Attempt (23 Occurrences)

... 1. (vt) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attempt.htm - 14k

Assay (3 Occurrences)

... 6. (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed. 7. (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply. 8. (v.) To affect. ... 11. (vi) To attempt, try, or endeavor. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assay.htm - 9k

Creeds

... certain facts which they formulate into a confession; and lastly, not content with the outward act or the verbal interpretation of it, they attempt to express ... biblethesaurus.org/c/creeds.htm - 28k

Attempted (8 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Attempt. Multi-Version Concordance Attempted (8 Occurrences). Luke 1:1 Seeing that many ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attempted.htm - 8k

Polygamy

... word polygamy. It is an attempt to cover up by the term "plural marriage" what is not marriage and cannot be marriage. There is ... biblethesaurus.org/p/polygamy.htm - 19k

Offer (403 Occurrences)

... 4. (vt) To attempt; to undertake. ... 7. (vi) To present itself; to be at hand. 8. (vi) To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/offer.htm - 39k

Try (84 Occurrences)

... 10. (vt) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor. ... (vi) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/try.htm - 31k

Adonijah (28 Occurrences)

... 1:5-53). He afterwards made a second attempt to gain the throne, but was seized and put to death (1 Kings 2:13-25). (2.) A Levite ... biblethesaurus.org/a/adonijah.htm - 22k

Ramothgilead (19 Occurrences)

... Kings 22:1-36). A similar attempt was afterwards made by Ahaziah and Joram, when the latter was wounded (2 Kings 8:28). In this city ... biblethesaurus.org/r/ramothgilead.htm - 19k

Ramoth-gilead (20 Occurrences)

... Kings 22:1-36). A similar attempt was afterwards made by Ahaziah and Joram, when the latter was wounded (2 Kings 8:28). In this city ... biblethesaurus.org/r/ramoth-gilead.htm - 20k

Essay (1 Occurrence)

... 1. (n.) An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/essay.htm - 7k

Enterprise (1 Occurrence)

... attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as ... biblethesaurus.org/e/enterprise.htm - 7k

Endeavor (3 Occurrences)

... 1. (vt) To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/endeavor.htm - 8k

Mesha (4 Occurrences)

... Mesha shook off the yoke of Israel; but on the ascension of Jehoram to the throne of Israel, that king sought the help of Jehoshaphat in an attempt to reduce ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mesha.htm - 12k

Mizpeh (24 Occurrences)

... Hebrew Mitspah. It lies some distance to the Northwest of Jerash and claims consideration in any attempt to fix the site of Mizpah. (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mizpeh.htm - 21k

Mark (182 Occurrences)

... The course and issue of facts are imaged in it with the clearest outline." "In Mark we have no attempt to draw up a continuous narrative. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mark.htm - 93k

Plead (64 Occurrences)

... 2. (vt) To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by ... biblethesaurus.org/p/plead.htm - 31k

Proffer (1 Occurrence)

... 2. (vt) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake. ... 4. (n.) Essay; attempt. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/p/proffer.htm - 7k

Colors (12 Occurrences)

... This skill probably consisted in bringing out striking effects by the use of a few primary colors, rather than in any attempt at the blending of shades which ... biblethesaurus.org/c/colors.htm - 36k

Assault (8 Occurrences)

... 3. (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assault.htm - 11k

Attack (221 Occurrences)

... 2. (vt) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attack.htm - 37k

Suit (15 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/suit.htm - 12k

Sidon (35 Occurrences)

... It likewise made one attempt to establish an inland colony at Laish or Dan, near the headwaters of the Jordan, but this ended in disaster (Judges 18:7, 27, 28 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sidon.htm - 25k

Snatch (14 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) To seize and transport away; to rap. 3. (vi) To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/snatch.htm - 10k

Storm (62 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/storm.htm - 25k

Abiathar (29 Occurrences)

... the sole historical instance of the deposition of a high priest) and banished to his home at Anathoth by Solomon, because he took part in the attempt to raise ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abiathar.htm - 29k

Color (18 Occurrences)

... This skill probably consisted in bringing out striking effects by the use of a few primary colors, rather than in any attempt at the blending of shades which ... biblethesaurus.org/c/color.htm - 39k

Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)

... Assyrian annals. Though Sennacherib survived this disaster some twenty years, he never again renewed his attempt against Jerusalem. He ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sennacherib.htm - 18k

Cup (86 Occurrences)

... Nor does the Roman church attempt to justify its withholding the cup from the laity (the communion in one form) upon conformity with apostolic practice, or ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cup.htm - 41k

Parthians (1 Occurrence)

