Government (20 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Government of God. See PROVIDENCE. ... CHURCH GOVERNMENT. guv'-ern-ment: I. APPROACH TO SUBJECT 1. The General Sense 2. The Local Sense II. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/government.htm - 50k

Theocracy

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A word first used by Josephus to denote that the Jews were under the direct government of God himself. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/theocracy.htm - 11k

Tax (43 Occurrences)

... imposed by authority. 2. (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. 3. (n.) Especially ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tax.htm - 47k

State (51 Occurrences)

... Cf. Estate, n., 6. 9. (n.) The principal persons in a government. 10. ... 11. (n.) A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic. 12. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/state.htm - 23k

Province (66 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/province.htm - 38k

Taxing (3 Occurrences)

... TAXES IN ISRAEL UNDER SELF-GOVERNMENT 1. In the Earliest Period 2. Under the Theocracy; in the Period of the Judges 3. Under the Kings III. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/taxing.htm - 35k

Envoy (5 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other ... biblethesaurus.org/e/envoy.htm - 8k

Minister (150 Occurrences)

... 3. (n.) One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government entrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/minister.htm - 40k

Brick (10 Occurrences)

... Brickmaking in early Egyptian history was a government monopoly. The fact that the government pressed into service her Asiatic captives ... biblethesaurus.org/b/brick.htm - 15k

Commune (7 Occurrences)

... 5. (n.) A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a ... biblethesaurus.org/c/commune.htm - 10k

Stamp (25 Occurrences)

... 15. (n.) An official mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stamp.htm - 16k

Smyrna (2 Occurrences)

... 2:8-11). There Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna, was martyred, though without the sanction of the Roman government. It seems that ... biblethesaurus.org/s/smyrna.htm - 12k

Governor (78 Occurrences)

... First and most important, there is the difficulty arising from our ignorance of many details of the government of the oriental nations to which the terms apply ... biblethesaurus.org/g/governor.htm - 48k

Period (43 Occurrences)

... MAIN EVENTS 1. Struggles of Individual Tribes 2. Civil Strife 3. The Six Invasions 4. Need of Central Government V. RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS VI. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/period.htm - 34k

Pharaoh (245 Occurrences)

... plunderers," their king or chief Hyk, and hence the name of those invaders who conquered the native kings and established a strong government, with Zoan or ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaoh.htm - 60k

Nehemiah (9 Occurrences)

... He built up the state on the old lines, "supplementing and completing the work of Ezra," and making all arrangements for the safety and good government of the ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nehemiah.htm - 24k

Organ (6 Occurrences)

... by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, tax gatherers, etc., are organs of government. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/organ.htm - 9k

Gerrenians

... ge-re'-ni-anz (heos ton Gerrenon): The name indicates the southern limit of the territory assigned by Antiochus Eupator to the government of Judas Maccabeus ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gerrenians.htm - 7k

Information (14 Occurrences)

... 3. (n.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offense against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized ... biblethesaurus.org/i/information.htm - 11k

Free (454 Occurrences)

... 2. (superl.) Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from ... biblethesaurus.org/f/free.htm - 38k

Tyrannical (2 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Unjustly severe in government; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical leader; tyrannical government. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tyrannical.htm - 7k

Treasury (25 Occurrences)

... are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also ... biblethesaurus.org/t/treasury.htm - 27k

Territory (140 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance ... biblethesaurus.org/t/territory.htm - 56k

Reign (468 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/reign.htm - 42k

Revolution (6 Occurrences)

... 7. (n.) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the ... biblethesaurus.org/r/revolution.htm - 10k

Rebellion (51 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rebellion.htm - 22k

Revolt (18 Occurrences)

... n.) Hence, to be faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel ... biblethesaurus.org/r/revolt.htm - 13k

Model (9 Occurrences)

... 3. (n.) Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of ... biblethesaurus.org/m/model.htm - 10k

Mail (11 Occurrences)

