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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Alt. of Ascendance.

Strong's Hebrew

2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... himself securely (1), fasten (1), fastens (1), fierce (1), firm (2), firmly (2),
firmly in his grasp (1), forces (1), fortified (1), gain ascendancy (1), gave ...
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Library

The Division Between East and West
... [Sidenote: Reasons for Roman ascendancy.]. ... Peter and St. Paul, all tended to give
it a moral ascendancy which was gradually claimed as a right. ...
/.../a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter ix the division between.htm

From the Flood to Abraham
... Their ascendancy, however, soon passed. ... During that period of the ascendancy of
the Shemites not much was known of the descendants of Japheth. ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter iii from the flood.htm

The Reign of David.
... On account of rival leaders, there was constant warfare between these two rival
kings. The kingdom of Judah, however, gradually gained the ascendancy. ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter xi the reign of.htm

The Essential Elements of Christian Experience.
... The appetites have already secured the ascendancy. The mind seems to act as
if scarcely aware that it has a soul or any spiritual wants. ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/xxiv the essential elements of.htm

Attributes of Selfishness.
... Sometimes one propensity, and sometimes another, has the greatest natural strength,
and thereby gains the ascendancy in the control of the will. ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xvii attributes of selfishness.htm

Family Habits.
... Every such omission but forms and increases the habit, until it gains an ascendancy
over our sense of duty, and at last exhibits its sovereign power in our ...
/.../philips/the christian home/chapter xvii family habits.htm

The Rival Empresses --Pulcheria and Eudocia
... She strengthened the influence of the senate and supported it in the reform of many
abuses which had crept in during the ascendancy of the eunuchs of the ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/x the rival empressespulcheria and.htm

Egypt
... The invasion of the Egyptian king prevented Rehoboam from attempting to reconquer
the revolted tribes, and in the days of Assyrian ascendancy it was Egypt that ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter v egypt.htm

Hebrew Captives; Or, Mordecai and Esther.
... with the Persians. Both seemed to have become one nation; first the Medes
gaining the ascendancy, and then the Persians. But the ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/hebrew captives or mordecai and.htm

The Dawn of Mind
... yet not more light than sound or touch"called consciousness, the first flicker of
memory, the gradual governance of will, the silent ascendancy of reason ...
/.../drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter iv the dawn of.htm

Thesaurus

Ascendancy (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Alt. of Ascendance. Multi-Version Concordance
Ascendancy (1 Occurrence). Daniel 11:5 The king of the ...
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Ascended (48 Occurrences)

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Urim (8 Occurrences)
... 30:7, 8), and also after the death of Saul (2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:19, 23;
21:1). After the days of David, prophecy was in the ascendancy, and, accordingly ...
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Desolation (131 Occurrences)
... fast to the strict ideal of the scribes. The former gradually came into
ascendancy. Judea was rapidly becoming Hellenistic in all ...
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Daphne
... demoralized the imperial city. The decline of Daphne dates from the days
of Christian ascendancy in the reign of Julian. The place is ...
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Captivate (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate;
to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Anthony; the orator captivated all ...
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Antediluvians
... Winchell, Pre-adamites, 449) that the first number gives the age of actual life
of the individual while the second gives that of the ascendancy of his family ...
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Asmoneans
... The Asmonean struggle is therefore, in all its phases, a three-sided one, and
it makes the ascendancy of the family all the more remarkable. ...
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Sargon (1 Occurrence)
... A year later he was murdered. It was during his reign that the height of Assyrian
ascendancy had been reached. AT Clay. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Thummim (6 Occurrences)
... 30:7, 8), and also after the death of Saul (2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:19, 23;
21:1). After the days of David, prophecy was in the ascendancy, and, accordingly ...
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Bible Concordance

Ascendancy (1 Occurrence)

Daniel 11:5 The king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Ascendancy

Related Terms

Ascended (48 Occurrences)

Urim (8 Occurrences)

Desolation (131 Occurrences)

Daphne

Captivate (2 Occurrences)

Antediluvians

Asmoneans

Sargon (1 Occurrence)

Thummim (6 Occurrences)