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   Tes·ta·ment

   /ˈtestəmənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person's will, especially the part relating to personal property: "father's will and testament"
   • 2. something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality: "growing attendance figures are a testament to the event's popularity"
   • 3. (in biblical use) a covenant or dispensation.
   • ▪ a division of the Bible.
   • ▪ a copy of the New Testament: "he was able to buy a Testament"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin testamentum ‘a will’ (from testari ‘testify’), in Christian Latin also translating Greek diathēkē ‘covenant’.

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   What does the word testament mean in the Bible?

   • The word testament is a derivation of the Latin word testamentum, which was used in Jerome’s Vulgate to translate the Hebrew word b’rith, covenant. The Greek equivalent is diatheke, which also means covenant. The word has come to be used in describing the two main divisions of the Bible : The Old Testament and The New Testament.

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   What is the difference between a will and a testament?

   • Note: A testament was formerly concerned specifically with personal property, as in the phrase last will and testament. Now a will covers both personal and real property and the terms will and testament are generally synonymous, but the phrase lives on. Latin testamentum, from testari to call as a witness, make a will, from testis witness

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   What does the word testament mean in Jewish literature?

   • The word testament, when used in the sense of a blessing or moral exhortation given as the last words of a famous person or exemplar figure, developed into its own literary genre familiar to Jewish literature.

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   Is a testament a noun or adjective?

   • A testament is a declaration of a truth, or a bearing of witness that something is true. [whatever] was evidence of his inner strength. Also, it should read "a testament" since "testament" is a noun, not an adjective. Though I often hear it shortened in conversation the way it is in your example. Thanks a lot!

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   A testament is a statement of belief. The most famous testaments are the two parts of the Christian Bible: the Old and New Testaments. A testament states a belief or gives some kind of direction. The document people leave behind at death is known as the "last will and testament."

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    A testament is a formal way of saying proof of something good. For example, it's a testament to Jane's popularity that so many people are celebrating with her today. See also the New Testament and the Old Testament.