Religion (23 Occurrences)

... the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion... biblethesaurus.org/r/religion.htm - 101k

Religious (13 Occurrences)

... 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a ... biblethesaurus.org/r/religious.htm - 10k

Totemism

... der israelit. Religion, 4th edition, 24), Addis (Hebrew Rel., 33), have opposed or abandoned theory as applied to Israel. "Upon ... biblethesaurus.org/t/totemism.htm - 11k

Quick (49 Occurrences)

... David Foster Estes. HEBREWS, RELIGION OF THE. See ISRAEL, RELIGION OF. RELIGION, COMPARATIVE. See COMPARATIVE RELIGION. RELIGION, SCIENCE OF. ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quick.htm - 24k

Magician (5 Occurrences)

... DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT 1. Magic as Impersonal 2. Margic as Personal III. MAGIC AND RELIGION IV. MAGIC ... III. Magic and Religion. Personal ... biblethesaurus.org/m/magician.htm - 24k

Magic (12 Occurrences)

... Exodus. Magic was an inherent part of the ancient Egyptian religion, and entered largely into their daily life. ... III. MAGIC AND RELIGION IV. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/magic.htm - 29k

Zoroastrianism

... of Theopompus) is lost. For a general account of Zoroastrianism, see PERSIAN RELIGION. II. Relation to Israel. 1. Influence on Occident ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zoroastrianism.htm - 17k

Preaching (116 Occurrences)

... call from the church the witnessing body of Christ on earth, and has been duly set apart as an accredited and qualified teacher of the Christian religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/preaching.htm - 50k

Anthropomorphism

... 3. In What Senses an Anthropomorphic Element Is Necessity: In all really theistic forms of religion, there is an anthropomorphic element present, for they all ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anthropomorphism.htm - 20k

Fasting (34 Occurrences)

... origin, is in favor with scholars, but we must not assume a religious origin for all practices which in process of time came to be associated with religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fasting.htm - 23k

Creeds

... formulate into a confession; and lastly, not content with the outward act or the verbal interpretation of it, they attempt to express their religion in life. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/creeds.htm - 28k

Intercession (12 Occurrences)

... Etymology and Meaning of Term I. MAN'S INTERCESSION FOR HIS FELLOW-MAN 1. Patriarchal Examples 2. Intercessions of Moses 3. The Progress of Religion, Seen in ... biblethesaurus.org/i/intercession.htm - 52k

Comparative

... COMPARATIVE RELIGION. kom-par'-a-tiv: I. THE SUBJECT IN GENERAL 1. Universality of Religion 2. Theories of Its Origin and Growth of Religion 3. Evolution II. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/comparative.htm - 29k

Asmoneans

... to that portion of the Jewish nation which under all trials and temptations remained loyal to Yahweh, even when the national life and religion seemed at their ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asmoneans.htm - 27k

Fear (970 Occurrences)

... A holy fear is enjoined also in the New Testament as a preventive of carelessness in religion, and as an incentive to penitence (Matthew 10:28; 2 Corinthians 5 ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fear.htm - 50k

Truth (380 Occurrences)

... 7. (n.) Righteousness; true religion. 8. (vt) To assert as true; to declare. ... ANALYTICAL SUMMARY 1. Truth in God 2. Truth in Man 3. Truth in Religion I. Terms. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/truth.htm - 57k

Hellenism

... we give to the manifold achievements of the Greeks in social and political institutions, in the various arts, in science and philosophy, in morals and religion... biblethesaurus.org/h/hellenism.htm - 26k

Hellenist

... we give to the manifold achievements of the Greeks in social and political institutions, in the various arts, in science and philosophy, in morals and religion... biblethesaurus.org/h/hellenist.htm - 26k

Nightmonster

... It is most curious and interesting to observe that this ghost-demon lived on through the history of the Babylonian religion, and was carried out into the ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nightmonster.htm - 17k

