Bible Dictionary: Execution

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

2. (n.) A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.

3. (n.) The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.

4. (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.

5. (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.

6. (n.) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.

7. (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.

8. (n.) The act of sacking a town.

Greek

1349. dike -- right (as self-evident), justice (the principle, a ...
... right (as self-evident), justice (the principle, a decision or its execution). Part
of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dike Phonetic Spelling: (dee'-kay ...
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1806. exago -- to lead out
... out. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exago Phonetic Spelling: (ex-ag'-o) Short
Definition: I lead out Definition: I lead out, sometimes to death, execution ...
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4669. smurnizo -- to be like myrrh, to mingle with myrrh
... [Wine mixed was commonly offered to dying criminals as a . This was routinely
given to people condemned to brutal execution.]. Word ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Romans 13:4
For he is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath on him that does evil.
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Matthew 5:38-39
You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
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Matthew 26:52-54
Then said Jesus to him, Put up again your sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
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Exodus 20:13
You shall not kill.
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Exodus 21:24-25
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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Exodus 22:2-3
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
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Strong's Hebrew

8546. timuthah -- death
... Word Origin from muth Definition death NASB Word Usage death (1), die (1). death,
die. From muwth; execution (as a doom) -- death, die. see HEBREW muwth. ...
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5950. aliliyyah -- a deed
... Word Origin from alal Definition a deed NASB Word Usage deed (1). miraculous work.
For aliylah; (miraculous) execution -- work. see HEBREW aliylah. 5949, 5950 ...
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Library

Of Design and Execution.
... Book I. 21. (6) of Design and Execution. Again we speak of the arche of an action,
in which there is a design which appears after the beginning. ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/21 -6 of design and.htm

The Wicked Plan Having Been Carried into Execution, Diocletian...
... Chap. XVII. The wicked plan having been carried into execution, Diocletian�
The wicked plan having been carried into execution ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xvii the wicked plan.htm

Whether the Soul of Christ had Omnipotence as Regards the ...
... OF THE POWER OF CHRIST'S SOUL (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the soul of Christ had
omnipotence as regards the execution of His will? Objection ...
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The Answer that we must Take into Account the Purpose of the Doer ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XI. The answer that we must take into account
the purpose of the doer rather than the execution of the business. ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xi the answer that.htm

Twenty-Second Proposition of Arminius
... The decree has reference to man to be created, considered generally; and its
execution to man as created according to his various relations. ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 3/twenty-second proposition of arminius.htm

Via Dolorosa
... selfishness and policy. But at last it was over, and nothing remained but
to carry the unjust sentence into execution. So the tribunal ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter x via dolorosa.htm

The First Opinion, which I Reject, but which is Espoused by those ...
... "II. In addition to this decree, God has pre-ordained certain determinate means
which pertain to its execution, and this by an eternal and immutable decree. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/1 the first opinion which.htm

Appendix.
... God. To co-operate with these for example, in the execution of justice,
is not necessarily to acknowledge that the power is of God. ...
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Death of Jesus.
... heterodox dogmatist, who was punished. Following out the same idea, the
execution was left to the Romans. We know that amongst the ...
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My Judgment Respecting the Two Last Described Schemes of ...
... differ from the first in this point"that neither of them lays down the creation
or the fall as a mediate cause fore-ordained by God for the execution of the ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/4 my judgment respecting the.htm

Thesaurus

Execution (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance;
achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. ...
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Levy (19 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or
on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution. ...
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Hanging (82 Occurrences)
... hinges. 5. (n.) The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.
6. (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter. 7 ...
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Punishments (31 Occurrences)
... Even if he took refuge at the altar in a sanctuary or in an asylum city, he would
not be immune from arrest and execution, and the same principle was applied ...
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Witness (295 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose
of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will ...
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Respite (8 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve. ...
7. (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve. ...
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Return (499 Occurrences)
... 26. (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution,
to the proper officer or court. 27. (n.) The certificate ...
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Extent (15 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which
the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. ...
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Performance (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution;
achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of ...
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Achan (7 Occurrences)
... will not be sure that the record says that any greater cruelty was practiced on
the family of Achan than that of compelling them to be present at the execution...
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Bible Concordance

Execution (4 Occurrences)

Acts 12:19 And when Herod had had him searched for and could not find him, after sharply questioning the guards he ordered them away to execution. He then went down from Judaea to Caesarea and remained there.
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Acts 23:30 But having received information of a plot about to be put in execution against the man by the Jews, I have immediately sent him to thee, commanding also his accusers to say before thee the things that are against him. Farewell.
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Esther 9:1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),
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Daniel 2:12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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Subtopics

Execution

Related Terms

Levy (19 Occurrences)

Hanging (82 Occurrences)

Punishments (31 Occurrences)

Witness (295 Occurrences)

Respite (8 Occurrences)

Return (499 Occurrences)

Extent (15 Occurrences)

Performance (6 Occurrences)