"Does your dictionary reinforce and verify Bible study for your family, or does it introduce conflicting values and worldviews?
[A] dictionary inculcates either a secular or Christian worldview through . . . its definitions . . . . Consider the contrast of the definitions of the word “marriage” taken from a modern dictionary and from the original 1828 Dictionary:
Marriage: "The mutual relation of husband and wife; the institution whereby men and women are joined in a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose of founding and maintaining a family.”
—Modern Dictionary, 1980
Marriage: "The act of uniting a man and a woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and a woman for life. Marriage is a contract both religious and civil by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. Marriage was instituted by God Himself for the purpose of preventing promiscuous intercourse of sexes, for promoting domestic felicity, and for securing the maintenance and education of children. ‘Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled.’ (Hebrews 13)”
— American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828 Edition
If the underlying philosophical suppositions of any little book have power, how much more imperative is it to base education upon a big dictionary which identifies Biblical truth in the very vocabulary of the language and that can be used in every subject?
This is reason the Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary is the most important reprint of the twentieth century, the essential tool of education for Christians. Get one to look up such words as education, marriage, spirit, truth, and grace. You may be amazed to discover the modern secularization of the very dictionary."
