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Compared
<p> [[Compared,]] pp. Set together and examined with respect to likeness or unlikeness, ag ...58977"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/compared Compared from King James Dictionary]</ref>

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Fire
...the ultimate cause the wide-spread mischief caused by the tongue, which is compared to a spark setting fire to a great forest  Deuteronomy 3:6). </p> <p> ...ness nor pretext. They demand honesty and genuineness. Therefore, they are compared to flaming fire which destroys all dross, and leaves only that which has GO

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Deuteronomy
...priests, Deut. as a layman’s manual. But their legislation is parallel. [[Compared]] with P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] , Deut. is earlier, for questions left ...to as existing in matters of history, as well as in the legislation, when compared with that in Exodus; </p> <p> '''(3)''' on the peculiarity noticeable in th

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Providence
...ontents of the Biblical Doctrine. <p> <b> 1. Different Views of Providence Compared: </b> </p> <p> There are four distinct conceptions of providence as it conc ...d with  Deuteronomy 19:4-5;  1 Kings 22:34;  1 Kings 22:38, compared with 21:19;  Proverbs 16:33). </p> <p> '''(5.)''' By a class which pro

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Ass
...is best suited for the arid hilly regions of western Asia. It is lowly as compared with the horse; it symbolizes peace, as the horse does war, and as such bor ...> <p> There are28 (4 x7) asses separately spoken of, and with these may be compared the28 (4 x7) 'times' connected with 'vain man' in  Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

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Vine
...found them ( Hosea 9:10 ), and the remnant surviving the [[Exile]] is compared to a cluster of grapes ( Isaiah 65:8 ). Finally, an abundance of the v ...;  Psalms 128:3;  Micah 4:4, the rebellious people of Israel are compared to "wild grapes," "an empty vine," "the degenerate plant of a strange vine,

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Inspiration
...of prophecy" in the "holy men moved by the Holy Spirit." The words of one compared with those of another from whom the former may be separated in age and in c ...c, occur in their writings, that the noblest flights of human genius, when compared with them, appear cold and insipid. 3. "It is manifest, with respect to man

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Baptism
...nverts, and not confined to the Jews appears from  Matthew 28:19-20 , compared with  Acts 10:47; and that the baptism of the Spirit did not supersede ...Holy Ghost, and with fire,"  Matthew 3:11;  Acts 1:5; and Jesus compared his sufferings to "a baptism,"  Luke 12:50. John (called "the Baptist,

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Jerusalem
...e: τέσσαρας καὶ δέκα (Niese); Whiston reads ‘forty’ (BJ v. iv. 3).]towers, compared with sixty on the First Wall and ninety on the Third. Its extent was theref ...s compared with the sultry plains of Jordan, a mountain air; enthroned, as compared with Jericho or Damascus, Gaza, or Tyre, on a mountain fastness." ''Sinai A

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Lily
...d so exquisitely perfumed, that the splendour even of Solomon is not to be compared to theirs, shall soon wither and decay, and be used as fuel. God has so ado ...of weeds and worthless plants even as the [[Christians]] are few in number compared to the sinners. </li> </ul> <p>  Hosea 14:5 (a) This is a type of [[Is

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Scorpion
...ess and the formidability of the apocalyptic locusts, whose very tails are compared to the scorpions which normally feed on them. See, further, Locust. </p> <p ...12 . <p> [[Malicious]] and crafty men, who delight in injuring others, are compared to scorpions.  Ezekiel 2 . </p> 3. In astronomy, the eighth sign of th

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Wolf
...miah 5:6 . The rapacious and cruel conduct of the princes of [[Israel]] is compared by  Ezekiel 22:27 , to the mischievous inroads of the same animal: "He ...atest terrors of the lonely shepherd (  John 10:12 ); persecutors are compared to wolves in   Matthew 10:18 ,   Acts 20:29 . </p> <p> E. W. G. M

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Originality
...rely represent the high moral tone which obtains on both of the sides thus compared, and no direct connexion is required to account for the resemblance. On the

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Comparison
...stimate of men and their actions by comparison. </p> 2. The state of being compared. <p> If we rightly estimate what we call good and evil, we shall find it li ...relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison

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Egypt
...sion, in  Job 4:19 , where the perishing generations of men are fitly compared to habitations of the frailest materials, built upon the heap of similar dw ...13:10;  Exodus 16:3;  Numbers 11:5; to its mode of irrigation as compared with the greater advantages of Canaan, which had rain and was watered by na

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Leviticus
...the early sin-offering required by this code, its place is very secondary compared with P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] . The laws of H [Note: Law of Holiness.] ...nstructions respecting the Feast of Tabernacles.  Leviticus 23:39, as compared with  Leviticus 23:34, shows that the same feast is referred to; while

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Lion
...el 1:10), the kingly aspect of Messiah in Matthew. </p> <p> [[Nineveh]] is compared to a lion's den, full of remains of its prey, appropriately, as lion figure ...;Revelation 5:5). </p> <p>  Ezekiel 19:2 (a) The nation of Israel was compared to this animal. The leaders represent the parent animals. Their offspring a

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Law In The Old Testament
...after the return from the exile, even these were in number a mere handful compared with the priests ( Ezra 2:36-42;  Ezra 8:15-20 ,  Ezra 8:24-

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Second Epistle Of Peter
...m> . Of these there are very few traces, though   2 Peter 1:13 may be compared with   2 Corinthians 5:1;   2 Peter 2:19 with   Romans 6:13; ...''''Αὐτῶν''''' .  2 Peter 2:17 shows a like similarity and difference compared with  Judges 1:13. The claim of originality thus lies on the side of J

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Book Of. Zechariah
...he description of the increase in Jerusalem,  Zechariah 14:10, may be compared with  Zechariah 2:4; and the prediction in  Zechariah 8:20-23 wit

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Ezekiel
...cteristics. Less than 10 percent of the messages are in a poetic format as compared to the frequent use of poetry in Isaiah and Jeremiah. A number of phrases a ...arabolical, and abounds in figures and metaphorical expressions. He may be compared to the [[Grecian]] AEschylus; he displays a rough but majestic dignity; an

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Carmel
...a good hiding-place (  Amos 9:3 ). The head of the [[Shulammite]] is compared to Carmel (  Song of Solomon 7:5 ). </p> <p> The mountain seems from a ...mountain as of old. In  Song of Solomon 7:5 the head of the bride is compared to Carmel. It is now called <i> Jebel Kurmul. </i> </p> <p> 2. City in the

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Cloud
...previous chapter. There were all of these and more - so many that they are compared to a cloud. </p> ...darkness" which is both literal and figurative. Misfortune and old age are compared to "the cloudy and dark day" ( Ezekiel 34:12 ) and "the clouds returni

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Mother
...eing like that of a mother hen for her chicks ( Matthew 23:37 ). Paul compared his ministry to a mother in labor ( Galatians 4:19 ) and a nursing mot ...s. </p> <p>  Ezekiel 19:2 (a) The strong, able founders of Israel are compared to a mother lion. The nature was fierce, and their attitude cruel. They wer

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Color
...ural object to which it is applied in [[Scripture]] is the lips, which are compared to a scarlet thread ( Song of Solomon 4:3). Josephus considered it as

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Dog
...w 15:26 (a) This troubled woman accepted the place [[Christ]] gave her and compared herself to a dog waiting to be fed with the crumbs. </p> <p>  Philippi ...eir vomit again. The only apparent exception to the above is when the Lord compared the [[Syrophenician]] woman to a dog, and she said, "Yet the dogs eat of th

