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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.

2. (n.) The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.

3. (n.) A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

4. (v. t.) To transport with excitement; to enrapture.

Greek

1611. ekstasis -- a displacement (of the mind), ie bewilderment ...
... 1611 (from 1839 , "completely remove") -- properly, take of regular position (standing)
and bring a state of (rapture) -- like a person "carried out" in trance ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Revelation 1:7
Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
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1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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Matthew 25:1-13
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
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Matthew 24:30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
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Library

Reasonable Rapture
... VOLUME II: PSALMS LI to CXLV REASONABLE RAPTURE. 'Whom have I in heaven but Thee?
and there is none upon earth that I desire besides Thee.26. ...
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Because the Rapture of a Part of the Church Only, Would Leave the ...
... Chapter Seven The Beneficiaries of the Redeemer's Return 4. Because the Rapture
of a part of the Church only, would leave the remainder of it still upon the ...
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Of Rapture (Six Articles)
... OF RAPTURE (SIX ARTICLES). We must now consider rapture. ... (2) Whether rapture
pertains to the cognitive or to the appetitive power? ...
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Because the Rapture is the Consummation of Our Salvation and ...
... Chapter Seven The Beneficiaries of the Redeemer's Return 2. Because the Rapture
is the CONSUMMATION OF OUR SALVATION and therefore, being an integral and ...
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Whether Paul, when in Rapture, Saw the Essence of God?
... OF RAPTURE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether Paul, when in rapture, saw the essence of
God? Objection 1: It would seem that Paul, when in rapture ...
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Whether Paul, when in Rapture, was Withdrawn from his Senses?
... OF RAPTURE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether Paul, when in rapture, was withdrawn from
his senses? Objection 1: It would seem that Paul, when ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether paul when in rapture 2.htm

Whether Rapture Pertains to the Cognitive Rather than to the ...
... OF RAPTURE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether rapture pertains to the cognitive rather than
to the appetitive power? ... Therefore so does ecstasy or rapture. ...
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Because the Partial-Rapture Theory Introduces a Situation that is ...
... Chapter Seven The Beneficiaries of the Redeemer's Return 8. Because the
partial-rapture theory introduces a situation that is full of Confusion. ...
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Whither Thus, in Holy Rapture?
... No. 80 Whither thus, in holy rapture? THE BLESSED VIRGIN Whither thus, in holy rapture?
Quo sanctus ardor te rapit. The Visitation Translated by the Rev. ...
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Because to Make Our Rapture Dependent Upon Anything in us is to ...
... Chapter Seven The Beneficiaries of the Redeemer's Return 3. Because to make our
Rapture dependent upon anything in us is to attack the Finished Work of Christ. ...
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Thesaurus

Rapture (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Rapture (6 Occurrences). Luke 1:67 And Zechariah his father
was filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke in a rapture of praise. (WEY). ...
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Rapturous (1 Occurrence)
... (a.) Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture;
as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause. ...
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Ecstasy (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Excessive joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic
delight. ... 5. (vt) To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. ...
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Infatuated (2 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 5:19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture;
let your passion at all times be moved by her love. (See RSV). ...
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Transport (18 Occurrences)
... 6. (v.) Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture. 7. (n.) A convict transported,
or sentenced to exile. Multi-Version Concordance Transport (18 Occurrences). ...
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Rapine (5 Occurrences)

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Exhilarated (2 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 5:19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture;
let your passion at all times be moved by her love. (See NAS). ...
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Selfsurrender
... of surrender of self to deity, ranging in ethical quality from a heathen fanaticism
which impels to complete physical exhaustion or rapture, superinduced by ...
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Self-surrender
... of surrender of self to deity, ranging in ethical quality from a heathen fanaticism
which impels to complete physical exhaustion or rapture, superinduced by ...
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King (25505 Occurrences)
... a king shall reign in righteousness" (Isaiah 32:1). Jeremiah, the prophet of woe,
catches bright glimpses of his coming Lord, and with rapture intensified by ...
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Bible Concordance

Rapture (6 Occurrences)

Luke 1:67 And Zechariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke in a rapture of praise.
(WEY)

Psalms 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
(BBE)

Psalms 45:15 With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.
(BBE)

Psalms 51:8 Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.
(BBE)

Proverbs 5:19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
(BBE)

Song of Songs 2:3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Rapture

Related Terms

Rapturous (1 Occurrence)

Ecstasy (3 Occurrences)

Infatuated (2 Occurrences)

Transport (18 Occurrences)

Rapine (5 Occurrences)

Exhilarated (2 Occurrences)

Selfsurrender

Self-surrender

King (25505 Occurrences)