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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

2. (n.) A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

3. (n.) A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.

Greek

1334. diegeomai -- to relate fully
... highest priority. 1334 ("thoroughly narrate") conveys (has ), according to
the one giving the report or description. [The high level ...
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731. arretos -- unspeakable
... 731 (from 1 , "not" and 4490 , "speakable") -- properly, can be spoken; because
beyond description. Word Origin from alpha (as a neg. ...
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5250. huperpleonazo -- to abound exceedingly
... makes ") expresses the way God will inbirth faith, through divine love, in the yielded
believer to a frequency that exceeds all description and expectation! ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4233. Machavim -- a description of Eliel
... 4232, 4233. Machavim. 4234 . a description of Eliel. Transliteration: Machavim
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-av-eem') Short Definition: Mahavite. ...
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Library

Description of the Esquimaux
... Description of the Esquimaux. It may here be interesting to say a few words
respecting the people who inhabit the gloomy abodes whence ...
/.../murray/kalli the esquimaux christian /description of the esquimaux.htm

The Heavenly Footman; Or, a Description of the Man that Gets to ...
... THE HEAVENLY FOOTMAN; OR, A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAN THAT GETS TO HEAVEN. TOGETHER
WITH THE WAY HE RUNS IN, THE MARKS HE GOES BY; ALSO ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the heavenly footman or a.htm

The Description of Jerusalem.
... CHAPTER 4. The Description Of Jerusalem. 1. The city of Jerusalem was fortified
with three walls, on such parts as were not encompassed ...
/.../chapter 4 the description of.htm

A Description of the Temple.
... CHAPTER 5. A Description Of The Temple. 1. Now this temple, as I have already
said, was built upon a strong hill. At first the plain ...
/.../chapter 5 a description of 2.htm

A Description of the Standard of the Cross, which the Romans Now ...
... Book I. Chapter XXXI."A Description of the Standard of the Cross, which the Romans
now call the Labarum. Now it was made in the following manner. ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxxi a description of the.htm

Description of the Structure of the Holy Sepulchre.
... Book III. Chapter XXXIV."Description of the Structure of the Holy Sepulchre.
This monument, therefore, first of all, as the chief ...
/.../the life of constantine/chapter xxxiv description of the structure.htm

The Description of Christ the Beloved, Cant. 5 12-Sep 14 15 16
... Hymns. Book 1. Hymn 1:75. The description of Christ the beloved, Cant.
5. 9-12 14 15 16. 1 The wondering world enquires to know ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 09375 the description of.htm

Description of the Wilderness, and the Question About the Death of ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter I. Description of the
wilderness, and the question about the death of the saints. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter i description of the.htm

Description of the Town of Thennesus.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter I. Description of the town of Thennesus. ...
For the description of the neighbouring country compare Conference VII. ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter i description of the.htm

A Description of Heart-Purity
... 16. A description of heart-purity. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they
shall see God. Matthew 5:8. The holy God, who is of purer ...
/.../16 a description of heart-purity.htm

Thesaurus

Description (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Description (6 Occurrences). Acts 23:25 he having
written a letter after this description: (YLT). Titus ...
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Scales (33 Occurrences)
... (2) Meghinnah from maghen, literally, "a buckler" or "small shield" (2 Chronicles
23:9 Jeremiah 46:3), is used in the description of the crocodile (see ...
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Bethshemesh (19 Occurrences)
... 1. Beth-shemesh of Judah: The first mention of a place by this name is in the
description of the border of the territory of Judah (Joshua 15:10) which "went ...
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Beth-shemesh (19 Occurrences)
... 1. Beth-shemesh of Judah: The first mention of a place by this name is in the
description of the border of the territory of Judah (Joshua 15:10) which "went ...
/b/beth-shemesh.htm - 20k

Register (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description,
or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule. ...
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Describe (11 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes
with uncommon force and beauty. ...Description = "list" (1 Esdras 5:39). ...
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Bildad (5 Occurrences)
... to tradition (Job 8:8-10), and taking Eliphaz' cue of cause and effect (Job 8:11)
he gives, evidently from the literary stores of wisdom, a description of the ...
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Architecture
... margin). The description of the plan of the ark (Genesis 6:14) is the first
detailed architectural description in the Old Testament. ...
/a/architecture.htm - 28k

Tower (74 Occurrences)
... 5. A Babylonian Description of the Tower: E-temen-ana-ki, to give the Babylonian
(Sumerian) name, consisted of six stages built upon a platform, and provided ...
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Satan (50 Occurrences)
... The fundamental moral description of Satan is given by our Lord when He describes
Satan as the "evil one" (Matthew 13:19, 38; compare Isaiah's description of ...
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Bible Concordance

Description (6 Occurrences)

Acts 23:25 he having written a letter after this description:
(YLT)

Titus 3:11 for, as you know, a man of that description has turned aside from the right path and is a sinner self-condemned.
(WEY)

Joshua 18:4 Appoint for you three men for each tribe; and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 18:6 You shall survey the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 18:8 And the men arose, and went; and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying: 'Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh.'
(See RSV NIV)

Joshua 18:9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book, and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Description

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