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Favors (7 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Favors (7 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 20:11 There stood
by him one of Joab's young men, and said, "He who favors...
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Porcupine (3 Occurrences)
... As to the rendering "bittern" for qippodh (Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 34:15 Zephaniah
2:14), while the etymology favors "hedgehog," the context favors a bird ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/porcupine.htm - 11k

Crystal (7 Occurrences)
... In Job 28:17 the context favors the King James Version "crystal," rather than
the Revised Version (British and American) "glass" (zekhukhith). ...
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Grace (277 Occurrences)
... that man, and "to look with favor" is one of the commonest Biblical paraphrases
for "bestow a blessing." Between "God's favor" and "God's favors" there exists ...
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Favoritism (7 Occurrences)

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Zoan (7 Occurrences)
... of the Hyksos rulers, or "shepherd kings," in whose time Jacob came into Egypt,
and their monuments have been found at the site, which favors the conclusion ...
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Ungrateful (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making
no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ungrateful. ...
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Obliging (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Oblige. 2. (a.) Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige
or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Josephus
... of Poppea, Nero's consort. The empress, a Jewish proselyte, espoused his
cause at Rome, and showed him many favors. At the capital ...
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Joab's (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 20:11 There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, "He who favors
Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE ...
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Jo'ab's (8 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 2 Samuel 20:11 There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said,
"He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!" (See RSV). ...
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Liberal (11 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent
of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of ...
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Favor (184 Occurrences)
... 13. (n.) To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child
favors his father. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FAVOR. ...
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Flavius
... of Poppea, Nero's consort. The empress, a Jewish proselyte, espoused his
cause at Rome, and showed him many favors. At the capital ...
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Favorite (3 Occurrences)
... regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others;
especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a ...
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Tirzah (17 Occurrences)
... Buhl (Geographic des alten Palestina, 203) favors et-tireh, on the West of the plain
of Makhneh, 4 miles South of Nablus, which he identifies with the Tira ...
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Thanksgiving (49 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude
for favors or mercies. 2. (n.) A public acknowledgment ...
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Thankless (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not acknowledging favors; not expressing
thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. 2. (a.) Not obtaining ...
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Rain (118 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds. 6. (vt) To
bestow in a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person. Int. ...
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Renew (16 Occurrences)
... King Saul; (3) in 2 Chronicles 15:8, to rebuild or repair the broken altar; (4)
in Lamentations 5:21, "renew our days," restore the favors of former days; (5 ...
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Rose (279 Occurrences)
... are common in Palestine, should not be meant. Tristram favors the rhododendron.
The expression, "rose plants in Jericho," in Ecclesiasticus ...
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Eshcol (6 Occurrences)
... No particular valley can be identified, though popular tradition favors the wide
and fertile valley, near the traditional site of "Abraham's oak," a little to ...
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Equity (19 Occurrences)
... equity." Ecclesiastes 2:21 has "skilfulness" and the Revised Version, margin "success"
for the King James Version "equity." The context favors this translation ...
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Perseverance (27 Occurrences)
... Meanwhile Scripture on the whole, by the manner and weight of its positive statements,
favors a humble belief of the permanence, in the plan of God, of the once ...
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Bounty (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. 2. (n.) Liberality in bestowing gifts
or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence. ...
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Brightness (36 Occurrences)
... The Greek apaugasma may mean either "reflection" or "radiation." Patristic usage
favors the latter; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 7:26; also the Nicene Creed ...
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Bithron (1 Occurrence)
... Buhl (GAP, 121) favors identification with Wady `Ajlun, along which in later times
a Roman road connected `Ajlun and Mahanaim. Others (Guthe, Kurz. bib. ...
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Bountiful (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food. 2. (a.) Free in giving;
liberal in bestowing gifts and favors. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Hyssop (12 Occurrences)
... Post thinks of all varieties the Origanum maru, a special variety of marjoram
which favors terrace walls and rocks, is the most probable. ...
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Acceptable (48 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 33:11 ratsah, "to delight in"). In New Testament (1) of favors,
"We accept. with all thankfulness" (apodechomai, Acts 24:3 ...
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Acceptation (2 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 33:11 ratsah, "to delight in"). In New Testament (1) of favors,
"We accept. with all thankfulness" (apodechomai, Acts 24:3 ...
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Arbatta
... Ewald (Hist, V, 314, English translation) favors el-BaTeicha, the plain
through which the Jordan flows into the Lake of Galilee. ...
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Accept (106 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 33:11 ratsah, "to delight in"). In New Testament (1) of favors,
"We accept. with all thankfulness" (apodechomai, Acts 24:3 ...
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Sanballat (10 Occurrences)
... Egyptians). Since it has not been permitted us to rebuild it, do thou look on
the receivers of thy benefactions and favors here in Egypt. ...
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Gift (148 Occurrences)
... gift," the Revised Version, margin "giving"); charisma, "grace," "favor," a benefit
or good conferred, is also used of Divine gifts and favors, especially of ...
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Righteousness (442 Occurrences)
... the forces which make for the preservation of the group, not merely the desire to
please the God of the Hebrews for the sake of the material favors which He ...
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Havilah (7 Occurrences)
... The context of Genesis 10:7 thus favors situation on the Ethiopian shore, and the
name is perhaps preserved in the kolpos Aualites and in the tribe Abalitai on ...
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Ramothgilead (19 Occurrences)
... Buhl (Geographic des Alten Palestina, 261;) favors el-Jil`ad, a ruined site on a
hill South of the Jabbok; see GILEAD, (1). Eusebius and Jerome (Onomasticon ...
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Ophir (12 Occurrences)
... If the duration of the voyage (3 years) be used as evidence, it favors this
location of Ophir as much as that on the east coast of Africa. ...
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Ramoth-gilead (20 Occurrences)
... Buhl (Geographic des Alten Palestina, 261;) favors el-Jil`ad, a ruined site on a
hill South of the Jabbok; see GILEAD, (1). Eusebius and Jerome (Onomasticon ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/ramoth-gilead.htm - 20k

