Ordeal (2 Occurrences)

Ordeal

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2 Corinthians 8:2 how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
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1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
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Thesaurus

Ordeal (2 Occurrences)
... savage tribes. 3. (a.) of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. Multi-Version
Concordance Ordeal (2 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians ...
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Adultery (49 Occurrences)
... The Mosaic law (Numbers 5:11-31) prescribed that the suspected wife should be tried
by the ordeal of the "water of jealousy." There is, however, no recorded ...
/a/adultery.htm - 32k

Code (6 Occurrences)
... unprovable charge of sorcery is dealt with in an especially interesting manner
(section symbol 2). The accused in this case has to submit to an ordeal at the ...
/c/code.htm - 40k

Elijah (104 Occurrences)
... Testament Eleias or Elias, the King James Version of New Testament Elias): Contents
I. THE WORKS OF ELIJAH 1. The Judgment of Drought 2. The Ordeal by Prayer 3 ...
/e/elijah.htm - 71k

Hammurabi
... unprovable charge of sorcery is dealt with in an especially interesting manner
(section symbol 2). The accused in this case has to submit to an ordeal at the ...
/h/hammurabi.htm - 47k

Ordaineth (1 Occurrence)

/o/ordaineth.htm - 6k

Water (4571 Occurrences)
... A phrase employed (not, however, in Scripture) to denote the water used in the solemn
ordeal prescribed by the law of Moses (Numbers 5:11-31) in cases of ...
/w/water.htm - 23k

Poison (17 Occurrences)
... our Lord's promise in the appendix to Mark 16:18 shows, however, that poisons were
known and might be administered by way of ordeal, as was the unknown "water ...
/p/poison.htm - 17k

Pass (1172 Occurrences)
... 25. (vt) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through
an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official ...
/p/pass.htm - 44k

Purge (35 Occurrences)
... guilt or crime. 6. (vt) To clear from accusation, or the charge of a crime
or misdemeanor, as by oath or in ordeal. 7. (vt) To remove ...
/p/purge.htm - 22k

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Any severe trial or test; a painful experience.

2. (n.) An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.

Greek

1382. dokime -- (the process or result of) trial, proving ...
... Word Origin from dokimos Definition (the process or result of) trial, proving, approval
NASB Word Usage ordeal (1), proof (2), proven character (2), proven ...
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4451. purosis -- a burning, hence a refining
... test. Word Origin from puroo Definition a burning, hence a refining NASB
Word Usage burning (2), fiery ordeal (1). burning, trial. ...
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Library

Of the Ordeal by which one who is to be Received in the Monastery ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter III. Of the ordeal by which one who is to be received
in the monastery is tested. One, then, who seeks to be ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter iii of the ordeal.htm

Jerome Savonarola (Ad 1452-1498)
... At length one Francis of Apulia, a Franciscan friar, challenged him to what was
called the ordeal (or judgment) of fire, as a trial of the truth of his doctrine ...
/.../chapter xxviii jerome savonarola ad.htm

Through Fire.
... He needs these three young men. They consent to be His messengers. It meant going
through a terrible ordeal. ... It was a fearful ordeal that they went through. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on following the christ/through fire.htm

Reverence in Prayer
... IF we were summoned to dine, or to any other audience, with our sovereign, with
what fear and trembling should we prepare ourselves for the ordeal! ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/xvii reverence in prayer.htm

Three Homilies. On Our Lord.
... For Moses ground to powder the calf and caused them to drink it in the water of
ordeal; [561] that by drinking of the calf all those who were living for its ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/three homilies on our lord.htm

A Long Twilight. AD 900-1100.
... All the great nobles claimed the right of private war; there was no regular
administration of justice; trial by ordeal was practised; and a revolt against the ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/chapter ii a long twilight.htm

The Great Furnace for a Great Soul
... They disappear, and alone she meets a cruel, loveless, unknown world. A
Chinese village wedding is a terrible ordeal for the bride. ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xi the great furnace.htm

From the Death of Bishop Asbury to the Close of the General ...
... between the parties, both from the pulpit and the press, during which the doctrines
and measures of Mr. Wesley passed through the severest ordeal of critical ...
/.../chapter 3 from the death.htm

Glimpses
... the intellect, long exercised on secondary problems, wrought into habitual and accepted
traits of the explorer, are called on at last to face the direst ordeal ...
//christianbookshelf.org/merriam/the chief end of man/iv glimpses.htm

Foreword
... While in our land the Germans and Scandinavians lose much in the transition
ordeal, all is not lost; they have something to give. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle sermons vol iii/foreword.htm

Subtopics

Ordeal

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