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Greek

2051. erizo -- to wrangle, strive
... wrangle, strive. Cognate: 2051 -- to contend; to confront (engage) in heated
debate that results in discord (needless strife). This ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5921. al -- upon, above, over
... 1), bordered* (1), care (1), carried (1), charge (31), charge* (1), command (1),
committed (1), concerning (97), concerning* (5), confront (1), confront* (1 ...
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5046. nagad -- to be conspicuous
... root Definition to be conspicuous NASB Word Usage answered (3), another (1), certainly
told (1), confess (1), confront* (1), declare (46), declared (13 ...
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6923. qadam -- to come or be in front, meet
... come or be in front, meet NASB Word Usage anticipate (1), before (2), come (2),
come to meet (1), come before (3), comes before (1), confront (3), confronted (4 ...
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6440. panim -- face, faces
... 3), attitude (2), awaits (1), battle* (1), because* (80), before (868), before the
in front (1), before* (137), condition (1), confront* (1), corresponding* (2 ...
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Library

You Say that You are not the Defender or the Champion of Origen ...
... 15. You say that you are not the defender or the champion of Origen; but I will
at once confront you with your own book of which you spoke in that notorious ...
/.../15 you say that you.htm

Gottlieb Shober.
... own reputation when they speak many evil things of me, in order to render me ridiculous,
and an object of persecution, and yet are unwilling to confront me and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bente/american lutheranism/gottlieb shober.htm

Joseph of Arimathea
... Others who are engaged in business, or in professional affairs, have sometimes to
confront doubtful practices which, though sanctioned by custom ...
/.../milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/joseph of arimathea.htm

Tennessee Justifying Her Procedure.
... Now as they have neglected to endeavor to convince us, why do they warn the people
against us, especially since they are not willing to confront us in a public ...
/.../bente/american lutheranism/tennessee justifying her procedure.htm

Lorimer -- the Fall of Satan
... to hell"; and yet these comparatively lucid passages suggest a world of mist and
shadow, which becomes filled with strange images when we confront the picture ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/lorimer the fall of.htm

All Mankind Guilty; Or, Every Man Knows More than He Practises.
... This being so, it is plain that we can confront the ungodly pagan with the same
statements with which we confront the ungodly nominal Christian. ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/all mankind guilty or every.htm

Public Speaking Phrases
... Among many examples. Among the distinguished guests who honor. Among the problems
that confront us. ... But, gentlemen, I must be done. But grave problems confront us ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section x public speaking phrases.htm

The Shout of Faith
... Our enemies are giants now just as truly as they were in Israel's day; and cities
as great as Jericho, with walls as high, confront us in our heavenly pathway. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 14 the shout of.htm

The Negative Side
... What differences of opinion exist concerning Church-truth and the ordinances!
What a variety of interpretations of prophecy now confront us! ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the law and the saint/the negative side.htm

Preliminary
... No doctrine of inerrancy, however, can explain away the puzzles which confront us,
for example, in the accounts of the creation as given us in the early ...
/.../mcconnell/understanding the scriptures/chapter i preliminary.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To stand in opposition; to oppose with firmness.

2. (v. t.) To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

3. (v. t.) To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

Thesaurus

Confront (15 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one
with the proofs of his wrong doing. ...Confront (15 Occurrences). ...
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Face (780 Occurrences)
... 17. (vt) To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the
purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an ...
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Oppose (29 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend
against; to confront; to resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in ...
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Front (327 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To appear before; to meet. 11. (vt) To face toward; to have the front
toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street. 12. ...
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Tekoa (12 Occurrences)
... 20:20) as the extreme edge of the inhabited area; here Jehoshaphat took counsel
before advancing into the wilderness of Judea to confront the Ammonites and ...
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Encounter (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly,
or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile ...
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Disappoint (2 Occurrences)
... changes the translation of the King James Version wherever "disappoint" is used
with an object: Job 5:12, "frustrateth"; Psalm 17:13, "confront him," the ...
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Meet (281 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely;
as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and ...
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Confronted (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Confront. Multi-Version Concordance
Confronted (7 Occurrences). Luke 20:1 It happened on ...
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Confounding (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Confront (15 Occurrences)

Exodus 8:20 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him,'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
(See NIV)

Exodus 9:13 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him,'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 31:21 It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore."
(See RSV)

Judges 14:4 But his father and his mother didn't know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 12:7 Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD, which He did to you and to your fathers.
(See NIV)

Job 21:31 Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?
(See NAS)

Job 30:27 My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.
(Root in DBY NAS NIV)

Job 33:5 If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.
(See NIV)

Psalms 17:13 Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 24:17 Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together; who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 20:4 Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 22:2 You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 23:36 Yahweh said moreover to me: Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare to them their abominations.
(See NIV)

Amos 9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.
(See JPS NAS)

Subtopics

Confront

Confrontation

Related Terms

Face (780 Occurrences)

Oppose (29 Occurrences)

Front (327 Occurrences)

Tekoa (12 Occurrences)