Bible Dictionary: Sum

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.

2. (n.) A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.

3. (n.) The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.

4. (n.) Height; completion; utmost degree.

5. (n.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.

6. (v. t.) To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.

7. (v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.

8. (v. t.) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.

Greek

346. anakephalaioo -- to sum up, gather up
... to sum up, gather up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anakephalaioo Phonetic
Spelling: (an-ak-ef-al-ah'-ee-om-ahee) Short Definition: I sum up, summarize ...
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2774. kephalaion -- of the head, the main point
... the main point. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kephalaion Phonetic
Spelling: (kef-al'-ah-yon) Short Definition: the chief matter, a sum of money ...
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2425. hikanos -- sufficient, fit
... sufficient, fit NASB Word Usage able (1), adequate (2), aloud (1), considerable
(4), enough (1), fit (4), good many (1), large (1), large sum (1), length* (1 ...
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5092. time -- a valuing, a price
... Definition a valuing, a price NASB Word Usage honor (28), honorable use (1), marks
of respect (1), precious value (1), price (7), proceeds (1), sum (1), value ...
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5608. oneomai -- to buy
... buy. Middle voice from an apparently primary onos (a sum or price); to purchase
(synonymous with the earlier pimpremi) -- buy. see GREEK pimpremi. ...
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1870. epaischunomai -- to be ashamed (of)
... humiliated). In sum, 1870 ("dishonor") refers to being, bringing on "fitting"
shame that matches the error of (aligning) with something. ...
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5007. talanton -- a balance, hence that which is weighed, ie a ...
... form of tlao (to bear; equivalent to phero); a balance (as supporting weights),
ie (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money ...
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4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness
... (4102).". 3. In sum, (4102) is that we as He grants impulse ("divine spark";
cf. the Heb form of believe, , in a later discussion). ...
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5056. telos -- an end, a toll
... a toll NASB Word Usage continually* (1), custom (2), customs (1), end (24), ends
(2), finished (1), fulfillment (1), goal (1), outcome (6), sum (1), utmost (1 ...
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1820. exaporeo -- to be utterly at a loss, be in despair
... In sum, 1820 () relates to someone (apparently) "left in the straits" (with no way
out) -- ie in "extreme exposure," without a good alternative ("no exit ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7761. sum -- to set, make
sum or sim. 7760, 7761. sum or sim. 7762 . to set, make. Transliteration:
sum or sim Phonetic Spelling: (soom) Short Definition: issued. ...
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7760. sum -- to put, place, set
sum or sim. 7759, 7760. sum or sim. 7761 . to put, place, set. Transliteration:
sum or sim Phonetic Spelling: (soom) Short Definition: put. ...
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7217. resh -- head
... chief, head, sum. (Aramaic) corresponding to ro'sh; the head; figuratively, the
sum -- chief, head, sum. see HEBREW ro'sh. 7216, 7217. resh. 7218 . ...
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6575. parashah -- exact statement
... declaration, sum. From parash; exposition -- declaration, sum. see HEBREW
parash. 6574, 6575. parashah. 6576 . Strong's Numbers.
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3724. kopher -- the price of a life, ransom
... Definition: bribe. bribe, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village
From kaphar; properly, a cover, ie (literally) a village ...
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7218. rosh -- head
... heads (129), laughingstock* (1), leader (4), leaders (8), leading man (1), leading
men (2), masters (1), released* (1), ridge (2), rivers (1), sum (2), summit ...
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8508. toknith -- measurement, proportion
... pattern, sum. From token; admeasurement, ie Consummation -- pattern, sum. see
HEBREW token. 8507, 8508. toknith. 8509 . Strong's Numbers.
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5615. sephorah -- a number
... 5614, 5615. sephorah. 5616 . a number. Transliteration: sephorah Phonetic
Spelling: (sef-o-raw') Short Definition: sum. Word Origin ...
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6485. paqad -- to attend to, visit, muster, appoint
... look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the)
oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely ...
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8552. tamam -- to be complete or finished
... ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full,
be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self ...
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Library

The Sum of the Commandments.
... Divine Songs The sum of the commandments. 8,8. With all thy soul
love God above; And as thyself thy neighbor love. ...
/.../watts/divine and moral songs/the sum of the commandments.htm

What is the Sum of the Ten Commandments?
... Question 42. What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? A42. The sum of the
Ten Commandments is, "to love the Lord our God" with all ...
/.../anonymous/the westminster shorter catechism/question 42 what is the.htm

