Provincial (7 Occurrences)

... 2. (a.) of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect. 3. (a.) of or ... biblethesaurus.org/p/provincial.htm - 9k

Province (66 Occurrences)

... jurisdiction"; eparchia (English Versions of the Bible, province) (Acts 23:34; Acts 25:1)): 1. Meaning of the Term 2. Roman Provincial Administration (1) First ... biblethesaurus.org/p/province.htm - 38k

Asiarch

... Brandis has shown that they were not "high priests of Asia," as some have thought, but delegates of individual cities to the provincial Council (Commune Asioe ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asiarch.htm - 8k

Galatia (6 Occurrences)

... that he consistently and naturally took a Roman view, used names in a Roman connotation, and grouped his churches according to Roman provincial divisions; but ... biblethesaurus.org/g/galatia.htm - 23k

Proving (14 Occurrences)

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Empire (8 Occurrences)

... His ideas were provincial rather than Roman, and favorable to the amalgamation of classes, and the leveling process now steadily setting in. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/empire.htm - 80k

Elamarna

... The tablets make mention of " `capital cities,' `provincial cities,' `fortresses,' `towns,' and `villages' with `camps' and Hazors (or enclosures); while ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamarna.htm - 31k

Tablets (31 Occurrences)

... The tablets make mention of " `capital cities,' `provincial cities,' `fortresses,' `towns,' and `villages' with `camps' and Hazors (or enclosures); while ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tablets.htm - 41k

El-amarna

... The tablets make mention of " `capital cities,' `provincial cities,' `fortresses,' `towns,' and `villages' with `camps' and Hazors (or enclosures); while ... biblethesaurus.org/e/el-amarna.htm - 31k

Tell (3056 Occurrences)

... The tablets make mention of " `capital cities,' `provincial cities,' `fortresses,' `towns,' and `villages' with `camps' and Hazors (or enclosures); while ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tell.htm - 33k

Orator (3 Occurrences)

... who appeared as the advocate of the Jewish accusers of Paul before Felix (Acts 24:1). The proceedings, as was generally the case in the provincial Roman courts ... biblethesaurus.org/o/orator.htm - 9k

Ortion

... who appeared as the advocate of the Jewish accusers of Paul before Felix (Acts 24:1). The proceedings, as was generally the case in the provincial Roman courts ... biblethesaurus.org/o/ortion.htm - 8k

Latin (2 Occurrences)

... A, D, and N. It is probable that Tertullus made his plea against Paul before Felix (Acts 24) in Latin, though Greek was allowed in such provincial courts by ... biblethesaurus.org/l/latin.htm - 28k

Governor (78 Occurrences)

... The corresponding Hebrew word segan is used of provincial rulers (Jeremiah 51:23, 28, 57); also of chiefs and rulers of the people of Jerusalem (Ezra 9:2 ... biblethesaurus.org/g/governor.htm - 48k

Illyricum (1 Occurrence)

... 229-228 BC and in 219 BC, but no province was formed until 167, when, after the fall of the Macedonian power, Illyria received its provincial constitution (Livy ... biblethesaurus.org/i/illyricum.htm - 13k

Iconium (6 Occurrences)

... The majority of our ancient authorities (eg Cicero, Strabo, Pliny), writing from the point of view of Roman provincial administration, give Iconium to Lycaonia ... biblethesaurus.org/i/iconium.htm - 12k

Throne (181 Occurrences)

... It denotes the seat of the high priest in 1 Samuel 1:9; 4:13, and of a provincial governor in Nehemiah 3:7 and Psalm 122:5. The throne of Solomon is described ... biblethesaurus.org/t/throne.htm - 48k

Rages (5 Occurrences)

... It was a small provincial town in about 1220 AD It was sacked by Mongols in 1220 AD and entirely destroyed under Ghazan Khan circa 1295. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rages.htm - 10k

Ragau (1 Occurrence)

... It was a small provincial town in about 1220 AD It was sacked by Mongols in 1220 AD and entirely destroyed under Ghazan Khan circa 1295. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/ragau.htm - 9k

Raca (1 Occurrence)

... of anger, with three corresponding grades of punishment: (1) the inner feeling of anger (orgizomenos), to be punished by the local or provincial court (te ... biblethesaurus.org/r/raca.htm - 10k

Evil-doers (122 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 2:14 or to provincial Governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and the encouragement of those who do what is right. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/evil-doers.htm - 33k

Presbytery (1 Occurrence)

... pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/presbytery.htm - 14k

Praetorium (8 Occurrences)

... In order to provide residences for their provincial governors, the Romans were accustomed to seize and appropriate the palaces which were formerly the homes of ... biblethesaurus.org/p/praetorium.htm - 14k

Carpenter (4 Occurrences)

... "In the cities the carpenters would be Greeks, and skilled workmen; the carpenter of a provincial village could only have held a very humble position, and ... biblethesaurus.org/c/carpenter.htm - 10k

Custom (51 Occurrences)

... as distinguished from "tribute" or the tax on houses, lands and persons), usually paid in kind and levied for the support of the native or provincial government ... biblethesaurus.org/c/custom.htm - 28k

Colony (1 Occurrence)