... This was the last attempt of the Seleucid kings to subdue Parthia, and it was acknowledged as the dominant power in Western Asia. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/parthians.htm - 16k

Joram (26 Occurrences)

... superstition. The attempt of Jezebel to substitute Baal for Yahweh had failed. The people were on the side of Yahweh. Otherwise ... biblethesaurus.org/j/joram.htm - 27k

Creed

... certain facts which they formulate into a confession; and lastly, not content with the outward act or the verbal interpretation of it, they attempt to express ... biblethesaurus.org/c/creed.htm - 43k

Amaziah (41 Occurrences)

... of his father (5-7; 2 Chronicles 25:3-5). He was the first to employ a mercenary army of 100,000 Israelite soldiers, which he did in his attempt to bring the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amaziah.htm - 30k

Tabor (12 Occurrences)

... many fugitives took refuge here. Placidus the Roman general did not attempt an assault upon the fortress. Its defenders were by ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tabor.htm - 21k

Siege (63 Occurrences)

... 5. (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. 6. (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. 7. (n.) The floor of a glass-furnace. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/siege.htm - 51k

Mizpah (42 Occurrences)

... Hebrew Mitspah. It lies some distance to the Northwest of Jerash and claims consideration in any attempt to fix the site of Mizpah. (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mizpah.htm - 31k

Demetrius (3 Occurrences)

... Appian, Syriac., c. 47; Ant, XII, x, 1; 1 Maccabees 7:1-4; 2 Maccabees 14:1, 2). As soon as he was established in power, Demetrius made an attempt to placate ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demetrius.htm - 17k

Archaeology

... The attempt to elucidate oriental literature in the Bible and out of it by applying thereto the tests and standards of western literature is not less ... biblethesaurus.org/a/archaeology.htm - 61k

Election (6 Occurrences)

... In this article, remembering that it is part of a Bible Encyclopedia, we attempt no account of the history of thought upon election, in the successive ... biblethesaurus.org/e/election.htm - 26k

Gnosticism

... Neander has described Gnosticism as "the first notable attempt to introduce into Christianity the existing elements of mental culture, and to render it more ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gnosticism.htm - 38k

Jehoram (27 Occurrences)

... superstition. The attempt of Jezebel to substitute Baal for Yahweh had failed. The people were on the side of Yahweh. Otherwise ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehoram.htm - 30k

Innocents (2 Occurrences)

... stories, one traced by Origen through Jews of his own day to earlier times, and the other in the Talmud, which connect Jesus with Egypt and attempt to account ... biblethesaurus.org/i/innocents.htm - 20k

Massacre (1 Occurrence)

... stories, one traced by Origen through Jews of his own day to earlier times, and the other in the Talmud, which connect Jesus with Egypt and attempt to account ... biblethesaurus.org/m/massacre.htm - 20k

Johannine

... 1. Personality of Writer: To attempt a full account of the historical sources and antecedents of the Johannine theology is beyond the scope of the present ... biblethesaurus.org/j/johannine.htm - 38k

Synoptic

... refer otherwise than briefly to these discussions, but it may be remarked that, as the discussion went on, large issues were raised; every attempt at solution ... biblethesaurus.org/s/synoptic.htm - 38k

Septuagint

... another on so extensive a scale. It was the first attempt to reproduce the Hebrew Scriptures in another tongue. It is one of the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/septuagint.htm - 38k

Arrest (22 Occurrences)

... to take Him while He was teaching in the temple (John 7:32); but these, after listening to His words, returned without having made the attempt, giving as a ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arrest.htm - 45k

Trial (45 Occurrences)

... to take Him while He was teaching in the temple (John 7:32); but these, after listening to His words, returned without having made the attempt, giving as a ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trial.htm - 52k

Ezekiel (4 Occurrences)

... It is indeed true that the attempt has been made to interpret this statement of Ezekiel on the basis of an era of Nabopolassar, but there is practically ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ezekiel.htm - 45k

Judith (1 Occurrence)

... trust in God. As Onias abides by his promise to the people, she resolves to attempt another mode of deliverance. She obtains consent ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judith.htm - 27k

Habakkuk (3 Occurrences)

... King Jehoiakim. The pious and well-meaning Josiah had been slain in an attempt to stop the advance of Egypt against Assyria. With ... biblethesaurus.org/h/habakkuk.htm - 26k

Redeemer (42 Occurrences)

... Each phrasing of the doctrine of redemption is the attempt of an age of Christian thinking to say in its own way that God has done all that He can do for men. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/redeemer.htm - 45k

Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)

