Bible Encyclopedia: Agent

Jump to: Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Library • Subtopics • Terms

Greek

3316. mesites -- an arbitrator, a mediator
... Spelling: (mes-ee'-tace) Short Definition: a mediator, go-between Definition: (a)
a mediator, intermediary, (b) a go-between, arbiter, agent of something good. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3316.htm - 7k

4233. praktor -- one who does or accomplishes
... 4233 -- properly, a finance agent; "a bailiff or constable" working in a court
in antiquity (); "an officer (usher) of the court" (Souter). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4233.htm - 7k

3623. oikonomos -- the manager of a household
... and the base of nomos; a house-distributor (ie Manager), or overseer, ie An employee
in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3623.htm - 7k

1783. enteuxis -- a petition, ie spec. supplication
... (see Thayer, 5177 ). Thus biblical intercession centers in waiting upon the Lord
to learn what (is His will) -- ie guiding the believer to act as His agent. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1783.htm - 8k

Library

A Free Agent Enslaved.
... May we Pray With Assurance for the Conversion of Our Loved Ones A Free Agent
Enslaved. One of the questions that is more often asked ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/a free agent enslaved.htm

Whether God Works in Every Agent?
... OF THE CHANGE OF CREATURES BY GOD (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether God works in every agent?
Objection 1: It would seem that God does not work in every agent. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether god works in every.htm

That the Self-Existent Being must be a Free Agent.
... IX. Proposition IX. That the self-existent being must be a free agent.
The self-existent and original cause of all things, is not ...
/.../ix proposition ix that the.htm

Heracleon's view that the Logos is not the Agent of Creation.
... Book II. 8. Heracleon's View that the Logos is Not the Agent of Creation.
It was, I consider, a violent and unwarranted procedure ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/8 heracleons view that the.htm

Adorable and Eternal God! Hast Thou Made Me a Free Agent! and ...
... THE FOURTH CENTURY 43 O Adorable and Eternal God! Hast Thou made me a free agent! ...
O Adorable and Eternal God! Hast Thou made me a free agent! ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/43 o adorable and eternal.htm

Christ as Righteousness; as the Demiurge, the Agent of the Good ...
... Book I. 40. Christ as Righteousness; As the Demiurge, the Agent of the
Good God, and as High-Priest. Having expiscated the "to us ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of john/40 christ as righteousness as.htm

Whether God is the Final Cause of all Things?
... end. Objection 2: Further, the end of generation, and the form of the
thing generated, and the agent cannot be identical (Phys. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether god is the final.htm

Whether Holy Men who are not Priests have the Keys?
... I answer that, There is this difference between a principal and an instrumental
agent, that the latter does not produce, in the effect, its own likeness, but ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether holy men who are.htm

Whether There is Only one Moral virtue?
... stated above ([1552]Q[54], A[2]). Again, the species of the object of appetite,
as of any thing, depends on its specific form which it receives from the agent. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether there is only one 5.htm

Whether Good Can be the Cause of Evil?
... For a heavy thing is not moved upwards except by some impelling force; nor
does an agent fail in its action except from some impediment. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether good can be the.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

2. (n.) One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

3. (n.) One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one entrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

4. (n.) An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.

Thesaurus

Agent (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect;
as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent. ...
/a/agent.htm - 8k

Agency (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and
his agent; business of one entrusted with the concerns of another. ...
/a/agency.htm - 8k

Effect (173 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A result brought about by a cause or agent; a
consequence; as, a law goes into effect; sun has a negative effect on skin. ...
/e/effect.htm - 40k

Destroyer (23 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Exodus 12:23), the agent employed in the killing of
the first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Comp. ...
/d/destroyer.htm - 16k

Chance (78 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a
force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified. ...
/c/chance.htm - 37k

Exaltation (9 Occurrences)
... egz-ol-ta'-shun: I. THE RESURRECTION 1. Its Glorification of Christ 2. Resurrection
Body-Identity, Change, Present Locality 3. The Agent of the Resurrection II ...
/e/exaltation.htm - 27k

Divination (25 Occurrences)
... Artificial divination depends on the skill of the agent in reading and
in interpreting certain signs called omens. See AUGURY. In ...
/d/divination.htm - 45k

Doer (25 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt & i.) One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to
act; an actor; an agent. 2. (vt & i.) An agent or attorney; a factor. ...
/d/doer.htm - 14k

Minister (150 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A servant; a subordinate; an officer or
assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument. ...
/m/minister.htm - 40k

Medicine (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent;
a remedy; physic. 3. (n.) A philter or love potion. 4. (n.) A physician. ...
/m/medicine.htm - 11k

Bible Concordance

Agent (4 Occurrences)

Romans 13:4 for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
(See NIV)

Galatians 2:17 But if while we are seeking in Christ acquittal from guilt we ourselves are convicted of sin, Christ then encourages us to sin! No, indeed.
(See RSV)

Nehemiah 11:24 Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 28:2 See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Agent

Related Terms

Agency (4 Occurrences)

Effect (173 Occurrences)

Destroyer (23 Occurrences)

Chance (78 Occurrences)

Exaltation (9 Occurrences)

Divination (25 Occurrences)

Doer (25 Occurrences)

Minister (150 Occurrences)

Medicine (4 Occurrences)