Bible Dictionary: Anticipation

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

2. (n.) Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven.

3. (n.) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

4. (n.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord.

Greek

603. apokaradokia -- strained expectancy
... From a comparative of apo and a compound of kara (the head) and dokeo (in the sense
of watching); intense anticipation -- earnest expectation. see GREEK apo. ...
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Library

Anticipation.
... ANTICIPATION. ANTICIPATION. 11,10,11,10,10,10. "Brethren, now are we the sons of
God: and It doth not yet appear what we shall be.""I John 3:2. ...
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Anticipation.
... THE SOUL. XXI. ANTICIPATION. Os gwelir fi, bechadur 7,6,7,6,7,6,7,6. If I, the
sin-benighted,. At length attain the goal,. O what will be the transport. ...
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Christ Foreseeing his Passion
... reverently listening to the words, sacred because of the Speaker, the theme, and
the circumstances, we note in them these things: His calm anticipation of the ...
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The Unknown To-Morrow
... which has for its object our preparation for probable duties and exigencies; not
for the purpose of repressing that trustful anticipation which, building on ...
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Salvation Nearer
... There are in Paul's letters passages which look both in the direction of that
anticipation, and in the other one of expecting to taste death. ...
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Hope Perfectly
... longer a pleasant dream, which may be all an illusion, indulgence in which is pretty
sure to sap a man's force, but it is a certain anticipation of certainties ...
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Servants and Stewards Here and Hereafter
... definition of a Christian. But the text reminds us of the specific form
which that future anticipation is to take. It is not for ...
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The Two Guests
... calm. But then, man looks before and after, and has the terrible gift that
by anticipation and by memory he can prolong the sadness. ...
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Experience, Resolve, and Hope
... At all events, I find in them three things: a sure anticipation, a firm
resolve, and a far-reaching hope. I. A sure anticipation. ...
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The Ideal Devout Life
... It is an anticipation of that most wonderful and highest of all the New Testament
truths which the Apostle declared when he said: 'I can do all things in ...
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Thesaurus

Anticipation (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision;
foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. ...
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Subapostolic
... In this connection occurs an anticipation of geographical discovery, when the author
writes (chapter xx) of "the impassable ocean and the worlds beyond it ...
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Sub-apostolic
... In this connection occurs an anticipation of geographical discovery, when the author
writes (chapter xx) of "the impassable ocean and the worlds beyond it ...
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Foretaste (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance;
anticipation. 2. (vt) To taste before full possession ...
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Logos
... HEBREW ANTICIPATION OF DOCTRINE 1. Word as Revelation of God 2. Suggestions of Personal
Distinctions in Deity 3. Theophanies 4. Wisdom 5. Targums III. ...
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Accommodation (1 Occurrence)
... Four specific points of connection involving the principles of prophetic anticipation
and historical realization in the career of Jesus are alleged by New ...
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Vowed (34 Occurrences)
... him, who have solemnly vowed that they will neither eat nor drink till they have
assassinated him; and even now they are ready, in anticipation of receiving ...
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Wait (223 Occurrences)
... It describes an eager anticipation and yearning for the revelation of truth
and love as it is in the Father. Thus: "My soul, wait thou.... ...
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Trust (201 Occurrences)
... trust. 3. (n.) Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or
contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief. 4. (n ...
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Restoration (4 Occurrences)
... By the time of Jesus the conception became more or less spiritualized, and the
anticipation of a new order in which the consequences of sin would no longer ...
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Bible Concordance

Anticipation (2 Occurrences)

Acts 23:21 I beg you not to comply; for more than forty men among them are lying in wait for him, who have solemnly vowed that they will neither eat nor drink till they have assassinated him; and even now they are ready, in anticipation of receiving that promise of you."
(WEY)

Ephesians 1:14 that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Anticipation

Related Terms

Subapostolic

Sub-apostolic

Foretaste (4 Occurrences)

Logos

Accommodation (1 Occurrence)

Vowed (34 Occurrences)

Wait (223 Occurrences)

Trust (201 Occurrences)

Restoration (4 Occurrences)