For some reason it is usually customary to call a dog whose name you don’t know watchdog. How can we explain this?

Word watchdog in relation to a dog today it has simply become a common noun. But once upon a time such a dog name was widespread. It is believed that the word was borrowed from Latin languages and literally translated as “bearded.” It should be noted that some dog breeds are indeed distinguished by thick hair on their faces.

In this regard, the Cuban communists are also remembered barbados who vowed not to shave their beards until victory socialist revolution in Cuba. Both words - and watchdog And barbados- one Latin root.

Word mess everyone knows, but very often they call completely different things. What does it literally mean?

Until recently in the Russian language the word mess they called just a harmless clay jug with a wide neck. And this word had no other meaning. Then, probably from widespread use humanity refused ceramics - and on the word mess the meaning of the word overlapped mud(which, however, was often pronounced as bard). Burda is a kind of devilish intoxicating mixture prepared from what is in normal conditions people don't use. It could contain grounds that had settled at the bottom of a wine barrel, or the remains beer wort, and crushed grains from mash, and even tobacco - for strength. Perhaps it was in these messes that the very mud (or stillage) was usually kept.

It is also possible that later, with the development of distilling in Russia and the cheaper price of vodka, they began to keep all sorts of small rubbish in the empty messes, which was a pity to throw away. It is worth remembering here that today glove compartments we also call the small boxes that we put in household for the same purpose, and even a compartment for gloves in the car. By the way, in a word mess sometimes called a brothel. Considering that in Russian many words have figurative meaning, then this is quite understandable.

I always thought that barons only German nobles were named. And suddenly I found out that there were also Russian barons. Where did they come from in Russia? Maybe these are German immigrants?

Word baron, indeed, German - from Old High German baro, which once meant “ warlike man" But there were barons of purely Russian origin. The title of baron was introduced in Russia under Peter I. By the way, the first Russian to receive this title in 1710 was a certain Shafirov, a Jew by nationality.

I've heard shoes called shoe covers. But every time they meant either galoshes, or broken shoes, or God knows what else. What did they call shoe covers?

Once upon a time shoe covers Russian peasants called work boots, and indeed any footwear suitable only for work and not for walking. The etymology of this word is still difficult to research. Some linguists believe that the source was Latin word bacle- "women's shoes".

Bash to bash

How to explain an expression bash to bash?

WITH Turkish language word bac translated as "head". By the way, our head came from him. And the expression bash to bash literally means “head for head,” that is, “equally.” It was probably once used during the exchange of prisoners. However, given the customs of those times, it can be assumed that bash to bash the meaning was equivalent to another expression - an eye for an eye.

Hush, Little Baby, Do not Say a Word

What did our grandmothers mean when they sang at the baby's cradle? hush, Little Baby, Do not Say a Word? What do these meaningless words mean?

To answer this question, let us first turn to other languages ​​related to Russian. IN Old Slavonic language bayati meant “to tell, talk, treat.” Polish bajć means "to chat", Serbo-Croatian bajati– “to conjure”, Slovenian bájati- “to speak, to conjure.” The word “bayat” has been preserved in some Russian dialects; it simply means “to tell.”

So it turns out that hush, Little Baby, Do not Say a Word- this is a kind of conspiracy, divination, a session of light hypnosis with the goal of putting, “lulling” a child to sleep. In modern Russian, this expression can literally be translated as “I speak, I charm you, I cast a spell on you.”

Poor as Lazarus

I recently heard the expression poor like Lazarus. Where did this saying come from? I remember biblical story about how Christ raised a certain Lazarus from the dead. Was he the poor one?

No, he's not.

In the Gospel of Luke there is such a parable: at the gate of one very rich man a beggar named Lazarus lay for a long time, who ate scraps from the rich man’s table thrown out into the street and was so sick and weak that he could not even visit the temple. The beggar did not live long, and the rich man immediately forgot about him. When the rich man himself went to hell after death, it turned out that Lazarus was in heaven. The rich man was indignant: “Why are you doing this to me, Lord, when I lived righteously and never missed a single service in church?” To which the Lord replied: “You, brother, have eaten heartily all your life, drank deliciously and slept under silk blankets, what else do you need? But Lazarus, poor fellow, lived as a beggar and died sick, let him at least now live like a human being.”

The moral, I suppose, is obvious. But this Lazarus became a proverb because Russian beggars, begging on the porch, were very fond of reminding rich parishioners of this story. They even had special pitiful songs about Lazarus. By the way, since then the expression has appeared sing Lazarus, that is, “pretend to be a beggar, complain about fate.”

