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Verses
29 results- VerseProverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
- VerseProverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- VerseProverbs 26:22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
- VerseProverbs 10:20The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
- VerseIsaiah 22:7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
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1 resultWords (Strong's)
12 results- WordH1305 בָּרַר · bârar (Hebrew)to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, select. The Hebrew word stands 18 times in the original text.
- WordH4004 מִבְחוֹר · mibchôwr (Hebrew)select, i.e. well fortified. The Hebrew word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordH4005 מִבְחָר · mibchâr (Hebrew)select, i.e. best. The Hebrew word stands 12 times in the original text.
- WordH1249 בַּר · bar (Hebrew)beloved. The Hebrew word stands 7 times in the original text.
- WordG2307 θέλημα · thélēma (Greek)a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree. The Greek word stands 62 times in the original text.
Themes
2 results- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeHope**Biblical hope is not optimism.** It is confident expectation anchored in God's character and God's word, held by people who often cannot see the outcome and sometimes cannot…
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5 results- VoiceFrancis ChanFrancis Chan is a pastor, author, and speaker known for his passionate call to radical discipleship and authentic Christian living. His book "Crazy Love" became a bestseller…
- VoiceMaximus the ConfessorMaximus was born about 580. One account makes him a well-born Constantinopolitan who served as first secretary to the Emperor Heraclius before leaving the court for a…
- VoiceOlympiodorus of AlexandriaOlympiodorus was a deacon of the church of Alexandria in the sixth century. Nothing personal is recorded about him — no birth, no family, no controversy, no death scene. He…
- VoiceArnobius the YoungerArnobius the Younger was an African who lived as a monk in Rome around the middle of the fifth century. He is called the Younger only to keep him apart from Arnobius of Sicca…
- VoiceCallistus I of RomeCallistus began life as the slave of a Christian named Carpophorus in the imperial household at Rome. His master set him up in banking, and the venture failed — deposits from…
Apocrypha (study resources)
3 results- Study resource1 Maccabees 4:28The next year therefore following Lysias gathered together threescore thousand choice men of foot, and five thousand horsemen, that he might subdue them.
- Study resource1 Enoch 32:1And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over the mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 13:15And having given the watchword to them that were about him, Victory is of God; with the most valiant and choice young men he went in into the king’s tent by night, and slew in…
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H1305בָּרַר bârar — to clarify (i.e. brighten), examine, selectH4004מִבְחוֹר mibchôwr — select, i.e. well fortifiedH4005מִבְחָר mibchâr — select, i.e. bestH1249בַּר bar — belovedG2307θέλημα thélēma — a determination (properly, the
thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decreeH2459חֶלֶב cheleb — fat, whether literally or figuratively