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Race
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2 resultsVerses
9 results- VerseZechariah 9:6A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- Verse2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- VerseNahum 2:5He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
- VerseJeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- Verse1 Corinthians 9:24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
People
2 resultsWords (Strong's)
13 results- WordG4712 (Greek)a stade or certain measure of distance. The Greek word stands 7 times in the original text.
- WordG73 ἀγών · agṓn (Greek)properly, a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. (by implication) a contest (held there). The Greek word stands 6 times in the original text.
- WordH734 אֹרַח · ʼôrach (Hebrew)a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively). The Hebrew word stands 58 times in the original text.
- WordH4793 מֵרוֹץ · mêrôwts (Hebrew)a run (the trial of speed). The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordG1484 ἔθνος · éthnos (Greek)a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe. The Greek word stands 161 times in the original text.
Themes
8 results- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- ThemeGraceGrace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…
- ThemeForgivenessForgiveness in Scripture is not a sentiment but a transaction: a debt is real, and someone absorbs it. The Old Testament establishes this before it ever preaches it. The…
- ThemeSufferingSuffering enters the story at the Fall. Genesis 3 turns childbirth into pain and labor into toil, and the rest of the Old Testament treats hardship as the ordinary texture of…
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
Topics
5 results- TopicBraceletA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicGrace of GodA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicGracesA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicRaceA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicSamothracia (Samothrace)A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Apologetics
2 results- ApologeticsTyre: Tracing Ezekiel 26 Verse by VerseEzekiel 26:3-14 names specific outcomes for Tyre. This entry traces each clause against Nebuchadnezzar's 13-year siege (c. 585-573 BCE) and Alexander's 332 BCE causeway - with…
- ApologeticsThe Fall of Nineveh: Nahum Against the Babylonian ChronicleNahum 1-3 foretells an overwhelming flood, fire, plunder, and erasure of Nineveh. The Babylonian Chronicle (BM 21901) and Greek histories trace the 612 BCE fall.
Voices
48 results- VoiceJohn MacArthurJohn Fullerton MacArthur Jr. was born in Los Angeles on June 19, 1939, into a family line of preachers. His father, Jack MacArthur, was a pastor and radio preacher; the…
- VoiceEric MetaxasEric Metaxas (born 1963) is an American author, speaker, conservative public intellectual, and radio host. Educated at Yale (B.A. English, 1984) where he edited the Yale humor…
- VoiceRichard SibbesRichard Sibbes was a wheelwright's son who went up to Cambridge, and he never really left that world: he was a lecturer at Holy Trinity, master of St Catharine's Hall, and…
- VoiceThomas AquinasThomas was born about 1225 at Roccasecca, between Rome and Naples, the youngest son of the count of Aquino. His family sent him at five to the great Benedictine abbey of Monte…
- VoiceAnselm of LaonAnselm was born at Laon, in northern France, probably in the middle of the eleventh century. He may have studied under Anselm of Canterbury at Bec; the sources are not certain…
Apocrypha (study resources)
2 results- Study resourceSirach 26:21So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent.
- Study resource1 Enoch 93:8And after that in the sixth week all who live in it shall be blinded, And the hearts of all of them shall godlessly forsake wisdom. And in it a man shall ascend; And at its…
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G4712 — a stade or certain measure of
distanceG73ἀγών agṓn — properly, a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. (by
implication) a contest (held there)H734אֹרַח ʼôrach — a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively)H4793מֵרוֹץ mêrôwts — a run (the trial of speed)G1484ἔθνος éthnos — a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribeG5443φυλή phylḗ — an offshoot, i.e. race or clan