White crow

When we encounter a person who is very different from those around us, we call him black sheep. Where did such a strange phrase come into our language? Where are its roots?

Perhaps the image of a white crow, as something out of the ordinary, was applied to extraordinary people a very long time ago - the allegory is too obvious. But for the first time “officially” it was published by the ancient Roman poet Juvenal. He wrote about fate and chance: “Fate gives kingdoms to slaves and brings triumphs to captives. However, such a lucky person is rarer than a black sheep.”

Bindyuzhnik

In the famous song about Kostya from Odessa, there is a line about how “the bindyuzhniki stood up when he entered the pub.” Who are they binders?

Simply “drivers of mares,” as Utesov called them. Bindyuga is big cart, which was used when unloading ships in southern ports.

The Gospel contains a parable about poor Lazarus, who lay at the rich man’s gate, begging for alms: “There was also a certain beggar named Lazarus, who lay at his gate covered in scabs and wanted to feed on the crumbs falling from the rich man’s table; and the dogs came and licked the scabs. him" (Luke 16.20-21).
Crippled beggars, begging for alms, often sang a spiritual verse about poor Lazarus. They sang plaintively and mournfully. Hence the expression “poor as Lazarus,” “singing Lazarus.”
The same thing means “poor as Ir” (Homer, “Odyssey”).

Explanation of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.

There is no afterlife. The Bible does not teach these pagan beliefs. Death is like deep sleep without dreams in which time is not felt. This can be seen in John 11, which mentions another Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead.
The same thing is said in the Old Testament books of Psalms, Ecclesiastes, etc.

The parable of the rich man and Lazarus says that the rich man immediately went to hell, and Lazarus went to heaven. If the dead sleep, then how can we explain this parable? (OK. 16:19-31).

It is important to note that this is primarily a parable. It is the fifth in a series of parables - about the lost sheep, about the lost coin, about prodigal son (Luke 15) and an unfaithful manager (Luke 16:1-11). Parables are meant to teach people great moral lessons. And every statement in the parable does not need to be taken literally. For example, we all do not have wool and four legs like sheep. We are not made of metal like the silver drachma. Each parable poses the question: what great moral lessons are contained in it? We can get into big trouble if we try to take every detail of the parable literally, instead of learning from it the lesson Jesus is trying to teach us. Let's assume that the parable of the rich man and Lazarus is a literal story. Do people really talk when they are in heaven and hell? Can they hear the screams of the latter? Do souls really have fingers and tongues, as is said in the parable? Abraham must have had a fairly large womb (insides, womb. -Approx. trans.), to accommodate everyone who gets there. Taking the parable literally means creating enormous problems for yourself. Heaven would be a terrible place if from there we could watch the constant, eternal torment of our friends. Why did Jesus tell this story? What lessons was He trying to teach us? The Jews were well aware of the legend where death is described as a path through the valley of darkness, where the saved righteous take refuge in the bosom of Abraham, and the eternally lost go towards their destruction. Jesus used this story to teach us three lessons. First, the Jews believed that wealth was a sign of God's favor and poverty a sign of His displeasure with man. In the parable, the rich man, who according to Jewish beliefs was blessed by God, ends his life in hell, and the poor man in heaven. Jesus changed the expected outcome of the parable.

1. Wealth obtained through greed, dishonesty, or fleecing the poor is not a sign of God's favor.

2. The parable describes a huge chasm separating hell and heaven. Jesus made it clear that after death a person is not given any second chance. The decision made during life determines our eternity.

3. Jesus points out that if the Pharisees rejected the clear teaching of God's Word about salvation, then they would also reject His great, supernatural, visual miracle of raising the dead.

The Jews always asked Jesus for signs. He gave them the greatest sign. Some time later He raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:11-14,43,44). The Jews "decided to kill Lazarus" (John 12:10). They became so angry with Jesus that they decided to kill Him too. They read the Bible with clogged eyes (2 Cor. 3:14-16). They didn't understand that "all Scripture" testifies to Jesus (John 5:39). When He raised Lazarus from the dead, they didn't believe it. His words in the Gospel of Luke turned out to be prophetic: “If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not believe even if someone were raised from the dead.” (Luke 16:31). What a call to think! What a persistent warning! Scripture is our only authority. Jesus used a story popular among the Jews to demonstrate this undeniable truth. Thus, the entire Bible is wonderfully harmonious.

