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Defense (49 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Defense (49 Occurrences). ... Alexander beckoned with his hand,
and would have made a defense to the people. (WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Answer (2099 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge;
to answer an accusation. ... 19. (n.) A reply to a change; a defense. 20. ...
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Fence (12 Occurrences)
... Amos 5:19). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) That which fends off attack or
danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. ...
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Stephen (13 Occurrences)
... His Character and Activity 3. His Teaching 4. His Arraignment before the Sanhedrin
5. His Defence before the Sanhedrin (1) Personal Defence (2) Defense of His ...
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Wall (227 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some
height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing ...
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Motioned (7 Occurrences)
... putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made
a defense to the people. (See NAS RSV NIV). Acts 21:40 ...
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Protection (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from
loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection. ...
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Arm (110 Occurrences)
... 12. (n.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in
the pl. 13. (vt) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. 14. ...
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Defence (48 Occurrences)
... 1. (n. & vt) See Defense. ... 6. (n.) Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan
or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc. ...
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Gideon (45 Occurrences)
... of sustenance became a serious problem (Judges 6:4). The multitude of these desert
hordes and the cruelty of their depredation rendered defense difficult, and ...
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Arms (166 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. ... 1.
Shield: The most ancient and universal weapon of defense is the shield. ...
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Guard (185 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or
position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes. ...
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City
... Later Semitic intruders occupied the site, stone houses were built, and high stone
defense walls were substituted for the earthen stone-cased ramparts. ...
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Armor (53 Occurrences)
... American) APPAREL; nesheq, 1 Kings 10:25 Job 39:21; kelim; ta hopla): Under this
head it may be convenient to notice the weapons of attack and defense in use ...
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Amulet
... It is said in Proverbs 1:9 that wisdom will be such a defense to the one who has
it as the head amulet is to the head and that of the neck to the neck. ...
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Furnish (8 Occurrences)
... appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish
a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a ...
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Tower (74 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense,
as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher. ...
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Rock (176 Occurrences)
... when in natural beds. 5. (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a
defense; a support; a refuge. 6. (n.) Fig.: Anything which ...
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Excellence (31 Occurrences)
... (WBS). Ecclesiastes 7:12 For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the
excellence of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. ...
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Defenseless (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack;
unable to oppose; unprotected. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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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 ...
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Preserves (16 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 7:12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the
excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it. ...
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Beckoned (8 Occurrences)
... putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made
a defense to the people. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT). Acts 21 ...
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Agrippa (12 Occurrences)
... NIV). Acts 26:1 Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then
Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense. (WEB ...
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Accused (29 Occurrences)
... the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers
face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the ...
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Nicodemus (5 Occurrences)
... 65)? 2. The Defense: The above interview, though apparently fruitless at
the time, was not without its effect upon Nicodemus. At ...
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Architecture
... CONCLUSIONS FROM ACTUAL REMAINS 1. Defense Walls 2. Streets 3. Absence of the "Grand
Manner" 4. Solomonic Detail 5. Temple of Onias 6. Comparison with ...
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Shouted (65 Occurrences)
... Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have
made a defense to the people. (See NIV). Acts 19:34 But ...
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Prey (105 Occurrences)
... They flocked in untold numbers, there was small defense against them, and the largest
and strongest not only carried away meat prepared for food and sacrifice ...
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Excellency (53 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 7:12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the
excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it. ...
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Flavius
... The older title, Concerning the High Antiquity of the Jews, tells us what it
contains-a defense of Hebrew religion against the libels of heathendom. ...
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Josephus
... The older title, Concerning the High Antiquity of the Jews, tells us what it
contains-a defense of Hebrew religion against the libels of heathendom. ...
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War (529 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defense,
for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of ...
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Fort (8 Occurrences)
... place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or
with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. Int. ...
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Praetorian (2 Occurrences)
... is partly finished, and the issue as yet is so favorable that the Brethren are
emboldened by the success of Paul's courageous and freespoken defense and the ...
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Fortified (79 Occurrences)
... many particulars. 2. Sites: These cities of the primitive inhabitants of
Canaan occupied sites easily capable of defense. They were ...
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Fortification (5 Occurrences)
... many particulars. 2. Sites: These cities of the primitive inhabitants of
Canaan occupied sites easily capable of defense. They were ...
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Siege (63 Occurrences)
... 2) Line of Circumvallation (3) Mound, or Earthworks (4) Battering-Rams (5) Storming
of Walls and Rushing of Breach 5. Siege Operations: Defense 6. Raising of ...
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Tongues (67 Occurrences)
... effort." The like distinguished traits are found in Peter's address recorded in
Acts 3, in that to Cornelius and his friends, and in his defense when arraigned ...
