Bible Dictionary: Aiming

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aim.

Strong's Hebrew

3384. yarah -- to throw, shoot
... to flow as water (ie To rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow,
ie To shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to ...
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Library

The Saint Resumes the History of Her Life. Aiming at Perfection. ...
... Chapter XXIII. The Saint Resumes the History of Her Life. Aiming at Perfection.
Means Whereby It May Be Gained. Instructions for Confessors. ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xxiii the saint resumes.htm

Scripture Proofs by which one who is Aiming at Perfection is ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXVII. Scripture proofs by which one who is aiming at perfection
is taught not to take back again what he has given up and renounced. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxvii scripture proofs by.htm

On a Single Eye
... "But if thine eye be evil," " not single, aiming at any other object, seeking anything
beneath the sun, " "thy whole body shall be full of darkness. ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 118 on a single.htm

He Corroborates this Statement by the Authority of the Old ...
... living under God's law. But he was clearly aiming at this, that they might
come to know the Son of God as God. And so excellently ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter ix he corroborates this.htm

Whether a Beatified Angel Can Sin?
... Now it is impossible for any man either to will or to do anything except aiming
at what is good; or for him to wish to turn away from good precisely as such. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a beatified angel can.htm

Behold all Ye that Kindle a Fire, that Compass Yourselves About ...
... It is not true that the converted and the unconverted differ only in the
means they use, while both are aiming at the same end. ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/behold all ye that kindle.htm

Moral Depravity.
... It is aiming at, or intending self-gratification as the ultimate and supreme end
of life, instead of aiming, as the moral law requires, at the highest good of ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xxii moral depravity.htm

2 Cor. xiii. 1
... Chap. x.10.) aiming his efforts [1034] at these men, he says,. Ver.3. "Seeing
that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me.". ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxix 2 cor xiii.htm

Christ Before Pilate.
... into the judgment hall, where Jesus had been taken, the Jews had made a formal charge
that must demand the attention of Pilate, that Jesus was aiming at the ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/christ before pilate.htm

Submit Yourselves Therefore to God. James 4:7.
... I suppose it to enjoin the duty of aiming at being Holy, and not at our own
happiness. ... Is not that aiming at my own happiness?". Answer. ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/submit yourselves therefore to god.htm

Thesaurus

Aiming (6 Occurrences)
...Aiming (6 Occurrences). John 8:50 I, however, am not aiming at glory for myself:
there is One who aims at glory for me--and who judges. (WEY). ...
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Fine (184 Occurrences)
... accomplished; beautiful. 2. (superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with
ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy. 3. (superl ...
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Hazor (19 Occurrences)
... His army, under a noted leader of the name of Sisera, swept down upon the
south, aiming at the complete subjugation of the country. ...
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Tigris (2 Occurrences)
... English engineers are at present with great promise of success aiming to restore
the irrigating systems of the region and the prosperity of ancient times. ...
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Tikvath (1 Occurrence)
... English engineers are at present with great promise of success aiming to restore
the irrigating systems of the region and the prosperity of ancient times. ...
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Tikvah (2 Occurrences)
... English engineers are at present with great promise of success aiming to restore
the irrigating systems of the region and the prosperity of ancient times. ...
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Effort (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing
an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle ...
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Endeavour (7 Occurrences)
... For the Scripture said to Pharaoh, (WEY). Romans 15:2 Let each of us endeavour to
please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up. ...
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Direction (128 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance;
management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public ...
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Deadly (31 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious;
as, deadly enemies. 3. (a.) Subject to death; mortal. ...
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Bible Concordance

Aiming (6 Occurrences)

John 8:50 I, however, am not aiming at glory for myself: there is One who aims at glory for me--and who judges.
(WEY)

John 18:10 Simon Peter, however, having a sword, drew it, and, aiming at the High Priest's servant, cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
(WEY)

Romans 15:2 Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.
(WEY)

Romans 15:20 and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;
(DBY)

1 Corinthians 10:33 That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved.
(WEY)

Colossians 3:22 Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters; not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men, but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Aiming

Related Terms

Fine (184 Occurrences)

Hazor (19 Occurrences)

Tigris (2 Occurrences)

Tikvath (1 Occurrence)

Tikvah (2 Occurrences)

Effort (16 Occurrences)

Endeavour (7 Occurrences)

Direction (128 Occurrences)

Deadly (31 Occurrences)