Bible Encyclopedia: Industrious

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Strong's Hebrew

4399. melakah -- occupation, work
... Word Usage anything (4), article made (1), business (4), cattle (1), craftsmanship
(3), details (1), duties (1), everything* (1), industrious* (1), laborer (1 ...
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6213. asah -- do, make
... finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant,
great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep ...
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6213a. asah -- do, make
... greedily (1), happen (1), happened (1), held (2), help (1), hold (1), imitate (1),
imparted (1), inclines (1), indeed perform (1), industrious* (1), inflict (1 ...
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Library

The Work of God's Spirit
... We are straightforward, simple people, who cannot feel fine fancies; if we can be
honest, and industrious, and good- natured, and sober, and strong, and healthy ...
/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon iv the work of.htm

True Prudence
... We must all be as prudent and industrious as we can; agreed. But does fretting make
us the least more prudent? Does anxiety make us the least more industrious? ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xxx true prudence.htm

Of a Religious State. ...
... For surely it was far from his meaning to apply the said privileges to any but
industrious souls, whose principal care is to purify themselves interiorly, and ...
/.../chapter iii of a religious.htm

The Hedge of Thorns and the Plain Way
... If it had been sufficient to shake off idleness and become industrious the text
would have run thus: "The way of the slothful is as an hedge of thorns: but the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the hedge of thorns and.htm

The Poor Debtor.
... these positions, if, from the pressure of the circumstances surrounding him as a
poor man and in debt, he had failed to be as active, industrious, and prudent ...
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The Anabaptists and Mennonites.
... Simons, a converted Roman Catholic priest, collected the scattered remnant of the
Anabaptists into a well-organized, peaceful, and industrious community in ...
/.../ 104 the anabaptists and.htm

The Creation of Terrestrial Animals.
... The ox is steady, the ass is lazy, the horse has strong passions, the wolf cannot
be tamed, the fox is deceitful, the stag timid, the ant industrious, the dog ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily ix the creation of.htm

The Appeal to Parliament, 1742-1749.
... Georgia. They were industrious, patient under the difficulties of a new
settlement, laborious beyond what could have been expected. ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xii the appeal to.htm

As a Child
... privation. This experience was a safeguard to Him. In His industrious life
there were no idle moments to invite temptation. No aimless ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 7 as a child.htm

Trials to be Met.
... pressure of present want. They are far from being industrious, and farther
still from anything like enterprise. Those nations that ...
/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter viii trials to be.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.

2. (a.) Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker.

Thesaurus

Industrious (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he
was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious...
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Diligent (33 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application
to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious. Int. ...
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Industry (5 Occurrences)

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Valor (45 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 11:28 The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young
man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of ...
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Unless (102 Occurrences)
... stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if
it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious...
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Jerobo'am (92 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour; and Solomon saw the
young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the ...
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Laborious (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Requiring perseverance or sacrifice; toilsome; tiresome. 2. (a.) Devoted
to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. ...
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Warrior (36 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 11:28 The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young
man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of ...
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Indulging (4 Occurrences)

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Exposed (39 Occurrences)
... (DBY NAS RSV NIV). Titus 2:5 industrious in their homes, kind, submissive to their
husbands, so that the Christian teaching may not be exposed to reproach. ...
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Bible Concordance

Industrious (2 Occurrences)

Titus 2:5 industrious in their homes, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the Christian teaching may not be exposed to reproach.
(WEY)

1 Kings 11:28 The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he put him in charge of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Industrious

Related Terms

Diligent (33 Occurrences)

Industry (5 Occurrences)

Valor (45 Occurrences)

Unless (102 Occurrences)

Jerobo'am (92 Occurrences)

Laborious (12 Occurrences)

Warrior (36 Occurrences)

Indulging (4 Occurrences)

Exposed (39 Occurrences)