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The term "inmost" refers to the deepest, most intimate part of a person, often associated with the heart, soul, or spirit. In biblical literature, it is frequently used to describe the core of human emotions, thoughts, and spiritual life. The concept of the inmost being is significant in understanding the nature of humanity and its relationship with God.

Biblical References:

1. Psalm 51:6 : "Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place." This verse highlights the importance of inner truth and wisdom. It suggests that God values sincerity and integrity at the deepest level of a person's heart. The psalmist acknowledges that true wisdom and understanding come from God and are cultivated in the inmost parts of one's being.

2. Psalm 139:13 : "For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb." Here, the psalmist reflects on God's intimate involvement in the creation of human life. The "inmost being" signifies the essential and unique aspects of a person, crafted by God even before birth. This verse underscores the belief in God's omniscience and personal care for each individual.

3. Proverbs 20:27 : "The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being." This proverb illustrates the idea that the human spirit, illuminated by God, has the capacity to explore and understand the depths of one's own heart. It implies that God uses the spirit to reveal and examine the true nature of a person.

4. Jeremiah 31:33 : "But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people." Although the term "inmost" is not directly used, the concept is present in the idea of God's law being inscribed on the heart. This signifies a transformation that reaches the deepest parts of a person, aligning their innermost desires with God's will.

Theological Implications:

The concept of the inmost being is central to understanding the biblical view of human nature. It suggests that true spirituality and moral integrity are not merely external but originate from within. The inmost being is where God desires to dwell and work, transforming individuals from the inside out. This transformation is often associated with the work of the Holy Spirit, who renews and sanctifies the believer's heart.

In the biblical narrative, the inmost being is also the seat of emotions, thoughts, and intentions. It is where genuine repentance, faith, and love for God are cultivated. The Scriptures emphasize that God sees beyond outward appearances and judges the heart, as seen in 1 Samuel 16:7 : "But the LORD said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.'"

Practical Application:

Believers are encouraged to cultivate a pure and sincere heart, seeking God's truth and wisdom in their inmost being. This involves regular self-examination, prayer, and submission to the Holy Spirit's guidance. By allowing God to transform their innermost parts, Christians can live lives that reflect His character and fulfill His purposes.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Deepest within; farthest from the surface; as, inmost thoughts.

Greek

3510. nephros -- a kidney, fig. the (inmost) mind
... the (inmost) mind. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: nephros Phonetic
Spelling: (nef-ros') Short Definition: a kidney as a general emotional ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3510.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

3629. kilyah -- a kidney
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a kidney NASB Word Usage feelings
(1), finest* (1), heart (1), inmost being (1), inward parts (2), kidneys (18 ...
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2910. tuchah -- inward parts
... From tachah (or tuwach) in the sense of overlaying; (in the plural only) the kidneys
(as being covered); hence (figuratively) the inmost thought -- inward parts ...
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Library

Joy Fills Our Inmost Hearts Today
... VII. CAROLS Carols 552. Joy fills our inmost hearts today. 8.6.8.6.8.6.8.8 ... William
C. Dix, c.1865. Joy fills our inmost hearts today! The royal Child is born; ...
/.../carols 552 joy fills our.htm

The Body Does not Receive God's Image.
... sense and intellect of its own; and such is the spirit." As I, then, understand
your statement, you mean the inner man to be the soul, and the inmost one to be ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 20 xiv the body does.htm

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in his Names.
... It is that the Spirit is the outbreathing of God, His inmost life going
forth in a personal form to quicken. When we receive the ...
/.../torrey/the person and work of the holy spirit/chapter v the person and.htm

Whether the Gifts of the Holy Ghost Remain in Heaven?
... fortitude . . . has no fear of adversity . . . piety satisfies the inmost heart
with deeds of mercy," all of which are incompatible with the heavenly state. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the gifts of the 3.htm

One Metaphor and Two Meanings
... duty of His servants. He is giving here one of these glimpses, that we
so rarely get, into His own inmost heart. And so we have ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/one metaphor and two meanings.htm

On the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist
... Now, if we willingly sought after this transformation, and communed with ourselves
in our inmost hearts, ordering our conversation aright, at such a time our ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tauler/the inner way/sermon xi on the feast.htm

The Copies of Things in the Heavens
... and, like them, dwelling 'within curtains.' It was a visible representation of a
spiritual fact for the then present; it was a parable of the inmost reality of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the copies of things in.htm

God's Scrutiny Longed For
... God is prayed, as it were, to make a cutting into the man, and lay bare his inmost
nature, as men do in a railway cutting, layer after layer, going ever deeper ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/gods scrutiny longed for.htm

'This Way'
... On the other hand, if you look at Christ's tears as the revelation of God; if you
look at Christ's ruth and pity as the manifestation of the inmost glory of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/this way.htm

