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35601 Etymology dictionary, p. triumph (n.).2

… ," also "spiritual victory" and "a procession celebrating victory in war," from Old French triumphe (12c., Modern French triomphe ), from Latin triumphus "an achievement …

35602 Etymology dictionary, p. unctuous (adj.).3

… "deep spiritual feeling" (1690s), such as comes from having been anointed in the rite of unction. Related: Unctuously; unctuousness .

35603 Etymology dictionary, p. vates (n.).2

… ; inspire, spiritually arouse" (source also of Old English wod "mad, frenzied," god-name Woden; see wood (adj.)). Hence vaticination "oracular prediction" (c. 1600).

35604 Etymology dictionary, p. ventriloquy (n.).3

… of spiritual inspiration or (more usually) demonic possession. Reference to the modern activity so called seems to have begun early 18c., and by 1797 it was …

35605 Etymology dictionary, p. vocation (n.).2

… 15c., "spiritual calling," from Old French vocacion "call, consecration; calling, profession" (13c.) or directly from Latin vocationem (nominative vocatio ), literally …

35606 Etymology dictionary, p. way (n.).2

… , or spiritual choices, from Proto-Germanic *wega- "course of travel, way" (source also of Old Saxon, Dutch weg, Old Norse vegr, Old Frisian wei, Old High German weg, German …

35607 Etymology dictionary, p. wood (adj.).2

… ; inspire, spiritually arouse;" source of Latin vates "seer, poet," Old Irish faith "poet;" "with a common element of mental excitement" [Buck]. Compare Old English woþ …

35608 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ability.2

… and spiritual; e.g. of wealth, "gave after their ability" ( Ezra 2:69 ); of mental endowment, "ability to stand in the king’s palace" ( Daniel 1:4 ); of talents and character …

35609 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abomination.7

… and spiritual meaning: as where "divers measures, a great and a small," are forbidden ( Deuteronomy 25:14 - 16 ); and in Proverbs where "lying lips" ( Deuteronomy 12:22 …

35610 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accept; Acceptable; Acceptation.4

… ) of spiritual sacrifice (euprosdektos, "well received"), "acceptable to God" ( 1 Peter 2:5 ); (5) of patient endurance (charis, "grace," "favor") "This is acceptable with God" ( 1 …

35612 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accommodation.44

… worldwide spiritual empire. Such a King being described and such a Kingdom being promised, the recipients of it, of necessity, were set to judge the present …

35613 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accommodation.53

… and spiritual life is related to his part and lot in the kingdom of organisms. The very laws of his mind reveal themselves only upon occasion in experience …

35614 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accountability.3

… and spiritual development, and the doom to which they will be exposed on the day of account will be heavy in proportion to their privileges. This may seem to …

35615 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 13-outline.17

(g) Stephen’s spiritual interpretation of Christianity stirs the antagonism of the Pharisees and leads to his violent death ( Acts 6:8 through Acts 8 8:1a).

35616 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 8-12.7

… , the spiritual and real Israel. If Luke wrote Acts in Rome, while Paul’s case was still before Nero, it is easy to understand the somewhat long and minute account …

35617 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the New Testament.5

… the spiritual and theological illustration of the great modern principle of solidarity. There is a solidarity of evil and a solidarity of good, but the latter …

35618 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the New Testament.6

… of spiritual life that never dies. "All who are by physical derivation truly united to Adam incur the death, which by sinning he introduced into human experience …

35619 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the New Testament.10

… of spiritual death; and even though physical death was in the world before Adam it was only in connection with sin that its moral meaning and estimate became …

35620 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.5

… a spiritual individualized realm wherein he has the companionship of God. Yahweh God "forms" or "shapes" him out of the dust of the ground, breathes into his nostrils …