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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Adopt.

2. (a.) Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.

Greek

5387. philostorgos -- tenderly loving
... 5387 (" love, shown by ") is that special affection shared between members
of -- people (divinely adopted) and serving the () ! ...
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2474. Israel -- Israel, the name of the Jewish people and their ...
... Israel. Of Hebrew origin (Yisra'el); Israel (ie Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob,
including his descendants (literally or figuratively) -- Israel. ...
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4339. proselutos -- one who has arrived (at Judaism), a proselyte
... loo-tos) Short Definition: a proselyte Definition: (lit: that has come to), a proselyte,
that is a non-Jew, who has been circumcised and has adopted the Jews ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... root Definition to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen NASB Word Usage adopted
(2), applied (1), became (1), became mighty (1), became powerful (1), became ...
/hebrew/2388.htm - 8k

Library

Whether Christ as Man is the Adopted Son of God?
... OF ADOPTION AS BEFITTING TO CHRIST (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether Christ as man
is the adopted Son of God? Objection 1: It would seem that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ as man is.htm

Probably Adopted at a Council Held in Constantinople the Next Year ...
... Canon VI. Probably adopted at a Council held in Constantinople the next year� (Probably
adopted at a Council held in Constantinople the next year, 382. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon vi probably adopted at.htm

Probably Adopted at a Council Held in Constantinople the Next Year ...
... Canon V. Probably adopted at a Council held in Constantinople the next year� (Probably
adopted at a Council held in Constantinople the next year, 382. Vide. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon v probably adopted at.htm

Justa's Adopted Sons, Associates with Simon.
... Homily II. Chapter XXI."Justa's Adopted Sons, Associates with Simon.
"These men having fallen in with Zacchæus, who sojourned ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxi justas adopted sons associates.htm

Whether Legal Relationship is Contracted Only Between the Adopting ...
... OF LEGAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS BY ADOPTION (THREE ARTICLES) Whether legal relationship
is contracted only between the adopting father and the adopted child? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether legal relationship is contracted.htm

Whether it is Proper to the Rational Nature to be Adopted?
... OF ADOPTION AS BEFITTING TO CHRIST (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it is proper
to the rational nature to be adopted? Objection 1: It would ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is proper to 4.htm

How Divers Churches of the Scots, at the Instance of Adamnan ...
... XV. How divers churches of the Scots, at the instance of Adamnan, adopted the Catholic
Easter; and how the same wrote a book about the holy places. [703 AD]. ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xv how divers churches.htm

But Origen Also, You Will Tell Us, in Composing his Work Called ...
... 36. But Origen also, you will tell us, in composing his work called the Hexapla,
adopted the asterisks, taking them from the translation of Theodotion. ...
/.../36 but origen also you.htm

Argument: Octavius Attests the Fact that Men were Adopted as Gods ...
... Chapter XXI."Argument: Octavius Attests the Fact that Men Were Adopted as Gods,
by the Testimony of Euhemerus, Prodicus, Persæus, and Alexander the Great ...
/.../the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxi argument octavius attests the.htm

Virginity a Gift of God: the Purpose of Virginity not Rashly to be ...
... Discourse III."Thaleia. Chapter XIV."Virginity a Gift of God: the Purpose
of Virginity Not Rashly to Be Adopted by Any One. ...
/.../chapter xiv virginity a gift of.htm

Thesaurus

Adopted (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Adopt. 2. (a.) Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as,
an adopted son, citizen, country, word. ...Adopted (10 Occurrences). ...
/a/adopted.htm - 9k

Nephishesim (1 Occurrence)
... ne'-fish, ne-fi'-sim, ne-fish'-e-sim, ne-fusim (nephicim, nephucim): The former
is the Kethibh (Hebrew: "written") form of the name adopted in the Revised ...
/n/nephishesim.htm - 7k

Easter (1 Occurrence)
... The rule was finally adopted, in the 7th century, to celebrate Easter on the Sunday
following the 14th day of the calendar moon which comes on, or after, the ...
/e/easter.htm - 12k

Adoption (5 Occurrences)
... (1.) Natural. Thus Pharaoh's daughter adopted Moses (Exodus 2:10), and
Mordecai Esther (Esther 2:7). (2.) National. God adopted...
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Precious (128 Occurrences)
... As either method may have been adopted by the Septuagint translators, it follows
that 'odhem and bareqeth, the first and last stones of the 1st row according ...
/p/precious.htm - 71k

Stones (244 Occurrences)
... As either method may have been adopted by the Septuagint translators, it follows
that 'odhem and bareqeth, the first and last stones of the 1st row according ...
/s/stones.htm - 74k

Time (7245 Occurrences)
... vernal equinox and was called after the month next preceding, we-'adhar, or the
"second Adar." We do not know when this arrangement was first adopted, but it ...
/t/time.htm - 21k

Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)
... It is probable that Shealtiel had no children and adopted Zerubbabel; or that
Zerubbabel was his levirate son; or that, Shealtiel being childless, Zerubbabel ...
/z/zerubbabel.htm - 20k

Nephusim (1 Occurrence)
... ne'-fish, ne-fi'-sim, ne-fish'-e-sim, ne-fusim (nephicim, nephucim): The former
is the Kethibh (Hebrew: "written") form of the name adopted in the Revised ...
/n/nephusim.htm - 7k

Nephushesim (1 Occurrence)
... ne-fush'-e-sim, ne-fish'-e-sim (nephushecim, nephishecim): The former is the Kethibh
(Hebrew "written") form of the name adopted in the Revised Version ...
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Bible Concordance

Adopted (10 Occurrences)

Acts 7:19 He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to live.
(WEY)

Acts 7:21 At length he was cast out, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him, and brought him up as her own son.
(WEY RSV)

Acts 20:3 And having spent three months there, a treacherous plot against him having been set on foot by the Jews, as he was going to sail to Syria, the resolution was adopted of returning through Macedonia.
(DBY)

Romans 8:15 You have not for the second time acquired the consciousness of being--a consciousness which fills you with terror. But you have acquired a deep inward conviction of having been adopted as sons--a conviction which prompts us to cry aloud, "Abba! our Father!"
(WEY)

Ephesians 1:5 For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--
(WEY NIV)

1 Kings 9:9 and they shall answer,'Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold of other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore Yahweh has brought all this evil on them.'"
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 7:22 They shall answer, Because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil on them.
(See NAS)

Esther 2:7 He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
(See RSV)

Esther 2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 106:35 but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Adopted

Related Terms

Nephishesim (1 Occurrence)

Easter (1 Occurrence)

Adoption (5 Occurrences)

Precious (128 Occurrences)

Stones (244 Occurrences)

Time (7245 Occurrences)

Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)

Nephusim (1 Occurrence)