Bible Dictionary: Venture

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

2. (n.) An event that is not, or can not be, foreseen; an accident; chance; hap; contingency; luck.

3. (n.) The thing put to hazard; a stake; a risk; especially, something sent to sea in trade.

4. (v. i.) To hazard one's self; to have the courage or presumption to do, undertake, or say something; to dare.

5. (v. i.) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.

6. (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon.

7. (v. t.) To put or send on a venture or chance; as, to venture a horse to the West Indies.

8. (v. t.) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.

Greek

5111. tolmao -- to have courage, to be bold
... 5111 (from , "bold courage") -- properly, to show daring courage necessary for a
valid risk ("putting it all on the line"); courageously venture forward by ...
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662. apotolmao -- to be very bold
... be very bold. From apo and tolmao; to venture plainly -- be very bold. see GREEK
apo. see GREEK tolmao. (apotolma) -- 1 Occurrence. 661, 662. apotolmao. 663 ...
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1438. heautou -- of himself, herself, itself
... 1), ourselves (19), own (48), own estimation (2), own initiative (3), own persons
(1), own...himself (1), senses (1), themselves (44), venture* (1), within* (1 ...
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1325. didomi -- to give (in various senses lit. or fig.)
... 1), pour (1), poured (1), produce (1), produces (1), producing (1), put (6), puts
(1), putting (1), show (1), struck* (1), utter (1), venture* (1), yielded (3 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8537. tom -- completeness, integrity, also part of the high ...
... 1). full, integrity, perfection, simplicity, uprightly at a venture. From
tamam; completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually ...
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5254. nasah -- to test, try
... Usage make a test (1), proved (1), put (1), put to the test (2), tempted (3), test
(13), tested (9), testing (3), tried (1), try (1), venture (1), ventures (1 ...
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Library

Esther's Venture
... THE BOOK OF ESTHER ESTHER'S VENTURE. 'Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and
gave him commandment unto Mordecai: 11. All the king's ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/esthers venture.htm

Would You Venture to Say That, in this Universe...
... Book I. 11 Would you venture to say that, in this universe� Would you
venture to say that, in this universe, this thing or the ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/11 would you venture to.htm

A New Venture
... CHAPTER III A NEW VENTURE. "Love ... MEREDITH. A NEW VENTURE. IN WHICH IS RECORDED
THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FIRST MISSIONARIES TO HWOCHOW. ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter iii a new venture.htm

That the Unskilful Venture not to Approach an Office of Authority.
... THE Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, OF GREGORY THE GREAT BISHOP OF
ROME, Chapter I. That the unskilful venture not to approach an office of ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter i that the unskilful.htm

The Pelagians Can Hardly Venture to Place Concupiscence in ...
... Book II. Chapter 59 [XXXV.]"The Pelagians Can Hardly Venture to Place
Concupiscence in Paradise Before the Commission of Sin. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 59 xxxv the pelagians can.htm

Augustin did not Venture to Define Anything About the Propagation ...
... A Treatise on the soul and its origin, Chapter 27 [XVII.]"Augustin Did Not
Venture to Define Anything About the Propagation of the Soul. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 27 xvii augustin did not.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

Paul's Longing
... well as much to be given. A word or two about each of these things is all
on which I can venture. I. First, then, notice the manly ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/pauls longing.htm

Preface
... pains. All of them, I venture humbly to think, will be found to contain
some useful truths for the times, and words in season. I ...
/.../ryle/the upper room being a few truths for the times/preface.htm

Li the Law of Increasing Returns
... Our ancestors in New England trading used to send out on their ships what
they called a "venture." They took the risks of business. ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/li the law of increasing.htm

Thesaurus

Venture (10 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To make a venture; to run a hazard or risk; to take the chances.
6. (vt) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to ...
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Adventure (3 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a
shipment by a merchant on his own account. 6. (n.) To risk ...
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Dare (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To have adequate or sufficient courage for any
purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture. ...
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Presume (10 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted;
to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture...
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Set (6715 Occurrences)
... 45. (n.) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn. 46. (n.) That which
is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture. 47. ...
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Wheel (20 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 22:34 And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of
Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said unto ...
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Samaritan (8 Occurrences)
... from that to the 14th. With all the respect due to such a scholar we venture
to think his view untenable. His hypothesis is that ...
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Vents (1 Occurrence)

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Ventured (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Venture. Multi-Version Concordance
Ventured (5 Occurrences). Mark 12:34 Perceiving that ...
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Naaman (19 Occurrences)
... Josephus (Ant., VIII, xv, 5) identifies Naaman with the man who drew his bow
at a venture, and gave Ahab his death wound (1 Kings 22:34). ...
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Bible Concordance

Venture (10 Occurrences)

Matthew 22:46 No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any one venture again to put a question to Him.
(WEY)

Mark 12:34 Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.
(Root in WEY NAS)

Acts 7:32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
(See NAS)

Acts 19:31 Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
(See RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 18:33 A certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am sore wounded.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Job 4:2 "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
(Root in WEB JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 5:14 and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
(Root in JPS ASV RSV)

Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Venture

Related Terms

Adventure (3 Occurrences)

Dare (19 Occurrences)

Presume (10 Occurrences)

Set (6715 Occurrences)

Wheel (20 Occurrences)

Samaritan (8 Occurrences)

Vents (1 Occurrence)

Ventured (5 Occurrences)

Naaman (19 Occurrences)