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הָגוּת
- Transliteration
- hâgûwth
- Pronunciation
- haw-gooth'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
meditation, musing, meditation.
Lexicon definition
musing
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Meditation
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H1900, G6140, G8281, H1902
- Hebrew
- הָגוּת · hâgûwth
- Greek
- ἀδολεσχία · adoleschia
Strong’s and original-language information
H1900
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀδολεσχία
- Transliteration
- adoleschia
- Part of speech
- G:N-F
- Indexed occurrences
- 0
Glosses
meditation
Lexicon definition
garrulity, idle talk , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.; (Theophrastus Philosophus) wrote περὶ ἀδολεσχίας. (ML)
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μελέτη
- Transliteration
- meletē
- Part of speech
- G:N-F
- Indexed occurrences
- 0
Glosses
meditation
Lexicon definition
1. care, attention , (Hesiod); μ. πλεόνων care for many things, (Hesiod); ἔργων μ. attention to action, (Thucydides):—;but with genitive subjecti, care paid by one, θεῶν του μελέτῃ (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. practice, exercise , Lat. meditatio, (Pindar); ἡ δι᾽ ὀλίγου μ. their short practice , (Thucydides); πόνων μελέται painful exercises, of the Spartan discipline, (Thucydides) 3. in a military sense, exercise, practice, drill , (Thucydides) 4. of an orator, rehearsal , (Demosthenes Orator) 5. a pursuit , (Pindar) 6. care, anxiety , μελέτῃ κατατρύχεσθαι (Euripides) (ML)
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הִגָּיוֹן
- Transliteration
- higgâyôwn
- Pronunciation
- hig-gaw-yone'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 4
Glosses
resounding music, meditation, musing, device, Higgaion, meditation, solemn sound.
Lexicon definition
a murmuring sound, i.e. a musical notation (probably similar to the modern affettuoso to indicate solemnity of movement)
by implication, a machination
by implication, a machination
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
הָגוּת
- Transliteration
- hâgûwth
- Pronunciation
- haw-gooth'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
meditation.
Lexicon definition
musing
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Meditation
Indexed occurrences: 6
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All Scripture references40 references
Joshua 1
1 Kings 6
2 Kings 2
Esther 1
Job 4
Psalms 9
Lamentations 1
Joel 1
Mark 4
Luke 5
John 1
Acts 3
James 2
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
MEDITATION
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for MEDITATION.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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MEDITATION
Nave’s Topical Bible references for MEDITATION.
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Cogitations
(or "thoughts," as the Chaldee word in Dan. 7:28 literally means), earnest meditation.
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Hegai
or Hege, meditation; word; groaning; separation
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Higgaion
meditation; consideration
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Jeshohaia
the Lord pressing; the meditation of God
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Prayer
Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or formal. It is a "beseeching the Lord" (Ex. 32:11); "pouring out the soul before the Lord" (1 Sam. 1:15); "praying and crying to heaven" (2 Chr. 32:20); "seeking unto God and making supplication" (Job 8:5); "drawing near to God" (Ps. 73:28); "bowing the knees" (Eph. 3:14). Prayer presupposes a belief in the personality of God, his ability and willingness to hold intercourse with us, his personal control of all things and of all his creatures and all their actions. Acceptable prayer must be sincere (Heb. 10:22), offered with reverence and godly fear, with a humble sense of our own insignificance as creatures and of our own unworthiness as sinners, with earnest importunity, and with unhesitating submission to the divine will. Prayer must also be offered in the faith that God is, and is the hearer and answerer of prayer, and that he will fulfil his word, "Ask, and ye shall receive" (Matt. 7:7, 8; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13, 14), and in the name of Christ (16:23, 24; 15:16; Eph. 2:18; 5:20; Col. 3:17; 1 Pet. 2:5). Prayer is of different kinds, secret (Matt. 6:6); social, as family prayers, and in social worship; and public, in the service of the sanctuary. Intercessory