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Discovery (24 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The action of discovering; exposure to
view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. ...
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Library
... NINEVEH, LIBRARY OF. I. THE DISCOVERY II. THE LIBRARY III. ... In the spring of 1850,
the workmen of Sir AH Layard at Nineveh made an important discovery. ...
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Discovered (46 Occurrences)
... Genesis 36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; that same Anah
who made the discovery of the water-springs in the waste land, when he was ...
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Proverb (24 Occurrences)
... Animus of Proverbs II. LITERARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROVERB 1. Discovery
of Literary Value 2. The Differentiation III. AS UNIT OF ...
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Cross (157 Occurrences)
... cross of later date, in which the pieces are equally long; (4) the crux decussata,
or Andrew's cross, which has the shape of the letter X. 2. Discovery of the ...
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Exploration
... 1. (n.) The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery,
especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of ...
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Ostraca
... 1. Hebrew Ostraca: A fortunate discovery at Samaria (1910), made among the ruins
of Ahab's palace, has brought to light 75 Hebrew ostraca inscribed with ink ...
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Aramaic (12 Occurrences)
... More recent has been the discovery of the Assouan papyri; these bear dates
which synchronize with Ezra and Nehemiah. Earlier than ...
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Across (172 Occurrences)
... (DBY). John 1:41 Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him,
We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ). ...
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Smyrna (2 Occurrences)
... the Turks. It was the discovery of America and the resulting discovery of a
sea route to India which ruined the Smyrna trade. 2. Modern ...
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Science (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and
formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of ...
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Papyrus (4 Occurrences)
... biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, "the Books" = the Bible): 1. Papyrus
Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri 3. Aramaic Papyri 4. Greek Papyri 5. Their Discovery. ...
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Elamarna
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS. tel-el-a-mar'-na,
I. INTRODUCTION 1. Name 2. Discovery 3. Physical Character II. ...
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Tablets (31 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS. tel-el-a-mar'-na,
I. INTRODUCTION 1. Name 2. Discovery 3. Physical Character II. ...
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El-amarna
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS. tel-el-a-mar'-na,
I. INTRODUCTION 1. Name 2. Discovery 3. Physical Character II. ...
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Discover (28 Occurrences)
... discover" signifies "to get first sight or knowledge of," "to ascertain," or "to
explore." Such usage appears in 1 Samuel 22:6 of the discovery of David's ...
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Tell (3056 Occurrences)
... (n.) A hill or mound. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TELL EL-AMARNA; TABLETS.
tel-el-a-mar'-na, I. INTRODUCTION 1. Name 2. Discovery 3. Physical Character II ...
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Syriac (2 Occurrences)
... In 1892 the discovery of the 3rd text, known, from the place where it was found,
as the Sin Syriac, comprising the four Gospels nearly entire, heightened the ...
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Dyeing
... The purple color has been produced from them by modern chemists, but it is of
historical interest only, in the light of the discovery of modern artificial dyes ...
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Gezer (14 Occurrences)
... 1. The Discovery and Position of the Site: The long-lost site of Gezer was discovered
by M. Clermont-Ganneau in 1873, and his suggestion that the modern name ...
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Dye (1 Occurrence)
... The purple color has been produced from them by modern chemists, but it is of
historical interest only, in the light of the discovery of modern artificial dyes ...
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Aqueduct (4 Occurrences)
... The discovery of "living water" when digging a well, recorded in Genesis
26:19 margin, appears to have been an unusual incident. ...
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Dispersion (4 Occurrences)
... Importance of the Discovery 11. A New Chapter of Old Testament History 12. Alexandrian
Judaism 13. The Jews and Hellenism 14. The Septuagint 15. ...
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Cistern (21 Occurrences)
... The discovery of "living water" when digging a well, recorded in Genesis
26:19 margin, appears to have been an unusual incident. ...
