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Authorities (44 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Authority. Multi-Version Concordance
Authorities (44 Occurrences). Luke 12:11 When they ...
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Manners (6 Occurrences)
... 7:27) according to Septuagint, and so Chrysostom"; the English Revised Version text,
same as the King James Version margin "Many ancient authorities read `bear ...
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Exactors (8 Occurrences)
... pains; (YLT). Exodus 5:6 And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors
among the people and its authorities, saying, (YLT). Exodus 5 ...
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Have (53575 Occurrences)
... Luke 15:31), "all that is mine"; for "we have peace with God" (Romans 5:1) the English
Revised Version has "let us have," margin "some authorities read we have ...
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Manner (351 Occurrences)
... 7:27) according to Septuagint, and so Chrysostom"; the English Revised Version text,
same as the King James Version margin "Many ancient authorities read `bear ...
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Sadducees (14 Occurrences)
... Etymologies. Probably from Zadok the High Priest 2. Authorities: New Testament,
Josephus, Talmud (primary), Church Fathers (secondary) II. ...
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Essenes
...AUTHORITIES FOR THE TENETS OF THE ESSENES 1. Philo (1) Description from Quod Omnis
Probus Liber (2) Description from Quotation in Eusebius, Preposition Evang. ...
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Pharisees (86 Occurrences)
... far'-i-sez (perushim; Pharisaioi): 1. Name and General Character 2. Authorities-
Josephus-New Testament-Talmud I. HISTORY OF THE SECT 1. Associated at First ...
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Bel (3 Occurrences)
... TEXTUAL AUTHORITIES 1. Manuscripts (1) Greek (2) Syriac 2. Recensions or Versions
(1) Greek (2) Syriac (3) Latin (4) Aramaic V. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: PRINCIPAL ...
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Dragon (20 Occurrences)
... TEXTUAL AUTHORITIES 1. Manuscripts (1) Greek (2) Syriac 2. Recensions or Versions
(1) Greek (2) Syriac (3) Latin (4) Aramaic V. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: PRINCIPAL ...
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Rulers (310 Occurrences)
... Luke 12:11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities,
don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say; (WEB ...
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Newness (2 Occurrences)
... in Matthew 26:28 Mark 14:24, "new" is omitted in the Revised Version (British and
American), but in Matthew the margin "many ancient authorities insert new ...
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Iconium (6 Occurrences)
... The majority of our ancient authorities (eg Cicero, Strabo, Pliny), writing from
the point of view of Roman provincial administration, give Iconium to Lycaonia ...
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Existing (5 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:1 Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no
authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God ...
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Deliver (397 Occurrences)
... 10:4 margin; Mark 13:12; Mark 14:10 Luke 21:16); for "delivered into chains,"
"committed to pits" (2 Peter 2:4, margin "some ancient authorities read chains ...
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Policemen (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Policemen (2 Occurrences). Acts 16:35 But when it was
day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go. (See NAS). ...
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Police (10 Occurrences)
... the people. (BBE). Acts 16:35 But when it was day, the authorities sent
the police, saying, Let these men go. (BBE NAS RSV). Acts ...
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Crookbacked (1 Occurrence)
... affected with this disease. Some Talmudic authorities explain it as meaning
"very dark colored," but this is unlikely. The woman bound ...
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Crook-backed (1 Occurrence)
... affected with this disease. Some Talmudic authorities explain it as meaning
"very dark colored," but this is unlikely. The woman bound ...
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Bethesda (1 Occurrence)
... In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered." Many ancient
authorities add (as in the Revised Version, margin) "waiting for the ...
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Ptolemy
... Some authorities refer the persecutions mentioned in 3 Maccabees to this reign,
but most modern authorities are disposed to date them in the reign of the anti ...
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Subjection (40 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there
is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. ...
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Machpelah (6 Occurrences)
... dust. The interior of the mosque was visited by the Prince of Wales in
1862 by a special favour of the Mohammedan authorities. An ...
