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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.

2. (a.) Possessing, or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior, etc.

3. (a.) Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.

4. (a.) Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.

5. (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.

Greek

2357. threskos of unc. or. -- religious.
threskos of unc. or. 2356, 2357. threskos of unc. or. 2358 . religious.
Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: threskos of unc. or. ...
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1174. deisidaimonesteros -- very fearful of gods, religious ...
... 1173, 1174. deisidaimonesteros. 1175 . very fearful of gods, religious,
superstitious. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration ...
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3008. leitourgeo -- to serve the state, ie by anal. to perform ...
... to perform religious service. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: leitourgeo Phonetic
Spelling: (li-toorg-eh'-o) Short Definition: I minister, serve publicly ...
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1577. ekklesia -- an assembly, a (religious) congregation
... an assembly, a (religious) congregation. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
ekklesia Phonetic Spelling: (ek-klay-see'-ah) Short Definition: an ...
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1778. entalma -- an injunction, ie religious precept
... an injunction, ie religious precept. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration:
entalma Phonetic Spelling: (en'-tal-mah) Short Definition: an injunction ...
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1456. egkainia -- dedication, renewal (of religious services)
... dedication, renewal (of religious services). Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: egkainia Phonetic Spelling: (eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah) Short Definition: ...
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5330. Pharisaios -- a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect
... a Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious sect. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Pharisaios Phonetic Spelling: (far-is-ah'-yos) Short Definition ...
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4523. Saddoukaios -- a Sadducee, a member of a Jewish religious ...
... a Sadducee, a member of a Jewish religious sect. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Saddoukaios Phonetic Spelling: (sad-doo-kah'-yos) Short ...
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5332. pharmakeus -- sorcerer.
... Cognate: 5332 -- a person using drug-based incantations or drugging religious
enchantments; a -practitioner who "mixes up distorted religious potions" like a ...
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1175. deisidaimonia -- a religion, superstition
... Cognate: 1175 (akin to 1174 , see there) -- properly, dread of a pagan deity "inspiring"
a "token show of respect" (religious gesture) -- especially religious ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8335. shareth -- (religious) ministry
... 8334, 8335. shareth. 8336 . (religious) ministry. Transliteration: shareth
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-rayth') Short Definition: service. ...
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5212. Nisan -- first month of the Jewish religious year
... 5211, 5212. Nisan. 5213 . first month of the Jewish religious year.
Transliteration: Nisan Phonetic Spelling: (nee-sawn') Short Definition: Nisan. ...
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6345. pachdah -- dread, (religious) awe
... 6344, 6345. pachdah. 6346 . dread, (religious) awe. Transliteration: pachdah
Phonetic Spelling: (pakh-daw') Short Definition: dread. ...
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2763. charam -- to ban, devote, exterminate
... A primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses
(especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose ...
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2933. tamah -- to be stopped up, stupid
... be defiled, be reputed vile. A collateral form of tame'; to be impure in a religious
sense -- be defiled, be reputed vile. see HEBREW tame'. 2932b, 2933. ...
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6496. paqid -- commissioner, deputy, overseer
... From paqad; a superintendent (civil, military or religious) -- which had the charge,
governor, office, overseer, (that) was set. see HEBREW paqad. 6495, 6496 ...
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8057. simchah -- joy, gladness, mirth
... From sameach; blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival) -- X exceeding(-ly),
gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing). see HEBREW sameach. ...
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6588. pesha -- transgression
... rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass. From pasha'; a revolt (national, moral
or religious) -- rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass. see HEBREW pasha'. ...
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2932. tum'ah -- uncleanness
... filthiness, uncleanness From tame'; religious impurity -- filthiness, unclean(-ness).
see HEBREW tame'. 2931, 2932. tum'ah. 2932a . Strong's Numbers.
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3547. kahan -- to act as a priest
... A primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services; but used
only as denominative from kohen; to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put ...
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Library

Bible Stories and Religious Classics
Bible Stories and Religious Classics. <. Bible Stories and Religious
Classics Philip P. Wells. Produced by Kevin Handy ...
//christianbookshelf.org/wells/bible stories and religious classics/

