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Holding (62 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) That which holds, binds, or influences. 5. (n.) The burden or chorus
of a song. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HOLDING. ...
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Cruse (11 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A utensil; a flask or cup for holding water (1 Samuel
26:11, 12, 16; 1 Kings 19:6) or oil (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). ...
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Pot (46 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of
uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc ...
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Waterpot (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for
sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Incapable (5 Occurrences)
... end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength,
mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain ...
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Firmly (47 Occurrences)
... Colossians 1:23 if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation,
without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you ...
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Bottle (28 Occurrences)
... A vessel made of skins for holding wine (Joshua 9:4. 13; 1 Samuel 16:20; Matthew
9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, 38), or milk (Judges 4:19), or water (Genesis 21:14 ...
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Vat (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature
state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning ...
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Urn (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal,
employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental ...
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Jar (45 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit,
preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar. ...
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Grip (32 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping. ...
7. (n.) A device for grasping or holding fast to something. ...
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Forbearance (9 Occurrences)
... for-bar'-ans (anoche): "Forbearance" (anoche, "a holding back") is ascribed to God
(Romans 2:4, "the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering ...
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Possession (251 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The state of holding as one's own. 2.
(n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's ...
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Box (13 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary For holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It
was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (pak ...
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Breathless (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense
interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention ...
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Case (138 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles;
the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover ...
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Capacity (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the
comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding ...
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Continuance (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition,
habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. ...
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Seminal (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle;
holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents ...
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Incense (167 Occurrences)
... in the religious ceremonies of nearly all nations (Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians,
Phoenicians, etc.), and it is natural to find it holding a prominent ...
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Rehoboam (42 Occurrences)
... These sculptures represent the king, Shishak, holding in his hand a train of prisoners
and other figures, with the names of the captured towns of Judah, the ...
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Fast (157 Occurrences)
... Philippians 2:16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast
in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain. ...
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Potter (14 Occurrences)
... from the historical period, and consist of baked clay record tablets, bricks, drainage
pipes, household shrines, as well as vessels for holding liquids, fruits ...
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Pottery (11 Occurrences)
... from the historical period, and consist of baked clay record tablets, bricks, drainage
pipes, household shrines, as well as vessels for holding liquids, fruits ...
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Bag (52 Occurrences)
... 6; 13:29). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A sack or pouch, used for
holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money. 2. (n.) A ...
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Firm (111 Occurrences)
... Colossians 1:23 if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation,
without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you ...
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Oil (281 Occurrences)
... of Gezer, by Macalister.) The oil, after standing for some time to allow further
sediment to settle, is stored either in huge earthenware jars holding 100 to ...
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Band (150 Occurrences)
... (f) (moTah): the cross bar of oxen's yoke, holding them together (Leviticus 26:13
Ezekiel 34:27 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and ...
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Essenes
... and Pythagoras 5. Buddhism and Essenism 6. Parseeism and Essenism 7. Essenism Mainly
Jewish V. RELATION TO APOCALYPTIC BOOKS 1. Reasons for Holding the Essenes ...
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Rome (12 Occurrences)
... citizens should be chosen, and in the Roman community the highest standard of
distinction was service to the state, in other words, the holding of public ...
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Conscience (36 Occurrences)
... or-speaking broadly-the Scotch and the English, the German and the French schools
of ethics diverge, those on the one side holding that conscience has still ...
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Keys (2 Occurrences)
... (2) The plural "keys," occurs elsewhere only in Revelation 1:18, where the Christ
represents Himself as holding the keys of death and of Hades. ...
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Power (862 Occurrences)
... (2) The plural "keys," occurs elsewhere only in Revelation 1:18, where the Christ
represents Himself as holding the keys of death and of Hades. ...
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Regard (230 Occurrences)
... Philippians 2:16 the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to
a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour; (YLT). ...
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Anthropology
... differ essentially in meaning; some maintaining that "image" refers to the physical,
"likeness" to the ethical side of man's nature; others holding that "image ...
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Form (153 Occurrences)
... dead image," the Revised Version (British and American) "the breathless form");
(e) Show, without substance, morphosis, "form" (2 Timothy 3:5, "holding a form ...
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Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)
...Holding the same theory regarding the genealogy, the Samaritans noticed that by
their data three men, Jared, Methuselah, and Lamech, survived the Flood. ...
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Antediluvian
...Holding the same theory regarding the genealogy, the Samaritans noticed that by
their data three men, Jared, Methuselah, and Lamech, survived the Flood. ...
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Genealogy (29 Occurrences)
... finds them chiefly in the late (priestly) strata of the early books, and dates
Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah (our fullest sources) about 300 BC, holding it to be a ...
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Quarrellings (1 Occurrence)
... Quarrellings (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy 6:5 constant quarrellings of men corrupted
in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety. (DBY) ...
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Qualified (5 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:9 holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he
may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to ...
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Vessel (118 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A hollow or concave utensil for holding anything; a hollow receptacle of
any kind, as a hogshead, a barrel, a firkin, a bottle, a kettle, a cup, a bowl ...
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Vice (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise. 5. (n.)
A tool for drawing lead into cams, or flat grooved rods, for casements. ...
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Zoan (7 Occurrences)
... It was the frontier town of Goshen. Here Pharaoh was holding his court at
the time of his various interviews with Moses and Aaron. ...
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Key (8 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a
shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but ...
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Knit (11 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being
supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/knit.htm - 10k

