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Appropriate (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Suitable for a particular use; fit; proper;
as, appropriate language or attire. ...Appropriate (19 Occurrences). ...
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Fitting (29 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. ... Luke 15:32 But it was appropriate to
celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. ...
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Improper (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Not proper; not appropriate; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or
end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an ...
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Innocents (2 Occurrences)
... in Numbers 24:7 Psalm 72:15 Isaiah 60:6, and numerous references to the ingathering
of the Gentiles there are such beautiful and appropriate passages to link ...
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Function (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable
organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of ...
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Toss (13 Occurrences)
... Toss (13 Occurrences). Matthew 15:26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to
take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." (See NIV). ...
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Dogs (30 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread
and throw it to the dogs." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Devour (118 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly;
to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate. ...
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Massacre (1 Occurrence)
... in Numbers 24:7 Psalm 72:15 Isaiah 60:6, and numerous references to the ingathering
of the Gentiles there are such beautiful and appropriate passages to link ...
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Praetorian (2 Occurrences)
... and in this alone can it be safely affirmed that the apostle would hear the word
praetorium used daily," and that this sense is in all respects appropriate. ...
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Bible Concordance

Appropriate (19 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
(WEB)

Mark 7:27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
(WEB)

Luke 15:32 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"
(WEB)

Acts 6:2 The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.
(WEB)

Acts 26:20 but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. a perverse and crooked generation.
(See NAS)

1 Corinthians 7:35 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
(WEB NAS)

1 Corinthians 11:13 Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?
(WEB)

1 Corinthians 16:4 If it is appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me.
(WEB)

Ephesians 5:4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
(WEB)

2 Thessalonians 1:3 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
(WEB WEY)

1 Timothy 2:10 but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.
(See NIV)

Philemon 1:8 Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
(WEB)

Genesis 49:28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 8:26 Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
(WEB)

Ezra 4:14 Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not appropriate for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and informed the king;
(WEB)

Proverbs 11:24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
(WEB)

Proverbs 19:10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
(WEB)

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
(See NAS)

Ecclesiastes 10:17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, and thy princes eat in due season, in strength, and not in drunkenness!
(See NAS)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Suitable for a particular use; fit; proper; as, appropriate language or attire. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable;

2. (v. t.) To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

3. (v. t.) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

4. (v. t.) To make suitable; to suit.

5. (v. t.) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

6. (n.) A property; attribute.

Greek

1860. epaggelia -- a summons, a promise
... 1860 (a feminine noun comprised of 1909 , "appropriately " and , "announce") --
a which literally "announces what is fitting" (apt, appropriate). ...
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1893. epei -- when, because
... composed of 1909, ", fitting" and 1487 , "if, which assumes the premise is ") --
properly, aptly if, introducing something to be , ie as appropriate to what is ...
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1967. epiousios -- for the coming day, for subsistence
... 1967 (from 1909 , ", fitting" and 3776 , "being, substance") -- properly, aptly
substantive, appropriate to what is "coming on" (happening), ie (apt) for the ...
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1921. epiginosko -- to know exactly, to recognize
... Both uses of 1921 () work in conjunction with the Greek adverb, 2531 ("to the extent
of)." The "appropriate (apt)" knowledge matches the envisioned "contact ...
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1933. epieikes -- seemly, equitable, yielding
... gentle, moderation, patient. From epi and eiko; appropriate, ie (by implication)
mild -- gentle, moderation, patient. see GREEK epi. see GREEK eiko. ...
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1598. ekpeirazo -- to test thoroughly, tempt
... tempt") -- properly, test , ie with the of testing to an (unwarranted) degree;
"hyper-test," going to improper measures which exceed appropriate boundaries and ...
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1867. epaineo -- to praise
... Cognate: 1867 (from 1909 , ", fitting" which intensifies 134 , "to praise") -- to
praise in a fitting (apt) manner, ie as appropriate (adequate) to the ...
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2111. euthetos -- well-placed, ie ready for use
... useful, suitable. From eu and a derivative of tithemi; well placed, ie (figuratively)
appropriate -- fit, meet. see GREEK eu. see GREEK tithemi. ...
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4793. sugkrino -- to combine, compare
... From sun and krino; to judge of one thing in connection with another, ie Combine
(spiritual ideas with appropriate expressions) or collate (one person with ...
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2271. hesuchia -- stillness
... quiet, stillness") -- quietness, implying calm; for the believer, 2271 () is used
of their which includes an inner tranquility that supports appropriate action ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1903. hagin -- perhaps appropriate, suitable.
... 1902, 1903. hagin. 1904 . perhaps appropriate, suitable. ... Word Origin from an
unused word Definition perhaps appropriate, suitable. directly ...
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3303. yapheh -- fair, beautiful
... Word Origin from yaphah Definition fair, beautiful NASB Word Usage appropriate
(1), beautiful (28), beautiful one (2), fair (1), fitting (1), handsome (4 ...
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Library

Whether the Rite of this Sacrament is Appropriate?
... CONFIRMATION (Q ) Whether the rite of this sacrament is appropriate? Objection
1: It seems that the rite of this sacrament is not appropriate. ...
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Whether the Institution of this Sacrament was Appropriate?
... OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the institution
of this sacrament was appropriate? Objection 1: It seems ...
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Our Present Sacred Writings were Soon Distinguished by Appropriate ...
... PART I. SECTION IV. Our present Sacred Writings were soon distinguished
by appropriate names and titles of respect.� Our present ...
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Whether Isidore's Division of Human Laws is Appropriate?
... OF HUMAN LAW (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether Isidore's division of human laws is appropriate? ...
Therefore this division of human laws is not appropriate. ...
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Whether Isidore's Description of the Quality of Positive Law is ...
... OF HUMAN LAW (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether Isidore's description of the quality
of positive law is appropriate? Objection 1: It would ...
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Whatever Has Been Rightly Said by the Heathen, we must Appropriate ...
... Book II. Chapter 40."Whatever Has Been Rightly Said by the Heathen, We
Must Appropriate to Our Uses. 60. Moreover, if those who ...
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That Divine and Heavenly Things are Appropriately Revealed, Even ...
... theologians ought, when they have come to the bodily representation of creatures
altogether without body, to represent and display them by appropriate and, as ...
/.../dionysius/on the heavenly hierarchy/caput ii that divine and.htm

External Form of the New Testament.
... itself in any general division. 2. The order of these main divisions is
natural and appropriate. The gospel, as was remarked at ...
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Concerning the Same.
... rest. Or rather those names are most appropriate to Him which are derived
from what is most precious and most akin to Himself. That ...
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1 Cor. xv. 35, 36
... And see how he uses expressions appropriate to the purpose he had in view: thus,
"it is not quickened," saith he, "except it die." Leaving, you see, the terms ...
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Subtopics

Appropriate

Related Terms

Fitting (29 Occurrences)

Improper (3 Occurrences)

Innocents (2 Occurrences)

Function (4 Occurrences)

Toss (13 Occurrences)

Dogs (30 Occurrences)

Devour (118 Occurrences)

Massacre (1 Occurrence)

Praetorian (2 Occurrences)