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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

2. (a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining.

3. (a.) Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle.

4. (a.) Deceiving; deluding; misleading.

5. (n.) The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.

Strong's Hebrew

1935. hod -- splendor, majesty, vigor
... From an unused root; grandeur (ie An imposing form and appearance) -- beauty,
comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty. 1934, 1935. ...
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Library

Of Positiveness.
... Besides, this imposing humor is so unamiable, that it gives an aversion to the Person;
and we know how forcible personal prejudices are (though tis true they ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section xi of positiveness.htm

The Manner in which Man Conducted Himself for Fulfilling the First ...
... which concurred to effect this sin, and all of which, as, through the image of God,
he was able to resist, so was it his duty, through the imposing of that law ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation xxx the manner in.htm

Two Archbishops
... his earnestness and fame that the room had gradually grown into a chapel, and the
chapel into The Church of the Resurrection.' He was no imposing orator, but ...
/.../chapter xiii two archbishops.htm

The Purport of Ancient Scholia, and Notes in Mss. On the Subject ...
... are of spurious origin? (6.) The reader's attention is specially invited
to the imposing statement which follows. Codd.23, 34, 39 ...
/.../chapter viii the purport of.htm

The Teaching of Matthew 13 Proves that no Era of Millennial ...
... mustard-seed into a great tree represents the development of the Christian profession
from an insignificant commencement into a system of imposing proportions. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/2 the teaching of matthew.htm

Natural Evil, or Suffering, and Especially the Suffering of ...
... To this it is replied, "We cannot tell." No wonder; for if there must always be
antecedent guilt to justify God in imposing evil upon his subjects, then there ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter ii natural evil or.htm

The Invasion of Scythia.
... At length the splendid array arrived at the place of rendezvous on the Bosporus,
where there was soon presented to view a very grand and imposing scene. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter viii the invasion of.htm

The Priesthood of Christ
... (1.) The use of the former is in the communication of every needful good, and in
the imposing of laws or the act of legislation. ... The Imposing of the Office. ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/oration iv the priesthood of.htm

The Charter of Gentile Liberty
... We may observe that there was no imposing and authoritative decision of the Ecclesia,
but that the whole thing was threshed out in free talk, and then the ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture the acts/the charter of gentile liberty.htm

Thesaurus

Imposing (8 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air;
an imposing spectacle. ... Multi-Version Concordance Imposing (8 Occurrences). ...
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Imposition (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing,
enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. 2. (n ...
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Array (63 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular
lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. ...
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Sardis (3 Occurrences)
... The more imposing of the ruins are on the lower slope of the hill, and among them
the temple of Cybele is the most interesting, yet only two of its many stone ...
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Imposed (16 Occurrences)

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Outspoken (3 Occurrences)
... 10:1 But as for me Paul, I entreat you by the gentleness and self-forgetfulness
of Christ--I who when among you have not an imposing personal presence, but ...
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Lay (524 Occurrences)
... 28. (vt) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
29. (vt) To place (new type) properly in the cases. 30. ...
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Gerasa
... from Fahil (Pella). The ruins are wide and imposing and are better preserved
than any others on the East of Jordan. They include ...
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Gorgeous (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy;
fine; magnificent. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GORGEOUS; GORGEOUSLY. ...
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Gilboa (8 Occurrences)
... It presents an imposing appearance from the plain, but the highest point,
Sheikh Burqan, is not more than 1,696 ft. above sea level. ...
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Bible Concordance

Imposing (8 Occurrences)

John 7:12 Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 10:1 But as for me Paul, I entreat you by the gentleness and self-forgetfulness of Christ--I who when among you have not an imposing personal presence, but when absent am fearlessly outspoken in dealing with you.
(WEY)

James 1:22 But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
(WEY)

Joshua 22:10 When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 23:21 He also smote the Egyptian, an imposing man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
(DBY)

1 Kings 9:8 Though this house is so high, yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say,'Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?'
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 7:21 This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land, and to this house?
(See NIV)

Daniel 7:20 and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows.
(DBY NIV)

Subtopics

Imposing

Related Terms

Imposition (3 Occurrences)

Array (63 Occurrences)

Sardis (3 Occurrences)

Imposed (16 Occurrences)

Outspoken (3 Occurrences)

Lay (524 Occurrences)

Gerasa

Gorgeous (1 Occurrence)

Gilboa (8 Occurrences)