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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Consisting of matter; physical; as, material evidence; material possessions.

2. (a.) Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.

3. (a.) of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of consequence; not be dispensed with; important.

4. (a.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.

5. (n.) The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.

6. (v. t.) To form from matter; to materialize.

Greek

1739. endomesis -- building, structure
... building, structure. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: endomesis Phonetic
Spelling: (en-dom'-ay-sis) Short Definition: the material of a building ...
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1746b. endomesis -- a building in or into, an interior structure
... 1746a, 1746b. endomesis. 1747 . a building in or into, an interior structure.
Transliteration: endomesis Short Definition: material. ...
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3586. xulon -- wood
... From another form of the base of xestes; timber (as fuel or material); by implication,
a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance -- staff ...
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4229. pragma -- a deed, a matter
... business, matter, thing, work. From prasso; a deed; by implication, an affair; by
extension, an object (material) -- business, matter, thing, work. ...
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4526. sakkos -- sackcloth
... sackcloth. Of Hebrew origin (saq); "sack"-cloth, ie Mohair (the material or garments
made of it, worn as a sign of grief) -- sackcloth. see HEBREW saq. ...
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4559. sarkikos -- pertaining to the flesh, carnal
... See 4561 ("flesh"). Word Origin from sarx Definition pertaining to the flesh, carnal
NASB Word Usage flesh (1), fleshly (4), material things (2). ...
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4145. plousios -- wealthy
... derived from 4149 , "abundance") -- properly, resourced; (filled), by having God's "" --
ie His that comes from receiving provisions (material and spiritual ...
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211. alabastron -- a box of alabaster
... alabastros (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone; properly, an "alabaster"
box, ie (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material) -- (alabaster) box. ...
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3624. oikos -- a house, a dwelling
... Noun, Masculine Transliteration: oikos Phonetic Spelling: (oy'-kos) Short Definition:
a house, household Definition: (a) a house, the material building, (b) a ...
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2692. katastrophe -- an overthrowing
... katastrophe Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-trof-ay') Short Definition: overthrow,
destruction Definition: overthrow, destruction, material or spiritual. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4897. meshi -- (costly material for garments) perhaps silk
... 4896, 4897. meshi. 4898 . (costly material for garments) perhaps silk.
Transliteration: meshi Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-shee) Short Definition: silk. ...
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8162. shaatnez -- mixed stuff
... Word Origin perhaps of foreign origin Definition mixed stuff NASB Word Usage
material mixed (1), material mixed together (1). garment ...
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2672. chatsab -- to hew, hew out, cleave
... Or chatseb {khaw-tsabe'}; a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other
material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave -- cut, dig ...
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2793. choresh -- wood, wooded height
... bough, forest, shroud, wood. From charash; a forest (perhaps as furnishing the material
for fabric) -- bough, forest, shroud, wood. see HEBREW charash. ...
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4399. melakah -- occupation, work
... made (1), business (4), cattle (1), craftsmanship (3), details (1), duties (1),
everything* (1), industrious* (1), laborer (1), material (1), occupation (1 ...
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8401. teben -- straw
... Probably from banah; properly, material, ie (specifically) refuse haum or stalks
of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for fodder) -- chaff, straw, stubble ...
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2796. charash -- engraver, artificer
... From charash; a fabricator or any material -- artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman,
engraver, maker, + mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as ...
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2790. charash -- to cut in, engrave, plow, devise
... A primitive root; to scratch, ie (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from
the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in ...
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Library

Whether the Angels Know Material Things?
... OF THE ANGEL'S KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL THINGS (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether the
angels know material things? Objection 1: It would seem ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the angels know material.htm

On the Material Object of the Precepts of the Law in General
... DISPUTATION LXXI ON THE MATERIAL OBJECT OF THE PRECEPTS OF THE LAW IN GENERAL.
As mere obedience, considered in the abstract, is ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lxxi on the material.htm

Whether the Damned are in Material Darkness?
... OF THE PUNISHMENT OF THE DAMNED (SEVEN ARTICLES) Whether the damned are in material
darkness? ... Therefore there is no material darkness there. ...
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Sin not Material.
... XI. Sin Not Material. "Sin ... In fact, the church of Manes was a chemical laboratory,
in which sin was opposed by material agencies. This ...
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The Material of Predestination is Twofold; Divine Things, and ...
... THESIS 7 The material of predestination is twofold; divine things, and persons
to be partakers of them.� The material of predestination ...
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For as this Material System of Things May, in a Good Sense...
... [Way-3-36] For as this material system of things may, in a good sense�
For as this material system of things may, in a good sense ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-3-36 for as this material.htm

Not the Lowliness of the Material, but the Dignity and Skill of ...
... Chapter VI."Not the Lowliness of the Material, But the Dignity and Skill of the
Maker, Must Be Remembered, in Gauging the Excellence of the Flesh. ...
/.../tertullian/on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter vi not the lowliness of.htm

The Earthy Material of which Flesh is Created Wonderfully Improved ...
... Chapter VII."The Earthy Material of Which Flesh is Created Wonderfully
Improved by God's Manipulation. By the Addition of the ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter vii the earthy material of.htm

The Material of the Body Never Perishes.
... Chapter 88."The Material of the Body Never Perishes. Nor does the earthly
material out of which men's mortal bodies are created ...
/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 88 the material of the.htm

But this Material May be Differently Arranged in the Resurrection ...
... Chapter 89."But This Material May Be Differently Arranged in the
Resurrection Body. And this earthly material, which when the ...
/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 89 but this material may.htm

