Bible Dictionary: Pioneer

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who goes into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

2. (n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

3. (v. t. & i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

Greek

4298. prokopto -- to cut forward (a way), advance
... Verb Transliteration: prokopto Phonetic Spelling: (prok-op'-to) Short Definition:
I advance, make progress Definition: (originally of the pioneer cutting his ...
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747. archegos -- founder, leader
... 747 () does not strictly mean "author," but rather "a person who is or of a movement
and continues as the leader -- ie 'pioneer leader, founding leader' " (, 1 ...
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Library

The Intrepid Pioneer.
... IV. THE INTREPID PIONEER. The mantle of Garretson fell upon Black and he was
again compelled to lead the forces, and take the initiative ...
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The Pioneer's Influence Upon a Nation's Ideals.
... STUDY V THE PIONEER'S INFLUENCE UPON A NATION'S IDEALS. ... In what sense was Abraham
a pioneer? Was it for Abraham's material interest to migrate to Canaan? VI. ...
/.../kent/the making of a nation/study v the pioneers influence.htm

"Go Forward on Your Knees"
... IN ATTEMPTING to record what prayer meant in our early pioneer days, other than
purely personal testimonies must be given; for we were, as a little band of ...
/.../goforth/how i know god answers prayer/iii go forward on your.htm

Making the Man.
... William Black, the father of the future pioneer and evangelist, was born in 1727,
in Paisley, Scotland, a large manufacturing town noted for its shawls, great ...
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Last Days and After.
... The long years of arduous labor began to tell upon a strong constitution, so that
gradually the physical strength of the pioneer evangelist and missionary in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclean/william black/vii last days and after.htm

Christian Ballads.
... He was a pioneer gospel singer, and his tuneful journeys through America, England
and Australia gave him the name of the "Singing Pilgrim," the title of his ...
/.../brown/the story of the hymns and tunes/chapter vi christian ballads.htm

The Project of French Empire and Evangelization --Its Wide and ...
... It seems to have been native to the American soil, springing up in the hearts of
the French pioneer explorers themselves; [5] but by its grandeur, and at the ...
/.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter iii the project of.htm

The Hymns of Isaac Watts
... our churches. I note only that Watts is a pioneer. Hymns were ... much used.
But here, as in his hymns, Watts was a pioneer. In his ...
/.../manning/the hymns of wesley and watts five papers/the hymns of isaac watts.htm

The Heroic Women of Early Indiana Methodism.
... in early Indiana Methodism. You have often heard of the sacrifices and
toils of the pioneer preachers. Those sacrifices and toils ...
/.../the heroic women of early indiana methodism/the heroic women of early.htm

Index.
... liberty, 221; antislavery, 222; become Calvinists, 223; found Brown University,
248; undertake foreign missions, 253; divide on slavery, 303; pioneer work, 332 ...
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Thesaurus

Pioneer (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt & i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
Multi-Version Concordance Pioneer (2 Occurrences). ...
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Pious (18 Occurrences)

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Forerunner (3 Occurrences)
... He was not the pioneer of the people; Christ is. Christ goes nowhere but where His
people may follow. He is the file-leader (compare Hebrews 12:2, "the author. ...
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Pint (1 Occurrence)

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Author (5 Occurrences)
... captain"), rather than in its secondary sense "author." The meaning is, not that
He is the originator of faith in us, but that He Himself is the pioneer in the ...
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Sick (117 Occurrences)
... has, within the last century, been recognized in the mission field, and has proved,
in heathen lands, to be the most important of all pioneer agressive methods ...
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Sea (4178 Occurrences)
... is named Point Costigan, and the heel, Point Molyneux, after two travelers who lost
their lives about the middle of the 19th century in pioneer attempts to ...
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Sickness (40 Occurrences)
... has, within the last century, been recognized in the mission field, and has proved,
in heathen lands, to be the most important of all pioneer agressive methods ...
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Elamarna
... Abraham was pictured as a pioneer from a land of culture to a distant dark place
in the world, and his descendants down to the descent into Egypt were thought ...
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Tablets (31 Occurrences)
... Abraham was pictured as a pioneer from a land of culture to a distant dark place
in the world, and his descendants down to the descent into Egypt were thought ...
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Bible Concordance

Pioneer (2 Occurrences)

Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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Hebrews 12:2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Pioneer

Related Terms

Pious (18 Occurrences)

Forerunner (3 Occurrences)

Pint (1 Occurrence)

Author (5 Occurrences)

Sick (117 Occurrences)

Sea (4178 Occurrences)

Sickness (40 Occurrences)

Elamarna

Tablets (31 Occurrences)