Bible Dictionary: Center

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.

2. (n.) The middle or central portion of anything.

3. (n.) A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attraction.

4. (n.) The earth.

5. (n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.

6. (n.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

7. (n.) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.

8. (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.

9. (v. i.) Alt. of Centre

10. (v. t.) Alt. of Centre

Greek

2588. kardia -- heart
... Spelling: (kar-dee'-ah) Short Definition: the heart, inner life, intention Definition:
lit: the heart; mind, character, inner self, will, intention, center. ...
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3510. nephros -- a kidney, fig. the (inmost) mind
... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: nephros Phonetic Spelling:
(nef-ros') Short Definition: a kidney as a general emotional center Definition: ...
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53. hagnos -- free from ceremonial defilement, holy, sacred
... 1, 122) -- properly, to the); (chaste, unadultered); pure ; because (undefiled from
sin), ie without spoilation even within (even down to the center of one's ...
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59. agorazo -- to buy in the marketplace, purchase
... 59 (from 58 , "the ancient marketplace, town-center") -- properly, to make in
the marketplace (""), ie as transfers from seller to buyer. ...
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1282. diaprio -- to saw asunder, cut to the heart
... emotionally "sawn asunder," as when the heart is "ripped in two" ("cut to the quick") --
ie when a person is "split down the center" (emotionally) when ...
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1904. eperchomai -- to come to or upon
... effects that the particular coming. (Note the prefix , showing the action
as the "epi-center" of what happens.). 1904 ("come upon, apt ...
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346. anakephalaioo -- to sum up, gather up
... a () . 346 ("recapitulate") shows the head as the "organizing center," causing
all the parts to work together in harmony. [R. Lenski ...
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3319. mesos -- middle, in the midst
... word Definition middle, in the midst NASB Word Usage among (3), among* (5), before*
(3), between (1), between* (3), center (6), forward* (3), midday* (1 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2872. tabbur -- highest part, center
... 2871, 2872. tabbur. 2873 . highest part, center. Transliteration: tabbur
Phonetic Spelling: (tab-boor') Short Definition: center. ...
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1179. Baal Chermon -- "Baal of Hermon," the center of Baal worship ...
... "Baal of Hermon," the center of Baal worship on Mt. ... Word Origin from Baal and Chermon
Definition "Baal of Hermon," the center of Baal worship on Mt. ...
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1184. Baale Yehudah -- "Baal of Judah," the center of Baal worship ...
... "Baal of Judah," the center of Baal worship in Judah. Transliteration: Baale Yehudah
Phonetic Spelling: (bah-al-ay' yeh-hoo-daw') Short Definition: Baale-judah. ...
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7130. qereb -- inward part, midst
... From qarab; properly, the nearest part, ie The center, whether literal, figurative
or adverbial (especially with preposition) -- X among, X before, bowels, X ...
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8432. tavek -- midst
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition midst NASB Word Usage along (3),
among (135), among* (1), between (2), center (10), high (1), home (2), inside (9 ...
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Library

The First Three Properties of Nature were Never to have Been Seen ...
... of life, was their whole turning from the light of God; and therefore they found
themselves where they had turned their desire; that is, in the center of nature ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-3-32 the first three properties.htm

Some Preliminary Definitions
... When the writer lived in the open country several years ago he went to
Mifflin Center school and attended Wesley Chapel church. ...
/.../church cooperation in community life/chapter i some preliminary definitions.htm

Building for Community Service
... It is believed that the type of building suitable for an open country community
will be somewhat different from that needed in a village center. ...
/.../vogt/church cooperation in community life/chapter v building for community.htm

The Setting
... He becomes the center of the Church's life, the living witness and guardian of its
faith. ... The bishop is the living center of the Christian tradition. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/richardson/early christian fathers/the setting.htm

Choosing the Tens
... The city was laid out near the center of Goshen, a long strip of fertile country
given over to the Israelites since the days of the Hyksos king, Apepa, near ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter i choosing the tens.htm

Praises and Vows Accepted in Zion
... The all-glorious person of the Redeemer, God and Man, is the great center
of Zion's temple, and the only real altar of sacrifice. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/praises and vows accepted in.htm

