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Language (112 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated
therewith; as, the language of flowers. 7. (n.) The ...
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Figurative (20 Occurrences)
... Figurative (20 Occurrences). Matthew 13:3 He then spoke many things to them in
figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/figurative.htm - 12k

Ethiopic
... 2. (n.) The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian
empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. ...
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Chaldee
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Chaldee language: Employed by the sacred writers
in certain portions of the Old Testament, viz., Dan. ...
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Rabshakeh (15 Occurrences)
... See the speech he delivered, in the Hebrew language, in the hearing of all the people,
as he stood near the wall on the north side of the city (2 Kings 18:17-37 ...
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Interpret (27 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into
intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied ...
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Script (5 Occurrences)
... rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter
was written in the Syrian character, and set forth in the Syrian language. ...
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Arabic
... 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. 2. (n.) The language of the
Arabians. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ARABIC LANGUAGE. ...
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Barbarous (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (a.) Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. Int. ... With the spread of Greek
language and culture, it came to be used generally for all that was non-Greek. ...
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Barbarian (2 Occurrences)
... did not speak Greek. In 1 Corinthians 14:11, it simply refers to one speaking
a different language. The inhabitants of Malta are ...
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Commonly (5 Occurrences)
... 1:22 And sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom, to every division in
the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was ...
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Coptic
... 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the Copts. 2. (n.) The language of the Copts. Int. ...
kop'-tik vur'-shunz: I. LANGUAGE AND ALPHABET 1. Alphabet 2. Dialects. II. ...
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Syrian (12 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SYRIAN; LANGUAGE. ... Don't speak with us in the Jews' language,
in the hearing of the people who are on the wall." (WEB KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Alphabet (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series
of letters or signs which form the elements of written language. ...
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Gothic
... of Abacus, and Capital. 3. (n.) The language of the Goths; especially, the language
of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. ...
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Confusion (71 Occurrences)
... tungz: 1. The Narrative: According to Genesis 11:1-9, at some time not very long
after the Flood, "the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. ...
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Latin (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The vernacular language of the ancient Romans (John
19:20). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ... 4. (n.) The language of the ancient Romans. ...
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Jew (34 Occurrences)
... (2.) Hebrews, with regard to their language and education, to distinguish
them from Hellenists, ie, Jews who spoke the Greek language. ...
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Judean (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh,
"Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language; for we ...
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Rab'shakeh (14 Occurrences)
... Kings 18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto
Rab-shakeh: 'Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Aramean language; for we ...
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Rab-shakeh (14 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto
Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we ...
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Aramaean (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the
Rab-shakeh, Will you kindly make use of the Aramaean language in talking to ...
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Abusive (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Derisive; insulting; vulgar; as, abusive
language. 2. (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. ...
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Slavonic
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.
2. (a.) of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language. Int. ...
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Clearly (67 Occurrences)
... (BBE). John 16:25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is
coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you ...
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Jewish (49 Occurrences)
... The adjective in the Old Testament applies only to the "Jews' language" or speech
(2 Kings 18:26, 28 parallel Nehemiah 13:24 Isaiah 36:11, 13). ...
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Armenian
... 2. (n.) A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the
Armenians. ... ARMENIAN LANGUAGE LITERATURE I. Ancient Armenian. ...
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Provinces (40 Occurrences)
... Esther 1:22 for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province
according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/provinces.htm - 21k

Georgian
... Russia. The language has no affinities with any of the recognized groups, but
is becoming obsolete under Russian pressure. Christianity ...
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Veiled (23 Occurrences)
... (WEY YLT). John 16:25 "All this I have spoken to you in veiled language. ... John
16:29 His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language. ...
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Baptist (16 Occurrences)
... its significance in the New Testament as compared with ancient Greek It may be remarked
that no Baptist has written a lexicon of the Greek language, and yet ...
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Lieutenants (4 Occurrences)
... over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according
to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the ...
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Lycaonia (2 Occurrences)
... The "speech of Lycaonia" (Acts 14:11) was probably the ancient Assyrian language,
or perhaps, as others think, a corrupt Greek intermingled with Syriac words. ...
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Word (8118 Occurrences)
... and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or
ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent ...
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Impious (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting
in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. ...
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Fourth (87 Occurrences)
... ESDRAS. Or The Apocalyptic Esdras: Contents 1. Name 2. Contents 3. Language
4. Versions 5. Origin of the Book 6. Date LITERATURE ...
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Translate (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To transfer from one form or language
to another; as to translate a document. 2. (vt) To change ...
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Mouth (534 Occurrences)
... (n.) Speech; language; testimony. ... Numerous are the idiomatic phrases which have,
in part, been introduced into English by means of the language of the Bible. ...
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Matthew (5 Occurrences)
... destroy, but to fulfil.". As to the language in which this Gospel was written
there is much controversy. Many hold, in accordance ...
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Confound (9 Occurrences)
... Genesis 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they
may not understand one another's speech. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). ...
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Chaldees (13 Occurrences)
... These men cultivated the ancient Cushite language of the original inhabitants of
the land, for they had a "learning" and a "tongue" (1:4) of their own. ...
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Colors (12 Occurrences)
... color. (1) The origin of the Hebrew people: They had been wandering tribes
or slaves with no occasion to develop a color language. ...
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Charity (29 Occurrences)
... that they should have made current a new word to express it, and that they should
derive that word, not from the current or philosophical language of Greek ...
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Aramean (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans,
or to their language; Aramaic. 2. (n.) A native of Aram. ...
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Accad (1 Occurrence)
... think, first the Cushites, and afterwards, as a second immigration, the Semites,
invaded and conquered this country; and then the Accadian language ceased to ...
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Satraps (12 Occurrences)
... the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people,
to every province according its writing, and to every people in their language. ...
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Secretaries (5 Occurrences)
... the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people,
to every province according its writing, and to every people in their language. ...
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Aramaic (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature
of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the ...
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Color (18 Occurrences)
... color. (1) The origin of the Hebrew people: They had been wandering tribes
or slaves with no occasion to develop a color language. ...
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Elamarna
... Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2. Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time
3. Verification of Biblical Statements concerning "the Language of Canaan ...
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Tablets (31 Occurrences)
... Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2. Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time
3. Verification of Biblical Statements concerning "the Language of Canaan ...
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El-amarna
... Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2. Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time
3. Verification of Biblical Statements concerning "the Language of Canaan ...
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Except (236 Occurrences)
... (WEY YLT RSV NIV). Matthew 13:34 All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative
language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/except.htm - 35k

