Distinction
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Distinction (14 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality;
sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good ...
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Levites (267 Occurrences)
... Wellhausen, Prolegomena, 130). The whole Levitical Law was unknown and the
distinction between priests and Levites unheard of. There were ...
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Priests (451 Occurrences)
... Wellhausen, Prolegomena, 130). The whole Levitical Law was unknown and the
distinction between priests and Levites unheard of. There were ...
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Earth (10501 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit;
the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. ...
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Soul (554 Occurrences)
... immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders
him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the ...
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Immortal (3 Occurrences)
... 1:10, aphthartos, literally, "incorruptible," Romans 1:23 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1
Timothy 1:17): 1. Preliminary-Need of Definition and Distinction 2. Biblical ...
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Immortality (6 Occurrences)
... 1:10, aphthartos, literally, "incorruptible," Romans 1:23 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1
Timothy 1:17): 1. Preliminary-Need of Definition and Distinction 2. Biblical ...
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Terrestrial (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting,
the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as ...
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Distinguish (16 Occurrences)
... differ. 5. (vt) To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent
or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for. 6 ...
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Distinct (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 14:7 Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp,
if they didn't give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what ...
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Logos
... 2. Anaxagoras: Little was done by the immediate successors of Heraclitus to develop
the doctrine of the Logos, and as the distinction between mind and matter ...
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Bishop (4 Occurrences)
... Timothy 4:14). During Paul's lifetime the church was evidently still unaware
of the distinction between presbyters and bishops. Of a ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bishop.htm - 40k

Godhead (5 Occurrences)
... At first "-hede" appears to have been appropriated to adjectives, "-hod" to
substantives; but, this distinction breaking down and the forms coming into ...
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Authority (326 Occurrences)
... Newman makes a kindred distinction between authority in revealed religion and
conscience in natural religion, although he does not assign as wide a sphere to ...
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Demonology
... speak (see Mark 1:24, 26, 34 Luke 4:41, etc.), but comparing these statements with
others (compare Mark 1:23 Luke 8:28) it is seen that no distinction is drawn ...
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Voluntary (17 Occurrences)
... will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal,
such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary ...
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Love (703 Occurrences)
... The distinction between these two Greek words is thus fitly described by Trench:,
"Agapan has more of judgment and deliberate choice; philein has more of ...
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Layman (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes,
a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from ...
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Greeks (22 Occurrences)
... In the King James Version of the Old Testament Apocrypha "Grecians" and "Greeks"
are used without distinction, eg 1 Maccabees 1:10; 6:02; 8:09; 2 Maccabees 4:15 ...
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Greek (19 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction
is observed between "Greek" and "Grecian" (qv). The ...
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Grecians (4 Occurrences)
... In the King James Version of the Old Testament Apocrypha "Grecians" and "Greeks"
are used without distinction, eg 1 Maccabees 1:10; 6:02; 8:09; 2 Maccabees 4:15 ...
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Demoniac (7 Occurrences)
... speak (see Mark 1:24, 26, 34 Luke 4:41, etc.), but comparing these statements with
others (compare Mark 1:23 Luke 8:28) it is seen that no distinction is drawn ...
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Fresh (41 Occurrences)
... 7. (superl) Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the
sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or ...
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Demon (26 Occurrences)
... speak (see Mark 1:24, 26, 34 Luke 4:41, etc.), but comparing these statements with
others (compare Mark 1:23 Luke 8:28) it is seen that no distinction is drawn ...
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Tools (3 Occurrences)
... Several words are translated "hammer," but the distinction between them is very
vague and in some cases the propriety of the translation is dubious. ...
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Thing (4185 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless
material. 3. (n.) A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed. ...
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Dogma
... So long as the "Catholic" ideal of orthodoxy and uniformity of belief held the field,
there was no room for the distinction now made between "doctrine," as a ...
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Diadem (9 Occurrences)
... In the New Testament a careful distinction is drawn between the diadem as a badge
of royalty (Revelation 12:3; 13:1; 19:12) and the crown as a Mark of ...
