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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77029" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77029" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Γαλήνη''''' ''' (Strong'S #1055 — Noun [[Feminine]] — galene — gal-ay'-nay ) </div> <p> primarily signifies "calmness, cheerfulness" (from a root gal---, from which gelao, "to smile," is also derived; hence the "calm" of the sea, the smiling ocean being a favorite metaphor of the poets), Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:39; Luke 8:24 . </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97070" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97070" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58780" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58780" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> CALM, a. </p> 1. Still quiet being at rest as the air. Hence not stormy or tempestuous as a calm day. 2. Undisturbed not agitated as a calm sea. 3. Undisturbed by passion not agitated or excited quiet tranquil as the mind, temper, or attention. <p> CALM, n. Stillness tranquillity quiet freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance applied to the elements, or the mind and passions. </p> <p> CALM, To still to quiet as the wind, or elements to still, appease, allay or pacify, as the mind, or passions. </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197611" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197611" /> == | ||
