Adventure (3 Occurrences)

Adventure

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Bible Concordance

Acts 19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
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Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Ecclesiastes 5:14 and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
(ASV JPS)

Thesaurus

Adventure (3 Occurrences)
... 8. (vi) To try the chance; to take the risk. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
ADVENTURE. ... Multi-Version Concordance Adventure (3 Occurrences). ...
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Venture (10 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure
to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness ...
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Keilah (16 Occurrences)
... is now a general consensus of opinion that the site of this city is Khurbet Kila
(Josephus, Ant, VI, xiii, 1, in his account of David's adventure calls the ...
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Unfortunate (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune;
unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an ...
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Wage (39 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on,
as a war. 4. (vt) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. ...
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Theatre (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him,
desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. ...
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Tarshish (24 Occurrences)
... It was to this port Jonah's ship was about to sail from Joppa. It has well been
styled "the Peru of Tyrian adventure;" it abounded in gold and silver mines. ...
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Tenderness (4 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure
to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness ...
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Return (499 Occurrences)
... general information. 24. (n.) The profit on, or advantage received from,
labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc. 25. (n ...
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Refinement (1 Occurrence)
... Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure
to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.

2. (n.) Risk; danger; peril.

3. (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.

4. (n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.

5. (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

6. (n.) To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.

7. (n.) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

8. (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ADVENTURE

ad-ven'-tur: "To risk," "to dare," referring always to an undertaking attended with some peril (Judges 9:17: "My father adventured his life"). Compare Deuteronomy 28:56. So also Ecclesiastes 5:14: "Riches perish by evil adventure." Only once in New Testament for didomi (Acts 19:31), where Paul's friends beg him "not to adventure himself (archaic for "venture") into theater."

Greek

1325. didomi -- to give (in various senses lit. or fig.)
... give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or
figuratively; greatly modified by the connection) -- adventure, bestow, bring ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5254. nasah -- to test, try
... adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try. A primitive root; to test; by implication,
to attempt -- adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try. 5253, 5254. nasah. 5255 ...
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7993. shalak -- to throw, fling, cast
... adventure, cast away, down, forth, off, out, hurl, pluck,. A primitive root;
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively ...
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Library

The Adventure of the Three Sons of Saint George.
... CHAPTER FOURTEEN. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE SONS OF SAINT GEORGE. Numberless
were the strange adventures in which the gallant Champions ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter fourteen the adventure of.htm

Leaves College. Goes to Alexandria, Ky. An Adventure in Ohio. A ...
... Leaves College. Goes to Alexandria, Ky. An Adventure in Ohio. A Baby not Baptized. ...
Goes to Alexandria, Ky. An Adventure in Ohio. A Baby not Baptized. ...
/.../chapter ix leaves college goes.htm

In the Course of this Crude Study we Shall have to Touch on what ...
... tame. Inside the home (they say) is dead decorum and routine; outside is
adventure and variety. This is indeed a rich man's opinion. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 8 in the course.htm

The Adventures of Saint David of Wales.
... Now truly, although thou deservest death for what thou hast done, yet if thou wilt
adventure into the Magician's domains, and bring hither his head, I grant ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter ten the adventures of.htm

On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
... that you have men. The element of adventure begins to exist; for an adventure
is, by its nature, a thing that comes to us. It is a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xiv on certain modern writers.htm

"All Thing that is Done, it is Well Done: for Our Lord God Doeth ...
... And I saw truly that nothing is done by hap nor by adventure, but all things by
the foreseeing wisdom of God: if it be hap or adventure in the sight of man ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xi all thing that.htm

The Minne-Songs
... It soon betrays two opposite tendencies, one of which takes up the external side
of these romances, that of love of adventure and worldly success; while the ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/the minne-songs.htm

The Pride of Amaryllis
... Observe the pretty stranger come here fresh from some lady's tiring-room, hunting
adventure, bearding thee and wearing thy name!". Her eyes sparkled. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter xiv the pride of.htm

The Life of Mr. Thomas Hog.
... offices and person; which did so ravish his soul, as to render him most willing,
through grace, to forego, endure, and, in his strength, to adventure upon any ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr thomas.htm

And it Should be Remarked in Passing that this Force Upon a Man to ...
... To correct every adventure and extravagance with its antidote in common-sense is
not (as the moderns seem to think) to be in the position of a spy or a slave. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 18 and it should.htm

Subtopics

Adventure

Related Terms

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