What does the Book of Revelation mean when it describes the souls of those slain under the altar exclaiming with loud voices: “How long, O Lord, Holy and True, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” (Rev. 6:9-11)

Personification is a common biblical method of describing situations in symbolic language. After Cain killed Abel, the Lord said to Cain: “The voice of your brother’s blood cries to Me from the earth.” (Gen. 4:10). Did Abel's blood really cry out? No! Not literally. By linguistic means, God's devoted, loving, tender care for His martyr Abel and Cain's responsibility for his sinful deed are conveyed. According to Heb. 12:24, the blood of Christ speaks better than Abel's. She grants forgiveness, mercy and redemption. Naturally, the blood of Christ does not speak in the literal sense of the word. God's message of redemption is expressed figuratively. In Revelation 6, God clearly states that He has not forgotten His faithful martyrs throughout the centuries. Their blood symbolically cries out to God, begging him to bring justice to their persecutors and reward the faithful with eternal life. In the Bible, the word "soul" often means a person, or person. (Rom. 13:1; Ezek. 18:4; Acts 27:37). It also means life (cf. Heb. 13:17; 1 Peter 4:19; Matt. 10:28). Thus, one can read: the lives of those killed for Christ - symbolically, like the blood of Abel - cry out from underground for righteous judgment. The final judgment will take place, and God Himself will pronounce the verdict!

Is the soul immortal?

The Bible uses the word “soul” approximately 1,600 times, but not once does the expression “immortal soul” appear. The word "mortal" means "subject to death." The word "immortal" means "not subject to death." The Bible says emphatically: “The soul that sins shall die.” (Ezek. 18:4). Jesus stated that both body and soul could be destroyed in hell (Matt. 10:28). Immortality is an attribute of the Divine. Only God is naturally immortal (1 Tim. 6:15, 16). Satan's first lie in the Garden of Eden was about death. The devil declared that the consequence of disobedience would not be death, but life. He said: "No, you won't die" (Gen. 3:4). God's Word says, "The wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). Death is the absence of life. Sin does not grant eternal life in hell, but total, absolute expulsion from the face of God through complete disappearance. The Bible's message is clear. Man is mortal (Job 4:17). We are looking for immortality (Rom. 2:7). The righteous will receive immortality as a gift from our Lord at His Second Coming (1 Cor. 15:51-54). Sinners will also receive eternal retribution. "A sin committed gives birth to death" (Like 1:15). Then all that remains is to choose between eternal life and eternal death.

What does Peter mean when he talks about Christ preaching to the spirits in prison? (1 Peter 3:19)

To understand this verse, you must read the entire passage (1 Peter 3:18-22). Verse 18 says that Jesus, the holy Son of God, delivered up to death for our sins, was made alive by the power of the Holy Spirit. Verse 19 seems to take our thought in another direction, stating that Christ preached to the spirits in prison by the same Holy Spirit. When did he preach to these spirits in prison? And who are these spirits? Verse 20 tells us this! In the days of Noah, the hearts of the people were constantly in evil. They were in the bonds of demonic spirits. The same Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from literal death spoke to the demon-possessed people who were spiritually dead in the days of Noah to restore them to spiritual life. The Spirit of Christ spoke through the prophet with the preaching of the Gospel to people caught in spiritual prisons (1 Peter 1:10-12). The Great Power of the Spirit Opens the Prison of Sin and Sets Captives Free (Isa. 61:1). In 1 Peter. 3:21 is an even clearer example. The events of the flood are associated with baptism. Just as the Holy Spirit once raised Jesus from death to life, brought Noah’s family into the ark, saving them from death and leading them to life, so now the Holy Spirit works, awakening spiritual life, convicting people of sin, giving the power to change lives and leading them through the waters of baptism. In the days of Noah, the Spirit led people from death to life. Today, the same Spirit is delivering people from spiritual prisons, leading them from death to life - all thanks to great power the risen Christ.

What does the Bible teach about reincarnation?

Reincarnation is based on two premises, neither of which is true. First: people purify themselves through their own righteous deeds. Second: there is an immortal soul that experiences bodily death. The Bible teaches that salvation comes only by faith in Christ (Eph. 2:8; Rom. 3:24-31). Death is a sleep until the glorious resurrection (1 Fez. 4:15, 16; 1 Cor. 15:51-54). There is no second chance after death (Heb. 9:27). Now is the time for salvation (2 Cor. 6:2).

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Poor as Lazarus

Poor as Lazarus.

Wed. There was also a certain beggar named Lazarus, who wanted to feed himself on the crumbs falling from the rich man’s table, and the dogs came and licked his scabs.

