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<p> '''''a''''' -'''''bil´i''''' -'''''ti''''' ( δύναμις , <i> '''''dúnamis''''' </i> , or ισχύς , <i> '''''ischús''''' </i> ): Variously used of resources, material, mental and spiritual; e.g. of wealth, "gave after their ability" ( Ezra 2:69 ); of mental endowment, "ability to stand in the king's palace" ( Daniel 1:4 ); of talents and character, "several ability" ( Matthew 25:15 ); of spiritual strength, "minister, as of the ability which God giveth" (the King James Version 1 Peter 4:11 ). It thus may signify either possessions, native capacity, or gifts of the Holy Spirit. </p> | |||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19204" /> == | |||
<p> See INABILITY. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49201" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> ABILITY </strong> . In AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘ability’ is either <em> material </em> ( Leviticus 27:8 , Ezra 2:69 , Acts 11:29 ) or <em> personal </em> ( Daniel 1:4 , Matthew 25:15 ) capacity. The mod. meaning (‘mental power’) is not found in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] . </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_57987" /> == | |||
<p> ABIL'ITY, n. L. habilitas, ableness, fitness, from habeo, to have or hold. </p> <blockquote> 1. Physical power, whether bodily or mental natural or acquired force of understanding skill in arts or science. [[Ability]] is active power, or power to perform as opposed to capacity, or power to receive. In the plural, abilities is much used in a like sense and also for faculties of the mind, and acquired qualifications. </blockquote> <blockquote> 2. Riches, wealth, substance, which are the means, or which furnish the power, of doing certain acts. </blockquote> <p> They gave after their ability to the work. Ezekiel 2 . </p> <blockquote> 3. Moral power, depending on the will - a metaphysical and theological sense. </blockquote> <blockquote> 4. Civil or legal power, the power or right to do certain things, as an ability to transfer property or dispose of effects - ability to inherit. It is opposed to disability. </blockquote> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_614" /> == | |||
<p> '''''a''''' -'''''bil´i''''' -'''''ti''''' ( δύναμις , <i> '''''dúnamis''''' </i> , or ισχύς , <i> '''''ischús''''' </i> ): Variously used of resources, material, mental and spiritual; e.g. of wealth, "gave after their ability" ( Ezra 2:69 ); of mental endowment, "ability to stand in the king's palace" ( Daniel 1:4 ); of talents and character, "several ability" ( Matthew 25:15 ); of spiritual strength, "minister, as of the ability which God giveth" (the King James Version 1 Peter 4:11 ). It thus may signify either possessions, native capacity, or gifts of the Holy Spirit. </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_19204"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/ability Ability from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_49201"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ability Ability from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_57987"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/ability Ability from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_614"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ability Ability from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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