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1421 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 55.5 (Matthew Henry)
… a divine power manifested in the change itself, that a dry stick should be turned into a living serpent, a lively one, so formidable a one that Moses himself …
1422 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 556.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the divine terror upon that occasion. But it may refer to the thunders, lightnings, and earth quakes, that were at Mount Sinai when the law was given. (4.) He took …
1423 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 804.18 (Matthew Henry)
… into divine mysteries, put on the face of a flying eagle. [3.] By their wings: Every one had four wings, Ezekiel 1:6. In the vision Isaiah had of them they appeared with …
1424 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 813.11 (Matthew Henry)
… of divine Providence in the government of the lower world, and the affairs of it, represented by the four wheels; and the perfections of the holy angels, the …
1425 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 853.12 (Matthew Henry)
… of divination. Was Daniel thus thankful to God for making known that to him which was the saving of the lives of him and his fellows? Much more reason have we …
1426 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 938.47 (Matthew Henry)
… Satan’s agency, by the divine permission, in those diseases of which natural causes may be assigned, as in Job’s boils, especially in the diseases of the mind …
1427 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 999.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the divine counsels from eternity, but to be active in the divine operations in the beginning of time. Then was I by him, Proverbs 8:30. God made the world by a word …
1428 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1026.59 (Matthew Henry)
… or divine presence in Isaiah’s vision was attended with seraphim, in Ezekiel’s vision with cherubim, both signifying the angels, the ministers of God’s …
1429 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1058.30 (Matthew Henry)
… universal agency as the first cause, the sovereign ruler, and the last end, ought to be the matter of our adoration. Thus all his works do praise him objectively …
1430 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1135.19 (Matthew Henry)
… , whose agency the divine Providences makes use of in the winds, and in thunder and lightnings. Observe, [1.] The office of the angels: they are God’s ministers, or …
1431 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. גּוֹרָל.2
… . where divine agency in detection is prominent but word גּוֹרָל not used). g. in allotting slaves Jo 4:3 אֶל־עַמִּי יַדּוּ ג׳; Na 3:10 (יַדּוּ עַל); so Ob 11 וְעַל־יְרוּשָׁלַםִ …
1432 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. הָיָה.2
… ) personal agency is clearly implied; it is expressed מֵאֵת אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ נ׳ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה 1 K 1:27, so of divine agency (מֵאִתִּי) 1 K 12:24 = 2 Ch 11:4; further …
1433 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. לֹא.2
… a Divine agency: cf. Dn 2:34; also Jb 20:26 אֵשׁ לֹא נֻפָּ֑ח fire not blown upon [but kindled from heaven], Lam 4:6; and אין Is 47:14 ). ( d ) standing alone: ( a ) אִם־לֹא if not, Gn 18 …
1434 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. מוֹפֵת.2
… , of divine act, is נתן Ex 7:9 etc., שׂים Je 32:20; שׂים also of entrusting to human power Ex 4:21, cf. דִּבֶּר 1 K 13:3; of human agency עשׂה Ex 4:21; 11:10, נתן 1 K 13:3, 5 .
1435 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Miracle.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… immediate agency or the simple volition of God, operating without the use of means capable of being discerned by the senses, and designed to authenticate …
1436 Etymology dictionary, p. natural (adj.).3
… , human agency, or divine intervention), late 14c. From late 14c. of properties, traits, qualities, "proper, suitable, appropriate to character or constitution …
1437 Etymology dictionary, p. oracle (n.).3
In antiquity, "the agency or medium of a god," also "the place where such divine utterances were given." This last sense is attested in English from early 15c. Extended sense of "uncommonly wise person" is from 1590s.
1438 Etymology dictionary, p. reveal (v.).2
… by divine agency, as religious truth)," from Old French reveler "reveal" (14c.), from Latin revelare "reveal, uncover, disclose," literally "unveil," from re- "back, again …
1439 Etymology dictionary, p. revealed (adj.).2
"brought to light, disclosed," 1560s, past-participle adjective from reveal. Revealed religion, made known by direct divine agency, as opposed to natural religion, is attested from 1719.
1440 Etymology dictionary, p. revelation (n.).2
… a divine or supernatural agency," from Old French revelacion and directly from Latin revelationem (nominative revelatio ), noun of action from past-participle …