Night-monster

... It is most curious and interesting to observe that this ghost-demon lived on through the history of the Babylonian religion, and was carried out into the ... biblethesaurus.org/n/night-monster.htm - 17k

Jew (34 Occurrences)

... The "Jews' religion" (Ioudaismos) is referred to in Galatians 1:13, 14. On the "Jews' language,'' see LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jew.htm - 22k

Jeremy (2 Occurrences)

... to warn them beforehand by showing how helpless and useless the idols worshipped are, and how immoral as well as silly the rites of the Bah religion are. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jeremy.htm - 12k

Jewess (3 Occurrences)

... The "Jews' religion" (Ioudaismos) is referred to in Galatians 1:13, 14. On the "Jews' language,'' see LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jewess.htm - 9k

Jewish (49 Occurrences)

... The "Jews' religion" (Ioudaismos) is referred to in Galatians 1:13, 14. On the "Jews' language,'' see LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jewish.htm - 22k

Godliness (16 Occurrences)

... It supposes knowledge, veneration, affection, dependence, submission, gratitude, and obedience." In 1 Timothy 3:16 it denotes the substance of revealed religion... biblethesaurus.org/g/godliness.htm - 12k

Firstling (8 Occurrences)

... Kings 3:27). The barbarous custom must have become extinct at an early period in the religion of Israel (Genesis 22:12). It was ... biblethesaurus.org/f/firstling.htm - 15k

Cruelty (8 Occurrences)

... horrors. The Old Testament religion is a self-accommodation to the low moral standard of those whom it was designed to instruct. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cruelty.htm - 16k

Spirituality

... mindedness. 2. (n.) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities. 3 ... biblethesaurus.org/s/spirituality.htm - 9k

Stoics (1 Occurrence)

... STOICS. sto'-iks (Stoikoi): 1. Origin and Propagation 2. Metaphysics and Religion 3. Sensationalist Epistemology 4. Ethical Teaching 5. Relation to Christianity ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stoics.htm - 15k

Superstition (1 Occurrence)

... in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion... biblethesaurus.org/s/superstition.htm - 8k

Semites

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SEMITES, SEMITIC RELIGION. sem'-its, sem-it'-ik, 1. Biblical References 2. The Five Sons of Shem ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Semitic

... the Arabs, Jews, and related races. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SEMITES, SEMITIC RELIGION. sem'-its, sem-it'-ik, 1. Biblical ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Circumcision (98 Occurrences)

... the enjoyment of certain political and religious privileges (Exodus 12:48 Ezekiel 44:9); and in view of the fact that in the ancient world religion played such ... biblethesaurus.org/c/circumcision.htm - 53k

Fast (157 Occurrences)

... origin, is in favor with scholars, but we must not assume a religious origin for all practices which in process of time came to be associated with religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fast.htm - 49k

Firstborn (119 Occurrences)

... Kings 3:27). The barbarous custom must have become extinct at an early period in the religion of Israel (Genesis 22:12). It was ... biblethesaurus.org/f/firstborn.htm - 46k

Conversion (1 Occurrence)

... 2. (n.) The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/conversion.htm - 21k

Dictionaries

... but includes among its reference books very admirably chosen first-reference dictionaries to language, history, fine arts, and even philosophy and religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dictionaries.htm - 38k

Biblical

... Theology As a Science. 1. Definition: Biblical theology seems best defined as the doctrine of Biblical religion. As such it works ... biblethesaurus.org/b/biblical.htm - 45k

Molech (16 Occurrences)

... acquainted with Topheth and its abominations (Isaiah 30:33; Isaiah 57:5). Over against his beautiful and lofty description of spiritual religion, Micah sets ... biblethesaurus.org/m/molech.htm - 24k

Flavius

... Josephus does what he can to disabuse the Greek-Roman educated classes, although he shows curious obliquity to the grandeur of Hebrew religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/flavius.htm - 13k

