Bible Dictionary: Exploit

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

2. (n.) Combat; war.

3. (n.) To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion.

4. (n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.

Greek

1388. dolos -- a bait, fig. craft, deceit
... 1388 ("deceit motivated by ") uses to snare (deceive) people which implies to
exploit the naive (undiscerning) -- them through (with) their . ...
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1710. emporeuomai -- to travel in, to traffic, by impl. to trade
... Word Origin from en and poreuomai Definition to travel in, to traffic, by impl.
to trade NASB Word Usage engage in business (1), exploit (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5949. alilah -- wantonness, a deed
... Or malilah {al-ee-law'}; from alal in the sense of effecting; an exploit (of God),
or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an ...
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Library

One Fold and one Shepherd
... The new glow of national unity would seek some great exploit, and would resent
as an insult the presence of the Jebusites in their stronghold. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/one fold and one shepherd.htm

The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
... Darius by the ancients for making this expedition are the desire of avenging the
disasters of the Scythian invasion, or of performing an exploit which should ...
/.../chapter iithe last days of 2.htm

The Insistency of Prayer
... dictation and stormy pertinacity"imposing our egoist will on God, and treating Him
as a mysterious but manageable power that we may coerce and exploit. ...
/.../forsyth/the soul of prayer/chapter vii the insistency of.htm

The Savanna of Aripo
... To an Englishman, the place will be always interesting as the scene of Raleigh's
exploit, and the capture of Berreos; and, to one who has received the kindness ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xii the savanna of.htm

The King.
... And what a pathetic beam of struggling light gleams through heavy clouds, in the
grateful exploit of the men of Jabesh, who remembered how he had once saved ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/ix the king.htm

The Grave of John, and Another Grave
... In either case, it was a brave thing for them to do; an altogether heroic exploit,
which may be classed in the same category with that of the men of Jabesh ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xv the grave of john.htm

Saul Rejected
... They had made a swift march from the south where Amalek dwelt, passing by Nabal's
Carmel, where they had put up some sort of monument of their exploit in a ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/saul rejected.htm

Alaric the Goth. He Assaulted Rome, and Straitened it by War.
... by the prefect of the city, promised to drive out the barbarians with thunder and
lightning; they boasted of having performed a similar exploit at Larnia, a ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter vi alaric the goth he.htm

Leadership for Service
... people. When he created the apostolate, he initiated a new order of leadership,
a band of men who would serve and not exploit. Read ...
/.../the social principles of jesus/chapter vii leadership for service.htm

Caesar Makes Antipater Procurator of Judea; as Does Antipater ...
... ran over the neighboring parts of Syria with a great band of men, he caught him
and slew him, and many more of the robbers with him; which exploit was chiefly ...
/.../chapter 10 caesar makes antipater.htm

Thesaurus

Exploit (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as,
to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. ...
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Jair (14 Occurrences)
... HAVVOTH-JAIR (which see). The accounts of his exploit are difficult to
harmonize (see ICC on above passages). Some would identify ...
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Linger (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence
now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber. ...
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Greed (19 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence
now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber. ...
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Feat (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An act; a deed; an exploit. 2. (n.) A
striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as ...
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Explicitly (1 Occurrence)

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Elhanan (4 Occurrences)
... The exploit of Elhanan took place late in David's reign. (2.) The son of Dodo, and
one of David's warriors (2 Samuel 23:24). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Exploited (1 Occurrence)

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Deed (71 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. 4. (vt) Power of action; agency;
efficiency. 5. (vt) Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed. ...
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Deceptive (11 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence
now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber. ...
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Bible Concordance

Exploit (4 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 12:18 I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? Didn't we walk in the same steps?
(See NIV)

2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 22:22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 58:3 They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Exploit

Exploitation

Related Terms

Jair (14 Occurrences)

Linger (7 Occurrences)

Greed (19 Occurrences)

Feat (1 Occurrence)

Explicitly (1 Occurrence)

Elhanan (4 Occurrences)

Exploited (1 Occurrence)

Deed (71 Occurrences)