Testament (13 Occurrences)
... "The two pantes (all) embrace those only to whom each of the two powers extends."
But Godet favors the view of Meyer and Ellicott that "all" is to be given the ...
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Separate (115 Occurrences)
... actual fact. The existence of an influential Thecla-cult at Seleucia favors
the view that Thecla was a historical person. Traditions ...
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Hor (14 Occurrences)
... downward. Eusebius, Onomasticon (sv Hor) favors this identification, which
has been accepted by many travelers and scholars. In ...
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New (1850 Occurrences)
... "The two pantes (all) embrace those only to whom each of the two powers extends."
But Godet favors the view of Meyer and Ellicott that "all" is to be given the ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/new.htm - 101k

Locust (25 Occurrences)
... It might be a cricket, but comparison with the Arabic (see supra) favors a locust
of some sort. The word occurs only in Leviticus 11:22. See BEETLE. ...
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Rest (831 Occurrences)
... RH Charles (Encyclopedia Brit, XI, 797b) favors a date during the early (?) Maccabean
period; but this would give the Ad Esther an earlier date than can be ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rest.htm - 47k

Philistines (224 Occurrences)
... Delta that Canaanite tribes could be described as akin, not only to Babylonians,
but also to certain tribes in Egypt, a circumstance which favors the antiquity ...
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Bethsaida (7 Occurrences)
... to the writer of John 6:17. The agreement of these two favors the strict
interpretation. Further, if the Gospel of Mark embodies ...
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Adam (29 Occurrences)
... "The two pantes (all) embrace those only to whom each of the two powers extends."
But Godet favors the view of Meyer and Ellicott that "all" is to be given the ...
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Epicureans (1 Occurrence)
... concerns; since exempt from every pain, exempt from all dangers, strong in its own
resources, not wanting aught of us, it is neither gained by favors nor moved ...
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Testaments
... Alexander spared the city, sacrificed to Yahweh, had the prophecies of Daniel
concerning him rehearsed in his hearing, and showed the Jews many favors (Ant., ...
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Damascus (58 Occurrences)
... of the Hebrew kingdom afforded the Arameans an opportunity of playing off the rival
Hebrew states against each other, and of bestowing their favors now on one ...
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Favour (171 Occurrences)

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Tower (74 Occurrences)
... At the middle of the ascent, Herodotus says, there was a stopping-place
with seats to rest upon, which rather favors this idea. ...
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Between (2624 Occurrences)
... Alexander spared the city, sacrificed to Yahweh, had the prophecies of Daniel
concerning him rehearsed in his hearing, and showed the Jews many favors (Ant., ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/between.htm - 36k

