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Serious (31 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious
injury. Multi-Version Concordance Serious (31 Occurrences). ...
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Serious-minded (4 Occurrences)
Serious-minded. << Seriously, Serious-minded. Seriousness >>.
Multi-Version Concordance Serious-minded (4 Occurrences). Acts ...
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Behaviour (115 Occurrences)
... (BBE). 1 Timothy 2:2 For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a
calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour. (BBE). ...
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Solemn (100 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness;
serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness. ...
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Freely (101 Occurrences)
... 8 He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give
freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he ...
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Period (43 Occurrences)
... gradually achieved. The Canaanites remained in the land, and were for a
time a serious menace to the power of Israel. They retained ...
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Demon (26 Occurrences)
... deity. 2. Objections to the Theory: The objections to this ingenious theory
are too many and too serious to be overcome. (1) The ...
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Demoniac (7 Occurrences)
... deity. 2. Objections to the Theory: The objections to this ingenious theory
are too many and too serious to be overcome. (1) The ...
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Demonology
... deity. 2. Objections to the Theory: The objections to this ingenious theory
are too many and too serious to be overcome. (1) The ...
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Achan (7 Occurrences)
... It denotes trouble of the most serious kind-Jacob's trouble when his sons had brought
him into blood feud with his Canaanite neighbors, or Jephthah's trouble ...
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Apple-tree (3 Occurrences)
... The one serious objection is that apples do not easily reach perfection in Palestine;
the climate is too dry and hot; farther north in the Lebanon they flourish ...
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Appletree
... The one serious objection is that apples do not easily reach perfection in Palestine;
the climate is too dry and hot; farther north in the Lebanon they flourish ...
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Guests (43 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one
wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his ...
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Anthropomorphism
... And if all anthropomorphism could be dissipated by us, we should in the process
have demolished theism-a serious enough issue for religion. ...
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Opening (242 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one
wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his ...
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Consist (7 Occurrences)
... rival. 1. Its Genuineness: No suspicion on the head of the genuineness of
the Epistle exists which needs serious consideration. Signs ...
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Apple (8 Occurrences)
... The one serious objection is that apples do not easily reach perfection in Palestine;
the climate is too dry and hot; farther north in the Lebanon they flourish ...
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Romans (8 Occurrences)
... rival. 1. Its Genuineness: No suspicion on the head of the genuineness of
the Epistle exists which needs serious consideration. Signs ...
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Sermon (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation
or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense. ...
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Virgin (62 Occurrences)
... of the Lord's person in such a way as to involve either a very important contribution
to the doctrine of the incarnation or a very serious mutilation of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/virgin.htm - 64k

Search (186 Occurrences)
... to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that
God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him ...
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Birth (357 Occurrences)
... of the Lord's person in such a way as to involve either a very important contribution
to the doctrine of the incarnation or a very serious mutilation of the ...
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Quiet (167 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 2:9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and
serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price ...
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Anthropology
... 4. Objections: More serious have been the objections raised on scientific grounds. ...
Its application to the Bible doctrine of man presents serious difficulties. ...
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Exploration
... gives a clear description of the holy places in Jerusalem; but almost the only other
significant sign that anyone at this era ever made serious observations of ...
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Haggai (14 Occurrences)
... by Nebuchadnezzar into captivity in 586 BC But this theory is opposed by too many
converging lines of Scriptural statement to warrant serious credence.) With ...
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Mary (50 Occurrences)
... Jesus have the undoubted ring of conscious authority and express the determination
of one who wills the control of his own life-but it is a serious mistake to ...
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According (7613 Occurrences)
... But these superfluities do not imply any serious deviation from Catholic doctrine;
they only prove, as Professor Zahn says, "the earnestness of the redactor of ...
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Biblical
... Such were the historic bases for Old Testament theology, but the modifications
proposed by the new criticism are sufficiently serious. ...
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Theology
... Such were the historic bases for Old Testament theology, but the modifications
proposed by the new criticism are sufficiently serious. ...
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Quick (49 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious
injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or ...
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Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
... the way to Lydda. But it is open to doubt whether the reputed site of their
day had any serious claims. Any suggested site should ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kiriath-jearim.htm - 19k

Kanah (3 Occurrences)
... Wady Kanah. The transition from the heavy "q" to the lighter "k" is easy,
so the phonetic difficulty is not serious. The stream ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kanah.htm - 9k

Kiriathjearim
... the way to Lydda. But it is open to doubt whether the reputed site of their
day had any serious claims. Any suggested site should ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kiriathjearim.htm - 13k

Novice (1 Occurrence)
... faith of Christ "lest he be lifted up with pride, and fall into the condemnation
of the devil." This means that a recent convert runs the very serious risk of ...
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Naive (16 Occurrences)
... NIV). Proverbs 1:4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young
man knowledge, and serious purpose: (See NAS). Proverbs ...
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Undertook (14 Occurrences)
... he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders,
he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things ...
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Unbelief (16 Occurrences)
... confidence. But the presence of that darker element is always to be suspected,
at least, and searched for in serious self-examination. ...
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Jewels (54 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 2:9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and
serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price ...
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Josephus
... His wonted diplomacy preserved him from anything more serious than a wound, and
he was an eyewitness of the terrible events that marked the last days of ...
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Jesting (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jest. 2. (a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests. 3.
(n.) The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry. Int. ...
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Lucius (2 Occurrences)
... The imperfections that are generally admitted in the transcription of the Roman
letter are not such as in any serious degree to invalidate the authority of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/lucius.htm - 9k

