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Ardent (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Hot or burning; passionate; fervent; as, an ardent concern; causing a sensation
of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ...
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Warm (25 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper;
zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. ...
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Ardently (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth;
affectionately; passionately. Multi-Version Concordance Ardently (2 Occurrences). ...
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Strong (736 Occurrences)
... 9. (superl.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a
strong Whig or Tory. 10. ... 15. (superl.) Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. 16. ...
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Vote (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
2. (n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or ...
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Vehement (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Very ardent; very eager or urgent; very
fervent; passionate; as, a vehement affection or passion. ...
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Zealous (40 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Filled with, or characterized by, zeal;
warmly engaged, or ardent, in behalf of an object. 2. (a ...
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Zeal (45 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person
or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. ...
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Jealousy (54 Occurrences)
... When jealousy is attributed to men, the sense is sometimes good, and sometimes bad.
In the good sense, it refers to an ardent concern for God's honor. ...
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Lukewarm (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not
ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Bible Concordance

Ardent (7 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 7:7 and not by his coming only, but also through the encouragement with which he was encouraged as to you; relating to us your ardent desire, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I the more rejoiced.
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2 Corinthians 7:11 For, behold, this same thing, your being grieved according to God, how much diligence it wrought in you, but what excusing of yourselves, but what indignation, but what fear, but what ardent desire, but what zeal, but what vengeance: in every way ye have proved yourselves to be pure in the matter.
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2 Corinthians 9:14 and in their supplication for you, full of ardent desire for you, on account of the exceeding grace of God which is upon you.
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Genesis 30:38 And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink.
(DBY)

Genesis 30:39 And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
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Genesis 30:41 And it came to pass whensoever the strong cattle were ardent, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might become ardent among the rods;
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Proverbs 26:23 Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Hot or burning; passionate; fervent; as, an ardent concern; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.

2. (a.) Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.

3. (a.) Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.

Greek

3804. pathema -- that which befalls one, ie a suffering, a passion
... emotion, like suffering") -- properly, the capacity and privilege of experiencing
strong feeling; , deep emotion, like agony, passion (ardent desire), suffering ...
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Library

The Fourteenth Chapter: the Ardent Longing of Devout Men for the ...
... BOOK FOUR. AN INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION The Fourteenth Chapter: The Ardent
Longing of Devout Men for the Body of Christ. The Disciple ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the fourteenth chapter the ardent.htm

Modern Examples of Prayer (Continued)
... Here is another record of her ardent and faithful praying: "Lately, I have been
favoured with a more ardent spirit of praying than almost ever formerly.". ...
/.../bounds/the weapon of prayer/xii modern examples of prayer.htm

The Seventeenth Chapter: the Burning Love and Strong Desire to ...
... WITH greatest devotion and ardent love, with all affection and fervor of heart I
wish to receive You, O Lord, as many saints and devout persons, most pleasing ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the seventeenth chapter the burning.htm

Of Fervent Love and Vehement Desire of Receiving Christ
... and devout persons have desired Thee in communicating, who were altogether well
pleasing to Thee by their sanctity of life, and dwelt in all ardent devotion. ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xvii of fervent love.htm

How the Mingling of Love and Sorrow Takes Place in Contrition.
... into a certain water which is called almost everywhere aquavitæ, which so easily
takes and augments fire that in many places it is also termed ardent; so the ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xx how the mingling.htm

In the Nineteenth Year of his Age (His Father Having Died Two ...
... 8. How ardent was I then, my God, how ardent to fly from earthly things to Thee!
Nor did I know how Thou wouldst deal with me. For with Thee is wisdom. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter iv in the nineteenth year.htm

Whether Adultery is Determinate Species of Lust, Distinct from the ...
... Now every kind of lust includes a too ardent love. Therefore adultery is in every
kind of lust: and consequently it should not be reckoned a species of lust. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether adultery is determinate species.htm

To Brother Bartolomeo Dominici of the Order of the Preachers when ...
... servants of Jesus Christ, write and send comfort in His precious Blood, with desire
to see you kindled, on fire, and consumed in His most ardent charity, since ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother bartolomeo dominici of.htm

On the Feast of St Mary Magdalene
... the beloved Mary Magdalene; so that God may work His wonderful works in you, according
to His dear Will, and may pour out upon you His fervent, ardent Love and ...
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Devotion to God.
... Devotion to God implies ardent affection for him"a yielding of the heart to him
with reverence, faith, and piety in every act, particularly in prayer and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/devotion to god.htm

Subtopics

Ardent

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Warm (25 Occurrences)

Ardently (2 Occurrences)

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Vehement (10 Occurrences)

Zealous (40 Occurrences)

Zeal (45 Occurrences)

Jealousy (54 Occurrences)

Lukewarm (1 Occurrence)