Immortal (3 Occurrences)
... The promises placed in the forefront as tokens of God's favors were indeed
predominatingly temporal-promises for this life-but within these (the kernel within ...
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Arabah (32 Occurrences)
... the east. This greatly favors the accumulation of sediment at the mouths
of the wadies emptying into the south end of the Ghor. 2 ...
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Immortality (6 Occurrences)
... The promises placed in the forefront as tokens of God's favors were indeed
predominatingly temporal-promises for this life-but within these (the kernel within ...
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Jo'ab (120 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 2 Samuel 20:11 There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said,
"He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!" (See RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jo'ab.htm - 34k

Tobit
... The fact that a dog is made to accompany Tobias on his journey to Ecbatana (Tobit
5:17; 11:4) favors a Persian origin, but is so repugnant to Semitic ideas ...
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Monthly (11 Occurrences)
... pleasure and even gratitude. Good relations would thus be established with
the god and favors would be secured. Such motives, while ...
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Anaharath (1 Occurrence)
... The fact that a dog is made to accompany Tobias on his journey to Ecbatana (Tobit
5:17; 11:4) favors a Persian origin, but is so repugnant to Semitic ideas ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/anaharath.htm - 87k

Cyrus (20 Occurrences)
... Nevertheless the Jews evidently felt that the favors he granted them showed sympathy
for them, and this it probably was which caused Isaiah (44:28) to see in ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cyrus.htm - 39k

Mount (311 Occurrences)
... downward. Eusebius, Onomasticon (sv Hor) favors this identification, which
has been accepted by many travelers and scholars. In ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mount.htm - 68k

Matthew (5 Occurrences)
... practically universal tradition Matthew wrote his Gospel before the other three,
and the place assigned to it in New Testament literature favors the acceptance ...
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Red (124 Occurrences)
... Dawson favors the general location which we have assigned to Pi-hahiroth, but would
place it beside the narrow southern portion of the Bitter Lakes. ...
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Elijah (104 Occurrences)
... into "Arabians"; but, in spite of the fact that Orientals would bring offerings
of food to a holy hermit, the whole tenor of the narrative favors no other ...
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Joab (128 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 20:11 There stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, "He who favors
Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/joab.htm - 53k

Pharisees (86 Occurrences)
... Heathenism, which lay in sacrifices and ceremonies by which the gods could be bribed,
or cajoled into favors, had a purely casual connection with morality; its ...
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Herod (45 Occurrences)
... This led to further imperial favors and further extension of his territory, Judea
and Samaria being added to his domain, 40 AD The fondest dreams of Agrippa ...
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Hittites (39 Occurrences)
... the language of this letter, which bears no indications of either Semitic or Aryan
speech, whether in vocabulary or in syntax, strongly favors the conclusion ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hittites.htm - 55k

Esther (48 Occurrences)
... RH Charles (Encyclopedia Brit, XI, 797b) favors a date during the early (?) Maccabean
period; but this would give the Ad Esther an earlier date than can be ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/esther.htm - 58k

Zechariah (55 Occurrences)
... to besiege Judah. The Septuagint favors this interpretation; likewise the
Coptic version; and Zechariah 14:14. Wellhausen frankly ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zechariah.htm - 70k

Israel (27466 Occurrences)
... But these are to be regarded as special favors shown by God. In general it was the
rule that God could not be seen without the beholder suffering death. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/israel.htm - 101k

Apocryphal
... actual fact. The existence of an influential Thecla-cult at Seleucia favors
the view that Thecla was a historical person. Traditions ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/apocryphal.htm - 101k

Sacrifice (300 Occurrences)
... pleasure and even gratitude. Good relations would thus be established with
the god and favors would be secured. Such motives, while ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sacrifice.htm - 101k

Babel (3 Occurrences)
... At the middle of the ascent, Herodotus says, there was a stopping-place
with seats to rest upon, which rather favors this idea. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/babel.htm - 63k

Sea (4178 Occurrences)
... Dawson favors the general location which we have assigned to Pi-hahiroth, but would
place it beside the narrow southern portion of the Bitter Lakes. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sea.htm - 87k

Religion (23 Occurrences)

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