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... 2. (a.) See Bond. 3. (n.) Collectively, the people of England; English people
or persons. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ENGLISH VERSIONS. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/english.htm - 38k

Revised
... Work was begun on October 4, 1872, and took the form of offering criticisms on the
successive portions of the English revision as they were received. ...
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American
... Work was begun on October 4, 1872, and took the form of offering criticisms on the
successive portions of the English revision as they were received. ...
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Sure (142 Occurrences)
... shoor, shoor'-li: In modern English is used chiefly in the phrases "to be sure"
or "to make sure," and as a simple adjective it is usually either archaic or ...
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Surely (587 Occurrences)
... shoor, shoor'-li: In modern English is used chiefly in the phrases "to be sure"
or "to make sure," and as a simple adjective it is usually either archaic or ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/surely.htm - 39k

Rest (831 Occurrences)
... unintelligible. In English, Welsh and other Protestant versions of the
Scriptures the whole of the additions appear in the Apocrypha. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rest.htm - 47k

Anglo-saxon
Anglo-saxon. << Anglosaxon, Anglo-saxon. Angrily >>. Noah Webster's Dictionary 1.
(n.) The English race, including but not limited to residents of England. ...
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Concordance
... to the Hebrew Old Testament 6. Concordances to the Septuagint 7. Concordances to
the Greek New Testament 8. Concordances to the English Bible LITERATURE 1 ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/concordance.htm - 16k

Passion (82 Occurrences)
... And in Greek, Latin, and English (with other languages in addition) words connected
with this root, pat-, path-, are often susceptible of a great variety of ...
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Plead (64 Occurrences)
... PLEAD. pled: In modern non-legal English is a synonym of "pray" or "beseech," but
in legal phraseology "plea," "plead," and "pleading" have a great variety of ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plead.htm - 31k

Passions (26 Occurrences)
... And in Greek, Latin, and English (with other languages in addition) words connected
with this root, pat-, path-, are often susceptible of a great variety of ...
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Thorn (30 Occurrences)
... "It is a shrubby plant, from 3 to 5 feet high, with very branching stems, thickly
clad with spines, like those of the English brier, with leaves very large and ...
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Susanna (1 Occurrence)
... 3. Contents: The story of Susanna is thus told in Theodotion's version, and
therefore in English Versions of the Bible which follows it. ...
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Acre (1 Occurrence)
... This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch
acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/acre.htm - 9k

Satyr
... Leviticus 17:7 and 2 Chronicles 11:15, the King James Version has "devils," the
Revised Version (British and American) "he-goats," the English Revised Version ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/satyr.htm - 12k

Seamonster
... the King James Version "whale," the Septuagint drakon, "dragon." Psalm 74:13 (tanninim),
the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version ...
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Scarlet-worm
... the neck"; usually with shani, "bright" (of Arabic sana, "a flash of lightning"),
the term tola`ath shani being translated "scarlet" in English Versions of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/scarlet-worm.htm - 11k

Sea-monster (1 Occurrence)
... the King James Version "whale," the Septuagint drakon, "dragon." Psalm 74:13 (tanninim),
the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version ...
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Scarletworm
... the neck"; usually with shani, "bright" (of Arabic sana, "a flash of lightning"),
the term tola`ath shani being translated "scarlet" in English Versions of the ...
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Tongue (160 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy. 5. (n.) A language; the whole sum of
words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue. ...
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Seventy (97 Occurrences)
... To invalidate the older view Dr. Driver avails himself of the altered renderings
of Daniel 9:25 and 27 in the English Revised Version. ...
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Three (5005 Occurrences)
... The title in English Versions of the Bible is "The So of the Three Holy Children,"
a title describing its matter as formerly understood, though a more rigid ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/three.htm - 18k

Tablet (7 Occurrences)
... In the Old English sense of "locket" the word is incorrectly used in the King James
Version also of what the Revised Version (British and American) translates ...
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Measures (50 Occurrences)
... MEASURE; MEASURES. mezh'-ur, Several different words in the Hebrew and Greek
are rendered by "measure" in English Versions of the Bible. ...
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Press (57 Occurrences)
... (2) chemer, perhaps "foaming" (Deuteronomy 32:14 and Massoretic Text Isaiah 27:2
(but see the English Revised Version margin)); Aramaic chamar (Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7 ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/press.htm - 46k

Foal (10 Occurrences)
... kolt (`ayir, ben; polos, huios, with some word such as hupozugiou, understood; huios
alone = "son"): The English words "colt" and "foal" are used in the Bible ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/foal.htm - 11k

Ferret (1 Occurrence)
... Words of uncertain meaning, but probably denoting four kinds of lizards." The list
of animals in Leviticus 11:29, 30 includes (1) choledh, English Versions of ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/ferret.htm - 11k

Reproof (29 Occurrences)
... re-proof', re-proov': "Reprove" in Elizabethan English had a variety of meanings
("reject" "disprove" "convince," "rebuke"), with "put to the proof" (see 2 ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reproof.htm - 15k

