Bible Concordance
Expedient (8 Occurrences)Matthew 19:10 His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry." (WEB ASV RSV)
John 11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. (KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)
John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. (KJV ASV WBS)
John 18:14 Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people. (WEB KJV WEY DBY YLT NAS)
1 Corinthians 6:12 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought under the power of anything. (WEB KJV ASV WBS)
1 Corinthians 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. (KJV ASV WBS)
2 Corinthians 8:10 I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)
2 Corinthians 12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. (KJV ASV WBS)
Thesaurus
Expedient (8 Occurrences)... to accomplish an end. 4. (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift. Int. Standard
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EXPEDIENT. eks-pe'-di-ent (sumphero
.../e/expedient.htm - 10kSarai (13 Occurrences)
... This double relationship suggested to Abraham the expedient that he twice used when
he lacked faith in God to protect his life and in cowardice sought his own ...
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Sarah (38 Occurrences)
... This double relationship suggested to Abraham the expedient that he twice used when
he lacked faith in God to protect his life and in cowardice sought his own ...
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Joash (49 Occurrences)
... "The Levites hastened it not," it is declared (2 Chronicles 24:5). 4. A New Expedient:
Time passed, and in the ... The expedient proved brilliantly successful. ...
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Best (252 Occurrences)
... 7. (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient
is best known to himself. 8. (vt) To get the better of. Int. ...
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Jehoash (28 Occurrences)
... "The Levites hastened it not," it is declared (2 Chronicles 24:5). 4. A New Expedient:
Time passed, and in the ... The expedient proved brilliantly successful. ...
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Ought (130 Occurrences)
... 5. (imp., pp, or auxiliary) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; --
in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a ...
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Weeks (17 Occurrences)
... To give time the violent expedient is adopted of dating the commencement of the
70 weeks from the prophecy of Jeremiah of the 70 years' captivity, or of the ...
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Ineffectual (1 Occurrence)
... (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless;
futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. ...
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Rachel (42 Occurrences)
... Then Rachel resorted to the expedient once employed by Sarah under similar
circumstances (16:2;); she bade Jacob take her handmaid Bilhah, as a concubine, ...
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Greek
4851. sumphero -- to bring together, to be profitable ... or advancement (M. Vincent). bring together, be
expedient, be profitable
for. From sun and phero (including its alternate); to bear
... /greek/4851.htm - 7k4851a. sumphero -- to bring together, to be profitable
... phero Definition to bring together, to be profitable NASB Word Usage advantage
(2), better (4), brought...together (1), common good (1), expedient (2), good (1 ...
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1351. dilogos -- given to repetition, double-tongued
... a deliberate -- acting like a spiritual "weathervane" by reversing their position
(taking different sides of an issue whenever it is convenient or expedient). ...
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