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Merely (30 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. 2. (adv.) Not otherwise than; simply;
barely; only. Multi-Version Concordance Merely (30 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/merely.htm - 15k

Earthly (39 Occurrences)
... In Plutarch Mor. 566 D, it occurs in the remarkable phrase, "that which is earthly
of the soul." Its meaning is primarily merely local ("being on the earth"). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/earthly.htm - 22k

Amon (20 Occurrences)
... His short reign was merely incidental in the history of Judah; just long enough
to reveal the traits and tendencies which directly or indirectly led to his ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/amon.htm - 18k

Guilt (180 Occurrences)
... The man is guilty, not because he might or should have known; he may merely have
touched unwittingly the body of an unclean beast (Leviticus 5:2, 3). The guilt ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/guilt.htm - 46k

Eternity (23 Occurrences)
... 1. Contrast with Time: Eternity is best conceived, not in the merely negative form
of the non-temporal, or immeasurable time, but positively, as the mode of ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/eternity.htm - 24k

Anthropomorphism
... crude anthropomorphisms, the Old Testament, when it ascribes to Deity physical
characters, mental and moral attributes, like those of man, merely means to make ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/anthropomorphism.htm - 20k

Righteousness (442 Occurrences)
... rendered to him. Merely to escape the penalties of an angry deity the
group demanded ceremonial religious observances. From the ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/righteousness.htm - 56k

Godhead (5 Occurrences)
... Thus, "the Godhead" is frequently employed merely as a somewhat strong synonym of
"God" although usually with more or less emphasis upon that in God which ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/godhead.htm - 22k

Omnipotence (2 Occurrences)
... apparent. The divine power operates not merely in single concrete acts,
but is comprehensively related to the world as such. Both ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/omnipotence.htm - 24k

Revelation (52 Occurrences)
... (see WORD OF GOD.) The Scriptures are not merely the "record" of revelation; they
are the revelation itself in a written form, in order to the accurate ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/revelation.htm - 89k

Blood (435 Occurrences)
... Customs: Notwithstanding the ignorance and superstition surrounding this suggestively
beautiful idea, it grew to have more than a merely human significance and ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/blood.htm - 54k

Foreknow (1 Occurrence)
... This perfect knowledge of God, moreover, is not merely a knowledge which is practically
unlimited for all religious purposes, but is omniscience in the ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/foreknow.htm - 36k

Galatia (6 Occurrences)
... of the Sangarios and the middle course of the Halys; (2) Political To designate
a large province of the Roman empire, including not merely the country Galatia ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/galatia.htm - 23k

Godless (31 Occurrences)
... chaneph is translated "profane." The principal idea lying at the root of the word
is that of pollution and profanity; a condition of not merely being without ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/godless.htm - 16k

Water (4571 Occurrences)
... Nor is it necessary here to discuss the reason or reasons why the apostle mentions
the fact at all in his report, whether merely for historical accuracy and ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/water.htm - 23k

Forefather (33 Occurrences)
... Romans 4:12 and the forefather of the circumcised, namely of those who not merely
are circumcised, but also walk in the steps of the faith which our forefather ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/forefather.htm - 17k

Feast (209 Occurrences)
... But that oneness was primarily and chiefly a religious and not merely a political
one; the people were not merely to meet as among themselves, but with Jehovah ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/feast.htm - 47k

Tertius (1 Occurrence)
... This is, however, merely conjecture. Paul seems to have dictated his letters
to an amanuensis, adding by his own hand merely the ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tertius.htm - 8k

Reviving (4 Occurrences)
... We too often merely pray for "revivals," forgetting that it is for us to "stir into
flame" the gift of the Spirit which we have already received of God. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reviving.htm - 10k

Revive (31 Occurrences)
... We too often merely pray for "revivals," forgetting that it is for us to "stir into
flame" the gift of the Spirit which we have already received of God. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/revive.htm - 18k

Foreknowledge (2 Occurrences)
... This perfect knowledge of God, moreover, is not merely a knowledge which is practically
unlimited for all religious purposes, but is omniscience in the ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/foreknowledge.htm - 37k

Distinctions (15 Occurrences)
... For you know that in Heaven there is One who is your Master as well as theirs, and
that merely earthly distinctions there are none with Him. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/distinctions.htm - 10k

Pastoral
... But, as Jerome states in the preface to his Commentary on Titus, these heretics
rejected the epistles, not on critical grounds, but merely because they ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pastoral.htm - 39k

Bread (433 Occurrences)
... I. Dietary Preeminence. (1) In the East bread is primary, other articles of food
merely accessory; while in the West meat and other things chiefly constitute ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bread.htm - 58k

Serpent (40 Occurrences)
... But that Satan was the actual tempter, and that he used the serpent merely as his
instrument, is evident (1) from the nature of the transaction; for although ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/serpent.htm - 46k

Sure (142 Occurrences)
... use, and such changes as have been made by the Revised Version (British and American)
(Matthew 26:73 Luke 4:23 Revelation 22:20, etc.) are merely to preserve ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sure.htm - 40k

