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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MANSION

man'-shun (mone, "abode"): In John 14:2, the word is used in the plural: "In my Father's house are many mansions," the Revised Version margin "abiding places." The ideas conveyed are those of abundance of room, and permanence of habitation, in the heavenly world.

Greek

3438. mone -- an abiding, an abode
... Transliteration: mone Phonetic Spelling: (mon-ay') Short Definition: lodging,
dwelling-place, room Definition: lodging, dwelling-place, room, abode, mansion. ...
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833. aule -- a courtyard, a court
... 833 -- a building with an ; an , area that is enclosed but without a roof;
an open-air (interior) courtyard of a mansion or palace. ...
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2731. katoikesis -- dwelling
... dwelling. From katoikeo; residence (properly, the act; but by implication,
concretely, the mansion) -- dwelling. see GREEK katoikeo. ...
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4633. skene -- a tent
... skene Phonetic Spelling: (skay-nay') Short Definition: a tent, tabernacle Definition:
a tent, booth, tabernacle, abode, dwelling, mansion, habitation. ...
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4637. skenoo -- to have one's tent, dwell
... dwell. From skenos; to tent or encamp, ie (figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion)
or (specially), to reside (as God did in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of ...
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Library

On the First Floor of an Ancient Mansion, in a Street which Slopes ...
... XX. On the first floor of an ancient mansion, in a street which slopes
down towards� On the first floor of an ancient mansion, in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/xx on the first floor.htm

Whether the Degrees of Beatitude Should be Called Mansions?
... For beatitude implies the notion of a reward: whereas mansion denotes nothing
pertaining to a reward. ... Objection 2: Further, mansion seemingly denotes a place. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the degrees of beatitude.htm

Treats of the Sublime Favours God Bestows on Souls which have ...
... His Majesty be pleased to guide my pen and to teach me to say somewhat of the much
there is to tell of His revelations to the souls He leads into this mansion. ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter i treats of the 2.htm

The Christian is to Walk Circumspectly.
... Keep up a strong faith. Hold your mansion in the skies well in view and let
nothing hinder you in your journey home. There are professed ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/the christian is to walk.htm

Degrees of Glory in Heaven.
... "And other sheep there are also," saith the Lord, "which are not of this fold"
[3392] "deemed worthy of another fold and mansion, in proportion to their faith ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xiv degrees of glory in.htm

Going Home. LM
... My heavenly home is bright and fair; Nor pain nor death can enter there; Its
glitt'ring towers the sun outshine; That heavenly mansion shall be mine. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/522 going home l m.htm

Keeping the Commandments.
... eternal city of gold. There is a beautiful mansion in the great house of
God for every obedient soul. Oh, how blessed! I am thinking ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/keeping the commandments.htm

The Great Fruits Produced by the Above-Mentioned Prayer. The ...
... commandments. When these impulses are given you, remember that they come
from the innermost mansion, where God dwells in our souls. ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter iii the great fruits.htm

Only Chapter Treats of the Great Importance of Perseverance in ...
... 5. I do not mean that divine communications and inspirations received in this mansion
are the same as those I shall describe later on; God here speaks to souls ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/only chapter treats of the.htm

Love and Law.
... Cavaliers, during the troublesome times of Charles I. Portraits of the most noted
of these were hung upon the walls in Mr. Tomlinson's fine old mansion, and it ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter.

2. (n.) The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

3. (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See House.

4. (n.) The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution.

5. (v. i.) To dwell; to reside.

Thesaurus

Mansion (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MANSION. ... Multi-Version Concordance Mansion (1
Occurrence). Psalms 49:14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. ...
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Mansions (5 Occurrences)
... Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the
morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion. (See NIV). ...
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Hall (30 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court
was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house. ...
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Quarantine (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of
remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized. ...
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Roomy (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion;
a roomy deck. Multi-Version Concordance Roomy (2 Occurrences). ...
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Eliashib (15 Occurrences)
... 22, 23). He rebuilt the eastern city wall (3:1), his own mansion being in
that quarter, on the ridge Ophel (3:20, 21). His indulgence ...
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Domain (5 Occurrences)
... Also used figuratively. 3. (n.) Landed property; estate; especially, the land about
the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne. ...
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Destined (25 Occurrences)
... Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the
morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion. (See NIV). ...
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Man-servant's (1 Occurrence)
Man-servant's. Manservant's, Man-servant's. Mansion . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(ASV WBS). Manservant's, Man-servant's. Mansion . Reference Bible.
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Place (9195 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village,
town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. ...
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Bible Concordance

Mansion (1 Occurrence)

Psalms 49:14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. Their beauty shall decay in Sheol, far from their mansion.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Mansion

Mansion: Figurative

Related Terms

Mansions (5 Occurrences)

Hall (30 Occurrences)

Quarantine (3 Occurrences)

Roomy (2 Occurrences)

Eliashib (15 Occurrences)

Domain (5 Occurrences)

Destined (25 Occurrences)

Man-servant's (1 Occurrence)