International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Imnites

im'-nits (yimni): Descendants of IMNAH (q.v. (1)) (Nu 26:44, the King James Version "Jimnites").

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Impart

im-part' (metadidomi, "to share"): "They.... imparted (the King James Version "added") nothing to me" (Ga 2:6); that is, did not propose any correction or addition to my teachin...

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Impediment

im-ped'-i-ment: Found inMr 7:32, "had an impediment in his speech," as a translation of mogilalos, comparative of mogos, "toil" and lalos, "speech," i.e. one who speaks with dif...

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Implead

im-pled' (Ac 19:38the King James Version, "Let them impIead one another"): "Implead" means "to sue at law," hence, the Revised Version (British and American) "Let them accuse on...

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Importable

im-por'-ta-b'l (dusbastaktos): An obsolete word, meaning "unbearable" (Latin: im, "not," portabilis, "bearable") found in Pr Man, "Thine angry threatening (the Revised Version (...

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Importunity

im-por-tu'-ni-ti: Occurs only inLu 11:8, where it is the rendering of anaideia (Westcott-Hort, anaidia). This Greek word implies an element of impudent insistence rising to the ...

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Imposition Of Hands

im-po-zish'-un.See HANDS, IMPOSITION (LAYING ON) OF.

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Impossible

im-pos'-i-b'-l (verb adunateo; adjective adunatos): "To be impossible" is the translation of adunateo, "to be powerless," "impotent" (Mt 17:20;Lu 1:37, the Revised Version (Brit...

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Impotent

im'-po-tent (astheneo, adunatos): The verb signifies "to be without strength," and derivatives of it are used inJoh 5:3,7the King James Version andAc 4:9to characterize the para...

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Imprisonment

im-priz'-'-n-ment.SeePUNISHMENTS;PRISON.

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Impurity

im-pu'-ri-ti.SeeUNCLEANNESS.

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Imputation

im-pu-ta'-shun:I. MEANING AND USE OF THE TERMII. THE THREEFOLD USE OF THE TERM IN THEOLOGYOriginal Sin, Atonement, JustificationIII. THE SCRIPTURAL BASIS OF THESE DOCTRINES1. Im...

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Imrah

im'-ra (yimrah): A descendant of Asher (1Ch 7:36).

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Imri

im'-ri ('imri):(1) A Judahite (1Ch 9:4).(2) Father of Zaccur who helped to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem under Nehemiah (Ne 3:2).

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In

A principal thing to notice about this preposition, which in the King James Version represents about 16 Hebrew and as many Greek words and prepositions, is that, in hundreds of ...

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In The Lord

(en Kurio): A favorite Pauline expression, denoting that intimate union and fellowship of the Christian with the Lord Jesus Christ which supplies the basis of all Christian rela...

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Incantation

in-kan-ta'-shun.SeeMAGIC.

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Incarnation

in-kar-na'-shun.SeePERSON OF CHRIST.

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Incense

in'-sens (qeTorah; inJer 44:21, qiTTer; inMal 1:11, qaTar, "In every place incense shall be offered unto my name"; the word lebhonah, translated "incense" in several passages in...

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Incest

in'-sest.SeeCRIMES.

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Incontinency

in-kon'-ti-nen-si (akrasia, "without control"): In1Co 7:5, it evidently refers to lack of control in a particular matter, and signifies unchastity. InMt 23:25, the Greek word is...

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Incorruption

in-ko-rup'-shun (aphtharsia): Occurs in1Co 15:42,50,53,54, of the resurrection body, and is twice used in the Revised Version (British and American) for the King James Version "...

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Increase

in'-kres, (noun), in-kres' (verb): Employed in the English Bible both as verb and as noun, and in both cases to represent a number of different words in the original. As a verb ...

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India

in'-di-a (hoddu: he Indike): The name occurs in canonical Scripture only inEs 1:1;8:9, of the country which marked the eastern boundary of the territory of Ahasuerus. The Hebrew...

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Indignities

in-dig'-ni-tiz.SeePUNISHMENTS.

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Indite

in-dit': the King James VersionPs 45:1, "My heart is inditing a good matter"; the Revised Version (British and American) "My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter," is in harmo...

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Infancy, Gospel Of The

in'-fan-si.SeeAPOCRYPHAL GOSPELS.