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Discredit (4 Occurrences)

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Code (6 Occurrences)
... I. HISTORICAL 1. Discovery of the Code 2. Editions of the Code 3. Description of
the Stone 4. History of the Stone 5. Origin and Later History of the Code II. ...
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Canonicity
... (g) Josiah's Reformation: A highly important event in this period was Josiah's
reformation in his 18th year (621 BC), and the discovery, during repairs of the ...
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Esther (48 Occurrences)
... Esther (2) closes with a notice of two incidents: (1) the coronation of Hadassah
(now and henceforth named "Esther") as queen; (2) Mordecai's discovery of a ...
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Well (2882 Occurrences)
... The discovery of "living water" when digging a well, recorded in Genesis
26:19 margin, appears to have been an unusual incident. ...
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Josiah (51 Occurrences)
... Such a discovery could not be treated lightly, as one might spurn a prophet or priest;
nay, it immediately called the authority of the prophet into requisition ...
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Nineveh (23 Occurrences)
... The standard books on the discovery and exploration of Nineveh are Layard, Nineveh
and Its Remains (two volumes, 1849); Nineveh and Babylon (1853); Monuments ...
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Pool (25 Occurrences)
... The discovery of "living water" when digging a well, recorded in Genesis
26:19 margin, appears to have been an unusual incident. ...
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Hilkiah (31 Occurrences)
... This remarkable discovery occurred in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign (BC
624), a discovery which permanently affected the whole subsequent history of ...
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Messenger (235 Occurrences)
... Greek only as a foreign language when he went abroad." Still better is it to read
Moulton, "New Testament Greek in the Light of Modern Discovery" in Cambridge ...
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Inspiration (4 Occurrences)
... If, however, what has been said is true of the Bible as the record of a progressive
revelation, of its contents as the discovery of the will of God for man's ...
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Archaeology
... disquieting to compare the remarks of commentators on Bible references to the worship
at high places with the facts revealed by the recent discovery of high ...
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Hammurabi
... I. HISTORICAL 1. Discovery of the Code 2. Editions of the Code 3. Description of
the Stone 4. History of the Stone 5. Origin and Later History of the Code II. ...
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Babylonia (17 Occurrences)
... 2. Explorations: The excavations conducted at various sites have resulted in the
discovery, besides antiquities of almost every character, of hundreds of ...
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Searching (111 Occurrences)
... Romans 10:20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made
discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from ...
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Zoan (7 Occurrences)
... "No trace of Zoan exists; Tanis was built over it, and city after city has been
built over the ruins of that" (Harper, Bible and Modern Discovery). ...
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Keep (4573 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To preserve from danger, harm, or loss; to guard. 6. (vt) To preserve from
discovery or publicity; not to communicate, reveal, or betray, as a secret. ...
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Ophir (12 Occurrences)
... Interest in this region as the land of Ophir was renewed, however, by Mauch's discovery
at Zimbabye of great ruins and signs of old Phoenician civilization and ...
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Lady (37 Occurrences)
... Dr. Rendel Harris believes this question to be settled by the discovery in the papyri
of numerous instances which prove that kurios and kuria were used by ...
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Logia
... 2. The Discovery of the Logia: About 9 1/2 miles from the railway station of Beni
Mazar, 121 miles from Cairo, a place now called Behnesa marks the site of an ...
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Lystra (6 Occurrences)
... Phrygia. The accuracy in detail of this part of the narrative in Acts has
been strikingly confirmed by recent epigraphic discovery. ...
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Lycaonia (2 Occurrences)
... Much of the northern portion of Lycaonia has been proved by recent discovery to
have belonged to the Roman emperors, who inherited the crown lands of Amyntas. ...
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Lachish (22 Occurrences)
... identification rests upon the fact that the site corresponds with the Biblical and
other historical notices of Lachish, and especially upon the discovery of a ...
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Laz'arus (16 Occurrences)
... RSV). John 11:17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus
had been put into the earth four days before. (See RSV). ...
