Bible Dictionary: Import

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in the transactions of commerce; -- opposed to export. We import teas from China, coffee from Brazil, etc.

2. (v. t.) To carry or include, as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify.

3. (v. t.) To be of importance or consequence to; to have a bearing on; to concern.

4. (v. i.) To signify; to purport; to be of moment.

5. (n.) Merchandise imported, or brought into a country from without its boundaries; -- generally in the plural, opposed to exports.

6. (n.) That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like.

7. (n.) Importance; weight; consequence.

Greek

1537. ek -- from, from out of
... Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion. (ek) --
680 Occurrences. (ex) -- 247 Occurrences. 1536, 1537. ek or ex. 1538 ...
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1909. epi -- on, upon
... In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at, upon, etc. (literally or
figuratively). (ep) -- 145 Occurrences. (epi) -- 663 Occurrences. ...
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1519. eis -- to or into (indicating the point reached or entered ...
... Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.)
Expressing motion (literally or figuratively). (eis) -- 1865 Occurrences. ...
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1722. en -- in, on, at, by, with
... Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of
motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4161. motsa -- a place or act of going forth, issue, export ...
... place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring NASB Word Usage east
(1), exits (3), fountains (1), going (2), going forth (1), import (1), imported ...
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Library

Import of the Title Son of Man, as Used by Christ Himself ...
... KING. Section 59. Import of the Title Son of Man, as used by Christ
himself"Rejection of Alexandrian and other Analogies. Christ ...
/.../section 59 import of the.htm

Import of the Title Son of God.
... KING. Section 60. Import of the Title Son of God. (1.) John's Sense of
the Title accordant with that of the other Evangelists. We ...
/.../section 60 import of the.htm

Import of the Great Commission.
... CHAPTER VII. IMPORT OF THE GREAT COMMISSION. The Founder of the church was
a missionary. The church is a missionary band, professedly ...
/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter vii import of the.htm

The Change of Water into Wine. --Character and Import of The
... CHAPTER III. JESUS AT CANA. Section 116. The Change of Water into Wine."Character
and Import of the. Miracle."Little Impression made upon the People. ...
/.../section 116 the change of.htm

The Phenomena at the Baptism, and their Import.
... CHAPTER II. RELATION OF THE BAPTIST TO MESSIAH. Section 42. The Phenomena
at the Baptism, and their Import. (1.) No Ecstatic Vision ...
/.../section 42 the phenomena at.htm

Christ's Salutation of Peace; Its Import. (John, xiv. , 27, Seq. )
... CHAPTER III. CHRIST'S LAST DISCOURSES WITH HIS DISCIPLES. Section 275. Christ's
Salutation of Peace; its Import. (John, xiv., 27, seq.). ...
/.../section 275 christs salutation of.htm

Forms of Prayer. --The Lord's Prayer; Its Occasion and Import. ...
... Section 139. Forms of Prayer."The Lord's Prayer; its Occasion and Import.
"Encouragements to Prayer; God gives no Stone for Bread. ...
/.../section 139 forms of prayer the.htm

Choice of the Seventy. (Luke, X. ) --Import of the Number "Seventy ...
... CHAPTER XII. CHRIST'S RETURN FROM CAPERNAUM TO JERUSALEM THROUGH SAMARIA. Section
203. Choice of the Seventy. (Luke, x.)"Import of the Number "Seventy.". ...
/.../section 203 choice of the.htm

Whether the Name "Word" Imports Relation to Creatures?
... Objection 1: It would seem that the name 'Word' does not import relation to
creatures. ... Therefore Word does not import relation to creatures. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the name word imports.htm

The Divine Commands which are Most Suited to the Will Itself ...
... Freedom. What is the import of the fact that in so many passages God requires
all His commandments to be kept and fulfilled? How ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 4 the divine commands which.htm

Thesaurus

Import (2 Occurrences)
... We import teas from China, coffee from Brazil, etc. 2. (vt) To carry or include,
as meaning or intention; to imply; to signify. ...Import (2 Occurrences). ...
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Sound (1245 Occurrences)
... 23. (vi) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when
heard; hence, to seem; to ... 29. (vt) To signify; to import; to denote. Int. ...
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Eternal (166 Occurrences)
... ETERNAL. e-tur'-nal (`olam; aionios, from aion): The word "eternal" is of
very varying import, both in the Scriptures and out of them. ...
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Persian (4 Occurrences)
... etc. These are mostly of religious import. ... Vata). So are many words of religious
import, as Soma (Haoma), Mantra (Mathra), Hotra (Zaotar). ...
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Year (4027 Occurrences)
... We should, indeed, diminish the import of this institution if we should apply it
only to those who were to be freed from the bonds of physical servitude. ...
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Value (138 Occurrences)
... anything. 3. (n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word;
the value of a legal instrument. 4. (n.) Esteem; regard. ...
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Jachin (8 Occurrences)
... Each was eighteen cubits high and twelve in circumference (Jeremiah 52:21, 23;
1 Kings 7:17-21). They had doubtless a symbolical import. Int. ...
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Laws (184 Occurrences)
... the sixth year." The principle on which the manna had been provided for Sabbaths
was to apply to the harvest of the sixth year, and this is the import of the ...
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General (9 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite;
lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression. ...
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Galatia (6 Occurrences)
... These questions have not merely geographical import; they bear most closely, and
exercise determining influence, on many points in the biography, chronology ...
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Bible Concordance

Import (2 Occurrences)

1 Kings 10:28 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 1:16 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Import

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Laws (184 Occurrences)

General (9 Occurrences)

Galatia (6 Occurrences)