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Surprising (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment;
as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. ...
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Surprised (46 Occurrences)
... do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging
among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were ...
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Surrender (18 Occurrences)

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Resurrection (42 Occurrences)
... Hence, it is not surprising that the prophets virtually disregard the idea or
that Ecclesiastes denies any immortality doctrine categorically. ...
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Levitical (19 Occurrences)
... temple, which, properly speaking, occasioned the whole arrangement, are buried in
silence with a diligence which is in the highest degree surprising" (p. 164). ...
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Logia
... it is uniformly rendered both in the King James Version and the Revised Version
(British and American) "oracles." It is not, therefore, surprising that early ...
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Library
... It is not surprising, therefore, that in the library-chambers of Nineveh Layard
found a magnifying lens of crystal, which had been turned on the lathe. IV. ...
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Water (4571 Occurrences)
... the soldier. The evangelist notes here what he, as an eyewitness of the
crucifixion, had seen as a surprising fact. Whereon this ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/water.htm - 23k

Wonder-working (4 Occurrences)
Wonder-working. << Wonder-workers, Wonder-working. Wondrous >>. Noah Webster's
Dictionary (a.) Doing wonders or surprising things. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Wondrous (41 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree;
wonderfully. 2. (a.) Wonderful; astonishing; admirable ...
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Wonderful (71 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising;
strange; astonishing. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. WONDER; WONDERFUL. ...
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Foal (10 Occurrences)
... view of the fact that horses are but little mehtioned in the Bible, and that only
in connection with royal equipages and armies, it is not surprising that "colt ...
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Raging (26 Occurrences)
... do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging
among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were ...
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Retribution (14 Occurrences)
... punished. All things considered, the fact of punishment for sinners need
not surprise; the fact of pardon is the surprising thing. ...
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Dolphin
... D. delphis); the true dolphin. 2. (n.) The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about
five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. ...
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Mesha (4 Occurrences)
... him. It is not surprising that he says nothing of his defeat by Jehoram
and his allies. There is, however, one serious discrepancy. ...
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Mizraim (5 Occurrences)
... Hamitic people of Egypt. That Ham the son of Noah should be deified in
the Egyptian pantheon is not surprising. The sensuality of ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mizraim.htm - 11k

Peacock
... green, blue predominant. The wings are short and ineffectual, the feathers
on them made up of a surprising array of colors. The tail ...
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Purple (54 Occurrences)
... It is surprising that Ezekiel speaks of the Tyrians as obtaining purple from the
isles of Elisha (Ezekiel 27:7) and from Syria (Ezekiel 27:16). ...
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Pyramid
... Maccabeus in memory of his parents and brethren at Modin (1 Maccabees 13:28; compare
Ant, XIII vi, 6). Josephus describes them as "very surprising, both for ...
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Bozez (1 Occurrence)
... To this circumstance it may owe its name, "shining." "The contrast is surprising
and picturesque between the dark coal color of the south side, and the ruddy ...
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Bat (2 Occurrences)
... It has not always been realized that they are mammals, and so it is not surprising
that they should be mentioned at the end of the list of unclean birds in ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bat.htm - 10k

Concordance
... 3. Their Indispensableness: The indispensableness of a good concordance for the
proper study of the Bible is so apparent that it is not surprising that, since ...
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Colt (15 Occurrences)
... view of the fact that horses are but little mehtioned in the Bible, and that only
in connection with royal equipages and armies, it is not surprising that "colt ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/colt.htm - 12k

Amorites (82 Occurrences)
... again defeated at the waters of Merom by Joshua, who smote them till there were
none remaining (Joshua 11:8). It is mentioned as a surprising circumstance that ...
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Accidentally (5 Occurrences)
... do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging
among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/accidentally.htm - 8k

Stephen (13 Occurrences)
... In itself that is not surprising, for in the early Christian church every Christian
was at once a witness for Christ, and lay-preaching was common. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/stephen.htm - 33k

