Bible Dictionary: Affair

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. At the head of affairs. Junius.

2. (n.) Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.

3. (n.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

4. (n.) Action; endeavor.

5. (n.) A material object (vaguely designated).

Greek

4229. pragma -- a deed, a matter
... Transliteration: pragma Phonetic Spelling: (prag'-mah) Short Definition: a thing
done, a matter Definition: a thing done, a deed, action; a matter, an affair. ...
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4230. pragmateia -- careful application, hard work
... pragmateia Phonetic Spelling: (prag-mat-i'-ah) Short Definition: a business, an
occupation Definition: a business, an occupation, affair, transaction. ...
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5532. chreia -- need, business
... From the base of chraomai or chre; employment, ie An affair; also (by implication)
occasion, demand, requirement or destitution -- business, lack, necessary ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5931. illah -- matter, affair, occasion
... 5930b, 5931. illah. 5932 . matter, affair, occasion. Transliteration: illah
Phonetic Spelling: (il-law') Short Definition: accusation. ...
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7595. sheelah -- affair
... 7594, 7595. sheelah. 7596 . affair. Transliteration: sheelah Phonetic
Spelling: (sheh-ay-law') Short Definition: decision. Word ...
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6600. pithgam -- a command, word, affair
... 6599, 6600. pithgam. 6601 . a command, word, affair. Transliteration: pithgam
Phonetic Spelling: (pith-gawm') Short Definition: answer. ...
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1697. dabar -- speech, word
... Word Origin from dabar Definition speech, word NASB Word Usage account (2), account*
(2), act (1), acts (52), advice (3), affair (3), affairs (3), agreement (1 ...
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6640. tsebu -- thing, anything
... purpose. (Aramaic) from tsba'; properly, will; concretely, an affair (as a matter
of determination) -- purpose. see HEBREW tsba'. 6639, 6640. tsebu. 6641 . ...
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6045. inyan -- occupation, task
... business, travail. From anah; ado, ie (generally) employment or (specifically) an
affair -- business, travail. see HEBREW anah. 6044, 6045. inyan. 6046 . ...
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Library

To the Rev. A. Brandram
... to you, and in the course of a few days I hope to write again, when I shall probably
be able to announce the happy termination of the affair which brought me ...
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Against the Heresy of Artemon.
... I shall, at any rate, remind many of the brethren of an affair that took place in
our own time,"an affair which, had it taken place in Sodom, might, I think ...
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Mr. Beecher in England
... The feeling on both sides was intensified by the "Trent Affair." Two Confederate
envoys, sent to Europe to secure the recognition of the Confederacy, were ...
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Appendix B: Forgery Procured by Mary of Guise
... in Leith, not in Edinburgh Castle, where she went on April 1. In that letter she
is made to say that de Seurre has "very evil misunderstood" the affair of the ...
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The Divinity of the Son of God
... on which to rest, and is at such an immense distance from all reason and truth,
that, whatever reports have been spread abroad respecting this affair to the ...
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To the Rev. A. Brandram
... intelligence which has filled him with much uneasiness, and he has entreated me
to write home in conjunction with himself respecting the affair, with which ...
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To the Rev. A. Brandram
... PISO 3RO. REVD. AND DEAR SIR,"The affair is settled"thank God!!! and
we may begin to print whenever we think proper. Perhaps ...
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To the Rev. A. Brandram
... the letter I have little to observe, save that I showed it to various individuals
(who took copies) in order that an incorrect account of the affair might not ...
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To the Rev. A. Brandram
... First, there was my affair with the Alcalde still pending; second, I wished to get
my papers into some order; third, I wished to effect a little more in the ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev a brandram 68.htm

A Very Sweet Example on this Subject.
... Upon a day S. Frances was reciting Our Lady's Office, and, as it commonly happens
that if there is but one affair in the whole day, it presses most at time of ...
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Thesaurus

Affair (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair
to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public ...
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Korah (51 Occurrences)
... Aaron in the wilderness (Numbers 16; Numbers 17). Korah is presented as the
principal in the affair. The company is spoken of as his ...
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Transaction (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The doing or performing of any business;
management of any affair; performance. 2. (n.) That which ...
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Matter (263 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern;
affair; business. 5. (n.) Affair worthy of account; thing ...
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Cause (1309 Occurrences)
... right; case; ground of action. 5. (n.) Any subject of discussion or debate;
matter; question; affair in general. 6. (n.) The side of ...
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Affairs (27 Occurrences)

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Yesterday (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Fig.: A recent time; time not long past. 3. (adv.) On the day last past;
on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday. ...
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Voluntary (17 Occurrences)
... an established or state church. 8. (n.) One who engages in any affair
of his own free will; a volunteer. 9. (n.) A piece played ...
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Negotiate (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vi) To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair;
to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods ...
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Oracle (57 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry
respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle ...
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Bible Concordance

Affair (5 Occurrences)

Acts 19:40 For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this affair of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.
(DBY)

Acts 24:22 And Felix, knowing accurately the things concerning the way, adjourned them, saying, When Lysias the chiliarch is come down I will determine your affair;
(DBY)

Numbers 16:49 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
(See RSV)

Numbers 25:18 for they harassed you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor."
(See NAS NIV)

1 Samuel 22:15 Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more."
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Affair

Related Terms

Korah (51 Occurrences)

Transaction (2 Occurrences)

Matter (263 Occurrences)

Cause (1309 Occurrences)

Affairs (27 Occurrences)

Yesterday (13 Occurrences)

Voluntary (17 Occurrences)

Negotiate (1 Occurrence)

Oracle (57 Occurrences)