... methods he had threatened to employ (1 Kings 12:14). However, the attempt failed. The aged Adoram was stoned to death, while Rehoboam ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jeroboam.htm - 62k

Family (438 Occurrences)

... It is an attempt at regulation in man. ... There has been in the United States by Mormonism a belated attempt to revive that crime against the family. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/family.htm - 87k

Redemption (46 Occurrences)

... Each phrasing of the doctrine of redemption is the attempt of an age of Christian thinking to say in its own way that God has done all that He can do for men. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/redemption.htm - 48k

Mystery (31 Occurrences)

... They were rather an attempt to find a more emotional and ecstatic expression to religious aspiration than the public ceremonies provided. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mystery.htm - 42k

Pharisees (86 Occurrences)

... Jerusalem. Although followed by Rabbi Lauterbach in the Jewish Encyclopedia, this attempt cannot be regarded as successful. There ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharisees.htm - 66k

Aramaic (12 Occurrences)

... We next meet with Aramaic in Jeremiah 10:11 which appears to be an answer put into the mouths of the Jews as a reply to any attempt to seduce them to the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aramaic.htm - 31k

Anyone (514 Occurrences)

... Luke 12:58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anyone.htm - 33k

Xerxes (24 Occurrences)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia XERXES. zerks'-ez: The name is an attempt to transliterate into Greek (Xerxes) the Persian Khshayarsha. ... biblethesaurus.org/x/xerxes.htm - 14k

Yours (226 Occurrences)

... Luke 6:30 Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again. (See NAS). ... biblethesaurus.org/y/yours.htm - 35k

Year (4027 Occurrences)

... nor reaping nor pruning of vines, and everybody was expected to live on what the fields and the vineyards produced "of themselves," and no attempt should be ... biblethesaurus.org/y/year.htm - 26k

Quest (2 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quest.htm - 7k

Vain (141 Occurrences)

... unsatisfying. 2. (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt. 3 ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vain.htm - 36k

Kenosis

... words in His mouth; "It is not for you to know the day" would have been inevitable form of the saying (Acts 1:7). 2. Dogmatic: (1) Yet the attempt so to ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kenosis.htm - 14k

Naomi (25 Occurrences)

... But 1 Maccabees 1;, which is more reliable, gives a different account of the death of Epiphanes after an attempt to rob a rich temple in Elymais. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/naomi.htm - 17k

Nacon (1 Occurrence)

... is translated "of a certainty," margin "to a set place." It is uncertain whether in 1 Samuel 6:6 it is a place-name at all; and no successful attempt has been ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nacon.htm - 7k

Numerous (88 Occurrences)

... Luke 11:53 After He had left the house, the Scribes and Pharisees commenced a vehement attempt to entangle Him and make Him give off-hand answers on numerous ... biblethesaurus.org/n/numerous.htm - 33k

Nostrils (22 Occurrences)

... from Persian sun-worship, where a bunch (baretsma) of dates, pomegranates or tamarisks was held to the nose by the worshipper, probably as an attempt to keep ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nostrils.htm - 17k

Nanaea

... But 1 Maccabees 1;, which is more reliable, gives a different account of the death of Epiphanes after an attempt to rob a rich temple in Elymais. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nanaea.htm - 8k

Undertake (16 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. ... biblethesaurus.org/u/undertake.htm - 13k

Opposition (22 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. 2. (n.) The state of ... biblethesaurus.org/o/opposition.htm - 13k

Off-hand (1 Occurrence)

... Luke 11:53 After He had left the house, the Scribes and Pharisees commenced a vehement attempt to entangle Him and make Him give off-hand answers on numerous ... biblethesaurus.org/o/off-hand.htm - 6k

Jubilee (25 Occurrences)

... nor reaping nor pruning of vines, and everybody was expected to live on what the fields and the vineyards produced "of themselves," and no attempt should be ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jubilee.htm - 27k

Jump (3 Occurrences)

... 12. (n.) The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. 13. (n.) An effort; an attempt; a venture. 14. (n.) The space traversed by a leap. 15. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jump.htm - 8k

Jason (5 Occurrences)

... that a sum of money was deposited with the magistrates, and that the Christian community of the place made themselves responsible that no attempt should be ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jason.htm - 12k

Joined (146 Occurrences)

... Acts 9:26 And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/joined.htm - 36k

Jareb (2 Occurrences)

... would read melekh ram, "High King." 3. Historical Reference: The historical reference, if it be to any recorded incident, may be to the attempt of Menahem ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jareb.htm - 10k

Leaders (167 Occurrences)

... (See NIV). Acts 14:5 When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them, (See NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/leaders.htm - 35k