Omnipotence (2 Occurrences)

... conception of God from the beginning, being already represented in one of the two divine names inherited by Israel from ancient Semitic religion, the name 'El. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/omnipotence.htm - 24k

Josephus

... Josephus does what he can to disabuse the Greek-Roman educated classes, although he shows curious obliquity to the grandeur of Hebrew religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/josephus.htm - 13k

Demonology

... In fact, the specific religious character of animism is altogether problematical. It belongs to the category of primitive philosophy rather than of religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demonology.htm - 24k

Moloch (2 Occurrences)

... acquainted with Topheth and its abominations (Isaiah 30:33; Isaiah 57:5). Over against his beautiful and lofty description of spiritual religion, Micah sets ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moloch.htm - 21k

Demoniac (7 Occurrences)

... In fact, the specific religious character of animism is altogether problematical. It belongs to the category of primitive philosophy rather than of religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demoniac.htm - 26k

Demon (26 Occurrences)

... In fact, the specific religious character of animism is altogether problematical. It belongs to the category of primitive philosophy rather than of religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demon.htm - 32k

Alexandria (4 Occurrences)

... Egyptians and Greeks were conciliated by the introduction of a syncretic religion in which the greatest Greek god was worshipped as Osiris, Egyptian god of the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alexandria.htm - 31k

Ahab (85 Occurrences)

... Through his alliance with Phoenicia he not only set in motion the currents of commerce with Tyre, but invited Phoenician religion as well. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ahab.htm - 52k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)

... Arumu, Arimu): 1. Division of Aram 2. A Semitic Race 3. Syria and Israel 4. Under Nabateans and Palmyrenes 5. A Mixed Race, Semitic Type 6. Religion The terms ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syrians.htm - 37k

Education (4 Occurrences)

... of society a mastery over the symbols and technique of civilization, including language (reading and writing), the arts, the sciences, and religion, and (2) to ... biblethesaurus.org/e/education.htm - 40k

Idolatry (14 Occurrences)

... Astarte, Chemosh, Moloch, etc.-were particularly attractive to Jerusalem, while the old Semitic calf-worship seriously affected the state religion of the ... biblethesaurus.org/i/idolatry.htm - 21k

Cruel (196 Occurrences)

... horrors. The Old Testament religion is a self-accommodation to the low moral standard of those whom it was designed to instruct. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cruel.htm - 42k

Images (158 Occurrences)

... feeling and instinct (see especially Rudolf Eueken, Christianity and the New Idealism, 1909, chapter i; I. King, The Development of Religion, 1910); it ought ... biblethesaurus.org/i/images.htm - 70k

Authority (326 Occurrences)

... the author of the book. 8. (n.) Justification; warrant. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AUTHORITY IN RELIGION. o-thor'-i-ti rabhah ... biblethesaurus.org/a/authority.htm - 69k

Mystery (31 Occurrences)

... more exclusive principle of birthright or nationality; and so foreshadowed the disintegration of old barriers, and prepared the way for the universal religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mystery.htm - 42k

Gnosticism

... The difficulty in dealing with Gnosticism is that it was not a homogeneous system of either religion or philosophy, but embraced many widely diversified sects ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gnosticism.htm - 38k

Holiness (76 Occurrences)

... separation of an object from common use which the modern study of savage religions has rendered familiar under the name of taboo (WR Smith, Religion of the ... biblethesaurus.org/h/holiness.htm - 42k

Golden (86 Occurrences)

... whose hand rests the life of the whole world; O Lord, thy divinity is full of awe like the far-off heaven and the broad ocean!" (Rogers, Religion of Babylonia ... biblethesaurus.org/g/golden.htm - 66k

Joram (26 Occurrences)

... According to 2 Chronicles 21:11, 13, Jehoram not only accepted the religion of Athaliah, but he became a persecutor, compelling the inhabitants of Jerusalem ... biblethesaurus.org/j/joram.htm - 27k

