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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

2. (n.) Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.

3. (n.) Beautiful; well-favored.

Greek

2132. eunoeo -- to think kindly of, ie to be favorable
... to think kindly of, ie to be favorable. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eunoeo
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-no-eh'-o) Short Definition: I have good-will ...
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2138. eupeithes -- constantly attendant
... 2138 (from 2095 , "well" and 3982 , "persuade") -- properly, "well-persuaded," ,
ie willing (pre-disposed, favorable to); easy to come to terms with . ...
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2144. euprosdektos -- acceptable
... acceptable. From eu and a derivative of prosdechomai; well-received, ie Approved,
favorable -- acceptable(-ted). see GREEK eu. see GREEK prosdechomai. ...
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2120. eukairia -- fitting time
... opportunity. From eukairos; a favorable occasion -- opportunity. see GREEK eukairos.
(eukairian) -- 2 Occurrences. 2119, 2120. eukairia. 2121 . ...
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2205. zelos -- to have warmth of feeling for or against, to be ...
... From zeo; properly, heat, ie (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor;
in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an ...
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1184. dektos -- acceptable
... pleasing. Word Origin from dechomai Definition acceptable NASB Word Usage
acceptable (2), favorable (1), welcome (2). acceptable. ...
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1914. epiblepo -- to look on (with favor)
... sight . 1914 ("to regard, respect") suggests a favorable viewing -- a "preferred"
noticing, giving ("to notice ," , 1, 24.12). ["This ...
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2119. eukaireo -- to have opportunity
... Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-kahee-reh'-o) Short Definition: I have a good opportunity,
have leisure Definition: I have a good (favorable) opportunity, have leisure ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4917. mishlachath -- a discharge, deputation, sending
... discharge, sending. Feminine of mishlowach; a mission, ie (abstractly) and favorable)
release, or (concretely and unfavorable) an army -- discharge, sending. ...
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4916. mishlowach -- outstretching
... Or mishloach {mish-lo'-akh}; also mishlach {mish-lawkh'}; from shalach; a sending
out, ie (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also ...
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4617. maaneh -- an answer, response
... answer, himself. From anah; a reply (favorable or contradictory) -- answer, X himself.
see HEBREW anah. 4616, 4617. maaneh. 4618 . Strong's Numbers.
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7522. ratson -- goodwill, favor, acceptance, will
... Word Usage acceptable (5), acceptance (1), accepted (8), delight (5), desire (2),
desired (1), desires (1), earnestly* (1), favor (17), favorable (2), good ...
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2603. chanan -- to show favor, be gracious
... nan') Short Definition: beseech. beseech, fair, be, find, show favorable,
be deal, give, grant graciously, A primitive root (compare ...
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4941. mishpat -- judgment
... From shaphat; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially,
especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law ...
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5162. nacham -- to be sorry, console oneself
... A primitive root; properly, to sigh, ie Breathe strongly; by implication, to be
sorry, ie (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or ...
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5183. Nachath -- quietness, rest
... From nchath; a descent, ie Imposition, unfavorable (punishment) or favorable (food);
also (intransitively; perhaps from nuwach), restfulness -- lighting down ...
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7965. shalom -- completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
... Word Origin from shalem Definition completeness, soundness, welfare, peace NASB
Word Usage close (2), ease (1), favorable (1), friend* (1), friendly terms (1 ...
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7521. ratsah -- to be pleased with, accept favorably
... NASB Word Usage accept (11), accepted (6), approve (1), approved (1), delight (4),
delights (2), enjoy (2), enjoyed (1), favor (2), favorable (1), favored (2 ...
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Library