Keeper (72 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as:
(a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/keeper.htm - 30k

Keeping (282 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Keep. 2. (n.) A holding;
restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation. ...
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Nicola'itans (2 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Revelation 2:15 so hast thou, even thou, those holding the teaching
of the Nicolaitans -- which thing I hate. (See RSV). ...
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Nourishment (14 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and
bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the ...
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Nut (1 Occurrence)
... block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw
thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for ...
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Nest (22 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl
for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young. ...
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Use (620 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust
and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. ...
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United (44 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:19 and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered
to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase ...
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Unless (102 Occurrences)
... Mark 7:3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their
hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. ...
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Opinion (91 Occurrences)
... sentiment or esteem. 4. (n.) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression;
opiniativeness; conceitedness. 5. (n.) The formal ...
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Often (74 Occurrences)
... Mark 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands
often eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. (DBY). ...
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Oppose (29 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:9 holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he
may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to ...
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Occupation (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession
and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as ...
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Ouches (8 Occurrences)
... settings of the engraved stones forming the breast-plate of the high priest are
intended; the onyx stones forming the fibula or brooch for holding together the ...
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Oft (18 Occurrences)
... Mark 7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands
oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. (KJV DBY). ...
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Overlaid (50 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 9:4 having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid
on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron's ...
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Opponents (11 Occurrences)
... Titus 1:9 holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he
may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to ...
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Jars (28 Occurrences)
... Judges 7:20 And the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars, holding
in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow ...
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Justus (3 Occurrences)
... there had lost its first warmth, and when in consequence, probably, of their fear
of persecution, most of them had proved untrue and were holding aloof from him ...
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Jaw (6 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A notch or opening. 6. (n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding
an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard. ...
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Jews (287 Occurrences)
... Mark 7:3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their
hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. ...
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Jair (14 Occurrences)
... Some would identify him with the Jair of Judges 10:3, holding that Manasseh's
settlement in Northern Gilead and Bashan took place, not before Israel's passage ...
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Joint (12 Occurrences)
... 10. (a.) United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in
interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates ...
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Joints (7 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being
supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's ...
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Ligaments (1 Occurrence)
... Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being
supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's ...
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Lace (7 Occurrences)
... especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through
eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a ...
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Labored (35 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV). Philippians 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice
in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain. ...
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Lamp-stands (5 Occurrences)
... Revelation 2:1 To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith
he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the ...
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Late (24 Occurrences)
... 3. (v.) Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased,
departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late ...
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Laboured (34 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Philippians 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the
day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/laboured.htm - 16k

Lift (283 Occurrences)
... to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to
a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the ...
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Library
... 2. (n.) A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NINEVEH, LIBRARY OF. I. THE DISCOVERY II. ...
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Great (10383 Occurrences)
... 6. (superl.) Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished;
foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc. ...
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Grows (46 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:19 and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being
supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's ...
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