prayer is enjoined (Num. 6:23; Job 42:8; Isa. 62:6; Ps. 122:6; 1 Tim. 2:1; James 5:14), and there are many instances on record of answers having been given to such prayers, e.g., of Abraham (Gen. 17:18, 20; 18:23-32; 20:7, 17, 18), of Moses for Pharaoh (Ex. 8:12, 13, 30, 31; Ex. 9:33), for the Israelites (Ex. 17:11, 13; 32:11-14, 31-34; Num. 21:7, 8; Deut. 9:18, 19, 25), for Miriam (Num. 12:13), for Aaron (Deut. 9:20), of Samuel (1 Sam. 7:5-12), of Solomon (1 Kings 8; 2 Chr. 6), Elijah (1 Kings 17:20-23), Elisha (2 Kings 4:33-36), Isaiah (2 Kings 19), Jeremiah (42:2-10), Peter (Acts 9:40), the church (12:5-12), Paul (28:8). No rules are anywhere in Scripture laid down for the manner of prayer or the attitude to be assumed by the suppliant. There is mention made of kneeling in prayer (1 Kings 8:54; 2 Chr. 6:13; Ps. 95:6; Isa. 45:23; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; 9:40; Eph. 3:14, etc.); of bowing and falling prostrate (Gen. 24:26, 52; Ex. 4:31; 12:27; Matt. 26:39; Mark 14:35, etc.); of spreading out the hands (1 Kings 8:22, 38, 54; Ps. 28:2; 63:4; 88:9; 1 Tim. 2:8, etc.); and of standing (1 Sam. 1:26; 1 Kings 8:14, 55; 2 Chr. 20:9; Mark 11:25; Luke 18:11, 13). If we except the "Lord's Prayer" (Matt. 6:9-13), which is, however, rather a model or pattern of prayer than a set prayer to be offered up, we have no special form of prayer for general use given us in Scripture. Prayer is frequently enjoined in Scripture (Ex. 22:23, 27; 1 Kings 3:5; 2 Chr. 7:14; Ps. 37:4; Isa. 55:6; Joel 2:32; Ezek. 36:37, etc.), and we have very many testimonies that it has been answered (Ps. 3:4; 4:1; 6:8; 18:6; 28:6; 30:2; 34:4; 118:5; James 5:16-18, etc.). "Abraham's servant prayed to God, and God directed him to the person who should be wife to his master's son and heir (Gen. 24:10-20). "Jacob prayed to God, and God inclined the heart of his irritated brother, so that they met in peace and friendship (Gen. 32:24-30; 33:1-4). "Samson prayed to God, and God showed him a well where he quenched his burning thirst, and so lived to judge Israel (Judg. 15:18-20). "David prayed, and God defeated the counsel of Ahithophel (2 Sam. 15:31; 16:20-23; 17:14-23). "Daniel prayed, and God enabled him both to tell Nebuchadnezzar his dream and to give the interpretation of it (Dan. 2: 16-23). "Nehemiah prayed, and God inclined the heart of the king of Persia to grant him leave of absence to visit and rebuild Jerusalem (Neh. 1:11; 2:1-6). "Esther and Mordecai prayed, and God defeated the purpose of Haman, and saved the Jews from destruction (Esther 4:15-17; 6:7, 8). "The believers in Jerusalem prayed, and God opened the prison doors and set Peter at liberty, when Herod had resolved upon his death (Acts 12:1-12). "Paul prayed that the thorn in the flesh might be removed, and his prayer brought a large increase of spiritual strength, while the thorn perhaps remained (2 Cor. 12:7-10). "Prayer is like the dove that Noah sent forth, which blessed him not only when it returned with an olive-leaf in its mouth, but when it never returned at all.", Robinson's Job.
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Sermon on the mount
After spending a night in solemn meditation and prayer in the lonely mountain-range to the west of the Lake of Galilee (Luke 6:12), on the following morning our Lord called to him his disciples, and from among them chose twelve, who were to be henceforth trained to be his apostles (Mark 3:14, 15). After this solemn consecration of the twelve, he descended from the mountain-peak to a more level spot (Luke 6:17), and there he sat down and delivered the "sermon on the mount" (Matt. 5-7; Luke 6:20-49) to the assembled multitude. The mountain here spoken of was probably that known by the name of the "Horns of Hattin" (Kurun Hattin), a ridge running east and west, not far from Capernaum. It was afterwards called the "Mount of Beatitudes."
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Tale
(1.) Heb. tokhen, "a task," as weighed and measured out = tally, i.e., the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam. 18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). In Ezek. 45:11 rendered "measure." (2.) Heb. hegeh, "a thought;" "meditation" (Ps. 90:9); meaning properly "as a whisper of sadness," which is soon over, or "as a thought." The LXX. and Vulgate render it "spider;" the Authorized Version and Revised Version, "as a tale" that is told. In Job 37:2 this word is rendered "sound;" Revised Version margin, "muttering;" and in Ezek. 2:10, "mourning."
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