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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77054" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77054" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Συνωμοσία''''' ''' (Strong'S #4945 — Noun [[Feminine]] — sunomosia — soon-o-mos-ee'-ah ) </div> <p> denotes, lit., "a swearing together" (sun, "with," omnumi, "to swear"), a "being leagued by oath, and so a conspiracy," Acts 23:13 . </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59087" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59087" /> == | ||
<p> [[Conspiracy | <p> [[Conspiracy]] n. L. See Conspire. </p> 1. A combination of men for an evil purpose an agreement between two or more persons, to commit some crime in concert particularly, a combination to commit treason, or excite sedition or insurrection against the government of a state a plot as a conspiracy against the life of a king a conspiracy against the government. <p> More than forty had made this conspiracy. Acts 23 . </p> 2. In law, an agreement between two or more persons, falsely and maliciously to indict, or procure to be indicted, an innocent person of felony. 3. A concurrence a general tendency of two or more causes to one event. | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103692" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103692" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:46, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
denotes, lit., "a swearing together" (sun, "with," omnumi, "to swear"), a "being leagued by oath, and so a conspiracy," Acts 23:13 .
King James Dictionary [2]
Conspiracy n. L. See Conspire.
1. A combination of men for an evil purpose an agreement between two or more persons, to commit some crime in concert particularly, a combination to commit treason, or excite sedition or insurrection against the government of a state a plot as a conspiracy against the life of a king a conspiracy against the government.
More than forty had made this conspiracy. Acts 23 .
2. In law, an agreement between two or more persons, falsely and maliciously to indict, or procure to be indicted, an innocent person of felony. 3. A concurrence a general tendency of two or more causes to one event.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (n.) A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.
(2): (n.) A combination of men for an evil purpose; an agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.
(3): (n.) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy.
