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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

2. (n.) A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.

3. (n.) Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.

4. (n.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.

5. (v. t.) To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.

6. (v. i.) To form a scheme or schemes.

Greek

2150. eusebeia -- piety
... godliness, holiness. From eusebes; piety; specially, the gospel scheme -- godliness,
holiness. see GREEK eusebes. (eusebeia) -- 5 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6098. etsah -- counsel, advice
... advice (11), consultation (2), counsel (52), counselor* (1), counselors* (1), counsels
(1), designs (1), plan (8), plans (2), purpose (6), scheme (1), schemes ...
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2803. chashab -- to think, account
... 5), plans (4), plotted (1), pondered (1), purposed (3), reckoned (10), regard (1),
regarded (8), regards (1), require an accounting (1), scheme (1), schemed (1 ...
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4284. machashabah -- thought, device
... 3), devised (1), intentions* (1), invented (1), inventive (1), plan (2), plans
(14), plot (1), plots (1), plotting (1), purposes (3), scheme (2), schemes (4 ...
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2154. zimmah -- a plan, device, wickedness
... 1), crime (1), devising (1), evil intent (1), immorality (2), lewd (3), lewdly
(1), lewdness (13), lustful crime (1), plans (1), wicked scheme (1), wicked ...
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Library

The Scheme of Necessity Denies that Man is Responsible for the ...
... Chapter I. The Scheme Of Necessity Denies That Man Is Responsible For The
Existence Of Sin. Ye, who live, Do so each cause refer ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter i the scheme of.htm

My Sentiments on the Preceding Scheme of Predestination.
... 2. MY SENTIMENTS ON THE PRECEDING SCHEME OF PREDESTINATION. But, for my
own part, to speak my sentiments with freedom, and yet with ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/2 my sentiments on the.htm

Scheme of Necessity Denies the Reality of Moral Distinctions.
... Scheme Of Necessity Denies The Reality Of Moral Distinctions. ... It is shown by Spinoza,
that all moral distinctions vanish before the iron scheme of necessity. ...
/.../chapter iii scheme of necessity.htm

The Scheme of Necessity Makes God the Author of Sin.
... Chapter II. The Scheme Of Necessity Makes God The Author Of Sin. I told
ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand; man ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter ii the scheme of.htm

The New Testament Checked the Imaginative Creation of Events in ...
... THE ORIGIN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 7. The New Testament checked the imaginative creation
of events in the scheme of Salvation, whether freely or according to ...
/.../harnack/the origin of the new testament/ 7 the new testament.htm

The Moral World not Constituted According to the Scheme of ...
... Chapter IV. The Moral World Not Constituted According To The Scheme Of Necessity. ...
Section I. The scheme of necessity is based on a false psychology. ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter iv the moral world.htm

The Knowledge of God to be Obtained from the Scripture. The Plan ...
... Chapter 7. "The Knowledge of God to Be Obtained from the Scripture. The Plan
and Principal Mysteries of the Divine Scheme of Redemption. 11. ...
/.../chapter 7 name knowledge of.htm

The Lambeth Conference and the Union of Churches in South India. ...
... Churches are real ministries of the Word and the sacraments' and prayed that the
Lambeth Conference 'do all in its power to facilitate the scheme of Church ...
/.../iii the lambeth conference and.htm

Index.
... Disobedience to moral law, 180. Divine efficiency scheme, 293. Duty and obligation,
66. E. ... Moral order and obligation, 64. Moral suasion scheme, 298. ...
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Judges
... This does not exhaust the list of judges, but it exhausts the list of those
whose stories are used to illustrate the Deuteronomic scheme. ...
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Thesaurus

Scheme (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form
a scheme. ... 5. (vt) To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. ...
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Plot (53 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature,
adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and ...
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Project (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which is projected or designed; something intended or devised; a
scheme; a design; a plan. ... 8. (vi) To form a project; to scheme. ...
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Intrigue (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A complicated plot or scheme to accomplish a purpose
by secret means. 2. (vi) To carry on a secret and illicit love or amour. ...
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Design (84 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to
form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs ...
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Devise (41 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To formulate by thought; to contrive; to invent;
to scheme; as, to devise a plan of defense, or an argument. ...
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Device (17 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention;
a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. ...
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Lay (524 Occurrences)
... 24. (vt) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to
lay a scheme before one. 25. ... See Lathe, 3. 39. (n.) A plan; a scheme. 40. ...
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Times (1875 Occurrences)
... From a formal point of view the representation resembles the Jewish chiliastic scheme,
but with a twofold substantial difference: (a) the chiliastic scheme...
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Dispensation (8 Occurrences)
... (Gr. oikonomia, "management, " "economy"). (1.) The method or scheme according to
which God carries out his purposes towards men is called a dispensation. ...
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Bible Concordance

Scheme (10 Occurrences)

Acts 5:38 And now I tell you to hold aloof from these men and leave them alone--for if this scheme or work is of human origin, it will come to nothing.
(WEY)

Esther 8:3 And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
(See NAS)

Esther 9:25 but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
(See NAS NIV)

Job 18:7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 26:10 in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.
(See NAS NIV)

Psalms 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.
(See NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 7:25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
(WEB NIV)

Ecclesiastes 7:27 Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;
(WEB NIV)

Ezekiel 38:10 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device:
(See RSV NIV)

Micah 2:1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Scheme

Related Terms

Plot (53 Occurrences)

Project (6 Occurrences)

Intrigue (3 Occurrences)

Design (84 Occurrences)

Devise (41 Occurrences)

Device (17 Occurrences)

Lay (524 Occurrences)

Times (1875 Occurrences)

Dispensation (8 Occurrences)