Ambitious (6 Occurrences)

... 2. (a.) Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AMBITIOUS. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ambitious.htm - 9k

Ambition (9 Occurrences)

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Ambush (39 Occurrences)

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Nebuchadnezzar (90 Occurrences)

... But Nabopolassar was ambitious of reconquering from Necho the western provinces of Syria, and for this purpose he sent his son with a powerful army westward ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nebuchadnezzar.htm - 57k

Jehu (63 Occurrences)

... "He was one of those decisive, terrible, and ambitious, yet prudent, calculating, and passionless men whom God from time to time raises up to change the fate ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehu.htm - 47k

Immanuel (3 Occurrences)

... Pekah, king of Israel, a bold and ambitious usurper, and Rezin, king of Syria, formed an alliance, the dual object of which was, first, to organize a ... biblethesaurus.org/i/immanuel.htm - 16k

Iscariot (11 Occurrences)

... But the situation, however disquieting it must have been to the ambitious designs which probably actuated Judas in his acceptance of the apostleship (compare ... biblethesaurus.org/i/iscariot.htm - 25k

Flourish (26 Occurrences)

... or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or ... biblethesaurus.org/f/flourish.htm - 18k

Rebekah (31 Occurrences)

... of character, which appears in every line of the narrative, and prepares the reader to find in subsequent chapters the positive, ambitious and energetic woman ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rebekah.htm - 21k

Eagerly (36 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 14:1 Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eagerly.htm - 15k

Eager (43 Occurrences)

... (WEY). 1 Corinthians 14:1 Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eager.htm - 18k

Pharaohnecoh

... river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt" (2 Kings 24:7). 4. Commercial Development of Egypt: While Pharaoh-necoh II was ambitious to extend ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaohnecoh.htm - 11k

Pharaoh-necoh (3 Occurrences)

... river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt" (2 Kings 24:7). 4. Commercial Development of Egypt: While Pharaoh-necoh II was ambitious to extend ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaoh-necoh.htm - 12k

Pursuit (35 Occurrences)

... (WEY). 1 Corinthians 14:1 Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pursuit.htm - 17k

Check (9 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 14:39 The conclusion, my brethren, is this. Be earnestly ambitious to prophesy, and do not check speaking with tongues; (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/check.htm - 11k

Conclusion (10 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 14:39 The conclusion, my brethren, is this. Be earnestly ambitious to prophesy, and do not check speaking with tongues; (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/conclusion.htm - 10k

Confident (42 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 1:7 They are ambitious to be teachers of the Law, although they do not understand either their own words or what the things are about which they make ... biblethesaurus.org/c/confident.htm - 18k

Chiefly (5 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 14:1 Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chiefly.htm - 8k

Asnapper (1 Occurrence)

... He was "luxurious, ambitious, and cruel, but a magnificent patron of literature." He formed at Nineveh a library of clay tablets, numbering about 10,000. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asnapper.htm - 7k

Amon (20 Occurrences)

... It is natural that, seeing the insignificance of Amon's administration, some ambitious clique, imitating the policy that had frequently succeeded in the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amon.htm - 18k

Annas (4 Occurrences)

... He belonged to the Sadducean aristocracy, and, like others of that class, he seems to have been arrogant, astute, ambitious and enormously wealthy. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/annas.htm - 13k

Alcimus

... He was a descendant of Aaron, but not in the high-priestly line (1 Maccabees 7:14; also Ant, XX, 10); and being ambitious for the office of high priest, he ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alcimus.htm - 7k

Assertions (1 Occurrence)

... 1 Timothy 1:7 They are ambitious to be teachers of the Law, although they do not understand either their own words or what the things are about which they make ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assertions.htm - 6k

Abimelech (63 Occurrences)

... Ophrah. Only one named Jotham escaped. He was an unprincipled, ambitious ruler, often engaged in war with his own subjects. When ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abimelech.htm - 36k

Sargon (1 Occurrence)