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Faith
...alted role of the martyr as a faithful witness (2:10,13, 19; 14:12) who is compared with Jesus Christ who is also designated as faithful (1:5; 3:14; 19:11). Al ...;Luke 22:32;  Luke 17:5;  Matthew 17:20;  Matthew 21:21). [[Compared]] with this (and Paul points out the contrast emphatically), the O.T. revel

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Hell
...furious, quenchless fire.’ </p> <p> With this passage should be carefully compared <i> En. </i> cviii. 3-6, where some exceptional features occur in the descr ...o Sheol,  Numbers 16:30;  Numbers 16:33;  Ezekiel 31:15-17 (compared with  Job 7:9;  Genesis 42:38). Comp. Josephus (Ant. 17:1, 3), wh

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Locust
..., there is a terrific description of symbolical locusts, in which they are compared to war-horses, their hair to the hair of women, etc. Niebuhr heard an Arab ...oel 1:4;  Nahum 3:15; Jdt_2:19-20; where the most numerous armies are compared to the <em> arbeh, </em> or locust. </p> <p> The locust, in entomology, bel

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Wool
...aic]] ritual, while in  Revelation 1:14 the hair of the Son of Man in compared to white wool. White wool, here as elsewhere (cf.  Psalms 147:16, &nbs ...ting from the removal of sin by [[Jehovah]] from His people; the sin being compared to that which had been dyed crimson. The law forbade the wearing of a garme

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Epistle To The Galatians
...rect from God, and not through the older Apostles, with whom the Judaizers compared him unfavourably. For this purpose he tells of his conversion, of his relat ...ith it. The reversal of "Galatian and Phrygia(n)" in  Acts 18:23 , as compared with  Acts 16:6 , implies that the apostle on the 3rd tour struck "the

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The Gospel According To Mark
...half as numerous as Aramaisms. They number 11, the same as in Matthew, as compared with 6 in Luke and 7 in John. The greater proportion in Mark is the only re

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Medicine
...f Egyptian origin; still medicine in Egypt was a mere art or profession. [[Compared]] with the wild countries around them, however, the [[Egyptians]] must have ...edicine. Though their views were narrow, and their information scanty when compared with some of the chiefs of the other sects, and although they rejected as u

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Syriac Versions
...t of the common printed Peshito has been re-wrought will appear when it is compared with the Curetonian Syriac Gospels. </p> <p> '''4.''' ''Minor Recensions. '

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Vulgate
...te version of the New Testament was made, and at the time it was afterward compared with the Greek manuscripts by St. Jerom, as they were then nearer the times ...f the gospels which he follows is marked by the latter characteristic when compared with the African. In the other books the difference cannot be traced with a

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Gospels
... John 7:10) and the former visit ( John 5:1), for  John 6:4 compared with  John 7:1 implies Christ omitted attending the [[Passover]] occur ...nce in   1 Corinthians 13:2 to the ‘faith that removes mountains,’ as compared with   Matthew 17:20;   Matthew 21:21 . </p> <p> Another form of

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Recensions Of The Old Testament.
...ance, or a [[Collection]] of various Readings of the Samiaritan Pentateuch compared with the Hebrew and other [[Ancient]] Versions, in Libl. Sacra (Andover, 18

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Roman Empire
...actors preserved Rome at this crisis. The further stages of the war may be compared with the later phases of the South African War. The Roman army was broken u ...d, and whereas the first three are compared to known animals, the Roman is compared to some dreadful monster that cannot be named: cf.  Daniel 7:7 . </p>

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Eagle
... Psalms 103:5 , and  Isaiah 40:31 . It is remarkable that Cyrus, compared, in  Isaiah 46:11 , to an eagle, (so the word translated "ravenous bir ...e Romans had the eagle standard, hence, the appropriateness of their being compared to an eagle ( Deuteronomy 28:49). </p>

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Isaac
...7:1) '''''—''''' </p> <p> '''7.''' [[Eliezer]] as steward, whose office is compared to that of the messenger of the Olympic deities. </p> <p> '''IV.''' ''Tradi ...hand; so likewise the figure of Isaac is colorless and his story brief, as compared with the striking figures of Jacob on the one hand and of Abraham on the ot

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Acts Of The Apostles
...p;1 Thessalonians 1:1;  2 Thessalonians 1:1;  2 Corinthians 1:19 compared with  Acts 18:5. </p> <p> But in the epistles written where we know, f <p> The introduction to this book compared with the introduction to the gospel by Luke makes it plain that the two wer

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Alexander The Great
...great monarchies are alluded to, and the third, the kingdom of Greece, is compared to a chariot with white horses. </p> <p> [[Alexander]] the Great, son of [[

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Church
...ostility when they saw the rapidity with which Christians made converts as compared with their own slowness in making proselytes here and there. Until the Macc ...e assemblage of them that believed’ (  Acts 4:32 ), the word used, as compared with its employment elsewhere, suggesting not a throng or crowd but the who

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Old - Golden
...on 3:18 (a) Those invaluable graces which we may receive from the Lord are compared to this precious metal. These blessings from Heaven enrich the life on eart

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Holy War War
...26-27 ). </p> <p> In the meantime the [[Christian]] life is metaphorically compared to warfare. Timothy is exhorted to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jes

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Harmony Of The Gospels
...nd Mark will agree compared to Matthew. Matthew and Luke hardly ever agree compared to Mark. The same is true in word usage and sentence structure. Mark often

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Lord'S Supper (Ii)
...d’ and the ‘cup’ as the ‘body of Christ’ and the ‘blood of Christ’ must be compared with St. Paul’s description elsewhere of Christians being made by means o

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Epistles To Thethessalonians
...( 2 Thessalonians 2:2). The colder, more official tone of 2 Thess. as compared with the First Epistle may be explained by the necessity for plain speaking

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Compared
<p> [[Compared,]] pp. Set together and examined with respect to likeness or unlikeness, ag ...58977"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/compared Compared from King James Dictionary]</ref>

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Rasshopper
...m are very important in GOD's sight. They are small and insignificant when compared to the greatness and the power of [[God.]] </p> <p>  Nahum 3:17 (a) Th

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Christology Christ
...are compared with one another, and extends to his speeches as a whole when compared with St. Peters. And whatever explanation be given of the composition of th

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Clement Of Alexandria
...m who had lived according to their light (44â€“53), though that was feeble compared with the glory of the gospel (54â€“70). He then sketches the lineament

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Theophilus
...but a general consideration of the Lucan books, both by themselves and as compared with the other Gospels, gives some important clues. </p> <p> The most remar ...lso does the more elegant style of Luke's dedication ( Luke 1:1-4) as compared with that of, the rest of the Gospel which is more derived from existing br

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Coal
<p>  Psalm 120:4 (b) The evil words of hostile enemies are compared to coals that burn and hurt when they strike. </p> <p>  Proverbs 6:23 ...f wood (not '''''‘''''' juniper,' but broom), to which the false tongue is compared ( James 3:6). In  2 Samuel 14:7, the quenching of the live coal i

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Cedar
...of patriarchal times, and the moral majesty of the Messianic age, are all compared to the towering cedar, in its royal loftiness and supremacy ( Isaiah 2 ...of Lebanon.  Psalm 92:12 . The Assyrian king in his strength was also compared to a cedar, which is thus described: "with fair branches, and with a shadow

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Coriander
<p> To it in form and color the manna is compared ( Exodus 16:31;  Numbers 11:7). The '''''Gad''''' , Phoenician, ' ...small round seed, of a very agreeable smell and taste. The manna might be compared to the coriander seed in respect to its form or shape, as it was to bdelliu

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Book Of Daniel
...It is plainly manifested that these empires would depreciate. The first is compared to gold, the second to silver, the third to brass, and the fourth to iron a ...;Daniel 1:21, compared with  Daniel 10:1; and in  Daniel 1:5-18, compared with  Daniel 2:1. With regard to the first supposed contradiction, we