Whether Slavery Can Supervene to Marriage?
... Therefore such a sale should not hold as to the effect of slavery. Objection 2:
Further, two favorable things outweigh one that is not favorable. ...
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Philosophical Basis, and Antecedents of Manichæism.
... fire and water; and nothing could exist without them...As evil is everywhere present
in nature side by side with good, plagues with favorable influences, death ...
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Talking in Salesmanship
... If he talks at all, he should talk quietly and reasonably, and always with the object
of bringing the customer around to a favorable point of view. ...
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Whether the Limbo of Hell is the Same as Abraham's Bosom?
... xxxiii): "I have not yet found Scripture mentioning hell in a favorable sense."
Now Abraham's bosom is taken in a favorable sense, as Augustine goes on to say ...
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The Exordium or Introduction
... THE PURPOSE OF THE INTRODUCTION. The reason for an exordium is to dispose the auditors
to be favorable to us in the other parts of the discourse. ...
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Publishers' Preface to the Second Revised Edition.
... Heaven;" fewer still have proved, in the perusal, more worthy of the praises bestowed
by Reviewers, or have borne out the character which favorable critics had ...
/.../boudreaux/the happiness of heaven/publishers preface to the second.htm

The Preacher's Cry --Pray for Us!
... of way. The very attitude of such a congregation constitutes an environment
most encouraging and favorable to preaching. It renders ...
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We are Drawing Near the End, and to the Highest Conclusions of ...
... In like manner watch not for favorable winds; dispense on every side, north and
south, of thy abundance; nor be too solicitous as to the worthiness of the ...
/.../jennings/old groans and new songs/chapter xi we are drawing.htm

The Return of Xerxes to Persia.
... Mardonius, after much hesitation, concluded to speak to him, and endeavor to dispel
his anxieties and fears, and lead him to take a more favorable view of the ...
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Luther's Separation from Rome
... When, at the age of eighteen, he entered the University of Erfurt, his situation
was more favorable and his prospects were brighter than in his earlier years. ...
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Thesaurus

Favorable (18 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Favorable (18 Occurrences). ... (See NAS). Job 33:26 He prays
to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. ...
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Micaiah (27 Occurrences)
... to their master, they, both by oracular utterance and by the symbolic action of
their leader, Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, gave the king a favorable answer. ...
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Quarries (4 Occurrences)
... found at the surface. The quarryman seeks a thick stratum of firm limestone
which has a favorable exposure. The vertical joint-planes ...
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Flatter (5 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded
or deceitful, representations. 6. (vt) To portray ...
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Fair (147 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; --
said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day. ...
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Friendly (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Having the temper and disposition of a friend;
disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable. ...
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Recommend (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care,
confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a ...
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Augustus (4 Occurrences)
... There is no reason to believe that Augustus entertained any specially favorable
appreciation of Judaism, but from policy he showed himself favorable to the ...
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Success (29 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the
attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue. 4. (n ...
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Balaam (62 Occurrences)
... Bearing this in mind, we see the import of Numbers 24:1. After fruitless efforts
to cajole God into an attitude favorable to his hidden purpose, he for a time ...
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Bible Concordance

Favorable (18 Occurrences)

Luke 4:19 and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
(See NAS)

Genesis 40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
(See RSV NIV)

Genesis 41:16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."
(See NAS RSV)

Judges 21:22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favorable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
(KJV WBS)

1 Samuel 25:8 Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come on a good day; give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.'
(See NIV)

1 Kings 12:7 They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
(See NIV)

1 Kings 22:13 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "See now, the the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good."
(See NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 10:7 They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 18:12 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: let your word therefore, please be like one of theirs, and speak good.
(See NAS RSV)

Nehemiah 2:18 I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. They said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
(See NAS)

Job 33:26 He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
(WEB ASV WBS)

Psalms 44:3 For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
(WEB ASV)

Psalms 77:7 "Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
(WEB ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Psalms 85:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
(WEB ASV WBS RSV)

Isaiah 49:8 This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
(See NAS)

Isaiah 61:2 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 42:6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 16:52 You also, bear you your own shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous that you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Micaiah (27 Occurrences)

Quarries (4 Occurrences)

Flatter (5 Occurrences)

Fair (147 Occurrences)

Friendly (17 Occurrences)

Recommend (2 Occurrences)

Augustus (4 Occurrences)

Success (29 Occurrences)

Balaam (62 Occurrences)