Bible Dictionary: Entertaining

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entertain.

2. (a.) Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.

Greek

5381. philoxenia -- love of strangers
... from 5384 , "friend" and 3581, "a stranger") -- properly, warmth (friendliness)
shown to strangers; (figuratively) the (generosity) by entertaining in one's ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5381.htm - 7k

Library

Swedenborg an Entertaining Madman
... a New Church; Comments on Rousseau; Geology; Swedenborg, and Riding Horseback; Gwennap
and 20,000 People; Death of Whitefield Swedenborg an Entertaining Madman. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/swedenborg an entertaining madman.htm

Biographies of Musicians.
... Bulletin, Philadelphia. "A book both instructive and entertaining. It is not a dry
compendium of dates and facts, but a charmingly written history.". ...
/.../biographies of musicians.htm

The Preface
... Secondly, As to the utility of this subject, biography in general, (as a historian
has observed[3]), must be one of the most entertaining parts of history; and ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the preface.htm

Concerning Worship.
... used, which were by God dispensed to the Jews, not as being essential to true worship,
or necessary as of themselves for transmitting and entertaining an holy ...
/.../proposition xi concerning worship.htm

The Gnostic Aims at the Nearest Likeness Possible to God and his ...
... maintaining prudence, he exercises moderation in the calmness of his soul; receptive
of what is commanded, as of what belongs to him, entertaining aversion to ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter iii the gnostic aims at.htm

Upon the Government of the Tongue.
... continuance of our being. The secondary use of speech is to please and
be entertaining to each other in conversation. This is in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon iv upon the government.htm

Preface. And as to Christ Thy Lord
... Wouldst thou be clearly informed anent(220) the only true and sure foundation of
fellowship with God, the way of entertaining it, the honour or happiness of it ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/preface and as to christ.htm

Appendix
... Their books, papers, etc., were to subject their possessors to a fine of 5 pounds,
and entertaining or concealing a Quaker was to be punished by a fine of 20s ...
/.../greene/the development of religious liberty in connecticut/appendix.htm

New York to California
... And with all due respect to my old teacher and gratefully acknowledging his hospitality
for entertaining me many a day, I find out that at the best I had to be ...
/.../conversion of a high priest into a christian worker/chapter vii new york to.htm

Social Recreation.
... Oftentimes people stay and stay at such a gathering, until the hostess, the
entertaining committee, and the people themselves are worn out. ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/vii social recreation.htm

Thesaurus

Entertaining (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Entertain. 2. (a.) Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing;
diverting. Multi-Version Concordance Entertaining (1 Occurrence). ...
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Rich (140 Occurrences)
... 9. (superl.) Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene
was a rich one; a rich incident or character. 10. (vt) To enrich. ...
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Entertainment (2 Occurrences)

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Earnestness (14 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:23 So they arranged a day with him and came to him in considerable numbers
at the house of the friends who were entertaining him. ...
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Endeavouring (6 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Acts 28:23 So they arranged a day with him and came to him in considerable
numbers at the house of the friends who were entertaining him. ...
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Entertained (5 Occurrences)

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Duplicity (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception
which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings ...
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Convince (7 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:23 So they arranged a day with him and came to him in considerable numbers
at the house of the friends who were entertaining him. ...
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Conceited (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Endowed with fancy or imagination. 2. (a.) Entertaining a flattering opinion
of one's self; vain. 3. (a.) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. ...
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Considerable (17 Occurrences)
... (WEY NAS). Acts 28:23 So they arranged a day with him and came to him in considerable
numbers at the house of the friends who were entertaining him. ...
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Bible Concordance

Entertaining (1 Occurrence)

Acts 28:23 So they arranged a day with him and came to him in considerable numbers at the house of the friends who were entertaining him. And then, with solemn earnestness, he explained to them the subject of the Kingdom of God, endeavouring from morning till evening to convince them about Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Entertaining

Related Terms

Rich (140 Occurrences)

Entertainment (2 Occurrences)

Earnestness (14 Occurrences)

Endeavouring (6 Occurrences)

Entertained (5 Occurrences)

Duplicity (1 Occurrence)

Convince (7 Occurrences)

Conceited (14 Occurrences)

Considerable (17 Occurrences)