Bible Dictionary: Cycle

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

2. (n.) An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year.

3. (n.) An age; a long period of time.

4. (n.) An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.

5. (n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.

6. (n.) One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves.

7. (n.) A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.

8. (v. i.) To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles.

9. (v. i.) To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

JUBILEE, CYCLE OF THE

joo'-bi-le, ju'-bi-le.

See Luni-solar cycle, under ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 5.

Greek

1763. eniautos -- a cycle of time, a year
... a cycle of time, a year. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: eniautos
Phonetic Spelling: (en-ee-ow-tos') Short Definition: a year Definition: a year ...
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165. aion -- a space of time, an age
... a space of time, an age. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: aion Phonetic
Spelling: (ahee-ohn') Short Definition: an age, a cycle of time ...
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5164. trochos -- a wheel
... Souter). 5164 ("cycle") is only used in Js 3:6. Word Origin from trecho
Definition a wheel NASB Word Usage course (1). course. From ...
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2945. kuklo -- around
... round about. As if dative case of kuklos (a ring, "cycle"; akin to kulioo); ie In
a circle (by implication, of en), ie (adverbially) all around -- round about. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5362b. naqaph -- to go around
... root Definition to go around NASB Word Usage circling (2), closed around (1), completed
cycle (1), encircling (1), encompassed (3), go around (1), gone around ...
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Library

This Cycle of Nineteen Years is not Approved of by Certain African ...
... Section XV. This cycle of nineteen years is not approved of by certain
African investigators who have� This cycle of nineteen ...
/.../the paschal canon of anatolius of alexandria/section xv this cycle of.htm

Of the Revolution of the Ages, which Some Philosophers Believe ...
... Chapter 13."Of the Revolution of the Ages, Which Some Philosophers Believe Will
Bring All Things Round Again, After a Certain Fixed Cycle, to the Same Order ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 13 of the revolution of.htm

Job.
... (2) The first cycle of discussion with his three friends in which they charge Job
with sin and he denies the charge. (3) The second cycle of discussion. ...
/.../gerberding/the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter xii job.htm

Excursus on the Subsequent History of the Easter Question.
... It is a fact, proved by the ancient Easter table of the Roman Church, that the cycle
of eighty-four years continued to be used at Rome as before. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/excursus on the subsequent history.htm

The Festal Epistles of Dionysius, in which He Also Gives a Paschal ...
... 11, note 25. Eusebius quotes from the epistle in that chapter. [2308] That is, an
eight-year cycle for the purpose of determining the time of the full moon. ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xx the festal epistles of.htm

The Works of Hippolytus which have Reached Us.
... ed.), Vol. V., under the title the Refutation of All Heresies. [1948] This
chronological work on the passover, which contained a cycle for the purpose of ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxii the works of hippolytus.htm

But Since Our views Regarding the Resurrection Have, as Far as ...
... however, who evinced their respect for this doctrine have said that there will be
a change, although exceedingly slight, at the end of the cycle, from what ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xx but since our.htm

Job
... Then follow three cycles of speeches between Job and his friends (iii.-xiv.;
xv.-xxi.; xxii.-xxxi). First cycle. Job ... xiv.). Second cycle. ...
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Four Miracles
... That intention is to represent the effect, intense and exalting, produced
by such a cycle of wonders on the minds of His disciples. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 4 39 5 15 5 31 5 41.htm

The Syrian Enrollment in 8 Bc
... Further, there is a certain amount of positive evidence that "Enrollments" according
to the Fourteen-Years'-Cycle were made in Syria and elsewhere. ...
/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 8 the syrian enrollment.htm

Thesaurus

Cycle (3 Occurrences)
... again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space
of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the ...
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Period (43 Occurrences)
... of time; more generally, an interval of time specified or left indefinite; a certain
series of years, months, days, or the like; a time; a cycle; an age; an ...
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Easter (1 Occurrence)
... There are also involved the Golden Numbers and the Epacts, the first being the numbers
from 1 to 19, the cycle of the moon when its phases recur on the same ...
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Course (87 Occurrences)
... Psalm 82:5). (7) (The tongue) "setteth on fire the course (the Revised Version
(British and American) "wheel") of nature" (James 3:6). The cycle of generation ...
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Jubilee (25 Occurrences)
... The Simple Life: The Jubilee Year, being the crowning point of all sabbatical
institutions, gave the finishing touch as it were to the whole cycle of sabbatic ...
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Fasts (3 Occurrences)
... The Eighth Day of Assembly immediately following the last day of Tabernacles (Leviticus
23:36 Numbers 29:35 John 7:37) and closing the long cycle of Tishri ...
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Feasts (45 Occurrences)
... The Eighth Day of Assembly immediately following the last day of Tabernacles (Leviticus
23:36 Numbers 29:35 John 7:37) and closing the long cycle of Tishri ...
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Battle (282 Occurrences)
... The conditions are not sufficient to fix the year, since from the nature of the
luni-solar cycle there will always be one or two years in each cycle of 19 that ...
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Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)
... The conditions are not sufficient to fix the year, since from the nature of the
luni-solar cycle there will always be one or two years in each cycle of 19 that ...
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Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)
... The conditions are not sufficient to fix the year, since from the nature of the
luni-solar cycle there will always be one or two years in each cycle of 19 that ...
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Bible Concordance

Cycle (3 Occurrences)

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
(See RSV)

Job 1:5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts." Job did so continually.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 29:1 Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Cycle

Related Terms

Period (43 Occurrences)

Easter (1 Occurrence)

Course (87 Occurrences)

Jubilee (25 Occurrences)

Fasts (3 Occurrences)

Feasts (45 Occurrences)

Battle (282 Occurrences)

Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)