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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

2. (n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.

3. (v. i.) To celebrate Mass.

4. (n.) A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.

5. (n.) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.

6. (n.) A large quantity; a sum.

7. (n.) Bulk; magnitude; body; size.

8. (n.) The principal part; the main body.

9. (n.) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.

10. (v. t.) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

Greek

4073. petra -- a (large mass of) rock
... a (large mass of) rock. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: petra Phonetic
Spelling: (pet'-ra) Short Definition: rock Definition: a rock, ledge ...
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3509. nephos -- a mass of clouds, a cloud
... a mass of clouds, a cloud. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: nephos
Phonetic Spelling: (nef'-os) Short Definition: a cloud, multitude, great company ...
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5445. phurama -- that which is mixed
... that which is mixed. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phurama Phonetic
Spelling: (foo'-ram-ah) Short Definition: a mass or lump Definition: a mass ...
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3591. ogkos -- bulk, an encumbrance
... of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: ogkos Phonetic Spelling: (ong'-kos)
Short Definition: a weight, burden Definition: (properly: bulk, mass, hence) a ...
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3831. paneguris -- a festal assembly
... general assembly. From pas and a derivative of agora; a mass-meeting, ie (figuratively)
universal companionship -- general assembly. see GREEK pas. ...
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4686. speira -- anything wound up or coiled, by ext. a body (of ...
... immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of haireomai in the sense of
its cognate heilisso; a coil (spira, "spire"), ie (figuratively) a mass of men ...
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4787. sugkineo -- to move together, fig. to stir up
... stir up. From sparasso and kineo; to move together, ie (specially), to excite as
a mass (to sedition) -- stir up. see GREEK sparasso. see GREEK kineo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2841. chashrah -- collection, mass
... 2840, 2841. chashrah. 2842 . collection, mass. Transliteration: chashrah
Phonetic Spelling: (khash-raw') Short Definition: mass. ...
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3514. kobed -- heaviness, mass
... 3513, 3514. kobed. 3515 . heaviness, mass. Transliteration: kobed Phonetic
Spelling: (ko'-bed) Short Definition: dense. Word Origin ...
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4168. moqed -- a burning mass
... 4167, 4168. moqed. 4169 . a burning mass. Transliteration: moqed Phonetic
Spelling: (mo-kade') Short Definition: burning. Word Origin ...
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6051. anan -- a cloud mass, cloud
... 6050, 6051. anan. 6052 . a cloud mass, cloud. Transliteration: anan
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-nawn') Short Definition: cloud. Word ...
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4723b. miqveh -- a collection, collected mass
... 4723a, 4723b. miqveh. 4724 . a collection, collected mass. Transliteration:
miqveh Short Definition: collecting. Word Origin from ...
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5645. ab -- dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket
... 5644, 5645. ab. 5646 . dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket. Transliteration:
ab Phonetic Spelling: (awb) Short Definition: clouds. Word ...
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1487. gush -- a clod, lump
... clod, mass of earth. Or rather (by permutation) giysh {gheesh}; of uncertain derivation;
a mass of earth -- clod. 1486, 1487. gush. 1488 . Strong's Numbers
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4165. mutsaq -- a casting
... Definition: casting. Word Origin from yatsaq Definition a casting NASB Word
Usage casting (1), mass (1). casting, hardness. From agiyl ...
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7230. rob -- multitude, abundance, greatness
... increased (1), large (1), large amount (1), large number (1), large numbers (1),
large quantities (2), length (1), magnitude (1), many (25), mass (1), mighty (1 ...
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1564. golem -- an embryo
... substance yet being imperfect. From galam; a wrapped (and unformed mass, ie As the
embryo) -- substance yet being unperfect. see HEBREW galam. 1563, 1564. ...
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Library

Of the Mass.
... Article XXIV: Of the Mass. ... It does not, therefore, appear that the Mass is more
devoutly celebrated among our adversaries than among us. ...
/.../various/the augsburg confession of faith/article xxiv of the mass.htm

Whether the Mass of a Sinful Priest is of Less Worth than the Mass ...
... OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (TEN ARTICLES) Whether the mass of a sinful
priest is of less worth than the mass of a good priest? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the mass of a.htm

