Bible Dictionary: Insistent

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Urgent; persistent; persevering.

2. (a.) Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.

3. (a.) See Incumbent.

Greek

1945. epikeimai -- to lie on
... to lie on. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epikeimai Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ik'-i-mahee) Short Definition: I lie upon, am insistent Definition: (a) dat: ...
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Library

Beyond Cincinnati
... He was most insistent on maintaining the missionary program, which he
held to be the very heart-beat of the life of the Church. ...
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The Heart-Strings of God.
... For there's a tender heart that's easily tugged at one end, and an insistent tugging
at the other. The tugging never ceases. ... It grew tenser and more insistent. ...
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The Early Training of a Race.
... they passed. The constant insistent problem in this region was and is
how to secure adequate supplies of food and water. During ...
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Paul, the Teacher of Prayer
... vital importance. He was not only insistent in urging prayer upon the Church
in his day, but he urged persistent praying. "Continue ...
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Prayer and Importunity
... prayer. And the servant is not greater than his Lord. The Parable of the
Importunate Widow is a classic of insistent prayer. We ...
/.../bounds/the necessity of prayer/vi prayer and importunity.htm

Changed Conditions
... We listened respectfully, as in duty bound, and waited for the pendulum to
swing. Upon one point, however, the powers were insistent. ...
/.../the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xx changed conditions.htm

Useful Phrases
... bravely vanquished. braying trumpet. brazen importunity [importunity = insistent
request]. ... important epoch. importunate questions [importunate = insistent request ...
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Christianity
... Human beings are neither sinning nor suffering because a possible first man away
back somewhere ate forbidden fruit at the insistent appeal of his too ...
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Making and Breaking Connections.
... among others. Jesus' promise and insistent words make plain the necessity
of our having power if His plan for us is not to fail. His ...
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Corinth
... Whereas the teaching of Jesus had been the announcement of the kingdom of God, the
illustration of its character, and the insistent call to men to repent, the ...
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Thesaurus

Insistent (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Urgent; persistent; persevering. 2. (a.) Standing or resting on something;
as, an insistent wall. ... Multi-Version Concordance Insistent (2 Occurrences). ...
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Insistently (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In an insistent manner. Multi-Version
Concordance Insistently (2 Occurrences). Mark 14:31 But he ...
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Insisted (9 Occurrences)

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Offenses (23 Occurrences)
... another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person
is powerfully effective. (WEB). Genesis 41:9 Then the ...
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Wages (52 Occurrences)
... (3) Pe`ullah generally means "work," "labor," "reward," "wages." The old Levitical
Law was insistent on honesty in wages and on promptness in payments: "The ...
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Effective (4 Occurrences)
... pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a
righteous person is powerfully effective. (WEB NAS NIV). ...
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Effects (6 Occurrences)
... another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person
is powerfully effective. (See RSV). 1 Samuel 1:14 And ...
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Powerfully (6 Occurrences)
... another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person
is powerfully effective. (WEB). Judges 16:30 and Samson ...
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Accomplish (44 Occurrences)
... another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person
is powerfully effective. (See NAS). 3 John 1:5 Beloved ...
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Powerful (93 Occurrences)
... another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person
is powerfully effective. (Root in WEB NIV). 1 Peter 5:6 be ...
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Bible Concordance

Insistent (2 Occurrences)

Luke 23:23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
(See NAS NIV)

James 5:16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
(WEB)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Insistently (2 Occurrences)

Insisted (9 Occurrences)

Offenses (23 Occurrences)

Wages (52 Occurrences)

Effective (4 Occurrences)

Effects (6 Occurrences)

Powerfully (6 Occurrences)

Accomplish (44 Occurrences)

Powerful (93 Occurrences)