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Purposes (67 Occurrences)
...Purposes (67 Occurrences). Mark 7:21 For from within, out of men's hearts, their
evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery, (WEY). ...
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Anointing (39 Occurrences)
... Ordinary Use: (1) As regards its secular or ordinary use, the native olive oil,
alone or mixed with perfumes, was commonly used for toilet purposes, the very ...
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Plans (55 Occurrences)
... this? Or the purposes which I form--do I form them on worldly principles,
now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"? (See RSV NIV). ...
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Calendar
... 1. (n.) An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes
of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year ...
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Sex (51 Occurrences)
... Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the
price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the ...
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Chariot (102 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A vehicle generally used for warlike purposes. Sometimes,
though but rarely, it is spoken of as used for peaceful purposes. ...
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Craft (14 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice;
guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd ...
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Fire (602 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) For sacred purposes. ... (2.) For domestic purposes,
such as baking, cooking, warmth, etc. (Jeremiah 36:22; Mark 14:54; John 18:18). ...
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Designs (118 Occurrences)
... Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request
to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman ...
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Wake (34 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel. ... 11. (n.) The state
of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil. 12. ...
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Weights (14 Occurrences)
... CUBIT). They seem to have employed, however, two cubits, of different lengths,
one for commercial purposes and one for building. ...
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Tomorrow (57 Occurrences)
... NAS RSV NIV). 1 Corinthians 15:32 If I fought with animals at Ephesus for
human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tomorrow.htm - 26k

Designed (14 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has
made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman ...
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Prostitute (83 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate
use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers. ...
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Preserve (61 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To protect game for purposes of sport. ... 7. (n.) A place in which game,
fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food. ...
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Basket (40 Occurrences)
... (3.) That in which the first fruits of the harvest were presented, Hebrews tene,
(Deuteronomy 26:2, 4). It was also used for household purposes. ...
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Appalled (31 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, that he hath taken against
Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of ...
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Smallest (16 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 For this cause give ear to the decision of the Lord which he has
made against Edom, and to his purposes designed against the people of Teman ...
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Stove (4 Occurrences)
... warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense,
to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the ...
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Oil (281 Occurrences)
... It was used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Exodus 29:7;
2 Samuel 14:2; Psalm 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some of the offerings ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/oil.htm - 60k

Twisted (79 Occurrences)
... capital. (See NAS). Job 5:13 He takes the wise in their secret designs, and
the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly. (BBE). ...
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Measures (50 Occurrences)
... CUBIT). They seem to have employed, however, two cubits, of different lengths,
one for commercial purposes and one for building. ...
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Brick (10 Occurrences)
... the description of Genesis 11:3. Burnt bricks were rarely used in Egypt before the
Roman period and in Palestine their use for building purposes was unknown. ...
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Horn (108 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Trumpets were at first horns perforated at the
tip, used for various purposes (Joshua 6:4, 5). Flasks ...
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Linen (111 Occurrences)
... Linen was used, not only in the making of garments of the finer kinds and for priests,
but also for shrouds, hangings, and possibly for other purposes in which ...
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Guided (86 Occurrences)
... to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying,
Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow? (BBE). 2 Corinthians 10 ...
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Type (12 Occurrences)
... and they find that the letters, arrange them as they will, spell Christ, and nothing
but Christ." In creation the Lord uses one thing for many purposes. ...
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Drag (19 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom;
and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/drag.htm - 14k

Money (284 Occurrences)
... of the country with the two great civilized centers of antiquity, Egypt and Babylonia,
had led to the introduction of a currency for the purposes of trade. ...
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Place (9195 Occurrences)
... (2) The use of elevations for purposes of worship is so widespread as to be almost
universal, and rests, probably, on motives so primitive as to evade formal ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/place.htm - 28k

Planned (34 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom;
and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/planned.htm - 16k

Arabia (9 Occurrences)
... Sea on the west and the Persian Gulf on the east-and on the fourth side by the desert
of Syria, the country of Arabia is to all intents and purposes an island ...
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Fold (23 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom;
and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fold.htm - 17k

Purposed (44 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom;
and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman ...
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Disgusting (149 Occurrences)
... Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the
price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the ...
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Writing (194 Occurrences)
... For these purposes, in the course of time, he has invented many symbols,
made in various ways, out of every imaginable material. ...
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Dispersion (4 Occurrences)
... Phrygia and Lydia. (4.) From Asia Minor many Jews moved into Greece and
Macedonia, chiefly for purposes of commerce. In the apostles ...
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Pulled (84 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 23:7 And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes
in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah. ...
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Bath (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness,
comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bath.htm - 22k

