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Greek

3446. morphosis -- a forming, a form
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: morphosis Phonetic Spelling:
(mor'-fo-sis) Short Definition: form, outline Definition: form, outline, semblance ...
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Library

Jesus Christ Man in Truth, not in Semblance. ...
... Chapter XIV. Jesus Christ Man in Truth, not in Semblance.� Jesus Christ
Man in Truth, not in Semblance. [38.] But when we use ...
/.../vincent/the commonitory of vincent of lerins/chapter xiv jesus christ man.htm

Topic xii. If any one Says that Christ was Manifested in the World ...
... Topic XII. If any one says that Christ was manifested in the world only
in semblance� If any one says that Christ was manifested ...
/.../dubious or spurious writings of gregory thaumaturgus/topic xii if any one.htm

Whether the Dove in which the Holy Ghost Appeared was Real?
... Objection 1: It would seem that the dove in which the Holy Ghost appeared was not
real. For that seems to be a mere apparition which appears in its semblance. ...
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Whether Christ's Body is Truly There when Flesh or a Child Appears ...
... but in the semblance of a child, because it lies within the power of a glorified
body for it to be seen by a non-glorified eye either entirely or in part, and ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs body is truly.htm

Prophetic visions.
... Book IV. Chapter 34 [XXI.]"Prophetic Visions. Not every semblance of a
body is itself a body. Fall asleep and you will see this ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 34 xxi prophetic visions.htm

Psalm L.
... This thing also hear ye: "Out of Sion is the semblance of His beauty" (ver.2).
Evidently the Psalm doth agree with the Gospel, which saith, "Throughout all ...
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The Law of Change, or Mutation, Universal.
... So, too, the sea has an ill repute for honesty; while at one time, the breezes equably
swaying it, tranquillity gives it the semblance of probity, calm gives ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter ii the law of change.htm

Jesus Before Caiphas.
... the words he had uttered, the instructions he had given and the parables by which
he had illustrated his instructions, giving them the semblance of crimes. ...
/.../chapter viii jesus before caiphas.htm

Of the Knowledge of God, to which no Man Can Attain Save through ...
... his ears, so that atmospheric vibrations connect Him that makes with him that hears
the sound, nor even by means of a spiritual being with the semblance of a ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 2 of the knowledge of.htm

Inconsistency of Giving the Soul all the Parts of Sex and yet no ...
... For that form of the soul, whether masculine or feminine, which has the distinction
of members characteristic of man and woman, being no semblance merely of ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 32 inconsistency of giving the.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Likeness; resemblance, outward appearance; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.

Thesaurus

Semblance (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Likeness; resemblance, outward appearance; as, the
semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. ...Semblance (4 Occurrences). ...
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Dissemble (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To disguise or conceal one's true nature; to hide under a false semblance
or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an ...
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Appearance (126 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
4. (n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. ...
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Seeming (4 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Seem. 2. (a.) Having a semblance, whether with or without reality;
apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth. ...
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Show (1340 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. 11. (n.) Semblance; likeness;
appearance. 12. (n.) False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. 13. ...
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Untempered (5 Occurrences)
... They build up stories and make them plausible by an outward semblance to truth,
while, in fact, they are flimsy, unreliable prophecies, resembling the walls ...
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Judas (42 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays
under the semblance of friendship. 2. (a.) Treacherous; betraying. Int. ...
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Ghost (123 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a
glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea. ...
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Image (126 Occurrences)
... or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight;
a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance. ...
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Imitate (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities,
conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy. ...
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Bible Concordance

Semblance (4 Occurrences)

Psalms 39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them.
(See JPS)

Psalms 73:20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 52:14 As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 10:21 Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Semblance

Related Terms

Dissemble (2 Occurrences)

Appearance (126 Occurrences)

Seeming (4 Occurrences)

Show (1340 Occurrences)

Untempered (5 Occurrences)

Judas (42 Occurrences)

Ghost (123 Occurrences)

Image (126 Occurrences)