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Gold
...lory to God and the Father. ( Revelation 1:6) And as Christ's head is compared on all these, and the like accounts to gold: so his hands to rings of gold ...e read of 'choice gold,' 'fine gold,' 'pure gold.' [[Precious]] things are compared with gold to show their value.  Psalm 119:72,127 . It was extensively

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Hind
...e purposely reserved by the venerable patriarch for his son Joseph, who is compared to the boughs of a tree; and the repetition of the idea in reference to [[N ...ors, prophets, and poets of the tribe. A faithful and affectionate wife is compared to the hind,  Proverbs 5:19 , as also are swift and sure-footed heroes

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Lucifer
...Ã¢l </em> ) can denote only the waning of some luminary, as it is forcibly compared with the impending fate of the then king of Babylon, whose utter destructio ...h here referred to, laving surpassed all other kings in royal splendor, is compared to the harbinger of day, whose brilliancy surpasses that of the surrounding

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Linen
...reeches of Aaron and his sons in ministering:  Exodus 28:40-42, which compared with  Exodus 39:28, "linen ( '''''Baad''''' ) of fine turned linen" ( ...en we begin to live a life of righteous acts, deeds and godliness which is compared to a linen robe. [[Wool]] is a product of GOD's power and ingenuity. No man

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Marriage
...ition to the cases already quoted, we may add the closeness of maternal as compared with paternal relationships, evidenced in bars of marriage (see below, Â§ ...ld be. </p> <p>  Malachi 2:11 (a) The affection of Judah for idols is compared to a marriage wherein the heart that should have been joined to the Lord tu

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Peter
...Jesus ( Mark 16:7). These omissions are relatively insignificant when compared with the main body of Marcan material which Matthew has preserved. The addi ...strong relief contrasted with his colleagues, but make a faint impression compared with the steadfast and uncompromisiing principles of the apostles, who, aft

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City
<p>  Proverbs 25:28 (a) The Christian is compared to a city filled with treasures, jewels and valuables. His treasures are pa ...ch are now in a state of dilapidation; but the Crusades are of modern days compared with the time of the Savior, which itself is remote from the proper antiqui

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House
...ere of small dimensions, 12 to 15 feet square as a rule, with which may be compared the legal definition of ‘large’ and ‘small’ rooms in the late perio ...s length (as in the [[Haram]] wall, and in the base of the tower of David) compared to their height generally are. Roman work on the contrary has often the hei

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Horse
...ains." (See [[Chariot]] .) The donkey is the emblem of peace. The bride is compared to "a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots" ( Song of [[Solomon]] 1 ...In  James 3:3 , the small bridle by which the horse can be managed is compared to the tongue (compare  Psalm 32:9 ). In  Job 39:19-25 we have a

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Love
...espects the Apostle’s teaching on the love of God marks a retrogression as compared with the gospel of Jesus: on the one hand, St. Paul restricts the love of G ...While the answer of Peter, then, claims only an inferior kind of love, as compared to the one contained in Christ's question, he nevertheless is confident of

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Sword
...d” used by Israel’s heavy infantry. </p> <p> This two-edged “sword” can be compared to a tongue: “… Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows ...e justice ( Ezekiel 21:3;  Revelation 1:16 ). [[Rash]] words are compared to a sword that pierces ( Proverbs 12:18 ); the tongue is like a sharp

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Test
...Zech. 13:9). The coming of the messenger of the covenant (Jesus Christ) is compared to the work of a smith: “But who may abide the day of his coming? and who ...t and every light her muse will bear. </p> 4. That with which any thing is compared for proof of its genuineness a standard. <p> --Life, force and beauty must

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Birth
...the Galatians for full consecration to the person of [[Jesus Christ]] is compared to a birth. Works, deeds and philosophies were occupying the minds and hear

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Chain
...n 20:1 (b) GOD's commandments restrict, prohibit, and defeat Satan and are compared to links that form a chain for his utter punishment. (See2Pe  2:4; &nb

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Emerald
...that the σμάραγδος with which the rainbow (ἶρις) round about the throne is compared ( Revelation 4:3) was rock-crystal, as only a colourless stone could t ... Revelation 21:19  Tobit 13:16. The rainbow around the throne is compared to emerald in  Revelation 4:3. </p>

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Grass
...ces during drought ( 1 Kings 18:5 ). Humans in their mortality can be compared to grass in contrast to God's word ( Isaiah 40:6-8; compare  Isai ...re frequently does that emblem occur in which our fleeting generations are compared to the grass "which in the morning groweth up, and which in the evening is

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Hair
...are directed. </p> <p> The greater abundance of hair possessed by woman as compared with man is mentioned by St. Paul in an argument against the practice of un ...omon 4:1 (a) The mixture of white hair with dark hair as age progresses is compared to the white goats and dark goats mingled together on the hillside as seen

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Heifer
...is]] 15:9 ,   1 Samuel 16:2 ,   Numbers 19:2 f. etc.). Israel is compared to a heifer in   Hosea 4:16 , and so is Egypt in   Jeremiah 46:20 ...r,"  Hosea 4:16. Authorized Version, "backsliding" to which Israel is compared. </p>

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Judgment
...literally. To this conclusion, likewise, the phraseology of the prophets, compared with that of the Apostle, evidently leads: for the prophetic phraseology, l ...e mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The

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New
...with the Mosaic, nearly fifteen hundred years before; it is "new" (kainos) compared with the Mosaic, which is old in character, ineffective,   Hebrews 8:8 ...ew teaching with authority (  Mark 1:27 ) and whose ministry could be compared to new wine bursting old expectations of God's involvement in human salvati

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Parable
...onis </i> goes, that is, the third thing which is common to the two things compared. But all this still leaves a large debatable ground in many parables. In th ...eful, however, not to insist on too minute a correspondence of the objects compared. It is not to be expected that the resemblance will hold good in every part

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Passover
...e essential (so Chrysostom, Hom. in 1 Cor. xv. 3. 8). Again we have Christ compared to a ‘lamb without blemish and without spot’ ( 1 Peter 1:19), abso ...many changes seem to have taken place as to the mode of its celebration as compared with its first celebration (Compare  Deuteronomy 16:2,5,6;  2 Chr

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Rain
...storm" ( Job 24:8). '''''Sagrir''''' only in  Proverbs 27:15. As compared with Egypt, Palestine was a land of rain ( Deuteronomy 11:10-11), but ...so  Matthew 7:25). </p> <p>  Isaiah 55:10 (a) The Word of GOD is compared in this passage to the rain which falls upon the dry ground, and does its w

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Resurrection
...relating to the resurrection in St. Paul’s correspondence be collected and compared they appear to show three distinct elements at work. </p> <p> (a) There is ...curious as to the nature of <strong> the resurrection body </strong> . He compared the condition of those who had arisen to that of the angels (  Mark 12

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Sand
...er the world, as sand is found all over the world. The nation of Israel is compared not only to sand, but also to dust and to the stars. (See under these words ...; the multitude of quails provided for the [[Israelites]] in the desert is compared to the sand ( Psalm 78:27 ); the [[Psalmist]] says of the thoughts of

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Stranger
...ore distinct from the "nations," or non-Israelite peoples. The term may be compared with our expression ''"Naturalized Foreigner".'' </p> <p> The terms applied ...considerately treated, for the condition of the Hebrew slave is favorably compared with that of the hired servant and the sojourner in contradistinction to th

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Wind
...hirlwind " ( Isaiah 5:28;  Jeremiah 4:13). Total defeat is often compared to "chaff scattered by a whirlwind" ( Isaiah 17:13). It denotes the ra ...to describe them as sudden and irresistible (; ; ). Total defeat is often compared to 'chaff scattered by a whirlwind' (). It denotes the rapidity and irresis

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Plagues Of Egypt
...produced them. The performances of these magicians are really below par as compared with those which may be witnessed in the room of any travelling conjurer am

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Seba
...ts" ( Psalms 72:10). This mention of Sheba and Seba together is to be compared with the occurrence of a Sheba among the descendants of Cush ( Genesis

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Samson
...but, above all, the destruction of Samson by his beloved Delilah has been compared with the overcoming of Hercules through Omphale (Diod. Sic. 4:31; Apollod.