Lion (92 Occurrences)
... "The devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter
5:8). "Lion" occurs in the figurative language of Ezekiel, Daniel, and ...
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People's (37 Occurrences)
... name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for
other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being ...
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Cross (157 Occurrences)
... It is derived from the Latin word crux. In the Greek language it is stauros, but
sometimes we find the word skolops used as its Greek equivalent. ...
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Eliakim (14 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh,
"Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language; for we ...
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Greek (19 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language
of Greece. 3. (n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat. ... GREEK LANGUAGE. ...
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Three (5005 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN. " 1. Name 2. Canonicity
3. Contents 4. Author and Date 5. Original Language 6. Text and Versions ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/three.htm - 18k

Targum
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the
Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect. Int. ...
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Tell (3056 Occurrences)
... Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2. Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time
3. Verification of Biblical Statements concerning "the Language of Canaan ...
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Speaks (109 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 14:2 For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but
to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries. ...
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Speech (107 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas;
language; conversation. 3. (n.) A particular language...
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Cush (31 Occurrences)
... that the descendants of Ham are always regarded as non-Semites, the Ethiopians,
Ge`ez, as they called themselves, spoke a Semitic language of special interest ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Septuagint
... It is, moreover, a pioneering work; there was probably no precedent in the world's
history for a series of translations from one language into another on so ...
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Manasses (1 Occurrence)
... 1. Name 2. Canonicity and Position 3. Contents 4. Original Language 5. Authenticity
6. Author and Motive 7. Date 8. Text and Versions (1) Greek (2) Latin ...
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Lip (20 Occurrences)
... 8. (vt) To utter; to speak. 9. (vt) To clip; to trim. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
LIP. (saphah, sepheth, "lip," "language," "speech," "talk" (also "rim ...
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Bel (3 Occurrences)
... AUTHORITIES 1. Manuscripts (1) Greek (2) Syriac 2. Recensions or Versions (1) Greek
(2) Syriac (3) Latin (4) Aramaic V. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: PRINCIPAL OPINIONS VI ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bel.htm - 39k

Governors (43 Occurrences)
... the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people,
to every province according its writing, and to every people in their language. ...
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Susanna (1 Occurrence)
... 5. Date 6. Original Language 1. Name: This novelette has, in the Septuagint, the
bare title "Susanna" (Sousanna, from Hebrew shoshannah, "lily"). ...
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Version
... Jews, no longer familiar with the old Hebrew, required that their Scriptures should
be translated for them into the Chaldaic or Aramaic language and interpreted ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/version.htm - 37k

Shebna (9 Occurrences)
... his royal master. The prophet's language is that of personal invective, and
one asks what had made him so indignant. Some (eg Dillmann ...
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Pisidia (2 Occurrences)
... by the fact that Phrygian inscriptions (the surest sign of the presence of a Phrygian
population, for only Phrygians used the Phrygian language) have been ...
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Dragon (20 Occurrences)
... AUTHORITIES 1. Manuscripts (1) Greek (2) Syriac 2. Recensions or Versions (1) Greek
(2) Syriac (3) Latin (4) Aramaic V. ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: PRINCIPAL OPINIONS VI ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dragon.htm - 56k

Spoke (799 Occurrences)
... (WEB DBY WBS RSV NIV). Mark 4:34 But except in figurative language He spoke nothing
to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/spoke.htm - 33k

Library
... The inventors of the cuneiform system of writing had spoken an agglutinative language,
called Sumerian, similar to that of the Turks or Finns today; and a ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/library.htm - 16k

Messenger (235 Occurrences)
... AL Breslich. LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. lan'-gwaj (Greek). See ARAMAIC
LANGUAGE also: I. THE VERNACULAR "KOINE" THE LANGUAGE OF ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/messenger.htm - 101k

Writing (194 Occurrences)
... The words expressive of "writing," "book," and "ink," are common to all the branches
or dialects of the Semitic language, and hence it has been concluded that ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/writing.htm - 70k

Semites
... almost generally accepted, theory places their beginnings in Arabia because of the
conservative and primitive Semitic of the Arabic language, the desert ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Languages (36 Occurrences)
... HISTORY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE 1. Oldest Form of Language 2. The Hebrew of the Old
Testament 3. Its Uniformity 4. The Cause Thereof 5. Differences Due to Age 6 ...
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