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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent.

2. (a.) Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property.

3. (a.) Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind.

4. (a.) Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner.

5. (a.) Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.

6. (a.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents.

7. (a.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions.

8. (a.) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party.

9. (n.) One who believes that an organized Christian church is complete in itself, competent to self-government, and independent of all ecclesiastical authority.

10. (n.) One who does not acknowledge an obligation to support a party's candidate under all circumstances; one who exercises liberty in voting.

Greek

166. aionios -- agelong, eternal
... simultaneously of time, of time, and beyond time -- ie what gives time its everlasting
meaning for the believer through faith, yet is also time-independent. ...
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4561. sarx -- flesh
... 2:20).]. 4561 () is generally negative, referring to making decisions (actions)
-- ie done (independent from inworking). Thus what ...
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842. autarkes -- self-sufficient, sufficient
... Phonetic Spelling: (ow-tar'-kace) Short Definition: self-sufficient, contented,
satisfied Definition: self-sufficient, contented, satisfied, independent. ...
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5565. choris -- separately, separate from
... Word Origin adverb akin to cheros (bereaved) Definition separately, separate from
NASB Word Usage apart (10), besides (2), independent (2), itself (1 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7771a. shoa -- independent, noble (in station)
... 7771, 7771a. shoa. 7771b . independent, noble (in station). Transliteration:
shoa Short Definition: generous. Word Origin from yasha ...
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7771. showa' -- independent, noble (in station)
... showa'. 7771a . independent, noble (in station). Transliteration: showa' Phonetic
Spelling: (sho'-ah) Short Definition: bountiful. bountiful, crying, rich ...
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4178. morat -- peeled
... Word Origin the same as marat, qv. peeled From yarat; obstinate, ie Independent --
peeled. see HEBREW yarat. 4177b, 4178. morat. 4179 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Independent and Happy Man.
... CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AND LIFE. 403. " The Independent and Happy Man.
403. LM Sir H. Wotton. The Independent and Happy Man. 1 ...
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Proposition iii: the one Independent Being must be Necessarily ...
... Proposition III: The one independent Being must be necessarily existing.
III. That unchangeable and independent Being, which has ...
/.../proposition iii the one independent.htm

Proposition ii: There must have Existed from Eternity one ...
... Proposition II: There must have existed from eternity one independent being. There
has existed from eternity, [3] some one unchangeable and independent being. ...
/.../ii proposition ii there must.htm

Now the Person in Each Declares the Independent Being and ...
... Section VIII. Now the person in each declares the independent being and subsistence.�
Now the person in each declares the independent being and subsistence. ...
/.../section viii now the person.htm

This Assurance, However, is not Produced by any Peculiar ...
... Fifth Head of Doctrine Article 10 This assurance, however, is not produced
by any peculiar revelation contrary to or independent of� ...
/.../various/the canons of dordt/article 10 this assurance however.htm

Summary of the Creed, or Rule of Faith no Questions ever Raised ...
... Raised About It by Believers. Heretics Encourage and Perpetuate Thought
Independent of Christ's Teaching. Now, with regard to this ...
/.../the prescription against heretics/chapter xiii summary of the creed.htm

The True Doctrine. Creation Out of Nothing, of God's Lavish Bounty ...
... Section 3. The true doctrine. Creation out of nothing, of God's lavish bounty of
being. Man created above the rest, but incapable of independent perseverance. ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 3 the true doctrine.htm

The Contents. The Introduction, Concerning the Causes of Atheism 1
... PROP. II. That there has existed from Eternity some one Immutable and Independent
Being 10. Of the Absolute Impossibility of an eternal ...
/.../the contents the introduction concerning.htm

That the Self-Existent Being Can be but One.
... Again: To suppose two (or more) distinct beings existing of themselves, necessarily,
and independent from each other, implies this plain contradiction; that ...
/.../vii proposition vii that the.htm

The First Letter.
... p.74,]"to suppose two or more different natures existing of themselves, necessarily
and independent from each other, implies this plain contradiction; that ...
/.../a discourse concerning the being and attributes of god/the first letter.htm

Thesaurus

Independent (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on
others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. ...
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Greece (15 Occurrences)
... Greece was conquered by the Romans BC 146. After passing through various
changes it was erected into an independent monarchy in 1831. ...
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Lot (145 Occurrences)
... of Abraham; but that this does not represent a variant tradition is proved by reference
to 14:12 of the same chapter (ascribed to "an independent source") and ...
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Volition
... carries in it the idea of "wish," "purpose," "volition." "Will" is also used as
an auxiliary of the future tense of other words, but the independent verb is ...
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Unchangeableness (1 Occurrence)
... As the One infinitely perfect and absolute or self-existent Being, God is exalted
far above the possibility of change, because He is independent, self-existent ...
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Unchangeable (4 Occurrences)
... As the One infinitely perfect and absolute or self-existent Being, God is exalted
far above the possibility of change, because He is independent, self-existent ...
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Liberal (11 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble;
independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit ...
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Individual (12 Occurrences)
... a human being; a person. 4. (n.) An independent, or partially independent,
zooid of a compound animal. 5. (n.) The product of a ...
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Sovereign (209 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to,
original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign ...
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Joseph (248 Occurrences)
... He will add," "And she called his name Joseph, saying, Yahweh add to me another
son"): I. THE JOSEPH STORY, A LITERARY QUESTION 1. An Independent Original or ...
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Bible Concordance

Independent (1 Occurrence)

1 Corinthians 11:11 Nevertheless, neither is the woman independent of the man, nor the man independent of the woman, in the Lord.
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Independent

Related Terms

Greece (15 Occurrences)

Lot (145 Occurrences)

Volition

Unchangeableness (1 Occurrence)

Unchangeable (4 Occurrences)

Liberal (11 Occurrences)

Individual (12 Occurrences)

Sovereign (209 Occurrences)

Joseph (248 Occurrences)