Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.
2. (a.) Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.
3. (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
INTEND; INTENTin-tend', in-tent': Early English words derived from Latin and used in the King James Version, sometimes in the Revised Version (British and American), to translate a number of different expressions of the original.
Intend is sometimes used in English in the literal sense of Latin intendere, "to stretch," but in the English Bible it is used only of the direction of the mind toward an object. Sometimes it is used of mere design (mello), Acts 5:35 the King James Version; Acts 20:13; or of desired action (thelo), Luke 14:28 the King James Version; again of a fixed purpose (boulomai), Acts 5:28; Acts 12:4; or, finally, of a declared intention ('amar), Joshua 22:33 the King James Version; 2 Chronicles 28:13 the King James Version.
Intent is used only of purpose, and is the translation sometimes of a conjunction (lebha`abhur), 2 Samuel 17:14; (lema`an), 2 Kings 10:19; (hina), Ephesians 3:10; sometimes of an infinitive of purpose, 1 Corinthians 10:6; or of a preposition with pronoun (eis touto), Acts 9:21, and sometimes of a substantive (logo), Acts 10:29. This variety of original expressions represented in the English by single terms is an interesting illustration of the extent of interpretation embodied in our English Bible.
Russell Benjamin Miller
Greek
1225. diaballo -- to bring charges (usually with hostile intent) ... to bring charges (usually with hostile
intent). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
diaballo Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ab-al'-lo) Short Definition: I slander
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1225.htm - 7k1618. ektenes -- stretched, fig. zealous, earnest
... zealous, earnest. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ektenes Phonetic Spelling:
(ek-ten-ace') Short Definition: intent, constant, strenuous, intense ...
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1771. ennoia -- thinking, thoughtfulness, ie moral understanding
... intent, mind. From a compound of en and nous; thoughtfulness, ie Moral understanding --
intent, mind. see GREEK en. see GREEK nous. (ennoian) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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1519. eis -- to or into (indicating the point reached or entered ...
... adverbial phrases -- (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before,
by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore ...
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2204. zeo -- to boil, be hot
... be deeply committed to something, with the implication of accompanying desire --
'to be earnest, to set one's heart on, to be completely intent upon' " (, 1 ...
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2443. hina -- in order that, that, so that
... part of heautou (through the demonstrative idea; compare ho); in order that (denoting
the purpose or the result) -- albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest ...
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5124. touto -- this; he, she, it
... Neuter singular nominative or accusative case of houtos; that thing -- here (-unto),
it, partly, self(-same), so, that (intent), the same, there(-fore, -unto ...
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4820. sumballo -- to throw together, hence to discuss, consider ...
... encounter, confer or dispute with Definition: properly: I throw together, hence:
I ponder, come up with, encounter, with or without hostile intent; I dispute ...
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1949. epilambanomai -- to lay hold of
... ban'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I seize, take hold of Definition: I lay hold of,
take hold of, seize (sometimes with beneficent, sometimes with hostile, intent ...
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2206. zeloo -- to be jealous
... be deeply committed to something, with the implication of accompanying desire --
'to be earnest, to set one's heart on, to be completely intent upon' " (, 1 ...
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Strong's Hebrew
4616. maan -- purpose, intent... 4615, 4616. maan. 4617 . purpose,
intent. Transliteration: maan Phonetic Spelling:
(mah'-an) Short Definition: so.
... because of, to the end
intent that, for to
... /hebrew/4616.htm - 6k 4209. mezimmah -- purpose, discretion, device
... Word Origin from zamam Definition purpose, discretion, device NASB Word Usage devises
evil (1), discretion (5), evil devices (1), intent (1), plans (1), plot (1 ...
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3336. yetser -- a form, framing, purpose
... 3335, 3336. yetser. 3337 . a form, framing, purpose. Transliteration: yetser
Phonetic Spelling: (yay'-tser) Short Definition: intent. ...
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1701. dibrah -- a cause, reason
... intent, sake. (Aramaic) corresponding to dibrah -- intent, sake. see HEBREW
dibrah. 1700, 1701. dibrah. 1702 . Strong's Numbers.
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6310. peh -- mouth
... command (45), commandment (6), counsel (1), dictated* (1), dictation (6), edge
(37), edges (2), end (2), evidence (4), face (4), hunger (1), intent (1), jaws ( ...