Gravity Upward.
... by His own choice. Man's true gravity is toward a center upward. Sin's
gravity is toward a center downward. When an ordinary man ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/gravity upward.htm

The Social Challenge to the Church
... For many years it has been argued that the schoolhouse should be so built that it
could be made the community center for all types of activities. ...
/.../vogt/church cooperation in community life/chapter iv the social challenge.htm

The Work of Regeneration.
... In the center of our being, ego, personality rules our nature, disposition, form
of being, and existence, imparting its impress, form, character, and spiritual ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxii the work of regeneration.htm

Introductory.
... He is the divine harmony of all human sects and creeds, the common life-center of
all true Christians; where their hearts meet with their affections, prayers ...
//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/the person of christ/introductory.htm

Thesaurus

Center (30 Occurrences)
... point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which
they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attraction ...
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Centre (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To be placed in a center; to be central. 2. (vi) To be collected to a point;
to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center. ...
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Central (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing
the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or ...
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Pergamum (2 Occurrences)
... Pergamos was chiefly a religious center of the province. ... Later, when it became
the capital, Pergamos remained the religious center. ...
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Pergamos (1 Occurrence)
... Pergamos was chiefly a religious center of the province. ... Later, when it became
the capital, Pergamos remained the religious center. ...
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Buying (12 Occurrences)
... stores. In the center of the platform is a sejadeh, a rug or mat. Upon this
the keeper sits in true oriental fashion-cross-legged. ...
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Bethel (67 Occurrences)
... associated with the pillar. This spot became a center of great interest,
lending growing importance to the town. In process of time ...
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Eden (19 Occurrences)
... The expression, "the children of Eden that were in Telassar," undoubtedly referred
to a tribe which inhabited a region of which Telassar was the center. ...
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Turn (963 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular
motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially ...
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Eye (145 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. 12. ... ap'-'-l: The eyeball, or globe
of the eye, with pupil in center, called "apple" from its round shape. ...
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Bible Concordance

Center (30 Occurrences)

John 8:3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the midst,
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John 8:9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.
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Acts 4:7 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
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Revelation 1:13 and in the center of the lampstands some One resembling the Son of Man, clothed in a robe which reached to His feet, and with a girdle of gold across His breast.
(WEY)

Revelation 4:6 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
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Revelation 5:6 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
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Revelation 6:6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't damage the oil and the wine!"
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Revelation 7:17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
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Exodus 26:28 The middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
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Exodus 28:32 It shall have a hole for the head in its midst: it shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
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Exodus 36:33 He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.
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Exodus 39:23 The opening of the robe in its midst was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.
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Numbers 35:5 You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
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Judges 9:37 Ga'al spoke again and said, "Look, men are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the Diviners' Oak."
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Judges 9:51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and got them up to the roof of the tower.
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1 Kings 6:27 He set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
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1 Kings 7:25 It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
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2 Chronicles 4:4 It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set on them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
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2 Chronicles 6:13 (for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
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Isaiah 66:17 As for those who keep themselves separate, and make themselves clean in the gardens, going after one in the middle, taking pig's flesh for food, and other disgusting things, such as the mouse: their works and their thoughts will come to an end together, says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 21:4 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
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Ezekiel 1:4 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
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Ezekiel 5:2 A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
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Ezekiel 5:5 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her.
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Ezekiel 38:12 to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.
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Ezekiel 48:8 By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in its midst.
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Ezekiel 48:10 For these, even for the priests, shall be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Yahweh shall be in its midst.
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Ezekiel 48:15 The five thousand that are left in the breadth, in front of the twenty-five thousand, shall be for common use, for the city, for dwelling and for suburbs; and the city shall be in its midst.
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Ezekiel 48:21 The residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy offering and of the possession of the city; in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and westward in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, answerable to the portions, it shall be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in its midst.
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Ezekiel 48:22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it shall be for the prince.
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Subtopics

Center

Related Terms

Centre (8 Occurrences)

Central (1 Occurrence)

Pergamum (2 Occurrences)

Pergamos (1 Occurrence)

Buying (12 Occurrences)

Bethel (67 Occurrences)

Eden (19 Occurrences)

Turn (963 Occurrences)

Eye (145 Occurrences)