Bible Dictionary: Loyalty

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.

Greek

1656. eleos -- mercy, pity, compassion
... 1656 (translating OT 2617 , "covenant-loyalty, covenant-love" in the OT- over 170
times) -- properly, "mercy" as it is defined by . Word Origin a prim. ...
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1653. eleeo -- to have pity or mercy on, to show mercy
... Cognate: 1653 -- to show mercy as defines it, ie as it accords with His truth ()
which expresses "God's covenant-loyalty-mercy" (ie ). See 1656 (). ...
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448. anileos -- without mercy.
... 1 , "without" and 2436 , "propitious, appeased") -- properly, without propitiation
(divine appeasement), ie without the mercy of God's -loyalty through Christ. ...
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4103. pistos -- faithful, reliable
... Cognate: 4103 (an adjective, derived from 3982 , "persuaded") -- properly, faithful
(loyalty to faith; literally, fullness of faith); typically, of believing ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Titus 3:1
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
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Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear you the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
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Strong's Hebrew

2617a. chesed -- goodness, kindness
... 2), good (1), kindly (7), kindness (32), kindnesses (1), loveliness (1), lovingkindness
(176), lovingkindnesses (7), loyal deeds (1), loyalty (6), mercies (1 ...
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Library

His Loyalty Towards Constantius and his Brother.
... Chapter II. 10. His loyalty towards Constantius and his brother. How with
this apprehension of such a design on their part, was ...
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Abraham's Loyalty to God
... THE OLD TESTAMENT ABRAHAM'S LOYALTY TO GOD. Later Jehovah tested Abraham, saying
to him, "Abraham"; and he answered, "Here am I." Jehovah ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/abrahams loyalty to god.htm

Joseph's Loyalty to his Family
... THE OLD TESTAMENT JOSEPH'S LOYALTY TO HIS FAMILY. The news that Joseph's
brothers had arrived became known in Pharaoh's palace; and ...
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National Sorrows and National Lessons
... But the feeling called out in each case was the same"Loyalty, spontaneous, contagious,
some would say unreasoning: but it may be all the deeper and nobler ...
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Ittai of Gath
... These men, singularly enough, the king had chosen as his bodyguard; perhaps he was
not altogether sure of the loyalty of his own subjects, and possibly felt ...
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A Loyal Vow
... life would never have brought out such magnificent heroism of devotion and
self-surrender, as was crowded into that one moment of loyalty asserted in the face ...
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Progress (Preached Before the Queen at Clifden, June 3, 1866. )
... The nation had lost its primaeval freedom, and the courage and loyalty which freedom
gives. It had become rich, and enervated by luxury and ease. ...
/.../the water of life and other sermons/sermon xii progress preached before.htm

Offenses
... Nor should the disciples suppose that loyalty to their organization, although
Christ was with them, was the same as loyalty to Him. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 9 38-50 offenses.htm

Jesus and his Forerunner.
... strong, deep, and true. There were several occasions on which this friendship
proved its sincerity and its loyalty. Reports of the ...
/.../miller/personal friendships of jesus/chapter iii jesus and his.htm

The Foundations of Good Citizenship.
... The decalogue in Exodus 34, however, goes on to describe in succeeding laws
the ways in which the nation may show its loyalty. This ...
/.../kent/the making of a nation/study x the foundations of.htm

Thesaurus

Loyalty (18 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Loyalty (18 Occurrences). Luke 23:14 "You have brought
this man to me on a charge of corrupting the loyalty of the people. ...
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Josiah (51 Occurrences)
... Kings 22, 23. He stands foremost among all the kings of the line of David
for unswerving loyalty to Jehovah (23:25). He "did that ...
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Fidelity (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Faithfulness; loyalty; adherence to right; careful and exact observance
of duty; as fidelity to one's spouse, or discharge of obligations. ...
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Rhodes (2 Occurrences)
... rounded the new capital (Rhodes) in 408 BC In the beginning of the Peloponnesian
war, Rhodes sided with the Athenians, but, after 19 years of loyalty to Athens ...
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Allegiance (7 Occurrences)
... government, or state. 2. (n.) Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ALLEGIANCE. a-le'-jans ...
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Amon (20 Occurrences)
... strike for the throne. They had reckoned, however, without estimating the
inbred Davidic loyalty of the body of the people. It was a ...
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Adonijah (28 Occurrences)
... policy. Joab and Abiathar and others sympathized with this party, but they
remained with David out of personal loyalty to him. The ...
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Philippians (2 Occurrences)
... Manliness, loyalty, firmness, their characteristics in general history, are equally
their characteristics in the history of the Christian church..... ...
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Loyally (6 Occurrences)

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Anem (1 Occurrence)
... and half and Manasseh) of the condition under which they held their possession beyond
Jordan; the renewal by these tribes of their pledge of loyalty to Moses ...
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Bible Concordance

Loyalty (18 Occurrences)

Luke 23:14 "You have brought this man to me on a charge of corrupting the loyalty of the people. But, you see, I have examined him in your presence and have discovered in the man no ground for the accusations which you bring against him.
(WEY)

1 Samuel 20:15 but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth."
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 2:5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, "Blessed are you by Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 3:8 Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman!
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 16:17 Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"
(See NAS RSV)

1 Kings 2:7 But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 12:33 Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could order the battle array, and were not of double heart.
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Psalms 101:1 A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
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Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;
(See RSV)

Proverbs 14:22 Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
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Proverbs 16:6 By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.
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Proverbs 19:22 The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.
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Proverbs 20:6 Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?
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Proverbs 20:28 Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.
(See NAS RSV)

Proverbs 21:21 He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.
(See NAS)

Hosea 6:4 "Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
(See NAS)

Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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Jonah 2:8 Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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Subtopics

Loyalty

Loyalty: Barzillai

Loyalty: David

Loyalty: David's Soldiers