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511. anoteros -- higher
... higher. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anoteros Phonetic Spelling:
(an-o'-ter-os) Short Definition: higher, to a more honorable place, previously ...
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5591. psuchikos -- natural, of the soul or mind
... ie behavior that is "more of (carnality) than heaven." 5591 () then sometimes stands
in contrast to 4152 ("spiritual") -- the higher, spiritual aspect of ...
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375. anapempo -- to send up
... to send up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anapempo Phonetic Spelling:
(an-ap-em'-po) Short Definition: I send up to a higher tribunal, I send back ...
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510. anoterikos -- upper
... upper. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anoterikos Phonetic Spelling:
(an-o-ter-ee-kos') Short Definition: upper, higher-lying Definition: upper ...
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2596. kata -- down, against, according to
... 2596 (a preposition, governing two grammatical cases) -- properly, "down from, ie
from a higher to a lower plane, with special reference to the terminus (end ...
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1715. emprosthen -- before, in front of (in place or time)
... Word Origin from en and pros Definition before, in front of (in place or time) NASB
Word Usage ahead (5), before (28), front (4), higher rank (2), presence (4 ...
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3741. hosios -- righteous, pious, holy
... God. 3741 (a primitive word, ) -- properly, what is sanctioned by a higher
law (especially divine law), ie () and hence (). [3741 ...
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2529. kathorao -- to discern clearly
... 2529 (from 2596 , "down," which intensifies 3708 , "to look") -- properly, look
(from a higher vantage point), ie see , (used only in Ro 1:20). ...
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2851. kolasis -- correction
... 1 Jn 4:17,18: " 17 By this, love is [brought to its higher stages] with us, so that
we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also ...
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3547. nomodidaskalos -- a teacher of the law
... the Bible. [3547 () implies someone with even higher authority than 3544 () --
ie teaching other "Scripture-lawyers."]. Word Origin ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6708. tsechichi -- higher place
... tsechichi. 6709 . higher place. Transliteration: tsechichi Phonetic Spelling:
(tsekh-ee-khee') Short Definition: place. Word Origin see tsachiach. higher place ...
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6706. tsachiach -- a shining or glaring surface
... higher place, top. From tsachach; glaring, ie Exposed to the bright sun -- higher
place, top. see HEBREW tsachach. 6705, 6706. tsachiach. 6707 . ...
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1364. gaboah -- high, exalted
... Word Origin from gabah Definition high, exalted NASB Word Usage haughtiness (1),
haughty (2), high (22), higher officials (1), lofty (1), long (1), longer (1 ...
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1361b. gabah -- to be high, exalted
... root Definition to be high, exalted NASB Word Usage build high (1), exalt (2), exalted
(4), haughty (4), high (4), higher (3), lifted (3), loftier (1), made it ...
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4605. maal -- above, upwards
... Usage above (7), above* (32), covered* (1), exceedingly (1), forward (2), greater
(1), greatly (1), heaven (4), high above (1), high* (1), higher (4), highly (2 ...
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8064. shamayim -- heaven, sky
... root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible
arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the ...
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4609. ma'alah -- what comes up
... Feminine of ma'aleh; elevation, ie The act (literally, a journey to a higher place,
figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally ...
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1354. gab -- a back
... back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye)brows, nave, ring. see HEBREW gev.
see HEBREW guwph. 1353, 1354. gab. 1355 . Strong's Numbers.
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1361. gabahh -- locust
... Short Definition: exalt. exalt, be haughty, be make higher, lift up, mount
up, be proud, raise up great height, upward A primitive ...
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7311. rum -- to be high or exalted, rise
... 1), display (1), exalt (11), exaltation (1), exalted (29), exalts (5), extol (5),
extolled (1), haughty (5), heights (1), held (1), high (10), higher (2), levy ...
/hebrew/7311.htm - 6k

Library

The Higher Faith.
... THE HIGHER FAITH. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me,
thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/the higher faith.htm

Whether the Will is a Higher Power than the Intellect?
... OF THE WILL (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether the will is a higher power than the
intellect? Objection 1: It would seem that the will is a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the will is a.htm