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Gains (19 Occurrences)
... thereof. (See NAS). Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man who makes discovery of
wisdom, and he who gets knowledge. (See NAS NIV). Proverbs ...
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Glass (12 Occurrences)
... The story of its discovery by accident, as related by Pliny (NH, xxxvi.65), is
apocryphal, but it was natural for the Greeks and Romans to ascribe it to the ...
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Water-springs (12 Occurrences)
... Genesis 36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; that same Anah
who made the discovery of the water-springs in the waste land, when he was ...
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Warm (25 Occurrences)
... 7. (superl.) In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being
close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. ...
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Weights (14 Occurrences)
... The evidence of this has been most clearly shown by the discovery of the Tell
el-Amarna Letters, which reveal the fact that the official correspondence between ...
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Investigate (11 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 7:25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the
reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be ...
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Iron (104 Occurrences)
... It seems more likely that steel tools were used. After the discovery of
iron, it was evidently a long time in replacing bronze. ...
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Invent (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive
or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some ...
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Indication (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom;
evidence. 3. (n.) Discovery made; information. 4. (n.) Explanation; display. ...
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Flea (2 Occurrences)
... More than a hundred species are now listed, and the recent discovery that certain
fleas are instrumental in the transmission of the plague has given a new ...
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First-fruit (19 Occurrences)
... Hosea 9:10 I made discovery of Israel as of grapes in the waste land; I saw your
fathers as the first-fruits of the fig-tree in her early fruit time; but they ...
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Find (1784 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit,
discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin. ...
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Framed (8 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV). Psalms 64:6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is
framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep. ...
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Thessalonica (8 Occurrences)
... This discovery confirms the accuracy of the historian. Paul visited the church here
on a subsequent occasion (20:1-3). This city long retained its importance. ...
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Tiras (2 Occurrences)
... This brilliant suggestion has since been confirmed by the discovery of the name
Turusa among the seafaring peoples who invaded Egypt in the reign of Merenptah ...
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Tahpanhes (7 Occurrences)
... was for a long time strenuously denied (eg as late as 1889 by Kuenen, Historisch-
critisch Onderzoek, 265-318); but since the discovery and publication (1878 ...
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Elect (32 Occurrences)
... Dr. Rendel Harris believes this question to be settled by the discovery in the papyri
of numerous instances which prove that kurios and kuria were used by ...
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Explore (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to
examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths ...
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Epaenetus (1 Occurrence)
... An interesting discovery was made in Rome of an inscription in which was the name
of Epenetus, an Ephesian. SF Hunter. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Explanation (9 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 7:25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the
reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be ...
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Early (157 Occurrences)
... John 1:41 Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have
made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ). (BBE). ...
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Door (249 Occurrences)
... it. (BBE). Matthew 7:14 For narrow is the door and hard the road to life,
and only a small number make discovery of it. (BBE). Matthew ...
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Descry (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To discover; to disclose; to reveal. 3. (n.) Discovery or view, as of an
army seen at a distance. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DESCRY. ...
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Discovering (1 Occurrence)

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Decisions (133 Occurrences)
... knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and
his ways may not be searched out. (BBE). Revelation 19:2 ...
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Discrepancies
... it should be observed that apparent inconsistencies may not be real ones; as so
often in the past, so again it may come about that the discovery of further ...
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Moabites (26 Occurrences)
... Madeba now represents the ancient Medeba, and has become noted for the discovery
of a medieval map of Palestine, in mosaic, of considerable archaeological value ...
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Manifestation (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state
of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that ...
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Malchiel (3 Occurrences)
... The name Pisgah is not now known, but the discovery of Zophim (compare Numbers
23:14) confirms the view now generally held, that it is but another title of the ...
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Married (152 Occurrences)
... 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going
to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made ...
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Measures (50 Occurrences)
... The evidence of this has been most clearly shown by the discovery of the Tell
el-Amarna Letters, which reveal the fact that the official correspondence between ...
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