Deuteronomy 11:3
And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
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Psalms 150:2
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
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23 occurrences in 23 verses.
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דָּבָר
dâbâr · daw-baw'
51 times translated as this KJV form1,425 total Strong's occurrences
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Strong's KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 10:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 36:8
Open full H1697 profile →גְּבוּרָה
gᵉbûwrâh · gheb-oo-raw'
4 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
Strong's KJV usage: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
Strong's first: Psalms 106:2Strong's last: Psalms 150:2
Open full H1369 profile →מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh · mah-as-eh'
4 times translated as this KJV form229 total Strong's occurrences
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Strong's KJV usage: act, art, bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, × well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 11:3Strong's last: Esther 10:2
Open full H4639 profile →צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh · tsed-aw-kaw'
3 times translated as this KJV form157 total Strong's occurrences
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Strong's KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 5:11Strong's last: 1 Samuel 12:7
Open full H6666 profile →פֹּעַל
pôʻal · po'-al
2 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
an act or work (concretely)
Strong's KJV usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 23:20Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 11:22
Open full H6467 profile →יָרֵא
yârêʼ · yaw-ray'
1 times translated as this KJV form313 total Strong's occurrences
to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
Strong's KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), × see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 145:6Strong's last: Psalms 145:6
Open full H3372 profile →עֲלִילָה
ʻălîylâh · al-ee-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
Strong's KJV usage: act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 103:7Strong's last: Psalms 103:7
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H4639
And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
H4639
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
H6666
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
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They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
H6666
Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
H6467
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
H1697
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
H1697
The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
English meaning and historical usage.
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act
ACT, verb intransitive [Gr., Lat. to urge, drive, lead, bring, do, perform, or in general to move, to exert force.]
1. To exert power; as, the stomach acts upon food; the will acts upon the body in producing motion.
2. To be in action or motion; to move
He hangs between in doubt to act or rest.
3. To behave, demean, or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; as, we know not why a minister has acted in this manner. But in this sense, it is most frequent in popular language; as, how the man acts or has acted.
To act up to, is to equal in action; to fulfil or perform a correspondent action; as he has acted up to his engagement or his advantages.
ACT, verb transitive
1. To perform; to represent a character on the state.
ACT well your part, there all the honor lies.
2. To feign or counterfeit. obsolete
With acted fear the villain thus pursued.
3. To put in motion; to actuate; to regulate movements.
Most people in the world are acted by levity.
[In this latter sense, obsolete and superseded by actuate, which see.]
ACT, noun
1. The exertion of power; the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; as, the act of giving or receiving. In this sense it denotes an operation of the mind. Thus, to discern is an act of the understanding; to judge is an act of the will
2. That which is done; a deed exploit, or achievement, whether good or ill.
And his miracles and his acts which he did in the midst of Egypt. Deuteronomy 11:3.
3. Action; performance; production of effects; as, an act of charity. But this sense is closely allied to the foregoing.
4. A state of reality or real existence, as opposed to a possibility.
The seeds of plants are not at first in act but in possibility, what they afterwards grow to be.
5. In general, act denotes action completed; but preceded by in, it denotes incomplete action.
She was taken in the very act John 8:4.
In act is used also to signify incipient action, or a state of preparation to exert power; as, 'In act to strike, ' a poetical use.
6. A part or division of a play, to be performed without interruption; after which the action is suspended to give respite to the performers. Acts are divided into smaller portions, called scenes.
7. The result of public deliberation, or the decision of a prince, legislative body, council court of justice, or magistrate; a decree, edict, law, judgment, resolve, award, determination; as an act of parliament, or of congress. The term is also transferred to the book, record, or writing, containing the laws and determinations. Also, any instrument in writing to verify facts.
In the sense of agency, or power to produce effects, as in the passage cited by Johnson, from Shakespeare, the use is improper.
To try the vigor of them and apply Allayments to their act
ACT, in English Universities, is a thesis maintained in public, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. At Oxford, the time when masters and doctors complete their degrees is also called the act which is held with great solemnity. At Cambridge, as in the United States, it is called commencement.
ACT of faith, auto da fe, in Catholic countries, is a solemn day held by the Inquisition, for the punishment of heretics, and the absolution of accused persons found innocent; or it is the sentence of the Inquisition.
ACTs of the Apostles, the title of a book in the New Testament, containing a history of the transactions of the Apostles.
ACTa Diurna, among the Romans, a sort of Gazette, containing an authorized account of transactions in Rome, nearly similar to our newspapers.
ACTa populi, or acta publica, the Roman registers of assemblies, trials, executions, buildings, births, marriages, and deaths of illustrious persons, etc.
ACTa Senatus, minutes of what passed in the Roman senate, called also commentarii, commentaries.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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