Bible Dictionary: Cultivate

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

2. (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

3. (v. t.) To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

4. (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.

5. (v. t.) To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

Greek

1090. georgeo -- to till
... to till. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: georgeo Phonetic Spelling:
(gheh-or-gheh'-o) Short Definition: I work the soil, cultivate the earth Definition: ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5647. abad -- to work, serve
... root Definition to work, serve NASB Word Usage become slaves (1), been slaves (1),
bondage (2), burdened (2), cultivate (7), cultivated (2), cultivates (1), do ...
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7462b. raah -- probably to associate with
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition probably to associate with NASB Word Usage
associate (1), companion (2), cultivate (1), keeps company (1). 7462a, 7462b. ...
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Library

Far Best to Cultivate virtue from Boyhood.
... Discourse V."Thallousa. Chapter III."Far Best to Cultivate Virtue from
Boyhood. Therefore, it is becoming that we should kindle ...
/.../chapter iii far best to cultivate.htm

We must Adhere to those who Cultivate Peace, not to those who ...
... Chapter XV."We must adhere to those who cultivate peace, not to those
who merely pretend to do so. Let us cleave, therefore, to ...
/.../chapter xv we must adhere to.htm

We must Adhere to those who Cultivate Peace, not to those who ...
... The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. Chapter XV."We Must Adhere to Those
Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So. ...
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That we Ought not to Give up Intercourse with Our Brethren in ...
... That we ought not to give up intercourse with our brethren in order to seek after
perfection, but should rather constantly cultivate the virtue of patience. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter vii that we ought.htm

Delivered on the Lord's Day, on that which is Written in the ...
... vineyard. For we cultivate God, and God cultivateth us. [2842] But we do
not so cultivate God as to make Him any better thereby. ...
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Do's for Public Speakers
... Be uniformly courteous. Prune your sentences. Cultivate mental alertness. Conceal
your method. ... Cultivate sincerity. Cultivate brevity. Cultivate tact. ...
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How Nebuzaradan Set Gedaliah Over the Jews that were Left in Judea ...
... righteous disposition. He also commanded them that they should cultivate
the ground, and pay an appointed tribute to the king. He ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how nebuzaradan set.htm

The Slave's Girdle
... true, because a lowly, measure of myself, and does not always demand from other
people their regard and assistance, that temper is a thing that we can cultivate ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/the slaves girdle.htm

Careful to Maintain Good Works
... things. All plants we cultivate are small at first. ... 4. Seek to cultivate a spirit
of humble, patient, trustful dependence upon God. Live ...
/.../murray/working for god/xxiii careful to maintain good.htm

Talking in Salesmanship
... Every salesman should cultivate a musical and well-modulated voice as one
of the chief assets in salesmanship. The salesman should ...
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Thesaurus

Cultivate (11 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns;
to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil. ...Cultivate (11 Occurrences). ...
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Garden (68 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice
horticulture. 4. (vt) To cultivate as a garden. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Till (774 Occurrences)
... 9. (prep.) To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from,
etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm. 10. ...
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Cultivated (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Cultivate. Multi-Version Concordance
Cultivated (8 Occurrences). Romans 11:24 For if you ...
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Gather (251 Occurrences)
... Gatherer occurs in Amos 7:14 as the translation of bolec, from balac, to cultivate
figs or sycamores, "a gatherer of sycamore fruit," the Revised Version ...
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Judgement (68 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Romans 12:3 For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every
individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of ...
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Grow (139 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To become attached of fixed; to adhere. 6. (vt) To cause to grow; to cultivate;
to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco. ...
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Vegetation (18 Occurrences)
... Psalms 104:14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man
to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth: (See NAS). ...
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Voice (651 Occurrences)
... whisper. 3. (n.) The tone or sound emitted by anything. 4. (n.) The faculty
or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice. 5 ...
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Union (24 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, to cultivate a spirit of harmony--all of you--and that there be no ...
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Bible Concordance

Cultivate (11 Occurrences)

Romans 12:3 For through the authority graciously given to me I warn every individual among you not to value himself unduly, but to cultivate sobriety of judgement in accordance with the amount of faith which God has allotted to each one.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to cultivate a spirit of harmony--all of you--and that there be no divisions among you, but rather a perfect union through your having one mind and one judgement.
(WEY)

Genesis 2:5 No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
(See NAS)

Genesis 2:15 Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
(See NAS)

Genesis 3:23 Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
(See NAS)

Genesis 4:12 From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 28:39 You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 9:10 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
(See NAS)

Psalms 37:3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
(See NAS)

Psalms 104:14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
(WEB RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:19 Those who labor in the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
(WEB NAS)

Subtopics

Cultivate

Related Terms

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Till (774 Occurrences)

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Grow (139 Occurrences)

Vegetation (18 Occurrences)

Voice (651 Occurrences)