A Rock Higher than I.
... JESUS. IX. A ROCK HIGHER THAN I. (MEASURE ALTERED.) ... For help from the flood to come
forth. To the Rock that is higher than I. When foes to assault me unite,. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/morris/favourite welsh hymns/ix a rock higher than.htm

Whether the Higher and Lower Reason are Distinct Powers?
... OF THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS (THIRTEEN ARTICLES) Whether the higher and lower reason
are distinct powers? ... Therefore the higher and lower reason are two powers. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the higher and lower.htm

Whether Venial Sin Can be in the Higher Reason as Such?
... OF THE SUBJECT OF SIN (TEN ARTICLES) Whether venial sin can be in the higher reason
as such? ... Therefore there can be no venial sin in the higher reason as such. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether venial sin can be.htm

Whether that Fire Will Cleanse Also the Higher Heavens?
... OF THE FIRE OF THE FINAL CONFLAGRATION (NINE ARTICLES) Whether that fire
will cleanse also the higher heavens? Objection 1: It would ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether that fire will cleanse.htm

The Higher Reason which Belongs to Contemplation, and the Lower ...
... Book XII. Chapter 3."The Higher Reason Which Belongs to Contemplation,
and the Lower Which Belongs to Action, are in One Mind. ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 3 the higher reason which.htm

As, Then, by the Higher Mystical Ascent from Matters that Concern ...
... As, then, by the higher mystical ascent from matters that concern ourselves to that
transcendent? ... [1948] by the higher mystical ascent, anagogikos. ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter ii as then by.htm

Whether the Higher Angels Understand by More Universal Species ...
... OF THE MEDIUM OF THE ANGELIC KNOWLEDGE (THREE ARTICLES) Whether the higher angels
understand by more universal species than the lower angels? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the higher angels understand.htm

The Higher Powers are Men; and Christ is their Light Also.
... Book II. 17. The Higher Powers are Men; And Christ is Their Light Also. Another,
again, appeals to the text, "Let us make man according ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/17 the higher powers are.htm

Thesaurus

Above (1958 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (prep.) In or to a higher place; higher than; on
or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. ...
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Rise (417 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To move from a lower position to a higher; to
ascend; to mount up. ... 19. (v.) To become of higher value; to increase in price. ...
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Up (25836 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or
in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down. ...
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Offset (3 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around ...
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Enlargement (7 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around ...
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Encompassing (6 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around ...
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Descent (22 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A change of place from higher to lower; as, a
descent from a mountaintop. ... 10. (n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone. ...
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Broader (3 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around ...
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Corresponding (17 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:7 The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher
and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around ...
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Appeal (30 Occurrences)
... Moses established in the wilderness a series of judicatories such that appeals
could be made from a lower to a higher (Exodus 18:13-26.). ...
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Resources

What does God mean when He says, “my ways are higher than your ways” in Isaiah 55:9? | GotQuestions.org

What does God mean when He says, “my thoughts are higher than your thoughts” in Isaiah 55:9? | GotQuestions.org

What are redaction criticism and higher criticism? | GotQuestions.org

Higher: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Higher (73 Occurrences)

Matthew 18:1
Just then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who ranks higher than others in the Kingdom of the Heavens?"
(WEY)

Luke 14:10
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you,'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

John 1:15
John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said,'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"
(See NAS)

John 1:30
This is he of whom I said,'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
(See NAS)

Acts 19:1
And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:
(BBE)

Romans 8:38
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither the lower ranks of evil angels nor the higher, neither things present nor things future, nor the forces of nature,
(WEY)

Romans 13:1
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT)

1 Corinthians 12:31
But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.
(See RSV)

Ephesians 4:10
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
(See NIV)

Colossians 3:2
Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.
(BBE)

Hebrews 3:3
For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, in so far as he who has built a house has higher honour than the house itself.
(WEY)

Hebrews 7:26
For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 8:6
But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
(BBE)

James 1:9
Let a brother in humble life rejoice when raised to a higher position;
(WEY)

Genesis 7:20
The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.
(BBE NAS)

