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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. p. & a) Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

2. (p. p. & a) Composed or made; -- with of.

3. (p. p. & a) Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

4. (p. p. & a) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse.

5. (v. t.) To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.

6. (v. t.) To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

7. (n.) An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COMPACT; COMPACTED

kom-pakt', kom-pakt'-ed (chabhar, "to be joined"; sumbibazo, "to raise up together"): "Compact" appears as translation of chabhar in Psalm 122:3, "Jerus. a city that is compact together" (well built, its breaches restored, walls complete, and separate from all around it); and "compacted" (sumbibazo) occurs in the King James Version Ephesians 4:16, "fitly joined together and compacted," the Revised Version (British and American) "fitly framed and knit together." In the Revised Version (British and American) "compacted" is also the translation of sunistemi, "to set together" (2 Peter 3:5), "an earth compacted out of water and amidst (margin, through) water," which suggests the idea of water as the primary material (compare Genesis 1:2).

W. L. Walker

Greek

3316. mesites -- an arbitrator, a mediator
... 3316 (a "mediator") intervenes to restore peace between two parties,
especially as it fulfills a compact or ratifies a covenant. ...
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4883. sunarmologeo -- to fit together
... of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sunarmologeo Phonetic Spelling: (soon-ar-mol-og-
eh'-o) Short Definition: I fit together Definition: I fit together, compact. ...
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4822. sumbibazo -- to join together, hence to consider, by ext. to ...
... reduplication) of the base of basis); to drive together, ie Unite (in association
or affection), (mentally) to infer, show, teach -- compact, assuredly gather ...
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4934. suntithemi -- to place together, hence observe, agree
... agreement, agree Definition: mid. and pass: I make a compact (agreement)
with (together), covenant with, agree. Word Origin from ...
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1303. diatithemi -- to place separately, ie dispose of by a will
... Middle voice from dia and tithemi; to put apart, ie (figuratively) dispose (by
assignment, compact, or bequest) -- appoint, make, testator. see GREEK dia. ...
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2675. katartizo -- to complete, prepare
... katartizo Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ar-tid'-zo) Short Definition: I fit together,
prepare Definition: (a) I fit (join) together; met: I compact together, (b) act ...
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4856. sumphoneo -- to call out with, to be in harmony, generally ...
... agree with. From sumphonos; to be harmonious, ie (figuratively) to accord (be suitable,
concur) or stipulate (by compact) -- agree (together, with). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2266. chabar -- to unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell ...
... spell, to charm NASB Word Usage alliance is made (1), allied (4), attached (1),
attaching (1), came as allies (1), caster (1), casts (1), compact (1), compose ...
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2380. chazuth -- vision, conspicuousness
... From chazah; a look; hence (figuratively) striking appearance, revelation, or (by
implication) compact -- agreement, notable (one), vision. see HEBREW chazah. ...
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3796. kothel -- wall (of a house)
... wall. From an unused root meaning to compact; a wall (as gathering inmates) --
wall. 3795, 3796. kothel. 3797 . Strong's Numbers.
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2630. chasan -- to be treasured up or hoarded
... lay up. A primitive root; properly, to (be) compact; by implication, to hoard --
lay up. 2629, 2630. chasan. 2631 . Strong's Numbers.
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8285. sherah -- a bracelet
... bracelet. From sharar in its original sense of pressing; a wrist-band (as compact
or clasping) -- bracelet. see HEBREW sharar. 8284, 8285. sherah. 8286 . ...
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7194. qashar -- to bind, league together, conspire
... A primitive root: to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love,
league) -- bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit ...
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5606. saphaq -- to slap, clap
... Or saphaq (1 Kings 20:10; Job 27:23; Isaiah 2:6) {saw-fak'}; a primitive root; to
clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or ...
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1285. berith -- a covenant
... From barah (in the sense of cutting (like bara')); a compact (because made by passing
between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant ...
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2374. chozeh -- a seer
... Active participle of chazah; a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon
with approval) -- agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-)gazer. ...
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4568. maabeh -- thickness, compactness
... clay. From abah; properly, compact (part of soil), ie Loam -- clay. see HEBREW
abah. 4567, 4568. maabeh. 4569 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