... or other matter contained therein, conveyed under public authority from one post office to another; the whole system of appliances used by government in the ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mail.htm - 11k

Money (284 Occurrences)

... coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any ... biblethesaurus.org/m/money.htm - 69k

Petition (33 Occurrences)

... written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either ... biblethesaurus.org/p/petition.htm - 19k

Power (862 Occurrences)

... 5. (n.) The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/power.htm - 66k

Policy (3 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as ... biblethesaurus.org/p/policy.htm - 9k

Bond (32 Occurrences)

... 6. (n.) An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bond.htm - 19k

Bithynia (2 Occurrences)

... measures required of officials were interpreted with leniency (see EG Hardy, Pliny's Correspondence with Trajan, and Christianity and the Roman Government). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bithynia.htm - 11k

Census (24 Occurrences)

... 2:64). A census was made by the Roman government in the time of our Lord (Luke 2:1). (see TAXING.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n ... biblethesaurus.org/c/census.htm - 15k

Civil (4 Occurrences)

... 2. (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. 3. (a.) Performing the duties ... biblethesaurus.org/c/civil.htm - 8k

Cart (12 Occurrences)

... The Circassians, whom the Turkish government has settled near Caesarea, Jerash (Gerasa) and Amman (Philadelphia), have introduced a crude cart which must be ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cart.htm - 15k

Commonwealth (2 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/commonwealth.htm - 8k

Colony (1 Occurrence)

... proconsuls. It had an independent internal government, the jus Italicum; ie, the privileges of Italian citizens. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/colony.htm - 10k

Capital (29 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/capital.htm - 16k

Allegiance (7 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or ... biblethesaurus.org/a/allegiance.htm - 9k

Acting (102 Occurrences)

... were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acting.htm - 37k

Apollonius

... lived in great intimacy with Demetrius, who, on recovering the crown of Syria, made him governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, the same government which his ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apollonius.htm - 8k

Administration (12 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or ... biblethesaurus.org/a/administration.htm - 12k

Sedition (8 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) Dissension; the raising of commotion in a state; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sedition.htm - 10k

Senate (1 Occurrence)

... some Swiss cantons. 4. (n.) In general, a legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government. 5. (n.) The ... biblethesaurus.org/s/senate.htm - 9k

Stock (16 Occurrences)

... States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stock.htm - 16k

Sanhedrin (19 Occurrences)

... During the Roman period (except for about 10 years at the time of Gabinius, who applied to Judea the Roman system of government; compare Marquardt, Romische ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sanhedrin.htm - 27k

Surrender (18 Occurrences)

... 9. (n.) The delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a foreign state. See Extradition. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/s/surrender.htm - 13k

Syracuse (1 Occurrence)

... 478-467 BC). It nourisher greatly after the establishment of popular government in 466 BC (Diodorus xi.68-72). The Syracusans successfully ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syracuse.htm - 9k

Secretary (34 Occurrences)

... 3. (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/secretary.htm - 18k

Providence (3 Occurrences)

... God does not cause or approve of sin, but only limits, restrains, overrules it for good. The mode of God's providential government is altogether unexplained. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/providence.htm - 44k

Rome (12 Occurrences)

... II. EXTENSION OF ROMAN SOVEREIGNTY III. THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT 1. Imperial Authority 2. Three Classes of Citizens IV. ROMAN RELIGION ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rome.htm - 43k

Alexandria (4 Occurrences)

... the single exception of Rome) arose with straight, parallel streets-one at least 200 feet wide-with fortresses, monuments, palaces, government buildings and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alexandria.htm - 31k

Pergamum (2 Occurrences)

... ancient world. When in 133 BC Attalus III, the last king of the dynasty, died, he gave his kingdom to the Roman government. His ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pergamum.htm - 12k

Great (10383 Occurrences)

... was Preparation his father. He was early introduced into the cares of government and the practice of war. While Philip was engaged ... biblethesaurus.org/g/great.htm - 35k

Elder (34 Occurrences)

