Bible Dictionary: Urgent

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.

Greek

2186. ephistemi -- to set upon, set up, to stand upon, be present
... stand upon, be present. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ephistemi Phonetic
Spelling: (ef-is'-tay-mee) Short Definition: I stand by, am urgent, befall one ...
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997. boetheo -- to come to the aid of
... [997 () was originally a military word, responding to a critical, urgent need ().
997 () is also used in Homeric Greek (800-900 bc ) for responding to a .]. ...
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5562. choreo -- to make room, advance, hold
... 5562 -- properly, make space (place, room); (figuratively) to live with an heart --
ie with " space" that embraces the "" . not just the "urgent"! ...
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2001. epischuo -- to grow stronger
... of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epischuo Phonetic Spelling: (ep-is-khoo'-o) Short
Definition: I persist, insist Definition: I persist, insist, am more urgent. ...
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2480. ischuo -- to be strong, have power
... supernaturally healed. (, , 2480 ) is the specific (urgent) request of a
divinely-approved person who is energized (by God).". [Here the ...
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4441. punthanomai -- to inquire, by impl. to learn
... a demand for something due; as well as from zeteo, which implies a search for something
hidden; and from deomai, which involves the idea of urgent need); by ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2685. chatsaph -- to show insolence or harshness
... to show insolence or harshness. Transliteration: chatsaph Phonetic Spelling:
(khats-af') Short Definition: urgent. Word Origin (Aramaic) a prim. ... hasty, be urgent ...
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5169. nachats -- perhaps to urge
... perhaps to urge. Transliteration: nachats Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khats') Short
Definition: urgent. ... root Definition perhaps to urge NASB Word Usage urgent (1). ...
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2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout,
be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self ...
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Library

That we are to be Urgent in Prayers.
... Third Book. 120. That we are to be urgent in prayers. In the Epistle of
Paul to the Colossians: "Be instant in prayer, and watch ...
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Apostrophe to Origen, and Therewith the Leave-Taking, and the ...
... Argument XIX."Apostrophe to Origen, and Therewith the Leave-Taking, and
the Urgent Utterance of Prayer. But, O dear soul, arise ...
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Zealous of Good Works
... One of the first things that wakens zeal in work is a great and urgent sense of
need. ... No, indeed, it has given that urgent need a higher place than before. ...
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Whether the Temptation of God Consists in Certain Deeds, Wherein ...
... Accordingly when a man in his prayers or deeds entrusts himself to the divine
assistance for some urgent or useful motive, this is not to tempt God: for it is ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the temptation of god.htm

Whether one is Bound to Confess at Once?
... Victor says (De Sacram. ii): "The contempt of confession is inexcusable, unless
there be an urgent reason for delay." But everyone is bound to avoid contempt. ...
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Powerful Persuasives
... I shall require no stories or anecdotes, no figures or metaphors, to illustrate
the urgent necessity of the sinner and the generous bounty of the Saviour. ...
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G. Jesus Before Pilate. Ch. 23:1-25
... him and said, Thou sayest.4 And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes,
I find no fault in this man.5 But they were the more urgent, saying, He ...
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Epistle xxiii. To the Clergy, on the Letters Sent to Rome, and ...
... But I ought to acquaint you in my letter concerning this, that for a very urgent
reason I have sent a letter to the clergy who abide in the city. ...
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Epistle vii. To the Clergy, Concerning Prayer to God.
... Although I know, brethren beloved, that from the fear which we all of us owe to
God, you also are instantly urgent in continual petitions and earnest prayers ...
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It is not Correctly Said in the Catechism, that "God is Angry with ...
... He became urgent with me, therefore, and requested that I would disclose to him
those points about which I was desirous to confer; and he declared, that he ...
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Thesaurus

Urgent (12 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Urgent (12 Occurrences). ... (ASV YLT RSV). Luke 23:23 But
they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. ...
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Urgently (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In an urgent manner. Multi-Version Concordance
Urgently (8 Occurrences). Matthew 3:14 but John urgently ...
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Insistent (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Urgent; persistent; persevering. ... Luke 23:23 But
they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. ...
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Instant (19 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. 3. (a.) Closely pressing or impending
in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay. ...
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Peremptory (2 Occurrences)
... Peremptory (2 Occurrences). Daniel 2:15 he answered and said to Arioch the king's
captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? ...
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Pressing (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Press. 2. (a.) Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing
necessity. Multi-Version Concordance Pressing (16 Occurrences). ...
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Burial (25 Occurrences)
... ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai): I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL
CONSIDERED URGENT 1. Reasons for This 2. The Burial of Jesus 3. The Usual Time 4 ...
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Loud (222 Occurrences)
... thunder. 2. (superl.) Clamorous; boisterous. 3. (superl.) Emphatic; impressive;
urgent; as, a loud call for united effort. 4. (superl ...
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Haste (106 Occurrences)
... Version margin "alarm"), All men are liars"); of chippazon, a "hasty flight" (Exodus
12:11 Deuteronomy 16:3 Isaiah 52:12); of nachats, "to be urgent" (1 Samuel ...
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Urged (44 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Urgent (12 Occurrences)

Luke 23:5 But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
(ASV YLT RSV)

Luke 23:23 But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Acts 9:38 Lud, however, being near Jaffa, the disciples, who had heard that Peter was at Lud, sent two men to him with an urgent request that he would come across to them without delay.
(WEY)

2 Timothy 4:2 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
(WEB ASV DBY RSV)

Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
(See RSV)

Exodus 5:13 The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Exodus 12:33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Numbers 22:37 Balak said to Balaam, "Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn't you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?"
(See NAS NIV)

1 Samuel 21:8 And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, for the king's business was urgent.
(DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.
(DBY)

Daniel 2:15 he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS)

Daniel 3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Urgent

Related Terms

Urgently (8 Occurrences)

Insistent (2 Occurrences)

Instant (19 Occurrences)

Peremptory (2 Occurrences)

Pressing (16 Occurrences)

Burial (25 Occurrences)

Loud (222 Occurrences)

Haste (106 Occurrences)

Urged (44 Occurrences)