Laetatus Sum (Psalm 121)
... Laetatus sum (Psalm 121). 1. Laetatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi: In domum
Domini ibimus. 2. Stantes erant pedes nostri, in atriis tuis Jerusalem. ...
/.../the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/laetatus sum psalm 121.htm

The Sum and Substance of all Theology
... The Sum and Substance of All Theology. Unpublished Notes of a Sermon ... Here we have,
in two small sentences, the sum and substance of all theology. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/the sum and substance of.htm

How, Even if a Large Sum of Money is Amassed by the Labour of Each ...
... How, even if a large sum of money is amassed by the labour of each, still no one
may venture to exceed the moderate limit of what is appointed as adequate. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xiv how even if.htm

What is the Sum of the Four Commandments which Contain Our Duty to ...
... Question 102: What is the sum of the four commandments which contain our duty
to God? Answer: The sum of the four commandments containing ...
/.../anonymous/the westminster larger catechism/question 102 0 0 what is the.htm

What is the Sum of the Six Commandments which Contain Our Duty to ...
... Question 122: What is the sum of the six commandments which contain our
duty to man? Answer: The sum of the six commandments which ...
/.../anonymous/the westminster larger catechism/question 122 0 0 what is the.htm

Here is the Sum of My Examination Before Justice Keelin, Justice ...
... Here is the Sum of my Examination before Justice KEELIN, Justice CHESTER,
Justice BLUNDALE, Justice BEECHER, Justice SNAGG, etc. ...
/.../bunyan/grace abounding to the chief of sinners/here is the sum of.htm

Miracles
... He answers, Because the sum total of the forces of nature is a fixed quantity: nothing
can be added to that sum, nothing taken from it: the energy of all our ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 1 23 miracles.htm

Hebrews viii. 1, 2
... Hebrews viii. 1, 2. Hebrews viii.1, 2 "Now of the things which we have spoken this
is the sum: We have such an High Priest; who is set down on the right hand of ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xiv hebrews viii 1.htm

Thesaurus

Sum (34 Occurrences)
... two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole
of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 ...
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Purse (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win
the purse; to make up a purse. 4. (n.) A specific sum of money. ...
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Summary (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Formed into a sum; reduced into a few words; short;
brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts. ...
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Degree (19 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of
a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus ...
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Double (49 Occurrences)
... 6. (v.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like;
multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length. ...
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Bond (32 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors,
and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day ...
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Ransom (46 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of
the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment. ...
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Sepulchre (57 Occurrences)
... In Acts 7:16 it is said that Jacob was "laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought
for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem." It has been ...
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Amount (66 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole
quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill ...
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Quantity (18 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part;
sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a ...
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Bible Concordance

Sum (34 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:9 "for this might have been sold for a considerable sum, and the money given to the poor."
(WEY RSV)

Matthew 28:12 And having assembled with the elders, and having taken counsel, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
(DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:11 They gladly listened to his proposal, and promised to give him a sum of money. So he looked out for an opportunity to betray Him.
(WEY)

Acts 7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
(KJV WEY DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Romans 15:26 for Macedonia and Greece have kindly contributed a certain sum in relief of the poor among God's people, in Jerusalem.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
(See NIV)

Ephesians 1:10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;
(WEB ASV NAS)

Hebrews 8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
(See NAS)

Exodus 21:30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 30:12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
(KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Numbers 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Numbers 1:49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Numbers 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Numbers 4:22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Numbers 26:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Numbers 26:4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Numbers 31:26 "Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Numbers 31:49 and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 24:2 The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, "Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people."
(WEB JPS ASV)

2 Samuel 24:9 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Kings 22:4 "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Yahweh, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

1 Chronicles 21:2 David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
(WEB JPS ASV)

1 Chronicles 21:5 Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Esther 4:7 Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 71:15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don't know its full measure.
(See NAS)

Psalms 119:160 The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances 'endureth' for ever.
(ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 139:17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 7:25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 7:27 Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Daniel 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Sum

Related Terms

Purse (7 Occurrences)

Summary (2 Occurrences)

Degree (19 Occurrences)

Double (49 Occurrences)

Bond (32 Occurrences)

Ransom (46 Occurrences)

Sepulchre (57 Occurrences)

Amount (66 Occurrences)

Quantity (18 Occurrences)