Topic
Matter
14 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 24:14ISBE
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
- 1 Samuel 16:18ISBE
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
- 2 Samuel 11:19ISBE
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
- 1 Kings 8:59ISBE
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
- Esther 3:4ISBE
Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
- Job 32:18ISBE
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
- Psalms 35:20ISBE
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
- Psalms 64:5ISBE
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
- Proverbs 16:20ISBE
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
- Proverbs 18:13ISBE
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
- Daniel 4:17ISBE
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 28:10ISBE
As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth: and as a man’s strength is, so is his wrath; and according to his riches his anger riseth; and the stronger they are which contend, the more they will be inflamed.
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- Galatians 2:6 ISBE
- James 3:5 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references
mat'-er: This word being a very general term may express various ideas. the Revised Version (British and American) therefore frequently changes the reading of the King James Version in order to state more definitely the meaning of the context (compare Ex 24:14; 1Sa 16:18; 1Ki 8:59; 2Sa 11:19; Es 3:4; Ps 35:20; 64:5; Pr 16:20; 18:13). dabhar, and the Greek logos, both meaning "word," are very frequently translated by "matter." hule, "wood," is rendered "matter" in Jas 3:5 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "how much wood is kindled"; compare Sirach 28:10). Job 32:18 translates literally, "words"; also Da 4:17, "sentence." diaphero, "to carry in different places," "to differ," is rendered "to make matter" (Ga 2:6). The meaning is "it makes a difference," "it matters," "it is of importance."
A. L. Breslich
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.