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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The state or quality of being firm.

Greek

4733. stereoma -- a solid body, a support, strength, firmness
... a solid body, a support, strength, firmness. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: stereoma Phonetic Spelling: (ster-eh'-o-mah) Short Definition ...
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803. asphaleia -- certainty, security
... Transliteration: asphaleia Phonetic Spelling: (as-fal'-i-ah) Short Definition: safety,
security, reliability Definition: safety, security, reliability, firmness ...
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4740. sterigmos -- a setting firmly, steadfastness
... steadfastness. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: sterigmos Phonetic
Spelling: (stay-rig-mos') Short Definition: firmness, steadfastness Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew

530. emunah -- firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
... 529, 530. emunah. 531 . firmness, steadfastness, fidelity. Transliteration:
emunah Phonetic Spelling: (em-oo-naw') Short Definition: faithfulness. ...
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5326. nitsbah -- firmness
... 5325, 5326. nitsbah. 5327 . firmness. Transliteration: nitsbah Phonetic
Spelling: (nits-baw') Short Definition: toughness. Word ...
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571. emeth -- firmness, faithfulness, truth
... 570, 571. emeth. 572 . firmness, faithfulness, truth. Transliteration:
emeth Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-meth) Short Definition: truth. ...
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8307. sheriruth -- firmness, stubbornness
... 8306, 8307. sheriruth. 8308 . firmness, stubbornness. Transliteration: sheriruth
Phonetic Spelling: (sher-ee-rooth') Short Definition: stubbornness. ...
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6086. ets -- tree, trees, wood
... From atsah; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter,
gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree ...
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6096. atseh -- spine
... backbone. From atsah; the spine (as giving firmness to the body) -- backbone. see
HEBREW atsah. 6095, 6096. atseh. 6097 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Twenty-Fourth Day. Firmness in Temptation.
... Twenty-fourth Day. FIRMNESS IN TEMPTATION. "Jesus saith unto him, Get thee
hence, Satan.""Matthew 4:10. There is an awful intensity ...
/.../macduff/the mind of jesus/twenty-fourth day firmness in temptation.htm

Wrath of the Emperor, and Firmness of Theodore the Confessor.
... Book III. Chapter XIX."Wrath of the Emperor, and Firmness of Theodore
the Confessor. Then indeed the emperor's real temper and ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of scholasticus/chapter xix wrath of the emperor.htm

True Greatness
... I. First, we note in John unwavering and immovable firmness and courage.
'What ... oak. Firmness is not obstinacy; courage is not rudeness. ...
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The Servant's Inflexible Resolve
... too, the highest example of all the stronger and robuster virtues, the more distinctly
heroic, masculine; and that not merely passive firmness of endurance ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the servants inflexible resolve.htm

Psalm CIV.
... 4. "He hath founded the earth upon its firmness" (ver.5). He hath founded
the Church upon the firmness of the Church. What is the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm civ.htm

Whether Fortitude is a Special virtue?
... virtue. Therefore fortitude is not a special virtue. Objection 3: Further,
fortitude would seem to derive its name from firmness. But ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether fortitude is a special.htm

Whether Fortitude is a Gift?
... I answer that, Fortitude denotes a certain firmness of mind, as stated above
(Q[123], A[2]; [3417]FS, Q[61], A[3]): and this firmness of mind is required both ...
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Whether the Four Cardinal virtues Differ from one Another?
... have knowledge; secondly, that he should exercise choice for a particular end; thirdly,
that he should possess the habit and act with firmness and steadfastness ...
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Whether Magnanimity is a Part of Fortitude?
... Now one of the general modes of virtue is firmness of mind, because "a firm standing
is necessary in every virtue," according to Ethic. ii. ...
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A Good Man's Faults
... The two specific faults recorded of him are his over-indulgence in the case of Mark,
and his want of firmness in opposition to the Judaising teachers who came ...
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Thesaurus

Firmness (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The state or quality of being firm.
Multi-Version Concordance Firmness (2 Occurrences). Colossians ...
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Stability (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength
to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a ...
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Firm (111 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance. ... 7.
(v.) To fix or direct with firmness. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Faithfulness (91 Occurrences)
... God's ethical nature. It denotes the firmness or constancy of God in His relations
with men, especially with His people. It is, accordingly ...
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Faithful (136 Occurrences)
... God's ethical nature. It denotes the firmness or constancy of God in His relations
with men, especially with His people. It is, accordingly ...
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Fortitude (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger
with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring ...
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Dismay (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage
of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to ...
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Proof (38 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness
that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of ...
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Backbone (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains
and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column. ...
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Constancy (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; especially, firmness
of mind under sufferings, steadiness in attachments, or perseverance in ...
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Bible Concordance

Firmness (2 Occurrences)

Colossians 2:5 For if indeed in the flesh I am absent, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
(DBY RSV)

Daniel 2:41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
(See JPS RSV)

Subtopics

Firmness

Related Terms

Stability (6 Occurrences)

Firm (111 Occurrences)

Faithfulness (91 Occurrences)

Faithful (136 Occurrences)

Fortitude (5 Occurrences)

Dismay (16 Occurrences)

Proof (38 Occurrences)

Backbone (1 Occurrence)

Constancy (1 Occurrence)