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4561 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Choose.6
… Christ’s “choice” of men for service, as in Luke 6:13 (“of them he chose twelve …”) or of the objects of His grace: “… He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the …
4562 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Covenant.11
… the choice of diatheke to translate berı̂yth. A diatheke is a will that distributes one’s property after death according to the owner’s wishes. It is completely …
4563 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Desolate, to Be.3
… subjective choice. For example, after being raped by her half-brother, Tamar is said to have remained in her brother Absalom’s house, “desolate” ( 2 Samuel 13:20 …
4564 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Despise.3
… free choice, man may “reject” God: “… Ye have despised the Lord which is among you” ( Numbers 11:20 ). At the same time, man may “reject” evil ( Isaiah 7:15 - 16 )When the things that …
4565 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Offering.27
… the choice parts on the altar, and received the rest as food ( Leviticus 7:2 - 7 ). When a cleansed leper made this offering, blood from the sacrifice was applied to …
4566 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Repent.3
… right choices, but He could not change His attitude toward evil when man continued on the wrong course. As God changed His actions, He always remained faithful …
4567 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Repent.4
… no choice but to implement His discipline. An instance of this action was in Samuel’s word to Saul, that God took the kingdom from Israel’s first king and intended …
4568 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Satan.9
… right choices and not depend upon their own human strength.
4569 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Satan.10
… right choices and that God can be glorified in every circumstance. Zechariah recorded a vision of “… Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the …
4570 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Think, Devise.4
… other choice objects ( Exodus 35:35 ). The word may deal with evil, as when Haman “devised” an evil plot against the Jewish people ( Esther 8:3 ). David issued his prayer …
4571 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Vessel.7
… thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.” Isaac told Esau to take his gear, his quiver, and his bow, “and go out to the field, and take me some venison” ( Genesis …
4572 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Wise, Skilled.11
… right choices at the opportune time. The consistency of making the right choice is an indication of maturity and development. The prerequisite for “wisdom …
4573 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Approve, Approved.3
… deliberate choice; they willfully disapproved of having God in their knowledge.
4574 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Birthright.3
… His choice depended not on the will of the flesh, but on His own authority. Thus Isaac was preferred to Ishmael, Jacob to Esau, Joseph to Reuben, David to his elder …
4575 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Choice, Choose, Chosen.1
Choice, Choose, Chosen
4576 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Choice, Choose, Chosen.3
… "made choice;" 1 Corinthians 1:27, 28; Ephesians 1:4; James 2:5 .
4577 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Choice, Choose, Chosen.5
in the Middle Voice, signifies "to choose," either in addition or in succession to another. It has this meaning in Acts 15:40, of Paul's choice of Silas. For its other meaning, "to call or name," John 5:2, see CALL.
4578 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Choice, Choose, Chosen.7
… a "choice" made by God (as in Deuteronomy 7:6, 7; Deuteronomy 26:18, Sept.); in Philippians 1:22; Hebrews 11:25, of human "choice." Its special significance is to select rather …
4579 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Choice, Choose, Chosen.13
signifies "to choose before," Acts 10:41, where it is used of a choice made before by God.
4580 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Choice, Choose, Chosen.19
akin to A, No. 1 and B, "a picking out, choosing" (Eng., "eclogue"), is translated "chosen" in Acts 9:15, lit., "he is a vessel of choice unto Me." In the six other places where this word is found it is translated "election." See ELECTION.