Personification in the Bible Personification in the Bible Personification, the attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather, is a literary device found in many ancient texts, including the Hebrew Bible and Christian New Testament. Personification is often part of allegory, parable and metaphor in the Bible. A famous example of personification is the personification of Wisdom as a woman in the Book of Proverbs, or natural forces in the Book of Job. An early example of zoomorphism in the Hebrew Bible is when sin is likened to an animal "crouching"
Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible is a concordance to the Bible compiled by Robert Young first published in 1879. British editions and American editions are numbered differently. These have the title "Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible". These have the title "Analytical Concordance to the Bible". The 20th American edition, first published in 1910, corresponds largely to the British 7th edition revised by W. B. Stevenson, but to which was added a further supplement, entitled "A sketch of recent exploration in Bible lands" by Thomas Nicol. This was originally published separately some time