Bible Dictionary: Humanity

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

2. (n.) Mankind collectively; the human race.

3. (n.) The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.

4. (n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

5. (n.) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CHRIST, HUMANITY OF

See CHRIST, HUMANITY OF.

Greek

5591. psuchikos -- natural, of the soul or mind
... 5591 ("natural") typically describes the ("lower") aspect of humanity, ie behavior
that is "more of (carnality) than heaven." 5591 () then sometimes stands in ...
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4976. schema -- figure, shape
... visible form") is used of Jesus' earthly body (Phil 2:7,8). Christ incarnated into
a body, which was not an "exact match with typical humanity" because His ...
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5363. philanthropia -- love for mankind, kindness
... 5363 (from 5384 , "a friend" and 444 , "of , people") -- properly, a "friend
(benefactor) of humanity"; a person who warmly loves others, treating them with ...
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3958. pascho -- to suffer, to be acted on
... divine image. Note for example how Jesus in His perfect (sinless) humanity
keenly (3958, see Lk 17:25, 22:15, 24:26,46, etc.). [3958 ...
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4027. perikatharma -- that which is cleaned off, refuse
... describes someone as "the filth of the world, representing 'the most abject and
despicable men' (Grimm-Thayer) -- the scum or rubbish of humanity" (Vine, Unger ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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Genesis 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
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Romans 1:1-32
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God,
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Matthew 6:26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?
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John 17:17
Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.
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Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
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Psalm 150:6
Let every thing that has breath praise the LORD. Praise you the LORD.
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Psalm 148:1-14
Praise you the LORD. Praise you the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
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Library

Humanity in the City
Humanity in the City. <. Humanity in the City EH Chapin. Produced
by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapin/humanity in the city/

The Deity and Humanity of Christ, John 1 3-Jan 14 Col. 9 16 Eph. 3 ...
... Hymns. Book 1. Hymn 1:2. The deity and humanity of Christ, John 1. 1-3
14. Col. 9. 16. Eph. 3, 9 10. 1 Ere the blue heavens were ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 1 2 the deity and.htm

Humanity and the Bible. December 6.
... Humanity and the Bible. December 6. He who has an intense perception of
humanity must know that Christianity is divine, because ...
/.../kingsley/daily thoughts /humanity and the bible december.htm

The Humanity of God
... SERMON IX."THE HUMANITY OF GOD. Luke 15:7. ... There are three parables in this
chapter: all agree in one quality" in their humanity. ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon ix the humanity of god.htm

Of Humanity to Strangers.
... Theophilus to Autolycus: Book III. Chapter X."Of Humanity to Strangers.
Since therefore they were strangers in the land of Egypt ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter x of humanity to strangers.htm

Whether Christ's Humanity Should be Adored with the Adoration of " ...
... OF THE ADORATION OF CHRIST (SIX ARTICLES) Whether Christ's humanity should be adored
with the adoration of "latria"? ... But Christ's humanity is a creature. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs humanity should be.htm

Whether Christ's Humanity and Godhead are to be Adored with the ...
... OF THE ADORATION OF CHRIST (SIX ARTICLES) Whether Christ's humanity and
Godhead are to be adored with the same adoration? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs humanity and godhead.htm

Visions of the Sacred Humanity, and of the Glorified Bodies. ...
... Chapter XXVIII. Visions of the Sacred Humanity, and of the Glorified Bodies.
Imaginary Visions. Great Fruits Thereof When They Come from God. ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xxviii visions of the.htm

The Deity and Humanity of Christ. John 1:1,3,14;Col. 1:16
... HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS IN THREE BOOKS. HYMN 2 The deity and humanity of Christ.
John 1:1,3,14;Col. 1:16. LM The deity and humanity of Christ. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 2 the deity and.htm

The Cause of Humanity Hopeful.
... MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS. 999. " The Cause of Humanity Hopeful. 999.
LM Anonymous. The Cause of Humanity Hopeful. 1 The past ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/adams/hymns for christian devotion/999 the cause of.htm

Thesaurus

Exaltation (9 Occurrences)
... The community of natures gave these Divine qualities to the humanity of Jesus, which
Luther declared involved its ubiquity, and that as He was at the right ...
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World (2829 Occurrences)
... perhaps sometimes including angels (1 Corinthians 4:9), but as a rule human beings
only; then, in view of the fact of universal human failure, humanity in its ...
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Flesh (468 Occurrences)
... man and animals (Genesis 2:21; 41:2; Psalm 102:5, marg.); (2) the whole body (Psalm
16:9); (3) all living things having flesh, and particularly humanity as a ...
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Agony (20 Occurrences)
... he prayed more earnestly, saying, Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away
from me." The mental clearness of Christ's vision of humanity's moral guilt ...
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Cruelty (8 Occurrences)
... the Messianic kingdom, predicted by the prophets, is the cessation of war with all
of its Law of Israel also reflected this tendency toward humanity, and many ...
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Cruel (196 Occurrences)
... the Messianic kingdom, predicted by the prophets, is the cessation of war with all
of its Law of Israel also reflected this tendency toward humanity, and many ...
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Person (807 Occurrences)
... I. THE TEACHING OF PAUL 1. Philippians 2:5-9 (1) General Drift of Passage (2) our
Lord's Intrinsic Deity (3) No Examination (4) our Lord's Humanity 2. Other ...
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Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... problem. It finds its solution in the conditions of the Redeemer's work
and life on earth in the light of His true humanity. Both ...
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Redeemer (42 Occurrences)
... It is impossible to strike out of the Scriptures the idea of a redeemed humanity.
But humanity is not conceived of in general or class terms. ...
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Righteousness (442 Occurrences)
... from a very early period the characteristic of Hebrew righteousness is that it moves
in the direction of what we should call today the enlargement of humanity. ...
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Bible Concordance

Humanity (3 Occurrences)

Romans 8:3 For what was impossible to the Law--powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;
(WEY)

Ephesians 2:15 by setting aside the Law with its commandments, expressed, as they were, in definite decrees. His design was to unite the two sections of humanity in Himself so as to form one new man,
(WEY)

Hebrews 2:14 Since then the children referred to are all alike sharers in perishable human nature, He Himself also, in the same way, took on Him a share of it, in order that through death He might render powerless him who had authority over death, that is, the Devil,
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Subtopics

Humanity

Related Terms

World (2829 Occurrences)

Flesh (468 Occurrences)

Agony (20 Occurrences)

Cruelty (8 Occurrences)

Cruel (196 Occurrences)

Person (807 Occurrences)

Obedience (61 Occurrences)

Redeemer (42 Occurrences)

Righteousness (442 Occurrences)