Active
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; - opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
(2): (a.) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; - opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
(3): (a.) Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
(4): (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; - opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.
(5): (a.) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
(6): (a.) Requiring or implying action or exertion; - opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
(7): (a.) Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; - opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
(8): (a.) Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
(9): (a.) Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.
(10): (a.) Applied to a form of the verb; - opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.
(11): (a.) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
lit., "in work" (cp. Eng., "energetic"), is used (a) of the Word of God, Hebrews 4:12 (RV, "active," AV, "powerful"); (b) of a door for the Gospel, 1—Corinthians 16:9 , "effectual;" (c) of faith, Philemon 1:6 , "effectual." See Effectual , Powerful. Cp. the synonymous words dunatos and ischuros (see ABLE).
