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Fame, n. The
Fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come. Favorable report report of good or great actions report that exalts the character celebrity renown as the
Fame of Howard or of Washington the
Fame of Solomon. And the
Fame of Jesus went throughout all Syria. ...
Fame, ...
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Wench - A young woman of
Fame. WENCH, To frequent the company of women of
Fame
Fame - , "fame"), is rendered "fame" in
Matthew 9:26 ;
Luke 4:14 . ...
Notes: (1) In
Luke 5:15 , RV, logos, "a word, report, account," is translated "report," for AV, "fame. (2) Akoe, "a hearing," is translated "report" in the RV of
Matthew 4:24 ; 14:1 ;
Mark 1:28 , for AV, "fame. (3) Echos, "a noise, report, sound," is translated "rumor," in the RV of
Luke 4:37 , for AV, "fame;" "sound" in
Acts 2:2 ;
Hebrews 12:19 . ...
B — 1: διαφημίζω (Strong's #1310 — Verb — diaphemizo — dee-af-ay-mid'-zo ) signifies "to spread abroad a matter,"
Matthew 28:15 , RV;
Mark 1:45 , RV (from dia, "throughout," and phemi, "to say"); hence, "to spread abroad one's
Fame,"
Matthew 9:31
Loos - ) Praise;
Fame; reputation
Sheva - Vanity; elevation;
Fame; tumult
World-Wide - ) Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide
Fame
Bruit - Report rumor
Fame
Bawdyhouse - ) A house of prostitution; a house of ill
Fame; a brothel
Fictitious - ) Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious
Fame
Brothel - ) A house of lewdness or ill
Fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse
Kudos - ) Glory;
Fame; renown; praise
Deathless - ) Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless
Fame
Famous - See
Fame. Celebrated in
Fame or public report renowned much talked of and praised distinguished in story
Outname - ) To exceed in name,
Fame, or degree
Shim'Eam - (their
Fame ), a descendant of Jehiel, the founder or prince of Gibeon
Bruit - ) Report; rumor;
Fame
Notker of Liege - Introduced the study of Greek into the School of Liege and laid the foundation of its great scholastic
Fame
Inordinate - ...
Irregular disorderly excessive immoderate not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds as an inordinate love of the world inordinate desire of
Fame
Meteoric - ) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric
Fame
Massa Candida - Their
Fame was perpetuated by Saint Augustine and the poet Prudentius
White Company - Their
Fame was perpetuated by Saint Augustine and the poet Prudentius
Wench - ) To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill
Fame
Celebrity - ) The state or condition of being celebrated;
Fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington
Shimei - ) The name seems to be derived from Shamaah,
Fameâand the post-fix pronoun makes it, my
Fame
Famous - ) Celebrated in
Fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; - used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate
Fame - ) Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the
Fame of Washington
Despite - He will rise to
Fame in despite of his enemies
Glendalough, Ireland, School of - Founded in the 6th century by Saint Kevin whose
Fame as saint and scholar attracted crowds of disciples, among them Saint Moling and Saint Lawrence O'Toole
Diarmaid the Just, Saint - His
Fame as a teacher, writer, and preacher attracted numerous disciples to him, among them Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise
Just, Diarmaid the, Saint - His
Fame as a teacher, writer, and preacher attracted numerous disciples to him, among them Saint Ciaran of Clonmacnoise
Inchbald, Elizabeth - She acquired more
Fame, however, by her often reprinted novel, "A Simple Story," one of the first English novels of passion
Elizabeth Inchbald - She acquired more
Fame, however, by her often reprinted novel, "A Simple Story," one of the first English novels of passion
Disadvantage - ) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest,
Fame, credit, profit, or other good
Renown - ) The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments;
Fame; celebrity; - always in a good sense
Literary - ) Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary
Fame; a literary history; literary conversation
Renown - ...
Fame celebrity exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments
Defame - ) To harm or destroy the good
Fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse
Hereof - , "this (fame)," AV, and RV marg
Rumor - ) A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
Fame; notoriety
Mishma - (mihssh' muh) Personal name meaning, “fame”
Ash (Tree) - It may be a great, solid, substantial business, in which a man's money,
Fame and fortune leave him no time for GOD
Unheard - ) Not known to
Fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure
Ger'Shon - ) But, though the eldest born, the families of Gershon were outstripped in
Fame by their younger brethren of Kohath, from whom sprang Moses and the priestly line of Aaron
Name - ) Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation;
Fame; especially, illustrious character or
Fame; honorable estimation; distinction
Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo - Skilled in painting, poetry, and sculpture, he won
Fame through his architectural work in Rome, notably the baldachinum and colonnade of Saint Peter's and the Scala Regia connecting the church with the Vatican
Giovanni Bernini - Skilled in painting, poetry, and sculpture, he won
Fame through his architectural work in Rome, notably the baldachinum and colonnade of Saint Peter's and the Scala Regia connecting the church with the Vatican
Rumor - ...
2: ἦχος (Strong's #2279 — Noun Masculine — echos — ay'-khos ) "a noise, sound," is translated "rumor" in
Luke 4:37 , RV (AV, "fame")
Ireland, Clement of, Saint - So great was his
Fame that Charlemagne invited him to his court and made him regent of the school of Paris from 775 until his death
Risk - ) To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's
Fame by a publication
Fraunhofer, Joseph Von - His
Fame rests chiefly on his initiation of spectrum analysis, the discovery of the Fraunhofer lines in the solar spectrum and his establishing of the laws of diffraction
Joseph Von Fraunhofer - His
Fame rests chiefly on his initiation of spectrum analysis, the discovery of the Fraunhofer lines in the solar spectrum and his establishing of the laws of diffraction
Grattan, Henry - Entering the Irish Parliament, 1775, he won
Fame as an orator, advocating free trade and legislative independence for Ireland
Henry Grattan - Entering the Irish Parliament, 1775, he won
Fame as an orator, advocating free trade and legislative independence for Ireland
Laurel - ) A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction;
Fame; - especially in the plural; as, to win laurels
Infamous - infamis infamo, to defame in and fama,
Fame
Obscurity - A state of being unknown to
Fame humble condition as the obscurity of birth or parentage
Fame - FAME. Bacon, who left a Fragment on the subject, and who loved to quote the mythological idea of
Fame as the daughter of the angry Earth and the sister of the warring Giants, understood by the term disturbing Rumour—a thing dangerous to governments. ) described ‘the last infirmity of noble minds,’ in a late poem analyzed the temptation to seek
Fame or glory, and poured scorn on human judgments (Par. ...