Of the Term Mass.
... Part 33 Of the Term Mass. The adversaries also refer us to philology. From the names
of the Mass they derive arguments which do not require a long discussion. ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 33 of the term.htm

The Mass
... CHAPTER XXXII THE MASS. ... This seems to be the only explanation of his reverence
for the mass, and for the ordinances of the Church of Rome. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bevan/three friends of god/chapter xxxii the mass.htm

On the Sacrifice of the Mass
... Lesson 24 ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS. ... A. The bread and wine are changed into
the body and blood of Christ at the consecration in the Mass. ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 24 on the sacrifice.htm

Of the Mass for the Dead.
... Part 34 Of the Mass for the Dead. Our ... Therefore the Mass is not a satisfaction,
but a promise and Sacrament that require faith. And ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 34 of the mass.htm

The Following Prayers are from the Mass for the Saint.
... A TRANSLATION OF THE LEGENDA IN THE OFFICE PREPARED FOR THE BLESSED HERMIT RICHARD
The following prayers are from the Mass for the Saint. SECRET ...
/.../rolle/the fire of love/the following prayers are from.htm

On the Popish Mass
... DISPUTATION LXV ON THE POPISH MASS. Omitting the various significations
of the word "Mass" which may be adduced, we consider, on ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation lxv on the popish.htm

The Requiem Mass
... No. 270 The Requiem Mass. The Requiem Mass Missa Pro Defunctis Introit From the
Vatican Edition of the Graduale Transcribed by NA Montani. Sixth Mode. ...
/.../the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 270 the requiem mass.htm

The Mass of the Angels
... No. 271 The Mass of the Angels. The Mass of the Angels (Missa de Angelis)
(VIII In Festis Duplicibus 5) with Credo No.3 Kyrie. Vatican ...
/.../various/the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 271 the mass of.htm

Thesaurus

Mass (65 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical
composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the ...
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Cake (25 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin
loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. ...
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Lump (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an
irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. ...
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Individual (12 Occurrences)
... For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have
died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift ...
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Mankind (80 Occurrences)
... For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have
died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift ...
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Pile (16 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile
of wood. 8. (n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot. ...
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Leaven (24 Occurrences)
... consumed during the seven days; and there shall not be seen with thee fermented
things [hamets], and there shall not be seen with thee leavened mass [seor] in ...
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Weight (143 Occurrences)
... the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or
expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone ...
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Rubble (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the
upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash. ...
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Clod (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. ... 6. (vi) To collect into
clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. ...
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Resources

How should Christians view weapons of mass destruction / nuclear weapons? | GotQuestions.org

Should a non-Catholic Christian participate in a Catholic Mass? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Catholic sacrament of Holy Eucharist? | GotQuestions.org

Mass: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Mass (65 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:18
Now when Jesus saw a great mass of people about him, he gave an order to go to the other side.
(BBE)

Matthew 13:33
Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till the whole mass has risen."
(WEY)

Matthew 15:32
But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."
(WEY)

Matthew 27:13
"Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they are bringing against you?"
(WEY)

Mark 6:34
And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.
(BBE)

Mark 8:1
In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,
(BBE)

Mark 8:34
And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me.
(BBE)

Mark 9:14
And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.
(BBE)

Mark 12:37
"David himself calls Him 'Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.
(WEY DBY)

Luke 5:19
And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.
(BBE)

Luke 7:9
And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.
(BBE)

Luke 13:2
"Do you suppose," He asked in reply, "that those Galilaeans were worse sinners than the mass of the Galilaeans, because this happened to them?
(WEY)

Luke 23:18
But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this man and release Barabbas to us;
(DBY)

John 7:12
Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."
(WEY BBE)

Acts 21:36
for the whole mass of the people pressed on in the rear, shouting, "Away with him!"
(WEY BBE)

Romans 5:15
But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.
(WEY)

Romans 5:19
For as through the disobedience of the one individual the mass of mankind were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous.
(WEY)

