Bible Encyclopedia: Pretending

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Greek

1114. goes -- a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler
... 1114 -- originally, a sorcerer (in ancient Greek literature); in NT times, 1114 ()
is a a shameless cheat pretending to use supernatural power; an (), looking ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1114.htm - 7k

5578. pseudoprophetes -- a false prophet
... 5578 (from 5571 , "false" and 4396 , "a prophet") -- properly, a false prophet;
someone pretending to speak the word of the Lord (prophesy) but in fact is ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5578.htm - 8k

Library

Now Learned Reason, when Pretending to be a Master of Morality...
... [Way-1-38] Now learned reason, when pretending to be a master of morality�
Now learned reason, when pretending to be a master ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-38 now learned reason when.htm

The Testimony of the Spirit Necessary to Give Full Authority to ...
... AUTHORITY TO SCRIPTURE. THE IMPIETY OF PRETENDING THAT THE CREDIBILITY OF
SCRIPTURE DEPENDS ON THE JUDGMENT OF THE CHURCH. THE TESTIMONY ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 7 the testimony of.htm

Our First Proposition Was, that There is Satisfactory Evidence ...
... PROPOSITION II. CHAPTER I. Our first proposition was, That there is
satisfactory evidence that many pretending to be original� ...
/.../paley/evidences of christianity/chapter i our first proposition.htm

Forasmuch Then as the Letter Owed Its Origin to a False Story, and ...
... orders were given me? Is not this again the mere fabrication of enemies,
pretending that which never took place? I fear that even ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/21 forasmuch then as the.htm

How Licinius Attempted a Conspiracy against Constantine.
... At first, pretending friendship, he did all things by guile and treachery, expecting
thus to succeed in concealing his designs; but God enabled his servant to ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter l how licinius attempted a.htm

The Rebuilding of the Temple.
... No one grieved when he was killed by a chance wound from his own sword, in the year
522; but a young Magian priest, pretending to be Smerdis, whose death was ...
/.../yonge/the chosen people/lesson xiii the rebuilding of.htm

Letter Xl. (AD 397. )
... For he that ministers to the sick becomes as if he were sick himself; not, indeed,
falsely pretending to be under the fever, but considering, with the mind of ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xl a d 397.htm

A Warning against Hypocrisy
... hearts of men become hardened through selfishness, and, like Ananias and Sapphira,
they are tempted to withhold part of the price, while pretending to fulfill ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 7 a warning against.htm

True Sabbath Observance
... They were pretending zeal for the Sabbath, while they were really moved by anger
at the miracle, which would have been equally unwelcome on any day of the week ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/true sabbath observance.htm

Jesus Before Herod.
... before him"shoved him"abused him"spat upon him"struck him on the check, because
he had refused to answer their king, mocked him by pretending to pay ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xx jesus before herod.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pretend.

Thesaurus

Pretending (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pretend. Multi-Version
Concordance Pretending (4 Occurrences). Luke 20:20 And having ...
/p/pretending.htm - 7k

Christs (2 Occurrences)
... It is said that no fewer than twenty-four persons have at different times appeared
(the last in 1682) pretending to be the Messiah of the prophets. Int. ...
/c/christs.htm - 14k

Ananias (11 Occurrences)
... He and his wife sold their property, and gave to the common fund of the church
part of the purchase money, pretending it was the whole. ...
/a/ananias.htm - 19k

Ono (5 Occurrences)
... Not succeeding in their attempts to deter Nehemiah from rebuilding the walls of
Jerusalem, Sanballat and Tobiah resorted to strategem, and pretending to wish a ...
/o/ono.htm - 9k

Lowered (14 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
/l/lowered.htm - 10k

Lifeboat (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
/l/lifeboat.htm - 7k

Lower (72 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
/l/lower.htm - 30k

Witch (2 Occurrences)
... uses the word eggastrimuthos ("a ventriloquist") to describe the woman and those
who exercised kindred arts (1 Samuel 28:9). Though pretending ignorance (1 ...
/w/witch.htm - 24k

Intending (24 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
/i/intending.htm - 13k

Flee (187 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
/f/flee.htm - 38k

Bible Concordance

Pretending (4 Occurrences)

Luke 20:20 And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
(DBY)

Acts 8:9 Now for some time past there had been a man named Simon living there, who had been practising magic and astonishing the Samaritans, pretending that he was more than human.
(WEY)

Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,
(WEB WEY NIV)

Proverbs 26:18 As 'one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
(YLT)

Subtopics

Pretending

Related Terms

Christs (2 Occurrences)

Ananias (11 Occurrences)

Ono (5 Occurrences)

Lowered (14 Occurrences)

Lifeboat (3 Occurrences)

Lower (72 Occurrences)

Witch (2 Occurrences)

Intending (24 Occurrences)