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Greek

5517. choikos -- earthy, made of dust
... 5517 (an adjective, derived from , "made of earth, dust") -- properly, , (made of
dust); (figuratively) , passing away; transient, "earthly." All four ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2310. chadel -- forbearing, lacking
... Word Origin from chadal Definition forbearing, lacking NASB Word Usage forsaken
(1), refuses (1), transient (1). he that forbears, frail, rejected. ...
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2465. cheled -- duration, world
... From an unused root apparently meaning to glide swiftly; life (as a fleeting portion
of time); hence, the world (as transient) -- age, short time, world. ...
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Library

The Universal Gift
... The great fact which to-day[1] commemorates is too often regarded as if it were
a transient gift, limited to those on whom it was first bestowed. ...
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Dying Men and the Undying Word
... old truth. That special angle is to bring into connection the Eternal Word
and the transient vehicles and hearers of it. Did you ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/dying men and the undying.htm

Christ and the Unstable.
... out the crying abuses from the temple and cleanse His Father's house, He felt that
He could now do; He felt that these stirrings of feeling, transient as they ...
/.../schleiermacher/selected sermons of schleiermacher/v christ and the unstable.htm

Index to Preachers and Sermons
... By Alexander Vinet Christianity, The Transient and Permanent in. ... By John A.
Broadus Permanent, The Transient and the, in Christianity. ...
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What Passes and what Abides
... his men, through whose bowels this generation has burrowed its tunnels, stand the
same, and smile the same amid their snows, at the transient creatures that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/what passes and what abides.htm

The Passing and the Permanent
... But the thought that lies below them, sweeping as it does through the whole creation,
and parting all things into the transient and eternal, the mortal and ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the passing and the permanent.htm

Entering into the Infinite
... and desires, in the midst of all his clinging to earthly and impermanent things,
has ever been intuitively conscious of the limited, transient, and illusionary ...
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Two Shepherds and Two Flocks
... let ourselves be absorbed and entangled by the affairs of this life, and permit
our whole spirits to be bent in the direction of these transient things, what ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/two shepherds and two flocks.htm

Proposition that the Self-Existent Being must be Eternal.
... any thing that is to come; but their thoughts, and knowledge, and power must of
necessity have degrees and periods, and be successive and transient as the ...
/.../v proposition v that the.htm

A Rash Vow
... wrong, good and evil, I find in them". I. A noble, sincere, but transient
emotion and impulse. 'I will lay down my life for Thy ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/a rash vow.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Passing before the sight or perception and then disappearing; of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure.

2. (a.) Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.

3. (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.

4. (n.) That which remains but for a brief time.

Thesaurus

Transient (3 Occurrences)
... and then disappearing; of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable;
not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. ...
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Transgressors (19 Occurrences)

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Glimpse (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary
perception; a quick sight. 2. (n.) A sudden flash; transient luster. ...
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Inhabitant (54 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from
a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city ...
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Impulsive (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Inclined to act on transient feelings;
unpremeditated. 2. (a.) Having the power of driving or ...
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Impulse (18 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination;
sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion ...
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Flesh (468 Occurrences)
... gentleness. 7. (n.) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure;
desire for sensual gratification; carnality. 8. (n ...
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Fashion (24 Occurrences)
... Schema denotes a transient, external semblance or fashion, and so it may be
distinguished from its synonym morphe, which denotes the essential intrinsic form ...
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Fleeting (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fleet. 2. (a.) Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient;
transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Flash (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and
light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. ...
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Bible Concordance

Transient (3 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 4:18 while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
(See RSV)

Hebrews 7:24 and he, because of his remaining -- to the age, hath the priesthood not transient,
(YLT)

Psalms 39:4 "Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Transient

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Related Terms

Transgressors (19 Occurrences)

Glimpse (2 Occurrences)

Inhabitant (54 Occurrences)

Impulsive (1 Occurrence)

Impulse (18 Occurrences)

Flesh (468 Occurrences)