The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut. <. The Development
of Religious Liberty in Connecticut M. Louise Greene, Ph. D. ...
/.../greene/the development of religious liberty in connecticut/

Religious and Social State.
... Part II. THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL STATE.
RELIGIOUS. So far as the Jewish actors in the scene are ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/religious and social state.htm

Religious and Social State.
... Part IV. THE HISTORY OF BEL AND THE DRAGON RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL STATE. RELIGIOUS. ...
Another religious feature shews itself in v.28, viz. ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/religious and social state 3.htm

Religious and Social State.
... THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL STATE. RELIGIOUS. ... In fine, a religious
tone, befitting the time intended, is consistently maintained throughout. ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/religious and social state 2.htm

Whether Religious who are Raised to the Episcopate are Bound to ...
... OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE EPISCOPAL STATE (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether religious who
are raised to the episcopate are bound to religious observances? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether religious who are raised.htm

Religious Characteristics.
... Chapter II Character. Section 6. Religious Characteristics. Was Constantine a Christian?
This vain question has to be considered, hardly discussed. ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/section 6 religious characteristics.htm

Whether Indulgences Avail Religious?
... OF THOSE WHOM INDULGENCES AVAIL (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether indulgences avail religious?
Objection 1: It would seem that indulgences do not avail religious. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether indulgences avail religious.htm

Whether a Religious Order that is Devoted to the Contemplative ...
... OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether a religious order
that is devoted to the contemplative life is more excellent than on that is ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a religious order that.htm

Of a Religious State. ...
... THE THIRD SECTION OF THE FIRST TREATISE, TOUCHING THE SCHOOL OF CONTEMPLATION, VIZ.
SOLITUDE AND A RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. CHAPTER III. Of a religious state.� ...
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Thesaurus

Religious (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting
forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a ...
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Over-religious (1 Occurrence)
Over-religious. Over-ready, Over-religious. Over-righteous .
Multi-Version Concordance Over-religious (1 Occurrence). ...
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Fasting (34 Occurrences)
... The theory that fasting, like many other ancient customs, had a religious origin,
is in favor with scholars, but we must not assume a religious origin for all ...
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Fast (157 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from
food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or ...
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Warfare (18 Occurrences)
... wor, wor'-far (milchamah, 'anshe m., "men of war," "soldiers"; polemos, polemein,
strateuesthai, stratia): 1. Religious Significance 2. Preliminaries 3 ...
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War (529 Occurrences)
... wor, wor'-far (milchamah, 'anshe m., "men of war," "soldiers"; polemos, polemein,
strateuesthai, stratia): 1. Religious Significance 2. Preliminaries 3 ...
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Superstition (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness
or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary ...
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Sprinkling (48 Occurrences)
... purification. But it is obvious that the sprinkling, even in this case, was
a religious act, and not part of the actual physical cleaning. ...
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Sprinkle (37 Occurrences)
... purification. But it is obvious that the sprinkling, even in this case, was
a religious act, and not part of the actual physical cleaning. ...
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Conversion (1 Occurrence)
... to the return from the captivity (Isaiah 1:27 Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 30:3 Ezekiel
16:53 Zephaniah 2:7). (3) In the figurative, ethical or religious sense (a ...
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Bible Concordance

Religious (13 Occurrences)

Matthew 3:15 "Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;
(WEY)

Acts 10:2 He was religious and God-fearing--and so was every member of his household. He was also liberal in his charities to the people, and continually offered prayer to God.
(WEY)

Acts 13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 17:22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, "You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.
(WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 1:25 For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen.
(WEY)

Colossians 2:16 Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
(See NIV)

1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
(See RSV)

Hebrews 10:11 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
(See NIV)

Hebrews 12:28 wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;
(YLT)

James 1:26 If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man's religion is worthless. Peter's First Letter
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 1:27 The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our God and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one's own self unspotted from the world.
(WEY)

Amos 5:21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.
(See NIV)

Amos 8:10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Religious

Related Terms

Over-religious (1 Occurrence)

Fasting (34 Occurrences)

Fast (157 Occurrences)

Warfare (18 Occurrences)

War (529 Occurrences)

Superstition (1 Occurrence)

Sprinkling (48 Occurrences)

Sprinkle (37 Occurrences)

Conversion (1 Occurrence)