We are told that early in the ministry of Jesus a
Fame of Him went through Galilee and the surrounding country, including Syria (
Matthew 4:24, Luke 4:14). And, finally, this Gospel tells us that the
Fame of Jesus affected Herod (
Matthew 14:1 Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 ‘report,’ cf. ‘speech’; Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 ‘fame,’
Luke 4:14, so Matthew 9); ἦχος (lit
Faversham, Haymo of - He had already gained
Fame as a lecturer in the University of Paris when he entered the Order of Friars Minor, c1225 He was one of the Friars sent by the Holy See to negotiate for the reunion of the Greek and Latin Churches
Haymo of Faversham - He had already gained
Fame as a lecturer in the University of Paris when he entered the Order of Friars Minor, c1225 He was one of the Friars sent by the Holy See to negotiate for the reunion of the Greek and Latin Churches
Hierapolis - Its
Fame rested on textile and cloth dyeing industries
Holy Cross Abbey, Ireland - It owes its
Fame to the relic of the Holy Cross enshrined there, and was for three and a half centuries one of the most frequented places of pilgrimage in Ireland
Gregory of Valencia - After lecturing on philosophy with distinction in Rome, he was sent to Germany where he taught theology for 17 years at Ingolstadt, and won additional
Fame as a brilliant controversialist
Andreas Hofer - He took part in the uprising of 1806 against the Bavarians who had acquired the Tyrol by the Treaty of Presburg, and won
Fame by defeating them at Sterzing
Abbey, Holy Cross, Ireland - It owes its
Fame to the relic of the Holy Cross enshrined there, and was for three and a half centuries one of the most frequented places of pilgrimage in Ireland
Immortal - Destined to live in all the ages of this world imperishable as immortal
Fame
Hofer, Andreas - He took part in the uprising of 1806 against the Bavarians who had acquired the Tyrol by the Treaty of Presburg, and won
Fame by defeating them at Sterzing
Seek - ) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or
Fame; to seek one's life
Valencia, Gregory of - After lecturing on philosophy with distinction in Rome, he was sent to Germany where he taught theology for 17 years at Ingolstadt, and won additional
Fame as a brilliant controversialist
Santini, Giovanni Sante Gasparo - In 1814 he became director of the observatory, made it renowned for equipment and thoroughness of work, and acquired
Fame by planetary researches
Sergius, Saint And Martyr - Their united
Fame soon became widespread. ) The
Fame of Sergius and Bacchus spread to France, where Le Blant ( Christ
Manzoni, Alessandro - Manzoni's
Fame was established abroad by "I Promessi Sposi," considered by Scott as the greatest romance of modern times
Spain -
1 Maccabees 8:3 ; (
Romans 15:24,28 ) The local designation, Tarshish, representing the Tartessus of the Greeks, probably prevailed until the
Fame of the Roman wars in that country reached the East, when it was superseded by its classical name
According - ...
Noble is the
Fame that is built on candor and ingenuity, according to those beautiful lines of Sir John Denham
Alessandro Manzoni - Manzoni's
Fame was established abroad by "I Promessi Sposi," considered by Scott as the greatest romance of modern times
Epternach, Abbey of - The abbey, in modern times, owes much of its
Fame to the "dancing procession" of Whit Tuesday in honor of Saint Willibrord
Mahoney, Francis Sylvester - Popularly known as the author of The Bells of Shandon, he owes his literary
Fame, however, to his collection of writings Reliques of Father Prout
Father Prout - Popularly known as the author of The Bells of Shandon, he owes his literary
Fame, however, to his collection of writings Reliques of Father Prout
King david - A shepherd boy, he rose to
Fame after slaying the Philistine hero Goliath
David, king - A shepherd boy, he rose to
Fame after slaying the Philistine hero Goliath
Jan Van Eyck - Besides collaborating with his brother in the Saint Bavon altar-piece, he achieved
Fame as a portrait painter
Menas, Saint -
Fame of his miracles spread rapidly, and his tomb became the object of frequent pilgrimages
Mennas, Saint -
Fame of his miracles spread rapidly, and his tomb became the object of frequent pilgrimages
Resound - ) To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the
Fame of
Abbey of Echternach - The abbey, in modern times, owes much of its
Fame to the "dancing procession" of Whit Tuesday in honor of Saint Willibrord
Abbey of Epternach - The abbey, in modern times, owes much of its
Fame to the "dancing procession" of Whit Tuesday in honor of Saint Willibrord
Idol - It may be money,
Fame, pleasure, companionship, or even a religious activity
Opinion - ) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation;
Fame; public sentiment or esteem
Echternach, Abbey of - The abbey, in modern times, owes much of its
Fame to the "dancing procession" of Whit Tuesday in honor of Saint Willibrord
Eyck, Jan Van - Besides collaborating with his brother in the Saint Bavon altar-piece, he achieved
Fame as a portrait painter
Johann Gassner - The
Fame of these cures caused him to be invited to the Diocese of Constance, to Ratisbon, and elsewhere, and everywhere he obtained similar results
Race - Each one hopes to get the prize of wealth, honor,
Fame or power
Gassner, Johann Joseph - The
Fame of these cures caused him to be invited to the Diocese of Constance, to Ratisbon, and elsewhere, and everywhere he obtained similar results
Dial - The causing the shadow upon it to go back ten degrees, to assure king Hezekiah of his recovery from sickness, was probably effected not by arresting and turning backwards the revolution of the earth, but by a miraculous refraction of the sun's rays, observed only in Judea, though the
Fame of it reached Babylon,
2 Chronicles 32:31
Honour - "It cannot, " as one observes, "arise from riches, dignity of rank or office, nor from what are often called splendid actions of heroes, or civil accomplishments; these may be found among men of no real integrity, and may create considerable
Fame; but a distinction must be made between
Fame and true honour.
Fame floats on the breath of the multitude; honour rests on the judgment of the thinking
Angelo Secchi - " He acquired
Fame as a physicist by his Sulla unità delle forze fisiche
Secchi, Angelo - " He acquired
Fame as a physicist by his Sulla unità delle forze fisiche
Wide - His
Fame was spread wide
Climb - To mount or ascend, with labor or a slow motion as, to climb the ascents of
Fame
Herald - A proclaimer a publisher as the herald of another's
Fame
Memory - , as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous
Fame; as, the war became only a memory
Share - Nor I without my share of
Fame
Thais - Her
Fame reached to Paphnutius's monastery, whereupon he determined to make a great effort to convert her, though she was evidently a nominal Christian
Christ: the Preacher's Theme - The pulpit is intended to be a pedestal for the cross, though, alas! even the cross itself, it is to be feared, is sometimes used as a mere pedestal for the preacher's
Fame
Memorial - There high in air memorial of my name, ...