Reprove (35 Occurrences)
... re-proof', re-proov': "Reprove" in Elizabethan English had a variety of meanings
("reject" "disprove" "convince," "rebuke"), with "put to the proof" (see 2 ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reprove.htm - 18k

Mole (2 Occurrences)
... chameleon"; Septuagint aspalax = spalax, "mole," Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible,
390-405 AD) talpa, "mole" (Leviticus 11:30); (2) choledh, English Versions of ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mole.htm - 12k

Mortify (2 Occurrences)
... mor'-ti-fi (Romans 8:13 the King James Version and the English Revised Version,
thanatoo, the English Revised Version margin "make to die," and Colossians 3:5 ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mortify.htm - 9k

Poll (5 Occurrences)
... POLL. pol: The word (on the derivation of which see Skeat, Concise Etymological
Dictionary of the English Language, 360) has been eliminated as a verb in the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/poll.htm - 12k

People (13047 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) One's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English.
5. (n.) One's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/people.htm - 14k

Prize (13 Occurrences)
... priz: Two Greek words are so rendered in English Versions of the Bible: (1) brabeion,
the award to the victor in the Greek games, consisting of a garland of bay ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prize.htm - 13k

Colt (15 Occurrences)
... kolt (`ayir, ben; polos, huios, with some word such as hupozugiou, understood; huios
alone = "son"): The English words "colt" and "foal" are used in the Bible ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/colt.htm - 12k

Chemarim (1 Occurrence)
... kem'-a-rim (kemarim, a plural whose singular komer is not found in the Old Testament):
Occurs only once in the text of English Versions of the Bible (Ze 1:4 ...
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Charity (29 Occurrences)
... char'-i-ti (agape): 1. A New Word 2. A New Ideal 3. An Apostolic Term 4. Latin
Equivalents 5. English Translation 6. Inward Motive 7. Character 8. Ultimate ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/charity.htm - 23k

Solemnity (3 Occurrences)
... ceremonious." From this is derived (3) the usual modern force of "grave" in opposition
to "joyous." This last meaning is not in Biblical English, and the ...
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Straight (196 Occurrences)
... strat, strat'-wa: "Straiglit" and "strait" are two entirely different words that
have no connection with each other in English, the former being derived from ...
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Solemn (100 Occurrences)
... ceremonious." From this is derived (3) the usual modern force of "grave" in opposition
to "joyous." This last meaning is not in Biblical English, and the ...
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Shew (226 Occurrences)
... American Standard Revised Version) is simply a modernized spelling of "shew" (so
always in the King James Version and generally in the English Revised Version ...
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Straightway (96 Occurrences)
... strat, strat'-wa: "Straiglit" and "strait" are two entirely different words that
have no connection with each other in English, the former being derived from ...
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River (189 Occurrences)
...English Versions of the Bible has "valley": of Gerar (Genesis 26:17), of Zered
(Numbers 21:12), but "brook Zered" (Deuteronomy 2:13), of Eschol (Numbers 32:9 ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/river.htm - 52k

Mountain (298 Occurrences)
... In Deuteronomy 1:41, 43, the American Standard Revised Version changes "hill" to
"hill-country," while the English Revised Version has "mountain." The reasons ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mountain.htm - 48k

Show (1340 Occurrences)
... American Standard Revised Version) is simply a modernized spelling of "shew" (so
always in the King James Version and generally in the English Revised Version ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/show.htm - 12k

Take (11064 Occurrences)
... "To take" in the sense of "capture" is still common, but when a person or living
animal is in point, modern English usually adds "prisoner" or "captive ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/take.htm - 15k

Strike (168 Occurrences)
... strik: The verbs "to strike" and "to stroke" (latter not in English Versions) have
the same derivation, and originally "strike" was the intrans, "stroke" the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/strike.htm - 46k

Paraclete
... In the Gospel the in the Epistle, 1 John 2:1. "Paraclete" is simply the
Greek word transferred into English. The translation of ...
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Deer (15 Occurrences)
... 'Ayyal and its feminine forms are regularly in English Versions of the Bible rendered
"hart" and "hind," terms which are more commonly applied to the male and ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/deer.htm - 17k

Boil (29 Occurrences)
... Our English word is derived from the verb "to beal," ie to suppurate, now
obsolete except as a dialect word in Scotland and Ireland. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/boil.htm - 23k

Cattle (277 Occurrences)
... from ktaomai, "to acquire," flocks being both with the Homeric peoples and with
the patriarchs an important form of property; compare English "fee"); tso'n ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cattle.htm - 52k

Kindness (295 Occurrences)
... Philanthropia, "love of mankind," is translated "kindness" Acts 28:2), and philadelphia,
"love of the brotherhood" (2 Peter 1:7, the English Revised Version ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kindness.htm - 45k

Architecture
... each other. Doors and posts were "square in prospect" (1 Kings 7:5 the
English Revised Version), ie square-headed. In Ezekiel 40 ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/architecture.htm - 28k