... which now extended from the frontiers of Egypt in the west to the mountains of Elam in the east, and thus carried almost to completion the ambitious designs of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sargon.htm - 10k

Salome (2 Occurrences)

... Zebedee. It is she, therefore, whose ambitious request for her sons James and John is recorded in Matthew 20:20-24 Mark 10:35-40. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salome.htm - 10k

Benefit (39 Occurrences)

... (WEY RSV). 1 Corinthians 14:12 Therefore, seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them so as to benefit the Church. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/benefit.htm - 19k

Dreamer (4 Occurrences)

... Jacob. He was just in the prime of adolescence, the very period of day dreaming. He was perhaps inordinately ambitious. This was ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dreamer.htm - 18k

Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)

... Josephus says (Ant., VIII, vii, 8) that Jeroboam was elevated by the words of the prophet, "and being a young man of warm temper, and ambitious of greatness ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jeroboam.htm - 62k

Judas (42 Occurrences)

... But the situation, however disquieting it must have been to the ambitious designs which probably actuated Judas in his acceptance of the apostleship (compare ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judas.htm - 45k

Haggai (14 Occurrences)

... But this gave other ambitious pretenders cause to rebel, and many provinces revolted, among them Susiana, Media, Assyria, Armenia, Parthia, and others (compare ... biblethesaurus.org/h/haggai.htm - 28k

Dream (82 Occurrences)

... Jacob. He was just in the prime of adolescence, the very period of day dreaming. He was perhaps inordinately ambitious. This was ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dream.htm - 47k

Taxing (3 Occurrences)

... At the same time the cessation of war made the development of internal resources for carrying on his ambitious schemes imperative. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/taxing.htm - 35k

Although (167 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 1:7 They are ambitious to be teachers of the Law, although they do not understand either their own words or what the things are about which they make ... biblethesaurus.org/a/although.htm - 35k

Tax (43 Occurrences)

... At the same time the cessation of war made the development of internal resources for carrying on his ambitious schemes imperative. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tax.htm - 47k

Antiochus

... As soon as the monarchy had been firmly established, Tryphon unmasked his projects: he had been ambitious only for himself; Antiochus had been only an ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antiochus.htm - 17k

Nero

... 2. Poppea Sabina (58 AD): The former had a wife as ambitious as she was unprincipled, and endowed, according to Tacitus, with every gift of nature except an ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nero.htm - 41k

Empire (8 Occurrences)

... If any form of government, only supreme power would prove effectual amid an enfeebled, unpopular senate, corrupt and idle commons, and ambitious individuals. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/empire.htm - 80k

Josiah (51 Occurrences)

... The power of Assyria was weakening, and Pharaoh-necoh of Egypt, ambitious to secure control of Mesopotamia, started on the campaign in which he was eventually ... biblethesaurus.org/j/josiah.htm - 42k

Isaiah (64 Occurrences)

... His illness occurred during the period of Babylon's independence under Merodach-baladan, the ever-ambitious, irresistible and uncompromising enemy of Assyria ... biblethesaurus.org/i/isaiah.htm - 66k

Roman (26 Occurrences)

... If any form of government, only supreme power would prove effectual amid an enfeebled, unpopular senate, corrupt and idle commons, and ambitious individuals. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/roman.htm - 101k

History (57 Occurrences)

... It is still the current conviction that the Pharaoh of the oppression was Rameses II, a king who was extraordinarily ambitious of building, whose long reign is ... biblethesaurus.org/h/history.htm - 67k

Israel (27466 Occurrences)

... It is still the current conviction that the Pharaoh of the oppression was Rameses II, a king who was extraordinarily ambitious of building, whose long reign is ... biblethesaurus.org/i/israel.htm - 101k

Christianity

... If any form of government, only supreme power would prove effectual amid an enfeebled, unpopular senate, corrupt and idle commons, and ambitious individuals. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/christianity.htm - 101k

Epistle (13 Occurrences)

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