Bible Dictionary: Quest

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

2. (n.) Request; desire; solicitation.

3. (n.) Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.

4. (n.) Inquest; jury of inquest.

5. (n.) To search for; to examine.

6. (v. i.) To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.

Library

The Endless Quest
... PART III. SOME ASPECTS OF THE WAY OF PRAYER XXIII. THE ENDLESS QUEST.
"Lord, teach us to pray.""Luke 11.i. "He that cometh to God ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/whyte/lord teach us to pray/xxiii the endless quest.htm

In Her Wanderings on that Quest, She Reaches the Confines of ...
... Book V. 25 In her wanderings on that quest, she reaches the confines of
Eleusis as well as� In her wanderings on that quest, she ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/25 in her wanderings on.htm

October the Seventeenth no Quest of God
... OCTOBER The Seventeenth NO QUEST OF GOD. "He inquired not of the Lord."
"1 Chronicles 10:6-14. ... When quest ceases, conquests cease. ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/october the seventeenth no quest.htm

The Thirtieth Chapter: the Quest of Divine Help and Confidence in ...
... BOOK THREE. INTERNAL CONSOLATION The Thirtieth Chapter: The Quest of Divine
Help and Confidence in Regaining Grace. The Voice of Christ ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the thirtieth chapter the quest.htm

The Fan-Bearer's Quest
... CHAPTER XXII THE FAN-BEARER'S QUEST. At sunset on the day after the festivities
at the Lady Senci's, Hotep deserted his palace duties ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxii the fan-bearers quest.htm

Unaided Quest of Truth Profitless.
... Homily II. Chapter VII."Unaided Quest of Truth Profitless. "All therefore
who ever sought the truth, trusting to themselves to ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter vii unaided quest of truth.htm

Appion and Athenodorus Return in Quest of Faustus.
... Homily XX. Chapter XXI."Appion and Athenodorus Return in Quest of Faustus.
But Peter said: "God arranges our affairs in a most ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxi appion and athenodorus return.htm

Wisdom's Gift
... I. The quest which always finds. ... It could never be said of the disciples of a Plato
that their quest was sure to end in finding what they sought. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/wisdoms gift.htm

The Minne-Songs
... The stories of Tristram, Percival, and the quest of the Holy Grail"knightly romances
and histories of saints that were half mystical and symbolical, half ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/the minne-songs.htm

Last Days and After.
... mind. A journey now and then in quest of health brought cheerful patience,
but his work was done, while still sixty years of age. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclean/william black/vii last days and after.htm

Thesaurus

Quest (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain;
search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property ...
/q/quest.htm - 7k

Micah (54 Occurrences)
... Five men sent in quest of new territory by the Danites, who had failed to secure
a settlement upon their own tribal allotment, visited Micah's shrine, and ...
/m/micah.htm - 38k

Hellenism
... in the 6th and possibly the 7th century At any rate it furnished the fiery darts
of the adversary until ethics was founded in reason by the quest of Socrates ...
/h/hellenism.htm - 26k

Hellenist
... in the 6th and possibly the 7th century At any rate it furnished the fiery darts
of the adversary until ethics was founded in reason by the quest of Socrates ...
/h/hellenist.htm - 26k

Quenching (4 Occurrences)

/q/quenching.htm - 7k

Jewel (12 Occurrences)
... Jewel (12 Occurrences). Matthew 13:45 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like
a jewel merchant who is in quest of choice pearls. (WEY BBE). ...
/j/jewel.htm - 12k

Marauder (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer;
one who pillages. Multi-Version Concordance Marauder (1 Occurrence). ...
/m/marauder.htm - 6k

Pontus (3 Occurrences)
... power shrunk in extent and force, by the year 1000 BC bands of hardy Greek adventurers
appeared from the West sailing along the Euxine main in quest of lands ...
/p/pontus.htm - 16k

Choice (113 Occurrences)
... Choice (113 Occurrences). Matthew 13:45 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is
like a jewel merchant who is in quest of choice pearls. (WEY). ...
/c/choice.htm - 38k

Bible Concordance

Quest (2 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:45 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a jewel merchant who is in quest of choice pearls.
(WEY)

Mark 1:36 and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,
(YLT)

Subtopics

Quest

Related Terms

Micah (54 Occurrences)

Hellenism

Hellenist

Quenching (4 Occurrences)

Jewel (12 Occurrences)