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Resolve (3 Occurrences)
... to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain;
hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle. ...
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Determine (13 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a
conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately. ...
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Resolved (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Resolve. 2. (pp & a.) Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; --
usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. ...
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Swear (99 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth
of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also ...
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Act (204 Occurrences)
... of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council,
court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as ...
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Resolution (1 Occurrence)

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Unmarried (13 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 7:37 But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all
external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in ...
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Untie (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. 3. (vt)
To resolve; to unfold; to clear. 4. (vi) To become untied or loosed. ...
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Legal (13 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 7:37 But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all
external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in ...
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Firm (111 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 7:37 But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all
external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in ...
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Bible Concordance

Resolve (3 Occurrences)

Acts 11:23 On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 7:37 But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried, he will do well.
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 1:11 To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power;
(See RSV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

2. (v. i.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle.

3. (v. i.) To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.

4. (v. i.) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event.

5. (v. i.) To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; -- followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be appropriated (or, to appropriate no money).

6. (v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

7. (v. i.) To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of.

8. (v. i.) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

9. (v. i.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.

10. (v. i.) To relax; to lay at ease.

11. (v. i.) To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.

12. (v. i.) To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid.

13. (v. i.) To be settled in opinion; to be convinced.

14. (v. i.) To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life.

15. (n.) The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.

16. (n.) That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution.

Greek

1949. epilambanomai -- to lay hold of
... 1949 (from 1909 , ", fitting" intensifying 2983 , " take") -- properly, lay hold
of something, showing (" resolve") that "matches" the seizing (ie laying hold ...
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1011. bouleuo -- to take counsel, deliberate
... From boule; to advise, ie (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve --
consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose. see GREEK boule. ...
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1106. gnome -- purpose, opinion, consent, decision
... From ginosko; cognition, ie (subjectively) opinion, or (objectively) resolve (counsel,
consent, etc.) -- advice, + agree, judgment, mind, purpose, will. ...
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1013. boulema -- purpose, will
... purpose, will. From boulomai; a resolve -- purpose, will. see GREEK boulomai. (boulema)
-- 1 Occurrence. (boulemati) -- 1 Occurrence. (boulematos) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3289. yaats -- to advise, counsel
... A primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve -- advertise,
take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine ...
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Library

Experience, Resolve, and Hope
... VOLUME II: PSALMS LI to CXLV EXPERIENCE, RESOLVE, AND HOPE. 'Thou hast
delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my ...
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The Life of Faith the Resolve.
... The Life of Faith The Resolve. V. The Resolve. 7,7,7,7,7,7. Nun so will ich denn
mein Leben. [322]Tersteegen.1731. Now at last I end the strife,. ...
/.../lyra germanica second series the christian life/the life of faith the 3.htm

The Servant's Inflexible Resolve
... THE SERVANT'S INFLEXIBLE RESOLVE. 'For the Lord God will help Me ... as Thou wilt.'.
II. The perfect inflexible resolve. 'Face like a flint ...
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The Christian's Resolve.
... DEVOUT EXERCISES. 443. " The Christian's Resolve. 443. LM Mrs. Steele.
The Christian's Resolve. 1 Ah wretched souls, who strive ...
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If any Woman Shall Forsake Her Husband, and Resolve to Depart from ...
... Canon XIV. If any woman shall forsake her husband, and resolve to depart
from him because she� If any woman shall forsake her ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xiv if any woman.htm

A Penitent Heart, the Best New Year's Gift
... Resolve to leave all thy sinful lusts and pleasures; renounce, forsake, and abhor
thy old sinful course of life, and serve God in holiness and righteousness ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/a penitent heart the best.htm

Fear and Faith
... Foolish confidence opposes to natural fear a groundless resolve not to be afraid,
as if heedlessness were security, or facts could be altered by resolving not ...
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What Constitutes Disobedience to Moral Law?
... 2. When we come to the consideration of the attributes of selfishness, it will be
seen that every form of sin, not only may, but must resolve itself into ...
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A Godly Reformation
... prophet. The exposition of the sin and its fruit is followed by the king's
resolve for himself, and, so far as may be, for his people. ...
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The Battle of Life
... There is the world. Do you resolve to do the right and to love the true,
depend upon it you will get no assistance from this world. ...
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Subtopics

Resolve

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