Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Different; taking various forms; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
2. (a.) Capable of various forms; multiform.
3. (adv.) In different directions; diversely.
4. (v. i.) To turn aside.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DIVERS; DIVERSE; DIVERSITIESdi'-verz, di-vurs', di-vur'-si-tiz: "Divers" meaning "various," "different in kind," is now obsolete and used only as a synonym of "several," i.e. more than one. The distinction between "divers" and "diverse" in the King James Version seems to be that the former is the wider term, the latter being restricted to the meaning of "different in kind," while "divers" is also used to express difference of number. the Revised Version (British and American) retains "diverse" in all instances but changes "divers" nearly everywhere, except where it has the meaning "several." Compare Matthew 24:7 Luke 21:11 Hebrews 9:10, and others. It is hard to understand why the Revised Version (British and American) retains "divers" as a translation of poikilos, in Matthew 4:24 Mark 1:34, et al., because poikilos certainly cannot have the meaning "several" but "different in kind," and the idea expressed in these passages is not that some of the people had several diseases but that different people had different kinds of diseases. The same is true in Hebrews 13:9 where "divers" does not refer to number but to various kinds of teaching. Hebrews 2:4 and James 1:2 rightly change the reading of the King James Version "divers" to "manifold."
In other passages the Revised Version (British and American) changes "divers" to "diverse," and thus renders the idea of the original text "different in kind." Compare Deuteronomy 25:13; Proverbs 20:10, 23. Other passages are changed the better to render the original text: Deuteronomy 22:9, "two kinds of seed"; Judges 5:30, "dyed"; 2 Chronicles 30:11, "certain men"; Mark 8:3 and Acts 19:9, "some." the King James Version reads. in all these passages "divers." the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James Version Hebrews 1:1 "at sundry times and in divers manners," an expression often found in Old English, to "by divers portions and in divers manners."
"Diversities" is found twice as translation of diairesis, literally, "distribution" (1 Corinthians 12:4), but the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James Version, 1 Corinthians 12:28, "diversities" to "divers kinds," as translation of gene, "kinds."
A. L. Breslich
Greek
4164. poikilos -- many colored ... poikilos Phonetic Spelling: (poy-kee'-los) Short Definition: various, of different
colors Definition: various, of different colors,
diverse, various.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4164.htm - 6k1313. diaphoros -- varying, excellent
... Word Origin from diaphero Definition varying, excellent NASB Word Usage differ
(1), more excellent (2), various (1). differing, diverse, more excellent. ...
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4182. polupoikilos -- of differing colors
... 4182 (an adjective, derived from 4183 , "much in number, many" and 4164 , "many
diverse manifestations") -- properly, , with multitudinous expressions (facets ...
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Strong's Hebrew
8133. shena -- to change... alter, change, be
diverse. (Aramaic) corresponding to shana -- alter, change, (be)
diverse. see HEBREW shana. 8132, 8133. shena. 8134 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/8133.htm - 6k 8138. shanah -- to repeat, do again
... do speak, strike again, alter, double, be given to change, disguise, be
diverse, pervert,. A primitive root; to fold, ie Duplicate ...
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68. eben -- a stone
... stonemasons* (1), stones (125), weight (4), weights (3). to build, a stone,
diverse weights. From the root of banah through the meaning ...
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Library
One Seed and Diverse Soils
... VOLUME I: ST. LUKE Chaps. I to XII ONE SEED AND DIVERSE SOILS. 'And when
much people were gathered together, and were come to Him ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/one seed and diverse soils.htm
The Diverse Forms of Spiritual Sickness.
... Book X. 24. The Diverse Forms of Spiritual Sickness. And, if you wish to see
of what nature are the sicknesses of the soul, contemplate ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/24 the diverse forms of.htm
Of the Diverse Motions of Nature and of Grace
... THE THIRD BOOK. ON INWARD CONSOLATION CHAPTER LIV Of the diverse motions
of Nature and of Grace. "My Son, pay diligent heed to the ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter liv of the diverse.htm
Diverse Things are Spoken Concerning the Same Christ, on Account ...
... The fifteen books of aurelius augustinus, Bishop of Hippo, on the TrinityBook I.
Chapter 13."Diverse Things are Spoken Concerning the Same Christ, on Account ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 13 diverse things are spoken.htm
Marcion Untrue to his Theory He Pretends that his Gods are Equal ...
... of Marcion. Chapter VI."Marcion Untrue to His Theory He Pretends that His
Gods are Equal, But He Really Makes Them Diverse. Then ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter vi marcion untrue to his.htm
Whether Corporeal Creatures were Produced by God through the ...
... an order exists, but not such that one creature is created by another, for that
is impossible; but rather such that by the Divine wisdom diverse grades are ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether corporeal creatures were produced.htm
Whether Bread Can be Converted into the Body of Christ?
... Objection 3: Further, when two things are diverse, one never becomes the other,
as whiteness never becomes blackness, as is stated in Phys. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether bread can be converted.htm
Whether There are Two Filiations in Christ?
... But one and the same cannot be in diverse species. Therefore it seems impossible
that one and the same relation be referred to extremes ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there are two filiations.htm
Whether the Moral virtues Differ in Point of the Various Objects ...
... Hence diverse objects which do not diversify the species of passions, do not diversify
the species of moral virtue: so that there is but one moral virtue about ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the moral virtues differ.htm
Further Remarks Upon St. Paul's Teaching.
... Such an agreement, moreover, will be come to if one first recall to mind those
(passages) which are diverse from the passage in question, when tried by the ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter xi further remarks upon st.htm
Thesaurus
Diverse (15 Occurrences)... 3. (adv.) In different directions; diversely. 4. (vi) To turn aside. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DIVERS;
DIVERSE; DIVERSITIES.
.../d/diverse.htm - 14kDivers (36 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Different in kind or species; diverse. ... Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DIVERS; DIVERSE; DIVERSITIES. ...
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Diversities (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Diversity. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. DIVERS; DIVERSE; DIVERSITIES. di'-verz, di-vurs ...
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Underfoot (14 Occurrences)
... and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces,
and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the ...
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Dreadful (23 Occurrences)
... and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces,
and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all ...
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Stamped (27 Occurrences)
... and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces,
and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the ...
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Trampled (41 Occurrences)
... and it hath iron teeth very great, it hath consumed, yea, it doth break small, and
the remnant with its feet it hath trampled; and it 'is' diverse from all the ...
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Remainder (33 Occurrences)
... and it hath iron teeth very great, it hath consumed, yea, it doth break small, and
the remnant with its feet it hath trampled; and it 'is' diverse from all the ...
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Kinds (110 Occurrences)
... vineyard. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). Deuteronomy 25:13 You shall not have
in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small. (See RSV). ...
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Residue (47 Occurrences)
... and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces,
and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the ...
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Resources
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