Bible Dictionary: Concession

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of yielding to a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.

2. (n.) A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.

Greek

3303. men -- shows affirmation or concession
... shows affirmation or concession. Part of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive Particle
Transliteration: men Phonetic Spelling: (men) Short Definition: truly, indeed ...
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3303a. men -- shows affirmation or concession
... 3303, 3303a. men. 3303b . shows affirmation or concession. Transliteration:
men Short Definition: some. Word Origin a synonym of ...
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4774. suggnome -- confession, fellow feeling
... Feminine Transliteration: suggnome Phonetic Spelling: (soong-gno'-may) Short Definition:
permission, indulgence Definition: permission, indulgence, concession. ...
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3962. pater -- a father
... Just as in the NT, the OT never speaks of universal fatherhood of God toward
men (see. GB Steven's concession, , p 70; see p 68) ( 1, 6). ...
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5485. charis -- grace, kindness
... word Definition grace, kindness NASB Word Usage blessing (1), concession (1), credit
(3), favor (11), gift (1), grace (122), gracious (2), gracious work (3 ...
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Library

Some Laws Given by Concession to Human Weakness.
... Book XIV. 23. Some Laws Given by Concession to Human Weakness. But, even if
we have seemed to touch on things too deep for our capacity ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/23 some laws given by.htm

Problems of Casuistry
... Therefore one could, as I said, consider this not a sin, had the apostle not added,
"But I say this as a concession, not as a rule." Who, then, denies that it ...
/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xxi problems of casuistry.htm

Journey to Jerusalem. Concerning Divorce.
... to be done by giving a writing) men to put away their wives because at the time
when the law was given the wickedness of men made such a concession beneficial. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcviii journey to jerusalem concerning.htm

If the Female virgins are to be Thus Conspicuous, Why not the Male ...
... Sure we are that the Holy Spirit could rather have made some such concession to
males, if He had made it to females; forasmuch as, besides the authority of sex ...
/.../tertullian/on the veiling of virgins/chapter x if the female virgins.htm

Carey's Christian University for the People of India
... The Danish charter"The British treaty"Growth of native Christian community"Lord
Minto's concession of self-governing privileges"Madras Decennial ...
/.../smith/the life of william carey/chapter xv careys christian university.htm

Divorce
... for natural relentings. But after all, Jesus declared that divorce was only
a concession to their hardness of heart. Thus we learn ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 10 1-12 divorce.htm

On the Fourth Command in the Decalogue
... The explanation contains two things: (1.) A concession or grant, that men may spend
six days in labours belonging to the natural life and its sustenance; this ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lxxvii on the fourth.htm

The Marcionites Depreciate the Creation, Which, However, is a ...
... Footnotes: [2472] This is an ironical concession from the Marcionite side. [2473]
Another concession. [2474] Tertullian's rejoinder. [2475] De isto. ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xiii the marcionites depreciate the.htm

St. Paul Quite in Accordance with St. Peter and Other Apostles of ...
... I apprehend not. They therefore gave way (in a partial concession), because
there were persons whose weak faith required consideration. ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter iii st paul quite in.htm

Appendix iii. Rabbinic views as to the Lawfulness of Images ...
... Ab. Z.43 b). But this already marks a concession, accorded apparently
to a celebrated Rabbi, who had such a ring. Still further ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix iii rabbinic views as.htm

Thesaurus

Concession (2 Occurrences)
... a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession
to build a canal. Multi-Version Concordance Concession (2 Occurrences). ...
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Concede (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. 3. (vt) To admit
to be true; to acknowledge. 4. (vi) To yield or make concession. ...
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As (39600 Occurrences)
... 5. (adv. & conj.) Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning). ...
(4) Cause (1 Corinthians 4:1). (5) Concession (John 7:10 2 Corinthians 11:21). ...
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Woman (4043 Occurrences)
... Its free extension to include any marital infelicity met the stern rebuke of Jesus,
who declared that at the best it was a concession to human infirmity and ...
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Grant (87 Occurrences)
... concede. 4. (vi) To assent; to consent. 5. (n.) The act of granting; a bestowing
or conferring; concession; allowance; permission. 6 ...
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Indulge (12 Occurrences)
... or in pleasure. 4. (vt) To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or
in compliance with a wish or request. 5. (vi) To indulge ...
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Indeed (628 Occurrences)
... sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting concession
or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c) Denoting ...
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Retract (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. 5. (vi)
To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. ...
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Conciliate (1 Occurrence)

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Concert (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Concession (2 Occurrences)

Acts 25:3 asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; plotting to kill him on the way.
(See NAS)

1 Corinthians 7:6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Concession

Related Terms

Concede (1 Occurrence)

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