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Thief
...f-seeking teachers—whether false Christs, or, more probably, Pharisees—are compared to thieves and robbers. <b> 4. </b>  John 12:6. [[Judas]] ‘was a thi ...in the night," to which the unexpected coming of the Lord to the world is compared.  1 Thessalonians 5:2,4;  2 Peter 3:10;  Revelation 3:3; etc

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Targum
...ccupies about one-sixth of the latter; if the Targums of the two books are compared in Lagarde's text, the Canticles are two-thirds of Proverbs. So Lamentation

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Common Prayer
...Prayer (Lond. 1856, 2d ed. 8vo); Cardwell, The two Liturgies of Edward VI compared (Oxf. 1838, 8vo); Maskell, Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (Lond. 1

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Second Epistle To The. Corinthians
...w lost, to which he is to be supposed to refer in  2 Corinthians 2:3 (compared with  2 Corinthians 2:4;  2 Corinthians 2:9);  2 Corinthians

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Graving
...ed in this branch of art; for instance, the Egyptians,  Exodus 12:35, compared with 32:2, 3; the Canaanites,  Joshua 6:19; the Midianites,  Numb

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Law Of Moses
...1-16;  Numbers 9:6-12;  Numbers 15:32-41;  Numbers 27:1-11, compared with  Numbers 36:1-12), we actually see how general rules, civil, crim

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Gospel According To Luke
...ng scheme. If the contents of each Gospel be represented by 100, then when compared this result is obtained: </p> <p> Mark has 7 peculiarities, 93 coincidences ...ly twenty-four in the one against sixty-five in the other '''''—''''' when compared with their abundance in Matthew. Only eight out of the whole number are pec

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Molech
...y instances of human sacrifices are found in ancient writers, which may be compared with the description of the Old Testament of the manner in which Molech was ...y instances of human sacrifices are found in ancient writers; which may be compared with the descriptions in the Old Testament of the manner in which Molech wa

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Montanists
...ed to [[Elijah]] when he was fasting in the desert of Horeb, especially as compared with the severe tone of the call to Adam when he had been eating the forbid

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Mosaism
...e Christian Review for January 1874, in noticing Paul's view of Mosaism as compared with Christianity, reduces the characteristics of the former to the followi

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Book Of Nehemiah
...same lists give variations in names of men. So does  Nehemiah 12:1-7, compared with  Nehemiah 12:12, and. with  Nehemiah 10:1-8. A comparison of

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New Testament
...s, was collected with the greatest diligence and success; authorities were compared and classified; principles of observation and judgment were laid down. But ...f, Jude subscript.); but the Coislinian fragment (H3) may have been itself compared, according to the subscription, "with the copy in the library at Caesarea,

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Jean Jacques Rousseau
...beau and Saint-Simon; and in philosophy, as a preacher of deism, he may be compared with Kant. For both good and evil, Rousseau was a mighty exponent of the sp

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Sirach
...ies that what the physician can do is to pray for the patient. </p> <p> As compared with the later Jewish literature, i.e., the Talmudim and Midrashim (of whic

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First Epistle To. Timothy
...of the past, anxieties about the future. </p> <p> '''3.''' The absence, as compared with Paul's other epistles, of Old-Test. references. This may connect itsel

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Tooth
...ders like knives" ( Proverbs 30:14). </p> <p> [[Beautiful]] teeth are compared to "sheep newly shorn and washed" in  Song of Solomon 4:2;  Song

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Dragon
... Deuteronomy 32:33 (a) The counsel of wicked leaders and teachers is compared to the poison of cruel animals. </p> <p>  Job 30:29 (a) Job compares h ...midst of his rivers." For, to what could a king of Egypt be more properly compared than the crocodile? The same argument he draws from  Isaiah 51:9 : "Ar

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Moses
.... </p> <p> (3) The details of their lives are sometimes, though not often, compared.  Acts 7:24-28;  Acts 7:35. In  Judges 1:9, is an allusion t ...nus, 23:115, 124,156-188; 24:41). Even the smiting of the rock by Moses is compared to a myth recorded in [[Euripides]] (Bacch. 5:703); to Bacchus smiting a ro

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Adder
...an animal passing: and this well agrees with the above text, where Dan is compared to "an adder in the path that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider sha ...the small speckled venomous snake, the "horned snake," or cerastes. Dan is compared to this serpent, which springs from its hiding-place on the passer-by. </li

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Apocrypha
...effort on his part, the instrument of destruction being the Law, which is compared to fire. Then in addition to the saved remnant of the Jews already referred ...16-17). There is a lack of inherent power and majesty in the Apocrypha, as compared with canonical Scripture. </p> <p> The son of Sirach (Prologue, chap. 39, &

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Bread
...eon, with his handful of undisciplined militia, that he seems to have been compared to bread of this inferior quality, which may account for the ready interpre ...e, while being heated, that the smoke of the ruined cities of the plain is compared in   Genesis 19:28 (EV [Note: English Version.] <strong> furnace </str

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David
...f immense strength and agility. In swiftness and activity he could only be compared to a wild gazelle, with feet like harts' feet, with arms strong enough to b ...nd difficult situation. It was that peculiar Jewish caution which has been compared to the sagacity of a hunted animal, such as is remarked in Jacob, and after

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Apocalyptic Literature
...ght of direct imitation, is the elaborate angelology of the Enoch books as compared with the one name which appears in the Apocalypse of Baruch. The book with

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Compare
...en to represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration. <p> [[Solon]] compared the people to the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds for that the ...as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as,

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The Genealogy Of Jesus Christ
...hat He is Son of David by virtue of His birth of Mary. With this should be compared the statement of Paul ( Romans 1:3 ,  Romans 1:1 ): He who was Go

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New (And Earth, New) Heavens
...out of the old produce a purified universe, whence also the catastrophe is compared to that of the Deluge. As then the old world perished by water and the pres

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Kingdom Of Judah
...try. Neither the kingdom of Israel nor that of Judah is for a moment to be compared to those of Egypt and Assyria. Even the combined kingdom under David and So

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Languages Of The Old Testament
...ical Aramaic. It represents a further declension from classical Semitic as compared with the Hebrew. The following are the principal points in which Biblical A

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Nicolas-Louis Poulle
...e who mistake brilliancy of style for eloquence. He might be more properly compared with the abb De Boismont, his contemporary; they have the same qualities an

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Pronunciation Of Proper Names
...ed from the foreign languages Greek and Hebrew. They are, therefore, to be compared specially with words of similar origin, such as the names of classical anti

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Paul In Arabia
...lesh and blood compared with God. Even grace itself is but flesh and blood compared with Christ, says [[Thomas]] Shepard. And Paul is careful and exact, above

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Dove (Turtle)
...[Ephraim]] is a name applied to backsliding Israel. In this passage she is compared to this poor, simple, helpless bird which is a prey to every enemy. (See al

