Bible Dictionary: Attractive

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.

2. (a.) Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing.

3. (n.) That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.

Greek

3169. megaloprepes -- befitting a great one
... make becoming, appropriate") -- properly, ("") what is magnificent and splendid
(full of majesty); "sublime" (Thayer); "unusually attractive and beautiful ...
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2573. kalos -- well
... Cognate: 2573 (the adverbial form of 2570 ) -- well-; as good (advantageous,
appealing), ie as "winsomely attractive." See 2570 (). ...
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2436. hileos -- propitious
... Perhaps from the alternate form of haireomai; cheerful (as attractive), ie Propitious;
adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, ie (in averting some calamity ...
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Library

The Attractive Force of the Cross.
... IV. THE ATTRACTIVE FORCE OF THE CROSS. ... To the penitent the Cross is attractive as
an open door to the prisoner, or the harbour-heads to the storm-tossed ship. ...
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The Attractive Power of God
... ECKHART'S SERMONS I THE ATTRACTIVE POWER OF GOD. THE ATTRACTIVE POWER
OF GOD St John 6:44.""No one can come unto Me, except the ...
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Our Drawing Power.
... Jesus. Man himself is the most attractive thing on God's earth. He has
the greatest drawing power. He is attractive to God. He ...
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Of Perfect Conversion, which is an Effect of this Method of Prayer ...
... centre. The centre has always a strong attractive power; and the larger
the centre, the stronger is its attractive force. Besides ...
/.../chapter ix of perfect conversion.htm

Of Conversion
... God has an attractive virtue which draws the soul more and more powerfully to Himself,
the nearer it approaches towards Him, and, in attracting, He purifies ...
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viii
... with the exception of a very few who have made the study a specialty, our educated
men shew a most unaccountable ignorance of the most attractive and valuable ...
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Home and the Home-Maker.
... To preserve the family circle, the home must be made attractive. ... The home must
be made more attractive than the street or places of amusement. ...
/.../questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/x home and the home-maker.htm

Preaching (ii. ).
... I pursue the subject of attractive preaching, taking still the word attractive in
its worthiest sense, and again laying stress on the necessity of ...
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Pray to Thy Father which is in Secret or Alone with God.
... A teacher is always anxious that his schoolroom should be bright and attractive,
filled with the light and air of heaven, a place where pupils long to come ...
/.../murray/lord teach us to pray/pray to thy father which.htm

Social Recreation.
... Life, activity, exercise, each must have some method of spending itself. Some normal
method, some right method, some attractive method must be chosen. ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/vii social recreation.htm

Thesaurus

Attractive (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing;
as, the attractive force of bodies. ...Attractive (6 Occurrences). ...
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Attraction (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an
attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence. ...
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Color (18 Occurrences)
... change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually,
to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make ...
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Idolatry (14 Occurrences)
... 3:5 1 Peter 4:3). The neighboring gods of Phoenicia, Canaan, Moab-Baal, Melkart,
Astarte, Chemosh, Moloch, etc.-were particularly attractive to Jerusalem ...
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Kidron (11 Occurrences)
... as meaning "of the cedars." The Hebrew word has been very generally accepted as
from qadhar, "to become black," but it is an attractive suggestion (Cheyne ...
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Naaman (19 Occurrences)
... the two kingdoms at the time. The character of Naaman is at once attractive
and manly. His impulsive patriotic preference for the ...
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Untempered (5 Occurrences)
... The surface is rubbed smooth and is attractive in appearance. This coating prolongs
the life of the wall but requires yearly attention if the wall is to stand. ...
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Ornament (23 Occurrences)
... moral character. Yet the employment of attractive attire receives sanction
in the divine example of Ezekiel 16:10-14. Ornaments ...
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Leah (30 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Genesis 29:17 Leah's eyes
were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive. ...
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Lusted (14 Occurrences)
... lusted after the children of Asshur her neighbours, governors and rulers, clothed
most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them attractive young men ...
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Bible Concordance

Attractive (6 Occurrences)

Titus 2:10 not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
(See NIV)

Genesis 29:17 Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and attractive.
(WEB)

Judges 15:2 Her father said, "I most certainly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead."
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 23:6 clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 23:12 She lusted after the children of Asshur her neighbours, governors and rulers, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them attractive young men.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 23:23 The children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all the children of Asshur with them; all of them attractive young men, governors and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Attractive

Related Terms

Attraction (3 Occurrences)

Color (18 Occurrences)

Idolatry (14 Occurrences)

Kidron (11 Occurrences)

Naaman (19 Occurrences)

Untempered (5 Occurrences)

Ornament (23 Occurrences)

Leah (30 Occurrences)

Lusted (14 Occurrences)