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Greek

4242. presbeia -- age, seniority
... seniority. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: presbeia Phonetic Spelling:
(pres-bi'-ah) Short Definition: an embassy, delegation Definition: an ...
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Library

The Anglican and Protestant Episcopal Churches and the Orthodox ...
... The Lambeth Conference of 1930 was visited by 'the most weighty delegation ever
sent by the Orthodox Eastern Church to any Western Church,' [2262] and it was ...
/.../iv the anglican and protestant.htm

Chapter xxxii
... A delegation, acknowledging Esau as one entitled to receive reports about one who
is about to enter the land such a delegation may produce goodwill on the part ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxii.htm

General Conference of 1824
... to the other.". Among other things which engaged the attention of this
conference, was the subject of a lay delegation. This came ...
/.../chapter 7 general conference of.htm

The Westminster Standards in America.
... be open enemies to the Church, the ministers of Christ, of themselves, by virtue
of their office; or they, with other fit persons, upon delegation from their ...
/.../ 98 the westminster standards.htm

Prefatory Note.
... be found Bishop Williams's sermon preached at the commemoration in Aberdeen in October,
1884, with an account of the part which the delegation from Connecticut ...
/.../various/the sermons and addresses at the seabury centenary/prefatory note.htm

The Bishop's Reply.
... I cannot express to you, my dear brother and my dear brethren, the thankfulness"
and I think I may speak for my brethren of the delegation to Scotland"with ...
/.../the sermons and addresses at the seabury centenary/the bishops reply.htm

Things which are Characteristic of Mark.
... the testimony of His forerunner to the Divine dignity of the One he had come to
herald; then we have described a visit to John of a delegation sent from ...
/.../pink/why four gospels/ii things which are characteristic.htm

Now There were Few Barriers Between the Emperor and the People. .. ...
... Now go, I beg of you, and leave me to my work.". A delegation of Jews"petty
merchants of the Trastevere"were leaving as Vergilius entered. ...
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Introduction
... One of these had to do with the collection of copies of Ignatius' letters and also
with the delegation of Church representatives which Ignatius had requested ...
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The North Carolina Synod.
... congregations in Rowan Co. and in Mecklenburg Co., sent a delegation to England,
Holland, and Germany, asking for assistance. The result was ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/bente/american lutheranism/the north carolina synod.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

2. (n.) One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

3. (n.) A kind of notation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him.

Thesaurus

Delegation (5 Occurrences)
... or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress,
etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts ...
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Shushan (19 Occurrences)
... See Perrot et Chipiez, Histoire de l'art dans l'antiquite, volume V, Perse, 1890;
de Morgan, Delegation en Perse (Memoires), 1900, etc.; Histoire et travaux de ...
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Ulai (2 Occurrences)
... LITERATURE See Delegation en Perse: Memoires, I, Recherches Archeologiques, 25;.
TG Pinches. Multi-Version Concordance Ulai (2 Occurrences). ...
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Deliberate (2 Occurrences)

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Delegates (1 Occurrence)

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Deputation (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party,
or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a ...
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Mission (14 Occurrences)
... a commission. 3. (n.) Persons sent; any number of persons appointed to
perform any service; a delegation; an embassy. 4. (n.) An ...
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Pashhur (12 Occurrences)
... side" (maghor miccabhibh) is to take the place of "stable strength" (Jeremiah
20:3). (2) Son of Melchiah, a prince of Judah, and one of the delegation sent by ...
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Pashur (12 Occurrences)
... side" (maghor miccabhibh) is to take the place of "stable strength" (Jeremiah
20:3). (2) Son of Melchiah, a prince of Judah, and one of the delegation sent by ...
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Code (6 Occurrences)
... of laws of King Hammurabi, and published this characteristic discovery as early
as 1902 in the official report of the expedition: Delegation en Perse (Tome IV ...
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Bible Concordance

Delegation (5 Occurrences)

Luke 14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
(See NAS NIV)

Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying,'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
(See NAS NIV)

Joshua 9:4 they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins, old and torn and bound up,
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 10:2 David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me." So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 19:2 David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me." So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Delegation

Related Terms

Shushan (19 Occurrences)

Ulai (2 Occurrences)

Deliberate (2 Occurrences)

Delegates (1 Occurrence)

Deputation (3 Occurrences)

Mission (14 Occurrences)

Pashhur (12 Occurrences)

Pashur (12 Occurrences)

Code (6 Occurrences)