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93901 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Syrophenician.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… . Her faith in him was severely tested by his silence ( Matthew 15:23 ), refusal ( Matthew 15:24 ), and seeming reproach that it was not meet to cast the children’s bread …
93902 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Temptation.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… their faith and patience to the test. (2.) Ordinarily, however, the word means solicitation to that which is evil, and hence Satan is called “the tempter” ( Matthew …
93903 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Timothy.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the faith,” arranged that he should become his companion ( Acts 16:3 ), and took and circumcised him, so that he might conciliate the Jews. He was designated to the …
93904 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Timothy, First Epistle to.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… to faithfulness in maintaining the truth amid surrounding errors.
93905 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Timothy, Second Epistle to.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… a faithful discharge of all the duties of his office ( 2 Timothy 4:1-5 ), with all the solemnity of one who was about to appear before the Judge of quick and dead.
93906 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Tychicus.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , a “faithful minister in the Lord” ( Ephesians 6:21, Ephesians 6:22 ), who, with Trophimus, accompanied Paul on a part of his journey from Macedonia to Jerusalem ( Acts …
93907 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Uzziah.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… was faithful to Jehovah, and “did that which was right in the sight of the Lord” ( 2 Kings 15:3; 2 Chronicles 26:4, 2 Chronicles 26:5 ); but toward the close of his long life …
93908 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Works, Good.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… it. Faith and love in the heart are the essential elements of all true obedience. Hence good works only spring from a believing heart, can only be wrought by …
93909 Easton’s Bible Dictionary, p. Zadok.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , remaining faithful to David, became high priest alone ( 1 Kings 2:27, 1 Kings 2:35; 1 Chronicles 29:22 ). In him the line of Phinehas resumed the dignity, and held it …
93910 Etymology dictionary, p. Achates.2
name of the armor-bearer and faithful friend of Aeneas in the "Aeneid;" The phrase fidus Achates was proverbial for "faithful friend, loyal and devoted companion." The name is from Greek akhatēs "agate" (see agate ).
93911 Etymology dictionary, p. adhesion (n.).2
… persons ("faith is adhesion unto God"), but by 18c. adhesion was "generally used in the material, and adherence in the metaphysical sense." [Johnson]
93912 Etymology dictionary, p. affiance (v.).2
… fidus "faithful" (from PIE root *bheidh- "to trust, confide, persuade").
93913 Etymology dictionary, p. affiance (v.).3
From mid-16c. especially "to promise in marriage." The earlier form of the word was affy (Middle English affien "to trust, have faith; have faith in" c. 1300), from Old French afier. Related: Affianced; affiancing .
93914 Etymology dictionary, p. affidavit (n.).2
… fidus "faithful" (from PIE root *bheidh- "to trust, confide, persuade"). So called from being the first word of sworn statements.
93915 Etymology dictionary, p. agenda (n.).2
… of faith," from Latin agenda, literally "things to be done," neuter plural of agendus, gerundive of agere "to do" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move").
93916 Etymology dictionary, p. Aladdin.2
… the faith," from a'la "height" + din "faith, creed." Figurative use often in reference to his magic lamp, by which difficulties are overcome, or his cave full of riches …
93917 Etymology dictionary, p. Anabaptist (n.).3
… new faith, they baptized converts who already had been baptized (as infants) in the older Catholic or older Protestant churches. Modern branches (notably …
93918 Etymology dictionary, p. anthropomorphite (n.).2
… of faith that the Supreme Being exists in human form," from Late Latin anthropomorphitae (plural); see anthropomorphous + -ite (1). Specifically of certain sects …
93919 Etymology dictionary, p. antichrist (n.).2
… the faith at the end of the world, from Late Latin antichristus, from Greek antikhristos (I John ii.18), from anti- "against" (see anti- ) + khristos (see Christ ). The earliest …
93920 Etymology dictionary, p. apology (n.).3
… the faith.