... the elder or presbyter does. See BISHOP; CHURCH GOVERNMENT; MINISTRY. AC Grant. ELDER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. el'-der, (zaqen): Among ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elder.htm - 27k

Edomites (22 Occurrences)

... intermingled. The Horite government was in the hands of "dukes" (Genesis 36:29, the Revised Version (British and American) "chiefs"). ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edomites.htm - 23k

Pergamos (1 Occurrence)

... ancient world. When in 133 BC Attalus III, the last king of the dynasty, died, he gave his kingdom to the Roman government. His ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pergamos.htm - 12k

Presbyter

... general to the churches in its jurisdiction, and the power of review in all matters concerning the local churches (see Form of Government, Presbyterian Church ... biblethesaurus.org/p/presbyter.htm - 14k

Nero

... Neronis: Nero's reign falls into three periods, the first of which is the celebrated quinquennium, or first 5 years, characterized by good government at home ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nero.htm - 41k

Presbytery (1 Occurrence)

... general to the churches in its jurisdiction, and the power of review in all matters concerning the local churches (see Form of Government, Presbyterian Church ... biblethesaurus.org/p/presbytery.htm - 14k

Elamarna

... Most of the letters were probably written by Egyptian officers or, more frequently, by scribes in the employ of native appointees of the Egyptian government. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamarna.htm - 31k

Tablets (31 Occurrences)

... Most of the letters were probably written by Egyptian officers or, more frequently, by scribes in the employ of native appointees of the Egyptian government. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tablets.htm - 41k

El-amarna

... Most of the letters were probably written by Egyptian officers or, more frequently, by scribes in the employ of native appointees of the Egyptian government. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/el-amarna.htm - 31k

Hellenism

... laid before it) through oligarchic or aristocratic rule and the usurped authority of the tyrants, to the establishement of democratic government, there is ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hellenism.htm - 26k

Hellenist

... laid before it) through oligarchic or aristocratic rule and the usurped authority of the tyrants, to the establishement of democratic government, there is ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hellenist.htm - 26k

Tell (3056 Occurrences)

... Most of the letters were probably written by Egyptian officers or, more frequently, by scribes in the employ of native appointees of the Egyptian government. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tell.htm - 33k

Authority (326 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/authority.htm - 69k

Salt (45 Occurrences)

... As salt-gathering is a government monopoly in Turkey, the government sends men to pollute the salt which is being surreptitiously crystallized, so as to make ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salt.htm - 34k

On (40792 Occurrences)

... The city comes from the Ist Dynasty, when it was the seat of government, and indeed must have been founded by the Ist Dynasty or have come down to it from pre ... biblethesaurus.org/o/on.htm - 17k

Amorites (82 Occurrences)

... The Egyptian conquest of Canaan by the kings of the XVIIIth Dynasty had put an end to the effective government of that country by the Amorite princes, but ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amorites.htm - 50k

Pontus (3 Occurrences)

... Pliny's famous letters, Numbers 96 and 97, written to the emperor Traian on the subject of the treatment of Christians under his government (see PERSECUTION ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pontus.htm - 16k

Chance (78 Occurrences)

... This is the true theory of the divine government." Compare the meeting of Philip with the Ethiopian (Acts 8:26, 27). There is no "chance" in God's empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chance.htm - 37k

Edom (108 Occurrences)

... intermingled. The Horite government was in the hands of "dukes" (Genesis 36:29, the Revised Version (British and American) "chiefs"). ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edom.htm - 53k

Ptolemy

... Euergetes (II). When Antiochus retired, Philometor made peace with his brother, conceding him a share in the government (170 BC). This ... biblethesaurus.org/p/ptolemy.htm - 17k

Ministry (44 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of ministering; ministration; service; also (in some countries) a government agency, as the Ministry of Defense. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/ministry.htm - 51k

Herod (45 Occurrences)

... the city of Caesarea Philippi, calling it by his own name to distinguish it from the Caesarea on the sea-coast which was the seat of the Roman government. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/herod.htm - 57k