Fix the smooth oar, and bid me live to
Fame
Lory - ) Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable
Fame; renown
Lory - ) Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable
Fame; renown
Honor - ) A cause of respect and
Fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation. )
Fame; reputation; credit
Harlot - A harlot is the same name as a prostitute, a woman of
Fame, or as we say, a woman of the town. " (
Jeremiah 3:1) It hath supposed by some, that in the case of Rahab the harlot, it was not intended to imply the character of a woman of
Fame
Fabre, Jean Henri - His
Fame rests chiefly on his "Souvenirs Entomologiques," which merited for him the name of "The Homer of the Insect World
Marquette, Jacques - His statue has been placed by the State of Wisconsin in the Hall of
Fame, Washington
Jean Fabre - His
Fame rests chiefly on his "Souvenirs Entomologiques," which merited for him the name of "The Homer of the Insect World
Jacques Marquette - His statue has been placed by the State of Wisconsin in the Hall of
Fame, Washington
Nicolas Poussin - Choosing subjects from mythology and the Old Testament he attained such
Fame by 1639 that he was invited to the French court by Louis XIII
Herald - ) A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's
Fame
University of Pavia - Its
Fame diminished from 1600, and Empress Maria Theresa reorganized the courses, 1763, adding institutions and increasing the chairs
Chaucer, Geoffrey - "; the "Book of the Duchess"; the "Complaint of Pity"; "Anelida and False Arcite"; "Trollus and Cressid"; the "Parliament of Fowls"; the "House of
Fame"; the "Legend of Good Women"; and the "Canterbury Tales
Gebal - Still its
Fame for building ships and trading throughout the world continued
Chuza - We read in
Matthew 14:1, "Herod heard of the
Fame of Jesus, and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist, who is risen from the dead
Appetite - Appetites are passions directed to general objects, as the appetite for
Fame, glory or riches in distinction from passions directed to some particular objects, which retain their proper name, as the passion of love, envy or gratitude
Franz Schubert - The songs, with which his
Fame is perhaps most closely associated, number over 500
Pul - A district or people to whom tidings will be sent of Jehovah's
Fame and glory as seen upon the earth in a future day
Abelard, Peter - Later he taught at the cathedral school in Paris, where he enjoyed great
Fame as a teacher of rhetoric and logic
Cosmas (1) And Damianus, Silverless Martyrs - , and the legends of martyrs of that time, whose
Fame is known only by popular tradition, seem in many cases to succeed naturally to the place of those heathen myths that were slowest to die
Schubert, Franz Peter - The songs, with which his
Fame is perhaps most closely associated, number over 500
Senuti, an Anchorite - He attached himself to the monastery of Panopolis near Athrebi in Upper Egypt, where he soon attained such
Fame for sanctity and orthodoxy that Cyril would only set out for the council of Ephesus if he had the company of Senuti and Victor, archimandrite of Tabenna. His
Fame was everywhere established, and Roman commanders sought his assistance
Detraction - In the native importance of the word, signifies the withdrawing or taking off from a thing; and as it is applied to the reputation, it denotes the impairing or lessening a man in point of
Fame, rendering him less valued and esteemed by others
Scorn -
Fame that delights around the world to stray, scorns not to take our Argos in her way
Top - ...
If you attain the top of your desires in
Fame-- ...
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Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint - The
Fame of his learning spread and he became the defender of the Church against the erroneous teaching of Abelard, Arnold of Brescia, and Gilbert de La Porree, championed Pope Innocent II, causing him to be recognized as supreme pontiff in France, England, Ireland, and Germany, and preached the second Crusade, 1133-1137
Heaven: None Admitted But Those Like Jesus - A man of renown cometh up heralded by
Fame, and preceded by the admiring clamour of mankind; but the angel saith, 'Such applause may please the sons of men, but thou hast no right to enter here
Abel - ” His claim to
Fame is that “by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain” (
Hebrews 11:4 )
Rahab - Had she been a woman of ill
Fame, would Salmon, a prince of the tribe of Judah, have taken her to wife! Or could he have done it by the law? Beside, the spies of Joshua would hardly have gone to lodge with a common harlot, they who were charged with so nice and dangerous a commission
Base, Baser - , those which are of no account or
Fame in the world's esteem
Naaman - A little Israelitish captive maiden tells him of the
Fame and skill of Elisha, and he is cured by him by following his simple directions to bathe in the Jordan seven times
Praise - " Young's Love of
Fame; Blair's Sermons, ser
Robert Grosseteste - He came from Suffolk and studied at Oxford, where subsequently he won
Fame as a teacher
Deborah - Her
Fame spread far and wide
Self-Seeking - Self-seeking evidences itself by parsimoniousness, oppression, neglect, and contempt of others, rebellion, sedition, egotism, immoderate attempts to gain
Fame, power, pleasure, money, and frequently by gross acts of lying and injustice
Request - Knowledge and
Fame were in as great request as wealth among us now
Salvina - Her
Fame having spread to Palestine, Jerome, though a stranger, wrote her a letter—the arrogant tone of which might well have offended, if the coarseness had not shocked her
Sela - For some description of the buildings of Petra and the rock architecture which have given the city great
Fame, see Bædeker’s Palestine , p
Thieves, the Two - They could hardly have failed to hear something of his
Fame as a prophet, of his triumphal entry as a king; They catch at first the prevailing tone of scorn
Uzziah - He was successful against the Philistines, the Arabians, and the Mehunims; and the Ammonites were tributary, so that his
Fame was spread abroad
Chase - Pursuit with an ardent desire to obtain, as pleasure, profit,
Fame, &c
Hans Holbein the Younger - After a brief sojourn in Basel Holbein returned to London, 1531, and increased his
Fame by works executed for the Steelyard colony of the German Hanseatic League, among them the "Portrait of George Gisze," of the Berlin Gallery
Glory - Honor praise
Fame renown celebrity
Sacrifice - We should never sacrifice health to pleasure, nor integrity to
Fame
Caiaphas - ...
During the time of Jesus, the members of the Sanhedrin (the Jewish Council) became increasingly hostile to him as they saw his
Fame growing
Greatness - The world has confused greatness itself with certain caricatures of it known as ‘fame’ and ‘power. ...
(a) Greatness is not
Fame. Men’s
Fame consists in what others say about them; Christians’ greatness consists in what they themselves are
Add - ” The Queen of Sheba told Solomon, “Thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the
Fame which I heard,” or literally, “You add
wisdom and prosperity to the report which I heard” (
1 Kings 10:7)
Wide - ) To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his
Fame was spread wide
na'Aman - A little Israelitish captive maiden tells him of the
Fame and skill of Elisha, and he is cured by him by following his simple directions to bathe in the Jordan seven times
Merlinus - Layamon alludes to several of his prophecies and they soon gained popular
Fame
Order of Saint Benedict - In the 9th century barberic invasions of Europe razed many monasteries, but a new period of Benedictine
Fame began with the establishment of the renowned Abbey of Cluny, 910. The French Congregation of Saint Maur, dating from 1621, attained
Fame by reason of its extensive activity in the field of literature and the devout lives of its members
Benedictine Order - In the 9th century barberic invasions of Europe razed many monasteries, but a new period of Benedictine
Fame began with the establishment of the renowned Abbey of Cluny, 910. The French Congregation of Saint Maur, dating from 1621, attained
Fame by reason of its extensive activity in the field of literature and the devout lives of its members
Benedictines - In the 9th century barberic invasions of Europe razed many monasteries, but a new period of Benedictine
Fame began with the establishment of the renowned Abbey of Cluny, 910. The French Congregation of Saint Maur, dating from 1621, attained
Fame by reason of its extensive activity in the field of literature and the devout lives of its members
Of - ...