Scorching (11 Occurrences)
... do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging
among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were ...
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Striking (25 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very
noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance. ...
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Dew (35 Occurrences)
... day. It is more surprising to one who has not seen it before to find a
flourishing vineyard practically in the desert itself. Some ...
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Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... the Kerkha. Its principal peak is in the Kebir-Kuh (2,500 meters = 8,200
ft.)-a difficult range of surprising regularity. The valleys ...
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Eden (19 Occurrences)
... It is not surprising, therefore, that the plural of the word has the meaning "delights,"
and that Eden has been supposed to mean the land of delights, and that ...
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Fish (66 Occurrences)
... This is surprising in view of the fact that the Dead Sea seems to form an effective
barrier between the fishes of the different streams flowing into it. ...
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Hellenism
... oligarchic or aristocratic rule and the usurped authority of the tyrants, to the
establishement of democratic government, there is nothing surprising to the ...
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Hellenist
... oligarchic or aristocratic rule and the usurped authority of the tyrants, to the
establishement of democratic government, there is nothing surprising to the ...
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Happening (17 Occurrences)
... do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging
among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were ...
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Arabic
... With the small degree of intellectual activity in those circles it is not surprising
that most of such material, and indeed of the entire literary output ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/arabic.htm - 17k

Canon
... These were used to a surprising extent in Christian instruction. For a
whole century after the death of Jesus this was the case. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/canon.htm - 68k

Language (112 Occurrences)
... With the small degree of intellectual activity in those circles it is not surprising
that most of such material, and indeed of the entire literary output ...
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Desolation (131 Occurrences)
... 3. The Suppression of the Jewish Cult: Under these conditions it is not surprising
that Antiochus should have had both the inclination and the courage to ...
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Elam (24 Occurrences)
... the Kerkha. Its principal peak is in the Kebir-Kuh (2,500 meters = 8,200
ft.)-a difficult range of surprising regularity. The valleys ...
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Caesar's (10 Occurrences)
... of Caesar. It is thus seen that there is nothing at all surprising in the
fact that there were Christians in Caesar's household. 6 ...
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Camel (13 Occurrences)
... Camels are used to a surprising extent on the rough roads of the mountains, and
one finds in the possession of fellachin in the mountains and on the littoral ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/camel.htm - 21k

Finding (57 Occurrences)
... do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging
among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/finding.htm - 23k

Blood (435 Occurrences)
... the soldier. The evangelist notes here what he, as an eyewitness of the
crucifixion, had seen as a surprising fact. Whereon this ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/blood.htm - 54k

Dead (580 Occurrences)
... The idea that symbolic acts had a vicarious significance had sunk deeply into the
Jewish mind, and it would not be surprising if it took more than twenty years ...
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Ablution
... not their hands when they eat bread." Jesus' answer was to the Jews, even to His
own disciples, in the highest degree surprising, paradoxical, revolutionary ...
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Zadok (50 Occurrences)
... of David's reign, not Abiathar, but his son Ahimelech (or Abimelech), should be
introduced as joint high priest with Zodak will not be surprising, if Abiathar ...
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Baal (94 Occurrences)
... from Cyprus; according to the Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon (Philo Byblius, Fragmenta
II) the third generation of men "begat sons of surprising size and ...
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Latin (2 Occurrences)
... of Old Latin. When we ask where these first translations came into existence,
we discover a somewhat surprising fact. It was not ...
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Number (2370 Occurrences)
... That some of these high figures are incorrect is beyond reasonable doubt, and is
not in the least surprising, for there is ample evidence that the numbers in ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/number.htm - 40k

Ransom (46 Occurrences)
... Even in classical Greek, as we have noted, the two conceptions were connected,
and it is not surprising to find it so in the Old Testament. ...
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Relationships (1 Occurrence)
... 25:48 Psalm 49:7). Half-brothers were of course not so near as brothers of the full
blood (compare Joseph and his brothers), and it is not surprising to find ...
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Predestination
... Calvin confesses that this is a "horrible decree," and it is not surprising to find
competent theologians in our time denying such a form of predestinarianism ...
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Tithe (30 Occurrences)
... Malachi 1:7;; and for pre-exilian times compare 2 Chronicles 31:4;). In later times
such cases seldom occur (Sotah 48a), which is the more surprising since the ...
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Nineveh (23 Occurrences)
... From ancient times, he says, the circuit of the city had measured 9,300 cubits,
and he makes the rather surprising statement that his predecessors had not ...
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Micah (54 Occurrences)
... The passage Micah 4:10, where in a surprising way Babylon is mentioned as the place
of the exile, is for this reason regarded as unauthentic by the critics ...
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Dear (120 Occurrences)
... do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging
among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were ...
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Babel (3 Occurrences)
... Notwithstanding that Babylon has been the quarry of the neighboring builders for
two millenniums, it is surprising that such extensive masses of brickwork ...
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Persecution (22 Occurrences)
... Best Emperors the Most Cruel Persecutors: With the exception of such instances as
those of Nero and Domitian, there is the surprising fact to notice, that it ...
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Libraries
... It is not surprising, therefore, to find the first and chief provision which Moses
made for the Tabernacle was a book-chest for the preservation of the sacred ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/libraries.htm - 38k