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Eden (19 Occurrences)
... 33 degrees 30' to lat. 31 degrees, which is a very rich and fertile tract, has been
by the most competent authorities agreed on as the probable site of Eden. ...
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Religion (23 Occurrences)
... But when reason awakes in him, he may doubt their knowledge or wisdom, and he will
seek other guides or authorities. So it is in religious development. ...
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Commandeth (60 Occurrences)
... Israel; (YLT). Exodus 5:6 And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors
among the people and its authorities, saying, (YLT). Exodus 16 ...
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Laodiceans (2 Occurrences)
... The Revised Version (British and American) reads in the margin, "Some very ancient
authorites omit `at Ephesus.' " Among the authorities which omit "at Ephesus ...
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Ebionites
...AUTHORITIES FOR THE OPINIONS OF THE EBIONITES 1. Irenaeus, Tertullian and Hippolytus
2. Origen and Jerome 3. Epiphanius' Description 4. Justin Martyr III. ...
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Ebionism
...AUTHORITIES FOR THE OPINIONS OF THE EBIONITES 1. Irenaeus, Tertullian and Hippolytus
2. Origen and Jerome 3. Epiphanius' Description 4. Justin Martyr III. ...
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Agrapha
... art thou, but if thou knowest not, thou art accursed and a transgressor of the law."
Another (8) also found in D and in several other authorities is appended ...
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Subject (99 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there
is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. ...
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Ruler (329 Occurrences)
... (3) nasi, "prince" (so Numbers 13:2, the King James Version "ruler"); generally
speaking, the nasi' is one of the public authorities (Exodus 22:28); the rulers ...
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Captivity (141 Occurrences)
... The Assyrian authorities for his reign are an inscription engraved by himself on
the rocks of Armenia; the Black Obelisk brought by Layard from Nimroud, now in ...
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Levites (267 Occurrences)
... It will therefore be best to sketch these views in rough outline, and then give
the evidence of the various authorities, together with the reasons that in each ...
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Priests (451 Occurrences)
... It will therefore be best to sketch these views in rough outline, and then give
the evidence of the various authorities, together with the reasons that in each ...
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Appointed (385 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:1 Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no
authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God ...
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Princes (324 Occurrences)
... known, and I appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds,
and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities, for your ...
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Authority (326 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as,
the local authorities of the States; the military authorities. ...
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Arrest (22 Occurrences)
... The amazing popularity of Jesus, as shown by His triumphal entry into the city,
may have led the authorities to make such ample provision against any possible ...
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Trial (45 Occurrences)
... The amazing popularity of Jesus, as shown by His triumphal entry into the city,
may have led the authorities to make such ample provision against any possible ...
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Phoenicians
... the Hebrews. Their writings and all the references to them in ancient
authorities show that their language was purely Semitic. As ...
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Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)
... the Hebrews. Their writings and all the references to them in ancient
authorities show that their language was purely Semitic. As ...
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Astronomy
... In another passage, authorities differ in their rendering, for when Gideon overcame
Zebah and Zalmunna (Judges 8:13), he "returned from the battle," according ...
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English
... His interference resulted in the prohibition by the city authorities of the printing
of the work and in the sudden flight of Tyndale and his assistant, Joye ...
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Nero
... This may first have been brought home to the authorities by the trial of Paul
before Nero, as suggested by Ramsay (Expositor, July, 1893). ...
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Rule (291 Occurrences)
... Titus 3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient,
to be ready for every good work, (Root in WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS ...
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Taxing (3 Occurrences)
... It seems to have been levied by the authorities and accepted by the people whenever
faithfulness to the ordinances of Yahweh was the order of the day (2 ...
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Tax (43 Occurrences)
... It seems to have been levied by the authorities and accepted by the people whenever
faithfulness to the ordinances of Yahweh was the order of the day (2 ...
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Persecution (22 Occurrences)
... 14:5, 19). On the whole the Roman authorities were not actively hostile
during the greater part of Paul's lifetime. Gallio, for ...
