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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

2. (n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.

3. (n.) A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.

4. (n.) Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ENLARGE; ENLARGEMENT

en-larj', en-larj'-ment:

"To enlarge" is very frequently used figuratively: "God enlarge Japheth" (Genesis 9:27), i.e. "make him a great nation"; or "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me" (2 Samuel 22:37), i.e. "Thou hast given me success." A very peculiar use of "enlarge" is found in the King James Version Psalm 4:1: "Thou hast enlarged me" (the Revised Version (British and American) "set me at large"), i.e. "Thou hast given me freedom, deliverance from distress." "Our heart is enlarged" (platuno; 2 Corinthians 6:11), and "Be ye also enlarged" (2 Corinthians 6:13), express great love of one party to another. See also 1 Samuel 2:1, "My mouth is enlarged," i.e. "full of praise." Ezekiel 41:7, "were broader" (the King James Version "an enlarging").

Enlargement, the King James Version, Esther 4:14 from rawach, "to enlarge," "to respite," is rendered "relief" by the Revised Version (British and American) in better harmony with "deliverance" with which the word is paired.

A. L. Breslich

Strong's Hebrew

7305. revach -- a space, interval, respite, relief
... enlargement, space. From ravach; room, literally (an interval) or figuratively
(deliverance) -- enlargement, space. see HEBREW ravach. 7304, 7305. ...
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4800. merchab -- a broad or roomy place
... From rachab; enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense),
or figuratively (liberty) -- breadth, large place (room). ...
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Library

On Psalm Lxviii. 18 of the Enlargement of the Church.
... Part I."Exegetical. VII. On Psalm lxviii. 18. Of the Enlargement of the
Church. And the unbelieving, too, He sometimes draws by ...
/.../the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/vii on psalm lxviii 18.htm

The Enlargement of Kingdoms is Unsuitably Ascribed to Jove; for If ...
... Chapter 14."The Enlargement of Kingdoms is Unsuitably Ascribed to Jove; For If,
as They Will Have It, Victoria is a Goddess, She Alone Would Suffice for This ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 14 the enlargement of kingdoms.htm

The Time of Doubting and of Spiritual Darkness Constitutes
... or from the sensible declining of his affections from God; or from the strength
of his affections toward creature enjoyments; or from his enlargement in public ...
//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/x the time of doubting.htm

Psalm IV.
... Unless perchance, when he had declared how he was heard, in this very enlargement
of heart he preferred to speak with God; that he might even in this way show ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm iv.htm

A Continuation of Mr Bunyan's Life; Beginning Where He Left Off ...
... Lincoln, and other church-men, to pity his hard and unreasonable sufferings, so
far as to stand very much his friends, in procuring his enlargement, or there ...
/.../bunyan/grace abounding to the chief of sinners/a continuation of mr bunyans.htm

A Continuation of Mr. Bunyan's Life, Beginning Where He Left Off ...
... Lincoln,[20] and other churchmen, to pity his hard and unreasonable sufferings,
so far as to stand very much his friends in procuring his enlargement, or there ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a continuation of mr bunyans.htm

The First Beatitude
... given occasion to some to maintain that one or the other of them misunderstood Christ's
meaning, and modified His expression either by omission or enlargement. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the first beatitude.htm

What was Prophetically Prefigured in the Sons of Noah.
... Is it not also in the houses of Christ, that is, in the churches, that
the "enlargement" of the nations dwells? For Japheth means ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 2 what was prophetically prefigured.htm

Book vi
... revised hymn and tune book; book bindery; printing office; Clarke's Commentary and
other books, and stereotype plates; Christian Advocate; enlargement of the ...
/.../bangs/a history of the methodist episcopal church volume iv/book vi.htm

The End of Theology
... But it is attempered according to the measure of its extension and enlargement,
to admit of which the understanding is exquisitely formed, if it be enlightened ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/the end of theology.htm

Thesaurus

Enlargement (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of
the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of ...
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Enlarge (18 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; --
said of the wind. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ENLARGE; ENLARGEMENT. ...
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Enlargements (1 Occurrence)
... and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name
Enlargements, and saith, 'For -- now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us ...
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Arabah (32 Occurrences)
... The most distinct evidence of the existence of this enlargement of the lake is to
be found at Ain Abu Werideh, where Hull reports "banks of horizontally ...
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Sea (4178 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DEAD SEA, THE. I. PRESENT AREA II. FORMER ENLARGEMENT
III. LEVEL OF THE DEAD SEA IN EARLY HISTORIC TIMES IV. ... II. Former Enlargement. ...
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Redeemer (42 Occurrences)
... Our aim must be to keep this essential significance in mind and at the same time
to provide for an increasing fullness and enlargement of human capacity and ...
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Redemption (46 Occurrences)
... Our aim must be to keep this essential significance in mind and at the same time
to provide for an increasing fullness and enlargement of human capacity and ...
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Dead (580 Occurrences)
... Macalister. DEAD SEA, THE. I. PRESENT AREA II. FORMER ENLARGEMENT III. LEVEL OF
THE DEAD SEA IN EARLY HISTORIC TIMES IV. ... II. Former Enlargement. ...
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Loss (90 Occurrences)
... bereavement" (Isaiah 49:20, translated "bereavement" in the Revised Version (British
and American), where the prophet promises to the desolate Zion enlargement...
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Loom (3 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation
or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea ...
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Bible Concordance

Enlargement (7 Occurrences)

Genesis 26:22 And he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, 'For -- now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.'
(Root in YLT)

1 Kings 7:20 And the capitals upon the two pillars, above also, close to the enlargement which was behind the network, had two hundred pomegranates in rows round about, also on the other capital.
(DBY)

Esther 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 4:1 To the Overseer with Stringed Instruments. -- A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer.
(YLT)

Psalms 90:10 Days of our years, in them 'are' seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet 'is' their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.
(YLT)

Psalms 118:5 Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Enlargement

Related Terms

Enlarge (18 Occurrences)

Enlargements (1 Occurrence)

Arabah (32 Occurrences)

Sea (4178 Occurrences)

Redeemer (42 Occurrences)

Redemption (46 Occurrences)

Dead (580 Occurrences)

Loss (90 Occurrences)

Loom (3 Occurrences)