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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

2. (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place.

3. (n.) That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive.

4. (n.) The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery.

Greek

5313. hupsoma -- height, that which is lifted up
... Neuter Transliteration: hupsoma Phonetic Spelling: (hoop'-so-mah) Short Definition:
height, barrier, bulwark Definition: height, barrier, bulwark; presumption. ...
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Library

Whether Presumption is a Sin?
... OF PRESUMPTION (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether presumption is a sin? Objection
1: It would seem that presumption is not a sin. For no sin ...
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Whether Presumption is a Sin?
... OF PRESUMPTION (TWO ARTICLES) Whether presumption is a sin? Objection 1:
It seems that presumption is not a sin. For the Apostle ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether presumption is a sin 2.htm

Whether Presumption Arises from Vainglory?
... OF PRESUMPTION (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether presumption arises from vainglory? Objection
1: It would seem that presumption does not arise from vainglory. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether presumption arises from vainglory.htm

Of Presumption (Four Articles)
... OF PRESUMPTION (FOUR ARTICLES). We must now consider presumption, under which head
there are four points of inquiry: ... (2) Whether presumption is a sin? ...
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Whether Presumption is a Sin
... Article Two Whether Presumption is a Sin. Whether Presumption is a Sin We proceed
to the second article thus: 1. It seems that presumption is not a sin. ...
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Whether Presumption Trusts in God or in Our Own Power?
... OF PRESUMPTION (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether presumption trusts in God or in
our own power? Objection 1: It would seem that presumption ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether presumption trusts in god.htm

Whether Presumption is Opposed to Fear Rather than to Hope
... Article Three Whether Presumption is Opposed to Fear rather than to Hope.
Whether Presumption is Opposed to Fear rather than to Hope ...
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Of Presumption (Two Articles)
... OF PRESUMPTION (TWO ARTICLES). We must now consider ... by excess. These are three,
namely, presumption, ambition, and vainglory. Secondly, we ...
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Question Twenty-One of Presumption
... Question Twenty-One OF PRESUMPTION. OF PRESUMPTION We must now consider
presumption, concerning which there are four questions, i ...
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Whether Presumption is More Opposed to Fear than to Hope?
... OF PRESUMPTION (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether presumption is more opposed to fear
than to hope? Objection 1: It would seem that presumption ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether presumption is more opposed.htm

Thesaurus

Presumption (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability;
reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken ...
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Presumptuous (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea. 3. (a.) Done with hold
design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful. Int. ...
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Zophar (4 Occurrences)
... He is the most impetuous and dogmatic of the three (compare Job 11:2, 3; Job
20:2, 3); stung to passionate response by Job's presumption in maintaining that ...
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Immortal (3 Occurrences)
... Even this, however, while an instinctive presumption, can hardly be called a proof
of survival after death, and it does not yield an idea of "immortality" in ...
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Immortality (6 Occurrences)
... Even this, however, while an instinctive presumption, can hardly be called a proof
of survival after death, and it does not yield an idea of "immortality" in ...
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Genealogy (29 Occurrences)
... explanation of the formation of tribes by the expansion and division of families
is not improbable, and is entitled to a certain presumption of correctness. ...
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Venture (10 Occurrences)
... in trade. 4. (vi) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption
to do, undertake, or say something; to dare. 5. (vi) To ...
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Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
... patriarch Jacob. This creates a strong presumption in favor of the tradition:
and there is no good reason to doubt its truth. Standing ...
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Leviticus (1 Occurrence)
... an account of the consecration of Aaron and his sons (8); Aaron's first offering
for himself and the people (9); Nadab and Abihu's presumption in offering ...
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Lacedaemonians
... 5-23 is based, among other grounds, on that of a common descent of Jews and
Lacedaemonians from Abraham, for which the only probable presumption-suggested by ...
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Bible Concordance

Presumption (5 Occurrences)

Numbers 14:44 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain; nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 17:12 And the man who acteth with presumption, so as not to hearken unto the priest (who is standing to serve there Jehovah thy God), or unto the judge, even that man hath died, and thou hast put away the evil thing from Israel,
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 18:22 that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not -- it 'is' the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; -- thou art not afraid of him.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said: 'Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumptuousness, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.'
(See RSV)

Daniel 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;
(DBY)

Subtopics

Presumption

Presumption in Asking Jesus, "What Will This Man Do?"

Presumption in Objecting to Jesus' Statement That Jesus Must be Killed

Presumption in Objecting to Jesus Washing Peter's Feet

Presumption in Reflecting Upon his Knowledge when he Asked, Amid a Throng, Who Touched Jesus

Presumption in Reviling God

Presumption: A Characteristic of Antichrist

Presumption: A Characteristic of the Wicked

Presumption: Abraham, in Questioning About Sodom

Presumption: Benhadad

Presumption: Ben-Hadad