Be definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BE, v.i. substantive, ppr.being; pp.been.[The sense is to stand, remain or be fixed; hence to continue. This verb is defective, and its ... as, is, was, were, which have no radical connection with be. The case is the same with the substantive verb in most languages.] 1. To be fixed; to exist; to have a real state or existence,for a longer or shorter time. Let this mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2. ...
... case, the noun should properly precede the verb. It may be here remarked that if stan is the radical word, stand and L. Sto cannot be from the same stock. But stand in the pret. is ... casual. I am inclined however to believe these words to be from different roots. The Russ. Stoyu, to stand, is the L. sto, but it signifies also to be, to exist, being the substantive verb.] 1. To be upon the feet, as an animal; not to sit, kneel or lie. The absolution to be pronounced by the priest alone, standing. And the king ...
... Despite the fact that no reference to the Essenes can be found in the Gospels or the Acts, at all events under that name, there can be no doubt of their existence. Would one understand the Palestine ... root, but all are preposterous as etymologies. The etymology must be sought either in Hebrew or its cognate, Aramaic The usage ... kindred sect in Egypt supports this etymology, as it would be in one of its senses a translation of it. Lightfoot ... authority is his habit of quoting from sources that would be reckoned good even now. He seems to have founded to ... information from Josephus The latest of the ancients who may be reckoned as authorities is Epiphanius. Writing in the 4th ...
... towards full payment of the debt. 12. To apply; to be applicable. The argument goes to this point only; it goes ... have recourse to; as, to go to law. 15. To be about to do; as, I was going to say. I ... is chiefly confined to the participle.] 16. To pass; to be accounted in value. All this goes for nothing. This coin ... pass in report. The story goes. 18. To pass; to be received; to be accounted or understood to be. And the man went among men for an old ...
... commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people." It is the contention of the present article ... II, 5). More specifically, it is contended that evidence can be produced from the Old Testament to show that Israel's religion can be seen in a long period of growth; and in this ... and by no a priori considerations. 2. Historical Perspective: To be sure, one is met at once in the Old Testament by what seem to be complete denials of this point of view. In the ...
... go. 2. To draw nigh; to approach; to arrive; to be present Come thou and all thy house into the ark ... the end come. Matthew 24. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done. Matthew 6. The time has come. 3. To advance ... the vices of his youth, or he will come to be poor and despicable, or to poverty. In these and similar ... become. So came I a widow. 8. To appear or be formed, as butter; to advance or change from cream to ... reach of; to gain; to come so near as to be able to take or possess. We prize those most who ... will come down on mount Sinai. Exodus 19. Also, to be humbled or abased. Your principalities shall come down. Jeremiah ...
... a way that everything before his time is perceived to be preparatory to this fact, and all the rest to be the development of it. Nevertheless, this unity has not been ... that of Ezra and Nehemiah, by giving it out to be the work of Moses! This is not the place to ... although we do not admit that any valid argument can be drawn from the silence of Scripture in such a case ... Septuagint or the Sam Pentateuch. How much older it may be is unknown. It has been thought that the 5-fold ... Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, and the separate articles should be consulted for information as to their nomenclature. The work ...
... perhaps the same as (3) (1Ch 5:12). He might be the chief of "a family or clan whose members might be reckoned as belonging to either or both of the tribes ... Old Testament; so that any information on these points must be matter of inference, and the consideration of them must follow ... of addresses, the occasion and scope of which have to be gathered from the contents. There is no narrative, properly so ... not continued. Yet, though the earlier portions at least may be the transcript of actual addresses in which the speaker had ... 21; 3:4,9,13). There is this also to be said of its literary character, that "the style of ...
... the Deity. The special features were: (1) the blood must be sprinkled before the sanctuary, put upon the horns of the ... of burnt offering; (2) the flesh was holy, not to be touched by worshipper, but eaten by the priest only. The ... and concerned with offenses against God and man that could be estimated by a money value and thus covered by compensation ... least two shekels, was the usual victim, and it must be accompanied by full restitution with an additional fifth of the ... invariable accompaniment of animal sacrifices, and in one instance could be substituted for them (see SIN OFFERING). The term minchah describes ... Deity and given back by Him to the offerer to be used in the priests' service. Terumah: "heave offering," something ...
... noun, a pass, a defile, an ambling, pace; passen, to be fit, to suit; L. patior, whence passion, to suffer, and ... one state to another; to alter or change, or to be changed in condition; as, to pass from health to sickness ... from just to unjust. 3. To vanish; to disappear; to be lost. In this sense, we usually say, to pass away ... a charm, but soon the charm will pass. 4. To be spent; to go on or away progressively. The time when ... To die; to depart from life. [Little used.] 6. To be in any state; to undergo; with under; as, to pass under the rod. 7. To be enacted; to receive the sanction of a legislative house ...
... you upon these terms. Upon our repentance we hope to be forgiven. 3. Denoting resting, as a burden. Impose upon yourself ... or upon mortgage. 12. Noting approach or attack. The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. Judges 16. 13. Noting exposure or incurring ... extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures ... down again, and closed his weary eyes. --Dryden. 2. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies ...
... pret. took; pp. taken. [L. doceo. This word seems to be allied to think, for we say, I think a thing to be so, or I take it to be so. It seems also to be allied to Sax.teogan, to draw, to tug, L. duco ... people. Exodus 6 25. To admit. Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore. 1 Timothy 5. 26 ... to entertain in opinion; to understand. This I take to be the man's motive. He took that for virtue ...
... Individually 2. General Resemblance and Mutual Dependence Show Them to be Products of One Sect 3. Three Jewish Sects Comprise Whole ... Egypt, or the Seleucids of Syria, were thus inclined to be seduced into idolatry, there was a large class utterly uninfluenced ... death of Epiphanes, the Maccabeans had become a power to be reckoned with, and the visionaries had less excitement from external ... his miserable end on the shores of Egypt seemed to be a judgment on him for his impiety. Later, Nero was ... his people"; "He will die for them"; "His people shall be all righteous." All this applies to Israel; there is no ... vision of the Eagle in 4 Esdras 11. What may be regarded as yet more related to the form is ...
... Hesekiel." In Eze 1:3 the prophet is said to be the son of a certain Buzi, and that he was ... nation, their condition was under all circumstances lamentable, and could be compared with the fate of prisoners and those in fetters ... is to serve as a sign that Jerusalem is to be destroyed without wailing or lamentation (24:15 ff). Thus in ... in the temple. Yet, the knowledge on his part can be amply explained if he only in a general way had ... further known of this era; and in addition there would be a disagreement here, since Nabopolassar ruled from 625 on, and ... as determined by Eze 1:2. Just as little can be said for explaining these 30 years as so many ...
... family, as are jacio and jacceo, in Latin.] 1. To be in a horizontal position, or nearly so, and to rest ... a column. 3. To rest; to press on. 4. To be reposited in the grave. All the kings of the earth ... 14. 5. To rest on a bed or couch; to be prostrate; as, to lie sick. My little daughter lieth at the point of death. Mark 5. 6. To be situated. New Haven lies in the forty second degree of ... beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. 7. To be; to rest; to abide; to remain; often followed by some ... labor, forgets the early rising of the huntsman. 9. To be sustainable in law; to be capable of being maintained. ...