Bible Dictionary: Detachment

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

2. (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.

3. (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.

Greek

4753. strateuma -- an expedition, an army, a company of soldiers
... Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: strateuma Phonetic Spelling:
(strat'-yoo-mah) Short Definition: an army Definition: an army, detachment of troops ...
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Library

Letter xvi. --Detachment.
... FIFTH BOOK: FRESH TRIALS, SUFFERINGS AND PRIVATIONS. Letter XVI."Detachment.
To Sister Marie-Thérèse de Vioménil. Bitterness ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter xvi detachment.htm

Letter xv. --Perfect Detachment.
... SEVENTH BOOK: THE LAST TRIALS. AGONY AND MYSTICAL DEATH. THE FRUIT THEREOF. Letter
XV."Perfect Detachment. To Sister Marie-Antoinette de Mahuet. Nancy, 1735. ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter xv perfect detachment.htm

The Equipment of the Servants
... back. Concentration, and what I may call detachment, go together. In order
that there shall be the one, there must be the other. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the equipment of the servants.htm

The Search that Always Finds
... He demands no impossible and fantastic detachment of ourselves from the ordinary
and legitimate occupations, affections, and duties of human life, but He does ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the search that always finds.htm

The Battle of Thermopylae.
... of the horseman."Conversation with Demaratus."Xerxes encamps at the pass."Troops
sent into the pass."Defeat of the Persian detachment."The Immortals ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter ix the battle of.htm

Continues the Same Subject and Speaks of Aridities in Prayer and ...
... 2. Our trials show us our weakness.3. Humility learnt by our faults.4. Love of
money.5. Liberty of spirit.6. On bearing contempt.7. Detachment proved by trials ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii continues the same.htm

Arrest and Trial of Jesus.
... under the control of the priests. They were supported by a detachment of
Roman soldiers with their swords. The order for the arrest ...
/.../renan/the life of jesus/chapter xxiv arrest and trial.htm

To Misser Lorenzo Del Pino of Bologna, Doctor in Decretals ...
... be legitimate to the Christian, it is, after all, "more perfect to renounce than
to possess," and that the man who has preserved true detachment of mind ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to misser lorenzo del pino.htm

Coming In
... II. If life has a clear, definite aim, and especially if its aim is the highest,
there will be detachment from, and abandonment of, many lower ones. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/coming in.htm

The Advance of Xerxes into Greece.
... Finally, when the detachment returned to the fleet, some days afterward, they carried
this man with them, and presented him to the commanders as a hero worthy ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter viii the advance of.htm

Thesaurus

Detachment (6 Occurrences)
...Detachment (6 Occurrences). ... John 18:12 So the detachment, the commanding officer,
and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him, (WEB NIV). ...
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Cohort (7 Occurrences)
... In John 18 the word seems to be used loosely of a smaller body of soldiers, a
detachment, detail. See ARMY; BAND. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/c/cohort.htm - 9k

Detachments (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:17 And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines -- three
detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the ...
/d/detachments.htm - 8k

Officers (171 Occurrences)
... John 18:3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the
chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and ...
/o/officers.htm - 37k

Soldiers (83 Occurrences)
... John 18:3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the
chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and ...
/s/soldiers.htm - 31k

Turneth (249 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:17 And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines -- three
detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the ...
/t/turneth.htm - 38k

Proverb (24 Occurrences)
... AS UNIT OF A STRAIN OF LITERATURE 1. From Detachment to Continuity 2. The Conception
of Wisdom 3. In Later Times By this term mainly, but sometimes by the term ...
/p/proverb.htm - 29k

Officer (70 Occurrences)
... John 18:12 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews,
seized Jesus and bound him, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Lamps (45 Occurrences)
... John 18:3 So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple
police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and ...
/l/lamps.htm - 19k

Lanterns (1 Occurrence)
... John 18:3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the
chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and ...
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Bible Concordance

Detachment (6 Occurrences)

John 18:3 Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
(WEB WEY NIV)

John 18:12 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
(WEB NIV)

Acts 23:23 He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night."
(See NIV)

Judges 9:37 And Gaal addeth yet to speak, and saith, 'Lo, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.'
(YLT)

1 Samuel 13:17 And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines -- three detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;
(Root in YLT NIV)

1 Samuel 13:18 and the one detachment turneth the way of Beth-Horon, and the one detachment turneth the way of the border which is looking on the valley of the Zeboim, toward the wilderness.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Detachment

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Cohort (7 Occurrences)

Detachments (7 Occurrences)

Officers (171 Occurrences)

Soldiers (83 Occurrences)

Turneth (249 Occurrences)

Proverb (24 Occurrences)

Officer (70 Occurrences)

Lamps (45 Occurrences)

Lanterns (1 Occurrence)