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Employ (6 Occurrences)
... on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means,
a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/employ.htm - 9k

Use (620 Occurrences)
... are in general use. 2. (vt) Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to
have no further use for a book. 3. (vt) Yielding of service ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/use.htm - 8k

Lose (59 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander;
as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/lose.htm - 24k

Employed (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Employ. Multi-Version Concordance
Employed (8 Occurrences). Matthew 25:16 Without delay ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/employed.htm - 9k

Engage (20 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw. 4. (vt) To
employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/engage.htm - 14k

Apply (19 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular
case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/apply.htm - 13k

Parable (52 Occurrences)
... The Epistles, although they often employ rhetorical allegories and similes, make
absolutely no use of the parable, so common in Christ's pedagogical methods. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/parable.htm - 38k

Varied (3 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another,
as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. (See RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/varied.htm - 7k

Utensils (72 Occurrences)
... shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its
forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/utensils.htm - 28k

Occupy (25 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to
employ; to busy. 4. (vt) To do business in; to busy one's self with. ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/occupy.htm - 16k

Officer (70 Occurrences)
... did the king's business." In the New Testament, "officer" generally corresponds
to the Greek word huperetes, "servant," or any person in the employ of another. ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/officer.htm - 30k

Leads (64 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/leads.htm - 23k

Wage (39 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. 5. (vt)
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to. ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wage.htm - 18k

Waste (668 Occurrences)
... 6. (v.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without
valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/waste.htm - 37k

Infinitude
... Quantitative boundlessness is the natural symbol we employ to represent infinity,
yet reflection will convince us that it is inadequate as applied to a ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/infinitude.htm - 12k

Impurity (42 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/impurity.htm - 21k

Involve (2 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To envelop, enfold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt
or misery. 7. (vt) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/involve.htm - 7k

Infer (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To bring on; to induce; to occasion. 2. (vt) To offer, as violence. 3.
(vt) To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/infer.htm - 7k

Figures (11 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/figures.htm - 9k

Forcing (25 Occurrences)
... by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not
cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the ...
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Faculties (5 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/faculties.htm - 8k

Familiar (35 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/familiar.htm - 22k

Faithfully (27 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another,
as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/faithfully.htm - 14k

Forms (24 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another,
as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. (WEB NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/forms.htm - 13k

Forks (6 Occurrences)
... shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its
forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/forks.htm - 8k

Think (601 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception
through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/think.htm - 9k

Take (11064 Occurrences)
... the right. 6. (vt) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require;
as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat. 7. (vt ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/take.htm - 15k

Turn (963 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To change from a given use or office; to divert, as to another purpose
or end; to transfer; to use or employ; to apply; to devote. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/turn.htm - 41k

Retain (24 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage;
as, to retain a counselor. 3. (vt) To restrain; to prevent. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/retain.htm - 15k

En-
... en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before
p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/en-.htm - 7k

Ever-increasing (2 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ever-increasing.htm - 7k

Enlist (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to
enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/enlist.htm - 7k

Exercise (35 Occurrences)
... (vt) To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use;
to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/exercise.htm - 22k

Expend (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To spend, consume, apply, or employ; as to expend energy; to use up or
distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/expend.htm - 7k

Disregard (8 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/disregard.htm - 9k

Discourse (25 Occurrences)
... on duty. 5. (n.) Dealing; transaction. 6. (vi) To exercise reason; to employ
the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. 7. (vi ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/discourse.htm - 14k

Distribute (23 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table. 6. (vt) To employ
(a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise. ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/distribute.htm - 14k

Miniature (1 Occurrence)
... There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver sanctuaries
of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics in his employ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/miniature.htm - 7k

Mind (615 Occurrences)
... mark; to note. 7. (n.) To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about;
to attend to; as, to mind one's business. 8. (n.) To ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mind.htm - 43k

Mechanics (2 Occurrences)
... There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver sanctuaries
of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics in his employ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mechanics.htm - 7k

Managers (3 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another,
as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. (WEB). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/managers.htm - 7k

Mizar (1 Occurrence)
... To employ all as proper names is suitable to a lyric. No identification is at present
possible. W. Ewing. Multi-Version Concordance Mizar (1 Occurrence). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mizar.htm - 8k

Practice (71 Occurrences)
... 13. (vt) To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to
execute; to do. 14. (vt) To make use of; to employ. 15. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/practice.htm - 28k

Ply (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To employ diligently; to use steadily. 4. (vt) To practice or perform
with diligence; to work at. 5. (vi) To bend; to yield. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/ply.htm - 8k

Bowls (47 Occurrences)
... shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its
forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bowls.htm - 21k

Busy (13 Occurrences)
... 5. (a.) Careful; anxious. 6. (vt) To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage
or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/busy.htm - 10k

Beset (16 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers,
obstacles, etc. 5. (vt) To occupy; to employ; to use up. Int. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/beset.htm - 12k

Compel (10 Occurrences)
... 2. In the New Testament: In the New Testament two words are found: (1) aggareuo:
The word is of Persian origin and means to employ a courier. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/compel.htm - 12k