Onion. 16, 20-21.

Wed. The infirmary is a small hospital.

Per. Lazzaroni - beggars in Naples.

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• - The expression arose from the Gospel, from the parable of the beggar Lazarus, who lay covered in scabs at the rich man’s gate and would have been glad to be fed at least with the crumbs falling from his table. In the old days, crippled beggars, begging...

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• - Wed. With our civilization we are as poor as Job. A.S. Suvorin. Wed. Arm wie Hiob. Plus pauvre que Job. SÑð. Job. 17, 1-16. See civilization...

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• - Poor as Job. Wed. With our civilization we are as poor as Job. A. S. Suvorin. Wed. Arm wie Hiob. Plus pauvre que Job. Wed. Job. 17, 1-16. See Civilization...
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I'm poor, lonely and naked

From the book Kolyma notebooks author Shalamov Varlam

I am poor, lonely and naked, I am poor, lonely and naked, Devoid of fire. Lilac polar darkness is all around me. I trust the pale darkness My poems. She hardly has My sins on her mind. And my bronchi are torn by frost and my mouth is aching. And, like stones, drops of tears And frozen sweat. I speak my poems, I speak them

Oh, how poor I was then...

From the book Strange Cities Are Noisy Here, or the Great Experiment of Negative Selection author Nosik Boris Mikhailovich

FEDIN BEDEN

From the book Calendar. Talking about the main thing author Bykov Dmitry Lvovich

FEDIN BEDEN Today in Russia it is difficult to find a person who would re-read or even clearly remember Konstantin Fedin’s novel “Cities and Years”. There is no talk at all about his other works - they are in Soviet times were the property of specialists in Soviet history

Oh, how poor I was then...

From the book Jewish Limit and Parisian Kindness author Nosik Boris Mikhailovich

Oh, how poor I was then... Singing could often be heard from the studio windows. The Italians sang, the Ukrainians sang. The sculptor Archipenko had a bass, and in the book by Janine Varnaud you can find the story of the artist Fernand Léger about how he, the future communist Léger, decided to sing around the yards to earn money

Poor in oil

From the author's book

Low on oil Late Sunday evening, a man stood on the top floor of Beijing's luxury China World Hotel and looked down at the endless streams of headlights darting in different directions from the eight-lane Chang'an Avenue, Beijing's main thoroughfare, to the overpass.

Lazarus

From the book The Secret of the Name author Zima Dmitry

Lazar Meaning and origin of the name: Lazar is the Russian form of the name Elizar (Ilizar), which means “God helped” (Hebrew). Energy and Karma of the name: in its energy, the name Lazar is very expressive, it suggests depth of feelings, internal strength and balanced

Is it not the will of God that the poor man is poor?

From the book Jewish Wisdom [Ethical, Spiritual and historical lessons according to the works of great sages] author Telushkin Joseph

Is it not the will of God that the poor man is poor? The Talmudic Rabbis very often entered into a debate that is now rarely mentioned - is the suffering of the poor a consequence of the will of God? This question was asked by an influential Roman dignitary to one of the greatest sages

Rich or poor?

From the book Nobility, Power and Society in the Provincial Russia XVIII century author Team of authors

Rich or poor? Vasily Vasilyevich Kapnist was born in the village of Obukhovka, not far from the village of the same name on the northeastern border of the Mirgorod regiment (910). The parental house was located in a clearing surrounded by forest on the right - “mountain”, almost 90 m high - bank of the Psel River,

Poor as Job

From book encyclopedic Dictionary catch words and expressions author Serov Vadim Vasilievich

Poor as Job, see Job the long-suffering.

Fedin is poor

From the book Articles from the magazine “Russian Life” author Bykov Dmitry Lvovich

Fedin is one of them. Today in Russia it is difficult to find a person who would re-read or even clearly remember Konstantin Fedin’s novel “Cities and Years.” There is no talk at all about his other works - even in Soviet times they were the property of history specialists

From the book Ask a Psychologist author Stepanov Sergey Sergeevich

Is a husband poor with a rich wife? My wife and I lived in perfect harmony for many years. When we were young, we started our careers equally: she was a simple accountant, I was an ordinary engineer. But in Lately everything has changed. Her fate was more successful than mine; she is now deputy. main

Is a husband poor with a rich wife?

