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Cocceius, Johannes

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Cocceius, Johannes (kŏksē`əs), 1603–69, German theologian, whose surname was originally Koch or Koken. Born in Bremen, he went to Holland, where he was professor at Francken and Leiden. He produced many learned writings, among them his great dictionary of the Hebrew language (1669), often reprinted. Cocceius held a theory of life based upon the Bible. He made the biblical covenant covenant , agreement entered into voluntarily by two or more parties to do or refrain from doing certain acts. In the Bible and in theology the covenant is the agreement or engagement of God with man as revealed in the Scriptures.
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 between God and man the central idea of his theology. In his examination of the Old Testament he found Jesus prefigured throughout. His followers, Cocceians, perpetuated and emphasized his teachings.


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