Bible Encyclopedia: Retirement

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Greek

402. anachoreo -- to go back, withdraw
... retire, depart, withdraw Definition: I return, retire, withdraw, depart (underlying
idea perhaps of taking refuge from danger or of going into retirement). ...
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5009. tameion -- an inner chamber
... or magazine, ie A chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house
(generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement) -- secret chamber ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7729. shubah -- retirement, withdrawal
... 7728, 7729. shubah. 7730 . retirement, withdrawal. Transliteration: shubah
Phonetic Spelling: (shoo-baw') Short Definition: repentance. ...
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Library

Retirement.
... IV. COMFORT. Hymn 45 Retirement. William Cowper 8,6,8,6. Retirement. Far
from the world, O Lord, I flee,. From strife and tumult far; ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 45 retirement.htm

Retirement
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CXIX RETIREMENT. Fresh fields and woods!
the Earth's fair face! GOD's footstool! and man's dwelling-place! ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cxix retirement.htm

Retirement and Meditation.
... rhyme in the first and third lines of the stanza. Hymn 2:122. Retirement
and meditation. 1 My God, permit me not to be A stranger ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 168055556 retirement and meditation.htm

Religious Retirement.
... DEVOUT EXERCISES. 463. " Religious Retirement. 463. CM Cowper. Religious
Retirement. 1 Far from the world, O Lord! I flee, From ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/463 religious retirement.htm

Retirement after Chalcedon, and Death.
... VI."Retirement after Chalcedon, and Death. Some doubt hangs over the question
whether after his vindication at Chalcedon Theodoret ...
/.../vi retirement after chalcedon and death.htm

Retirement and Meditation.
... Hymns, Book II HYMN 122 Retirement and meditation. LM Retirement and meditation.
My God, permit me not to be. A stranger to myself and thee; ...
/.../the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 122 retirement and meditation.htm

Retirement of Athanasius, and Tyranny of Gregory and Philagrius.
... Section 5. Retirement of Athanasius, and tyranny of Gregory and Philagrius.
When all this was done, they did not stop even here; but ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 5 retirement of athanasius.htm

How Useless is the Retirement of those who do not Give up their ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XVI. How useless is the retirement of those who do
not give up their bad manners. Sometimes when we have been ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xvi how useless is.htm

CM Cowper. Retirement.
... 94. CM Cowper. Retirement. 1 Far from the world, O Lord! I flee, From strife and
tumult far; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. ...
/.../book of hymns for public and private devotion/94 c m cowper retirement.htm

Ep. Clii. On his Retirement from Constantinople Gregory had at the ...
... Division III. Miscellaneous Letters. Ep. CLII. On his retirement from
Constantinople Gregory had at the request of the Bishops of the� ...
/.../cyril/select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep clii on his retirement.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.

2. (n.) A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode.

Topical Bible Verses

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
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Thesaurus

Retirement (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion;
as, the retirement of an officer. ...Retirement (1 Occurrence). ...
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Retiring (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (a.) of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging
to, retirement. Multi-Version Concordance Retiring (1 Occurrence). ...
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Elijah (104 Occurrences)
... During all these two years a famine prevailed in the land. At the close of this
period of retirement and of preparation for his work (Comp. ...
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Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)
... near the city, and so close to what must have always been the great thoroughfare
eastward, that our Lord would scarcely have selected it for retirement on that ...
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Closet (3 Occurrences)
... As used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12:24), and
hence a place of privacy and retirement (Matthew 6:6; Luke 12:3). ...
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Prayers (99 Occurrences)
... Matthew 14:23 narrates the retirement of the Lord to a "mountain apart to pray."
No word of what the prayer was is given, but the record is suggestive. ...
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Gardens (14 Occurrences)
... On account of their retirement they were frequently used as places for secret prayer
and communion with God (Genesis 24:63; Matthew 26:30-36; John 1:48; 18:1, 2 ...
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Felix (11 Occurrences)
... The case dragged on for two years till Felix, upon his retirement, "desiring
to gain favor with the Jews. left Paul in bonds" (Acts 24:27). ...
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Festus (14 Occurrences)
... of Judea (Acts 24:27), and was thus brought into prominence in the dispute between
Paul and the Sanhedrin which continued after the retirement of Felix (Acts 25 ...
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Forth (1639 Occurrences)
... 2. (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment,
or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put ...
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Bible Concordance

Retirement (1 Occurrence)

Luke 9:18 And it came to pass, as he was in retirement praying, his disciples were with him; and he asked them, saying, Who say the people that I am?
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Subtopics

Retirement

Related Terms

Retiring (1 Occurrence)

Elijah (104 Occurrences)

Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)

Closet (3 Occurrences)

Prayers (99 Occurrences)

Gardens (14 Occurrences)

Felix (11 Occurrences)

Festus (14 Occurrences)

Forth (1639 Occurrences)