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Greek

4270. prographo -- to write before
... prog-raf'-o) Short Definition: I write previously Definition: (a) I write previously
(aforetime); I write above (already), (b) I depict or portray openly, (c ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2710. chaqaq -- to cut in, inscribe, decree
... ruler's staff (1), scepter (3). appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver,
note, portray, print,. A primitive root; properly, to ...
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Library

Of the First Secondary Power, Imagination by Name; and of the ...
... IMAGINATION is a power through the which we portray all images of absent and present
things, and both it and the thing that it worketh in be contained in the ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the five and 5.htm

On the Creation of the World
... of this seventh day after the principle of all matters pertaining to the number
of seven; and as far as I shall be able, I will endeavour to portray the day of ...
/.../victorinus/on the creation of the world/on the creation of the.htm

What is the Divine Gloom?
... But, if the Divine initiations are above such, what would any one say respecting
those still more uninitiated, such as both portray the Cause exalted above all ...
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Introduction.
... the infinite love and sacrifice of the Saviour than the enduring labors and tenderness
of a shepherd, so nothing here below could better portray the multiple ...
//christianbookshelf.org/callan/the shepherd of my soul/introduction.htm

Preface
... Preface. The aim of this book is to help thoughtful readers of the gospels to discern
more clearly the features of him whom those writings inimitably portray. ...
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A Knowledge of God
... Let your imagination picture the home of the saved, and remember that it will
be more glorious than your brightest imagination can portray. ...
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Preface
... 1. It is indeed always worth while to portray the illustrious lives of the saints,
that they may serve as a mirror and an example, and give, as it were, a ...
/.../lawlor/st bernard of clairvauxs life of st malachy of armagh/preface.htm

The Marvelous Influence of the Bible Declares Its Super-Human ...
... Take down from off the walls of our best Art Galleries those pictures which portray
scenes and incidents in the history of Israel and the life of our Lord and ...
/.../the divine inspiration of the bible/chapter eight the marvelous influence.htm

Of the Prodigal Son.
... the sequel arrange for the Christian sinner, in the person of the younger son, to
obtain pardon, unless in the person of the elder they first portray the Jewish ...
/.../tertullian/on modesty/chapter viii of the prodigal son.htm

The Shipwreck of Pilate
... this moment, when Jesus came forth, bleeding from the cruel stripes and wearing
the purple robe and crown of thorns, as the one in which to portray the Man of ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter viii the shipwreck of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.

2. (v. t.) Hence, figuratively, to describe in words.

3. (v. t.) To adorn with pictures.

Thesaurus

Portray (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray
a king on horseback. ... Multi-Version Concordance Portray (3 Occurrences). ...
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Represent (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To portray by pictorial or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent
a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like. ...
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Portrait (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as,
a portrait in words. 3. (vt) To portray; to draw. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Job (60 Occurrences)
... The patriarchal conditions, wherein the family is the social and communal unit,
enable him to portray worship and conduct in their primal elements: religious ...
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Wings (81 Occurrences)
... Sometimes the wings of a stork are used to portray strong flight, as in the vision
of Zechariah: "Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came ...
/w/wings.htm - 34k

Worship (332 Occurrences)
... atsabh, "carve," "fabricate," "fashion," is once given "worship," ie "make (an object
of) worship" (Jeremiah 44:19, the American Revised Version margin "portray...
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Inscribe (3 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). Ezekiel 4:1 You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay
it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem: (See NAS). ...
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Flatter (5 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait
flatters him. 7. (vi) To use flattery or insincere praise. ...
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Fancy (1 Occurrence)
... something without proof. 8. (vi) To love. 9. (vt) To form a conception
of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. 10. (vt) To have ...
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Trace (7 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee,
and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem: (See JPS). ...
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Bible Concordance

Portray (3 Occurrences)

Jeremiah 44:19 And when we burned incense to the queen of the heavens and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make for her cakes to portray her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?
(DBY)

Ezekiel 4:1 You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:
(WEB ASV DBY RSV)

Ezekiel 43:11 If they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and its fashion, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its forms, and all its ordinances, and all its forms, and all its laws; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form of it, and all its ordinances, and do them.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Portray

Related Terms

Represent (10 Occurrences)

Portrait (2 Occurrences)

Job (60 Occurrences)

Wings (81 Occurrences)

Worship (332 Occurrences)

Inscribe (3 Occurrences)

Flatter (5 Occurrences)

Fancy (1 Occurrence)

Trace (7 Occurrences)