Bible Dictionary: Purposing

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purpose.

Strong's Hebrew

3289. yaats -- to advise, counsel
... 2), devises (2), formed (1), gave (1), give (2), give you advice (1), give you counsel
(1), given (4), planned (8), purposed (1), purposing (1), receive ...
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Library

The Duty of the People of God to Excite Others to Seek this Rest.
... While you are purposing to teach and help him, the man goes deeper in debt; wrath
is heaping up; sin taking root; custom fastens him; temptations to sin ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter ix the duty of.htm

Very Lately it Happened Thus: While the Bounty of Our Most ...
... It is plain that as they have rejected the prophecies of the Holy Spirit,
[384] they are also purposing the refusal of martyrdom. ...
/.../tertullian/the chaplet or de corona/chapter i very lately it.htm

It is Difficult to Treat of the virtue of the Soul...
... Lastly, of so great a matter purposing to speak what Himself shall grant, in the
first place we say and prove that Continence is the gift of God. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on continence/section 1 it is difficult.htm

Daniel, the Praying Captive
... Purposing in his heart without debating the question one moment or compromising
at any one point, that he would not eat of the king's meat nor drink the king's ...
/.../bounds/prayer and praying men/x daniel the praying captive.htm

Life in London
... I made the remittance therefore, purposing, as soon as the examination was over,
to go and draw the regular allowance with which to refund myself. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter v life in london.htm

The Counsel of Gamaliel.
... Luke expressively says, that they were "cut to the heart." In this state of mind
they were purposing to proceed to violence, when the rising tempest was calmed ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture vii the counsel of.htm

The Conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch.
... The spirit hindered them from going to some places, which they were purposing to
visit, and pointed out others, which were not comprehended in their plan. ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xi the conversion of.htm

Redemption through Blood, the Gracious Forgiveness of Sins
... council-chamber, and to see the heart of love beating towards the chosen people
before all time, and the infinite mind of God devising and purposing their good ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/redemption through blood the gracious.htm

From Maximian, God, the Avenger of Religion and of his People...
... Galerius, too, was purposing to celebrate his twentieth anniversary; and as, under
that pretext, he had, by new taxes payable in gold and silver, oppressed the ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xxxi from maximian god.htm

Diocletian, as Being of a Timorous Disposition, was a Searcher ...
... an interval of some time he went to winter in Bithynia; and presently Galerius Cæsar
came thither, inflamed with furious resentment, and purposing to excite ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap x diocletian as being.htm

Thesaurus

Purposing (21 Occurrences)
...Purposing (21 Occurrences). ... (DBY). Acts 19:30 And on Paul's purposing to enter in
unto the populace, the disciples were not suffering him, (YLT). ...
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Masses (20 Occurrences)
... the morning. (BBE). 2 Kings 19:25 Has it not come to your ears how I did
it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have ...
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Purse (7 Occurrences)

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Designs (118 Occurrences)
... deceit. (BBE). Proverbs 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs
are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy. (BBE). ...
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Design (84 Occurrences)
... my authority? (BBE). 2 Kings 19:25 Has it not come to your ears how I did
it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I ...
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Walls (152 Occurrences)
... in thither. (DBY RSV). 2 Kings 19:25 Has it not come to your ears how I
did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I ...
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Knaveries (1 Occurrence)
... Knaveries (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 32:7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing
the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right. ...
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Killing (41 Occurrences)
... Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him: 'Behold,
thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill ...
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Knave (2 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Isaiah 32:7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction
of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right. (See RSV). ...
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Older (43 Occurrences)
... Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him: 'Behold,
thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill ...
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Bible Concordance

Purposing (21 Occurrences)

Acts 12:4 whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people.
(DBY)

Acts 19:30 And on Paul's purposing to enter in unto the populace, the disciples were not suffering him,
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 1:15 and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,
(YLT)

Genesis 27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS)

Exodus 5:19 Then the responsible men of the children of Israel saw that they were purposing evil when they said, The number of bricks which you have to make every day will be no less than before.
(BBE)

Judges 13:23 But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 19:2 And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:
(BBE)

2 Samuel 21:21 And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.
(BBE)

2 Kings 19:25 Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
(BBE)

Job 24:14 He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
(BBE)

Psalms 52:2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
(BBE)

Psalms 54:3 For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)
(BBE)

Psalms 106:23 And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.
(BBE)

Proverbs 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of those whose designs are evil, but for those purposing peace there is joy.
(BBE)

Proverbs 19:18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
(BBE)

Isaiah 19:17 And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt, whensoever one maketh mention thereof to it; it shall be afraid, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts, which He purposeth against it.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 28:29 This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.
(BBE)

Isaiah 32:7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.
(BBE)

Isaiah 37:26 Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
(BBE)

Daniel 8:24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
(BBE)

Micah 2:3 For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Purposing

Related Terms

Masses (20 Occurrences)

Purse (7 Occurrences)

Designs (118 Occurrences)

Design (84 Occurrences)

Walls (152 Occurrences)

Knaveries (1 Occurrence)

Killing (41 Occurrences)

Knave (2 Occurrences)

Older (43 Occurrences)