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Greek

68. agros -- a field, the country
... Definition a field, the country NASB Word Usage country (5), countryside (3), farm
(1), farms (3), field (21), fields (2), piece of land (1), tract of land (1 ...
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5117. topos -- a place
... general in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas chora is a large but participle
locality), ie Location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively ...
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2824. klima -- a region
... part, region. From klino; a slope, ie (specially) a "clime" or tract of country --
part, region. see GREEK klino. (klimasi) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5561. chora -- a space, place, land
... 5561 -- country-land (the ordinary word for ); a wide-open area; "a larger tract
than (68), . In two cases it refers to a rich man's estates; and ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2506. cheleq -- portion, tract, territory
... 2505b, 2506. cheleq. 2507 . portion, tract, territory. Transliteration:
cheleq Phonetic Spelling: (khay'lek) Short Definition: portion. ...
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3603. kikkar -- a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round ...
... 8). loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent. From karar; a circle, ie (by
implication) a circumjacent tract or region, expec. The Ghor ...
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Library

A Fifth Century Tract for the Times
... I. A Fifth Century Tract for the Times. "Be ashamed, ye Roman people everywhere,
be ashamed of the lives you lead! . . . It is neither ...
/.../salvian/on the government of god/i a fifth century tract.htm

Book and Tract Catalogue.
... BOOK & TRACT CATALOGUE. THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION. ... A very valuable tract showing
that the church is starving for lack of gospel truth.8pp.2 doz. ...
/.../moody/that gospel sermon on the blessed hope/book & tract catalogue.htm

For the Jubilee Celebration of the Religious Tract Society, 1848
... For the Jubilee Celebration of the Religious Tract Society, 1848. 8.6.8.6 James
Montgomery. For the Jubilee Celebration of the Religious Tract Society, 1848. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cclxxiv for the jubilee.htm

For the Jubilee of the Religious Tract Society, 1848
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCLXXV. For the Jubilee of the Religious Tract Society, 1848. ...
James Montgomery. For the Jubilee of the Religious Tract Society, 1848. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cclxxv for the jubilee.htm

Introduction
... THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PETER INTRODUCTION. THE atmosphere of this tract
is described in the introduction to the epistle of Judas. ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/introduction 3.htm

Introduction
... James is a pastoral or homily addressed to Christians in general (see on i.1). The
author is a teacher of the church, who writes this tract for the special ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/introduction.htm

Whether Christ Gave his Body to Judas?
... He gave it him in the morsel, especially since we read (Jn.13:26) that "after the
morsel, Satan entered into him." And on this passage Augustine says (Tract. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ gave his body.htm

Introduction to De Decretis or Defence of the Nicene Definition.
... Accordingly we must probably place the tract under the sole reign of Constantius,
between 351 and the end of 355. ... In the present tract and in Orat. ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/introduction to de decretis or.htm

No Minister Ought to Keep a Faithful Person from the Communion ...
... St. Augustine says, (Tract.26. in Johan.) If thou comest without Sin, come and welcome;
tis Bread and not Poyson; Again, (Ep. ... Pope Adrian (In 4 Sent. Tract. ...
/.../the spiritual guide which disentangles the soul/chap i no minister ought.htm

Introduction
... No document of the early church has proved so bewildering to scholars as this
apparently innocent tract which was discovered by Philotheos Byrennios in 1873. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

2. (v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.

3. (n.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.

4. (v.) Traits; features; lineaments.

5. (n.) The footprint of a wild beast.

6. (v.) Track; trace.

7. (v.) Treatment; exposition.

8. (v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.

9. (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.

10. (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday before Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.

11. (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protect.

Thesaurus

Tract (5 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as,
an unexplored tract of sea. ... Multi-Version Concordance Tract (5 Occurrences). ...
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Desert (322 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) Hebrews midbar, "pasture-ground;" an open
tract for pasturage; a common (Joel 2:22). The "backside ...
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Wanderings (7 Occurrences)
... won'-der-ingz: I. CONDITIONS 1. The Wilderness 2. Four Separate Regions Included
3. "The Sandy Tract" 4. Description of the Arabah 5. Physical Condition of the ...
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Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... Temperament of the Inhabitants of Elam LITERATURE 1. Geographical Position and Names:
A well-known tract, partly mountainous, whose western boundary, starting ...
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Elam (24 Occurrences)
... Temperament of the Inhabitants of Elam LITERATURE 1. Geographical Position and Names:
A well-known tract, partly mountainous, whose western boundary, starting ...
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Neck (97 Occurrences)
... a gourd. 4. (n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body,
or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts. 5. (n ...
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Flat (33 Occurrences)
... 13. (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended
plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the ...
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Forest (67 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United
States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been ...
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Territory (140 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A large extent or tract of land; a region;
a country; a district. 2. (n.) The extent of land belonging ...
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Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)
... literally, "of the Iturean and Trachonian region" (Luke 3:1). Trachonitis signifies
the land associated with the trachon, "a rugged stony tract." There are two ...
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Bible Concordance

Tract (5 Occurrences)

Acts 4:37 having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
(See NAS)

Genesis 48:22 And I have given to thee one tract of land above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
(DBY)

Joshua 19:29 and the border turned to Ramah, and as far as the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and ended at the sea by the tract of country of Achzib;
(DBY)

Joshua 24:32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 17:9 In that day shall his strong cities be as the forsaken tract in the woodland, and the mountain-top which they forsook before the children of Israel; and there shall be desolation.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Tract

Related Terms

Desert (322 Occurrences)

Wanderings (7 Occurrences)

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

Elam (24 Occurrences)

Neck (97 Occurrences)

Flat (33 Occurrences)

Forest (67 Occurrences)

Territory (140 Occurrences)

Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)