Bible Dictionary: Illustration

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

2. (n.) That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.

3. (n.) A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.

Greek

3942. paroimia -- a byword, a parable, an allegory
... of oiomai; apparently a state alongside of supposition, ie (concretely) an adage;
specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration -- parable, proverb. ...
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Library

[Illustration]
... [Illustration]. UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS, CHILWORTH AND LONDON.
[Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors ...
/.../kennedy/life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/illustration.htm

An Illustration.
... Book VIII. Chapter LIV."An Illustration. To this the old man answered:
"Show me a way, my son, by which I may establish in my ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter liv an illustration.htm

An Illustration from Ancient Times.
... Book II. Chapter XXV."An Illustration from Ancient Times. "For certainly
any one who will mentally retrace the course of events ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxv an illustration from ancient.htm

Polytheistic Illustration.
... Homily X. Chapter XIV."Polytheistic Illustration. "Again, the terrible
serpent suggests this supposition to you, to think and ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xiv polytheistic illustration.htm

An Illustration Will Make Our Teaching on this Subject Clearer. .. ...
... Chapter VII. An illustration will make our teaching on this subject clearer.�
An illustration will make our teaching on this subject clearer. ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter vii an illustration will.htm

An Illustration to Help in Forming an Opinion on those who are ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XIX. An illustration to help in forming an opinion on those
who are only patient when they are not tried by any one. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xix an illustration to.htm

An Illustration Showing How we are Taught that Unclean Spirits ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XVI. An illustration showing how
we are taught that unclean spirits know the thoughts of men. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xvi an illustration showing.htm

The Case of David, in Illustration.
... Book II. Chapter 56."The Case of David, in Illustration. Some such thought has
occurred to us about the patriarch David, in the Book of Kings. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 56 the case of david.htm

And He Produces a Second Illustration to Our Disadvantage...
... Chapter LXXVI. And he produces a second illustration to our disadvantage�
And he produces a second illustration to our disadvantage ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxvi and he produces.htm

We May Give yet Another Illustration, if it Seems Good to You. ...
... 27 We may give yet another illustration, if it seems good to you.� We may
give yet another illustration, if it seems good to you. ...
/.../the acts of the disputation with the heresiarch manes/27 we may give yet.htm

Thesaurus

Illustration (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
Multi-Version Concordance Illustration (3 Occurrences). ...
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Friendship (13 Occurrences)
... The devotion of Hushai, who is repeatedly referred to as David's friend (2 Samuel
15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16), is a notable illustration of the affection of a ...
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Friend (139 Occurrences)
... The devotion of Hushai, who is repeatedly referred to as David's friend (2 Samuel
15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16), is a notable illustration of the affection of a ...
/f/friend.htm - 40k

Dreamer (4 Occurrences)
... The significance of them was given by Joseph. Another illustration of the psychological
exposition preceding is the dream of Solomon (1 Kings 3:5, 11-15). ...
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Lying (203 Occurrences)
... who is called "a liar, and the father thereof" (John 8:44 Acts 5:3). Satan's dealing
with Eve (Genesis 3) furnishes us with a splendid illustration of the ...
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Commentaries
... In its application to Scripture, the word designates a work devoted to the explanation,
elucidation, illustration, sometimes the homiletic expansion and ...
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Compare (22 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken. ... 6.
(n.) Comparison. 7. (n.) Illustration by comparison; simile. ...
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Dream (82 Occurrences)
... The significance of them was given by Joseph. Another illustration of the psychological
exposition preceding is the dream of Solomon (1 Kings 3:5, 11-15). ...
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Adam (29 Occurrences)
... There are two men, two acts and two results. In this teaching we have the spiritual
and theological illustration of the great modern principle of solidarity. ...
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Lie (291 Occurrences)
... who is called "a liar, and the father thereof" (John 8:44 Acts 5:3). Satan's dealing
with Eve (Genesis 3) furnishes us with a splendid illustration of the ...
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Bible Concordance

Illustration (3 Occurrences)

Luke 14:7 Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,
(WEY)

Galatians 3:15 Brethren, even a covenant made by a man--to borrow an illustration from daily life--when once formally sanctioned is not liable to be set aside or added to.
(WEY)

James 5:10 In illustration, brethren, of persecution patiently endured take the Prophets who have spoken as messengers from the Lord.
(WEY)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Friendship (13 Occurrences)

Friend (139 Occurrences)

Dreamer (4 Occurrences)

Lying (203 Occurrences)

Commentaries

Compare (22 Occurrences)

Dream (82 Occurrences)

Adam (29 Occurrences)