Bible Dictionary: Energy

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

2. (n.) Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

3. (n.) Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

4. (n.) Capacity for performing work.

Greek

1753. energeia -- mute, speechless
... Cognate: 1753 (the root of the English term "energy") -- ; power " (Wm. ... From energes;
efficiency ("energy") -- operation, strong, (effectual) working. ...
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1756. energes -- at work, active
... of due result, at work. Cognate: 1756 (an adjective) -- properly, ,
full-of-energy (operative). See 1754 (). Word Origin from en ...
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1159. dapanao -- to spend, spend freely
... 1159 -- properly, to spend (expend); (figuratively) spending one's money, time,
energy, resources, etc.; (passive) become spent, (consumed by); "to exert great ...
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1411. dunamis -- (miraculous) power, might, strength
... Spelling: (doo'-nam-is) Short Definition: might, power, marvelous works Definition:
(a) physical power, force, might, ability, efficacy, energy, meaning (b ...
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5594. psucho -- to breathe, blow, to make cool
... J. Thayer) -- properly, "to blow, refresh with cool air" (Zod, ); (figuratively)
"to breathe cool by blowing, to grow cold, 'spiritual energy blighted or ...
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1755. energema -- an effect, operation
... Cognate: 1755 (a neuter noun) -- properly, ("operations"), focusing on the of God's
"energy" (power) in people living in His faith (note the suffix, -). ...
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4393. prophero -- to bring forth
... 4393 (from 4253 , "towards" and 5342 , "carry, bring along") -- properly, to bring
the goal forward with high energy (motion, force), ie moving something to ...
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3449. mochthos -- toil, hardship
... 3449 (from , "laborious toil") -- wearisome, difficult effort (psychologically or
physically); hard work, "implying of energy and effort" (, 1, 42.48). ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Luke 21:36
Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
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Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
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John 8:58
Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.
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Strong's Hebrew

8633. toqeph -- power, strength, energy
... 8632b, 8633. toqeph. 8634 . power, strength, energy. Transliteration: toqeph
Phonetic Spelling: (to'-kef) Short Definition: authority. ...
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Library

Concerning Energy.
... Book II. Chapter XXIII."Concerning Energy. All the faculties [1861] we
have already discussed, both those of knowledge and those ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xxiii concerning energy.htm

Concerning the Theandric Energy.
... Book III. Chapter XIX."Concerning the theandric energy. When the blessed
Dionysius [2197] says that Christ exhibited to us some ...
/.../chapter xix concerning the theandric energy.htm

Fragment v. The Will and the Energy of God is the Effective and ...
... Fragment V. The will and the energy of God is the effective and foreseeing
cause of every� The [4809] will and the energy of God ...
/.../fragments from the lost writings of irenaeus/fragment v the will and.htm

Concerning Passion and Energy.
... Chapter XXII."Concerning Passion and Energy. ... Energy, on the other hand, is a drastic
movement, and by "drastic" is meant that which is moved of itself. ...
/.../exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xxii concerning passion and energy.htm

Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers.
... Book IV. Chapter XII."Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the
Astrologers. Who will not feel astonishment at the exertion ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xii waste of mental energy.htm

Man Summoned by God's Glory and Energy
... II. PETER MAN SUMMONED BY GOD'S GLORY AND ENERGY. '... His Divine power
hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/man summoned by gods glory.htm

He Does Wrong in Assuming, to Account for the Existence of the ...
... Book I. Section 20. He does wrong in assuming, to account for the existence of
the Only-Begotten, an energy' that produced Christ's Person. ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 20 he does wrong.htm

He Thus Proceeds to a Magnificent Discourse of the Interpretation ...
... to a magnificent discourse of the interpretation of "Mediator," "Like," "Ungenerate,"
and "generate," and of "The likeness and seal of the energy of the ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 12 he thus proceeds.htm

It is an Act for God is Simple Energy Proceeding not from any ...
... THESIS 3 It is an act for God is simple energy proceeding not from any external
cause� It is an act (for God is simple energy) proceeding ...
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God Known by his Works his Goodness Shown in his Creative Energy ...
... Chapter III."God Known by His Works His Goodness Shown in His Creative Energy; But
Everlasting in Its Nature; Inherent in God, Previous to All Exhibition of ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter iii god known by his.htm

Thesaurus

Energy (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation;
as, the energy of a magistrate. ...Energy (1 Occurrence). ...
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Virtue (21 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of
a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a ...
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Power (862 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in
action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of ...
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Creation (35 Occurrences)
... Nature in her entirety is as much His creation today as she ever was. The dynamic
ubiquity of God, as efficient energy, is to be affirmed. ...
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Logos
... It is the eternal energy of the universe pervading all its substance and preserving
in unity and harmony the perpetual drift and evolution of phenomenal ...
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Operation (8 Occurrences)
... OPERATION. op-er-a'-shun (ma`ashe, "work"; energeia, energema, "energy"): Twice
used in the Old Testament of God's creative work (Psalm 28:4, 5 Isaiah 5:12). ...
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Omnipotence (2 Occurrences)
... The specific energy with which the divine nature operates finds expression also
in the name 'El Chay, "Living God," which God bears over against the impotent ...
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Faint (76 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly;
dejected; depressed; as, Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. ...
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Force (250 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an
unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or ...
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Enterprise (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected
which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous ...
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Bible Concordance

Energy (1 Occurrence)

Colossians 1:29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Energy

Energy Healing

Related Terms

Virtue (21 Occurrences)

Power (862 Occurrences)

Creation (35 Occurrences)

Logos

Operation (8 Occurrences)