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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59085" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59085" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> CERTAIN, a. </p> 1. [[Sure]] true undoubted unquestionable that cannot be denied existing in fact and truth. <p> The dream is certain and the interpretation sure. Daniel 2 . </p> 2. [[Assured]] in mind having no doubts followed by of, before a noun. <p> However I with thee have fixed my lot, </p> <p> Certain to undergo like doom of death, </p> <p> [[Consort]] with thee. </p> <p> To make her certain of the sad event. </p> 3. Unfailing always producing the intended effect as, we may have a certain remedy for a disease. 4. Not doubtful or casual really existing. <p> [[Virtue]] that directs our ways </p> <p> Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. </p> 5. [[Stated]] fixed determinate regular. <p> Ye shall gather a certain rate every day. Exodus 16 . </p> 6. Particular. <p> There came a certain poor widow. Mark 12 . </p> <p> In the plural number, a particular part or number some an indefinite part, number, or quantity. [[Hanani]] came, he and certain men of Judah. I mourned certain days. Nehemiah 1 . 2 . 6 . </p> <p> In the latter sense, it is used as a noun as, certain also of your own poets have said. Acts 17 . </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99073" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99073" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A certain number or quantity. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (a.) Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (a.) Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (a.) Determined; resolved; - used with an infinitive. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (adv.) Certainly. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (a.) [[Fixed]] or stated; regular; determinate. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) Certainty. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (a.) Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; - sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (a.) [[Actually]] existing; sure to happen; inevitable. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (a.) Unfailing; infallible. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31143" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31143" /> == |