"The quarrel is not now of
Fame and tribute, or of wrongs done " that is, from
Fame or wrongs, as the cause, and we may render it concerning, about, relating to
Confusion of Tongues - God's justice in punishing of those who, in idolizing their own
Fame, forget him to whom praise is due
Equal - ...
Those who were once his equals, envy and defame him. Few officers can expect to equal Washington in
Fame
Jeph'Thah - ) His
Fame as a bold and successful captain was carried back to his native Gilead; and when the time was ripe for throwing off the yoke of Ammon, Jephthah consented to become the captain of the Gileadite bands, on the condition, solemnly ratified before the Lord in Mizpeh, that int he event of his success against Ammon he should still remain as their acknowledged head
Hear, Hearing - "the word of hearing" (AV, "which ye heard");
Hebrews 4:2 , "the word of hearing," RV, for AV, "the word preached;" in a somewhat similar sense, "a rumor, report,"
Matthew 4:24 ; 14:1 ;
Mark 1:28 , AV, "fame," RV, "report;"
Matthew 24:6 ;
Mark 13:7 , "rumors (of wars);" (d) "the receiving of a message,"
Romans 10:17 , something more than the mere sense of "hearing"
; so with the phrase "the hearing of faith,"
Galatians 3:2,5 , which it seems better to understand so than under (c). See EAR ,
Fame , PREACH , REPORT , RUMOR
Syria, Syrian - The Lord in His journeys visited some of the borders of Syria, and His
Fame went throughout all Syria
Calvary - Discovered by Otto Thenius, the site gained
Fame when Charles Gordon wrote in 1885 that this was indeed Calvary
Increase - To extend to spread as, to increase
Fame or renown
Ring - ) To be filled with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his
Fame
Nethinim - The Gibeonites similarly, having obtained by craft a covenant from Joshua (
Joshua 9:9;
Joshua 9:27), "because of the name" and "fame of Jehovah, Israel's God," were made "hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and altar
Gain - For
Fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease
Report - Rumor common
Fame story circulated
Name - Renown
Fame honor celebrity eminence praise distinction
Carnutum - The cathedral, Notre Dame de Chartres, to which the city principally owes its
Fame, was a favorite place of pilgrimage for the kings of France; the list of famous visitors includes John the Good, who left his pilgrim's staff, now become the baton cantoral of the chapter; Edward III of England; and several popes
Chartres, France - The cathedral, Notre Dame de Chartres, to which the city principally owes its
Fame, was a favorite place of pilgrimage for the kings of France; the list of famous visitors includes John the Good, who left his pilgrim's staff, now become the baton cantoral of the chapter; Edward III of England; and several popes
Personal Effort: Needed For Success - ' Now, the foremost champions, with fear and trembling, undertook the task and went to the conflict, and they fought well, as the rolls of
Fame can testify; to the best of their ability they unhorsed their foes and performed great exploits
Babylas, Bishop of Antioch - But his
Fame has arisen principally from the triumph of his relics after his death over another emperor, viz
Autricum - The cathedral, Notre Dame de Chartres, to which the city principally owes its
Fame, was a favorite place of pilgrimage for the kings of France; the list of famous visitors includes John the Good, who left his pilgrim's staff, now become the baton cantoral of the chapter; Edward III of England; and several popes
Fair - Free from stain or blemish unspotted untarnished as a fair character or
Fame
San Francisco, California, City of - McEnerney, who won international
Fame by his masterful presentation of the claims of the Catholic Church in California to the Pious Fund before the Tribunal of Arbitration at The Hague, 1902
Set On, Set Up - 3:19: “… And I will get them praise and
Fame in every land where they have been put to shame
Tyre - It was Hiram , David’s contemporary, who raised Tyre to
Fame. Some time after the death of Eth-baal a domestic rebellion led to the emigration of the Tyrian princess Elissa, who is said to have fled from Tyre with her murdered husband’s riches and to have founded Carthage, thereby winning
Fame for herself as the Dido of Virgil’s Ãneid . 1124), and William of Tyre celebrates its
Fame under the Crusaders
John the Baptist - ...
The
Fame of John reached the ears of Jesus in Nazareth (
Matthew 3:5 ), and he came from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized of John, on the special ground that it became him to "fulfil all righteousness" (3:15)
Syracuse - And Syracuse coveted a higher
Fame than that of warlike prowess
Report - ) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence,
Fame; repute; reputation
Alexandria - 26, Alexandria passed into the hands of the Romans; and after having enjoyed the highest
Fame for upwards of a thousand years, it submitted to the arms of the caliph Pmar, A
Tongues, Confusion of - The belief that the world, after the Flood, was re-populated by the progeny of a single family, speaking one language, is reconciled in the Bible with the existing diversity of tongues by a story which relates how the descendants of Noah, in the course of their wanderings, settled in the plain of Shinar, or Babylonia, and there built of brick a city, and a tower high enough to reach heaven, as a monument to preserve their
Fame, and as a centre of social cohesion and union
Rhodes - Rhodes acquired a new
Fame in the Middle Ages as the home, for two centuries, of the Knights of St
Lydda - By this time Lydda had begun to have a wide
Fame as the reputed burial-place of a Christian soldier named Georgios, who in Nicomedia had torn down Diocletian’s edict against Christianity and welcomed martyrdom
Sidon - of Tyre, its ‘rival in magnitude,
Fame, and antiquity’ (Strabo, xvi
Ai - ...