Lutheran
... There is no rigid law regarding the order and sequence of these actions laid down
in these words; they merely state that Christ desires His disciples to be ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/lutheran.htm - 35k

Doctrine (52 Occurrences)
... There is no rigid law regarding the order and sequence of these actions laid down
in these words; they merely state that Christ desires His disciples to be ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/doctrine.htm - 57k

Unchangeableness (1 Occurrence)
... The idea expressed is not merely that of self-existence, but also of unchangeableness,
and this unchangeableness, as the context clearly indicates (especially ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unchangeableness.htm - 27k

Unchangeable (4 Occurrences)
... The idea expressed is not merely that of self-existence, but also of unchangeableness,
and this unchangeableness, as the context clearly indicates (especially ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unchangeable.htm - 28k

Chief (696 Occurrences)
... 33; Matthew 13:44, etc.). This means nothing earthly merely (Matthew 6:19),
but heavenly and eternal. It implies the Old Testament ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/chief.htm - 45k

Almsgiving (3 Occurrences)
... both used in the Septuagint to translate chesedh, "kindness," and are also both
used to translate tsedhaqah, "justice." Almsgiving was regarded not merely as a ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/almsgiving.htm - 17k

Kenosis
... An "omniscient intellect" is a contradiction in terms. (4) In other words, God's
omniscience is not merely human intellectual knowledge raised to the infinite ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kenosis.htm - 14k

Alms (13 Occurrences)
... both used in the Septuagint to translate chesedh, "kindness," and are also both
used to translate tsedhaqah, "justice." Almsgiving was regarded not merely as a ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/alms.htm - 22k

Justice (212 Occurrences)
... It has been distinguished from equity in this respect, that while justice means
merely the doing what positive law demands, equity means the doing of what is ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/justice.htm - 46k

General (9 Occurrences)
... One must not suppose from the foregoing that the Apocryphal Acts with their profusion
of romantic and supernatural details were designed merely to exalt the ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/general.htm - 49k

Image (126 Occurrences)
... maintaining that supernatural righteousness was part of the true nature and idea
of man, ie was included in the "image," and not merely externally superadded. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/image.htm - 60k

Meremoth (6 Occurrences)

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Levites (267 Occurrences)
... In one respect it differs from all the rival schemes, not merely in result, but
also in method, for it takes account of versional evidence as to the state of ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/levites.htm - 72k

Priests (451 Occurrences)
... In one respect it differs from all the rival schemes, not merely in result, but
also in method, for it takes account of versional evidence as to the state of ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/priests.htm - 69k

Gnosticism
... universe. It should be observed that this conception merely concealed the
difficulties of the problem, and did not solve them. (4 ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gnosticism.htm - 38k

Son (25967 Occurrences)
... as the Messiah; but in the adjective "beloved," and the words "in whom I am well
pleased," there is something personal, beyond the merely official recognition. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/son.htm - 48k

Dove (27 Occurrences)
... In Leviticus 14:4-8 the reference for the sacrifice of a leper is merely to "birds,"
because it is understood that they are pigeons and doves, and it contains ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dove.htm - 28k

Fall (522 Occurrences)
... therefore does not tell us of a fall, but a marked progression, is disputed by the
name which the forbidden tree bears, as indicating to man not merely a tree ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fall.htm - 62k

Forgiveness (124 Occurrences)
... His answer to Peter that one should forgive not merely seven times in a day, but
seventy times seven (Matthew 18:21, 22), not only shows that He thought of no ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/forgiveness.htm - 68k

Ebionites
... We shall merely consider here the bearing these works have on the Ebionites. ... At the
same time in the Recognitions He is regarded as not merely man. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ebionites.htm - 34k

Ebionism
... We shall merely consider here the bearing these works have on the Ebionites. ... At the
same time in the Recognitions He is regarded as not merely man. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ebionism.htm - 34k

Sin (782 Occurrences)
... It is not merely the actual commission of adultery, for example, that is sin: it
is the lustful desire which leads to the evil glance; it is not merely the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sin.htm - 82k

Flame (61 Occurrences)
... as the Messiah; but in the adjective "beloved," and the words "in whom I am well
pleased," there is something personal, beyond the merely official recognition. ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/flame.htm - 61k

Good (8348 Occurrences)
... 33; Matthew 13:44, etc.). This means nothing earthly merely (Matthew 6:19),
but heavenly and eternal. It implies the Old Testament ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/good.htm - 26k

Redeemer (42 Occurrences)
... own account. This would do away with the plan of redeeming men by merely
relieving them of the consequences of their sins. Out of ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/redeemer.htm - 45k

Precious (128 Occurrences)
... are adaptations of Greek names through the Latin; for instance, the English word
"topaz" is a modification of the Latin word topazius, itself merely a Latin ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/precious.htm - 71k

