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Greek

2264. Herodes -- perhaps "son of a hero," Herod, the name of ...
... perhaps "son of a hero," Herod, the name of several kings of the Jews. Part of Speech:
Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Herodes Phonetic Spelling: (hay-ro'-dace ...
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2492. Iob -- Job, a patriarch
... Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Iob Phonetic Spelling:
(ee-obe') Short Definition: Job Definition: (Hebrew), Job, the hero of the ...
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Strong's Hebrew

691. erel -- perhaps a hero
... perhaps a hero. Transliteration: erel Phonetic Spelling: (er-ale') Short Definition:
brave. ... Probably for 'ariy'el; a hero (collectively) -- valiant one. ...
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6274. Othniel -- a hero in Isr.
... 6273, 6274. Othniel. 6275 . a hero in Isr. ... Word Origin from atham Definition
a hero in Isr. NASB Word Usage Othniel (7). Othniel. ...
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1402. Gibbar -- "hero," an Israelite
... "hero," an Israelite. Transliteration: Gibbar Phonetic Spelling: (ghib-bawr') Short
Definition: Gibbar. Word Origin from gabar Definition "hero," an Isr. ...
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6768. Tseleq -- an Ammonite hero of David
... 6767d, 6768. Tseleq. 6769 . an Ammonite hero of David. Transliteration:
Tseleq Phonetic Spelling: (tseh'-lek) Short Definition: Zelek. ...
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650. aphiq -- a channel
... From 'acaph; properly, containing, ie A tube; also a bed or valley of a stream;
also a strong thing or a hero -- brook, channel, mighty, river, + scale, stream ...
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1127. Ben-geber -- "son of a man," one of Solomon's leaders
... the son of Geber. From ben and geber; son of (the) hero; Ben- Geber, an Israelite --
the son of Geber. see HEBREW ben. see HEBREW geber. 1126, 1127. ...
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6917. qedumim -- perhaps ancient
... ancient. Passive participle of qadam; a pristine hero -- ancient. see HEBREW
qadam. 6916, 6917. qedumim. 6918 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch
The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch. <. The Epistle of Ignatius
to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch Ignatius. Table of Contents. ...
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The Saint and the Hero
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCCLIV THE SAINT AND THE HERO. O aged Saint! ...
Thy lowly diligence. The Saint's is not the Hero's praise;". ...
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Hero-Worship.
... Book IV. Chapter XXX."Hero-Worship. "By a like example, other men in other
places built temples, set up statues, instituted mysteries ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxx hero-worship.htm

Hero-Worship.
... Homily VIII. Chapter V."Hero-Worship. "Therefore the magician Nebrod,
being destroyed by this lightning falling on earth from ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter v hero-worship.htm

Solemn Charge to Hero, as Future Bishop of Antioch.
The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch. <. ... Chapter
VII."Solemn charge to Hero, as future bishop of Antioch. ...
/.../chapter vii solemn charge to hero.htm

The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch
The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch. <. ...
/.../ignatius/the epistle of ignatius to hero a deacon of antioch/title page.htm

Salutations.
The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch. <. ... Abraham.
Be strong, therefore, O Hero, like a hero, and like a man. ...
/.../chapter viii salutations.htm

Introduction
The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch. <. ...
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Exhortations to Purity and Caution.
The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch. <. ...
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Solomon
... Their hero, the man of whom they delighted to talk and dream, was not David, the
Psalmist, and the shepherd-boy, the man of many wanderings, and many sorrows ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

2. (n.) A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.

3. (n.) The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Aeneas in the Aeneid.

Thesaurus

Hero (7 Occurrences)
... the Aeneid. Multi-Version Concordance Hero (7 Occurrences). Genesis 10:9
he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero...
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Hero'di-as (6 Occurrences)
Hero'di-as. Herodias, Hero'di-as. Herodias's . Multi-Version
Concordance Hero'di-as (6 Occurrences). Matthew 14:3 For ...
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Hero'dion (1 Occurrence)
Hero'dion. Herodion, Hero'dion. Herod's . Multi-Version Concordance
Hero'dion (1 Occurrence). Romans 16:11 salute Herodion ...
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Hero'di-ans (3 Occurrences)
Hero'di-ans. Herodians, Hero'di-ans. Herodias . Multi-Version
Concordance Hero'di-ans (3 Occurrences). Matthew 22:16 ...
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Begun (50 Occurrences)
... Genesis 10:9 he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting
before Jehovah; therefore it is said, 'As Nimrod the hero 'in' hunting ...
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Herodias (7 Occurrences)

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Nimrod (4 Occurrences)
... Nimrod has not been identified with any mythical hero or historic king
of the inscriptions. Some have sought identification with ...
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Othniel (7 Occurrences)
... years. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. OTHNIEL. oth'-ni-el (`othni'el):
A hero in Israel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. He ...
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Asher (43 Occurrences)
... Asher and Simeon were the only tribes west of the Jordan which furnished no hero
or judge for the nation. Anna the prophetess was of this tribe (Luke 2:36). ...
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Erech (2 Occurrences)
... It is thought that the Euphrates must have flowed nearer to the city in ancient
times, as the Gilgames legend relates that that hero and his companion Enkidu ...
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Bible Concordance

Hero (7 Occurrences)

Genesis 10:9 he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, 'As Nimrod the hero 'in' hunting before Jehovah.'
(YLT)

1 Samuel 17:51 And David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him completely, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.
(DBY YLT NIV)

2 Samuel 17:10 and he also, the son of valour, whose heart 'is' as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour 'are' those with him.
(YLT)

Isaiah 3:2 Hero and man of war, judge and prophet, And diviner and elder,
(YLT NIV)

Jeremiah 50:9 For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty,
(YLT)

Zechariah 9:13 For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled 'with' Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.
(YLT)

Zechariah 10:7 And Ephraim hath been as a hero, And rejoiced hath their heart as wine, And their sons see, and they have rejoiced, Rejoice doth their heart in Jehovah.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Hero

Related Terms

Hero'di-as (6 Occurrences)

Hero'dion (1 Occurrence)

Hero'di-ans (3 Occurrences)

Begun (50 Occurrences)

Herodias (7 Occurrences)

Nimrod (4 Occurrences)

Othniel (7 Occurrences)

Asher (43 Occurrences)

Erech (2 Occurrences)