Numbers 22:15
So Balak sent more chiefs, greater in number and of higher position than the others.
(BBE)

Numbers 24:7
Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 28:43
The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 3:13
And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.
(BBE)

Joshua 3:16
Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
(BBE)

Joshua 15:19
And she said, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So he gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.
(BBE)

Joshua 16:5
And the limit of the land of the children of Ephraim by their families was marked out in this way: the limit of their heritage to the east was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the higher;
(BBE)

Judges 1:15
And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 9:2
He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 10:23
They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Kings 15:35
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
(KJV BBE WBS)

2 Kings 18:17
Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's field.
(BBE)

2 Kings 25:28
And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
(BBE NIV)

1 Chronicles 7:24
And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to his son Solomon the design of the doorway of the house of God and of its houses and its store-houses, and the higher rooms and the inner rooms and the place for the mercy-seat;
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 3:9
And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 8:5
And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 23:20
Then he took the captains of hundreds and the chiefs and the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord through the higher doorway into the king's house, and put the king on the seat of the kingdom.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 27:3
He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 32:5
Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 32:30
It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 32:33
So Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the higher part of the resting-places of the sons of David: and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 33:14
And after this he hath built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the fish-gate, and it hath gone round to the tower, and he maketh it exceeding high, and he putteth heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah.
(See NIV)

Ezra 9:6
I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.
(BBE RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:25
Palal, the son of Uzai, made good the wall opposite the angle and the tower which comes out from the higher part of the king's house, by the open space of the watch. After him was Pedaiah, the son of Parosh.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 4:13
Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
(KJV WBS)

Nehemiah 8:5
And Ezra took the book, opening it before the eyes of all the people (for he was higher than the people); and when it was open, all the people got to their feet:
(BBE)

Esther 3:1
After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.
(BBE NIV)

Job 11:8
They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
(BBE RSV NIV)

Job 35:5
Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 8:1
<To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!
(BBE)

Psalms 10:5
His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.
(BBE)

Psalms 27:6
And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.
(BBE)

Psalms 57:5
O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
(BBE)

Psalms 57:11
Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.
(BBE)

Psalms 61:2
From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 108:4
For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your unchanging faith than the clouds.
(BBE NIV)

Psalms 108:5
Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
(BBE)

Psalms 113:4
The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is higher than the heavens.
(BBE)

Proverbs 31:10
Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 3:19
Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 7:3
Then the Lord said to Isaiah, Go out now, you and Shear-jashub, your son, and you will come across Ahaz at the end of the stream flowing from the higher pool, in the highway of the washerman's field;
(BBE)

Isaiah 14:13
For you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will make my seat higher than the stars of God; I will take my place on the mountain of the meeting-place of the gods, in the inmost parts of the north.
(BBE)

Isaiah 14:14
I will go higher than the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
(BBE)

Isaiah 36:2
And the king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a strong force, and he took up his position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's
(BBE)

Isaiah 55:9
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 20:2
And Pashhur gave blows to Jeremiah and had his feet chained in a framework of wood in the higher doorway of Benjamin, which was in the house of the Lord.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 36:10
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people.
(KJV BBE WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 52:32
And he said kind words to him and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
(BBE NIV)

Ezekiel 9:2
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
(KJV BBE WBS)

Ezekiel 31:5
Therefore higher hath been his stature than all trees of the field, And multiplied are his boughs, and long are his branches, Because of many waters in his shooting forth,
(YLT NIV)

Ezekiel 41:7
The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from
(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 42:5
Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
(KJV BBE WBS)

Ezekiel 43:13
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
(KJV WBS)

Daniel 6:2
and higher than they three presidents, of whom Daniel 'is' first, that these satraps may give to them an account, and the king have no loss.
(YLT)

Daniel 8:3
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Subtopics

Higher

Related Terms

Rise (417 Occurrences)

Up (25836 Occurrences)

Offset (3 Occurrences)

Enlargement (7 Occurrences)

Encompassing (6 Occurrences)

Descent (22 Occurrences)

Broader (3 Occurrences)

Corresponding (17 Occurrences)

Appeal (30 Occurrences)