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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.

2. (n.) That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; esp., an action of an elaborate or public character.

Greek

2039. ergasia -- work (noun)
... Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ergasia Phonetic Spelling: (er-gas-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: working, activity, trade, performance Definition: working ...
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4162. poiesis -- a making, a doing
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: poiesis Phonetic Spelling:
(poy'-ay-sis) Short Definition: a doing Definition: a doing, making, performance. ...
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3316. mesites -- an arbitrator, a mediator
... 3316 (from 3319 , "in the middle") -- properly, an arbitrator ("mediator"),
guaranteeing the performance of all the stipulated in a covenant (agreement). ...
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5050. teleiosis -- completion, perfection
... perfection. From phusioo; (the act) completion, ie (of prophecy) verification, or
(of expiation) absolution -- perfection, performance. see GREEK phusioo. ...
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813. ataktos -- out of order, out of place
... ataktos Phonetic Spelling: (at'-ak-tos) Short Definition: disorderly, slack Definition:
(lit: out of order), disorderly, slack (in performance of duty). ...
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2334. theoreo -- to look at, gaze
... purpose of (). [2334 () is the root of the English term "theatre," ie where
people of an action (performance).]. Word Origin from ...
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5042. teknogonia -- childbearing
... childbearing. From the same as teknogoneo; childbirth (parentage), ie (by implication)
maternity (the performance of maternal duties) -- childbearing. ...
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4138. pleroma -- fullness, a filling up
... ie (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude),
or (objectively) what is filled (as container, performance, period) -- which is ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4659. miph'al -- a work, something made
... a performance Or (feminine) miph.alah {mif-aw-law'}; from pa'al; a performance --
work. see HEBREW pa'al. 4658, 4659. miph'al. 4659a . Strong's Numbers.
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5949. alilah -- wantonness, a deed
... Or malilah {al-ee-law'}; from alal in the sense of effecting; an exploit (of God),
or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an ...
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Library

The Next Performance is Mainly Directed against Faith in the ...
... IV. The next performance is mainly directed against faith in the Church�
The next performance is mainly directed against faith ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/iv the next performance is.htm

What Pelagius Thinks is Needful for Ease of Performance is Really ...
... A Treatise on the grace of christ, and on original sin, Chapter 30 [XXIX.]"What
Pelagius Thinks is Needful for Ease of Performance is Really Necessary for ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 30 xxix what pelagius thinks.htm

That the Understanding, by Means of which we Can Recognize God's ...
... Chapter XV. That the understanding, by means of which we can recognize God's commands,
and the performance of a good will are both gifts from the Lord. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xv that the understanding.htm

On the Precepts of Divine Worship in General
... For we must suppose that there are two parts of a precept, the first of which requires
the performance or the omission of an act, and the second demands ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lxviii on the precepts.htm

On Obedience to the Commands of God in General
... GENERAL. Because the yielding of obedience is the duty of an inferior,
therefore, for the performance of it, humility is requisite. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lxx on obedience to.htm

On the Fifth Command in the Decalogue
... that a certain order should exist among men, according to which some are superiors
and others inferiors, and which consists in the mutual performance of the ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lxxviii on the fifth.htm

Concerning Things done in Illumination.
... And, as the Divine Oracles teach, we shall attain this only by the love and
the religious performance of the most worshipful Commandments. ...
/.../dionysius/ecclesiastical hierarchy/caput ii i concerning things.htm

Letter xiv. --(For 342. ) Coss. Augustus Constantius iii, Constans ...
... and the feast which is of the Lord, is not accomplished by words only, but by deeds,
every enactment of laws and every command involving a distinct performance ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter xiv for 342 coss augustus.htm

On Particular Acts of Obedience, or those which are Prescribed in ...
... him. VI. But some things generally must be observed for the correct
performance of all the precepts together. Such are, VII. The ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lxxiii on particular acts.htm

Various Objections in Favour of the Common Interpretation Answered
... and will say,] "It is a well known fact that they who give this interpretation to
the chapter, do not take away from the regenerate the performance of all ...
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Thesaurus

Performance (6 Occurrences)
... n.) The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution;
achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an ...
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Guarantee (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt,
or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person ...
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Work (4564 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by
exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general ...
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Pledge (55 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Anything given or considered as a security for the performance of an act;
a guarantee; as, mutual interest is the best pledge for the performance of ...
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Hand (14438 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left. 7. (n.) Power of
performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. ...
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On (40792 Occurrences)
... 4. (prep.) Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part,
or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or ...
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Relief (32 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention
of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry. ...
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Righteousness (442 Occurrences)
... Back of the performance of religious rites was the fear of the group that the god
of the group would be displeased if certain honors were not rendered to him. ...
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Envelop (1 Occurrence)
... tangents. 6. (n.) A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some
type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now ...
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Mortgage
... 1. (n.) A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of
a debt or the performance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or ...
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Bible Concordance

Performance (6 Occurrences)

Luke 1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
(KJV WBS)

2 Corinthians 8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
(KJV WBS)

Numbers 7:5 Take it of them, and they shall be for the performance of the service of the tent of meeting, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to each according to his service.
(DBY)

Numbers 15:3 and will make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or as a voluntary offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet odour to Jehovah, of the herd or of the flock,
(DBY)

Numbers 15:8 And when thou offerest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or for a peace-offering to Jehovah,
(DBY)

1 Chronicles 23:28 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Performance

Related Terms

Guarantee (5 Occurrences)

Work (4564 Occurrences)

Pledge (55 Occurrences)

Hand (14438 Occurrences)

On (40792 Occurrences)

Relief (32 Occurrences)

Righteousness (442 Occurrences)

Envelop (1 Occurrence)

Mortgage