Cord (47 Occurrences)
... The "cords of a man" (Hosea 11:4) means that men employ, in inducing each other,
methods such as are suitable to men, and not "cords" such as oxen are led by. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cord.htm - 27k

Attorney (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings;
an attorney at law. 4. (vt) To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/attorney.htm - 7k

Affirm (7 Occurrences)
... The Hebrew does not employ affirmative particles, but gives a positive reply by
either repeating the word in question or by substituting the first person in ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/affirm.htm - 10k

Abase (7 Occurrences)
... is warned that the most extravagant audacity will not daunt Yahweh nor abate His
vengeance (Isaiah 31:4), and good men are exhorted to employ their powers to ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/abase.htm - 10k

Administering (4 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another,
as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/administering.htm - 7k

Affirmatives
... The Hebrew does not employ affirmative particles, but gives a positive reply by
either repeating the word in question or by substituting the first person in ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/affirmatives.htm - 7k

Advancing (9 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/advancing.htm - 9k

Antonius
... Egyptian" to whom Lysias refers (Acts 21:38), yet "he himself was more hurtful than
them all." When occasion offered, he did not hesitate to employ the sicarii ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/antonius.htm - 10k

Amaziah (41 Occurrences)
... of Judah (2 Kings 14:1-4). He began his reign by punishing the murderers of his
father (5-7; 2 Chronicles 25:3-5). He was the first to employ a mercenary army ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/amaziah.htm - 30k

Sanctuaries (14 Occurrences)
... There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver sanctuaries
of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics in his employ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sanctuaries.htm - 10k

See (8256 Occurrences)
... 9. (vi) To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess
or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly. 10. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/see.htm - 9k

Suborn
... Acts 6:11; only here in the New Testament)): The word means to introduce by collusion,
to put one person in the place of another, to employ anyone in a secret ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/suborn.htm - 7k

Swallow (38 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up. 8. (vt) To occupy; to take
up; to employ. 9. (vt) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume. 10. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/swallow.htm - 24k

Surrendered (5 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/surrendered.htm - 8k

Spend (54 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for
clothing. 2. (vt) To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/spend.htm - 23k

Infinite (8 Occurrences)
... Quantitative boundlessness is the natural symbol we employ to represent infinity,
yet reflection will convince us that it is inadequate as applied to a ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/infinite.htm - 15k

Felix (11 Occurrences)
... Egyptian" to whom Lysias refers (Acts 21:38), yet "he himself was more hurtful than
them all." When occasion offered, he did not hesitate to employ the sicarii ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/felix.htm - 15k

Paradise (6 Occurrences)
... 4. Other Forms and Uses: Nowhere in His public teaching did Christ use the word
"Paradise." He does indeed, when speaking in parables, employ the figure of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/paradise.htm - 16k

Bondage (55 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and
just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bondage.htm - 28k

Conscience (36 Occurrences)
... choose the other. This is its imperative; and-to employ the language of
Kant-it is a categorical imperative. What conscience commands ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/conscience.htm - 37k

Daniel (74 Occurrences)
... In view of the fact that the Elephantine Papyri frequently employ the "d" sign to
express the "dh" sound, and that it is always employed in Ezra to express it ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/daniel.htm - 79k

Copper (55 Occurrences)
... shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its
forks, and its firepans; for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/copper.htm - 27k

History (57 Occurrences)
... period. Yet it is possible that a later chronicler could have made use of
old sources which earlier narrators had failed to employ. ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/history.htm - 67k

Ezranehemiah
... 3rd person is the proper form to use in the best style of Biblical historical
composition; inasmuch as Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon often employ it in ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ezranehemiah.htm - 22k

Ezra-nehemiah
... 3rd person is the proper form to use in the best style of Biblical historical
composition; inasmuch as Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon often employ it in ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ezra-nehemiah.htm - 22k

Serving (85 Occurrences)
... (WEY NAS RSV NIV). 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving
one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/serving.htm - 32k

Weights (14 Occurrences)
... the sexagesimal of the Babylonian system, but it will be seen that in the case of
weights there was a tendency on the part of the Hebrews to employ the decimal ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/weights.htm - 21k

Elamarna
... 2. Method of Writing Proper Names: Most of the letters were probably written by
Egyptian officers or, more frequently, by scribes in the employ of native ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/elamarna.htm - 31k

Tablets (31 Occurrences)
... 2. Method of Writing Proper Names: Most of the letters were probably written by
Egyptian officers or, more frequently, by scribes in the employ of native ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tablets.htm - 41k

El-amarna
... 2. Method of Writing Proper Names: Most of the letters were probably written by
Egyptian officers or, more frequently, by scribes in the employ of native ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/el-amarna.htm - 31k

Various (52 Occurrences)
... 1 Peter 4:10 As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good
managers of the grace of God in its various forms. (WEB DBY NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/various.htm - 22k

Ptolemy
... BC Antiochus IV Epiphanes then invaded Egypt, defeated the Egyptians at Pelusium
and secured the person of Philometor, whom he spared, hoping to employ him as ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/ptolemy.htm - 17k




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