Bible Dictionary: Endow

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.

2. (v. t.) To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ENDOW; ENDUE

en-dou', en-du':

"Endow" meant originally "to provide with a dowry"; "indue" took the meaning "clothe"; the likeness between the literal meanings has confused the metaphorical use of the words in spite of their difference in origin. Thus we find in Genesis 30:20, the King James Version "endued me with a good dowry" the Revised Version (British and American) "endowed" (zabhadh, "bestow upon," "endow"); Exodus 22:16, the King James Version "endow her to be his wife" the Revised Version (British and American) "pay a dowry for her" mahar, "purchase" "endow"; compare Deuteronomy 22:29 2 Chronicles 2:12, 13, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "endued" with understanding (from yadha`, "know"); and Luke 24:49, the King James Version "endued with power," the Revised Version (British and American) "clothed" (enduo, "clothe").

F. K. Farr

Greek

5487. charitoo -- to make graceful, endow with grace
... to make graceful, endow with grace. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: charitoo
Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ee-to'-o) Short Definition: I favor, bestow freely ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2064. zabad -- bestow upon, endow with
... 2063, 2064. zabad. 2065 . bestow upon, endow with. Transliteration: zabad Phonetic
Spelling: (zaw-bad') Short Definition: endowed. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4117. mahar -- to acquire by paying a purchase price
... Word Origin denominative verb from mohar Definition to acquire by paying a purchase
price NASB Word Usage bartered (1), pay a dowry (1). endow, surely. ...
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5157. nachal -- to get or take as a possession
... for an inheritance (1), apportioning for inheritance (1), bequeath (2), distributed
(1), divide (1), divide it for an inheritance (1), endow (1), endowed (1 ...
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Library

Divine Predestination
... upon it are the following: It is an eternal and gracious decree of God in Christ,
by which he determines to justify and adopt believers, and to endow them with ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/divine predestination.htm

Letter Xcii. (AD 408. )
... They think, however, that they are very acute in saying and in pressing as a question
for us to answer: Was Christ able to endow His flesh so as that He could ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xcii a d 408.htm

Biogenesis
... No change of substance, no modification of environment, no chemistry, no electricity,
nor any form of energy, nor any evolution can endow any single atom of ...
/.../drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/biogenesis.htm

The History of Joseph the Carpenter.
... And I shall endow you with power from on high, and fill you with the Holy Spirit.
[1708] And you shall declare to all nations repentance and remission of sins. ...
/.../unknown/the history of joseph the carpenter/the history of joseph the.htm

A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life
... Could the Lord endow us with his own omniscience, we should not only consent to
the deaths of his servants, but should deprecate their longer life. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 30 1884/a heavenly pattern for our.htm

Man and Machinery.
... effort. But these powerful instruments, condensing time and space, endow
a single half-century with the possibilities of a cycle. ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse ii man and machinery.htm

Mission Work
... to multiply such missions among the country poor, and no sooner had Vincent returned
to her house than she offered him a large sum of money to endow a band of ...
/.../forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 5 mission work.htm

Reasons Why Divinity Has Been Ascribed to Men.
... "It was the generation then the tenth,. Of men endow'd with speech, since
forth the flood. Had burst upon the men of former times,. ...
/.../athenagoras/a plea for the christians/chapter xxx reasons why divinity has.htm

The Christian Has Sure and Simple Knowledge Concerning the Subject ...
... In nature, however, most conclusions are suggested, as it were, by that common
intelligence wherewith God has been pleased to endow the soul of man. ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter ii the christian has sure.htm

Tenth Chapter
... What is the gift? It is that she is inwardly and outwardly beset with divers
assaults, with which He is wont to endow his special friends. ...
/.../the history and life of the reverend doctor john tauler/tenth chapter.htm

Thesaurus

Endow (3 Occurrences)
... equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to
settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife ...
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Endue
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To endow with a quality or ability. 2. (n.) An
older spelling of Endow. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ENDOW; ENDUE. ...
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Endowed (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Endow. Multi-Version Concordance
Endowed (10 Occurrences). 1 Timothy 4:14 Do not be careless ...
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En-dor (3 Occurrences)
En-dor. Endor, En-dor. Endow . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia EN-DOR. ... (BBE
JPS WBS NAS RSV). Endor, En-dor. Endow . Reference Bible.
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Vest (11 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest;
to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as ...
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Nature (80 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) Constitution or quality of mind or character. 10. (vt) To endow with natural
qualities. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NATURAL; NATURE. ...
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Lain (57 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Exodus 22:16 And when a man doth entice a virgin who 'is' not betrothed,
and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; (YLT) ...
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Gift (148 Occurrences)
... It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual
delivery of possession. 6. (vt) To endow with some power or faculty. Int. ...
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Widow (71 Occurrences)
... bereave. 5. (vt) To endow with a widow's right. 6. (vt) To become, or survive
as, the widow of. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. WIDOW. ...
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Immaculate
... leading up to the publication of 1854, and subsequent to it, to discover a growing
tendency to lift Mary out of the realm of human beings and to endow her with ...
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Bible Concordance

Endow (3 Occurrences)

Exodus 22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 72:1 By Solomon. God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 8:21 So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Endow

Related Terms

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Endowed (10 Occurrences)

En-dor (3 Occurrences)

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