From the book Man with Money [Psychology of Wealth] author Stepanov Sergey Sergeevich

Is a husband poor with a rich wife? What could be more unpleasant than the situation of a husband whose wife asks him for money every day? Only the situation of a husband who asks his wife for money every day. Unknown For several years I had the opportunity to conduct psychological columns in

Dmitry Bykov Fedin is poor

From the book of the Corporation (February 2009) author Russian life magazine

Dmitry Bykov Fedin is poor One of them

25. Stay poor or you'll go astray

From the book Zen - the biggest lie of all time by Sawaki Kodo

25. Stay poor, or you will go astray “I want to try zazen to become a real man.” To such people I say: “You will never make a real man!” Zazen is the most boring thing that exists for a person - only one who is tired of his

Chapter 1 So, who is not poor?

From the book How to live luxuriously without going broke author Hillis Marjorie

Chapter 1 So, who is not poor?

The expression “Poor as Lazarus.” “Singing Lazarus” arose from the Gospel (Luke 16:20-21), from the parable of the beggar Lazarus, who lay covered in scabs at the rich man’s gate and would have been glad to be fed even with the crumbs falling from his table. In the old days, crippled beggars, begging for alms, sang “spiritual verses” and especially often the “verse about poor Lazarus,” based on the plot of the Gospel parable. This verse was sung plaintively, to a mournful tune.

This is where the expressions “sing Lazarus”, “pretend to be Lazarus” came from, used to mean: complain about fate, cry, beg, pretend to be poor, unhappy.

“Poor as Lazarus. Sing Lazarus" quote:

Arina Fedotovna: He sings to brother Lazarus, but tells him different things, and he believes him (A. N. Ostrovsky, Don’t get into your own sleigh, 2, 3).

And he has a lot of money, I know. There is no need to sing Lazarus with me, you won’t fool me (I. S. Turgenev, Unhappy, 11).

There’s no point in singing Lazarus!.. I see right through your shameless soul! (P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky, In the forests, 4, 6).

Antip Antipych: What a thief man! A deep one. After all, what kind of Lazarus will he pretend to be! (A. N. Ostrovsky, Family Picture).

Akhov: ...Don’t pretend to be a Lazarus to me! (A. N. Ostrovsky, Not everything is Maslenitsa for the cat, 3, 3).

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Poor as Lazarus

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Poor as Lazarus. Sing Lazarus
The expression arose from the Gospel (Luke 16:20-21), from the parable of the beggar Lazarus, who lay covered in scabs at the rich man’s gate and would have been glad to be fed even with the crumbs falling from his table. In the old days, crippled beggars, begging for alms, sang “spiritual verses” and especially often the “verse about poor Lazarus,” based on the plot of the Gospel parable. This verse was sung plaintively, to a mournful tune. This is where the expressions “singing Lazarus”, “pretending to be Lazarus” came from, used in the meaning: complaining about fate, crying, begging, pretending to be poor, unhappy.

Encyclopedic Dictionary of winged words and expressions. - M.: “Locked-Press”. Vadim Serov. 2003.

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Adj., number of synonyms: 6 poor as job (6) poor as ir (6) poor (88) ... Synonym dictionary

Poor as Lazarus. Wed. There was also a certain beggar named Lazarus, who wanted to feed himself on the crumbs falling from the rich man’s table, and the dogs came and licked his scabs. Onion. 16, 20 21. Wed. The infirmary is a small hospital. Per. Lazaroni (Lazzaroni) beggars in... ... Michelson's Large Explanatory and Phraseological Dictionary (original spelling)

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Wed. There was also a certain beggar named Lazarus, who wanted to feed on the crumbs falling from the rich man’s table, and the dogs came and licked his scabs. Wed. The infirmary is a small hospital. Lazaroni (Lazzaroni, lazzaroni) beggars in Naples. See the Lazarus sing... Michelson's Large Explanatory and Phraseological Dictionary

The expression arose from the Gospel (Luke 16:20-21), from the parable of the poor Lazarus, who lay covered in scabs at the rich man’s gate and would have been glad to be fed even with the crumbs falling from his table. In the old days, crippled beggars, begging for alms, sang spiritual poems and... ... Dictionary of popular words and expressions

Poor as Lazarus. Sing Lazarus- wing. sl. The expression arose from the Gospel (Luke 16:20-21), from the parable of the poor Lazarus, who lay covered in scabs at the rich man’s gate and would have been glad to be fed even with the crumbs falling from his table. In the old days, crippled beggars, begging for alms, sang... ... Universal additional practical explanatory dictionary by I. Mostitsky

Adj., number of synonyms: 6 poor as ir (6) poor as Lazarus (6) poor (88) ... Synonym dictionary