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2026. harag -- to kill, slay
... A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent -- destroy, out of hand, kill,
murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely. 2025, 2026. ...
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2154. zimmah -- a plan, device, wickedness
... Word Origin from zamam Definition a plan, device, wickedness NASB Word Usage acts
of lewdness (1), crime (1), devising (1), evil intent (1), immorality (2 ...
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6485. paqad -- to attend to, visit, muster, appoint
... A primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy,
to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc. ...
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7291. radaph -- to pursue, chase, persecute
... A primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time)
gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under ...
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8245. shaqad -- to watch, wake
... root Definition to watch, wake NASB Word Usage intent on doing (1), keep watch
(1), keeps awake (1), kept the in store (1), lie awake (1), watch (2), watched ( ...
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Library
How Intent the Ruler Ought to be on Meditations in the Sacred Law.
... GREAT BISHOP OF ROME, Chapter XI. How intent the ruler ought to be on
meditations in the Sacred Law. But all this is duly executed ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xi how intent the.htm
How no one Can be Continually Intent Upon that Highest Good.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter V. How no one can be continually
intent upon that highest good. For who, when "delivering ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter v how no one.htm
That Human Life is a Distraction but that through the Mercy of God ...
... Book XI. Chapter XXIX."That Human Life is a Distraction But that Through the Mercy
of God He Was Intent on the Prize of His Heavenly Calling. 39. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter xxix that human life is.htm
Chapter xiii.
... 44. Rightly, therefore, does he who is intent on cleansing our heart follow up
[360] what He has said with a precept, where He says: "Lay not up [361] for ...
/.../augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter xiii 2.htm
Psalm CXLIV.
... "From the sword of ill intent deliver me." "From the sword" is not sufficient; he
addeth, "of ill intent." Without doubt there is a sword of good intent. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxliv.htm
That by virtue of this Word Sin is not Only Destroyed, but Also ...
... AND, therefore, if thou wilt stand and not fall, cease never in thine intent: but
beat evermore on this cloud of unknowing that is betwixt thee and thy God ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the twelfth chapter.htm
Again, on the Words of the Gospel, Luke x. 38, Etc. , About Martha ...
... For Mary was intent on the sweetness of the Lord's word. Martha was intent, how
she might feed the Lord; Mary intent how she might be fed by the Lord. ...
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Nor did I yet Groan in My Prayers, that Thou Wouldest Help Me...
... Nor did I yet groan in my prayers, that Thou wouldest help me; but my spirit
was wholly intent on learning, and restless to dispute. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter iii nor did i.htm
"In Every Soul that Shall be Saved is a Godly Will that Never ...
... and this endless oneing, yet the redemption and the again-buying of mankind is needful
and speedful in everything, as it is done for the same intent and to the ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter liii in every soul.htm
Sermon for Palm Sunday
... state than that of the traders, which is indicated to us in this Gospel; namely,
that of the men who perform their works with a sincerely good intent, and yet ...
/.../xiii sermon for palm sunday.htm
Thesaurus
Intent (37 Occurrences)... 1. (a.) Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts,
etc.; as, a mind
intent on self-improvement.
... INTEND;
INTENT.
.../i/intent.htm - 20kMortally (17 Occurrences)
... 35:11 then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be
for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a ...
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Intend (30 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); to be intent upon;
to mean; to design; to plan; to purpose; -- often followed by an infinitely ...
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Accommodation (1 Occurrence)
... treatment: (1) the use or application of a Scripture reference in a sense other
than the obvious and literal one which lay in the mind and intent of the writer ...
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Smiteth (156 Occurrences)
... 35:11 then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be
for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a ...
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Jacob (361 Occurrences)
... heel." "To heel" might mean: (a) "to take hold of by the heel" (so probably Hosea
12:3; compare Genesis 27:36); (b) "to follow with evil intent," "to supplant ...
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Intention (10 Occurrences)
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Purity (16 Occurrences)
... There is no intent and purpose in him. But in the Puritan there is intent and purpose.
He means much. ... That ethical intent and purpose is masterly. ...
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Counsel (192 Occurrences)
... judgment; prudence. 3. (n.) Result of consultation; advice; instruction. 4.
(n.) Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. 5. (n ...
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Absalom (93 Occurrences)
... neutralize his influence in the selection of a successor, for he fully realized
that the court party, under the influence of Bathsheba, was intent upon having ...
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Resources
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