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Plow (And Forms)
...es]] and the wife. The wife is compared to the heifer, and his enemies are compared to those who do the plowing, or conniving with her. </p> <p> Job 4:8 (a) Th

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Rapes
...red Him, hated Him, disobeyed Him, and grieved Him. Their evil actions are compared to wild grapes. </p> <p> Jeremiah 31:29 (a) GOD is telling us in this way t

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Nicolas Poussin
...as Flammingo: they lived in the same house together at Rome. His coloring, compared with his drawing, is inferior and mannered, which is somewhat remarkable, c

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Bishop Of Tours Gregorius (32) Turonensis
...upon written authorities he is, in detail, untrustworthy. Where he can be compared with writers now extant, as in the first two books of the History, his inac

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Bishop Of Jerusalem Joannes Ii
...o open violence. The dialogue of Jerome against the Pelagians, though mild compared with his other controversial works, incensed them, and they proceeded to bu

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Coner-Stone
...as the corner stone occupies an important and conspicuous place, Jesus is compared to it,  1 Peter 2:6 , because God has given him, as the Mediator, a di

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Midianites
...are called now by one name and now by the other. See  Genesis 37:25 , compared with  Genesis 37:36 . Their capital city was called Midian, and its re

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Beatitude
...of blessing. With these Beatitudes in the canonical [[Gospels]] should be compared one preserved by St. Paul, and one found in the Codex Bezae— </p> <p> ‘

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Fatherhood Of God
...ened to a kind and loving father. [[Elsewhere]] God's love and care can be compared to that of a concerned and caring mother ( Isaiah 49:14-16;  Luke

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Union With Christ
...Father and the Son ( John 17:11;  John 17:21, etc.). It is also compared to the union of a vine and its branches ( John 15:4-5); to the union o

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Gospel Of John
...ermining a disputed question of authorship, alternative theories should be compared and their relative probability estimated. Accordingly, it has here been con

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Union To Christ
...he Father and the Son,  John 17:11;  John 17:21 , &c. It is also compared to the union of a vine and its branches,  John 15:4-5 . To the union o

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Almond Tree
...her chiefs were from the same tree. </p> <p> The hoary head is beautifully compared by [[Solomon]] to the almond tree, covered in the earliest days of spring w ...bsp;Numbers 17:8. In  Ecclesiastes 12:5 the hoary head is beautifully compared with the almond tree, either on account of its whiteness, beauty and winter

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The Book Of Deuteronomy
...s. The style is no more different than was to be expected in a lyrical, as compared with a historical, composition. Psalm 90, which is Moses' work, resembles i ...n form between early Hittite treaties and later [[Assyrian]] treaties when compared to Deuteronomy are the bases for deciding in favor of an early or a later d

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The First Epistle To Timothy
...is not inconsistent with a late date; he was "young" not absolutely but as compared with "Paul the aged" ( Philemon 1:9), and with some of the elders whom

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Archaeology And Biblical Study
...d ziggurats are thought the nearest things to be seen today which could be compared with the Tower of [[Babel]] story. </p> <p> Claims of discovery of parallel

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Fishing Fish
...g when He called disciples to be witnesses ( Matthew 4:18-19 ). Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to a net thrown into the sea and loaded with fish of

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The Letter James
...example, Martin Luther referred to the book as “an epistle of straw” when compared with Paul's writings. </p> <p> More careful exegesis has shown that the con

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Minerals And Metals
...]] translating another word as “emerald.” The rainbow around the throne is compared to an emerald ( Revelation 4:3 ), which also served as the fourth ston

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Prophets Prophecy
...ceforth became a part of that religion.’ The power of the prophet has been compared to the modern liberty of the press. The comparison is sadly inadequate, for ...the Old Testament to understand the New Testament realities. Christ can be compared to Adam ( 1 Corinthians 15:22-23; see  1 Corinthians 10:11 ). (4)

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Jewels And Precious Stones
.... In   Revelation 9:17 the breastplates of the visionary horsemen are compared to jacinth [[(Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] ‘ <strong> hyacinth </strong>

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Savour
...[[Christ]] was so perfect, so beautiful, and so pleasing to GOD that it is compared to the fragrant incense which ascended from the golden altar in the holy pl

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Speckled Bird
...em> of prey </em> , just as, on account of its hostility to Jehovah, it is compared in v. 3 to a lion. But, as a speckled bird attracts the hostile attention o

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Birth Of Christ
...rovince Galatia; but although the taking of the oath of allegiance was, as compared with a census, a matter which required little preparation and instruction o

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Fatherhood Father
...oad field of human life. </p> <p> <b> 5. </b> <i> Jesus’ conception of God compared with that of the [[Ot,]] and with views of His contemporaries. </i> —The

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Hellenistic And Biblical Greek
...lexions, we may draw attention to the Egyptian declension in -ᾶς, -ᾶτος as compared with the Ionic -ᾶς, -ᾶδος (imparisyllabic nouns of this class are n

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Ideas (Leading)
...ones. God so cares for even the most sinful among His children, that He is compared to the shepherd seeking the lost sheep, to the woman searching for her lost

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Infancy
...s, however, are characterized by a wonderful simplicity and restraint when compared with such accounts as his; they proclaim themselves so much nearer what the

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Names And Titles Of Christ
...hew 24:27 ||  Luke 17:24), and the circumstances of His appearing are compared to those of the world in the days of Noah and of [[Lot]] ( Matthew 24:

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Epistle To Thephilippians
...person addressed but mainly with an eye to future publication. If they are compared with genuine letters such as Cicero’s the difference is at once apparent.

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Perfect Perfection
...ally, socially (cf.  1 Corinthians 13:10 f.,  Galatians 4:3); as compared with the fresh uninstructed convert, the disciplined and experienced Christ

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Teaching Of Jesus
.... and Lk.), have been able to achieve. </p> <p> [[Observe]] the following, compared with the parallel passages in Mt. and Lk.: ‘He proceeded to teach them in

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Trial-At-Law
...e see [[T.]] Mommsen, <i> Römisches Strafrecht </i> , Leipzig, 1899, to be compared with [[F.]] [[P.]] Walton, <i> [[Historical]] Introduction to the Roman Law

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Wisdom Of Solomon
...of the making of wooden images:  Isaiah 44:13-19;  Isaiah 40:20, compared with  Wisdom of Solomon 13:11-16. In the latter the carpenter selects

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Comparable
<p> [[Comparable,]] a. That may be compared worthy of comparison being of equal regard that may be estimated as equal. <p> (a.) Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. </p>

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Pant
...art for the wicked things of earth to satisfy his lusts and desires. It is compared to the thirst of an animal which causes it to seek out the water hole. </p>

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Ratio
...ind only. One line may be compared with another line, but a line cannot be compared with a superficies, and hence between a line and a superficies there can be

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Than
...the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some gramma

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Greece Grecia
...four kingdoms, before Rome became supreme.  Daniel 7:6 . Again it is compared to a he-goat that touched not the ground, also marking the speed of its pro

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Episcopalians
...red with those of the bishops of the establishment in England, are not so, compared with those of other ministers generally in the United States.] </p>

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Reen
...like a flood, and they had no Scriptures from which to read. This time is compared to the season of a dry tree. </p>

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Deluge
...nd other mythological personages worshipped and celebrated by the Heathen, compared with the varied traditions respecting their histories, and the nature of th ...the degree of accordance or discordance which such evidences may offer, as compared with the written narrative. </p> <p> The evidence which geology may disclos

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Bdellium
...he shores of the Persian gulf and in India, and which might not inaptly be compared with manna, as in  Numbers 11:7 . </p> ...seems the more probable allusion, for the manna is in   Exodus 16:14 compared also to the hoar frost. </p>

