Prevalent (3 Occurrences)

... 1. (a.) Most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/prevalent.htm - 7k

Flesh (468 Occurrences)

... even to free blood-flowing, especially in the violence of grief in mourning for their dead (see BURIAL; MOURNING), was a widely prevalent custom among ancient ... biblethesaurus.org/f/flesh.htm - 69k

Cuttings (5 Occurrences)

... even to free blood-flowing, especially in the violence of grief in mourning for their dead (see BURIAL; MOURNING), was a widely prevalent custom among ancient ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cuttings.htm - 11k

Weak (102 Occurrences)

... sentence; a weak style. 18. (vi) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble. 19. (vi) Lacking in ... biblethesaurus.org/w/weak.htm - 38k

Fever (13 Occurrences)

... Of these the most prevalent is ague or intermittent malarial fever, which is common in all parts but especially in low-lying districts or places where there ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fever.htm - 17k

General (9 Occurrences)

... 4. (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/general.htm - 49k

Prevent (32 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/p/prevent.htm - 17k

Marriage (74 Occurrences)

... Polygamy is likely to become prevalent only where conditions are abnormal, as where there is a disproportionate number of females, as in tribal life in a state ... biblethesaurus.org/m/marriage.htm - 62k

Vampire

... death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730. ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vampire.htm - 7k

Obtain (63 Occurrences)

... 3. (vi) To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom ... biblethesaurus.org/o/obtain.htm - 24k

God's (602 Occurrences)

... (WEY). Matthew 24:12 and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold; (WEY). Matthew ... biblethesaurus.org/g/god's.htm - 33k

Gothic

... arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gothic.htm - 13k

Governing (6 Occurrences)

... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Govern. 2. (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/governing.htm - 8k

With (66342 Occurrences)

... quite the opposite. As this is not a prevalent opinion, we should do well to examine the passages with some little care. 1. The ... biblethesaurus.org/w/with.htm - 20k

Wink (2 Occurrences)

... and in its results. The idea of its facetiousness, prevalent in our day, is nowhere apparent in the Scriptures. It is mentioned ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wink.htm - 9k

Flux (26 Occurrences)

... of Medicine, II, 841). It is also prevalent in Palestine at certain seasons, and in Egypt its mortality was formerly about 36 percent. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/flux.htm - 16k

Eunuch (20 Occurrences)

... caric is applied to married men; Esther 4:4). The barbarous practice of self-mutilation and the mutilation of others in this way was prevalent throughout the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eunuch.htm - 22k

Devils (48 Occurrences)

... quite the opposite. As this is not a prevalent opinion, we should do well to examine the passages with some little care. 1. The ... biblethesaurus.org/d/devils.htm - 31k

Demon (26 Occurrences)

... Gesenius well says of Leviticus 16:21 that it is "vexed with the numerous conjectures of interpreters." If the prevalent modern view is accepted we find in it ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demon.htm - 32k

Disregard (8 Occurrences)

... (WEY). Matthew 24:12 and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold; (WEY). Luke ... biblethesaurus.org/d/disregard.htm - 9k

Demoniac (7 Occurrences)

... Gesenius well says of Leviticus 16:21 that it is "vexed with the numerous conjectures of interpreters." If the prevalent modern view is accepted we find in it ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demoniac.htm - 26k

Demonology

... Gesenius well says of Leviticus 16:21 that it is "vexed with the numerous conjectures of interpreters." If the prevalent modern view is accepted we find in it ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demonology.htm - 24k

Demons (54 Occurrences)

... quite the opposite. As this is not a prevalent opinion, we should do well to examine the passages with some little care. 1. The ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demons.htm - 34k

Majority (5 Occurrences)

... Majority (5 Occurrences). Matthew 24:12 and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold; (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/m/majority.htm - 8k

Mystery (31 Occurrences)

... Lobeck in his famous Aglaophamus destroyed the once prevalent view that the Mysteries enshrined some profound religious truth or esoteric doctrine. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mystery.htm - 42k

Prevailing (3 Occurrences)

... 3. (a.) Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/p/prevailing.htm - 7k

Prevails (6 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/p/prevails.htm - 8k

Bar-jesus (1 Occurrence)

... Superstition was extremely prevalent, and wonder-workers of all kinds, whether imposters or honest exponents of some new faith, found their task easy through ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bar-jesus.htm - 9k

Bloody (19 Occurrences)

... of Medicine, II, 841). It is also prevalent in Palestine at certain seasons, and in Egypt its mortality was formerly about 36 percent. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bloody.htm - 17k

Brethren (528 Occurrences)

... The earlier, which seems to have been prevalent in the first three centuries and is supported by Origen, Eusebius, Gregory of Nyssa and Ambrose, Epiphanius ... biblethesaurus.org/b/brethren.htm - 51k