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Zion (169 Occurrences)
... (2) The suitability of the site for defense.-The sites suited for settlement in
early Canaanite times were all, if we may judge from a number of them now known ...
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Behalf (140 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit;
support; defense; vindication. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BEHALF. ...
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Fortress (75 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including
a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. ...
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Cities (427 Occurrences)
... many particulars. 2. Sites: These cities of the primitive inhabitants of
Canaan occupied sites easily capable of defense. They were ...
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Chariot (102 Occurrences)
... rushing to and fro in the broad ways" (Nahum 2:3, 4), it is of the Assyrian chariots
that we are to think being hastily got together for the defense of Nineveh ...
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Birds (125 Occurrences)
... The jaws extend beyond the face, forming a bill that varies in length and shape
with species, and it is used in securing food, in defense, feather dressing ...
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Matter (263 Occurrences)
... the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers
face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the ...
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Corinthians (3 Occurrences)
... (4.) The concluding part (15; 16) contains an elaborate defense of the doctrine
of the resurrection of the dead, which had been called in question by some ...
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Friends (152 Occurrences)
... of God. (WEY NIV). 2 Corinthians 12:19 You are imagining, all this time,
that we are making our defense at your bar. In reality it ...
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Phoenicians
... Hiram, king of Tyre, was not pleased with Solomon's gift of 20 cities in Galilee,
probably not desiring to assume responsibility for their defense. ...
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Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)
... Hiram, king of Tyre, was not pleased with Solomon's gift of 20 cities in Galilee,
probably not desiring to assume responsibility for their defense. ...
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First (4693 Occurrences)
... they contain the very pectus Paulinum, the mind and heart of the great apostle of
the Gentiles, and preserve to the church an impregnable defense of historical ...
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Army (401 Occurrences)
... Bow and sling and spear and sword for attack, and shield and helmet for defense,
would be the full equipment of the men called upon to fight in the desert. ...
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Vengeance (63 Occurrences)
... Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything
you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. (WEB DBY). ...
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Vindication (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense;
justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his ...
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Zeal (45 Occurrences)
... Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything
you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. ...
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Key (8 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession,
etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a ...
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Kick (8 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot
or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse ...
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Nodded (2 Occurrences)
... had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, "Because I know that you have been
a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense, (See NAS). ...
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Naked (56 Occurrences)
... limb; a naked sword. 2. (a.) Having no means of defense or protection; open;
unarmed; defenseless. 3. (a.) Unprovided with needful ...
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Unheard (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made
a defense, or stated one's side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as ...
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Opportunity (35 Occurrences)
... the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers
face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the ...
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Omri (16 Occurrences)
... hill, which rose from the surrounding plain to the height of 400 ft., and on the
top of which there was room for a large city, was capable of easy defense. ...
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Justification (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of justifying; vindication; a showing or proving to be just or
conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as ...
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Lawyer (5 Occurrences)
... One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct
lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defense of lawsuits ...
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Latter (91 Occurrences)
... RSV NIV). Philippians 1:17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am
appointed for the defense of the Good News. (WEB). 1 Timothy ...
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Linus (1 Occurrence)
... Irenaeus-bishop of Lyons about 178 AD-in his defense of orthodox doctrine against
the Gnostics "appeals especially to the bishops of Rome, as depositories of ...
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Longing (40 Occurrences)
... Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything
you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. ...
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Learning (40 Occurrences)
... When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said, (See NIV). Acts 26:24 As he
thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are crazy! ...
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Line (131 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to
strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers. ...
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League (20 Occurrences)
... of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose
which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for ...
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Licence (3 Occurrences)
... the American Standard Revised Version has "leave" where the King James Version has
"licence." In Acts 25:16, "opportunity to make his defense" (as translation ...
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Guiltless (29 Occurrences)
... Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything
you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. (See RSV). ...
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Gateway (40 Occurrences)
... through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung,
or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense. ...
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Garrison (15 Occurrences)
... security. 3. (vt) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense;
to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. 4 ...
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Gallery (2 Occurrences)
... 5. (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides.
When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. ...
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Gallio (3 Occurrences)
... code and social morality: under neither was the prisoner chargeable; therefore,
without even waiting to hear Paul's speech in his own defense, he summarily ...
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Godly (50 Occurrences)
... Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything
you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter. ...
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Warfare (18 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 21:3), and the uncovering of the shield (Isaiah 22:6). Graphic pictures
of the mobilizing of forces, both for invasion and for defense, are found in ...
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Ward (27 Occurrences)
... See the Note under Watch, n., 1. 2. (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison;
defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. ...
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