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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deserve.

2. (n.) Desert; merit.

3. (a.) Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.

Greek

514. axios -- of weight, of worth, worthy
... worth, worthy. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: axios Phonetic Spelling:
(ax'-ee-os) Short Definition: worthy, worthy of, deserving Definition: worthy ...
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2661. kataxioo -- to deem worthy
... count worthy. From kata and axioo; to deem entirely deserving -- (ac-)count worthy.
see GREEK kata. see GREEK axioo. (kataxiothentes) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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2472. isotimos -- held in equal honor
... and 5092 , "assigned price, value") -- properly, having the same (equal) value; "" ()
of consistent value (preciousness, make-up) and therefore deserving (). ...
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1777. enochos -- held in, bound by, liable to (a condition ...
... Word Origin from enecho Definition held in, bound by, liable to (a condition, penalty
or imputation) NASB Word Usage deserves (1), deserving (1), guilty (6 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1576. gemul -- a dealing, recompense, benefit
... deserves* (1). as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, recompense, reward.
From gamal; treatment, ie An act (of good or ill); by ...
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4941. mishpat -- judgment
... 1), cause (7), charge (1), claim (1), court (2), crimes (1), custom (11), customs
(2), decide (1), decision (2), decisions (1), deserving (1), destruction (1 ...
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Library

Judge Fairly, and You are Deserving of Censure in This...
... Book V. 45 Judge fairly, and you are deserving of censure in this� Judge
fairly, and you are deserving of censure in this, [4554 ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/45 judge fairly and you.htm

God not Deserving of Blame in Permitting the Existence of the ...
... Homily XIX. Chapter V."God Not Deserving of Blame in Permitting the
Existence of the Devil. And Peter said: "It is my opinion ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter v god not deserving of.htm

Fragment ix. Ever, Indeed, Speaking Well of the Deserving, but ...
... Fragment IX. Ever, indeed, speaking well of the deserving, but never ill
of the undeserving� Ever, [4813] indeed, speaking well ...
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The Fifty-Second Chapter: a Man Ought not to Consider Himself ...
... BOOK THREE. INTERNAL CONSOLATION The Fifty-Second Chapter: A Man Ought Not to Consider
Himself Worthy of Consolation, But Rather Deserving of Chastisement. ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the fifty-second chapter a man.htm

Pilate Therefore, Leaving Jesus Within the Prætorium, Went Out to ...
... calling the elders and priests and Levites, says to them privately: Do not do so;
for in nothing, though you accuse him, do I find him deserving of death, not ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of nicodemus /chapter 4 pilate therefore leaving 2.htm

The Gifts of Grace Conferred on Adam in Creation.
... and this should be to man also as it was made to the holy angels, the
reward of deserving. But now that good deserving has been ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 32 the gifts of grace.htm

Whether Honesty Should be Reckoned a Part of Temperance?
... temperance. Therefore honesty is not a part of temperance. Objection 3: Further,
the honest is that which is deserving of honor. Now ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether honesty should be reckoned.htm

Whether Purity Belongs Especially to Chastity?
... iii, 12) that "every kind of intemperance is most deserving of reproach." Now it
would seem to belong to purity to avoid all that is deserving of reproach. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether purity belongs especially to.htm

Of virtue and the Tortures of Christians, and of the Right of a ...
... But if he is accounted the most worthless of slaves who runs away and deserts his
master, and if he is judged most deserving of stripes and chains, and a prison ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xix of virtue and the.htm

"And we all do Fade as a Leaf, and Our Iniquities, Like the Wind ...
... Here they join the punishment with the deserving cause, their uncleanness and their
iniquities, and so take it upon them, and subscribe to the righteousness of ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xvii and we all.htm

Thesaurus

Deserving (19 Occurrences)
... n.) of Deserve. 2. (n.) Desert; merit. 3. (a.) Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving
person or act. Multi-Version Concordance Deserving (19 Occurrences). ...
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Deserves (25 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:15 Faithful is the saying, and deserving of universal acceptance, that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; among whom I stand foremost ...
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Universal (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:15 Faithful is the saying, and deserving of universal acceptance, that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; among whom I stand foremost ...
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Merit (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert. 2. (n.) Esp. in a
good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence. ...
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Deserve (40 Occurrences)
... of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because
the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not deserving of death ...
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Nero
... in the habit of a charioteer, or else standing in his chariot; whence a feeling
of compassion arose toward the sufferers, though guilty and deserving to be ...
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Valuable (17 Occurrences)
... land; a valuable cargo. 2. (a.) Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as,
a valuable friend; a valuable companion. 3. (n.) A precious ...
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Natures (12 Occurrences)
... by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures
and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger ...
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Unmarried (13 Occurrences)
... women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which
is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your ...
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Uprightly (32 Occurrences)
... in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and
his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands ...
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Bible Concordance

Deserving (19 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:13 and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.
(See NIV)

Mark 14:64 You all heard his impious words. What is your judgement?" Then with one voice they condemned Him as deserving of death.
(WEY NAS RSV)

Luke 23:15 Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
(See NAS RSV)

Luke 23:22 He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."
(See RSV)

Acts 13:28 Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
(See RSV)

Acts 23:29 I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.
(See NAS RSV)

Acts 25:11 For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don't refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"
(See NIV)

Acts 25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.
(See RSV NIV)

Acts 28:18 who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:25 Concerning unmarried women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.
(WEY)

Ephesians 2:3 Among them all of us also formerly passed our lives, governed by the inclinations of our lower natures, indulging the cravings of those natures and of our own thoughts, and were in our original state deserving of anger like all others.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 1:15 Faithful is the saying, and deserving of universal acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; among whom I stand foremost.
(WEY NAS)

1 Timothy 4:9 Faithful is this saying and deserving of universal acceptance:
(WEY NAS)

1 Timothy 6:1 Let all who are under the yoke of slavery hold their own masters to be deserving of honour, so that the name of God and the Christian teaching may not be spoken against.
(WEY)

Deuteronomy 19:6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 22:26 but to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and kills him, even so is this matter;
(See NIV)

Judges 9:16 "Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Samuel 19:28 For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?
(See JPS)

1 Kings 2:26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Deserving

Related Terms

Deserves (25 Occurrences)

Universal (7 Occurrences)

Merit (5 Occurrences)

Deserve (40 Occurrences)

Nero

Valuable (17 Occurrences)

Natures (12 Occurrences)

Unmarried (13 Occurrences)

Uprightly (32 Occurrences)