Thesaurus

Material (61 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Consisting of matter; physical; as, material
evidence; material possessions. ...Material (61 Occurrences). ...
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Building-material (1 Occurrence)
Building-material. Building, Building-material. Building-paste .
Multi-Version Concordance Building-material (1 Occurrence). ...
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Materials (9 Occurrences)
... Exodus 28:8 And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same
work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted ...
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Leather (34 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:51 And he is to see the mark on the seventh day; if the mark is increased
in the clothing, or in the threads of the material, or in the leather ...
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Stuff (49 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture. ... 15. (n.)
To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. 16. ...
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Dictionaries
... other objects. They include, in short, all the many lists where the material
is grouped round a series of catchwords. The alphabetical ...
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Substance (99 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent
subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which ...
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Feed (117 Occurrences)
... steam boiler. 8. (vt) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a
machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press. 9. (vt) To ...
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Threads (13 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:51 And he is to see the mark on the seventh day; if the mark is increased
in the clothing, or in the threads of the material, or in the leather ...
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Physical (7 Occurrences)
... Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance
with the laws Of nature; also, Of or relating to natural or material things, or ...
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Bible Concordance

Material (61 Occurrences)

Romans 15:27 Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 9:11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 9:11 But Christ appeared as a High Priest of the blessings that are soon to come by means of the greater and more perfect Tent of worship, a tent which has not been built with hands--that is to say does not belong to this material creation--
(WEY)

Hebrews 12:18 For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--
(WEY)

1 Peter 3:21 And, corresponding to that figure, the water of baptism now saves you--not the washing off of material defilement, but the craving of a good conscience after God--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
(WEY)

1 John 3:17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
(See NIV)

Revelation 21:18 The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.
(See NAS)

Exodus 5:7 Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.
(BBE)

Exodus 25:4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
(See NAS)

Exodus 26:1 "Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
(See NAS)

Exodus 26:4 You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise you shall make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
(See NIV)

Exodus 26:31 "You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.
(See NAS)

Exodus 26:36 "You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
(See NAS)

Exodus 27:16 For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
(See NAS)

Exodus 28:5 They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
(See NAS)

Exodus 28:6 "They shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skillful workman.
(See NAS)

Exodus 28:8 And the beautifully worked band, which goes on it, is to be of the same work and the same material, of gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work.
(BBE NAS RSV)

Exodus 28:33 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, around its hem; and bells of gold between and around them:
(See NAS)

Exodus 35:6 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,
(See NAS)

Exodus 35:23 Everyone, with whom was found blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair, rams' skins dyed red, and sea cow hides, brought them.
(See NAS)

Exodus 35:25 All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
(See NAS)

Exodus 35:29 The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to Yahweh; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Yahweh had commanded to be made by Moses.
(See NAS)

Exodus 35:35 He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
(See NAS)

Exodus 36:7 For the material they had was enough and more than enough for all the work which had to be done.
(BBE NAS)

Exodus 36:8 All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
(See NAS)

Exodus 36:11 He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
(See NIV)

Exodus 36:35 He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
(See NAS)

Exodus 36:37 He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
(See NAS)

Exodus 38:18 The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
(See NAS)

Exodus 38:21 This is the amount of material used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
(WEB NIV)

Exodus 38:23 With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.
(See NAS)

Exodus 39:1 Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(See NAS)

Exodus 39:2 He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
(See NAS)

Exodus 39:3 They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
(See NAS)

Exodus 39:5 And the beautifully worked band which went on it was of the same design and the same material, worked in gold and blue and purple and red and twisted linen-work, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
(BBE NAS RSV)

Exodus 39:8 He made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen.
(See NAS)

Exodus 39:24 They made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, purple, scarlet, and twined linen.
(See NAS)

Exodus 39:29 and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 13:48 whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:49 if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything made of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 13:51 And he is to see the mark on the seventh day; if the mark is increased in the clothing, or in the threads of the material, or in the leather, whatever the leather is used for, it is the disease biting into it: it is unclean.
(BBE NIV)

Leviticus 13:52 And the clothing, or the wool or linen material, or anything of leather in which is the disease, is to be burned: for the disease is biting into it; let it be burned in the fire.
(BBE NIV)

Leviticus 13:53 And if the priest sees that the mark is not increased in the clothing or in any part of the material or in the leather,
(BBE NIV)

Leviticus 13:56 And if the priest sees that the mark is less bright after the washing, then let him have it cut out of the clothing or the leather or from the threads of the material:
(BBE NIV)

Leviticus 13:57 And if the mark is still seen in the clothing or in the threads of the material or in the leather, it is the disease coming out: the thing in which the disease is will have to be burned with fire.
(BBE NIV)

Leviticus 13:58 And the material of the clothing, or anything of skin, which has been washed, if the mark has gone out of it, let it be washed a second time and it will be clean.
(BBE NIV)

Leviticus 13:59 This is the law about the leper's disease in the thread of wool or linen material, in clothing or in anything of skin, saying how it is to be judged clean or unclean.
(BBE NIV)

Leviticus 14:41 and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 19:19 "'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon on you a garment made of two kinds of material.
(WEB DBY NAS NIV)

Numbers 4:8 They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
(See NAS)

Numbers 19:6 and the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 22:11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of mixed material, woven of wool and linen together.
(DBY NAS)

1 Chronicles 22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.
(BBE RSV)

1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 2:13 And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 3:13 Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley; they put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and a thousand cubits of wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 4:10 And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 4:17 Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;
(BBE NIV)

Esther 1:6 There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 19:10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
(BBE)

Proverbs 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;
(WEB RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Material

Material Possessions

Related Terms

Building-material (1 Occurrence)

Materials (9 Occurrences)

Leather (34 Occurrences)

Stuff (49 Occurrences)

Dictionaries

Substance (99 Occurrences)