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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Staying or continuing quality; doggedness; obstinacy.

2. (n.) The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed

3. (n.) The persistence of motion.

4. (n.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.

Greek

335. anaideia -- shamelessness
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anaideia Phonetic Spelling: (an-ah'-ee-die-ah')
Short Definition: shamelessness, shameless persistence Definition: shamelessness ...
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1961. epimeno -- to stay on
... 1961 (from 1909 , ", fitting," which intensifies 3306 , "remain, persist") --
properly, on with persistence that the objective. ...
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Library

Persistence of Thwarted Love
... D.; ST. MATTHEW Chaps. XVIII to XXVIII PERSISTENCE OF THWARTED LOVE. 'If so be
that he find it.'"Matthew 18:13. 'Until he find it.'"Luke 15:4. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/persistence of thwarted love.htm

Whether Perseverance is a virtue?
... ii) that "perseverance is the fixed and continued persistence in a well-considered
purpose." Therefore perseverance is not a special virtue, but a condition of ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether perseverance is a virtue.htm

Prayer Concerns Three.
... The great essential in prayer is persistence. ... The second intense truth is this:"the
winning quality in prayer is persistence. The final test is here. ...
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First Tractate.
... Let us suppose this persistence to be the result of the all-inclusiveness of the
celestial and universal " with its consequence, the absence of any outlying ...
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Prayer and Importunity (Continued)
... Importunity is made up of intensity, perseverance, patience and persistence. ... His
persistence won where half-hearted indifference would surely have failed. ...
/.../bounds/the necessity of prayer/vii prayer and importunity continued.htm

Two Forms of one Saying
... that there is a banded conspiracy, as it were, against them, and that they have
to fight their way by continual antagonism, by continual persistence, as well ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/two forms of one saying.htm

How to Pray
... their wish. He does give them a model prayer, and He adds encouragements
to pray which inculcate confidence and persistence. The ...
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Lo! the Evil one Reproached Death
... sureties."25. With persistence for strength, I wage my war: and if I neglect
but a little, my sway is naught."26. By continual ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn lv lo the evil.htm

Whether a Man Can Sin First of all against the Holy Ghost?
... the Holy Ghost to denote final impenitence, it does not regard the question in point,
because this sin against the Holy Ghost requires persistence in sin until ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a man can sin.htm

The Follies of the Wise
... Audacity, resource, secrecy, promptitude, persistence, skill of hand, and a hundred
others, are put into play before a man can break into your back kitchen and ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the follies of the wise.htm

Thesaurus

Persistence (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The persistence of motion. 4. (n.) Visual persistence, or persistence of
the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Persistency (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) The persistence of motion. 4. (n.) Visual persistence, or persistence of
the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Elamarna
... PHILOLOGICAL VALUE 1. Knowledge of Amorite, Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2.
Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time 3. Verification of Biblical ...
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Tablets (31 Occurrences)
... PHILOLOGICAL VALUE 1. Knowledge of Amorite, Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2.
Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time 3. Verification of Biblical ...
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El-amarna
... PHILOLOGICAL VALUE 1. Knowledge of Amorite, Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2.
Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time 3. Verification of Biblical ...
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Tell (3056 Occurrences)
... PHILOLOGICAL VALUE 1. Knowledge of Amorite, Hittite and Mitannian Tongues 2.
Persistence of Canaanite Names to the Present Time 3. Verification of Biblical ...
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Perseverance (27 Occurrences)
... (see BACKSLIDE.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Persistence under harsh conditions;
continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun. ...
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Persisted (8 Occurrences)

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Needs (85 Occurrences)
... Luke 11:8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is
his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as ...
/n/needs.htm - 30k

Unwearied (5 Occurrences)
... and entreaty on every fitting occasion in the Spirit, and be always on the alert
to seize opportunities for doing so, with unwearied persistence and entreaty ...
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Bible Concordance

Persistence (2 Occurrences)

Luke 11:8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
(WEB NAS)

Ephesians 6:18 Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so, with unwearied persistence and entreaty on behalf of all God's people,
(WEY)

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