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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) In the East Indies, an enclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

2. (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

3. (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

4. (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

5. (v. t.) To compose; to constitute.

6. (v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

7. (v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.

8. (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.

9. (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.

10. (n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COMPOSITION; COMPOUND

kom-po-zish'-un, kom'-pound (mathkoneth, "measure"); (subst.) (raqach, "to make perfume," roqach, "perfume"): Used of the sacred anointing oil (Exodus 30:25, 32, 33) and of the holy perfume (Exodus 30:37, 38), which were not to be used for any profane purpose.

Greek

678. aprosopolemptos -- not accepting the person, ie without ...
... Adverb from a compound of a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of
a presumed compound of prosopon and lambano (compare prosopoleptes); in a way ...
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4758. stratologeo -- to enlist soldiers
... From a compound of the base of stratia and lego (in its original sense); to gather
(or select) as a warrior, ie Enlist in the army -- choose to be a soldier. ...
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4774. suggnome -- confession, fellow feeling
... concession, permission. From a compound of sun and ginosko; fellow knowledge,
ie Concession -- permission. see GREEK sun. see GREEK ginosko. ...
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4786. sugkerannumi -- to mix together, hence to agree with
... 4786 (from 4862 , "identified ," intensifying 2767 , "mix into a new and improved
compound") -- properly, into a superior -- "a " () where the parts . ...
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5148. trietia -- a period of three years
... three years. From a compound of treis and etos; a three years' period (triennium) --
space of three years. see GREEK treis. see GREEK etos. ...
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4943. sunupourgeo -- to help together
... help together. From sun and a derivative of a compound of hupo and the base of ergon;
to be a co-auxiliary, ie Assist -- help together. see GREEK sun. ...
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4883. sunarmologeo -- to fit together
... From sun and a derivative of a compound of harmos and lego (in its original sense
of laying); to render close-jointed together, ie Organize compactly -- be ...
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4955. sustasiastes -- rebel
... rebel From a compound of sun and a derivative of stasis; a fellow-insurgent --
make insurrection with. see GREEK sun. see GREEK stasis. ...
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4831. summimetes -- a fellow imitator
... a fellow-imitator. From a presumed compound of sun and mimeomai; a co-imitator,
ie Fellow votary -- follower together. see GREEK sun. see GREEK mimeomai. ...
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5206. huiothesia -- adoption
... adoption. From a presumed compound of huios and a derivative of tithemi; the placing
as a son, ie Adoption (figuratively, Christian sonship in respect to God ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7543. raqach -- to mix or compound oil or ointment
... raqach. 7544 . to mix or compound oil or ointment. Transliteration: raqach Phonetic
Spelling: (raw-kakh') Short Definition: perfumer. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4842. mirqachath -- an ointment mixture
... perfumers'* (1). prepared by the apothecaries' art, compound, ointment. From
raqach; an aromatic unguent; also an unguent-pot -- prepared ...
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Library

Simple and Compound.
... Book VIII. Chapter IX."Simple and Compound. Then Niceta began as follows:
[814] "Everything that is, is either simple or compound. ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter ix simple and compound.htm

Whether the Soul is Simple or Compound.
... On the Subject of the Soul. V. Whether the Soul is Simple or Compound.
We prove, then, that the soul is simple, best of all, by ...
/.../dubious or spurious writings of gregory thaumaturgus/v whether the soul is.htm

Concerning the one Compound Subsistence of God the Word.
... Book III. Chapter VII."Concerning the one compound subsistence of God
the Word. We hold then that the divine subsistence of God ...
/.../exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter vii concerning the one compound.htm

Whether God Enters into the Composition of Other Things?
... Dom., [*Serm. xxxviii]) that, "the word of God, which is God, is an uncreated form."
But a form is part of a compound. Therefore God is part of some compound. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether god enters into the.htm

Concerning Christ's Two Natures, in Opposition to those who Hold ...
... departing from its native simplicity, nor yet the human being either changed into
the nature of God or reduced to non-existence, nor one compound nature being ...
/.../exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter iii concerning christs two natures.htm

The Endless Quest
... Remacu:"touching the text with the point of needle, Bengel exclaims: "A grand compound!"
And it is a "grand compound." The verb in the text is not simply to ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/xxiii the endless quest.htm

Whether a Name Can be Given to God?
... And because in creatures of this kind what is perfect and subsistent is compound;
whereas their form is not a complete subsisting thing, but rather is that ...
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Concerning the Manner in which the Word was Conceived, and ...
... Divine seed, and from her holy and most pure blood He formed flesh animated with
the spirit of reason and thought, the first-fruits of our compound nature [1955 ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter ii name the manner.htm

Ninth Tractate. The Intellectual-Principle, the Ideas, and the ...
... All that we see, and describe as having existence, we know to be compound;
hand-wrought or compacted by nature, nothing is simplex. ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/ninth tractate the intellectual-principle the.htm

Concerning the Energies in Our Lord Jesus Christ.
... But, if there is one energy belonging to both His divinity and His humanity, it
will be compound, and will be either a different energy from that of the Father ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xv concerning the energies in.htm

Thesaurus

Compound (3 Occurrences)
... outbuildings, etc. 2. (vt) To form or make by combining different elements,
ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine. 3. (vt ...
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Mixture (16 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound;
as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley. ...
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Alloy
... 1. (vt) Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals;
for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. ...
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Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)
... unbridled lust," "shamelessness," "outrageousness"): 1. Sources: Etymologists assign
three probable sources of aselgeia, namely: (1) from a compound of the ...
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Mix (10 Occurrences)
... of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance
with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring ...
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Individual (12 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a compound animal.
5. (n.) The product of a single egg, whether it remains ...
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Formula (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.
5. (n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters ...
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Treasurer (6 Occurrences)
... treasure." Found only once in Acts 8:27 concerning the Ethiopian "who was over all
her (Queen Candace's) treasure." In the compound gazophulakion, "guarding of ...
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Equivalent (3 Occurrences)
... Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another
in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric ...
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Compounder (3 Occurrences)
... Compounder (3 Occurrences). Exodus 30:25 and thou hast made it a holy anointing
oil, a compound mixture, work of a compounder; it is a holy anointing oil. (YLT) ...
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Bible Concordance

Compound (3 Occurrences)

Exodus 30:25 You shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Exodus 30:35 and thou hast made it a perfume, a compound, work of a compounder, salted, pure, holy;
(YLT)

Ezekiel 24:10 Make abundant the wood, Kindle the fire, consume the flesh, And make the compound, And let the bones be burnt.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Compound

Related Terms

Mixture (16 Occurrences)

Alloy

Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)

Mix (10 Occurrences)

Individual (12 Occurrences)

Formula (2 Occurrences)

Treasurer (6 Occurrences)