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93521 Etymology dictionary, p. Varangian (n.).2
… - "pledge, faith," related to Old English wær "agreement, treaty, promise," Old High German wara "faithfulness" (from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy"). Attested in Old …
93522 Etymology dictionary, p. vates (n.).2
… Irish faith "poet," Welsh gwawd "poem," from PIE root *wet- (1) "to blow; inspire, spiritually arouse" (source also of Old English wod "mad, frenzied," god-name Woden; see wood …
93523 Etymology dictionary, p. virtue (n.).3
… (hope, faith, charity). To make a virtue of a necessity (late 14c.) translates Latin facere de necessitate virtutem [Jerome].
93524 Etymology dictionary, p. warlock (n.).2
… wær "faith, fidelity; a compact, agreement, covenant," from Proto-Germanic *wera- (source also of Old High German wara "truth," Old Norse varar "solemn promise, vow"), from …
93525 Etymology dictionary, p. *were-o-.4
… vera "faith," Russian viera "faith, belief;" Old English wær "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true."
93526 Etymology dictionary, p. wood (adj.).2
… Irish faith "poet;" "with a common element of mental excitement" [Buck]. Compare Old English woþ "sound, melody, song," Old Norse oðr "poetry," and the god-name Odin .
93527 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Aaron.9
… the faith of the Old Testament writers in the origin in Aaron of their priestly order.
93528 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abed-nego.2
… their faith. The name, according to this view, would mean "servant of Nebo." Inasmuch as `abhedh is a translation of the Babylonian `arad, it seems ore probable that …
93529 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abel (1).5
… . "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent (abundant, pleiona) sacrifice than Cain" ( Hebrews 11:4 ). The "more abundant sacrifice," Westcott thinks, "suggests …
93530 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abishai.2
… always faithful to David, and remained with him, as he fled from Absalom. When Shimei, of the house of Saul, cursed the fleeing king, Abishai characteristically …
93531 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ablution.8
… the faithful .... when they rise from sleep, before they go to work, pray, after having washed themselves" nipsamenoi.
93532 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abolish.2
… God's faithfulness to His promises; machah, "to erase," "blot out," "that your works may be abolished" ( Ezekiel 6:6 ) katargeo, "to render inoperative," "bring to nought …
93533 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.38
… Abraham's faith in the promise, for a Divine command to sacrifice the life of this son was accepted bona fide, and only the sudden interposition of a Divine …
93534 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.45
… :19 ), faithfulness ( Genesis 24:27 ), wisdom ( Genesis 20:6 ), goodness ( Genesis 19:19 ), mercy ( Genesis 20:6 ). These qualities were expected of men, and their contraries in …
93535 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.50
… his faith in the Divine promise, which, just because it was for him peculiarly unsupported by any evidence of the senses, becomes the type of the faith that …
93536 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.52
… favored: faith, righteousness, purity of heart, gratitude, fidelity, compassion. He receives marked tokens of the Divine favor in the shape of deliverance …
93537 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham's Bosom.2
… truly faithful, and admits them to closest intimacy. It may be regarded as equivalent to the "Paradise" of Luke 23:43 .
93538 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Access.2
… by faith into this grace wherein we stand" ( Romans 5:2 ); "Through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father" ( Ephesians 2:18 the King James Version); "in whom …
93539 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Access.3
… instrumentality, faith. The whole process of approach to, and abiding fellowship with, God is summed up in this brief sentence Access to the Father, through …
93540 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Accommodation.43
… his faith--a prediction which served to enclose his life in the plan of God for all mankind and to fasten his ambition to the service of that plan. The promise …