The suggestions for solving this problem are basically three: (1) the Bible contains an inaccurate or legendary story built on the earlier
Fame of the city; (2) the Israelites actually destroyed Bethel (not Ai), but the twin cities (see
Ezra 2:28 ; and
Nehemiah 7:32 ) were considered to be the same, or (3) further archaeological evidence will reveal a different site for Ai
Enoch - Enoch's
Fame rests upon a better basis than his skill in science
Account - See CAUSE , COMMUNICATION , DO , DOCTRINE ,
Fame , INTENT , MATTER , MOUTH , PREACHING , QUESTION , REASON , RECKONING , RUMOR , SAYING , SHEW , SPEECH , TALK , THING , TIDINGS , TREATISE , UTTERANCE , WORD , WORK
Babylonia - , when the Assyrian empire gave way to the Chaldean, and Babylon reached its highest point in
Fame and power
Nilus, an Ascetic of Sinai - It was written to exalt the
Fame of his favourite martyr, Plato of Ancyra, and conclusively proves that the invocation of saints was then practised in the East
Chicago, Illinois - Murphy, surgeon of world Fame; ex-Judge Edward F
Slander - Barrow, is uttering false speeches against our neighbour, to the prejudice of his
Fame, safety, welfare; and that out of malignity, vanity, rashness, ill nature, or bad design
Meekness - Thus, the meekness which He blessed and taught by His own conduct was the self-conquest which rendered Him indifferent to the glamour of external conditions such as wealth, ease,
Fame, and sovereignty, by which even the greatest minds have been dazzled; and further, it was opposed to the spirit of resentment, hatred, and pride, which is often the product of contumely, pain, unjust suffering, and obscurity
Infidelity - Since his time, sceptical writers have sprung up in abundance, and infidelity has allured multitudes to its standard; the young and superficial, by its dexterous sophistry; the vain, by the literary
Fame of its champion; and the prodigate, by the licentiousness of its principles
Hear - 6:27: “So the Lord was with Joshua; and his
Fame was noised throughout all the country
Alexandrian Library - These, and others added to them from time to time, rendered the new library more numerous and considerable than the former; and though it was plundered more than once during the revolutions which happened in the Roman empire, yet it was as frequently supplied with the same number of books, and continued, for many ages, to be of great
Fame and use, till it was burnt by the Saracens, A
Pamphilus, Presbyter of Caesarea - Pamphilus proved his affection for the memory and
Fame of Origen by devoting the last two years of his life to composing, in prison, with the assistance of Eusebius, an Apology , or Defence of Origen, addressed to the "Confessors condemned to the mines in Palestine
Caesar - Augustus himself soon gave evidence that he meant to gather up and concentrate on himself all the
Fame that was associated with ‘Caesar. The
Fame of the first Caesar had come to be overshadowed by the remarkable career of the founder of the Empire
Cry - Public reports or complaints noise
Fame
Isaacus Ninivita, Anchorite And Bishop - Isaac's
Fame as an anchorite became so great that he was raised to the bishopric of Nineveh, which, however, he resigned on the very day of his consecration, owing to an incident which convinced him that his office was superfluous in a place where the gospel was little esteemed
Euthymius (4), Abbat in Palestine - ...
A new turn was given to the life of Euthymius by a cure which he effected for Terebon, son of Aspebetus, prince of the Saracens, who, hearing of his
Fame, brought the afflicted boy to his gloomy retreat with a large train of followers
Solomon - ...
His
Fame was spread abroad through all lands, and men came from far and near "to hear the wisdom of Solomon. "Deep, indeed, must have been her yearning, and great his
Fame, which induced a secluded Arabian queen to break through the immemorial custom of her dreamy land, and to put forth the energy required for braving the burdens and perils of so long a journey across a wilderness
Crowd - ‘His
Fame went throughout all Syria
Painting, Religious - Few of the early religious painters of Spain won lasting
Fame; after 1500, however, there are several great names
Naphtali - In that decisive struggle with the Canaanitcs the tribe wrote its name high on the roll of Israelitish
Fame
Damascus, Damascenes - Damascus (Δαμασκός) cannot now be regarded as the oldest city in the world, but it has a surer title to
Fame in its possession of the secret of eternal youth
Religious Painting - Few of the early religious painters of Spain won lasting
Fame; after 1500, however, there are several great names
Michal - ...
The title of
Psalms 59:9, "because of his (the enemy's) strength"; see
Psalms 59:12 on Saul's "pride" roused to jealousy of David's
Fame, and Saul's "lying" accusation of treason against David
Sardis - Years of evangelism had not delivered it from the spirit of the city which boasted her great name and
Fame, while she lapped herself in soft Lydian airs and closed her eyes to the dangers of overweening self-confidence
Impostors - Lastly, in our own day, we have Rasputin, "the mad monk"; Dowie, of "Elijah"
Fame; Mary Baker G
Resurrection of Christ - Lastly, the motives which induced them to publish the resurrection: not to gain
Fame, riches, glory, profit; no, they exposed themselves to suffering and death, and proclaimed the truth from conviction of its importance and certainty
Matthew (2) - ...
Before the call of Matthew, Jesus had resided at Capernaum, had left it, and had gone back to it (
Mark 1:21;
Mark 1:38;
Mark 2:1); and it is safe to conclude that Matthew, a dweller in or near the city, had heard the
Fame of Jesus, and perhaps he may have been among those who sought Him (
Mark 1:37)
Shewbread - The frankincense always on the shewbread, and consumed when the bread was to be eaten, symbolized that prayer must ever accompany self dedication, and that the
Fame of love must kindle prayer when we are about to hold communion with and to be nourished by Him
Give - ...
It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after
Fame
Magi - " Accordingly the very guide they look to is a star (a meteor probably), and the question they ask is "where is He that is born King of the Jews?"...
Moreover, Daniel, "chief of the Magi," had foretold Messiah's kingdom (
Daniel 2:44;
Daniel 9:25); naturally the Magi ("wise men") looked for the kingdom and the king among the people of him whose
Fame as a Magian they had heard of. But the Child had escaped, and the Magi, being warned of God in a dream (they were
Famed for interpretation of dreams), had returned a different way, before Herod's cruel decree for the slaughter of the infants took effect at Bethlehem
Colours - Pliny says of Tyre that, while she once ‘thirsted so eagerly for the conquest of the whole earth … all her
Fame is now confined to the production of the murex and the purple’ (Historia Naturalis (Pliny) v
Antonius - ...
The
Fame of Anthony spread rapidly through Christendom; and the effect of his example in inducing Christians, especially in the East, to embrace the monastic life is described by his biographers as incalculable
Mendicants - As the pontiffs allowed these four Mendicant orders the liberty of travelling wherever they thought proper, of conversing with persons of every rank, of instructing the youth and multitude wherever they went; and as those monks exhibited, in their outward appearance and manners of life, more striking marks of gravity and holiness than were observable in the other monastic societies, they rose all at once to the very summit of
Fame, and were regarded with the utmost esteem and veneration through all the countries of Europe
Balaam - His
Fame had spread across the wilderness, and, when Balak found himself in straits through the advance of Israel, he sent for Balaam to come and curse Israel
Ulfilas - The literary
Fame of Ulfilas is connected with his Gothic translation of the Bible, the one great monument of that language now extant
Solomon - " The queen of Sheba's (Arabian tradition calls her Βalkis ) visit illustrates the impression made by his
Fame, which led "all the earth to seek to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart"; she "hearing of his
Fame concerning the name of Jehovah" (i. )...