... It received the ius Italicum, whereby provincial cities acquired the same status as Italian cities, which possessed municipal self-government and exemption ... biblethesaurus.org/c/colony.htm - 10k

Attharates

... Athersatha"; the King James Version reads "Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha." Tirshatha is the Persian title for a local or provincial governor (Nehemiah 8:9 ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attharates.htm - 6k

Philemon (2 Occurrences)

... than Rome is, to which we may reply that, though Caesarea is nearer, his chance of escape would have been far greater in the capital than in the provincial city ... biblethesaurus.org/p/philemon.htm - 17k

Provinces (40 Occurrences)

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Encouragement (25 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 2:14 or to provincial Governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and the encouragement of those who do what is right. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/e/encouragement.htm - 14k

Vulgate

... Amid such confusion and the appearance of national or provincial recensions, the Latin church became conscious of the need of a standard edition. ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vulgate.htm - 38k

Messenger (235 Occurrences)

... conquest of the East. This world-speech was at bottom the late Attic vernacular with dialectical and provincial influences. It was not ... biblethesaurus.org/m/messenger.htm - 101k

Subapostolic

... builds Roman authority on the primacy of Peter and his successors; but here the authority of the leading presbyter, in dealing with a provincial church, rests ... biblethesaurus.org/s/subapostolic.htm - 38k

Sub-apostolic

... builds Roman authority on the primacy of Peter and his successors; but here the authority of the leading presbyter, in dealing with a provincial church, rests ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sub-apostolic.htm - 38k

Nero

... imprisonment. It is quite likely that Nero heard Paul's case in person, for the emperor showed much interest in provincial cases. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nero.htm - 41k

Army (401 Occurrences)

... 4. The "Numeri": The numeri developed out of the provincial militia and began to appear in the 2nd century AD They maintained their local manner of warfare. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/army.htm - 76k

Heave (25 Occurrences)

... 2. (vt) To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/heave.htm - 17k

Roman (26 Occurrences)

... 4. The "Numeri": The numeri developed out of the provincial militia and began to appear in the 2nd century AD They maintained their local manner of warfare. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/roman.htm - 101k

Macedonia (23 Occurrences)

... Thessalonica, which, though a "free city," and therefore technically exempt from the jurisdiction of the Roman governor, was practically the provincial capital ... biblethesaurus.org/m/macedonia.htm - 40k

Christianity

... His ideas were provincial rather than Roman, and favorable to the amalgamation of classes, and the leveling process now steadily setting in. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/christianity.htm - 101k

Law (670 Occurrences)

... cases. The first of these courts was authorized in 149 BC for the trial of charges of extortion brought against provincial governors. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/law.htm - 101k

Manasseh (140 Occurrences)

... 33:11 need not have been the penalty of rebellion; more likely it was such an enforced act of allegiance as was perhaps imposed on all provincial rulers who ... biblethesaurus.org/m/manasseh.htm - 68k

Tarsus (5 Occurrences)

... province, and when Cilicia was made a separate province Tarsus, as a matter of course, became its metropolis and the center of the provincial Caesar-worship ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tarsus.htm - 30k

Minor (2 Occurrences)

... Minor has come to light in recent years; it was those societies which fostered the cult of the emperor on its local as distinct from its provincial side (see ... biblethesaurus.org/m/minor.htm - 62k

Language (112 Occurrences)

... conquest of the East. This world-speech was at bottom the late Attic vernacular with dialectical and provincial influences. It was not ... biblethesaurus.org/l/language.htm - 101k

Asia (22 Occurrences)

... Minor has come to light in recent years; it was those societies which fostered the cult of the emperor on its local as distinct from its provincial side (see ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asia.htm - 71k

Libraries

... it was to restore temples. Twenty-four such provincial libraries, chiefly temple libraries, are known. The Roman practice of the ... biblethesaurus.org/l/libraries.htm - 38k

Apostle (25 Occurrences)

... At some period in the 2nd half of the 5th century, a martyrology was formed by welding together a number of provincial calendars, Roman, Italian, Spanish, and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apostle.htm - 87k

Assyria (124 Occurrences)

... Assur, the old capital of the country, was still standing in the age of Cyrus, but it had become a small provincial town; as for Nineveh and Calah, their very ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assyria.htm - 101k

James (40 Occurrences)

... such Greek as this. It is not the good Greek of the classics, and it is not the poor and provincial Greek of Paul. There is more ... biblethesaurus.org/j/james.htm - 78k

Literature (2 Occurrences)

... builds Roman authority on the primacy of Peter and his successors; but here the authority of the leading presbyter, in dealing with a provincial church, rests ... biblethesaurus.org/l/literature.htm - 82k

Tabeel (2 Occurrences)

... conquest of the East. This world-speech was at bottom the late Attic vernacular with dialectical and provincial influences. It was not ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tabeel.htm - 101k

Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)

... than Rome is, to which we may reply that, though Caesarea is nearer, his chance of escape would have been far greater in the capital than in the provincial city ... biblethesaurus.org/d/discomfiture.htm - 101k

John (154 Occurrences)

... At some period in the 2nd half of the 5th century, a martyrology was formed by welding together a number of provincial calendars, Roman, Italian, Spanish, and ... biblethesaurus.org/j/john.htm - 101k

Epistle (13 Occurrences)

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