Barjesus (1 Occurrence)

... Superstition was extremely prevalent, and wonder-workers of all kinds, whether imposters or honest exponents of some new faith, found their task easy through ... biblethesaurus.org/b/barjesus.htm - 9k

Brief (7 Occurrences)

... 1. (a.) Short in duration. 2. (a.) Concise; terse; succinct. 3. (a.) Rife; common; prevalent. 4. (adv.) Briefly. 5. (adv.) Soon; quickly. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/brief.htm - 9k

Comparative

... is religion in general and all the facts which can be learnt about all religions ancient and modern, whether professed by savages or prevalent among highly ... biblethesaurus.org/c/comparative.htm - 29k

Cremation

... the Jews, the indisputable fact that Christ was buried, the vivid hope of the resurrection and the more or less material views concerning it prevalent here and ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cremation.htm - 9k

Communion (8 Occurrences)

... quite the opposite. As this is not a prevalent opinion, we should do well to examine the passages with some little care. 1. The ... biblethesaurus.org/c/communion.htm - 30k

Cousin (7 Occurrences)

... 58 were probably understood at the time of the translation, in the wider, and not in the more restricted, sense of the term, now almost universally prevalent. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cousin.htm - 10k

Abraham's (34 Occurrences)

... Abraham's bosom: (Luke 16:22, 23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which brought the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abraham's.htm - 18k

Abound (36 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. 2. (vi) To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abound.htm - 19k

Atheism

... indifference to the claims of the Divine Being or again of outbroken and defiant wickedness (Psalm 14:1). That this form of atheism is widely prevalent is well ... biblethesaurus.org/a/atheism.htm - 13k

Anammelech (1 Occurrence)

... Then, the attempt to find an Assyrian etymology for the two god-names falls to the ground. Besides, the custom of sacrifice by fire was prevalent in Syria. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anammelech.htm - 9k

Scurvy (3 Occurrences)

... waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SCURVY. The name "Gareb ... biblethesaurus.org/s/scurvy.htm - 8k

Stoics (1 Occurrence)

... This doctrine they again combined with the prevalent Greek hylozoism, and therefore their metaphysics inclined to be a materialistic pantheism. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stoics.htm - 15k

Leper (34 Occurrences)

... At present there are many lepers to be seen at the gates of the cities in Palestine. It is likewise prevalent in other eastern lands, India, China, and Japan. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/leper.htm - 28k

Haven (8 Occurrences)

... The promontories of Carmel, Beirut and Tripolis afford shelter from the prevalent southwest wind, but offer no refuge from the fury of a northern gale. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/haven.htm - 11k

Hire (48 Occurrences)

... The word is very significant here and absolutely negatives the idea, all too prevalent, that money received by the spiritual toiler is a gift. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hire.htm - 27k

Barefoot (7 Occurrences)

... of ancestor-worship; others find simply a reversion or return to primitive modes of life; while others still, in agreement with a widely prevalent Jewish view ... biblethesaurus.org/b/barefoot.htm - 13k

Last (1087 Occurrences)

... (If there has been no redaction in the latter part of this section, its date is prior to 165 BC) Hereafter the idea is so prevalent in the Jewish writings that ... biblethesaurus.org/l/last.htm - 18k

Eternity (23 Occurrences)

... This wavering or uncertain hold of the illusiveness of time, or of higher reality as timeless, is still very prevalent; even so strong-souled a poet as ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eternity.htm - 24k

Siddim (3 Occurrences)

... place around the south end of the Dead Sea in connection with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, while the opinion has been universally prevalent among the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/siddim.htm - 14k

Lord (59401 Occurrences)

... The earlier, which seems to have been prevalent in the first three centuries and is supported by Origen, Eusebius, Gregory of Nyssa and Ambrose, Epiphanius ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lord.htm - 61k

Christianity

... written.. Faith in the resurrection was not only prevalent but immensely powerful before any of our New Testament books were written. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/christianity.htm - 101k

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)

... The common diseases should be largely preventable-under an enlightened government; even the malaria which is so prevalent is to a large extent an importation ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jerusalem.htm - 89k

Drunkenness (10 Occurrences)

... The meagerness of the references in our Lord's teaching is probably due to the fact already mentioned, that it was chiefly prevalent among the wealthy, and not ... biblethesaurus.org/d/drunkenness.htm - 24k

Harlot (87 Occurrences)

... That lax views of sexual morality were widely prevalent in the generation in which Christ lived is evident both from His casual references to the subject and ... biblethesaurus.org/h/harlot.htm - 46k

Leprosy (51 Occurrences)

... At present there are many lepers to be seen at the gates of the cities in Palestine. It is likewise prevalent in other eastern lands, India, China, and Japan. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/leprosy.htm - 37k