Josephus attributes to her the introduction of the balsam for which Judaea was afterward
Famed (
1 Kings 10:1-25). ...
The queen of Sheba confessed that she believed not the report until her own eyes saw its truth, yet that half was not told her, his wisdom and prosperity exceeded the
Fame which she had heard (compare spiritually
John 1:46;
John 4:42)
Joannes Presbyter - We can conceive either that there were two Johns in Asia, and that the latter's
Fame was so absorbed by the glory of his greater namesake that all remembrance of him was lost; or else we may imagine that the second John, the source of apostolic traditions to the Asiatic churches, was held in such high consideration that, though not really so, he passed in common
Fame as the apostle
Monk - ...
The
Fame of their piety and sanctity was so great, that bishops and presbyters were often chosen out of their order; and the passion of erecting edifices and convents, in which the monks and holy virgins might serve God in the most commodious manner, was at this time carried beyond all bounds
Good - Honorable fair unblemished unimpeached as a man of good
Fame or report
Monk - The
Fame of their piety and sanctity was so great, that bishops and presbyters were often chosen out of their order; and the passion of erecting edifices and convents, in which the monks and holy virgins might serve God in the most commodious manner, was at this time carried beyond all bounds
Sedulius, 5th-Cent. Poet - He gives us a charming account of this group: Macedonius, the father and life of the whole; Ursinus, the reverent priest spending his life in the service of the King of Heaven; Laurence, the wise and gentle, who has spent all his money on the poor; Gallicanus, another priest, not learned, but a model of goodness and loyalty to church rule; Ursicinus, combining the wisdom of age with the brightness of youth; the deaconess Syncletica, of noble birth and nobler life, a worthy temple of God, purified by fasting, prayer, and charity, learned and liberal; and lastly Perpetua, the young pure matron, perpetual in
Fame and purity as in name
Severus Sulpicius, an Historian - Martin (which, however, is the worst of his writings from a literary point of view), Sulpicius's chief title to
Fame rests on his beauty and purity of style, in respect of which he is pre-eminent, if not unique, among ecclesiastical authors, and well merits his appellation of the "Christian Sallust
the Queen of Sheba - For He is wiser in men's hearts than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Chalcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and His
Fame is now in all the nations round about. Only, Blessed be His name, even if you are sick till you have no spirit left in you at the sight of other men's great houses, and great riches, and wise words, and
Fame, and great happiness-even so, Blessed be his name, He will not despise you nor spit upon you
Samuel - The Lord revealed himself now in divers manners to Samuel, and his
Fame and his influence increased throughout the land as of one divinely called to the prophetical office
For - He writes for money, or for
Fame that is, towards meeting, or to have in return, as a reward
Decius, Emperor - They fell asleep, and the place acquired a local
Fame for its sanctity
Pantaenus, of Alexandria - He also represents that the people of India had heard his
Fame as a teacher and sent a deputation to solicit this mission
Poetry - The Hebrew poet sought not self or
Fame, as the pagan poets, but was inspired by God's Spirit to meet the want which his own and his nation's aspirations after God created The selection for the psalter was made not with reference to the beauty of the pieces, but to their adaptation for public worship
Abraham - ...
Abraham being the father of Ishmael and the other sons sent into the East it is not to be wondered at that he is a personage of universal
Fame in that immense quarter of the world, and that there are numerous traditions concerning him
Alexandria - Alexander, when he built the city of Alexandria, with a determination to make it the seat of his empire, and peopled it with emigrants from various countries, opened a new mart of philosophy, which emulated the
Fame of Athens itself
Tomb, Grave, Sepulchre - at every opening of their mouth they bury, by slander and detraction, some one’s fair
Fame
Christian - Chrysostom, the prince of early Christian preachers, won his first
Fame there
Ecbatana - On the southwest, Orontes, or Elwund, (by whichever name we may designate this most towering division of the mountain,) presents, itself, in all the stupendous grandeur of its
Fame and form
Solomon - About the same time, the queen of Sheba came to Jerusalem, attracted by the great
Fame of the king
Council - ) the council of Trent, of which an account is given in the preceding paragraph, and which grounds its
Fame on its opposition to the progress of the reformation under Luther
Benedictus of Nursia, Abbott of Monte Cassino - The
Fame of his sanctity spreading abroad, Benedict was invited, his youth notwithstanding, by the monks of a neighbouring monastery (at Vicovarro) to preside over them, and very reluctantly consented
Daniel - Daniel's high position while still a mere youth (
Daniel 1:3-5;
Daniel 1:11-16;
Daniel 2:1), at the court of the Jews' conqueror and king, gave them a vivid interest in their illustrious countryman's
Fame for righteousness and wisdom; for in his person they felt themselves raised from their present degradation
Hearing - The noun (ἀκοή) also occurs, and is rendered ‘hearing,’ ‘fame,’ ‘report,’ ‘rumour
Synagogue - He desired to undertake the office of maptir or "reader of the lesson from the prophets", and was at once permitted owing to His
Fame) answered to our deacon or subdeacon; besides getting the building ready for service he acted as schoolmaster during the week
Lactantius - Jerome calls pulcherrimum; next his Institutions in seven books extant also on which his
Fame principally rests; next his own epitome of the same work In Libro uno acephalo ("a compendium of the last three books only," as Cave explains it; but the first half was claimed by Pfaff to have been recovered a
Sol'Omon - (
2 Chronicles 9:28 )
The survey of the influence exercised by Solomon on surrounding nations would be incomplete if we were to pass over that which was more directly personal the
Fame of his glory and his wisdom
Genesis - He gives His promises of land, nation,
Fame, and a mission of blessing for the nations
Inn - ...
The reputation of inns seems to have been generally bad; they were very often houses of ill-fame, and hostesses were looked upon with suspicion
Gospel - ...