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Difference (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike;
distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality ...
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Deuterocanonical
... godliness: Wisdom, Sirach, Esther, Judith, Tobit, the so-called Teaching of the
Apes, and the Shepherd of Hermas." Jerome also made a distinction between the ...
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Division (135 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.
6. (n.) Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. ...
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Deutero-canonical
... godliness: Wisdom, Sirach, Esther, Judith, Tobit, the so-called Teaching of the
Apes, and the Shepherd of Hermas." Jerome also made a distinction between the ...
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Murder (41 Occurrences)
... 5:21 the King James Version; Revelation 9:21; compare 2 Maccabees 4:3, 18; 12:6):
2. The Hebrew Law: The Hebrew law recognized the distinction between willful ...
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Male (303 Occurrences)
... the male ('ish) and his female, of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven,
male (zakhar) and female" (Genesis 7:2, 3). A careful distinction was made ...
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Poverty (25 Occurrences)
... different Hebrew words are used in the 11 references in Prov, all bearing the idea
of being in need of the necessities of life, although a distinction is made ...
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Punishment (417 Occurrences)
... Punishment proceeds on the principle that there is an eternal distinction between
right and wrong, and that this distinction must be maintained for its own sake ...
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Beast (243 Occurrences)
... best: This word occurs often in both Old and New Testaments and denotes generally
a mammal (though sometimes a reptile) in distinction to a man, a bird, or a ...
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Banner (20 Occurrences)
... in point, but is to be rendered as in the Revised Version, margin, "as when a si
ck man pineth away." In this noted passage a distinction seems intentionally ...
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Crust (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the
soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. ...
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Sex (51 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of
male and female. ... 4. (n.) One of the groups founded on this distinction. ...
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Seer (21 Occurrences)
... 24:11 1 Chronicles 21:9; 1 Chronicles 25:5; 1 Chronicles 29:29 2 Chronicles 9:29;
2 Chronicles 12:15; 2 Chronicles 19:2, etc.), and distinction is sometimes ...
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Substance (99 Occurrences)
... the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that
in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which ...
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Seed (337 Occurrences)
... In Galatians 3:16 Paul draws a distinction between "seeds" and "seed" that has for
its purpose a proof that the promises to Abraham were realized in Christ and ...
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Segub (3 Occurrences)
... 24:11 1 Chronicles 21:9; 1 Chronicles 25:5; 1 Chronicles 29:29 2 Chronicles 9:29;
2 Chronicles 12:15; 2 Chronicles 19:2, etc.), and distinction is sometimes ...
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Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... times, after the Captivity, when the nation lost its independence, the scribes turned
their attention to the law, gaining for themselves distinction by their ...
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Lystra (6 Occurrences)
... In the story in Acts a fast distinction is implied, and in fact existed, between
the ideas and practices of the Greeks and the Roman colonists and those of the ...
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Crown (94 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially
as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything ...
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Steward (23 Occurrences)
... charge of his household (1 Kings 16:9). The same was doubtless true of all the kings,
and it may be safely inferred that every household of distinction or of ...
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Eve (5 Occurrences)
... 2. Her Relation to Man: As mentioned in the article ADAM, the distinction of male
and female, which the human species has in common with the animals, is given ...
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Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... act of obedience on the cross, or to the sum total of Christ's incarnate obedience
through His whole life; and they have made the distinction between His ...
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Ministry (44 Occurrences)
... This distinction between two different kinds of "ministry" which appears at the
very beginning is seen to exist all through the apostolic church and beyond it ...
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Primogeniture
... In the most ancient genealogies a distinction is drawn between the firstborn and
the other son (Genesis 10:15; Genesis 22:21; Genesis 25:13; Genesis 35:23 ...
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Anthropology
... where evidently there is a reference to the breath of life, which man shares with
the animal world (Genesis 1:20, 21, 24); yet with this distinction, that "God ...
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Hades (11 Occurrences)
... 5. Luke 16:23: In distinction from these passages when the abstract meaning prevails
and the local conception is in abeyance, the remaining references are more ...
