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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H1697
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that 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 Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, 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 Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H4639
And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, 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 Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
H6467
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: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
H1697
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
H1697
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
H1697
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
H1697
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
H1697
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
H1697
And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and 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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