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Greek

2436. hileos -- propitious
... propitious. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hileos Phonetic Spelling:
(hil'-eh-oce) Short Definition: propitious, forgiving Definition: propitious ...
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2433. hilaskomai -- to be propitious, make propitiation for
... to be propitious, make propitiation for. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
hilaskomai Phonetic Spelling: (hil-as'-kom-ahee) Short Definition: I have mercy ...
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2431. hilaros -- cheerful
... cheerful. From the same as hileos; propitious or merry ("hilarious"), ie Prompt
or willing -- cheerful. see GREEK hileos. (ilaron) -- 1 Occurrence. 2430, 2431 ...
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1184. dektos -- acceptable
... acceptable. From dechomai; approved; (figuratively) propitious -- accepted(-table).
see GREEK dechomai. (dekten) -- 1 Occurrence. (dekton) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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448. anileos -- without mercy.
... 448 (from 1 , "without" and 2436 , "propitious, appeased") -- properly, without
propitiation (divine appeasement), ie without the mercy of God's -loyalty ...
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Library

Article xv (viii): of Human Traditions in the Church.
... God has set forth Christ with the promise that on account of this Mediator, and
not on account of our righteousness, He wishes to be propitious to us. ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 20 article xv viii .htm

All we Therefore, who Believe in the Living and True God...
... Wherefore the just man addresseth his soul and saith, "Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all His returns: Who becometh propitious to all thy iniquities ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on continence/section 18 all we therefore.htm

The Rebuke of Peter and the Answer of Jesus.
... Book XII. 21. The Rebuke of Peter and the Answer of Jesus. "And Peter took Him
and began to rebuke Him, saying, God be propitious to Thee. ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/21 the rebuke of peter.htm

For as to that which we Hear Said by You...
... made in the same way to the others, on the contrary, that they may not be injurious,
it follows that it should be understood that the propitious deities will ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/23 for as to that.htm

Of Religion.
... For why should I say 'may He be propitious? ' for He can be propitious to no
one." What can be spoken more contemptible with respect to God? ...
/.../a treatise on the anger of god addressed to donatus/chap viii of religion.htm

In Fine, Supplication for Pardon, with Humble and Ingenuous ...
... he has been freely reconciled to him. God cannot be propitious to any but
those whom he pardons. Hence it is not strange that this ...
/.../of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 9 in fine supplication.htm

Of Hope and True Religion, and of Superstition.
... If one victim renders the deity propitious, it is plain that many victims must render
him more propitious, because multiplied services oblige [876] rather than ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xxviii of hope and true.htm

The Enlargement of Kingdoms is Unsuitably Ascribed to Jove; for If ...
... Or what need is there of Jove himself in this affair, if Victory favors and is
propitious, and always goes to those whom she wishes to be victorious? ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 14 the enlargement of kingdoms.htm

Sowing in the Wind, Reaping under Clouds
... "To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven."
It is well to sow when the weather is propitious. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/sowing in the wind reaping.htm

Literary Expressions
... A prop for my faint heart. A propitious sky, marbled with pearly white [propitious =
favorable; kindly; gracious]. A protest wavered on her lip. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section vii literary expressions.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Convenient; auspicious; favorable; as, a propitious breeze.

2. (a.) Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity.

Thesaurus

Propitious (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Convenient; auspicious; favorable; as, a propitious
breeze. ... Multi-Version Concordance Propitious (12 Occurrences). ...
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Propitiation (4 Occurrences)
... That by which God is rendered propitious, ie, by which it becomes consistent with
his character and government to pardon and bless the sinner. ...
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Favor (184 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance;
friendly disposition; kindness; good will. 2. (n.) The ...
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Smile (4 Occurrences)
... smiling plenty. 4. (vi) To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; --
often with on; as, to smile on one's labors. 5. (vt ...
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Bowing (35 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 5:18 For this thing Jehovah be propitious to thy servant, in the coming
in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was ...
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Established (200 Occurrences)
... hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which
she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her ...
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Atonement (112 Occurrences)
... Our guilt is expiated by the punishment which our vicar bore, and thus God is rendered
propitious, ie, it is now consistent with his justice to manifest his ...
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Proportion (15 Occurrences)

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Unfavorable (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary;
discouraging. Multi-Version Concordance Unfavorable (1 Occurrence). ...
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Outgoing (10 Occurrences)
... outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is
established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her ...
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Bible Concordance

Propitious (12 Occurrences)

Luke 18:13 And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!
(YLT)

Numbers 30:5 And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her.
(YLT)

Numbers 30:8 And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which 'is' on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her.
(YLT)

Numbers 30:12 And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 29:20 Jehovah is not willing to be propitious to him, for then doth the anger of Jehovah smoke, also His zeal, against that man, and lain down on him hath all the oath which is written in this book, and Jehovah hath blotted out his name from under the heavens,
(YLT)

2 Samuel 21:14 And they buried them with the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And afterwards God was propitious to the land.
(DBY)

2 Samuel 24:25 And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. And Jehovah was propitious to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
(DBY)

2 Kings 5:18 For this thing Jehovah be propitious to thy servant, in the coming in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was supported by my hand, and I bowed myself 'in' the house of Rimmon; for my bowing myself in the house of Rimmon Jehovah be propitious, I pray thee, to thy servant in this thing.'
(YLT)

Jeremiah 5:1 Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 5:7 For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 36:3 if so be the house of Israel do hear all the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, so that they turn back each from is evil way, and I have been propitious to their iniquity, and to their sin.'
(YLT)

Jeremiah 50:20 In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of Jehovah, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!
(YLT)

Subtopics

Propitious

Related Terms

Propitiation (4 Occurrences)

Favor (184 Occurrences)

Smile (4 Occurrences)

Bowing (35 Occurrences)

Established (200 Occurrences)

Atonement (112 Occurrences)

Proportion (15 Occurrences)

Unfavorable (1 Occurrence)

Outgoing (10 Occurrences)