Sanctuary (250 Occurrences)
... For the purposes of this discussion it is necessary to use the symbols J, E, D,
H, and the Priestly Code (P), which are explained in the article PENTATEUCH. ...
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Suddenly (87 Occurrences)
... be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying,
Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow? (BBE). 1 Thessalonians 5 ...
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Plan (58 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom;
and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman ...
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Prayer (406 Occurrences)
... or the evangelists have presented the same incident in forms derived from different
sources, or modified the common source to suit their immediate purposes. ...
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Hair (135 Occurrences)
... imbedded in the skin. 3. (n.) Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes;
as, hair for stuffing cushions. 4. (n.) A slender ...
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Trinity
... that if a man could have an absolutely perfect idea of all that was in his mind
at any past moment, he would really, to all intents and purposes, be over again ...
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Relationships (1 Occurrence)
... Genesis 22 Judges 11:39 Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:2-5 2 Kings 23:10; compare
Matthew 15:4). This power, at least for sacrificial purposes, was entirely ...
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Inspiration (4 Occurrences)
... 1. Chapters and Verses: Already in pre-Talmudic times, for purposes of reading in
the synagogues, the Jews had larger divisions of the law into sections called ...
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Lord's (548 Occurrences)
... or the evangelists have presented the same incident in forms derived from different
sources, or modified the common source to suit their immediate purposes. ...
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Alphabet (2 Occurrences)
... Edward Clodd's little Story of the Alphabet (New York, 1907), taken with Faulmann's
Geschichte der Schrift and Buch der Schrift, is better for general purposes...
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Titus (15 Occurrences)
... tarried after this yet many days" (Acts 18:11, 18), and during the whole of this
time he evidently used the house of Titius Justus, for the purposes both of ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/titus.htm - 29k

Quotations
... A third principle which really involves a combination of the other two and is
prominently brought forward in the use of quotation for purposes of argument is ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/quotations.htm - 40k

Phoenicians
... profited largely by the forests of cedar and pine, especially the former, which
was the most valuable for shipbuilding and architectural purposes, and was ...
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Sanctification (13 Occurrences)
... It is the hierodule, the familiar figure of the old pagan temple, the sacred slave
consecrated to the temple and the deity for immoral purposes. ...
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Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)
... profited largely by the forests of cedar and pine, especially the former, which
was the most valuable for shipbuilding and architectural purposes, and was ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicia.htm - 40k

Secret (341 Occurrences)
... pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints
and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/secret.htm - 39k

Least (76 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against
Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/least.htm - 31k

Creeds
... 2:13 are frequent in Paul's writings and may correspond to statements of truth which
the apostle found serviceable for catechetical purposes as he moved from ...
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Anem (1 Occurrence)
... and burial of Joshua are placed in the Greek text after 24:31; and a verse is inserted
after 24:30 recording that the stone knives used for the purposes of the ...
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Quarry (5 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or
dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/quarry.htm - 8k

Quaketh (4 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 51:29 And the land trembleth and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah
against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/quaketh.htm - 7k

Quakes (6 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 51:29 And the land quaketh and is in pain; for the purposes of the LORD
are performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/quakes.htm - 8k

Vacillating (1 Occurrence)
... this? Or the purposes which I form--do I form them on worldly principles,
now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"? (See NAS RSV). ...
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Vacillation (1 Occurrence)
... caprice in this? Or the purposes which I form--do I form them on worldly
principles, now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"? (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vacillation.htm - 6k

Vessel (118 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A general name for any hollow structure made to float upon the water for
purposes of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat ...
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Vase (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A vessel adapted for various domestic purposes, and anciently for sacrificial
uses; especially, a vessel of antique or elegant pattern used for ornament ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vase.htm - 8k

Zoroastrianism
... respectively), and what remains seems to be based on a collection of passages derived
from oral tradition and arranged for liturgical purposes at the time of ...
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Keener (2 Occurrences)
... pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints
and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/keener.htm - 7k

Noble-hearted (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Noble-hearted (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 32:8 But the
noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided. (BBE). ...
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Names (133 Occurrences)
... 1. The Phrase "His Name": Since the Scriptures of the Old Testament and New Testament
are essentially for purposes of revelation, and since the Hebrews laid ...
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Nymphas (1 Occurrence)
... a very small house could not have accommodated the Christian men and women who gathered
together on the first day of every week for the purposes of Christian ...
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Uzziah (27 Occurrences)
... earthly monarchy must bow before the inviolable order of the divine will, and that
no interference could be tolerated with that unfolding of the purposes of God ...
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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 ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/urn.htm - 7k

Unction (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The act of anointing, especially for medical
purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction. ...
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Ostraca
... ostrakina (2 Corinthians 4:7 2 Timothy 2:20)), and the broken fragments of them,
which could be picked up almost anywhere, were made to serve various purposes. ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/ostraca.htm - 10k

Obstinate (12 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 65:2 All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people,
who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts; (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/obstinate.htm - 10k

Over-quick (3 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Proverbs 21:5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only
in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need. ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/over-quick.htm - 7k

Ointment (29 Occurrences)
... Various fragrant preparations, also compounds for medical purposes, are so called
(Exodus 30:25; Psalm 133:2; Isaiah 1:6; Amos 6:6; John 12:3; Revelation 18:13 ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/ointment.htm - 18k

Oven (22 Occurrences)
... baked. (see FURNACE.). Pits were also formed for the same purposes, and
lined with cement. These were used after the same manner. ...
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Outcome (26 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Proverbs 21:5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only
in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need. ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/outcome.htm - 13k

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. ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jar.htm - 21k




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