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Beard
...blem used  Ezekiel 5:1-5 , where the inhabitants of [[Jerusalem]] are compared to the hair of his head and beard. Though they had been dear to God as the ...nbsp;Ezra 9:3 : cf.  Jeremiah 41:5 . God's judgement on [[Israel]] is compared to the beard being consumed by a razor,  Isaiah 7:20; and they were to

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Chronicles
...esiastical institutions. </p> <p> A thorough examination of these books as compared with those of Samuel and Kings will satisfy the inquirer that the latter we

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Calneh
...one of the Assyrian kings, and never recovered its prosperity. Hence it is compared with Carchemish, Hamath, and [[Gath]] ( Isaiah 10:9; Aimos 6:2), and r ...eiform is doubtful. Fried. Delitzsch ( <i> [[Wo]] lag das Paradies? </i> ) compared it with <i> ''''' Kul ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' unu ''''' </i> , but as we are

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Capernaum
...<p> ‘Seen alone there might have been some doubt as to its character, but compared with the number of ruins of the same character which have lately been broug ...berias.") It was in or near the "land of Gennesaret" ( Matthew 14:34, compared with  John 6:17;  John 6:21;  John 6:24), that is, the rich,

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Common
...rm to what was inpure, whether naturally or legally (as in  Mark 7:2, compared with  1 [[Maccabees]] 1:47;  1 Maccabees 1:62). Finally, it was u ...applied the term to what was impure, whether naturally or legally (as in , compared with; ). And, finally, it was used of meats forbidden, or such as had been

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Epistle To The Colossians
...the new atmosphere of liberty. On one side, therefore, this Epistle may be compared with He I, where the supremacy of the Son over all angels is strongly insis

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Damascus
...of scenery, has not forgotten Damascus: the nose of the [[Shulammite]] is compared to the ‘tower of [[Lebanon]] which looketh toward Damascus’ (  Son ...ain became a Roman city. In the early history of Christianity Damascus, as compared with Antioch, played a very minor part. But it is memorable in Christian hi

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Ethan
...terpreters suppose to be the Ethan of , to whose wisdom that of Solomon is compared. </p> ...> ''''' Gaithán ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared ( 1 Kings 4:31 ). Called there "Ethan the Ezrahite," to whom the title

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Exodus
...which would seem to extend it beyond the time of Moses, particularly when compared with  Joshua 5:11-12, according to which the manna ceased not until af

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Genesis
...venant of circumcision) where, however, Jehovah occurs once in verse 1, as compared with Elohim seven times;  Genesis 19:29-38 (conclusion of Lot's histor

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Hadad
...n the altered form of [[Hadar]] .  Genesis 25:15;  Genesis 36:39 compared with  1 Chronicles 1:30;  1 Chronicles 1:50. </p> <p> 1. Son of I ...in the same sense, where he substitutes it for [[Benhadad]] (Ant. 9, 8, 7, compared with  2 Kings 13:24). (See [[Hadad-Rimmon]]). </p> <p> '''1.''' ADAD (

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Hosea
...f loyalty towards God; and the greater emotional element that marks him as compared with Amos. At the same time, it is important not to exaggerate the differen ...prophecies '''''—''''' so scattered, so unconnected that bishop Lowth has compared them with the leaves of the [[Sibyl]] '''''—''''' were probably collected

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Hebrews
...hat the diversity of style in the Epistle to the Hebrews is so great, when compared to that of St. Paul's epistles, that, unless we suppose the Greek costume d

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Heman
...with three others celebrated for their wisdom, to which that of Solomon is compared ( 1 Kings 4:31), probably the same as the son of Zerah and grandson of ...named with others celebrated for their wisdom, to which that of Solomon is compared . The considerations stated under Ethan will distinguish this Heman from th

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Herod
...laughter of a comparatively few infants in a village seemed unimportant as compared with his other abounding deeds of atrocity. [[Macrobius]] long subsequently ...thet can only be applied to him as his personality and accomplishments are compared to others of his family. </p> <p> [[Robert]] W. Stagg </p>

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Jezebel
...ens famous in history. Her religious attitude and zeal might profitably be compared with that of Mary, queen of Scots. It must also be remembered that the intr

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Lebanon
...Lebanon is still fairly well wooded in a few places, though very scantily compared with ancient times, when Hiram, king of Tyre, supplied Solomon with ‘ceda ...le,"  2 Kings 14:9 . The spiritual prosperity of the righteous man is compared by the [[Psalmist]] to the same noble plant: "The righteous shall flourish

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Palestine
...any centuries, and gave it its claim to our veneration and affection. When compared with other nations of equal antiquity - Egypt, Greece, Assyria - the contra ...climate is everywhere very warm, and is considered rather insalubrious as compared with the upland country. It is not mentioned by any one collective name in

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Partridge
...uch birds sometimes never return. In Sir 11:30 the heart of a proud man is compared to a decoy partridge in a cage. It is still customary in Palestine to hunt ...otection; how swiftly they could run; what expert dodgers they were; so he compared taking them with catching a flea. The other reference is found in   Je

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Poetry Of The Hebrews
..., and to the rushings of many waters;" and hence great calamities so often compared to the overflowing torrent, which, in such a country, must have been images ...ing numbers. This is the most imperfect species of parallelism, and may be compared with the hexameter, divided by the caesura, as for example, </p> <p> Yet ha

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Prophecy
...but whoever has examined profane history with any degree of attention, and compared it with the predictions of Scripture, must, if he be not blinded by prejudi ...tself was declared to be "the greatest prophet born among women;" yet when compared to Christ, his Lord, he was but a voice, which witnessed to Jesus and then

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Pharaoh
...d, to read a lesson to the [[Gentile]] world on the feebleness of idols as compared to him. </p> <p> Before speaking of the later Pharaohs we may mention a poi

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Rahab
...s is in Psalms 87, where Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and [[Cush]] are compared with [[Zion]] ( Psalms 87:4-5). In one other passage the name is allud

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Angel
...cf.   2 Samuel 5:24 ); they possess wisdom, with which that of men is compared (  2 Samuel 14:17;   2 Samuel 14:20 ); they have imperfections (& ...in the Bible as angels at all. Others (cherubim and archangels) are never compared to one another in terms of rank. Perhaps most importantly, a schema which e

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Breath
...7). </p> <p>  Isaiah 30:28,  Isaiah 30:33 (b) The Holy Spirit is compared in these passages to a river. He is constantly operating. He is always in t

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Cord
...se hearts and lives are bound together in love and in happy fellowship are compared to a threefold cord or rope which has more strength than either one strand ...e spinal marrow, to which, as to its form and color, it may not be inaptly compared. </p> <p> '''(7.)''' A "three-fold cord" (i.e. one of treble strands) is pu

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Death
...down, to rest, also denote death. </p> <p> '''(6.)''' Death is frequently compared with and named from a departure, a going away. Hence verbs of that import s ...s everywhere else, to death (;; , sqq.). </p> <p> (f.) Death is frequently compared with and named from a departure, a going away (;;;; ). </p> <p> Death, when

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God
...ng Israel from Egypt is the standard with which the return to [[Judea]] is compared. In the historical books, God as the saving God delivers his people from na <p> God is <i> unique </i> in nature. No person, object, or idea can be compared to God. [[Anything]] said about God must be based on His revelation of Hims

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Head
...tion in the head, which, though in individual cases, and when extremes are compared together, they run one into the other to the entire loss of distinctive lin ...tion in the head, which, though in individual cases, and when extremes are compared together, they run one into the other, to the entire loss of distinctive li

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Idol
.... 1, 159, quoted by Gesenius on  Isaiah 17:8) suggested the same, and compared it with the Sanscrit ''Homa.'' But to such interpretations the passage in &

