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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc.

2. (n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral.

3. (n.) The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.

4. (n.) The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth.

5. (n.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere.

6. (n.) A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living.

7. (n.) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed.

Greek

181. akatastasia -- instability
... Feminine Transliteration: akatastasia Phonetic Spelling: (ak-at-as-tah-see'-ah)
Short Definition: disturbance, upheaval, revolution Definition: disturbance ...
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1995. epistrophe -- a turning about, conversion
... conversion. From epistrepho; reversion, ie Morally, revolution -- conversion. see
GREEK epistrepho. (epistrophen) -- 1 Occurrence. 1994, 1995. ...
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644. aposkiasma -- a shadow
... But ( or !)because He Himself is His the ! Unlike a shadow, caused by
revolution, the Lord is and possesses all power and life . ...
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5157. trope -- a turning
... turning. From an apparently primary trepo to turn; a turn ("trope"), ie Revolution
(figuratively, variation) -- turning. (tropes) -- 1 Occurrence. 5156, 5157 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8622. tequphah -- a coming round, circuit
... circuit, come about, end. Or tquphah {tek-oo-faw'}; from naqaph; a revolution, ie
(of the sun) course, (of time) lapse -- circuit, come about, end. ...
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1524. giyl -- a rejoicing
... From giyl; a revolution (of time, ie An age); also joy -- X exceedingly, gladness,
X greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort. see HEBREW giyl. 1523, 1524. ...
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1755. dor -- period, generation, dwelling
... Or (shortened) dor {dore}; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, ie An age
or generation; also a dwelling -- age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever ...
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8141. shanah -- a year
... (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}; from shanah; a year (as a revolution
of time) -- + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly). see HEBREW shanah. ...
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Library

The Revolution of 1911
... CHAPTER XIX THE REVOLUTION OF 1911. ... THE REVOLUTION OF 1911. AND HOW WE WERE AFFECTED
BY IT. THE revolution of 1911 burst on us like a bolt from the blue. ...
/.../the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xix the revolution of.htm

September the Second Prayer and Revolution
... SEPTEMBER The Second PRAYER AND REVOLUTION. JOHN iv.43-54. This miracle began
in a prayer. The nobleman went unto Jesus "and besought ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/september the second prayer and.htm

The Bible and the French Revolution.
... THE BIBLE AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. ... The war against the Bible, carried forward for
so many centuries in France, culminated in the scenes of the Revolution. ...
/.../white/the great controversy between christ and satan /15 the bible and the.htm

If You Wish that this Revolution Should not have the Same End...
... XIX. If you wish that this revolution should not have the same end� If
you wish that this revolution should not have the same ...
/.../lamartine/atheism among the people/xix if you wish that.htm

The Bible and the French Revolution
... Chapter 15 The Bible and the French Revolution. In the sixteenth century
the Reformation, presenting an open Bible to the people, had ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/white/the great controversy/chapter 15 the bible and.htm

Of the Revolution of the Ages, which Some Philosophers Believe ...
... Chapter 13."Of the Revolution of the Ages, Which Some Philosophers Believe Will
Bring All Things Round Again, After a Certain Fixed Cycle, to the Same Order ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 13 of the revolution of.htm

Knox and the Scottish Revolution, 1559
... CHAPTER X: KNOX AND THE SCOTTISH REVOLUTION, 1559. Knox had learned from
letters out of Scotland that Protestants there now ran no ...
/.../lang/john knox and the reformation/chapter x knox and the.htm

The New virtue of Continence. Revolution of Society, Purified and ...
... On the Incarnation of the Word. Section 51. The new virtue of continence.
Revolution of Society, purified and pacified by Christianity. ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 51 the new virtue.htm

The Eternal Revolution
... VII. THE ETERNAL REVOLUTION. THE following propositions ... for rebelling. This fixed
and familiar ideal is necessary to any sort of revolution. Man ...
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From the Commencement of the Revolution in 1776, to Its ...
... FROM THE FIRST CONFERENCE IN 1773, TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH IN 1784 CHAPTER
2 From the commencement of the Revolution in 1776, to its termination in ...
/.../chapter 2 from the commencement.htm

Thesaurus

Revolution (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion
of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel ...
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Year (4027 Occurrences)
... Hebrews shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution" (Genesis 1:14; 5:3). Among
the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days each ...
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Joash (49 Occurrences)
... 2. The Counter-Revolution: During these formative years of Jehoash's early life,
he was under the moral and spiritual influence of Jehoiada-a man of lofty ...
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Jehoash (28 Occurrences)
... 2. The Counter-Revolution: During these formative years of Jehoash's early life,
he was under the moral and spiritual influence of Jehoiada-a man of lofty ...
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Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)
... 20;). The northern tribes, having rejected the house of David, now turned
to the leader, and perhaps instigator of the revolution. ...
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Rome (12 Occurrences)
... the whole period embraced between the final levelling of the old distinctions based
upon blood (287 BC) and the beginning of the period of revolution (133 BC ...
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Revolving (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively
of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth. ...
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Roll (57 Occurrences)
... 15. (vi) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution;
as, the rolling year; ages roll away. 16. (vi) To turn; to move circularly. ...
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End (3706 Occurrences)
... Other words are netsah, "utmost" (Job 34:36), tequphah, "circuit," "revolution"
(Exodus 34:22 2 Chronicles 24:23, the Revised Version, margin "revolution"), etc ...
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Period (43 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon,
as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a ...
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Bible Concordance

Revolution (6 Occurrences)

Exodus 34:22 And a feast of weeks thou dost observe for thyself; first-fruits of wheat-harvest; and the feast of in-gathering, at the revolution of the year.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 1:20 and it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Samuel, 'for, from Jehovah I have asked him.'
(YLT)

2 Samuel 11:1 And it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that David sendeth Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel, and they destroy the Bene-Ammon, and lay siege against Rabbah. And David is dwelling in Jerusalem,
(YLT)

1 Kings 12:15 and the king hearkened not unto the people, for the revolution was from Jehovah, in order to establish His word that Jehovah spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 10:15 And the king hath not hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake of Jehovah's establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.
(YLT)

Psalms 19:6 From the end of the heavens 'is' his going out, And his revolution 'is' unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Revolution

Related Terms

Year (4027 Occurrences)

Joash (49 Occurrences)

Jehoash (28 Occurrences)

Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)

Rome (12 Occurrences)

Revolving (1 Occurrence)

Roll (57 Occurrences)

End (3706 Occurrences)