Priesthood (30 Occurrences)
... After having twice merely given the title of high priest to Jesus (Hebrews 2:17;
Hebrews 3:1), the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews at 4:14 begins a ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/priesthood.htm - 40k

Jehoiakim (37 Occurrences)
... has represented the campaign with which Josiah interfered as undertaken by Divine
command ('El, 2 Chronicles 35:21); this episode of it merely translates the ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jehoiakim.htm - 33k

Stones (244 Occurrences)
... are adaptations of Greek names through the Latin; for instance, the English word
"topaz" is a modification of the Latin word topazius, itself merely a Latin ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/stones.htm - 74k

Mediation
... God is not merely a passive object of human discovery, but one who actively and
graciously reveals Himself to His chosen people through the medium of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mediation.htm - 38k

Redemption (46 Occurrences)
... own account. This would do away with the plan of redeeming men by merely
relieving them of the consequences of their sins. Out of ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/redemption.htm - 48k

Solomon (277 Occurrences)
... But his heart was not right with God; his worship became merely formal; his soul,
left empty by the dying out of true religious fervour, sought to be filled ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/solomon.htm - 101k

Parousia
... That the Jewish writers realized that the eschatological details were merely symbolic
is made obvious by the contradictions that every apocalypse contains-the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/parousia.htm - 36k

Logos
... (3) The ideas are merely models or archetypes after which creation is fashioned. ...
He is not merely an inferior workman creating glory for a higher Master. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/logos.htm - 38k

Plagues (28 Occurrences)
...Merely natural events do not arrange themselves so systematically. ... Such wonders as
the plagues of Egypt can in no wise be explained as merely natural. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plagues.htm - 44k

Immortal (3 Occurrences)
... soul, indeed, survives the body; but this disembodied state is never viewed as one
of complete "life." For the Bible "immortality" is not merely the survival ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/immortal.htm - 33k

Mediator (7 Occurrences)
... God is not merely a passive object of human discovery, but one who actively and
graciously reveals Himself to His chosen people through the medium of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mediator.htm - 42k

Person (807 Occurrences)
... being on an equality with God; but its positive description as well, introduced
by the "but...." and that in both of its elements, not merely that to the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/person.htm - 49k

Immortality (6 Occurrences)
... soul, indeed, survives the body; but this disembodied state is never viewed as one
of complete "life." For the Bible "immortality" is not merely the survival ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/immortality.htm - 35k

Sight (522 Occurrences)
... Romans 2:13 It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous in the
sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law who will be pronounced ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sight.htm - 37k

Exaltation (9 Occurrences)
... But the Lutherans have maintained that the ascension of the Lord merely
involved a change of state in the human nature of Christ. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/exaltation.htm - 27k

Macedonia (23 Occurrences)
... apostle's relations with the churches of Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea will
be found discussed under those several headings; here we will merely recount in ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/macedonia.htm - 40k

Josiah (51 Occurrences)
... settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Yahweh will not do good, neither
will he do evil" (Zechariah 1:12); but these represented merely the inertia ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/josiah.htm - 42k

History (57 Occurrences)
... Looked at merely from the standpoint of profane history, there are many omissions
in the Old Testament historical books that are found objectionable. ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/history.htm - 67k

Intercession (12 Occurrences)
... Intercession is prayer on behalf of another, and naturally arises from the instinct
of the human heart-not merely prompted by affection and interest, but ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/intercession.htm - 52k

Angel (209 Occurrences)
... 25:41; Revelation 12:7, 9), and that they are "reserved unto judgement" (2 Peter
2:4). When the manna is called "angels' food," this is merely to denote its ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/angel.htm - 78k

Quotations
... An examination of the passages shows that Peter's interpretation is justified not
merely by the wording of the promises, which point to a fullness of ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/quotations.htm - 40k

Daniel (74 Occurrences)
... ruler in the kingdom. 4. Seer of Visions: Daniel, however, was not merely
an interpreter of other men's visions. In the last six ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/daniel.htm - 79k

Consist (7 Occurrences)
... over to His mercy, is not only forgiven but "justified," "justified by faith." And
"justification" is more than forgiveness; it is not merely the remission of ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/consist.htm - 80k

Atonement (112 Occurrences)
... Christ's work consisted of suffering and obedience, and these were vicarious, ie,
were not merely for our benefit, but were in our stead, as the suffering and ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/atonement.htm - 101k

Altar (343 Occurrences)
... we hear that Solomon was in the habit of offering on the altar which he had built,
and this again proves that he had built an altar and did not merely use the ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/altar.htm - 78k

Vashti (10 Occurrences)
... It is only (Esther 1:19) when the decree is proposed to repudiate and degrade her
that she is called merely "Vashti." She also (Esther 1:9) presides at the ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vashti.htm - 12k

Zipporah (3 Occurrences)
... The use of the words, "Cushite woman" in the mouth of Aaron and Miriam may have
been merely a description of Zipporah and intended to be opprobrious, or they ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zipporah.htm - 9k




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