Kidneys (15 Occurrences)
... kid'-niz (always in the plural: kelayoth; nephroi; Latin renes, whence the English
"reins"): "Reins" and "kidneys" are synonyms, but the King James Version ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kidneys.htm - 16k

Robbery (18 Occurrences)
... In Philippians 2:6 the King James Version reads "thought it not robbery to be equal
with God." the English Revised Version has "a prize," while the English...
biblethesaurus.org/r/robbery.htm - 16k

Robber (14 Occurrences)
... In Philippians 2:6 the King James Version reads "thought it not robbery to be equal
with God." the English Revised Version has "a prize," while the English...
biblethesaurus.org/r/robber.htm - 13k

Reins (15 Occurrences)
... inward parts," "kidneys" or "reins." The latter word, which is derived from Latin
"renes" through Old French "reins", has given place in modern English to the ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reins.htm - 13k

Excellency (53 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys,
ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/excellency.htm - 25k

Discover (28 Occurrences)
... chashaph, "to make bare") and Habakkuk 3:13 (`arar, "to make naked").) (1) "To exhibit,"
"uncover" (or "betray"), in which examples the English Revised Version ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/discover.htm - 17k

Memorial (54 Occurrences)
... Version (British and American) "memorial name" for "remembrance" (Psalm 30:4 the
American Standard Revised Version; Psalm 97:12, the English Revised Version ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/memorial.htm - 28k

Memory (181 Occurrences)
... Version (British and American) "memorial name" for "remembrance" (Psalm 30:4 the
American Standard Revised Version; Psalm 97:12, the English Revised Version ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/memory.htm - 40k

Penny (14 Occurrences)
... It was the daily pay of a Roman soldier in the time of Christ. In the reign
of Edward III. an English penny was a labourer's day's wages. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/penny.htm - 12k

Peculiar (11 Occurrences)
... pe-kul'-yar: The Latin peculium means "private property," so that "peculiar" properly
equals "pertaining to the individual." In modern English the word has ...
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Paralysis (1 Occurrence)
... pol'-zi, pa-ral'-i-sis (paralusis): The English word "palsy" is derived from the
Old French paralesie, which in Middle English was shortened into palesie, the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/paralysis.htm - 9k

Purge (35 Occurrences)
... James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), although frequently
in the Revised Version (British and American) the older English word "purge ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/purge.htm - 22k

Principal (28 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open
diapason. ... In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason. 11. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/principal.htm - 18k

Palsy (12 Occurrences)
... pol'-zi, pa-ral'-i-sis (paralusis): The English word "palsy" is derived from the
Old French paralesie, which in Middle English was shortened into palesie, the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/palsy.htm - 12k

Pap
... PAP. (shadh, shodh, "breast" (Ezekiel 23:21); mastos, "the breast" (Luke 11:27;
Luke 23:29 Revelation 1:13)): The English word, which goes back to Middle ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pap.htm - 7k

Platter (20 Occurrences)
... In the King James Version and the English Revised Version "charger," the American
Standard Revised Version "platter" (compare Exodus 25:29; Exodus 37:16); the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/platter.htm - 15k

Propitiation (4 Occurrences)
... pro-pish-ia'-shun: 1. Terms and Meaning: The word is Latin and brings into its English
use the atmosphere of heathen rites for winning the favor, or averting ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/propitiation.htm - 15k

Bond (32 Occurrences)
... The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as
in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bond.htm - 19k

Band (150 Occurrences)
... The English word has two generic meanings, each shading off into several specific
meanings: (1) that which holds together, binds or encircles: a bond; (2) a ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/band.htm - 50k

Bason (3 Occurrences)
... Revised Version has "basin," the King James Version and the Revised Version (British
and American) "bason," the preferred spelling of the English revisers. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bason.htm - 13k

Cunning (43 Occurrences)
... kun'-ing (chakham, chashabh): In Bible-English "cunning" means always "wise" or
"skilful"; the word does not occur in the bad sense, and it is found in the Old ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cunning.htm - 22k

Chambering (1 Occurrence)
... CHAMBERING. cham'-ber-ing: Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English Versions
of the Bible since Tyndale of koitias (literally "beds," Romans 13:13). ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/chambering.htm - 7k

Chamois (1 Occurrence)
... The better known is the ibex of the South, which may well be the ya`el (English
Versions, "wild goat"; Job 39:1 Psalm 104:18 1 Samuel 24:2), as well as the ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/chamois.htm - 9k

Apothecary (4 Occurrences)
... a-poth'-e-ka-ri: Found in English Versions of the Bible eight times in the Old
Testament and Apocrypha for Hebrew word rendered more accurately "perfumer" by ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/apothecary.htm - 9k

Hell (53 Occurrences)
... hel (see SHEOL; HADES; GEHENNA): 1. The Word in the King James Version: The English
word, from a Teutonic root meaning "to hide" or "cover," had originally the ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hell.htm - 29k

Banquet (58 Occurrences)
... 2. In Christ's Teaching and Practice: Among the Greeks the word for "feast" (doche)
is from dechomai "to receive" (compare our English usage, "to receive" and ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/banquet.htm - 36k




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