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== | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_131964" /> == | ||
[[ | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) [[Greater]] than any assignable quantity of the same kind; - said of certain quantities. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' a.) Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; - opposed to finite. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) An infinity; an incalculable or very great number. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) The [[Infinite]] Being; God; the Almighty. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' a.) Capable of endless repetition; - said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' n.) That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' n.) An infinite quantity or magnitude. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60872" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60872" /> == | ||
<p> IN'FINITE, a. L. infinitus in and finitus, terminated. </p> 1. | <p> IN'FINITE, a. L. infinitus in and finitus, terminated. </p> 1. Without limits unbounded boundless not circumscribed applied to time, space and qualities. God is infinite in duration, having neither beginning nor end of existence. He is also infinite in presence, or omnipresent, and his perfections are infinite. We also speak of infinite space. 2. That will have no end. Thus angels and men, though they have had a beginning, will exist in infinite duration. 3. That has a beginning in space, but is infinitely extended as, a line beginning at a point, but extended indefinitely, is an infinite line. 4. Infinite is used loosely and hyperbolically for indefinitely large, immense, of great size or extent. <p> Infinite canon, in music, a perpetual fugue. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66838" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66838" /> == | ||
<p> 1. <i> en mispar </i> , 'no number:' only applied to the understanding of the Lord. | <p> 1. <i> en mispar </i> , 'no number:' only applied to the understanding of the Lord. Psalm 147:5 . </p> <p> 2. <i> en qets </i> , 'no end.' Eliphaz, quite unintelligent as to Job's case, said there was 'no end' of his iniquities. Job 22:5 . There was 'no end' to the strength of [[Ethiopia]] and Egypt in supporting the city No; yet it was carried away: so would God's judgements fall upon Nineveh. Nahum 3:8,9 . </p> | ||
== | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41084" /> == | ||
Psalm 139:7-8 Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:5 John 4:24 Psalm 100:5 Matthew 10:29-30 Psalm 139:1-6 Genesis 17:1 Exodus 6:3 | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:55, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; - said of certain quantities.
(2): ( a.) Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.
(3): ( a.) Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.
(4): ( a.) Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; - opposed to finite.
(5): ( n.) An infinity; an incalculable or very great number.
(6): ( n.) The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.
(7): ( a.) Capable of endless repetition; - said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.
(8): ( n.) That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.
(9): ( n.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.
King James Dictionary [2]
IN'FINITE, a. L. infinitus in and finitus, terminated.
1. Without limits unbounded boundless not circumscribed applied to time, space and qualities. God is infinite in duration, having neither beginning nor end of existence. He is also infinite in presence, or omnipresent, and his perfections are infinite. We also speak of infinite space. 2. That will have no end. Thus angels and men, though they have had a beginning, will exist in infinite duration. 3. That has a beginning in space, but is infinitely extended as, a line beginning at a point, but extended indefinitely, is an infinite line. 4. Infinite is used loosely and hyperbolically for indefinitely large, immense, of great size or extent.
Infinite canon, in music, a perpetual fugue.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
1. en mispar , 'no number:' only applied to the understanding of the Lord. Psalm 147:5 .
2. en qets , 'no end.' Eliphaz, quite unintelligent as to Job's case, said there was 'no end' of his iniquities. Job 22:5 . There was 'no end' to the strength of Ethiopia and Egypt in supporting the city No; yet it was carried away: so would God's judgements fall upon Nineveh. Nahum 3:8,9 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Psalm 139:7-8 Genesis 1:1 Genesis 1:5 John 4:24 Psalm 100:5 Matthew 10:29-30 Psalm 139:1-6 Genesis 17:1 Exodus 6:3