The Intimacy of Human Hearts in Christ
... Your loving, working sympathy has inextricably united you and me, alike in my prison
and in my apostolate. Ver.8. Yes, I feel this in my inmost being. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/moule/philippian studies/chapter ii the intimacy of.htm

Thesaurus

Inmost (49 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Deepest within; farthest from the surface; as, inmost
thoughts. Multi-Version Concordance Inmost (49 Occurrences). ...
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Supports (25 Occurrences)
... (BBE). 1 Kings 6:31 For the way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood,
the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening. (BBE). ...
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Room (174 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 6:5 And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple
and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round: (BBE NIV). ...
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Thickest (3 Occurrences)
... your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my
war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of ...
/t/thickest.htm - 7k

Motion (8 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Jeremiah 6:22 The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country,
a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth. ...
/m/motion.htm - 11k

Cedar-wood (22 Occurrences)
... (BBE). 1 Kings 6:16 And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits
was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room. (BBE). ...
/c/cedar-wood.htm - 12k

Utmost (21 Occurrences)
... up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place
on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of ...
/u/utmost.htm - 13k

Woods (37 Occurrences)
... your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my
war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of ...
/w/woods.htm - 18k

Inward (43 Occurrences)
... A symbolic expression in the Old Testament represented by three Hebrew words: chedher,
"chamber," hence, inmost bowels or breast; tuchoth, "the reins"; qerebh ...
/i/inward.htm - 21k

Rods (76 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 8:8 The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place,
in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there ...
/r/rods.htm - 27k

Resources

Does God have a plan for me? | GotQuestions.org

When does a life in the womb become a human being? | GotQuestions.org

Does the Bible teach that life begins at conception? | GotQuestions.org

Inmost: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Inmost (49 Occurrences)

Luke 1:51
He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
(See NIV)

Romans 1:19
because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them.
(WEY)

Romans 7:22
For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;
(WEY RSV)

Ephesians 3:16
to grant you--in accordance with the wealth of His glorious perfections--to be strengthened by His Spirit with power penetrating to your inmost being.
(WEY)

Revelation 2:23
Her children too shall surely die; and all the Churches shall come to know that I am He who searches into men's inmost thoughts; and to each of you I will give a requital which shall be in accordance with what your conduct has been.
(WEY)

Judges 19:1
Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.
(BBE)

Judges 19:18
And he said to him, We are on our way from Beth-lehem-judah to the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim: I came from there and went to Beth-lehem-judah: now I am on my way back to my house, but no man will take me into his house.
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:5
And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:16
And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:19
And he made ready an inmost room in the middle of the house, in which to put the ark of the agreement of the Lord.
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:20
And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:21
Solomon had all the inside of the house covered with gold, and he put chains of gold across in front of the inmost room, which itself was covered with gold.
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:22
Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:23
In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:31
For the way into the inmost room he made doors of olive-wood, the arch and the door supports forming a five-sided opening.
(BBE)

1 Kings 7:49
And the supports for the lights, five on the right side and five on the left before the inmost room, of clear gold; and the flowers and the lights and all the instruments of gold;
(BBE)

1 Kings 8:8
The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.
(BBE)

2 Kings 19:23
You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods; I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 4:20
And the supports for the lights with their lights, to be burning in the regular way in front of the inmost room, of the best gold;
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 5:9
The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.
(BBE)

Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
(See JPS)

Psalms 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
(See JPS)

Psalms 51:6
Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
(WEB JPS NIV)

Psalms 103:1
By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
(See NIV)

Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.
(BBE)

Psalms 139:13
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 18:8
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 20:27
The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 20:30
By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 23:16
And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
(See NAS NIV)

Proverbs 26:22
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, they go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 14:13
For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.
(BBE)

Isaiah 14:15
But you will come down to the underworld, even to its inmost parts.
(BBE)

Isaiah 16:11
For this cause the cords of my heart are sounding for Moab, and I am full of sorrow for Kir-heres.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 37:24
You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; and its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods: I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 4:19
My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 6:22
The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 25:32
This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 31:8
See, I will take them from the north country, and get them from the inmost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the feeble-footed, the woman with child and her who is in birth-pains together: a very great army, they will come back here.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 50:41
See, a people is coming from the north; a great nation and a number of kings will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
(BBE)

Lamentations 2:11
My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.
(BBE)

Lamentations 3:13
He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 32:23
Whose resting-places are in the inmost parts of the underworld, who were a cause of fear in the land of the living.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 38:6
Gomer and all her forces; the people of Togarmah in the inmost parts of the north, with all his forces: a great number of peoples with you.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 38:15
And you will come from your place in the inmost parts of the north, you and a great number of peoples with you, all of them on horseback, a great force and a strong army:
(BBE)

Ezekiel 39:2
And turning you round, I will be your guide, and make you come up from the inmost parts of the north; I will make you come on to the mountains of Israel:
(BBE)

Hosea 13:8
I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.
(BBE)

Amos 6:10
And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.
(BBE)

Jonah 1:5
Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.
(BBE)

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