Bible Dictionary: Heroes

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Hero.

Greek

5215. humnos -- a hymn
... English as "hymn"). 5215 ("hymn") in antiquity was a song celebrating (praising)
pagan gods, heroes, and conquerors. In the NT, 5215 ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Leviticus 19:18
You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
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Matthew 5:43-45
You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.
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James 2:8
If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well:
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James 2:12-13
So speak you, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
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James 1:22-27
But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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James 1:19-20
Why, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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Mark 9:1
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
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Strong's Hebrew

879. Beer Elim -- "well of heroes," a city of Moab
... 878, 879. Beer Elim. 880 . "well of heroes," a city of Moab. Transliteration:
Beer Elim Phonetic Spelling: (be-ayr' ay-leem') Short Definition: Beer-elim. ...
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8091. Shama -- one of David's heroes
... 8090, 8091. Shama. 8092 . one of David's heroes. Transliteration: Shama
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-maw') Short Definition: Shama. ...
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1619. Gareb -- one of David's heroes, also a hill near Jer.
... Gareb. 1620 . one of David's heroes, also a hill near Jer. ... Word Origin from the
same as garab Definition one of David's heroes, also a hill near Jer. ...
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3464. Yashen -- one of David's heroes
... 3463, 3464. Yashen. 3465 . one of David's heroes. Transliteration: Yashen
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-shane') Short Definition: Jashen. ...
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2460. Cheleb -- one of David's heroes
... 2459, 2460. Cheleb. 2461 . one of David's heroes. Transliteration: Cheleb
Phonetic Spelling: (khay'-leb) Short Definition: Heleb. ...
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3132. Yoelah -- "may He avail," one of David's heroes
... 3131, 3132. Yoelah. 3133 . "may He avail," one of David's heroes. Transliteration:
Yoelah Phonetic Spelling: (yo-ay-law') Short Definition: Joelah. ...
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498. Eluzay -- "God is my strength," one of David's heroes
... 497, 498. Eluzay. 499 . "God is my strength," one of David's heroes.
Transliteration: Eluzay Phonetic Spelling: (el-oo-zah'ee) Short Definition: Eluzai. ...
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2360b. Churay -- one of David's heroes
... one of David's heroes. Transliteration: Churay Short Definition: Hurai. Word Origin
from chavar Definition one of David's heroes NASB Word Usage Hurai (1). ...
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3145. Yoshavyah -- one of David's heroes
... 3144, 3145. Yoshavyah. 3146 . one of David's heroes. Transliteration: Yoshavyah
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-shav-yaw') Short Definition: Joshaviah. ...
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3434. Yashobam -- "people will return," one of David's heroes
... Yashobam. 3435 . "people will return," one of David's heroes. Transliteration:
Yashobam Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-shob-awm') Short Definition: Jashobeam. ...
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Library

Heroes and Heroines (Whitsunday. )
... SERMON XIV. HEROES AND HEROINES (Whitsunday.). Psalm 32:8. I will instruct thee
and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xiv heroes and heroines.htm

But when Celsus Speaks of Heroes and Demons, He Starts a Deeper ...
... Chapter VII. But when Celsus speaks of heroes and demons, he starts a
deeper question than he� But when Celsus speaks of heroes ...
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But Since the Jew Says that These Histories of the Alleged Descent ...
... Chapter LVI. But since the Jew says that these histories of the alleged
descent of heroes to� But since the Jew says that these ...
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Moses More Ancient and Credible than the Heathen Heroes.
... Chapter XL."Moses More Ancient and Credible Than the Heathen Heroes. Therefore,
from what has been said it is evident that Moses ...
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The Power of Rome Romanized Aspect of all the Heathen Mythology. ...
... Heathen Mythology. Varro's Threefold Distribution Criticised. Roman Heroes
(Æneas Included,) Unfavourably Reviewed. Such are the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/ad nationes/chapter ix the power of rome.htm

The Longbeards' Saga. AD 400
... Over the camp-fires Drank I with heroes, Under the Donau bank, Warm in the snow
trench: Sagamen heard I there, Men of the Longbeards, Cunning and ancient, Honey ...
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Barabbas
... Why did they raise their voices for Barabbas? The main answer is that men make
their heroes as the heathen make gods, after their own image. ...
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Of the Power Delegated to Demons for the Trial and Glorification ...
... sin of impiety. If the ordinary language of the Church allowed it, we might
more elegantly call these men our heroes. For this name ...
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Sermon.
... favourites. These are the heroes of his imagination, and the history of
their doings is unconsciously tempered by this partiality. ...
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Publications
... By the Rev. R. ST. JOHN TYRWHITT. Cloth boards, 5s. AUSTRALIA'S HEROES. ... With
Map. Crown 8vo. Cloth boards, 5s. SOME HEROES OF TRAVEL; OR,. ...
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Thesaurus

Heroes (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Hero. Multi-Version Concordance
Heroes (8 Occurrences). Genesis 6:4 In those days were the ...
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Dodo (5 Occurrences)
... (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judges 10:1). (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar,
who was one of David's three heroes (2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12). ...
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Naharai (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Snorer, a Berothite, one of David's heroes, and
armour-bearer of Joab (1 Chronicles 11:39). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Jashobeam (3 Occurrences)
... Dweller among the people; or to whom the people turn, the Hachmonite (1 Chronicles
11:11), one of David's chief heroes who joined him at Ziklag (12:6). He was ...
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Ittai (9 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Near; timely; or, with the Lord. (1.) A Benjamite,
one of David's thirty heroes (2 Samuel 23:29). (2.) A ...
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Bahurim (7 Occurrences)
... With the exception of Shimei, Azmaveth, one of David's heroes, is the only other
native of the place who is mentioned (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33). ...
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Ahiam (2 Occurrences)
... Mother's brother, one of David's thirty heroes (2 Samuel 23:33; 1 Chronicles
11:35). ... a-hi'-am ('achi'am, "mother's brother"): One of David's thirty heroes. ...
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Great (10383 Occurrences)
... in it; the Greeks were more readily reconciled to the loss of their freedom when
it was yielded up to one who revived in his own person the heroes of the Iliad ...
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Herod's (10 Occurrences)

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Heron (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Heroes (8 Occurrences)

Genesis 6:4 In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne children to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.
(DBY YLT NIV)

Joshua 10:2 that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon 'is' a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it 'is' greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes.
(YLT)

2 Samuel 17:8 And Hushai saith, 'Thou hast known thy father and his men, that they 'are' heroes, and they are bitter in soul as a bereaved bear in a field, and thy father 'is' a man of war, and doth not lodge with the people;
(YLT)

Nehemiah 3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, to the place over against the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
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Isaiah 5:22 Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 48:14 How do you say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 32:27 And they that are inferior to the uncircumcised shall not lie with the mighty that are gone down to the nether-world with their weapons of war, whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; because the terror of the mighty was in the land of the living.
(See NAS)

Zechariah 10:5 And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah 'is' with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Heroes

Related Terms

Dodo (5 Occurrences)

Naharai (2 Occurrences)

Jashobeam (3 Occurrences)

Ittai (9 Occurrences)

Bahurim (7 Occurrences)

Ahiam (2 Occurrences)

Great (10383 Occurrences)

Herod's (10 Occurrences)

Heron (2 Occurrences)