Bible Dictionary: Substitution

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absence; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.

2. (n.) The state of being substituted for another.

3. (n.) The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.

4. (n.) The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.

5. (n.) The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.

6. (n.) The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metathesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis.

Greek

473. anti -- over against, opposite, hence instead of, in comp. ...
... denotes contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence. Part of Speech: Preposition
Transliteration: anti Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee') Short Definition ...
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Library

Substitution
... Substitution. A Sermon (No.141-142). Delivered on Sabbath Morning, July 19th, 1857,
by the. ... But in this case the substitution was made by the highest authority. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/substitution.htm

(Continued). Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
... VI. SUBSTITUTION. Sec. 4. [ALL the Corruption in the Sacred Text may be classed
under four heads, viz. Omission, Transposition, Substitution, and Addition. ...
/.../chapter xi continued causes of.htm

Pride Catechized
... very meaning of it. They cannot endure that glorious doctrine of substitution
which is such a joy to us. Christ standing in the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 46 1900/pride catechized.htm

Integrity and State of the Text.
... The substitution of pros for to, however, in v.34 seems no improvement, A in this,
as in several other instances (vv.10, 28, 35), agreeing with the O' reading. ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/integrity and state of the 3.htm

The Sin-Bearer.
... the sins of His people. How literal is the language! Words mean nothing if
substitution is not stated here. I do not know the meaning ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till he come/the sin-bearer.htm

The Arrest.
... It seemed to John as if, in thus acting, our Lord was throwing into a concrete and
tangible form His true substitution in the room of His people. ...
/.../dods/the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol ii/xvii the arrest.htm

Believe Just Now
... But there is such a thing as earnestness in the wrong direction; earnestness in
unbelief, and a substitution of earnestness for simple faith in Jesus. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/bonar/gods way of peace/chapter ix believe just now.htm

The Blood of Sprinkling
... The blood, as the emblem of substitution, and the fire, as the symbol of God's wrath
upon the substitute, were seen in all the parts of Israel's service; but ...
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The Passover: an Expiation and a Feast, a Memorial and a Prophecy
... Whether readers accept the doctrines of substitution and expiation or not, it ought
to be impossible for an honest reader of these verses to deny that these ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the passover an expiation and.htm

Our Watchword
... What is that plan? It is summed up in a single word"substitution. "He bore,
that we might never bear,. His Father's righteous ire.". ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/our watchword.htm

Thesaurus

Substitution (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another;
as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act ...
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Ransom (46 Occurrences)
... The strong preposition used intensifies the idea of ransom and expiation,
even to the point of substitution. It is anti, "instead ...
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Baptist (16 Occurrences)
... The substitution of pouring or sprinkling for immersion, as the Christian ordinance
of baptism, was late and gradual and finally triumphed in the West because ...
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Interpretation (45 Occurrences)
... The substitution of pouring or sprinkling for immersion, as the Christian ordinance
of baptism, was late and gradual and finally triumphed in the West because ...
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Subtil (3 Occurrences)

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Godhead (5 Occurrences)
... The substitution for "Godhead" here of its synonym "Divinity" by the Revised Version
(British and American) is doubtless due in part to a desire to give ...
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Imputation
... which according to the New Testament is typical of the sacrifice of Christ, the
imposition of hands on the head of the victim signified the substitution of it ...
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Kittim (8 Occurrences)
... The derivation of an ancient Chethim from Chethimus, however, would make the m to
be a radical, and this, with the substitution of Ch (= Kh) for Kittim ...
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Nay (92 Occurrences)
... See Yes. 2. (adv.) Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark
the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase. ...
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Gallery (2 Occurrences)
... are "pillar," "column," "walk with pillars," "colonnades," "passageway," "porches,"
"galleries" of "terraces." Cornhill suggests the substitution of kiroth ...
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Bible Concordance

Substitution (1 Occurrence)

Leviticus 27:33 He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"
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Subtopics

Substitution

Substitution: General Scriptures Concerning

Substitution: The Levites for the Firstborn of the Israelites

Substitution: The Life of Ahab in Exchange for That of Ben-Hadad

Substitution: The offering for the offerer

Related Terms

Ransom (46 Occurrences)

Baptist (16 Occurrences)

Interpretation (45 Occurrences)

Subtil (3 Occurrences)

Godhead (5 Occurrences)