Bible Dictionary: Stability

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.

2. (a.) Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.

3. (a.) Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.

Greek

4733. stereoma -- a solid body, a support, strength, firmness
... 4731 (). Word Origin from stereoo Definition a solid body, a support, strength,
firmness NASB Word Usage stability (1). steadfastness. ...
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4740. sterigmos -- a setting firmly, steadfastness
... steadfastness. From sterizo; stability (figuratively) -- stedfastness. see GREEK
sterizo. (sterigmou) -- 1 Occurrence. 4739, 4740. sterigmos. 4741 . ...
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Strong's Hebrew

530. emunah -- firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
... steadfastness, fidelity NASB Word Usage faith (1), faithful (3), faithfully (8),
faithfulness (25), honestly (1), responsibility (1), stability (1), steady (1 ...
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5975. amad -- to take one's stand, stand
... 4), enduring (1), enter (1), entered (2), erected (1), establish (1), established
(2), establishing (1), fixed (1), fulfill (1), gives stability (1), halt (1 ...
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571. emeth -- firmness, faithfulness, truth
... Contracted from 'aman; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness --
assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th ...
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Library

Christian Confidence and Stability.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCCXXXV. Christian confidence and stability. 8.8.8.8 James
Montgomery. Christian confidence and stability. I build my house upon a rock,". ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cccxxxv christian confidence and.htm

Of the Falsity of the Augury by which the Strength and Stability ...
... Book IV. Chapter 29."Of the Falsity of the Augury by Which the Strength and
Stability of the Roman Empire Was Considered to Be Indicated. ...
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The Answer How we Can Gain Stability of Heart or of Thoughts.
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XIV. The answer how we can
gain stability of heart or of thoughts. Isaac: Although ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xiv the answer how.htm

Instability
... "Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.""Genesis 49:4. PERFECT STABILITY
has ceased from the world since the day when Adam fell. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/instability.htm

Whether an Oath is More Binding than a Vow?
... Reply to Objection 2: An oath is added to a vow not because it is more stable, but
because greater stability results from "two immutable things" [*Heb.6:18]. ...
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Miracles
... When these became known to man, the stability of law was unaffected. And
it is a wild assumption that if a supreme and vital force ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 1 23 miracles.htm

Concerning Perseverance, and the Possibility of Falling from Grace ...
... after having tasted the heavenly gift, and been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
again fall away, Hebrews 6:4, 5, 6. yet such an increase and stability in the ...
/.../proposition ix concerning perseverance and.htm

Mountains Round Mount Zion
... Faith, then, gives inward stability, and faith secures an encircling defence. ...
I. The simple act of trust in God brings inward stability. ...
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Praise of the Bishop.
... Wherefore my soul declares his mind towards God a happy one, knowing it to be virtuous
and perfect, and that his stability as well as freedom from all anger is ...
/.../chapter i praise of the bishop.htm

The Acquirement of Spiritual Power
... is filled with men and women seeking pleasure, excitement, novelty; seeking ever
to be moved to laughter or tears; not seeking strength, stability, and power ...
/.../allen/the way of peace/the acquirement of spiritual power.htm

Thesaurus

Stability (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength
to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a ...
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Constancy (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change;
stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature ...
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Stable (4 Occurrences)

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Stabbed (6 Occurrences)

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Vault (2 Occurrences)
... to the strength of the structure than to its form; the word implying something that
is firmly bound together and hence, an arch or dome because of its stability...
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Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)
... Elisha the prophet, though then in the zenith of his influence, does not seem
to have done anything toward the stability of Jehu's throne. ...
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Instability (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness,
or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as ...
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Tenon
... tenon. This would give it sufficient stability, as the height of each
standard was but 5 cubits (7 1/2 ft.) (Exodus 27:18). For ...
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Truth (380 Occurrences)
... trooth (`emeth, emunah, primary idea of "firmness," "stability" (compare Exodus
17:12), hence "constancy," "faithfulness," etc.; the Septuagint's Apocrypha and ...
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Everlasting (192 Occurrences)
... IMMORTALITY). Figuratively also the term is applied to objects of impressive
stability and long duration, as mountains, hills (eg. ...
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Bible Concordance

Stability (6 Occurrences)

Colossians 2:5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
(See NAS)

2 Peter 3:17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
(See RSV)

Psalms 5:9 For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart 'is' mischiefs, An open grave 'is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
(YLT)

Proverbs 28:2 By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and of knowledge, its stability is prolonged.
(DBY RSV)

Proverbs 29:4 The king by justice establisheth the land; but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 33:6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Stability

Stability of Character

Related Terms

Constancy (1 Occurrence)

Stable (4 Occurrences)

Stabbed (6 Occurrences)

Vault (2 Occurrences)

Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)

Instability (1 Occurrence)

Tenon

Truth (380 Occurrences)