Bible Dictionary: Inspire

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

2. (v. t.) To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.

3. (v. t.) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale; -- opposed to expire.

4. (v. t.) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

5. (v. t.) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue.

6. (v. i.) To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.

7. (v. i.) To breathe; to blow gently.

Greek

4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness
... Nothing quite like this two-fold witness appears elsewhere in the Bible.
These statements sober the heart and inspire the soul! ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4102.htm - 18k

Library

What Sacred Instinct did Inspire
... THE THIRD CENTURY 3 What sacred instinct did inspire. What sacred instinct
did inspire My soul in childhood with a hope so strong? ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/3 what sacred instinct did.htm

Now, Lord, Inspire the Preacher's Heart,
... VIII. SHORT HYMNS: BEFORE SERMON. Hymn 90 Now, LORD, inspire the preacher's heart,.
John Newton 8,6,8,6. Now, LORD, inspire the preacher's heart,. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 90 now lord inspire.htm

Ember Days and Ordination 455. Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
... IV. SPECIAL OCCASIONS Ember Days and Ordination 455. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls
inspire. 8,8 ... Latin; Tr. John Cosin, 1627. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,. ...
/.../ember days and ordination 455.htm

Of Jeroboam, who Profaned the People Put under Him by the Impiety ...
... Chapter 22."Of Jeroboam, Who Profaned the People Put Under Him by the Impiety of
Idolatry, Amid Which, However, God Did Not Cease to Inspire the Prophets ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 22 of jeroboam who profaned.htm

Toilet.
... and heart attach their hopes, to loftier claims; by their modesty and reserve they
are pleasing to all, and the sentiments which they inspire, being always ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xv toilet.htm

On Reading.
... lively colors the terrible effects of the passions, and the fatal consequences that
a momentary excitement might entail is not of a nature to inspire a young ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xxi on reading.htm

What to do with Doubt
... divine authority. The very grandeur and mystery of the themes presented
should inspire faith in it as the word of God. The Bible ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps to christ/chapter 12 what to do.htm

Importance of the Time of Youth; Difficulties and Dangers that ...
... Let the need of repairing the past, and the importance of preparing for the future
inspire you with generous resolutions and an ardent desire of acquiring all ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter i importance of the.htm

But Now, with a Heart Cured of that Wound...
... And inspire, O Lord my God, inspire Thy servants my brethren, Thy sons my masters,
whom with voice, and heart, and pen I serve, that so many as shall read ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xiii but now with.htm

He Entreats God for Her Sins, and Admonishes his Readers to ...
... And inspire, O my Lord my God, inspire Thy servants my brethren, Thy sons my masters,
who with voice and heart and writings I serve, that so many of them as ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xiii he entreats god for.htm

Thesaurus

Inspire (3 Occurrences)
... to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates,
enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child ...
/i/inspire.htm - 8k

Inspired (20 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Inspire. 2. (a.) Breathed in; inhaled.
3. (a.) Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural ...
/i/inspired.htm - 12k

Gedaliah (31 Occurrences)
... For two months (some think longer) Gedaliah's beneficent and wise rule did much
to consolidate affairs in Judah and to inspire the feeble remnant of his ...
/g/gedaliah.htm - 26k

Intimidate (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect
with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash. ...
/i/intimidate.htm - 7k

Fierce (92 Occurrences)
... wind. 2. (superl.) Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or
injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. 3. (superl ...
/f/fierce.htm - 34k

Threaten (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To utter threats against; to menace; to inspire with apprehension; to alarm,
or attempt to alarm, as with the promise of something evil or disagreeable ...
/t/threaten.htm - 8k

Expire (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or
nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire. ...
/e/expire.htm - 10k

Exalt (56 Occurrences)
... extol; to glorify. 4. (vt) To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire
with delight or satisfaction; to elate. 5. (vt) To ...
/e/exalt.htm - 27k

Encourage (34 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise,
or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help ...
/e/encourage.htm - 16k

Draw (212 Occurrences)
... criminal. 13. (vt) To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence,
also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. 14. ...
/d/draw.htm - 41k

Bible Concordance

Inspire (3 Occurrences)

Isaiah 47:12 Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 32:40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 49:16 As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Inspire

Related Terms

Inspired (20 Occurrences)

Gedaliah (31 Occurrences)

Intimidate (4 Occurrences)

Fierce (92 Occurrences)

Threaten (4 Occurrences)

Expire (14 Occurrences)

Exalt (56 Occurrences)

Encourage (34 Occurrences)

Draw (212 Occurrences)