3 occurrences
'Purpose' in the Bible
And now the wise men, the users of secret arts, have been sent in before me for the purpose of reading this writing and making clear to me the sense of it: but they are not able to make clear the sense of the thing:
Then this Daniel did his work better than the chief rulers and the captains, because there was a special spirit in him; and it was the king's purpose to put him over all the kingdom.
And it will be his purpose to come with the strength of all his kingdom, but in place of this he will make an agreement with him; and he will give him the daughter of women to send destruction on it; but this will not take place or come about.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Aim (30 instances)
- Design (99 instances)
- Determination (8 instances)
- Function (10 instances)
- Intent (65 instances)
- Intention (33 instances)
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- Purport (1 instance)
- Purpose (564 instances)
- Resolve (13 instances)
- Role (7 instances)
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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זמּה זמּה
Zimmah
Zimmah
lewdness , wickedness , hief , lewd , heinous crime , wicked devices , lewdly , wicked mind , purposes , thought
Usage: 29
חפץ
Chephets
Chephets
Usage: 39
חשׁב
Chashab
Chashab
count , devise , think , imagine , cunning , reckon , purpose , esteem , account , impute , forecast , regard , workman , conceived ,
Usage: 124
יעץ
Ya`ats
Ya`ats
counsel , counsellor , consult , give , purposed , advice , determined , advise , deviseth , taken ,
Usage: 80
יצר
Yatsar
Yatsar
Usage: 62
מחשׁבת מחשׁבה
Machashabah
Machashabah
Usage: 56
עצה
`etsah
`etsah
Usage: 88
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