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Psychology
... "The language does not require a distinction of organs or ... SeeSPIRIT; SOUL; HEART.
(2) And yet there is a distinction, whatever the real nature of it may be. ...
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Hair (135 Occurrences)
... Paul reproves the Corinthians for falling in with a style of manners which so far
confounded the distinction of the sexes and was hurtful to good morals. ...
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Image (126 Occurrences)
... The following are some of the questions that arise: (1) Is there any
distinction to be understood between "image" and "likeness"? ...
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Banquet (58 Occurrences)
... 3. A Distinction Giving Rise to a Question: (1) In Matthew 22:4, "I have made ready
my dinner," "dinner" in Greek is ariston (compare Luke 11:38). ...
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Altar (343 Occurrences)
... from zabhach, which is found in both senses; bomos, (only in Acts 17:23),
thusiasterion): I. CLASSIFICATION OF HEBREW ALTARS Importance of the Distinction...
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Mouth (534 Occurrences)
... The distinction in Judaism rested on a consciousness of difference in quality between
the two stages, the content of the Messianic age being far less ...
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Jew (34 Occurrences)
... During the Captivity, and after the Restoration, the name, however, was extended
to all the Hebrew nation without distinction (Esther 3:6, 10; Dan. ...
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I-iii
... of the Fathers, likewise (Melito, Origen, Athanasius, Cyprian, Jerome, etc.), adhere
to the Hebrew list, and most draw a sharp distinction between the ...
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Natural (49 Occurrences)
... radii are 1. 12. (a.) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human
throat, in distinction from instrumental music. 13. (a.) of ...
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Animal (163 Occurrences)
... The Levitical law divided animals into clean and unclean, although the distinction
seems to have existed before the Flood (Genesis 7:2). The clean could be ...
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Spirit (706 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction
from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and ...
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Introduction (3 Occurrences)
... of the Fathers, likewise (Melito, Origen, Athanasius, Cyprian, Jerome, etc.), adhere
to the Hebrew list, and most draw a sharp distinction between the ...
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Naphtali (51 Occurrences)
... TRIBE OF NAPHTALI 1. Its Relative Position 2. Its Location in Palestine 3. Physical
Features 4. Distinction of the Tribe 5. Sites and Inhabitants 6. Labors of ...
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Flesh (468 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body
of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. ...
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Distinctions (15 Occurrences)

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Family (438 Occurrences)
... Under the influence of polygamous practices a distinction was made in respect to
unlawful sex union as to whether one or both of the parties thereto were ...
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Sermon (1 Occurrence)
... mouth and taught them." The separation from the multitudes and the direction of
His words to the disciples seem clear, and the distinction appears intentional ...
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Holy (1097 Occurrences)
... The very nature of these offices involves personal distinction (Luke 12:12; Acts
5:32; 15:28; 16:6; 28:25; 1 Corinthians 2:13; Hebrews 2:4; 3:7; 2 Peter 1:21). ...
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Discern (49 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern
between good and evil, truth and falsehood. 4. (vi) To make cognizance. Int. ...
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Dress (38 Occurrences)
... 1. Meaning of Terms: There was originally a sharp distinction between classical
and oriental costume, but this was palpably lessened under the cosmopolitanism ...
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Aramaic (12 Occurrences)
... from Brazil. The primary dialectic distinction was between eastern Aramaic
(Syriac) and western (formerly called Chaldee). The peculiarity ...
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Glory (590 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent
to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown. ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/glory.htm - 71k

Commentaries
... The 18th century is marked by greater sobriety in exegesis. It is prolific
in commentaries, but only a few attain to high distinction. ...
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Rome (12 Occurrences)
... and later statute ordained that the most distinguished citizens should be chosen,
and in the Roman community the highest standard of distinction was service to ...
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Baptist (16 Occurrences)
... New Testament of the ordinance of baptism except by implication (Hebrews 6:2, "the
teaching of baptisms") where the reference is to the distinction between the ...
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