1. (a.) Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

2. (a.) Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.

DILIGENCE; DILIGENT; DILIGENTLY

dil'-i-jens, dil'-i-jent-li: This word is used in various senses in our English Bibles.

1. In the Old Testament:

In Ezra 5:8, "with diligence" means "with care"; in Ezra 6:12; Ezra 7:17, "with speed," "speedily"; in Proverbs 4:23 "watchfulness"; in Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:17; Deuteronomy 19:18 Psalm 77:6 Proverbs 27:23 Isaiah 55:2 Micah 7:3, "with care," "scrupulously," "earnestly." Sometimes it means "early" "with haste" (Job 8:5 Proverbs 8:17). It may mean "industrious," "exacting" (Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 22:29).

2. In the New Testament:

The American revisers have rendered "diligence" for various words in the King James Version, e.g. for "business" in Romans 12:11; "giving diligence" for "endeavoring" (Ephesians 4:3); "give diligence" for "study" (2 Timothy 2:15,), for "labor" (Hebrews 4:11); "diligently" for "carefully" (Philippians 2:28 Hebrews 12:17); "be diligent in" for "meditate upon" (1 Timothy 4:15). It is well also to remember that the Old English meaning of diligence is "with love," from diligo, "to love."

G. H. Geberding

4705. spoudaios -- hasty, eager, diligent
... hasty, eager, diligent. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: spoudaios Phonetic
Spelling: (spoo-dah'-yos) Short Definition: diligent, earnest Definition ...
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4707. spoudaioteros -- more diligent
... spoudaioteros. 4708 . more diligent. Transliteration: spoudaioteros Phonetic Spelling:
(spoo-dah-yot'-er-os) Short Definition: diligent. ... more diligent ...
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4704. spoudazo -- to make haste, hence to give diligence
... Word Origin from spoude Definition to make haste, hence to give diligence NASB Word
Usage diligent (6), eager (2), make every effort (3). be eager, hasten. ...
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4342. proskartereo -- to attend constantly
... From pros and kartereo; to be earnest towards, ie (to a thing) to persevere, be
constantly diligent, or (in a place) to attend assiduously all the exercises ...
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3191. meletao -- to care for, practice, study
... study, ponder. Cognate: 3191 -- properly, to care for, attend to; hence be
diligent, especially to ponder (study). See 3199 (). Word ...
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3907. parateresis -- observation
... watching. Cognate: 3907 -- close, diligent watching as to (control). 3907
("watching like a guard") is only used in Lk 17:20. Word ...
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2145. euprosedros -- attend to
... attend to From eu and the same as prosedreuo; sitting well towards, ie (figuratively)
assiduous (neuter, diligent service) -- X attend upon. see GREEK eu. ...
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2742a. charuts -- sharp, diligent
... 2742, 2742a. charuts. 2742b . sharp, diligent. Transliteration: charuts
Short Definition: diligent. Word Origin pass. part. of charats ...
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2742. charuwts -- sharp, diligent
... 2741, 2742. charuwts. 2742a . sharp, diligent. Transliteration: charuwts
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-roots') Short Definition: decision. ...
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2664. chaphas -- to search
... change, make diligent search, disguise self, hide, search for, out. A primitive
root; to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (ie ...
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4106. mahir -- quick, prompt, ready, skilled
... diligent, hasty, ready. Or mahir {maw-here'}; from mahar; quick; hence, skilful --
diligent, hasty, ready. see HEBREW mahar. 4105, 4106. mahir or mahir. 4107 ...
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3045. yada -- to know
... advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly,
comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause ...
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3966. meod -- muchness, force, abundance
... word Definition muchness, force, abundance NASB Word Usage abundantly (1), all
(1), almost (1), badly (3), carefully (1), closely (1), diligent (1), diligently ...
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3190. yatab -- to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
... happy, successful, right) -- be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make)
better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress ...
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Be Diligent
... II. PETER BE DILIGENT. ... Now these three"a bright hope, a sovereign purpose, and a
diligent earnestness"are the three conditions of all noble life. ...
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I Would, However, Proceed to a More Searching and Diligent ...
... Section 5. I would, however, proceed to a more searching and diligent
consideration and handling of? 5. I would, however, proceed ...
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That Without the Grace of God we Cannot Make any Diligent Efforts.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter VI. That without the grace of God
we cannot make any diligent efforts. And therefore though ...
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A Third Passage with which He Finds Fault is that in which I Gave ...
... and whose opinions I was translating into the Latin tongue. But, I said, the diligent
reader will at once search into these things and form his own opinion. ...
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Diligence.
... the witness comprehends. Let me ask you, Are you as diligent in every respect
as the Bible commands you to be? Diligence implies ...
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The Twenty-Fifth Chapter: Zeal in Amending Our Lives
... BE WATCHFUL and diligent in God's service and often think of why you left the world
and came here. ... A fervent and diligent man is ready for all things. ...
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Of Sloth
... Most solicitous and diligent ought a man to be in acquiring and preserving virtue
and the grace of God by constant faithful co-operation with the grace ...
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Demonstration x. --Of Pastors.
... went in front of his people that he was leading, and tended them for forty years;
and he was vigilant and toiled on behalf of his sheep, a diligent and good ...
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Sanctification.
... He supposes the condition of attaining this state or the way to attain it, is by
a diligent use of the means of grace, and that the saints are sanctified just ...
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Of the Zealous Amendment of Our Whole Life
... Be thou watchful and diligent in God's service, and bethink thee often why thou
hast renounced the world. ... A zealous and diligent man is ready for all things. ...
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Diligent (33 Occurrences)
... industrious. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DILIGENCE; DILIGENT; DILIGENTLY.
dil ... Geberding. Multi-Version Concordance Diligent (33 Occurrences). Romans ...
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Slothful (22 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Proverbs 10:4 Poor 'is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand
of the diligent maketh rich. ... And the soul of the diligent is made fat. (YLT). ...
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Diligence (31 Occurrences)
... DILIGENCE; DILIGENT; DILIGENTLY. ... Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man shall not hunt his
prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent. (See NAS). ...
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Diligently (85 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently;
with industry or assiduity. Int. ... DILIGENCE; DILIGENT; DILIGENTLY. ...
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Zealous (40 Occurrences)
... is good? (WEY ASV NAS RSV). 2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent
to make your calling and election sure. For if you ...
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Zeal (45 Occurrences)
... then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of him that injured, nor for
the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for ...
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Oftentimes (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes
proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great ...
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Winter (22 Occurrences)
... wherever I go. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). 2 Timothy
4:21 Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you ...
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Inquisition (5 Occurrences)
... out," "to strive after," "inquire" (Esther 2:23)): The term refers, as indicated
by these passages, first of all to a careful and diligent inquiry necessary to ...
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Effort (16 Occurrences)
... (WEY NAS). Titus 3:12 When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come
to me to Nicopolis, for I have determined to winter there. (See NAS). ...
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