Search results for
Purpose
More than one thing is called this
Purpose names 2 things on this site
- Purpose, a subject the site gathers pages under.Life questions · Why you are here, the question underneath the others.
- Purpose, a heading of the topical index.Purpose in Scripture is rooted in being made in God's image, called to know and reflect him, and given work to do in his creation. The Bible does not offer a "life-purpose"…
Subjects
1 resultVerses
46 results- VerseEphesians 3:11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- VerseRevelation 17:13These kings have one purpose: to yield their power and authority to the beast.
- VerseJob 15:3Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
- VerseEcclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- VerseProverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
Words (Strong's)
- WordG1519 εἰς · eis (Greek)to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.). The Greek word stands 1,755 times in the original text.
- WordH1697 דָּבָר · dâbâr (Hebrew)a word. The Hebrew word stands 1,440 times in the original text.
- WordH2154 זִמָּה · zimmâh (Hebrew)a plan, especially a bad one. The Hebrew word stands 29 times in the original text.
- WordH2161 זָמַם · zâmam (Hebrew)to plan, usually in a bad sense. The Hebrew word stands 13 times in the original text.
- WordH2656 חֵפֶץ · chêphets (Hebrew)pleasure. The Hebrew word stands 39 times in the original text.
Themes
1 resultTopics
1 resultFeatured studies
1 resultVoices
4 results- VoiceEpiphanius of SalamisEpiphanius was born about 315 near Eleutheropolis in Palestine, in a region where Jews, Samaritans, Christians and half a dozen sects lived on top of one another. He went to…
- VoiceJulius Firmicus MaternusJulius Firmicus Maternus was a Sicilian of senatorial rank who practiced law at Rome in the reign of Constantine. He is one of the very few writers of the ancient world who…
- VoicePhilastrius of BresciaPhilastrius was bishop of Brescia in northern Italy in the second half of the fourth century. He died before 397, since in that year his successor Gaudentius preached the…
- VoiceJoseph A. SeissJoseph Augustus Seiss was born on March 18, 1823, at Graceham, Maryland, into a family of Moravian descent. He attended Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, studied theology…
Apocrypha (study resources)
24 results- Study resource1 Maccabees 12:2He sent letters also to the Lacedemonians, and to other places, for the same purpose.
- Study resourceAdditions to Esther 16:9Both by changing our purposes, and always judging things that are evident with more equal proceeding.
- Study resource1 Enoch 69:10For men were not created for such a purpose, to give confirmation to their good faith with pen and ink.
- Study resourceSirach 51:18For I purposed to do after her, and earnestly I followed that which is good; so shall I not be confounded.
- Study resource1 Esdras 9:42And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose.
Doorways
Study a word
G1519εἰς eis — to or into (indicating the point reached or
entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.)H1697דָּבָר dâbâr — a wordH2154זִמָּה zimmâh — a plan, especially a bad oneH2161זָמַם zâmam — to plan, usually in a bad senseH2656חֵפֶץ chêphets — pleasureH2803חָשַׁב châshab — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate