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4241 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Build.7
… the choice vine …” ( Genesis 49:11 ). Sometimes the word bên, which usually means “son,” can mean “children” (both male and female). God told Eve that “in sorrow thou shalt …
4242 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Choose.4
… God’s “choice” of Israel or something in Israel’s life. “Because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them …” ( Deuteronomy 4:37 ). Being “chosen …
4243 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Choose.5
God’s “choices” shaped the history of Israel; His “choice” led to their redemption from Egypt ( Deuteronomy 7:7 - 8 ), sent Moses and Aaron to work miracles in Egypt …
4244 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 …
4245 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 …
4246 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 …
4247 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 …
4248 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 …
4249 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 …
4250 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 …
4251 Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Satan.9
… right choices and not depend upon their own human strength.
4252 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 …
4253 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 …
4254 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 …
4255 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 …
4256 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Approve, Approved.3
… deliberate choice; they willfully disapproved of having God in their knowledge.
4257 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 …
4258 Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Choice, Choose, Chosen.1
Choice, Choose, Chosen
4259 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 .
4260 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.