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33141 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sabbath.2 (William Smith)
… theological character, and rendered it the great witness for faith in a personal and creating God. It was to be a sacred pause in the ordinary labor by which …
33142 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sacrifice.3 (William Smith)
… its character; but it is clear that the idea of salvation from death by means of sacrifice is brought out in it with a distinctness before unknown. The law of …
33143 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Sacrifice.6 (William Smith)
… probationary character of sacrifices, and to assert that in virtue of it alone they had a spiritual meaning. Our Lord is declared (see 1 Peter 1:20 ) “to have been …
33144 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Samson.2 (William Smith)
… supernatural character of this exploit was confirmed by the miraculous bursting out of a spring of water to revive the champion as he was ready to die of …
33145 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Satan.2 (William Smith)
… his character. It is especially remarkable that no power of spiritual influence, but only a power over outward circumstances, is attributed to him. The captivity …
33146 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Scribes.2 (William Smith)
… genial character and broad range of thought, with some approximations to a higher teaching.” In most of the points at issue between the two parties, Jesus must …
33147 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Septuagint.4 (William Smith)
… Church. Character of the Septuagint. —The Septuagint is faithful in substance, but not minutely accurate in details. It has been clearly shown by Hody, Frankel …
33148 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Shadda-i.2 (William Smith)
… êl, “God,” El Shaddai being then rendered “God Almighty.” By the name or in the character of El-Shaddai, God was known to the patriarchs, Genesis 17:1; Genesis 28:3; Genesis …
33149 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Solomon.8 (William Smith)
… his character in its noblest aspect. God in a vision having offered him the choice of good things he would have, he chose wisdom in preference to riches or honor …
33150 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Tabernacles The Feast of.4 (William Smith)
… festive character to the night. The main purposes of the Feast of Tabernacles are plainly set forth in Exodus 23:16 and Leviticus 23:43. It was to be at once a …
33151 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Thomas.2 (William Smith)
… his character before us with a precision which belongs to no other of the twelve apostles except Peter, John, and Judas Iscariot. This character is that of …
33152 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Trance.2 (William Smith)
… own character on the religious history of mankind, that they have been liable to pass at times into this abnormal state. The union of intense feeling, strong …
33153 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Wisdom The of Solomon.2 (William Smith)
… servants, from Adam to Moses, and more particularly in the punishment of the Egyptians and Canaanites. Style and language. —The literary character of the …
33154 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. ἀλήθεια.11
… of character, or a mode of life in harmony with divine truth : 1 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Corinthians 13:6 (opposed to ἀδικία ); Ephesians 4:21 [see I. 1 b. above]; Ephesians 5:9 …
33155 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. ἀντίχριστος.2
… worst character ( τὸν ἄνθρ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας; see ἁμαρτία, 1), instigated by the devil to try to palm himself off as God: 2 Thessalonians 2:3 - 10. The author of the Apocalypse …
33156 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. αὐτός.6
… whose character God must be the judge); 1 Corinthians 7:35; 1 Corinthians 11:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; αὐτοὶ οὗτοι, Acts 24:20; αὐτοῦ τούτου (masculine), Acts 25:25; Ἰησοῦς …
33157 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. δέησις.4
… sacred character, being limited to prayer to God, whereas δ. may also be used of a request addressed to man. In Byzantine Greek it is used of a written supplication …
33158 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. δίκαιος.4
… . T. characters noted for piety and probity: Matthew 13:17; [ Matthew 23:29 ]; Hebrews 12:23; thus of Abel, Matthew 23:35; Hebrews 11:4; of Lot, 2 Peter 2:7. (Wis. 10:4f); of those who …
33159 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. δικαιόω.4
… life, character, and deeds) the benefit of being shown to be righteous, i. e. true and divine [cf. Buttmann, 322 (277); others interpret, was acknowledged to be righteous …
33160 Thayer's Greek Lexicon, p. εἰμί.69
… his character : thus εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου, John 8:44; 1 John 3:8; ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ, 1 John 3:12; ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, John 15:19; John 17:14, John 17:16; 1 John 4:5; when this expression …