Bible Dictionary: Envoy

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

2. (n.) An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.

Greek

652. apostolos -- a messenger, one sent on a mission, an apostle
... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: apostolos Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-os'-tol-os) Short Definition: an apostle, a messenger, an envoy, a delegate ...
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2334. theoreo -- to look at, gaze
... Word Origin from theoros (an envoy, spectator) Definition to look at, gaze NASB
Word Usage beholds (1), look (1), looking (5), observe (3), observed (4 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6735a. tsir -- an envoy, messenger
... 6735, 6735a. tsir. 6735b . an envoy, messenger. Transliteration: tsir Short
Definition: envoy. Word Origin from an unused word Definition ...
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6737. tsayar -- to act as envoy
... 6736, 6737. tsayar. 6738 . to act as envoy. Transliteration: tsayar Phonetic
Spelling: (tsaw-yar') Short Definition: envoys. Word ...
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6735. tsiyr -- an envoy, messenger
... 6734, 6735. tsiyr. 6735a . an envoy, messenger. Transliteration: tsiyr
Phonetic Spelling: (tseer) Short Definition: ambassador. ...
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Library

L'envoy
... L'ENVOY. As one, escaped the bustling trafficking town, Worn out and weary,
climbs his favourite hill And thinks it Heaven to see ...
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Of the Persecutions in Persia and of them that were Martyred There ...
... After two years there came an envoy from Rome, to treat of other matters, who, when
he was informed of this imprisonment, petitioned the king to release the ...
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The Risen Lord's Charge and Gift
... and the only thing, that fits a man to receive it, and whoever possesses these is
thereby despatched into the world as being Christ's envoy and representative. ...
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The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
... 48 or 49. POSTSCRIPT. L'ENVOY. GENERAL INDEX. FOOTNOTES. [ Prev] [Top] [Next ].
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Christian Bookshelf ...
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The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark
... APPENDIX (H). POSTSCRIPT. L'ENVOY. GENERAL INDEX. [ Prev] [Top] [Next ]. The
Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Christian Bookshelf. ...
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Knox, Wishart, and the Murder of Beaton: 1545-1546
... men in the town," by the treble traitor and rascal, Crichton, laird of Brunston
in Lothian, at this time a secret agent of Sadleir, the envoy of Henry VIII. ...
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Knox and Queen Mary, 1561
... shifty and dangerous partisan of Mary Stuart. The Lord James was selected
as an envoy to Mary, in France. He was bidden to refuse her ...
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Contents.
... p.295. (H.) On the Interpolation of the Text of Codex B and Codex ', at S. Matthew
27:48 or 49 p.313. Postscript p.319. L'envoy. General Index p.325. ...
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In the Birth of the Son Light Dawned, --And Darkness Fled from the ...
... 6. One envoy from among the stars"the firmament sent to proclaim to them,"to the
sons of Persia, that they might make ready"to meet the King and to ...
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Thesaurus

Envoy (5 Occurrences)
... foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador. 2 ... envoi.
Multi-Version Concordance Envoy (5 Occurrences). Luke 14 ...
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Delegation (5 Occurrences)
... Delegation (5 Occurrences). Luke 14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way
off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace. (See NAS NIV). ...
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Apostle (25 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This
word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus ...
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Envoys (16 Occurrences)

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Quintus
... Canuleius as sent to Egypt, 162 BC, and again (xxxiii.15) the same Quintus as sent
as an ambassador to Rhodes, 153 BC A Titus Memmius had been an envoy of the ...
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Gains (19 Occurrences)
... gains poverty. (WEB NIV). Proverbs 13:17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
but a trustworthy envoy gains healing. (WEB). Proverbs ...
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Figure (19 Occurrences)
... chords. 22. (n.) To embellish. 23. (vt) To make a figure; to be distinguished
or conspicuous; as, the envoy figured at court. 24. (vt ...
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Envisioned (1 Occurrence)

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Employ (6 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to entrust
with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy. ...
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Memmius
... Canuleius as sent to Egypt, 162 BC, and again (xxxiii.15) the same Quintus as sent
as an ambassador to Rhodes, 153 BC A Titus Memmius had been an envoy of the ...
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Bible Concordance

Envoy (5 Occurrences)

Luke 14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
(WEB)

Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying,'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
(WEB)

Proverbs 13:17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 49:14 I have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
(See NAS NIV)

Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle.
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Envoy

Related Terms

Delegation (5 Occurrences)

Apostle (25 Occurrences)

Envoys (16 Occurrences)

Quintus

Gains (19 Occurrences)

Figure (19 Occurrences)

Envisioned (1 Occurrence)

Employ (6 Occurrences)

Memmius