Romans 11:16
Now if the firstfruits of the dough are holy, so also is the whole mass; and if the root of a tree is holy, so also are the branches.
(WEY BBE)

Romans 11:25
For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I mean, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 5:6
This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 5:7
Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 9:2
For I know your readiness, which I boast of as respects you to Macedonians, that Achaia is prepared since a year ago, and the zeal reported of you has stimulated the mass of the brethren.
(DBY)

Galatians 5:9
A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.
(BBE)

Hebrews 6:8
But if it only yields a mass of thorns and briers, it is considered worthless, and is in danger of being cursed, and in the end will be destroyed by fire.
(WEY)

Joshua 3:13
And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.
(BBE)

Joshua 3:16
Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
(BBE)

Joshua 6:9
And the armed men went before the priests who were blowing the horns, and the mass of the people went after the ark, blowing their horns.
(BBE)

Joshua 6:13
And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.
(BBE)

Joshua 7:21
When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.
(BBE)

Joshua 7:24
Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver and the robe and the mass of gold, and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent and everything he had; and they took them up into the valley of Achor.
(BBE)

Joshua 7:26
And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.
(BBE)

Joshua 8:28
So Joshua gave Ai to the flames, and made it a waste mass of stones for ever, as it is to this day.
(BBE)

Joshua 8:29
And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.
(BBE)

Judges 14:8
Then after a time he went back to take her; and turning from the road to see the dead body of the lion, he saw a mass of bees in the body of the lion, and honey there.
(BBE)

Ruth 3:7
Now when Boaz had taken meat and drink, and his heart was glad, he went to take his rest at the end of the mass of grain; then she came softly and, uncovering his feet, went to rest.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 30:16
And when he had taken him down, they saw them all, seated about on all sides, feasting and drinking among all the mass of goods which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 22:12
And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
(BBE NAS)

1 Kings 9:8
And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 7:21
And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
(BBE)

Job 16:10
Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.
(BBE NAS RSV)

Job 22:11
Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.
(BBE)

Job 38:38
when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods of earth stick together?
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)

Psalms 33:7
He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
(BBE)

Psalms 79:1
<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.
(BBE)

Isaiah 1:6
The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.
(BBE)

Isaiah 25:2
For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls; the tower of the men of pride has come to an end; it will never be put up again.
(BBE)

Isaiah 64:9
Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morashtite, who was a prophet in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, said to all the people of Judah, This is what the Lord of armies has said: Zion will become like a ploughed field, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the woodland.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 50:26
Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones, give her to the curse, till there is nothing of her to be seen.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 51:37
And Babylon will become a mass of broken walls, a hole for jackals, a cause of wonder and surprise, without a living man in it.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 51:42
The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered with the mass of its waves.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 19:11
It had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 24:9
For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 30:15
I will let loose my wrath on Sin, the strong place of Egypt, cutting off the mass of the people of No.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 31:9
I made it beautiful with its mass of branches: so that all the trees in the garden of God were full of envy of it.
(BBE RSV)

Daniel 11:33
And those who are wise among the people will be the teachers of the mass of the people: but they will come to their downfall by the sword and by the flame, being made prisoners and undergoing loss for a long time.
(BBE)

Daniel 11:39
And he will make use of the people of a strange god to keep his strongest places; to those whom he takes note of he will give high honour: and he will make them rulers over the mass of the people, and will make division of the land for a price.
(BBE)

Joel 2:16
Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.
(BBE)

Micah 3:12
For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.
(BBE)

Micah 5:7
And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.
(BBE)

Micah 5:8
And the rest of Jacob will be among the nations, in the middle of the mass of peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the woods, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep: if he goes through, they will be crushed under foot and pulled to bits, and there will be no saviour.
(BBE)

Nahum 3:3
Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:
(Root in BBE DBY NAS)

Habakkuk 3:15
The feet of your horses were on the sea, on the mass of great waters.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Mass

Related Terms

Cake (25 Occurrences)

Lump (7 Occurrences)

Individual (12 Occurrences)

Mankind (80 Occurrences)

Pile (16 Occurrences)

Leaven (24 Occurrences)

Weight (143 Occurrences)

Rubble (17 Occurrences)