Bible Dictionary: Decisive

◄ Decisive ►

Jump to: Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Putting an end to controversy; final; conclusive; having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy.

2. (a.) Marked by promptness and decision.

Greek

2924. kritikos -- critical
... able to judge. From krites; decisive ("critical"), ie Discriminative -- discerner.
see GREEK krites. (kritikos) -- 1 Occurrence. 2923, 2924. kritikos. 2925 > ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2924.htm - 6k

686. ara -- therefore (an illative particle)
... Probably from airo (through the idea of drawing a conclusion); a particle denoting
an inference more or less decisive (as follows) -- haply, (what) manner (of ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/686.htm - 7k

5114. tomos -- sharp
... Comparative of a derivative of the primary temno (to cut; more comprehensive or
decisive than kopto, as if by a single stroke; whereas that implies repeated ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5114.htm - 6k

1578. ekklino -- to deviate, to turn away (from someone or ...
... and " and 2827 , "bend") -- properly, to bow out (turn away), with its inevitable
(out-come); exclude; avoid by deliberate, decisive rejection (turning away ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1578.htm - 7k

5245. hupernikao -- to be more than conqueror
... to prevail completely. From huper and nikao; to vanquish beyond, ie Gain a decisive
victory -- more than conquer. see GREEK huper. see GREEK nikao. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5245.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

2782. charats -- to cut, sharpen, decide
... root Definition to cut, sharpen, decide NASB Word Usage act promptly (1), bark*
(1), decided (1), decisive (1), decreed (3), determined (3), maimed (1 ...
/hebrew/2782.htm - 6k

Library

Three Decisive Steps
... Three Decisive Steps. ... Believe that, and take hope; and, getting that hope, be bold
to strike the decisive blow to-night, and give up the idols, and turn to God. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/three decisive steps.htm

The Jordan: the Decisive Start. Matthew 3:13-17. Mark 1:9-1Luke
... III. The Great Experiences of Jesus' Life. 1. The Jordan: The Decisive Start. Matthew
3:13-17. Mark 1:9-11. Luke. ... Greeks, John 12:28. the decisive start. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/1 the jordan the decisive.htm

Who Teach: that the Incomplete and Non-Decisive Election of ...
... Divine Election and Reprobation Paragraph 5 Who teach: That the incomplete and
non-decisive election of particular persons to salvation occurred because� ...
/.../various/the canons of dordt/paragraph 5 who teach that.htm

The Testimony of the Lectionaries Shewn to be Absolutely Decisive ...
... MARK. CHAPTER X. THE TESTIMONY OF THE LECTIONARIES SHEWN TO BE ABSOLUTELY DECISIVE
AS TO THE GENUINENESS OF THESE VERSES. The Lectionary ...
/.../chapter x the testimony of.htm

The Testimony of the Lectionaries Shewn to be Absolutely Decisive ...
... CHAPTER X. THE TESTIMONY OF THE LECTIONARIES SHEWN TO BE ABSOLUTELY DECISIVE
AS TO THE GENUINENESS OF THESE VERSES. The Lectionary ...
/.../chapter x the testimony of.htm

Rejection of Errors
... the one general and indefinite, the other particular and definite; and that the
latter in turn is either incomplete, revocable, non-decisive, and conditional ...
//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/synod of dort/rejection of errors.htm

Who Teach: that There are Various Kinds of Election of God unto ...
... the one general and indefinite, the other particular and definite; and that the
latter in turn is either incomplete, revocable, non-decisive, and conditional ...
/.../various/the canons of dordt/paragraph 2 who teach that.htm

Our Brother.
... The Jordan: The Decisive Start Our Brother. ... The intense significance of this decisive
step by Jesus is brought out strikingly by what follows. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/our brother.htm

A Look Ahead
... help many. And the knife had to be freshly sharpened, and used with strong
decisive hand, if healing and life were to come. And ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on following the christ/1 a look ahead.htm

Quiet Talks about Jesus
... III. The Great Experiences of Jesus' Life. The Jordan: The Decisive Start. ... III. The
Great Experiences of Jesus' Life. 1. The Jordan: The Decisive Start. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/

Thesaurus

Decisive (1 Occurrence)
... question or controversy. 2. (a.) Marked by promptness and decision.
Multi-Version Concordance Decisive (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 28:22 ...
/d/decisive.htm - 7k

Triumph (52 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed
in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy. ...
/t/triumph.htm - 24k

Esarhaddon (3 Occurrences)
... A decisive victory was finally gained over them, and they were driven back into
their own country. Afterward, the Medes and the Chaldeans were also subjugated. ...
/e/esarhaddon.htm - 13k

Jehu (63 Occurrences)
... He died after a reign of twenty-eight years (BC 884-856), and was buried in Samaria
(10:34-36). "He was one of those decisive, terrible, and ambitious, yet ...
/j/jehu.htm - 47k

Punishment (417 Occurrences)
... The following passages are decisive: Isaiah 3:10, 11 Matthew 11:22, 24; Matthew
12:41, 42 Romans 2:5, 12 2 Corinthians 5:10; Galatians 6:7, 8, etc. ...
/p/punishment.htm - 62k

Jonathan (109 Occurrences)
... As soon as Saul had gained his first decisive victory, the people rallied to him
in great numbers, so that he was able to count upon 3,000 men whenever they ...
/j/jonathan.htm - 59k

Everlasting (192 Occurrences)
... The following passages are decisive: Isaiah 3:10, 11 Matthew 11:22, 24; Matthew
12:41, 42 Romans 2:5, 12 2 Corinthians 5:10; Galatians 6:7, 8, etc. ...
/e/everlasting.htm - 68k

Pastoral
... of the Pauline age; (3) that the language of the epistles is, to a large extent,
different from that in the accepted epistles; (4) the "most decisive" of all ...
/p/pastoral.htm - 39k

Ruth (19 Occurrences)
... OHL, 946, explains the word as an abstract noun = "friendship." The Book of Ruth
details the history of the one decisive episode owing to which Ruth became an ...
/r/ruth.htm - 26k

Damascus (58 Occurrences)
... concert with Pekah of Israel, to coerce Judah into joining an anti-Assyrian league
(2 Kings 15:37; 2 Kings 16:5 Isaiah 7). His punishment was swift and decisive...
/d/damascus.htm - 45k

Bible Concordance

Decisive (1 Occurrence)

Isaiah 28:22 And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Decisive

Related Terms

Triumph (52 Occurrences)

Esarhaddon (3 Occurrences)

Jehu (63 Occurrences)

Punishment (417 Occurrences)

Jonathan (109 Occurrences)

Everlasting (192 Occurrences)

Pastoral

Ruth (19 Occurrences)

Damascus (58 Occurrences)