They relate the first appearance of Christ upon earth, his extraordinary and miraculous birth, the testimony borne to him by his forerunner, John the Baptist, the temptation in the wilderness, the opening of his divine commission, the pure, the perfect, and sublime morality which he taught, especially in his inimitable sermon on the mount, the infinite superiority which he showed to every other moral teacher, both in the matter and manner of his discourses, more particularly by crushing vice in its very cradle, in the first risings of wicked desires and propensities in the heart, by giving a decided preference to the mild, gentle, passive, conciliating virtues, before that violent, vindictive, high-spirited, unforgiving temper, which has been always too much the favourite character of the world; by requiring us to forgive our very enemies, and to do good to them that hate us; by excluding from our devotions, our alms, and all our virtues, all regard to
Fame, reputation, and applause; by laying down two great general principles of morality, love to God, and love to mankind, and deducing from thence every other human duty; by conveying his instructions under the easy, familiar, and impressive form of parables; by expressing himself in a tone of dignity and authority unknown before; by exemplifying every virtue that he taught in his own unblemished and perfect life and conversation; and, above all, by adding those awful sanctions, which he alone, of all moral instructers, had the power to hold out, eternal rewards to the virtuous, and eternal punishments to the wicked
da'Vid - Unfortunately David's
Fame proved the foundation of that unhappy jealousy of Saul towards him which, mingling with the king's constitutional malady, poisoned his whole future relations to David
Nebuchadnezzar - Devotion to the gods, especially Bel Merodach, from whom he named his son and successor Evil Merodach, and the desire to rest his
Fame on his great works and the arts of peace rather than his warlike deeds, are his favorable characteristics in the monuments
Joshua, Theology of - In addition, they occur in notes of how the enemies of Israel hear of the Israelite victories and how their courage melts (5:1); how God's presence with Joshua leads to his
Fame spreading throughout the land (6:27); and how the armies of Canaan learn of God's Acts but still refuse to accept God's sovereignty and signify this by perpetrating war against Israel (9:1-2; 10:1-5; 11:1-5)
Happiness - Happiness rests in dispositions, such as purity, meekness, righteousness, peace, and not in possessions, such as wealth, health,
Fame
Alexandria - In this home of endowed research the exact sciences flourished; Alexandria had on her roll of
Fame the names of Euclid in geometry, Hipparchus in astronomy, Eratosthenes in geography; and her physicians were the most celebrated in the world
Work - With “name” the verb means “to gain prominence and
Fame”: “Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name …” (
Anointing (2) - —Impressed by the
Fame of Jesus and desirous of closer acquaintance with one who was certainly a prophet, perhaps more,*
Elisha - There are certainly at school, at college, in the shop, in the office, on the hills, in the mine, young men who, five-and-twenty years after this, shall be as great preachers, as great writers, as great statesmen, as great administrators, and as great discoverers as any of those who are now in such Fame, and far better suited for the time to come
Jacobus Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa - His
Fame spread over the East and reached the empress Theodora, who was eagerly desirous of seeing him, as one of the chief saints of the Monophysite party of which she was a zealous partisan
Lucianus, a Famous Satirist - As in course of time his rhetorical vein exhausted itself, he betook himself, when about 40 years old, to that style of writing-dialogue on which his permanent
Fame has rested
Peter - Peter's
Fame was now become so great, that the brethren of Joppa, hearing of his being in Lydda, and of his having cured Eneas miraculously of a palsy, sent, desiring him to come and restore a disciple to life, named Tabitha, which he did
Augustine - ...
Many were the theological labours to which he was invited by the most eminent of his contemporaries; and hastily as some of his lucubrations were executed, it is not surprising that among two hundred and seventy-two treatises on different subjects, some are of inferior value and unworthy of the
Fame which he had acquired in the church. A sublime genius, an uninterrupted and zealous pursuit of truth, an indefatigable application, an invincible patience, a sincere piety, and a subtle and lively wit, conspired to establish his
Fame upon the most lasting foundations
Ezekiel - Daniel's prophecies were later than those of Ezekiel, but his
Fame for piety and wisdom was already established (
Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 16: 28;
Ezekiel 16:3); and the Jews in their low state naturally prided themselves on one who reflected such glory on their nation at the pagan capital (Daniel 1-2)
Unconscious Faith - The credit given to the prophet’s message, and to the
Fame of Solomon’s wisdom, is taken as evidencing a deeper and unconscious faith in the righteous God who was judging the iniquity of the great city, and in the all-wise God whose inspiration was the source of the king’s wonderful ability
Galilee (2) - Tabor; the next range contains the Karn Hattin of Crusading
Fame; the third, the city of Jotapâta; while the fourth consists of the southern slopes of the mountains of Upper Galilee
Disciple (2) - That increase took place when the
Fame of His teaching and words, as He went through the towns and villages of Galilee, ‘preaching the gospel of the kingdom, healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness’ (
Matthew 9:35), both attracted to Him the attention of the populace, and so excited the resentment of the scribes and Pharisees that they began to take counsel with the Herodians ‘how they might destroy him’ (
Mark 3:6)
Elesbaan, a King, Hermit, And Saint of Ethiopia - ) The importance of the crusades on which his
Fame rests is attested by Gibbon, who asserts that, had their purpose been attained, "Mahomet must have been crushed in his cradle, and Abyssinia would have prevented a revolution which has changed the civil and religious state of the world" (Decline and Fall , c
Name (2) - Rarely it is found in the sense of ‘reputation,’ ‘fame,’ ‘glory’—the result of a person’s name being on every tongue
Augustinus, Aurelius - Here he was attracted by the eloquence of Ambrose, then at the height of his
Fame, and soon made his acquaintance. Augustine travelled to different places in search of a suitable site—avoiding towns where the see was vacant, for he knew that his growing
Fame might lead men to think of him
Chrysostom, John, Bishop of Constantinople - A brilliant career was opening before the young man, leading to all that men most covet, wealth,
Fame, high place. After his ordination he preached his first sermon before the bishop, and a vast crowd was gathered by the
Fame of his eloquence ( Sermo, cum Presbyt
Croisade, or Crusade - ...
The
Fame of this great and pious design being now universally diffused, procured the attendance of the greatest prelates, nobles, and princes; and when the pope and the hermit renewed their pathetic exhortations, the whole assembly, as if impelled by immediate inspiration, exclaimed with one voice, "It is the will of God!" These words were deemed so much the effect of a divine impulse, that they were employed as the signal of rendezvous and battle in all future exploits of these adventurers
Reality - When the multitudes, excited by the
Fame of His deeds, pressed round, expecting Him to take some step which would lift Israel to new heights of glory, instead of playing on their credulity, as for a while He might have done, He struck directly at their sensuous and extravagant hopes, insisting on their deeper needs and the more vital work which had first to be effected in their hearts (
John 6:27 ff
Insects - The bee gained
Fame in the story of Samson, for he ate honey from the carcass of a lion and later tested the Philistines with a riddle concerning the incident (
Judges 14:5-18 )
Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis - A similar occasion produced his great heresiological work, written in the years 374-377, the so-called Πανάριον , on which his
Fame chiefly rests
Man (2) - He received ‘sinners,’ and ate with them; He dined with tax-gatherers, and spoke kindly and compassionately to a woman of ill
Fame (1618165918_93;
Luke 19:1-10, John 8:1-11)
Beda, Historian - His
Fame, if we may judge from the demand for his works immediately after his death, extended wherever English missionaries or negotiators found their way, and must have been widespread during his life
the Pharisee - They are all rejoicing in their neighbour's truth now, and in his prosperity, and in his
Fame
Paul the Aged - And Cicero goes on to fortify first himself and then his readers, with such examples as those of Plato, who died at his desk at eightyone; and Isocrates, who wrote one of his best books at ninety-four, and who lived another five years on the
Fame of it; and Gorgias the Leontine, who completed a hundred and seven years, and never to the end loitered in his love of work, but died leaving this testimony on his deathbed, "I have had no cause for blaming old age," he said
Mephibosheth - Our own good name and
Fame also, all our possessions, and all our expectations are all tied on to that wheel, for our hearts to be discovered and denounced, and for deliverance to be wrought in us from the dominion of such a heart
Demoniac - Matthew, where the very first mention is made of these possessions, it is said that our Lord's
Fame went throughout all Syria, and that they brought unto him, ‘all sick people,' that were taken with ‘divers diseases and torments,' and those ‘which were possessed with devils,' and he healed them
Paul - It was a city of vast wealth, and it was given over to every kind of pleasure, the
Fame of its theatres and race-course being world-wide" (Stalker's Life of St
Trade And Commerce - Of national industries we hear very little; nor does it appear that any articles of Israelitish workmanship acquired
Fame in foreign lands
Worldliness (2) - If it require that he sacrifice his own temporal
Fame (cf
Jeremiah - And your sensibility of heart and mind once well begun will grow till your name is as famous as you could wish it to be where
Fame and name is alone worth working for
Achan - But-...
Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep co more!Macbeth doth murder sleep, the innocent sleep!And still it cried, Macbeth doth murder sleep!So the Lord was with Joshua; and his
Fame was noised throughout the whole country
Nebuchadnezzar - ...
But the
Fame of this magnificent monarch has rested even more on his unparalleled works of peace than on his great successes in war
David - During those years he seems to have been principally engaged in accumulating treasures of every kind for the great temple at Jerusalem, which it was reserved to his successor to build (1 Chronicles 22 ; 28 ; 29 ), a house which was to be "exceeding magnifical, of
Fame and of glory throughout all countries" (22:5)
Humility - His cradle in the manger at Bethlehem and His subjection in the home at Nazareth, His quiet entrance, at the hands of the Baptist, on public life, His restraint in the use of His supernatural powers, and His dislike of consequent honour and
Fame, His frequent periods of retirement, His choice of followers and friends, His sympathies with little children and humble suppliants (
Mark 10:13-16;
Mark 7:24-30), His appreciation of the smallest offering and the simplest service (
Luke 21:1-4, Matthew 10:42), and, finally, His submission to the experiences concentrated in the week of His Passion and Crucifixion, all attest the consistency of His character as One who was ‘meek and lowly in heart,’ and who, at every step of His career, plainly and profoundly ‘humbled himself’ (
Philippians 2:8)
Aaron - Aaron, again, must have been the most eloquent of all eloquent men, since the
Fame of his eloquence had reached up to heaven itself till it was acknowledged and talked of and boasted about there
Miracles (2) - Teaching of Jesus in the synagogue, and spread of His
Fame (the latter left like a pyramid on its apex without the restoration of the demoniac)
Philippians Epistle to the - Earthly fortune, future, and
Fame are but stable-sweepings compared with this (Ramsay says Paul gave up literally his patrimony and was disowned, St
Herod - Yet "he desired to see Him" (
Luke 9:9), for he had "heard of the
Fame of Jesus" (
Matthew 14:1); and so in Christ's last hours "when he saw Him he was exceeding glad, for he was desirous to see Him of a long season, because he had heard many things of Him (doubtless through Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and through Manaen his foster brother: 1618165918_4;
Acts 13:1), and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by Him
Egypt - But when the
Fame of Solomon's temple had reached other countries, it excited them to imitate its splendour; and nation vied with nation in the structures erected to their several deities
Oracle - ...
"Since Delphi now, if we may credit
Fame, Gives no responses, and a long dark night Conceals the future hour from mortal sight
Humility - His cradle in the manger at Bethlehem and His subjection in the home at Nazareth, His quiet entrance, at the hands of the Baptist, on public life, His restraint in the use of His supernatural powers, and His dislike of consequent honour and
Fame, His frequent periods of retirement, His choice of followers and friends, His sympathies with little children and humble suppliants (
Mark 10:13-16;
Mark 7:24-30), His appreciation of the smallest offering and the simplest service (
Luke 21:1-4, Matthew 10:42), and, finally, His submission to the experiences concentrated in the week of His Passion and Crucifixion, all attest the consistency of His character as One who was ‘meek and lowly in heart,’ and who, at every step of His career, plainly and profoundly ‘humbled himself’ (
Philippians 2:8)
Physician - Extraordinarily successful, and at length emboldened by his
Fame, he undertook so many serious cases of cutting and burning that he was dubbed ‘carnifex’ and driven from the city
Proverbs - They had several industries of world-wide
Fame
Wandering Stars - ’ ἀστέρες πλανῆται are words used to distinguish the planets from the fixed stars; but the regular motion of the planets would supply no fit comparison for the author’s idea, and we must rather see a reference to meteors or shooting stars, whose sudden and terrifying appearance, rapid transit, and speedy disappearance into a darkness rendered more intense by contrast would be a fitting picture of the short-lived
Fame and hurtful influence of the false teachers, and a prediction of that abyss of darkness into which they were hurrying
Galatia - ) ‘heard of the
Fame of the Romans, that they are valiant men
Gregorius Nyssenus, Bishop of Nyssa - The urgent remonstrances of his friend Gregory Nazianzen would have an earnest supporter in his elder sister, the holy recluse Macrina, who doubtless used the same powerful arguments which had induced Basil to give up all prospect of worldly
Fame for the service of Christ
Peter - These scanty particulars do not permit of any very extended interpretation, yet they do make it clear that Peter was prominent in the counsels of the mother Church, that he continued to prosecute his work as an evangelist, and that his
Fame had reached even to Asia Minor and Greece early in the fifties
Socialism - The aim of Socialism is the fulfilment of service, the aim of Individualism is the attainment of some personal advantage-riches, or place, or
Fame
Messiah - Upon the
Fame of these things the Jews of Italy sent legates to Smyrna, to enquire into the truth of these matters
Paul - --He who was thus conducted into Jerusalem by a company of anxious friends had become by this time a man of considerable
Fame among his countrymen
Dioscorus (1), Patriarch of Alexandria - Theodoret, whose testimony in his favour cannot be suspected, declared in a letter to Dioscorus, soon after his consecration, that the
Fame of his virtues, and particularly of his modesty and humility, was widely spread (Ep
Julianus, Flavius Claudius, Emperor - The
Fame of the wisdom of Aedesius first attracted Julian to Pergamus but he, being old and infirm, recommended him to his pupils, Chrysanthius and Eusebius
Palestine - His three temptations were an epitome of the nation’s temptations—‘to act like men’ for bread, or for
Fame, or for power