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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Invent.

Strong's Hebrew

4284. machashabah -- thought, device
... Word Origin from chashab Definition thought, device NASB Word Usage design (1),
designs (3), devised (1), intentions* (1), invented (1), inventive (1), plan (2 ...
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Library

What Fables were Invented at the Time when Judges Began to Rule ...
... Book XVIII. Chapter 13."What Fables Were Invented at the Time When Judges
Began to Rule the Hebrews. After the death of Joshua ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 13 what fables were invented.htm

They are Blameworthy who Invented Such Stories.
... Homily VI. Chapter XVII."They are Blameworthy Who Invented Such Stories.
"Now, [1076] since these things can be clearly, profitably ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xvii they are blameworthy who.htm

Celsus, Moreover, Thinks that we have Invented this "Tree of Life" ...
... Chapter XXXVII. Celsus, moreover, thinks that we have invented this "tree
of life" to give an allegorical� Celsus, moreover, thinks ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxvii celsus moreover thinks.htm

Heathen Defence Continued. -2 the Gods are Worshipped for Having ...
... Heathen defence continued. (2) The gods are worshipped for having invented the Arts
of Life.' But this is a human and natural, not a divine, achievement. ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 18 heathen defence continued.htm

This Jew of Celsus Still Accuses the Disciples of Jesus of Having ...
... Chapter XXVI. This Jew of Celsus still accuses the disciples of Jesus
of having invented these statements� This Jew of Celsus ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxvi this jew of.htm

Argument: Moreover, These Fables, which at First were Invented by ...
... Chapter XXII."Argument: Moreover, These Fables, Which at First Were Invented by
Ignorant Men, Were Afterwards Celebrated by Others, and Chiefly by Poets, Who ...
/.../the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxii argument moreover these fables.htm

The Devil, Since He Emulates the Truth, Has Invented Fables About ...
... Chapter LXIX."The devil, since he emulates the truth, has invented fables
about Bacchus, Hercules, and Æsculapius. "Be well assured ...
/.../chapter lxix the devil since he.htm

That the Inventors of Other Arts were Mostly Barbarians.
... There are some who say that the Carians invented prognostication by the stars. ...
The Etruscans invented the trumpet, and the Phrygians the flute. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xvi that the inventors of.htm

How Hermes Openly Confessed the Error of his Forefathers, the ...
... very far with respect to the knowledge of the gods, through incredulity and through
want of attention to their worship and service, they invented this art of ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 24 how hermes openly confessed.htm

That all the Religion of the Pagans Has Reference to Dead Men.
... Egyptian, when expressing his grief that a time was coming when those things would
be taken away from Egypt, which he confesses to have been invented by men ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 26 that all the religion.htm

Thesaurus

Invented (3 Occurrences)
...Invented (3 Occurrences). ... Amos 6:5 Who are taking part according to the psaltery,
Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music; (YLT). ...
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Virgin (62 Occurrences)
... If the story was invented, there must have been a time when Jesus was universally
accepted as the son by natural generation of Joseph and Mary. ...
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Birth (357 Occurrences)
... If the story was invented, there must have been a time when Jesus was universally
accepted as the son by natural generation of Joseph and Mary. ...
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Fiction (2 Occurrences)
... mind. 2. (n.) That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially,
a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence ...
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Apocryphal
... Acts were eagerly accepted, and as the actual history of the individual apostles
was largely shrouded in obscurity, legends were freely invented to gratify the ...
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General (9 Occurrences)
... Acts were eagerly accepted, and as the actual history of the individual apostles
was largely shrouded in obscurity, legends were freely invented to gratify the ...
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Writing (194 Occurrences)
... For these purposes, in the course of time, he has invented many symbols,
made in various ways, out of every imaginable material. ...
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Phoenicians
... The dyeing of these fabrics was by a process invented by the Phoenicians, and the
luster and permanence of color were unequaled by the ancients and made the ...
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Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)
... The dyeing of these fabrics was by a process invented by the Phoenicians, and the
luster and permanence of color were unequaled by the ancients and made the ...
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Ur (5 Occurrences)
... The narrative must be historical; no writer of late date, even if he were a Babylonian,
could have invented a story so exactly in accordance with what we now ...
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Bible Concordance

Invented (3 Occurrences)

2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Amos 6:5 Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;
(YLT)

Subtopics

Invented

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Birth (357 Occurrences)

Fiction (2 Occurrences)

Apocryphal

General (9 Occurrences)

Writing (194 Occurrences)

Phoenicians

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)