Bible Dictionary: Exciting

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excite.

2. (a.) Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story.

Greek

700. aresko -- to please
... to please. Probably from airo (through the idea of exciting emotion); to be agreeable
(or by implication, to seek to be so) -- please. see GREEK airo. ...
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Library

This Certainty of Perseverance, However, is So Far from Exciting ...
... Fifth Head of Doctrine Article 12 This certainty of perseverance, however,
is so far from exciting in believers a spirit of� This ...
/.../various/the canons of dordt/article 12 this certainty of.htm

Acts XXIV
... (5) For we have found this man a pest, exciting sedition among all the Jews throughout
the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xxiv.htm

On Obedience to the Commands of God in General
... or assistance of grace, which is also called "co-operating and accompanying grace"
differs neither in kind nor efficacy from that exciting and moving grace ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lxx on obedience to.htm

What Can be More Distinct than this Statement? what could Possibly ...
... Such figures are resorted to by rhetoricians when they are afraid of offending
particular people, or when they wish to avoid exciting ill-will against ...
/.../29 what can be more.htm

Jesus Only
... of the transfiguration, nor the delectable company of the two great spirits who
appeared with Jesus, but the equally glorious, but less exciting society of ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 16 1870/jesus only.htm

Raising of Jairus's Daughter. --And of the Widow's Son at Nain.
... Had this been the case, he surely would have guarded against exciting hopes that
might be disappointed; he would have said, in words, that his expectations ...
/.../section 134 raising of jairuss.htm

Monotony and Crises
... And about both of them, the humdrum and the exciting, the monotonous and the startling,
the promise comes that if we walk in the path of Wisdom we shall not ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/monotony and crises.htm

The Story of Hazael
... God foresees. It seems as if the prophet's words had much to do in exciting
the ambitious desires which led to the crime. Hazael's ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the story of hazael.htm

On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
... He is really fleeing from his street because it is a great deal too exciting. It
is exciting because it is exacting; it is exacting because it is alive. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xiv on certain modern writers.htm

The Evolution of Language
... The second fact is even more important. The theatre of change is the actual world,
and the exciting cause something really happening in every-day life. ...
/.../the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter v the evolution of.htm

Thesaurus

Exciting (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excite. 2. (a.) Calling or rousing into action; producing
excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. ...Exciting (1 Occurrence). ...
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Irritation (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement;
stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially ...
/i/irritation.htm - 7k

Quiet (167 Occurrences)
... quiet conscience. 4. (a.) Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble;
not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented. 5. (a ...
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Voluptuous (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Full of delight or pleasure; exciting
sensual desires; luxurious; sensual; as, voluptuous beauty. ...
/v/voluptuous.htm - 7k

Joke (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive
(commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a ...
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Luke (4 Occurrences)
... He uses a few Latin words (Luke 12:6; 7:41; 8:30; 11:33; 19:20), but no Syriac or
Hebrew words except sikera, an exciting drink of the nature of wine, but not ...
/l/luke.htm - 55k

Loathsome (20 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust;
disgusting. Multi-Version Concordance Loathsome (20 Occurrences). ...
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Lustful (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Full of lust; excited by lust. 2. (a.) Exciting
lust; characterized by lust or sensuality. 3. (a.) Strong; lusty. ...
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Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)
... of "a" intense, and salagein, "to raise a disturbance or noise"; (3) from a compound
of the alpha privitive a- and selgo, or thelgo, "exciting disgust or ...
/l/lasciviousness.htm - 11k

Glad (421 Occurrences)
... or reason. 2. (superl.) Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing
or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. 3. (vt ...
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Bible Concordance

Exciting (1 Occurrence)

Acts 24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither exciting the people to sedition, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
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Subtopics

Exciting

Related Terms

Irritation (2 Occurrences)

Quiet (167 Occurrences)

Voluptuous (1 Occurrence)

Joke (1 Occurrence)

Luke (4 Occurrences)

Loathsome (20 Occurrences)

Lustful (10 Occurrences)

Lasciviousness (9 Occurrences)

Glad (421 Occurrences)