Lot (145 Occurrences)
... by the Hebrews with strictest reference to the interposition of God, and as a method
of ascertaining the divine will (Proverbs 16:33), and in serious cases of ...
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Ladder (1 Occurrence)
... It is more probable that the Ladder of Tyre was here, or at en-Naqurah, but the
term applied to the whole promontory, which offered a serious obstacle to the ...
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Guarded (27 Occurrences)
... should come by night and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come
back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious than the first ...
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Gomer (7 Occurrences)
... Aryans who in the 7th century BC left their abode in what is now Southern Russia
and poured through the Caucasus into Western Asia, causing serious trouble to ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gomer.htm - 11k

Gilead (130 Occurrences)
... The people of Jericho today prepare for the benefit of pilgrims a "Balm of Gilead"
from the zaqqum (Balanites Aegyptiaca), but this has no serious claims to be ...
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Good (8348 Occurrences)
... of unimpaired credit. 7. (superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases
in good earnest; in good sooth. 8. (superl.) Not small ...
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Games (2 Occurrences)
... yield very little information on this topic as compared with those of some other
countries, and partly because of the relatively serious character of the people ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/games.htm - 40k

Gnosticism
... Nevertheless its leaven was actually working, as will immediately be seen,
and constituted a most serious peril in the apostolic church. ...
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Gideon (45 Occurrences)
... The conflicts became so numerous, the appropriation of land so flagrant, that the
matter of sustenance became a serious problem (Judges 6:4). The multitude of ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gideon.htm - 36k

Grave (128 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) of great weight; heavy; ponderous. 3. (superl.) of importance; momentous;
weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character. ...
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Godly (50 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 1 Timothy 2:2 For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have
a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour. (See RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/godly.htm - 21k

Gross (12 Occurrences)
... medium. 6. (superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence. 7. (superl ...
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Weighty (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important;
forcible; serious; momentous. 3. (superl.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive. ...
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Imposture (1 Occurrence)
... should come by night and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come
back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious than the first ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/imposture.htm - 7k

Insincerity (5 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Titus 2:7 and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct,
having in your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/insincerity.htm - 8k

Innocents (2 Occurrences)
... Christianity, I, 107, note e). This exaggeration, of which there is no hint in the
New Testament, is worthy of note because the most serious general argument ...
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Ishmael (44 Occurrences)
... The hopes of Sarah were realized, for Hagar gave birth to a son, and yet the outcome
was not fully pleasing to Abraham's wife; there was one serious drawback. ...
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Ivvah (3 Occurrences)
... of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?" and 17:31, where the gods of Sepharvaim are
stated to be Adrammelech and Anammelech, raise serious difficulties. ...
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Immortality (6 Occurrences)
... the surviving self is simply a ghostly resemblance of the earthly self, nourished
with food, offerings, etc.), there is the more serious consideration that the ...
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Immortal (3 Occurrences)
... the surviving self is simply a ghostly resemblance of the earthly self, nourished
with food, offerings, etc.), there is the more serious consideration that the ...
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Felix (11 Occurrences)
... But Lysias, finding that Paul was a Roman citizen, and that therefore the secret
plots against the life of his captive might entail serious consequences upon ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/felix.htm - 15k

Flavius
... His wonted diplomacy preserved him from anything more serious than a wound, and
he was an eyewitness of the terrible events that marked the last days of ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/flavius.htm - 13k

Facts (11 Occurrences)
... Acts 25:7 And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round
him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not ...
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Fault (42 Occurrences)
... blemish. 3. (n.) A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation
from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime. 4 ...
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Twisted (79 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 2:9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and
serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price ...
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Tastes (7 Occurrences)
... Tastes (7 Occurrences). Titus 2:2 That old men are to be simple in their tastes,
serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind. (BBE). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tastes.htm - 8k

Thought (821 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The act of thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms;
reflection; cogitation. 4. (n.) Meditation; serious consideration. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/thought.htm - 8k

Tone (9 Occurrences)
... Titus 2:7 and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in
your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tone.htm - 11k

Taint (1 Occurrence)
... Titus 2:7 and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in
your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/taint.htm - 7k

Respectable (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Timothy 3:2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one
wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/respectable.htm - 7k

Reflecting (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative;
as, a reflecting mind. Multi-Version Concordance Reflecting (2 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reflecting.htm - 7k

Resulted (4 Occurrences)
... Acts 15:39 So there arose a serious disagreement between them, which resulted in
their parting from one another, Barnabas taking Mark and setting sail for ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/resulted.htm - 7k

Robes (124 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 2:9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and
serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price ...
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Ruling (123 Occurrences)
... 8 He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give
freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/ruling.htm - 37k

Euodia (1 Occurrence)
... 2. The Difference Which Arose: But whatever the subject in dispute was, it had become
so serious that, instead of the breach being healed, matters had become ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/euodia.htm - 10k

Enemessar
... This is only one of several serious historical difficulties in the narrative
of Tobit. The corruption of the name is variously explained. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/enemessar.htm - 7k

Earnest (33 Occurrences)
... eagerness; intentness. 3. (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.
4. (a.) Serious; important. 5. (vt) To use in earnest. 6 ...
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Epaphroditus (2 Occurrences)
... unto death." He recovered, however, and Paul sent him back to Philippi with this
letter to quiet the alarm of his friends, who had heard of his serious illness ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/epaphroditus.htm - 9k




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