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Rock
...an that each sinner is a part and character of this wicked world (which is compared to a rock, with no life), and that only the [[Divine]] power of GOD in the ...</p> <p> In the N.T. any one who heard and did the sayings of the Lord is compared to a man who built his house upon the rock which nothing could shake. &nbsp

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Sacrifice
...s constituted a ground of forgiveness of sin in Israel; they are expressly compared, in point of efficacy, to the Day of Atonement (Pesiqta, 174b). These tende ...tem which was to embrace all mankind in its influence, they should be also compared and contrasted with the sacrifices and worship of God in other nations, and

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Silver
...> <p> Silver is found in the earth ( Job 28:1 ), and before it can be compared to 'the words of the Lord' it must be purified seven times.  Psalm 12: ... Isaiah 60:17;  Zechariah 9:3 ). The trying of men's hearts was compared to the refining of silver ( Psalm 66:10;  Isaiah 48:10 ). Yahweh'

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Worship
...[Christi]] </em> [soldiers of Christ] on their post by the Christians, who compared their calling to a warfare, the <em> militia Christi, </em> and they were <

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Bird
...;Proverbs 23:5). </p> <p>  Matthew 13:32 (b) Satan and his angels are compared to birds in this place. They are at home in the great apostate church where

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Beryl
...sts are circlets of gold full set with topazes,' but the hands bent in are compared to beautiful rings in which beryl is set, as the nails are in the fingers T ...ifferent words. In  Ezekiel 1:16;  Ezekiel 10:9 the 'wheels' are compared to its colour, without stating what that was. Some suppose it was the golde

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Camel
...> ''''' Rākhash ''''' </i> , the root of <i> ''''' rekhesh ''''' </i> , is compared with the Arabic <i> ''''' rakaḍ ''''' </i> , "to run," and, in the Revise

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Cup
...bsp;1 Corinthians 11:25), introduces an important difference of meaning as compared with the Markan formula. To lay stress on the idea of a ‘ <i> new </i> co ...king vessels were of gold, none of silver.  1 Kings 10:21. Babylon is compared to a golden cup.  Jeremiah 51:7. The great laver, or "sea," was made w

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Carpenter
...ith Holman Hunt’s <i> [[Shadow]] of Death </i> , referred to above, may be compared Millais’ <i> The Carpenter’s Shop </i> (otherwise known as <i> Christ i

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Chaff
...ipture, false doctrines, fruitless designs, hypocrites and ungodly men are compared to chaff.  Psalms 1:4;  Jeremiah 23:28;  Isaiah 33:11; &nbsp ...;Psalm 35:5;  Isaiah 5:24;  Jeremiah 23:28 . The wicked also are compared to chaff to be burned up with unquenchable fire eternal punishment. &nbs

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Dead
...:''' ''' (''' a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson. </p> <p> '''(17):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To die; to lose life or ...of the bodily faculties in old age culminates in death, it is pictorially compared to the breaking of a lamp extinguishing the flame ("golden" being probably

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Fish
... Exodus 8:20 . </p> <p> In  Ezekiel 29:4 , the king of Egypt is compared to the crocodile; "I am against thee, the great dragon that lieth in the mi ...le food value. </p> <p>  Ezekiel 29:4 (b) The king and his people are compared to fish. They will adhere to their king in his disobedience to GOD; all of

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Fuller
...rk 9:3). Christ's mission, including both the first and second advents, is compared to "fuller's soap" in respect to the judicial process now secretly going on ...often translated, and would include 'bleaching.' The coming of the Lord is compared to a 'refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap,' when the dross and dirt will

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Heresy
...the principles and opinions, which will have been observed in both parties compared with St. Paul's declarations, flows from a common source, from the philosop ...ght in depriving heretics of their estates, it may," etc. With this may be compared the permission granted in anticipation, in 1724 (Bullar. Propagande, 2, 54,

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Mire
...ary. </p> <p>  Isaiah 57:20 (a) The filthiness in many human lives is compared to the dirt cast up constantly by the restless sea. </p> <p>  Jeremiah

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Mirror
...in a "mirror;" in  James 1:23 , the "law of liberty" is figuratively compared to a "mirror;" the hearer who obeys not is like a person who, having looked ..., and the foot of it,' are made from them. In the second, the firmament is compared to 'a molten mirror.' In fact, all the mirrors used in ancient times were o

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Manna
...stewed or baked (  Exodus 16:23 ,   Numbers 11:8 ). The taste is compared to that of honey-wafers (  Exodus 16:31 ), or oil (  Numbers 11:8 ...elationship with God ( Deuteronomy 8:3; cf.  Matthew 4:4). Jesus compared the gift of manna to satisfy physical hunger with the gift of himself to sa

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Music
...odus 32:17-18). The triumphant shout of the foe in the temple is similarly compared to the joyous thanksgivings formerly offered there at solemn feasts, but ho ...stivities which attended the erection of the golden calf. With this may be compared the musical service which accompanied the dedication of the golden image in

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Mustard
...Sinapis Nigra''''' ) is an "herb" (not strictly a tree), but so large that compared with the other "herbs" in the "garden" it is a "great tree." It reached as ...rom 10 to 12 feet in height. An annual, growing from seed, it is naturally compared with other garden herbs, which, although it springs from the smallest seed,

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Net
...s circumstances, troubles and disasters which befell him on every hand are compared to a net which catches fish or animals, and makes them helpless. </p> <p> & ...a net spread in its sight.  Proverbs 1:17 . The kingdom of heaven is compared to a net cast into the sea., which gathers good and bad; 'the wicked' will

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Oil
...il was regarded as a symbol of honor ( Judges 9:9 ), while virtue was compared to perfumed oil (Song of  Song of Solomon 1:3;  Ecclesiastes 7:1 ...(b) The joy of heart, the freedom of soul, and the radiance of spirit are compared to oil because of its sweetness, smoothness and value. </p> <p>  Matth

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Pharisees
...ardinals, during the two hundred years preceding the Reformation. Josephus compared the Pharisees to the sect of the Stoics. He says that they lived frugally, ...pes and cardinals during the 200 years preceding the Reformation. Josephus compared the Pharisees to the sect of the Stoics. He says that they lived frugally,

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Reprobate
...6:8 , where those whom it is impossible ‘to renew again to repentance’ are compared to ground which, receiving the rain oft upon it, and being tilled, brings f ...maas. </i> God's ancient people in their condition of moral debasement are compared to 'reprobate silver,' or 'refuse silver' as in the margin,  Jeremiah

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Regeneration
...s 5:21 ); as a being raised from the dead (  Ephesians 2:5-6 ). It is compared to that great work of the omnipotence of God in raising Christ Himself from ...ead" and to be "alive again" ( Luke 15:24 ). The new life from God is compared to a wedding garment in the parable of the Marriage of the King's Son (&nbs

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Snow
...in summer," that is, a fall of snow, being unseasonable and unnatural, is compared to honors inappropriately lavished on a fool. Snow from [[Anti-Lebanon]] is ...ark 9:3;  Revelation 1:14 ). </p> <p> (7) The whiteness of leprosy is compared to snow ( Exodus 4:6;  Numbers 12:10;  2 Kings 5:27 ). </p>

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Sabbath
...4:9 (margin). where the rest which the Lord gives to the trusting soul is compared to the sabbath of the Old Testament. In those days Israel came to the seven ...r, a sort of institution among the superstitious Babylonians that has been compared with the Hebrew Sabbath. In certain months of the year (Elul, Marcheshvan)

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Science
...y are found to be on two absolutely different planes, and unable, properly compared, to clash with each other. The fundamental error of the scientists of our d

