Search for: Choice
4301 Etymology dictionary, p. welcome (n.).2
… , desire, choice" (see will (n.)) + cuma "guest," related to cuman "to come," from PIE root *gwa- "to go, come." Similar formation in Old High German willicomo, Middle Dutch wellecome …
4302 Etymology dictionary, p. will (v.2).2
Old English willian "to determine by act of choice," from will (n.). From mid-15c. as "dispose of by will or testament." Often difficult to distinguish from will (v.1).
4303 Etymology dictionary, p. wording (n.).2
"choice of words, manner in which something is expressed," apparently coined by Milton in "Eikonoklastes" (1649). From present participle of word (v.).
4304 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.34
… the choice for his daughter-in-law of Rebekah, descended from both of his brothers, Nahor and Haran ( Genesis 11:29; 22:22 f). Both the beginning and the end of the …
4305 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accord; According; Accordingly.2
… free choice" ( 2 Corinthians 8:17 ). God "will render to every man according to his works" ( Romans 2:6 ), that is, agreeably to the nature of his works ( 1 Corinthians 3:8 ), but …
4306 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 13-outline.16
(f) A crisis in church life and the choice of the seven Hellenists ( Acts 6:1 - 7 ).
4307 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.8
… and choice toward the far-off adult and complete personality. This, which in view of its culmination we may call the evolution of personality, is evolution …
4308 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.10
… and choice which alone can give spiritual significance to a committal to either.
4309 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.12
… of choice, ministered by the stimulus of an unmotivated prohibition. He can abstain and live, or eat and die ( Genesis 2:16 - 17 ). No reasons are given, no train of spiritual …
4310 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.14
… free choice and self-moved wisdom, it is hard to see how this could have been brought about except by something involving inhibition and prohibition; something …
4311 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).31
… very choice of them as a people a ground for visiting them with sterner retribution for their sins ( Amos 3:2 ). In common with all the prophets, Amos gives no explanation …
4312 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Andrew.9
… . The choice was an important one, for upon the lead given by Andrew depended the action of the others. Christ perceived that the soul's unrest, the straining …
4313 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.35
… consequent choice of words, the first employing words, like "creating," "dividing," "making," "setting," which imply nothing local, or sensible in the Divine nature …
4314 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.47
… the choice seems to he between chance and creation. Mind, purpose, forethought, intention, Divine guidance and super-intendence are banished from the evolutionary …
4315 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.51
… of choice between moral alternatives, the categorical imperative of conscience, the feeling of responsibility and the pain of remorse are unaccounted …
4316 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Assemblies, Masters of.2
… shalishim, "choice men" = choice proverbs, Proverbs 22:20, in a certain measure personified), as of those which form or constitute collections and which stand …
4317 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Berites.2
… electi), "choice young men," is to be preferred.
4318 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Best.3
… (best) fruits" (zimrah, literally, "the song of the land"), a beautifully poetic expression for the most celebrated fruits ( Genesis 43:11 ); equally choice is pazaz …
4319 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bethink.2
… ). A choice illustration of the mental and heart process in reflection, repentance and conversion.
4320 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bishop.54
… the choice of its officers and the conduct of its temporal and spiritual affairs. Judas' place in the apostolate was not filled by succession or episcopal …