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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_57987" /> ==
 
<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. &nbsp;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.
Ability <ref name="term_614" />
       
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49201" /> ==
<p> <strong> ABILITY </strong> . In AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘ability’ is either <em> material </em> (&nbsp; Leviticus 27:8 , &nbsp; Ezra 2:69 , &nbsp; Acts 11:29 ) or <em> personal </em> (&nbsp; Daniel 1:4 , &nbsp; 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" /> ==
<p> (n.) The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; - in the plural, faculty, talent. </p>
       
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19204" /> ==
<p> See [[Inability]] </p>
       
== 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" (&nbsp;Ezra 2:69 ); of mental endowment, "ability to stand in the king's palace" (&nbsp;Daniel 1:4 ); of talents and character, "several ability" (&nbsp;Matthew 25:15 ); of spiritual strength, "minister, as of the ability which God giveth" (the King James Version &nbsp;1 Peter 4:11 ). It thus may signify either possessions, native capacity, or gifts of the [[Holy]] Spirit. </p>
<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" (&nbsp;Ezra 2:69 ); of mental endowment, "ability to stand in the king's palace" (&nbsp;Daniel 1:4 ); of talents and character, "several ability" (&nbsp;Matthew 25:15 ); of spiritual strength, "minister, as of the ability which God giveth" (the King James Version &nbsp;1 Peter 4:11 ). It thus may signify either possessions, native capacity, or gifts of the [[Holy]] Spirit. </p>
       
 
==References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="term_57987"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/ability Ability from King James 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_82004"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ability Ability from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_19204"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/ability Ability from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_614"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ability Ability from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_614"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ability Ability from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
</references>
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Revision as of 11:25, 16 October 2021

Ability [1]

a - bil´i - ti ( δύναμις , dúnamis , or ισχύς , ischús ): 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.

References

  1. ↑ Ability from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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