Bible Dictionary: Solitude

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.

2. (a.) Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.

3. (a.) solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.

Greek

2047. eremia -- a solitude, a wilderness
... a solitude, a wilderness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eremia
Phonetic Spelling: (er-ay-mee'-ah) Short Definition: a desert place Definition ...
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Library

The Central Solitude
... LXXII THE CENTRAL SOLITUDE. John xvi.32. ... There is in every large life a certain central
solitude of this kind into which no other soul can enter. ...
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Inward Solitude is that which Chiefly Brings a Man to the Purchase ...
... CHAP. XII. Inward solitude is that which chiefly brings a Man to the purchase
of Internal Peace. 119. Know that although exteriour ...
/.../the spiritual guide which disentangles the soul/chap xii inward solitude is.htm

Happy Solitude --Unhappy Men
... Happy Solitude"Unhappy Men. My heart is easy, and my burden light; I smile, though
sad, when thou art in my sight: The more my woes in secret I deplore,. ...
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Of the Love of Solitude and Silence
... THE FIRST BOOK. ADMONITIONS PROFITABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE CHAPTER XX
Of the love of solitude and silence. Seek a suitable time ...
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The Twentieth Chapter: the Love of Solitude and Silence
... BOOK ONE. THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE OF THE SOUL The Twentieth Chapter:
The Love of Solitude and Silence. SEEK a suitable time ...
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Jesus in Solitude
... Mark CHAPTER 1:35-39 JESUS IN SOLITUDE. ... What is it that makes solitude and
darkness dreadful to some, and oppressive to very many? ...
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Solitude, Silence, Submission
... Solitude, Silence, Submission. A Sermon ... I. First, then, observe that, in the time
of great trouble HOLY SOLITUDE is commended to us: "Let him sit alone.". ...
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That the Proper School of Contemplation is Solitude. ...
... CONTEMPLATION, VIZ. SOLITUDE AND A RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. CHAPTER I. That
the proper school of contemplation is solitude.� Sec. Sec. 1 ...
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A Question How a Man Can be Cured who Has Entered on Solitude ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XIII. A question how a man can be cured
who has entered on solitude without having his faults eradicated. ...
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And So for Nearly Twenty Years He Continued Training Himself in ...
... Life of Antony. Section 14. And so for nearly twenty years he continued
training himself in solitude� 14. And so for nearly twenty ...
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Thesaurus

Solitude (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Remoteness from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of
places; as, the solitude of a wood. ...Solitude (3 Occurrences). ...
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Solitary (20 Occurrences)
... 6. (a.) Not associated with others of the same kind. 7. (n.) One who lives alone,
or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Demonology
... unseen supposed to inhabit places deserted of man are used, as any poet might use
them, to furnish the details for a vivid word-picture of uninhabited solitude...
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Demoniac (7 Occurrences)
... unseen supposed to inhabit places deserted of man are used, as any poet might use
them, to furnish the details for a vivid word-picture of uninhabited solitude...
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Demon (26 Occurrences)
... unseen supposed to inhabit places deserted of man are used, as any poet might use
them, to furnish the details for a vivid word-picture of uninhabited solitude...
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Intermeddle (1 Occurrence)
... something," "mingle in," "share," "take interest in"): The word occurs only once
(Proverbs 14:10) in a passage descriptive of "the ultimate solitude of each ...
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Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)
... What a wild solitude it is! Far on every hand stretched a veritable land of stone.
The first hour or two of our march no living thing was seen..... ...
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Retreat (10 Occurrences)
... for retiring from action. 6. (n.) A special season of solitude and silence
to engage in religious exercises. 7. (n.) A period of ...
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Eagle (27 Occurrences)
... They select the tallest trees of the forest, the topmost crag of the mountain, and
pairs live in solitude, hunting and feeding singly, whenever possible ...
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Desert (322 Occurrences)
... midbar). It is a symbol of temptation, solitude, and persecution (Isaiah
27:10, midbar_; 33:9, _arabah). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Bible Concordance

Solitude (3 Occurrences)

Matthew 14:23 When He had done this, He climbed the hill to pray in solitude. Night came on, and he was there alone.
(WEY)

Isaiah 6:12 and Jehovah have removed men far away, and the solitude be great in the midst of the land.
(DBY)

Isaiah 24:10 The city of solitude is broken down; every house is shut up, so that none entereth in.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Solitude

Related Terms

Solitary (20 Occurrences)

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