Tyre (59 Occurrences)
... It is rather surprising that Baal refused to assist him in his attack upon Egypt
and that Esar-haddon did not punish him, probably because he was too much ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tyre.htm - 45k

Friends (152 Occurrences)
... do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging
among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were ...
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Regeneration (2 Occurrences)
... Would it be surprising that Israel, which had been guilty of many sins
of the Gentiles, needed a similar baptism and sprinkling? ...
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Abomination (78 Occurrences)
... 3. The Suppression of the Jewish Cult: Under these conditions it is not surprising
that Antiochus should have had both the inclination and the courage to ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/abomination.htm - 55k

Jonah (30 Occurrences)
... had certainly been a century of close political and commercial contact between Israel
and the Arameans of Damascus, so that it would not be surprising to meet ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jonah.htm - 35k

Conscience (36 Occurrences)
... It may not be surprising to find a High Churchman like Jeremy Taylor, in his Ductor
Dubitantium, discussing ethics as a system of cases of conscience, but it ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/conscience.htm - 37k

Birds (125 Occurrences)
... In an abandon of gratitude to God these people offered of their best-loved and most
prized possessions as sacrifice; and so it is not surprising to find the ...
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Sermon (1 Occurrence)
... (a) The Relation Defined (Matthew 5:17-20): The qualities of character thus set
before the citizens of the kingdom were so surprising and revolutionary as to ...
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Golden (86 Occurrences)
... Dan and Bethel. III. Attitude of Elijah to the Bull Symbols. This surprising
silence is variously explained. A few scholars, though ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/golden.htm - 66k

Babylon (270 Occurrences)
... Notwithstanding that Babylon has been the quarry of the neighboring builders for
two millenniums, it is surprising that such extensive masses of brickwork ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/babylon.htm - 93k

Forgiveness (124 Occurrences)
... 10. Christ's Power to Forgive Sins: It is not surprising, therefore, that
we find Jesus laying claim to the power to forgive sins. ...
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Architecture
... The details are richly carved and "a surprising feature common to all is the
use of animal figures, especially lions, or lambs and eagles.. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/architecture.htm - 28k

New (1850 Occurrences)
... These were used to a surprising extent in Christian instruction. For a
whole century after the death of Jesus this was the case. ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/new.htm - 101k

Version
... of Old Latin. When we ask where these first translations came into existence,
we discover a somewhat surprising fact. It was not ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/version.htm - 37k

Gospel (108 Occurrences)
... Perhaps the most surprising of all the presuppositions with regard to the Fourth
Gospel is that which lays great stress on the supposition that the book was ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gospel.htm - 101k

Papyrus (4 Occurrences)
... For other early Christian literature their testimony has been of surprising
interest (the Oxyrhynchus Logia and Gospel fragments). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/papyrus.htm - 34k

John (154 Occurrences)
... Perhaps the most surprising of all the presuppositions with regard to the Fourth
Gospel is that which lays great stress on the supposition that the book was ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/john.htm - 101k

Games (2 Occurrences)
... So it is not surprising that we find a remarkable example in early Israelite history
in Samson's famous riddle: "Out of the eater came forth food, and out of ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/games.htm - 40k

Calf (39 Occurrences)
... Dan and Bethel. III. Attitude of Elijah to the Bull Symbols. This surprising
silence is variously explained. A few scholars, though ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/calf.htm - 49k




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