Wessex: biddað þas ripes hlaford þt he sende ripten (sic) to his ripe.
Gothic: bidjith nu fraujan asanais ei ussandjai waurstwjans in asan seina.
Luther: Darum bittet den Herrn der Ernte, daß er Arbeiter in seine Ernte sende!

4. Prayer beads
To remember prayers, or "bids" or "beads" little balls with holes were threaded on a string. These "beads" eventually became known as "prayer beads", a redundant name since it literally means "prayer prayers".

5. Rifles
Too aim a rifle, or shotgun, a round sphere of metal was placed at the end of the barrel. Since it looked like a "bead" it became know as that.

Your "beady eye" is one that takes aim at something as a target.

6. The monk Beade
In the Middle Ages in Britain, the monk Beade, whose name meant "prayer", used the term Easter and it appears to have been used ever since.

Beade is the one who started dating events from the birth of Christ and that has been done ever since.

7. BCE
To avoid the Biblical connotation of Christ, some people prefer to use the term BCE (Before the Common Era) rather than BC (Before Christ).

Note that AD (Anno Domini) comes from the "Anno Domini""Year of the Lord".

8. 1 Timothy 4:5
Verse route1 Timothy 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. [kjv]
Verse routeαγιαζεται γαρ δια λογου θεου και εντευξεως [gnt]
Verse routesanctificaturverbumorationem [v]
Verse routewaurdbida. [got]


The Gothic word "bida""request" as in the English word "bid" which was the original English word for "prayer".

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9. 1 Timothy 4:5

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KJV: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Greek: αγιαζεται γαρ δια λογου θεου και εντευξεως
Latin: sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei et orationem
Gothic: gaweihada auk thairh waurd gudis jah bida.

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