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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DESTINY, (MENI)

des'-ti-ni: A god of Good Luck, possibly the Pleiades.

See ASTROLOGY, 10; MENI.

Greek

444. anthropos -- a man, human, mankind
... 444 () relates to genders (male and female) as both are created in the image of
God -- each vested with individual personhood and destiny (cf. Gal 3:28). ...
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1658. eleutheros -- free, ie not a slave or not under restraint
... obligation. 1658 (an adjective) -- properly, (), unbound (unshackled);
(figuratively) free to realize one's destiny . Word Origin a prim. ...
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3202. mempsimoiros -- complaining of one's fate
... Phonetic Spelling: (mem-psim'-oy-ros) Short Definition: discontented, complaining
Definition: blaming one's lot or destiny, discontented, complaining. ...
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5053. teleutao -- to complete, to come to an end, hence to die
... 5053 () focuses on reaching the . Figuratively, 5053 ("come to closure")
means reaching one's everlasting destiny (good or bad). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1486. goral -- a lot (for casting)
... lot, portion, destiny. Or (shortened) goral {go-ral'}; from an unused root
meaning to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, ie ...
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4507. Meni -- "award," a heathen god
... 4506c, 4507. Meni. 4508 . "award," a heathen god. Transliteration: Meni
Phonetic Spelling: (men-ee') Short Definition: destiny. ...
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Library

Destiny.
... Homily IV. Chapter XIII."Destiny. "And others introduce an unforeseeing
destiny, as if all things revolved of their own accord ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xiii destiny.htm

The Destiny of Man
... CHAPTER XXVIII. The Destiny of Man. 104. Consequently, God would have willed
to preserve even the first man in that state of salvation ...
/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xxviii the destiny of.htm

Refutation of the views of the Heretics as to the Future Destiny ...
... Against Heresies: Book II Chapter XXIX."Refutation of the views of the
heretics as to the future destiny of the soul and body. ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxix refutation of the views.htm

Several Other Things Turned against the Same Mathematicians.
... If destiny [2754] leads one on to kill a man, and to stain his hands with murder,
and the law forbids this, punishing criminals, and by threats restrains the ...
/.../chapter xvi several other things turned.htm

The Principle of Life in the Creature.
... We have seen that the work of the Holy Spirit consists in leading all creation
to its destiny, the final purpose of which is the glory of God. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/v the principle of life.htm

Eighteenth Lesson Whose is this Image?'
... Whose is this image?' Or, Prayer in Harmony with the Destiny of Man. ... Nowhere more
truly than in man himself. The image he bears decides his destiny. ...
/.../murray/with christ in the school of prayer/eighteenth lesson whose is this.htm

A Funeral Oration.
... Like that leaf, which was the hope of spring, the pride and glory of summer, we
are rudely torn away, the sport of destiny, to return to the elements of nature ...
/.../a funeral oration.htm

God's Sovereignty and Prayer
... "Human destiny" is settled not by the will of man, but by the will of God.
That which determines human destiny is whether or not ...
/.../pink/the sovereignty of god/chapter nine gods sovereignty and.htm

Even Unburied Bodies Will be Raised Again Whatever Befalls them ...
... For either there is here no reference to the destiny of man"in the gracious provision
of the kingdom (of heaven), in the severity of the judgment-day, in all ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xxxii even unburied bodies will.htm

Concerning the Choosing of a Day for Marriage, or for Planting, or ...
... He made, therefore, a destiny which he did not have before, and from that destiny
of his own making something began to be fatal which was not contained in the ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 7 concerning the choosing of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

2. (n.) The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

Topical Bible Verses

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
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Romans 8:29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
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Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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Galatians 3:27
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
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Thesaurus

Destiny (6 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DESTINY, (MENI). des'-ti-ni: A god of Good Luck,
possibly the Pleiades. ... Multi-Version Concordance Destiny (6 Occurrences). ...
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Meni (1 Occurrence)
... (AV, "that number;" RV, "destiny"), probably an idol which the captive Israelites
worshipped after the example of the Babylonians. ...DESTINY, (MENI). ...
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Doom (15 Occurrences)
... condemnation. 2. (vt) That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or
fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. 3. (vt) Ruin; death. ...
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Fortune (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any
particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune. ...
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Immortal (3 Occurrences)
... are calmly weighed, they amount to no more than a proof that man is constituted
for immortality; they do not afford a guarantee that this destiny might not be ...
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Chance (78 Occurrences)
... Note, it was no Israelite, but who said this. "That prepare a table for Fortune,
and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny" ("fate," Isaiah 65:11). ...
/c/chance.htm - 37k

Immortality (6 Occurrences)
... are calmly weighed, they amount to no more than a proof that man is constituted
for immortality; they do not afford a guarantee that this destiny might not be ...
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Gad (78 Occurrences)
... "But ye that forsake Yahweh, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table
for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny; I will destine you to ...
/g/gad.htm - 49k

Mouth (534 Occurrences)
... There was the ancient national hope which revolved around the destiny of
Israel. Alongside of it existed a transcendental form of ...
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Destitute (25 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Destiny (6 Occurrences)

Psalms 49:13 This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
(WEB)

Psalms 73:17 Until I entered God's sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 9:2 Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 65:11 "But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Destiny

Related Terms

Meni (1 Occurrence)

Doom (15 Occurrences)

Fortune (7 Occurrences)

Immortal (3 Occurrences)

Chance (78 Occurrences)

Immortality (6 Occurrences)

Gad (78 Occurrences)

Mouth (534 Occurrences)

Destitute (25 Occurrences)