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Babel (3 Occurrences)
... 8. Other Descriptions: With regard to the size of the city as given by other
authorities, Pliny copies Herodotus, and makes its circuit 480 furlongs (Nat. ...
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Zoheleth (1 Occurrence)
... the name is particularly associated with an ascent taken by the woman coming from
the Virgin's Fount, to which it is adjacent, some authorities have argued ...
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Naphtuhim (2 Occurrences)
... naf-tu'-him (naphtuchim; Septuagint Nephthaleim): A son of Mizraim (Genesis 10:13
1 Chronicles 1:11); but, according to most modern authorities, a district or ...
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Ordinary (17 Occurrences)
... The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted
as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. ...
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Ordained (70 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there
is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. ...
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Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... characteristic, the filial at its highest reach, limitless, "unto death." His usually
submissive and law-abiding attitude toward the authorities and the great ...
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Lawyer (5 Occurrences)
... Such centers of legal lore, of course, would seldom be found in rural communities;
the authorities would naturally gather in large centers of population ...
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License (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal
permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on ...
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Lordships (1 Occurrence)
... in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether
thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have ...
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Lords (63 Occurrences)
... Colossians 1:16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things
seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were ...
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Gauls
... Gauls from Europe and their settlement in the central region of the peninsula of
Asia Minor are somewhat obscure subjects, but the ancient authorities leave no ...
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Gathereth (65 Occurrences)
... gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel,
and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they ...
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Gnosticism
... Dogma, 58). I. General Definition. On the general definition of Gnosticism
a few authorities may be cited. "Gnosticism," says Dr ...
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Governing (6 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there
is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. ...
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Gets (122 Occurrences)
... Acts 23:15 So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military
authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the ...
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Gallim (2 Occurrences)
... It was the home of Palti the son of Laish (1 Samuel 25:44), and it is by many
authorities identified with the Gilgal on the North border of Judah (Joshua 15:7 ...
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Whipped (10 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Acts 16:22 And the people made an attack on them all together: and the
authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped. ...
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Weasel (1 Occurrence)
... rendering. In spite of this array of authorities, it is worth while to consider
the claims of the mole-rat, Spalax typhlus, Arabic khuld. ...
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Worry (14 Occurrences)
... Luke 12:11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities,
don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say; (See ...
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Wide-shining (1 Occurrence)
... Ephesians 3:10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might
be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God, (BBE). ...
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Word (8118 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 3:5, 7). (5) As personified (in Apocrypha, The Wisdom of Solomon 18:15;
Ecclesiasticus 1:5, the Revised Version margin "omitted by the best authorities...
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Innumerable (12 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 3:10 concealed in order that the Church might now be used to display to
the powers and authorities in the heavenly realms the innumerable aspects of ...
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Instituted (7 Occurrences)
... Romans 13:1 Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there
is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. ...
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Ir-ha-heres
... with the original. This difference in manuscripts gives rise to different
opinions among authorities here to be noted. Most of the ...
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Irhaheres
... with the original. This difference in manuscripts gives rise to different
opinions among authorities here to be noted. Most of the ...
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Flavius
... pursuits. 3. Works: The works of Josephus render him one of the most valuable
authorities for the student of New Testament times. They ...
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Fetch (45 Occurrences)
... up and down" (of a ship driven about; Acts 28:13, the Revised Version (British and
American) "made a circuit," margin "some ancient authorities read cast loose ...
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Father (11359 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after
Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek ...
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Forecast (2 Occurrences)
... always forecasteth the worst lot" (proeilephen), margin "Most authorities read
hath added" (proseilephen). WL Walker. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Vale (20 Occurrences)
... But in recent years a number of eminent authorities have maintained that it was
at the northern end of the Dead Sea, in the vicinity of Jericho. ...
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Theology
... correctness or verification. It is the what of truth, in these documentary
authorities, Biblical theology seeks to attain. The why ...
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