apocrypha means that group of works which formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews, and which is considered by some Christians to form an authentic part of Scripture, but which is rejected by others (namely by Protestants). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
apocrypha is pronounced /əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/.
Why “apocrypha” is a great word
APOCRYPHA — [Noun] A corpus of ancient Jewish writings included in the Septuagint and some Christian Bibles but excluded from the Hebrew canon and the Protestant Old Testament. From the Late Latin apocrypha (scripta), from the Greek apokryphos ("hidden, obscure"), from apo- ("away") and kryptein ("to hide"). Unlike "canon," which denotes the officially accepted, authoritative scripture, or "pseudepigrapha," which refers to writings more universally excluded and falsely attributed, the Apocrypha occupies a liminal space of contested authority. It is the shadow library at the edge of the sacred text, holding the defiant revolt of the Maccabees, the angelic journey of Tobit, and the stoic wisdom of Sirach—a testament that the borders of revelation are drawn not by divinity, but by the human hand, leaving these stories to linger in the quiet fate of what is almost, but not quite, divine.
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- That group of works which formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews, and which is considered by some Christians to form an authentic part of Scripture, but which is rejected by others (namely by Protestants).
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- Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).“But it may be objected, that these books being in the Jews' canon , ought to be acknowledged for divinely inspired , rather than the apocryphas that never were in it”