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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

2. (n.) Manner of building; form; make; construction.

3. (n.) Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.

4. (n.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure.

5. (n.) That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.

Greek

1739. endomesis -- building, structure
... building, structure. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: endomesis Phonetic
Spelling: (en-dom'-ay-sis) Short Definition: the material of a building ...
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1746b. endomesis -- a building in or into, an interior structure
... 1746a, 1746b. endomesis. 1747 . a building in or into, an interior structure.
Transliteration: endomesis Short Definition: material. ...
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4444. purgos -- a tower
... a tower. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: purgos Phonetic Spelling:
(poor'-gos) Short Definition: a tower, fortified structure Definition: a ...
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2602. katabole -- a laying down
... design); the which determines the entire direction (destination) of all that follows;
the foundation-plan, upon which the entire super-structure is built ...
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3619. oikodome -- (the act of) building, a building
... Feminine (abstract) of a compound of oikos and the base of doma; architecture, ie
(concretely) a structure; figuratively, confirmation -- building, edify ...
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4747. stoicheion -- one of a row, hence a letter (of the alphabet) ...
... 4747 -- properly, , like with the of a philosophy, structure, etc.;
(figuratively) "," like the basic fundamentals of Christianity. ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Isaiah 40:22
It is he that sits on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in:
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2 Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
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Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall join to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Ephesians 5:22-33
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
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Strong's Hebrew

4011. mibneh -- structure
... 4010, 4011. mibneh. 4012 . structure. Transliteration: mibneh Phonetic
Spelling: (mib-neh') Short Definition: structure. Word Origin ...
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1140. binyah -- a structure, building
... a structure, building. Transliteration: binyah Phonetic Spelling: (bin-yaw') Short
Definition: building. ... building. Feminine from banah; a structure -- building. ...
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1146. binyan -- a structure
... 1145, 1146. binyan. 1147 . a structure. Transliteration: binyan Phonetic
Spelling: (bin-yawn') Short Definition: building. Word ...
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6503. parbar -- probably a structure on the W. side of Solomon's ...
... probably a structure on the W. side of Solomon's temple. Transliteration: parbar
or parvar Phonetic Spelling: (par-bawr') Short Definition: Parbar. ...
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846. ushsharna -- perhaps a wall
... 845, 846. ushsharna. 847 . perhaps a wall. Transliteration: ushsharna Phonetic
Spelling: (oosh-ar-naw') Short Definition: structure. ...
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8498. tekunah -- fashion, store
... fashion, store Feminine passive participle of takan; adjustment, ie Structure; by
implication, equipage -- fashion, store. see HEBREW takan. 8497, 8498. ...
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3338. yatsur -- form, member
... member. Passive participle of yatsar; structure, ie Limb or part -- member.ql. see
HEBREW yatsar. 3337, 3338. yatsur. 3339 . Strong's Numbers.
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8499. tekunah -- arrangement, preparation, fixed place
... Word Origin from kun Definition arrangement, preparation, fixed place NASB Word
Usage seat (1), structure (1), treasure (1). seat. From kuwn; or probably ident. ...
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8403. tabnith -- construction, pattern, figure
... Tibni. From banah; structure; by implication, a model, resemblance -- figure, form,
likeness, pattern, similitude. see HEBREW banah. 8402, 8403. ...
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Library

Description of the Structure of the Holy Sepulchre.
... Book III. Chapter XXXIV."Description of the Structure of the Holy Sepulchre.
This monument, therefore, first of all, as the chief ...
/.../the life of constantine/chapter xxxiv description of the structure.htm