For, Whereas that Natural Use, when it Pass Beyond the Compact of ...
... Section 12. For, whereas that natural use, when it pass beyond the compact
of marriage� 12. For, whereas that natural use, when ...
/.../augustine/on the good of marriage/section 12 for whereas that.htm

The Planting of the Church in New England --Pilgrim and Puritan.
... a method quite in analogy with that in which, sixteen years before, they had
constituted the church at Scrooby, entered into formal and solemn compact "in the ...
/.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter viii the planting of.htm

The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset from the Pythagorean ...
... the term "adversary" to the devil, you are advised by the (Lord's) injunction,
"while you are in the way with him," to make even with him such a compact as may ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter xxxv the opinions of carpocrates.htm

A Creator Necessary.
... But every body receives one of two Differentiæ; for it is either compact
and solid, or divided and separate. And if the body of ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xiii a creator necessary.htm

Whether the Sacrament is the Chief of the Marriage Goods?
... First, in themselves, and thus they regard the use of matrimony in begetting children
and observing the marriage compact; while inseparability, which is ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the sacrament is the.htm

Of the Most Holy Miracle of St Francis in Taming the Fierce Wolf ...
... promise to give him each day his necessary food; to which, if you consent, I promise
in his name that he will most faithfully observe the compact." Then all ...
/.../ugolino/the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xxi of the most.htm

Appendix --The Pharaohs of the Ancient and Middle Empires
... The contemporary monuments show that its kings formed a compact group, to which
are appended the first three sovereigns of the Vth dynasty, always in the same ...
/.../appendixthe pharaohs of the ancient.htm

Chapter xi.
... For in no other sentence do we pray in such a way that we, as it were, enter into
a compact with God: for we say, "Forgive us, as we also forgive." And if we ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter xi 2.htm

Type of those Born under virgo.
... Those born in Virgo are of the following description: fair appearance, eyes not
large, fascinating, dark, compact [224] eyebrows, cheerful, swimmers; they are ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter xx type of those born.htm

Can it at any Time or Place be Unjust to Love God with all His...
... But when God commands a thing to be done, against the customs or compact of any
people, though it were never by them done heretofore, it is to be done; and if ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter viii can it at.htm

Thesaurus

Compact (6 Occurrences)
... 4. (pp & a) Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse. ...
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. COMPACT; COMPACTED. ...
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Compacted (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Compact. 2. (a.) Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly
united. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. COMPACT; COMPACTED. ...
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Condense (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To compact, to compress or concentrate into a smaller area; to consolidate;
to abridge; to epitomize. ... 6. (a.) Condensed; compact; dense. ...
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Solid (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist
the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard ...
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Loosen (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness;
to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a ...
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Marble (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary As a mineral, consists of carbonate of lime, its
texture varying from the highly crystalline to the compact. ...
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Clay (50 Occurrences)
... for mortar (Genesis 11:3). The "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple
were cast (1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chronicles 4:17) was a compact loam fitted for ...
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Concord (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A state of agreement; harmony; union. 2. (n.)
Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league. ...
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Epicureans (1 Occurrence)
... 6. Social Contract: Justice and ordinary morality were recognized in the system
as issuing from an original social compact, such as Hobbes and Rousseau supposed ...
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Salt (45 Occurrences)
... This custom of pledging friendship or confirming a compact by eating food
containing salt is still retained among Arabic-speaking people. ...
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Bible Concordance

Compact (6 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 6:16 And what compact has the Temple of God with idols? For *we* are the Temple of the ever-living God; as God has said, "I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; and will be their God, and it is they who shall be My people."
(WEY)

2 Samuel 3:21 And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 5:3 And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 11:3 And all the elders of Israel come in unto the king to Hebron, and David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Samuel.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 23:1 In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
(See RSV)

Psalms 122:3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
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Subtopics

Compact

Related Terms

Compacted (3 Occurrences)

Condense (1 Occurrence)

Solid (13 Occurrences)

Loosen (8 Occurrences)

Marble (5 Occurrences)

Clay (50 Occurrences)

Concord (1 Occurrence)

Epicureans (1 Occurrence)