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Sheep
...between [[Christ]] , "the chief Shepherd," and his members is beautifully compared to that which in the East is so strikingly exhibited by the shepherds to th ...broad" ( Matthew 26:31;  Mark 14:27 ). The enemies of Yahweh are compared to the fat of the sacrifice that is consumed away in smoke ( Psalm 37:

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Scripture
...wish]] Massoretes, able Hebrew scholars have carefully and conscientiously compared various Hebrew copies with the old Greek translations, to give us a more ac ...Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. </p> <p> [[Compared]] with the knowledge which the Scriptures contain, every other subject of h

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Snare
...and especially the leaders of GOD's people. These devices of the Devil are compared to snares and traps of Satan. (See2Ti  2:26). </p>

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Tradition
...on; the last writes it as it, reaches him; the amusement is, when read and compared with the original story it is found wholly metamorphosed, and hardly recogn ...fore the time of the Savior,  Isaiah 8:20 , all traditions were to be compared, as being of no value if they conflicted with it, added to it, or took from

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Travail
...p> <p>  Isaiah 53:11 (a) CHRIST's terrible sufferings and sorrows are compared to the pains of a woman in childbirth. </p> <p>  Isaiah 54:1 (a) There ...[Sirach]] 19:11; 31:5). The sorrows which are the fruits of wickedness are compared to the pain of travail in  Job 15:20 ( <i> ''''' ḥūl ''''' </i> ) a

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Unrighteousness
...otice: ‘All unrighteousness is sin’ ( 1 John 5:17), with which may be compared the valid converse of the proposition in 3:4: ‘Lawlessness is sin.’ Thu

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Wisdom
...bsp; 1 Corinthians 2:6-7 ). The "wisdom of men" was human understanding as compared with the "hidden wisdom of God, " which was a knowledge of God's plan of sa ...eticence seems to be due to a feeling that God's knowledge is hardly to be compared in kind to man's, partly to the fact that to the earlier writers "Wisdom" h

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Wormwood
...nbsp;Jeremiah 23:15 . Jeremiah, in lamenting over the condition of Israel, compared it to being drunk with wormwood.  Lamentations 3:15,19 . On the soundi

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Anakim
...f Gaza, [[Gath]] and Ashdod ( Joshua 11:21 ,  Joshua 11:22 ). As compared with the Israelites, they were tall like giants ( Numbers 13:33 ), and

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Aspalathus
...indicates is enumerated with other spices and perfumes to which wisdom is compared. It was no doubt one of the drugs employed by the ancients as a perfume and ...icates is enumerated with the other spices and perfumes to which wisdom is compared. Though this drug is not mentioned in the canonical Scriptures, it is proba

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Bee
...p; Psalms 118:12 , and   Isaiah 7:18 , where the hosts of Assyria are compared to such a swarm let loose. That a swarm of bees should settle in a carcass ...domestic product. The hives now in use are very primitive and wasteful as compared with hives that are made in Europe and America. Sometimes a large water jar

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Books Of Chronicles
...-20;  1 Chronicles 19; Compare  2 Samuel 10 , etc.). </p> <p> As compared with Samuel and Kings, the Book of Chronicles omits many particulars there ...oral or written tradition, are doubtless preserved.... They are few indeed compared with the products of the imagination, and must be sifted like kernels of wh

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First Epistle To The Corinthians
...en in that old pagan world the reputation of the city was bad; it has been compared (Baring-Gould, <i> Study of St. Paul </i> , 241) to an amalgam of new-marke ...is church (ch. 47), alludes to these evils as long past, and as but slight compared to those which existed in his own time. (See [[Divisions]] (In The Church A

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Darda
...d the first generation that no stress can be laid on the "son of Mahol" as compared with the "son of Zerach." For instance, of the five "sons of Judah" in &nbs ...a‛ ''''' </i> , "pearl of wisdom"): One of the wise men to whom Solomon is compared ( 1 Kings 4:31 ). He was either a son of Mahol (ibid.) or a son of Zer

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Equality
...he condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two b ...imensions, quantity or quality likeness similarity in regard to two things compared. We speak of the equality of two or more tracts of land, of two bodies in l

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English Versions
...tury revisers knew nothing, and scholars had with minute care examined and compared all the early copies of the Scripture studies which, without altering the m

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Evil
...;Ephesians 3:13,  Revelation 7:14), with which it is not worthy to be compared ( Romans 8:18), since the companions of Christ’s sufferings will als

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Evolution
...first man was sinless. He became sinful by an act of his own. </p> <p> As compared with this, according to one common conception of the law of evolution, all

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Fuel
...d so exquisitely perfumed, that the splendour even of Solomon is not to be compared with theirs, shall soon wither and decay, and be used as fuel to heat the o

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Fishing
...Layard's ''Nineveh,'' i, 55). According to Aristotle (Hist. Animal. 8:19), compared with  Luke 5:5. the night was the best time for fishing operations: "b

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Foundation
...21;  Matthew 13:35;  John 17:24 ). </p> <p> Christ's teaching is compared to a rock solid foundation ( Matthew 7:24;  Luke 6:48 ). Foundati ...Romans 15:20 (a) The pioneer work of a missionary or a Christian worker is compared to a foundation upon which he builds and prepares the people for further de

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Gideon
...ill faint-hearted and therefore went to listen, and there he heard himself compared to 'a cake of barley bread,' but that God would deliver Midian into his han ...who had oppressed Israel for seven years, and whose countless multitudes (compared to locusts from their terrible devastations,  Judges 6:5) annually des

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Games
...e word ( <i> ''''' thēriomachéō ''''' </i> ) is used, and the soldiers are compared to leopards. </p> (B) Boxing <p> This form of sport is directly referred to

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Book Of Job
...revent God's terror from unmanning His victim (see  Job 13:20-22 , as compared with the passage just cited), are the great need to restore normal and reci

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Justification
...iding cogency from their first local form. Its originality is evident when compared with similar ideas in ethnic and [[Jewish]] religion; its comprehensive and

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Book Of Joshua
.... </p> <p> '''b.''' The second part of the book (ch. 13-21) has been aptly compared to the Domesday book of the Norman conquerors of England. The documents of ...nt date, and to have been made originally from the Arabic, perhaps in part compared with and corrected by the Massoretic Text. The subject was fully and conclu

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Mad; Madness
..." The use of music in his case as a remedy (  1 Samuel 16:16 ) may be compared with Elisha's use of the same means to produce the prophetic ecstasy (&nbsp

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Open
...ng of the articulating organs; - said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say. </p> <p> '''(24):''' ''' (''' n.) Open or unobstructed s ...bsp;Psalm 5:9 (a) The vile things that come out of some people's mouths is compared to the stench that comes from an open grave. This is quoted in  Romans

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Persecution
...<p> 9. The ninth was under Aurelian, in 274; but this was inconsiderable, compared with the others before-mentioned. </p> <p> 10. The tenth began in the ninet ...eronic persecution, and he uses words ( 1 Peter 4:12 ff) which may be compared with the narrative of Tacitus: "Beloved, think it not strange concerning th

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The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ
...order to prove the baselessness of both. They met again in the autumn and compared experiences. Lord Lyttelton had become convinced of the truth of Paul's con

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Rome
...s of brickwork, with arched roofs. The bricks are square, and very thin as compared with those of to-day. The surviving edifices impress one greatly by their s ...arance, like the hills of modern London, to which they have sometimes been compared. </p> <p> The visit of St. Paul lies between two famous epochs in the histo

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Shushan
...s (29,640-37,000 acres). Though considerable, the extent of Susa was small compared with [[Nineveh]] and Babylon. The ruins are divided by the French explorers

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