Immanuel (3 Occurrences)

... regard to the Messianic idea, Micah 5:3 ("until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth") is of importance as indicating the prevalent thought of ... biblethesaurus.org/i/immanuel.htm - 16k

Vale (20 Occurrences)

... place around the south end of the Dead Sea in connection with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, while the opinion has been universally prevalent among the ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vale.htm - 29k

Essenes

... In Rome the philosophic ideas held in the Hellenic world were prevalent, so he, as much as Philo, had a temptation to be silent on any subject which might ... biblethesaurus.org/e/essenes.htm - 38k

Bread (433 Occurrences)

... (2) Baking Pans: An ancient method of baking, prevalent still among the Bedouin of Syria and Arabia, is to employ a heated convex iron plate, or griddle, what ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bread.htm - 58k

Hoopoe (2 Occurrences)

... There the belief was prevalent that it could detect water and indicate where to dig a well; that it could hear secrets and cure diseases. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hoopoe.htm - 9k

Shiloah (1 Occurrence)

... It is not an official inscription, and consequently there is no kingly name and no date, but the prevalent view that it was made by the work people who carried ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shiloah.htm - 17k

Virgin (62 Occurrences)

... The first person, therefore, who spoke contrary to the prevalent and natural belief must have had it from the family, which alone knew the truth, or else have ... biblethesaurus.org/v/virgin.htm - 64k

Siloah (1 Occurrence)

... It is not an official inscription, and consequently there is no kingly name and no date, but the prevalent view that it was made by the work people who carried ... biblethesaurus.org/s/siloah.htm - 17k

Judgment (430 Occurrences)

... (If there has been no redaction in the latter part of this section, its date is prior to 165 BC) Hereafter the idea is so prevalent in the Jewish writings that ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judgment.htm - 52k

Shelah (18 Occurrences)

... It is not an official inscription, and consequently there is no kingly name and no date, but the prevalent view that it was made by the work people who carried ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shelah.htm - 24k

Crimes (22 Occurrences)

... This crime, in the form in which it has been and is prevalent among barbarous nations, seems to have been quite foreign to the minds of the Hebrews, for they ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crimes.htm - 44k

Canonicity

... (j) Preexilic Bible: If, in this rapid sketch, the facts are correctly represented, it will be apparent that, in opposition to prevalent views, large body of ... biblethesaurus.org/c/canonicity.htm - 37k

Jesus (10891 Occurrences)

... If, following the custom prevalent at present, we adopt, as the general name for the teaching of Jesus in the Synoptists, the Kingdom of God, then the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jesus.htm - 101k

Crime (45 Occurrences)

... This crime, in the form in which it has been and is prevalent among barbarous nations, seems to have been quite foreign to the minds of the Hebrews, for they ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crime.htm - 51k

Birth (357 Occurrences)

... The first person, therefore, who spoke contrary to the prevalent and natural belief must have had it from the family, which alone knew the truth, or else have ... biblethesaurus.org/b/birth.htm - 71k

Architecture

... The use of wooden shafts for porticos and roofs of large covered areas appears to have been prevalent, and these were frequently set in stone sockets which ... biblethesaurus.org/a/architecture.htm - 28k

Gospels

... The prevalent view among scholars is that it was not the original of which Matthew's Gospel was a Greek translation, but still that it was a fairly early ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gospels.htm - 73k

Aramaic (12 Occurrences)

... we have "z," in these papyri we occasionally find the later "dh." It is not improbable that, as in Spain, a lisping pronunciation became prevalent; the "dh ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aramaic.htm - 31k

Siloam (4 Occurrences)

... It is not an official inscription, and consequently there is no kingly name and no date, but the prevalent view that it was made by the work people who carried ... biblethesaurus.org/s/siloam.htm - 21k

Hiel (1 Occurrence)

... This seems to have been a custom prevalent among primitive peoples, the purpose being to ward off ill luck from the inhabitants, especially in a case where the ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hiel.htm - 9k

Number (2370 Occurrences)

... numerical expressions in an indefinite sense, that is, as round numbers, which is met with in many languages, seems to have been very prevalent in Western Asia ... biblethesaurus.org/n/number.htm - 40k

Plagues (28 Occurrences)

... Rinderpest is still prevalent at times in Egypt, so that beef becomes very scarce in market and is sometimes almost impossible to obtain. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/plagues.htm - 44k

Separate (115 Occurrences)

... which the apostle preached was "the word regarding self-control and the resurrection." In the author's desire to secure authority for a prevalent form of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/separate.htm - 71k

Person (807 Occurrences)

... that Paul means to imply, that in entering upon His earthly life our Lord had laid aside His Deity, may be created by a very prevalent misinterpretation of the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/person.htm - 49k