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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_57987" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_57987" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> ABIL'ITY, n. L. habilitas, ableness, fitness, from habeo, to have or hold. </p> 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. 2. Riches, wealth, substance, which are the means, or which furnish the power, of doing certain acts. <p> They gave after their ability to the work. Ezekiel 2 . </p> 3. [[Moral]] power, depending on the will - a metaphysical and theological sense. 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. | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49201" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49201" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <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> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_82004" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_82004" /> == | ||
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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19204" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19204" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See INABILITY. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_614" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_614" /> == | ||
