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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(adv.) In a liberal manner.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

LIBERAL; LIBERALITY; LIBERALLY

lib'-er-al, lib-er-al'-i-ti, lib'-er-al-i: The different forms of the word all refer to one who is generous, bountiful, willing and ready to give and to help. Both the Hebrew words of the Old Testament and the Greek words of the New Testament translated into the English word "liberal" have a deeper and nobler meaning than is generally conveyed by the English word. In Proverbs 11:25, the liberal soul (nephesh berakhah) means a soul that carries a blessing. In Isaiah 32:5, the American Standard Revised Version has "bountiful" where the King James Version has "liberal," and in Isaiah 32:8 "noble" takes the place of "liberal" (nadhibh). The principal Greek words are haplotes literally, "simplicity," "sincerity," and charis, "grace," "favor." In 1 Corinthians 16:3, "bounty" substitutes "liberality." It is well to bear in mind that a Biblical liberality can spring only out of a noble soul, and is Godlike in its genesis and spirit.

G. H. Gerberding

Greek

574. haplos -- simply, sincerely
... liberally, sincerely. Adverb from haplous (in the objective sense of haplotes);
bountifully; --liberally. see GREEK haplous. see GREEK haplotes. ...
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1632. ekcheo -- to pour out, fig. to bestow
... Transliteration: ekcheo Phonetic Spelling: ( ek-kheh'-o,) Short Definition: I pour
out, shed Definition: I pour out (liquid or solid); I shed, bestow liberally ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6059. anaq -- to serve as a necklace
... anaq. 6060 . to serve as a necklace. Transliteration: anaq Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-nak') Short Definition: liberally. ... compass about as a chain, furnish, liberally ...
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4530. missah -- sufficiency
... abundance, tribute. From macac (in the sense of flowing); abundance, ie
(adverbially) liberally: tribute. see HEBREW macac. 4529, 4530. ...
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Library

Whether it Belongs to a Liberal Man Chiefly to Give?
... iv, 1) that "those who have not earned money, but have received the money earned
by others, spend it more liberally, because they have not experienced the want ...
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Epistle Lix. To the Numidian Bishops, on the Redemption of their ...
... brotherhood, considering all these things according to your letter, and sorrowfully
examining, have all promptly and willingly and liberally gathered together ...
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Prayer --A Privilege, Princely, Sacred
... At any price give me the Book of God! Lord, is it not Thy word""If any man lack
wisdom, let him ask of God? Thou givest liberally, and upbraidest not. ...
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There was True Justice under Saturnus, but it was Banished by ...
... "Now streams of milk, now streams of nectar flowed." [963]. And no wonder,
since the storehouses of the good liberally lay open to all. ...
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Whether Liberality is a virtue?
... to be connected with the other virtues: since many are virtuous who cannot be liberal,
for they have nothing to give; and many give or spend liberally who are ...
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Loving Advice for Anxious Seekers
... "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.""James 1:5. ...
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A Liberal Church
... It is the part of church members to deal liberally with those who lay aside their
secular employment that they may give themselves to the ministry. ...
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"Seek First the Kingdom of God," &C.
... If God loved riches well, do ye think he would give them so liberally, and
heap them up upon some base covetous wretches? Surely no. ...
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Treatise viii. On Works and Alms.
... Raphael the angel also witnesses the like, and exhorts that alms should be freely
and liberally bestowed, saying, "Prayer is good, with fasting and alms ...
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For Eight Years Gregory Has Given up the Practice Of
... of our mind, we should allow those who have the gift of speech, like some good artists
alike skilled to the utmost in their art and liberally furnished in the ...
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Thesaurus

Liberally (4 Occurrences)
... (adv.) In a liberal manner. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LIBERAL; LIBERALITY;
LIBERALLY. ... GH Gerberding. Multi-Version Concordance Liberally (4 Occurrences). ...
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Liberality (7 Occurrences)
... is not impoverished by his liberalities. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
LIBERAL; LIBERALITY; LIBERALLY. lib'-er-al, lib-er-al'-i ...
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Bounty (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity;
munificence. 3. (n.) That which is given generously or liberally. ...
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Upbraideth (1 Occurrence)
... James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Jehiel (17 Occurrences)
... (7.) A "prince" and "ruler of the house of God" who contributed liberally to the
renewal of the temple sacrifices under Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:8). ...
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Lacks (27 Occurrences)
... James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all
liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Lacketh (17 Occurrences)
... James 1:5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all
liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (ASV WBS). ...
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Liberate (3 Occurrences)

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Liberal (11 Occurrences)
... of the Liberal party, so called. Cf. Whig. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
LIBERAL; LIBERALITY; LIBERALLY. lib'-er-al, lib-er-al ...
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Generously (12 Occurrences)
... James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all
liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. (See NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Liberally (4 Occurrences)

Acts 10:2 a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
(See RSV)

James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 15:14 you shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your threshing floor, and out of your winepress; as Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 37:26 All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Liberally

Related Terms

Liberality (7 Occurrences)

Bounty (14 Occurrences)

Upbraideth (1 Occurrence)

Jehiel (17 Occurrences)

Lacks (27 Occurrences)

Lacketh (17 Occurrences)

Liberate (3 Occurrences)

Liberal (11 Occurrences)