The Structure of the Lord's Prayer
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII THE STRUCTURE OF THE LORD'S PRAYER. 'After
this manner therefore pray ye.'"Matthew 6:9. 'After this ...
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Synagogues: their Origin, Structure and Outward Arrangements
... Chapter 16 Synagogues: Their Origin, Structure and Outward Arrangements.
It was a beautiful saying of Rabbi Jochanan (Jer. Ber. v ...
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The Scope of the Apocalypse Shewn by Its Structure
... THE SCOPE OF THE APOCALYPSE SHEWN BY ITS STRUCTURE. Having seen the scope
of the Apocalypse as suggested by the place of the book ...
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The Three Several Natures -- the Material, the Animal, and the ...
... The Strange Valentinian Opinion About the Structure of Soter's Nature.
In like manner they assign to each of them a separate end. ...
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Nor Let this Promise Seem to You Contrary to the Natural Structure ...
... Nor let this promise seem to you contrary to the natural structure of the body. ... Nor
let this promise seem to you contrary to the natural structure of the body. ...
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The "Demonstrations" of Aphrahat.
... our faith. And on Him, on [this] Stone faith is based. And resting on faith
all the structure rises until it is completed. For it ...
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Criticisms on "The Origin of Species. "
... He says quite distinctly (First Edition, pp.199, 200) that every particular in the
structure of an animal has been created for its benefit, and he regards the ...
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Psalm CXXII.
... now in building; stones are cut down from the hills by the hands of those who preach
truth, they are squared that they may enter into an everlasting structure. ...
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Psalm LXXXVII.
... Speaking to the Gentiles, and telling them how they were returning, and being, as
it were, framed together into the holy structure, "built," he says, "upon the ...
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Thesaurus

Structure (19 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance
or body; as, the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a ...
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Side-structure (3 Occurrences)
Side-structure. Sides, Side-structure. Sidewalls . Multi-Version
Concordance Side-structure (3 Occurrences). 1 Kings ...
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Frame (33 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of
any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of ...
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Literature (2 Occurrences)
... The Book of Noah; (6) External Chronology; (7) Slavonic Enoch; (8) Secrets of Enoch
2. Apocalypse of Baruch: (1) Summary; (2) Structure; (3) Language; (4) Date ...
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Apocalyptic
... The Book of Noah; (6) External Chronology; (7) Slavonic Enoch; (8) Secrets of Enoch
2. Apocalypse of Baruch: (1) Summary; (2) Structure; (3) Language; (4) Date ...
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Geology
... 1. (n.) The study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth; science which
treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe ...
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Fabric (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are
united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric. ...
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Form (153 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material
of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter ...
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Crib (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.;
as, a crib for corn or oats. 5. (n.) A hovel; a hut; a cottage. ...
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Stack (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. 4. (n.) A number of flues
embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence: ...
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Bible Concordance

Structure (19 Occurrences)

Galatians 2:18 Why, if I am now rebuilding that structure of sin which I had demolished, I am thereby constituting myself a transgressor;
(WEY)

Ephesians 2:21 in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
(See RSV)

1 Kings 6:5 And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
(See JPS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 6:10 And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
(See JPS RSV)

1 Kings 7:34 And there were four angle-plates at the four angles of every base, forming part of the structure of the base.
(BBE)

2 Kings 16:10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus for a meeting with Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; and there he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a copy of the altar, giving the design of it and all the details of its structure.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 29:1 David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 29:19 and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
(See NIV)

Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 5:9 Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Job 41:12 I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
(DBY)

Psalms 132:3 "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;
(WEB)

Psalms 144:12 Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor the structure of the parts of conception in her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
(WBS)

Ezekiel 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 40:2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from
(See NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chambers, on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side-chambers that belonged to the house.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 43:11 And they will be shamed by what they have done; so give them the knowledge of the form of the house and its structure, and the ways out of it and into it, and all its laws and its rules, writing it down for them: so that they may keep all its laws and do them.
(BBE NAS)

Subtopics

Structure

Related Terms

Side-structure (3 Occurrences)

Frame (33 Occurrences)

Literature (2 Occurrences)

Apocalyptic

Geology

Fabric (8 Occurrences)

Form (153 Occurrences)

Crib (3 Occurrences)

Stack (1 Occurrence)