Judaeus

... As a young man probably, he had undertaken a journey to Jerusalem, almost in the nature of a pilgrimage to the ancient shrine of his religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judaeus.htm - 29k

Philo

... As a young man probably, he had undertaken a journey to Jerusalem, almost in the nature of a pilgrimage to the ancient shrine of his religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/philo.htm - 29k

Omnipresence

... of the idea in the earlier parts of the Old Testament is denied by all those who assign the development of monotheism in the Old Testament religion to the ... biblethesaurus.org/o/omnipresence.htm - 18k

Armenia (2 Occurrences)

... ANCIENT HISTORY 1. Turanian Armenians Their Religion 2. Aryan Armenians: History to 114 AD LITERATURE I. Geography. ... Their Religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/armenia.htm - 21k

Tobit

... During his residence in the Northern Kingdom (Israel) and after his removal to Nineveh (Assyria), he continued faithful to the Jewish religion and supported ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tobit.htm - 34k

Gezer (14 Occurrences)

... of the place, as known from Biblical and other sources, but have also thrown a flood of light upon the general history, civilization and religion of Palestine ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gezer.htm - 27k

Evolution

... genera. The second variety of evolution operates in the higher realm of intelligence, morality, social activity and religion. The ... biblethesaurus.org/e/evolution.htm - 39k

Galatia (6 Occurrences)

... The Galatai soon adopted the country religion, alongside of their own; the latter they retained at least as late as the 2nd century after Christ, but it was ... biblethesaurus.org/g/galatia.htm - 23k

Rome (12 Occurrences)

... ROMAN RELIGION 1. Deities 2. Religious Decay V. ROME AND THE JEWS 1. Judea under Roman Procurators and Governors 2. Jewish Proselytism VI. ... IV. Roman Religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rome.htm - 43k

Proselyte (2 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to ... biblethesaurus.org/p/proselyte.htm - 26k

Obed-edom (16 Occurrences)

... edhom (2 Samuel 6:10 1 Chronicles 13:13, 14; 1 Chronicles 15:25), but elsewhere without hyphen, "servant of (god) Edom"; so WR Smith, Religion of Semites (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/o/obed-edom.htm - 15k

Obededom (15 Occurrences)

... edhom (2 Samuel 6:10 1 Chronicles 13:13, 14; 1 Chronicles 15:25), but elsewhere without hyphen, "servant of (god) Edom"; so WR Smith, Religion of Semites (2 ... biblethesaurus.org/o/obededom.htm - 14k

Lets (31 Occurrences)

... James 1:26 If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lets.htm - 14k

Last (1087 Occurrences)

... 2. The Doctrine in the Religion of Israel: In the religion of Israel, the doctrine of the Last Judgment arose from "transcendentalizing" the concept of the ... biblethesaurus.org/l/last.htm - 18k

Gallio (3 Occurrences)

... Although Gallio extended his protection to the Jewish religion as one of the religions recognized by the state, he contemptuously rejected the claim of the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gallio.htm - 10k

Godly (50 Occurrences)

... Godliness, as denoting character and conduct determined by the principle of love or fear of God in the heart, is the summing up of genuine religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/godly.htm - 21k

Irreligious (7 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Indifferent to religion; ungodly; not controlled by religious motives or principles. 2. (a.) Indicating ... biblethesaurus.org/i/irreligious.htm - 8k

Fool (95 Occurrences)

... is best seen in contrast with "Wisdom." This was the outcome of careful observation and long pondering on actual life in the light of religion and the Divine ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fool.htm - 47k

Folly (68 Occurrences)

... is best seen in contrast with "Wisdom." This was the outcome of careful observation and long pondering on actual life in the light of religion and the Divine ... biblethesaurus.org/f/folly.htm - 39k

Faithless (46 Occurrences)

... 1. (a.) Not believing; not giving credit. 2. (a.) Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/faithless.htm - 20k