Topic
General; Generally
14 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- 2 Samuel 17:11ISBE
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
- 1 Chronicles 27:34ISBE
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.
- Esther 15:10ISBE
Thou shalt not die, though our commandment be general: come near.
- Psalms 148:2ISBE
Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
- Jeremiah 48:38ISBE
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 46:11ISBE
And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
- Daniel 7:10ISBE
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Hosea 2:11ISBE
I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
- Amos 5:21ISBE
¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 18:1ISBE
He that liveth for ever Hath created all things in general.
- 2 Maccabees 3:18ISBE
Others ran flocking out of their houses to the general supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.
- 2 Esdras 8:15ISBE
Now therefore, Lord, I will speak; touching man in general, thou knowest best; but touching thy people, for whose sake I am sorry;
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- Hebrews 12:23 ISBE
- Revelation 5:11 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references
jen'-er-al, jen'-er-al-i (kullah; paneguris):
(1) General is the translation of sar, "master," "head," "chief"; used once in the King James Version in the sense of commander-in-chief, "the general of the king's army" (1Ch 27:34), usually in this connection translated "captain," the Revised Version (British and American) "the captain of the king's host."
(2) As an adjective "general assembly" is the translation of paneguris (whence we have panegyric), "an assembly or convocation of the whole people to celebrate any public festival or solemnity, as the public games or sacrifices, hence, a high festival, public convocation, joyful assembly" (Robinson); the word occurs in the New Testament only in Heb 12:23, "to the general assembly and church of the firstborn; paneguris is Septuagint for mo`edh (Eze 46:11; Ho 2:11), "solemn assembly" and for `atsarah (Am 5:21), with the same meaning. The Greek words translated "and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn" (the King James Version) have been variously arranged and translated; Robinson gives "and to countless throngs (even) the joyful assembly of angels, i.e. as hymning the praises of God around His throne"; compare Re 5:11 f; Ps 148:2; Da 7:10). From both Hebrew and Greek analogies, this is probably correct; similarly, Alford, Delitzsch and others have "festival assembly"; Weymouth translated "to countless hosts of angels, to the great festal gathering and church of the first-born."
(3) Generally, adverb, occurs in Jer 48:38 the King James Version as the translation of kullah (Pual of kalah), "the whole of it," "There shall be lamentation generally (universally) upon all the housetops of Moab," the Revised Version (British and American) "everywhere"; in 2Sa 17:11, `acaph, "to be gathered," is translated "to be generally gathered," the Revised Version (British and American) "gathered together."
In Apocrypha we have "general" in the sense of "common," "universal" (Additions to Esther 15:10 margin, koinos; 2 Macc 3:18, pandemon); "in general" (2 Esdras 8:15, "man in general"; Ecclesiasticus 18:1, "all things in general," koinos, the Revised Version (British and American) "in common").
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.