Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
2. (n.) An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
3. (n.) The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.
Greek
575. apo -- from, away from ... ago (2), alike* (1), among (2), away (3), away* (1), because (9), before* (1), belonged
(1), deserting* (1), distance (1), hereafter* (1),
initiative (1), left
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/575.htm - 6k3335. metalambano -- to partake of
... 3335 (from 3326 , "change being ," and 2983 , " take or receive") -- properly,
to lay hold of with initiative which prompts "a change afterward," ie to show ...
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1438. heautou -- of himself, herself, itself
... 4), himself (91), itself (12), mind (1), none* (1), one another (13), oneself (1),
ourselves (19), own (48), own estimation (2), own initiative (3), own ...
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4355. proslambano -- to take in addition
... 4355 (from 4314 , "towards, interactively with," intensifying 2983 , "lay hold of
with initiative") -- properly, receive, with strong personal interest. ...
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1683. emautou -- of myself
... Word Origin gen. reflex. pronoun from emou and autos Definition of myself NASB Word
Usage myself (24), own (2), own initiative (6), own sake (1). me, myself. ...
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Library
Preface
... The initiative of all action to-day on the earth is in man's hands. Some
day the initiative of governing action on the earth will ...
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Interdenominational Readjustment
... Complete control of experimentation or demonstration work is likely to destroy
or prevent initiative, which is the soul of progress. ...
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Ernest Renan.
... Then lived a superior person, who, by his bold initiative, and by the love which
he inspired, created the object, and fixed the starting-point, of the future ...
//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/the person of christ/ernest renan.htm
The Divine Law of Leadership.
... The initiative of all action is with us. Of course, if you go a bit deeper in, the
initiative is with God who moves upon our hearts to make us act. ...
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Sixth Tractate. The Impassivity of the Unembodied.
... the reasoning faculty? So, the initiative faculty; is it not, itself, altered
as one varies between timidity and boldness? And the ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/sixth tractate the impassivity of.htm
How God Gives.
... There is a third sort, the rarest sort. This second man a stage farther on,
who takes the initiative. He ... restored. He takes the initiative. ...
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On Bk. viii. Chap. 2, 4 (Note 3, Continued). The Causes of the ...
... of the report. The fact I refer to is that the initiative came from Galerius,
not from Diocletian himself. Lactantius states this ...
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The Same Jesus Here Now.
... It is of keenest help to mark that humanly the initiative of action is in our hands.
The fight is ours. ... But we take the action. The initiative is ours. ...
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The Intrepid Pioneer.
... The mantle of Garretson fell upon Black and he was again compelled to lead the forces,
and take the initiative in opening up new places and preaching at every ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclean/william black/iv the intrepid pioneer.htm
Moody -- what Think Ye of Christ?
... As a business man he brought to his evangelistic work exceptional tact, initiative,
and executive ability, but the main source of his power lay in his ...
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Thesaurus
Initiative (11 Occurrences)... 3. (n.) The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in
legislation; as, the
initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of
.../i/initiative.htm - 9kAdam (29 Occurrences)
... to take care of that; but, beginning where this leaves off, the evolution of the
individual, from the first forth-putting of individual initiative and choice ...
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Injoin
Injoin. Initiative, Injoin. Injunction . Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) See
Enjoin. ... in-join'. See ENJOIN. Initiative, Injoin. Injunction . Reference Bible
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Initiate (1 Occurrence)
... ceremonies. 4. (vi) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to
take the initiative. 5. (a.) Unpracticed; untried; new. 6 ...
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Initiated (2 Occurrences)
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Michal (18 Occurrences)
... character. She manifested her love in an age when it was almost an
unheard-of thing for a woman to take the initiative in such a matter. ...
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Consent (34 Occurrences)
... of the one who consents. He does not take the initiative, but yields to
what the principal proposes. The phrase ek sumphonou, "by ...
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Adoption (5 Occurrences)
... The motive and initiative of adoption always lay with the adoptive father, who thus
supplied his lack of natural offspring and satisfied the claims of ...
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Agape
... were supplied out of the abundance of the rich (Acts 6:1). The presence of the Agape
in the Greek church of Corinth was no doubt due to the initiative of Paul ...
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Sacraments
... even been advanced that the institution of this sacrament as an ordinance of the
church designed to commemorate Christ's death was due to the initiative of Paul ...
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Resources
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