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Greek

2100. euaresteo -- to be well-pleasing
... Cognate: 2100 -- to please (gratify) by . We only please the Lord by living
("His inworked persuasions/preferences"). ... gratify, please. ...
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3685. oninemi -- to profit, help
... form (onao) is used as an alternate in some tenses (unless indeed it be identical
with the base of onoma through the idea of notoriety); to gratify, ie (middle ...
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829. authades -- self-pleasing
... 829 (an adjective, derived from 846 , "self" and , "to gratify self, be indulgent") --
properly, a person who , ie fixed in -pleasure (engrossed in -interest). ...
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Library

Epiphanius, in Order to Gratify Theophilus, Performs Ordinations ...
... Book VI. Chapter XII."Epiphanius, in order to gratify Theophilus, performs
Ordinations at Constantinople without John's Permission. ...
/.../chapter xii epiphanius in order to.htm

Peter is Willing to Gratify Sophonias.
... Homily XX. Chapter I."Peter is Willing to Gratify Sophonias. In the
night-time Peter rose up and wakened us, and then sat down ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter i peter is willing to.htm

Attributes of Love.
... God. It is willing good as an end, for its own sake, and not to gratify self.
Selfishness ... It is only an effort to gratify a desire. It is ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xii attributes of love.htm

The Important Question
... The man we speak of may, therefore, be supposed to have gained all that will
gratify his senses. In particular, all that can increase ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 84 the important question.htm

What Constitutes Disobedience to Moral Law?
... This is selfishness. In other words, it is seeking to gratify the desire
of personal good, in a manner prohibited by the law of God. ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xvi what constitutes disobedience.htm

A Boy's Mistake --A Sad Reconciliation.
... At last the mother came down to her sick-bed, broken-hearted, and when she was given
up by the physicians to die, the husband, anxious to gratify her last wish ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/a boys mistakea sad reconciliation.htm

How it is against the Rule for any one to Take Anything to Eat or ...
... In between their regular meals in common they are especially careful that no one
should presume to gratify his palate with any food: [775] so that when they ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xviii how it is.htm

Whether the Order of Charity is Included in the Precept?
... Reply to Objection 1: A man gratifies more the person he loves more, so that if
he loved less one whom he ought to love more, he would wish to gratify more one ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the order of charity 2.htm

Actions to be Judged of from their Motive, not from Externals. ...
... He bore these things in order to gratify his fierce and ungoverned passions; they,
on the other hand, in order to restrain these passions and subdue them to ...
/.../chapter 13 name to be.htm

The Spirituality of the Risen Body.
... There is a still greater difference between the creatures that now gratify our senses,
and those that are reserved in heaven to gratify our glorified senses ...
/.../boudreaux/the happiness of heaven/chapter vi the spirituality of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.

2. (v. t.) To requite; to recompense.

Thesaurus

Gratify (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to
gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc. ...
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Indulge (12 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold
restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to ...
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Flatter (5 Occurrences)
... etc. 4. (vt) To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt
to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful ...
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Vote (3 Occurrences)
... the vote of the Churches to travel with us, sharing our commission in the
administration of this generous gift to promote the Lord's glory and gratify our ...
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Oblige (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor
to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Gratified (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Gratify. Multi-Version Concordance
Gratified (4 Occurrences). Acts 12:3 Finding that this ...
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Grate (6 Occurrences)
... 4; 35:16; 38:4, 5, 30). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (a.) Serving to gratify;
agreeable. 2. (n.) A structure or frame containing ...
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Gladden (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify;
to rejoice; to exhilarate. 2. (vi) To be or become glad; to rejoice. ...
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Gratifying (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gratify. Multi-Version
Concordance Gratifying (2 Occurrences). Acts 24:27 But after ...
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Generous (17 Occurrences)
... the vote of the Churches to travel with us, sharing our commission in the
administration of this generous gift to promote the Lord's glory and gratify our ...
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Bible Concordance

Gratify (5 Occurrences)

Acts 25:9 Then Festus, being anxious to gratify the Jews, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there stand your trial before me on these charges?"
(WEY)

Romans 13:14 On the contrary, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for gratifying your earthly cravings.
(Root in WEY RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 8:19 And more than that, he is the one who was chosen by the vote of the Churches to travel with us, sharing our commission in the administration of this generous gift to promote the Lord's glory and gratify our own strong desire.
(WEY)

Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won't fulfill the lust of the flesh.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Thessalonians 1:11 It is with this view also that we continually pray to our God for you, asking that He will count you worthy of His call, and by His mighty power fully gratify your every desire for what is truly good and make your work of faith complete;
(WEY)

Subtopics

Gratify

Related Terms

Indulge (12 Occurrences)

Flatter (5 Occurrences)

Vote (3 Occurrences)

Oblige (1 Occurrence)

Gratified (4 Occurrences)

Grate (6 Occurrences)

Gladden (7 Occurrences)

Gratifying (2 Occurrences)

Generous (17 Occurrences)